Buck Black
Also Known As: Bret Nicholas Black
Biography: Buck Black (born Bret Nicholas Black) was born on December 10, 1914 in India. He was an actor, known for Empty Hearts (1924), Crossed Trails (1924) and A Regular Scout (1926). He died on January 25, 1999 in Fresno, California, USA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: India
Adult: No
Birthday: December 10, 1914
Age: 110 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 25, 1999
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Born to Battle
Overview: Dennis Terhune, ranch foreman for John Morgan, an eastern capitalist, discovers that there is oil on Morgan's ranch shortly after Morgan has deeded the ranch to Daley, western manager for the Morgan properties. Dennis rides after Daley and retrieves the deed, saving Morgan's ranch and securing for himself the love of the financier's daughter, Eunice.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-24
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Ten Years Old
Overview: Ten Years Old is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 58th Our Gang short subject released. It was remade as Birthday Blues in 1932. Nobody comes to Joe's birthday party so he goes to the rich kid's party with his own special cake.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-13
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Hills of Peril
Overview: Sheriff is aided by Laramie who pretends to be an outlaw to infiltrate a gang of bootleggers. Laramie is attracted to Ellen, who is trying to activate an old mine. He helps her with the mine and captures the bootleggers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-01
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The Bad Lands
Overview: Patrick Angus O'Toole is a military officer assigned to investigate a gang of gunrunners operating near Fort Sumner in the Dakota Bad Lands. At the fort, O'Toole comes to the aid of Mary Owen, who is being harassed by Captain Blake. The irate Blake gives Mary's cowardly brother, Hal, 24 hours to pay his gambling debt. In desperation, Hal robs the Pony Express, a crime for which O'Toole is arrested.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-15
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The Spanish Dancer
Overview: The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people's fortunes. Despite her lowly position, Maritana wishes to be a Countess. Her ambitions are realized when she meets the handsome Count Don Cesar de Bazán, if only the King of Spain would stay out of their way!
Genres: History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-06
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The Last Man on Earth
Overview: An epidemic has killed off all of the fertile men on earth, except for Elmer Smith, a hillbilly who lives out in a cabin in the Ozarks, when he is discovered, every woman on the planet begins fighting over him.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-02
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Senor Daredevil
Overview: Don Luis O'Flagherty (Ken Maynard), a daredevil comes to the rescue of his long-lost father, "Tiger" O'Flagherty (George Nichols), the supervisor of a supply-wagon train destined for the miners in Sonora. Tiger is being terrorized by Jesse Wilks (J.P. McGowan), who hopes to starve the miners out of their claims. Falling in love with Tiger's ward, Sally (Dorothy Devore), Don Luis manages to turn the tables on Wilks, who is killed attempting to rob the supply train.
Genres: Action Western Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-01
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Durand of the Bad Lands
Overview: A remake of a 1917 Dustin Farnum Western, Durand of the Bad Lands is the story a rancher falsely accused of a crime actually committed by Sheriff Clem Allison and his henchman Pete Garson.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-01
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The Ancient Mariner
Overview: Doris Matthews, a beautiful, innocent young girl, forsakes her sweetheart, Joel Barlowe, in favor of Victor Brant, a wealthy roué. On the night before they are to elope, an old sailor gives Brant a strange potion to drink and then unfolds before his eyes "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Deeply touched by this story about the consequences of the wanton destruction of innocent beauty, Brant leaves without Doris. After some time, he returns and finds to his pained satisfaction that Doris, having overcome her infatuation for him, has again turned her tender attentions toward Joel.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-27
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A Girl of the Limberlost
Overview: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A Girl of the Limberlost is a 1924 American silent film, produced by Gene Stratton-Porter and directed by James Leo Meehan. It stars Gloria Grey, Emily Fitzroy, and Arthur Currier, and was released on April 28, 1924. The first adaptation of Stratton-Porter's famous novel, this silent film is considered lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-28
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Lights of Old Broadway
Overview: Adapted from the play The Merry Wives of Gotham, twin sisters are separated at birth - one of them becomes a society girl in New York, the other lives in the Irish slums.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-31
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Stella Dallas
Overview: An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter starts growing up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-16
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Empty Hearts
Overview: Milt Kimberlin is a down-on-his luck horse owner, but Rosalie, a cabaret performer (the lively and engaging Clara Bow), doesn't care -- she turns down the fancy jewelry offered by oily Frank Gorman for a wedding ring from Kimberlin. Even though his finances never improve, Rosalie sticks by her husband only to sicken and die in a garret. Kimberlin's luck changes almost overnight and he becomes incredibly wealthy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-15
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A Regular Scout
Overview: Silent cowboy western about a man on a mission to exact revenge on the gang who, he feels, are responsible for his mother's death, after their raid. Upon discovering that one of the gang members killed in the raid was the long-lost son of the Monroe family, so he decides to impersonate him to exact his revenge on the their family.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-26
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Gold Heels
Overview: A man tries to woo a woman, rescue an orphanage, and bet on the right horse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-30
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Idle Tongues
Overview: After serving 5 years in prison for embezzling church funds, Dr. Ephraim Nye returns to Ostable and the scornful gossip of its residents, led by Althea Bemis. There is a typhoid epidemic, and Dr. Nye believes it to be caused by the water in a pond that Judge Copeland, the brother of Dr. Nye's dead wife, Fanny, wishes to use as the source of municipal water supply. Only Katherine Minot supports Dr. Nye, but biologists prove him correct; and Dr. Nye confronts Copeland with proof that he went to prison to protect Fanny, the actual criminal. Copeland finally consents to the marriage of his daughter, Faith, to Tom Stone, the son of his enemy; and Katherine spreads the news of her engagement to Dr. Nye through Althea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-12-21
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Crossed Trails
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-08
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