J. Parks Jones
Also Known As: James Parks Jones, J.P. Jones, Parke Jones, Parks Jones, Park Jones, J. Parks-Jones
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Birthday: August 22, 1890
Deathday: January 11, 1950
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Salvation Jane
Overview: An ambitious tenement girl forced into a life of crime has a change of heart when her victim tries to kill himself.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-01
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Man and Beast
Overview: During the great drought on the South African veldt, bitterness erupts between the von Haagen and Townsend families when they quarrel over a cattle spring. Nevertheless, a romance grows between Gretel von Haagan and Ned Townsend, who, to escape their families' opposition, marry and leave for the interior.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-25
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Who Cares?
Overview: A vivacious, carefree young girl is disgusted by the thought of growing old. In her despondency she adopts the motto "Who cares?" and does her best to live up to it, even after she marries the handsome and dashing Martin Grey.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-25
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Hawk of the Hills
Overview: Hawk of the Hills (1927), a ten episode serial, re-edited into a five-reel feature length version released in 1929. Newhall, California. A band of Indians led by the half-breed 'The Hawk' terrorizes prospectors in a valley. When the old prospector Clyde Selby hits the mother lode, The Hawk plans to kidnap his pretty blond daughter Mary Selby. This kidnapping actually proves one of the lesser of the perils faced by the poor Mary. Laramie, a government agent, wants with the help of his friendly Shoshone Indian friends to extricate the damsel-in-distress.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-16
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Shoulder Arms
Overview: An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-20
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The Old Nest
Overview: A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures and successes fill her life, but she grows lonely without them. Then when one of the children has a surprise to announce, they all return home to be with their mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-28
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Her Country First
Overview: During World War I, young Dorothy Grant comes home from finishing school and informs her parents that she is going to contribute to the war effort by organizing a "Girls Aviation Corps". She has uniforms made and hires a veteran of the Spanish-American War to teach her "cadets" military routines and drills. Her father owns a munitions factory and is always telling her to be on the lookout for spies. She convinces herself that the family butler, Williams, is a spy because he cuts his grapefruit in an odd way. It turns out that Williams isn't a spy but the people whom Dorothy least suspects are in fact spies, and they discover that Dorothy knows the password to get into the factory after hours.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-22
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The Ragamuffin
Overview: In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his stepdaughter should do most of the dirty work, and Jenny, not wanting to disappoint him, grudgingly agrees. As soon as she enters the house, Bob catches her, but then goes back to his bedroom after making her give her word not to take anything. Jenny breaks her promise...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-23
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Young Romance
Overview: Two young clerks in a department store meet and fall in love during a seaside vacation in Maine, but part as strangers because, unknown to each other, both had been masquerading as upper-class 'swells', just to see how the better half lives.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-01-20
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Hawk of the Hills
Overview: Exciting late-silent 10-episode serial, with all the hallmarks of the genre, including daring cavalry rescues, gold robbers and, of course, the beautiful white girl being burned at the stake by indians. Later re-edited into a feature-length film of the same name.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-28
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A Dog's Life
Overview: The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-14
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Old Wives for New
Overview: Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-05-18
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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Overview: An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he returns after the war.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-02-01
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The Evil Eye
Overview: Leonard Sheldon is the manager of a Mexican vineyard which is suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. Sheldon calls for a doctor and gets Katherine, much to the chagrin of the Mexicans. They've never seen a woman doctor, and their peasant superstitions lead them to believe that her forehead-mirror is "the evil eye," and that it's making their children die even faster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-04
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The Mystery Girl
Overview: Prince Sebastian of Lurania is forced to go into hiding when German forces invade his country. His niece, Countess Therese, is an ambulance driver with the French army. Her uncle requests that she meet him in a small town in Maine and bring the crown jewels with her. Unfortunately, a jewel thief finds out and makes a deal with the Luranian pretender to the throne: he will steal the jewels and he can keep them if he kidnaps and turns over the Countess to the usurper.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-22
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The Intrusion of Isabel
Overview: Bankrupt when their father dies Isabel and Bert Trevor sell their Southern home and move to New York where Bert finally finds employment as butler to wealthy Jack Craig. Ashamed of his job Bert tells Isabel that he is Craig’s partner. When Bert impulsively absconds with some of Craig’s cash to Montana Isabel thinking half the Craig residence is hers moves in. Jack smitten says nothing and they draw close. When a returning Bert exposes gold digger Lois Randall as trying to trap Jack into marriage and returns the money he took, all is forgiven.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-13
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