Zena Keefe
Also Known As: Zena Virginia Keefe
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 26, 1896
Age: 128 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: November 17, 1977
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Out of the Snows
Overview: Robert Holliday, a member of the North West Mounted Police, is betrothed to Ruth Hardy, an orphaned seminary student. On the eve of her marriage, Ruth learns from John Blakeman that he and her father had been partners in the fur smuggling business until Hardy was killed by Robert during a shootout. Shaken by this revelation, Ruth sends Robert a goodbye note and leaves with Blakeman for a trading post at Sampson's Pass.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-23
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Another Man's Wife
Overview: Vengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and taken aboard, then sinks in a collision following a fight with the captain for his wife. Stars real life husband-wife James Kirkwood, Lila Lee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-07
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Trouping with Ellen
Overview: Ellen Llewellyn is a chorus girl who is loved by orchestra leader Andy Owens, a genuinely nice guy. When Ellen meets the aristocratic Tony Winterslip, she's impressed by his family tree and vast wealth. When Winterslip's car breaks down during a rainstorm, Ellen gets drenched and contracts pneumonia. It takes much persuasion, but finally Ellen agrees to recuperate at the Winterslip country home.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-05
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The Hieroglyphic
Overview: Peter Barton leaves his wealth to his niece, Mary, disinheriting his dissipated son, Edgar, who steals the will. Jack Smart, a rascal, an associate of Edgar's, keeps close watch upon him. At the point of a revolver he compels Edgar to surrender the will to him. Mary, the niece, is obliged to go to work, takes a position as a reporter, and meets Tom Swayne, who falls in love with her. Tom sees Jack Smart in a restaurant, and after the villain leaves, Tom picks up a menu card, upon which Smart has written some hieroglyphics. Mary shows him an envelope which she picked up in her uncle's room, where Smart took the will from Edgar, after he had stolen it. Tom compares it and the hieroglyphics on it with those on the menu card. They are the same.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-04
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The Gamblers
Overview: Mrs. Travers, a society leader, is madly in love with Arthur Ingraham, a rising diplomat. Arthur is not in love with her and avoids her advances. He is in love with Beatrice Langton, a young debutante, to whom he becomes engaged. Mrs. Travers is furious.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-06-22
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The Perils of Our Girl Reporters
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-28
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The Mate of the 'John M'
Overview: Jim, the mate of the ship "John M.," is in love with Mandy, the daughter of Captain Dale. Before she leaves for boarding school, she hurries to the ship to say good-bye to it, her father and Jim. Six years have now passed, and Mandy has grown to a big and handsome girl. As Captain Dale is going to make another trip, Mandy asks him if she cannot go along. Mandy's school chum's brother wishes to go also, and the Captain gives his consent. Jim grows a little jealous at the young man's presence on board.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-10-04
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The Struggle
Overview: Howard Peyton served two years for forgery. Jerry Grafton, a genteel crook, is on the lookout for him when Howard comes out of prison. He is met at the jail door by his young wife. Jerry also meets him and offers him help, but urged on by his wife, Howard refuses it. When they reach home, his wife, who has a little money, induces him to go to New York and start life anew, and send, for her when he has a position. In New York, he manages to obtain a position in the office of Arthur Jamieson, an importer. Howard sends for his wife to join him. While he is waiting, Grafton finds him and insists that he forge his employer's name, or he will expose his past offense. Naturally weak, Howard yields.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-02-19
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Captain Jenks' Diplomacy
Overview: Sir Brian, an irascible old gentleman, who suffers from gout, receives a note saying his son Gerald is very ill at college, and asking him to come to Dublin. He is too ill to go so he gets his friend, Captain Jenks, to go instead of him. Jenks finds Gerald being nursed by a pretty girl and soon discovers that Gerald is in love with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-04-13
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Tommy's Sister
Overview: Left with two small children, Mrs. Morgan finds it difficult to make both ends meet. Polly, her daughter, does the housework. Tommy is looking for a situation to help his mother. He applies for one in the office of Hervey and Porter, real estate, etc. Porter refuses him because he has had but little experience, but Jack Hervey, touched by the boy's earnestness and hard story, takes him on.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-02
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The Pink Pajama Girl
Overview: Mrs. Wentworth and her daughter Cecile are living at one of the fashionable hotels in the city. James Davidson, who is engaged to Cecile, has agreed to join a theater party with them. At the last minute he sends word that business will detain him and he will be unable to go. Cecile is inconsolable and refuses to go to the theater with the rest of the party. She is so upset over the disappointment she gets a severe headache and decides to retire. In her pink pajamas she is about to go to bed when she decides to write "Jamsie," giving him to understand she is not at all pleased with his conduct. She sneaks out into the hall, puts her letter in the drop and hastens back to her rooms, to find the door has sprung locked.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-04-26
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The Hero of Submarine D-2
Overview: Lieutenant Commander Colton, U.S.N., is in love with Caroline Austen, daughter of a prominent political power in Washington. Colton has a rival in James Archer, a journalist of prominence, unscrupulous and secretly in league with the Ruanian Ambassador, who is endeavoring to obtain for his country inside information as to the United States naval resources.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-03-13
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The Black Sheep
Overview: You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have brought Jack Moreland to his senses. Instead he is more dissipated, and deserts his child, Clara, who is taken by her uncle, Harold Moreland, and brought up in ignorance of her father's existence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-19
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La Vie de Bohème
Overview: Mimi, an orphan, is taken in by a drunken innkeeper and becomes a domestic. She meets Rudolphe, scion of a well-to-do family, who rescues her from the unwanted advances of a drunken hotel guest. They fall madly in love, but Rudolphe's uncle, M. Durandin, wants Rudolphe to marry a family friend, Madame de Rouvre, and writes Mimi a letter, telling her that she is ruining Rudolphe's life. Musette and Marcel, friends of Mimi, also try to break up the romance by introducing Mimi to other men, and Rudolphe becomes jealous and leaves her. Brokenhearted, Mimi declines in health and eventually throws herself into the river but is rescued and taken to the hospital. Realizing it is only a matter of time before she dies, she drags herself back to the room where she and Rudolphe were happiest. Rudolphe is there and she dies knowing that he loves her.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-18
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None So Blind
Overview: Aaron Abrams' daughter Rachel died broken-hearted after her marriage was cruelly annulled by her father-in-law Roger Mortimer, and so years later, his oath of revenge remembered, Abrams has plans to destroy Mortimer's son Russel, unaware and uncaring how the happiness of the people he loves most has became intertwined with the Mortimer family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-19
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Enlighten Thy Daughter
Overview: Lillian Stevens was raised without care, attention, or education on the ways of the world. When she becomes pregnant by the reckless Harold Winthrop, her mother takes her to an abortionist. Harold then falls for Ruth Stevens, raised by an attentive and loving mother, who is not so easily taken advantage of.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-28
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At the Eleventh Hour
Overview: Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"
Genres: Crime
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1912-08-06
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The Spider's Web
Overview: Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoters Harris, Brennen, and Lester are frauds. He asks his son, Trevor, a small-town lawyer, to join as secretary. Trevor suspects foul play, warns his father, and returns to his practice after a disagreement. Lester, one of the promoters, woos and abandons his stenographer, Brenda Wray. When rumors surface about the mine’s instability, the promoters attempt to place blame on Lawlor. Knowing he holds documents to clear his name, they bribe his servant to steal them. Brenda, seeking justice from Lester, overhears the plan and informs Trevor. Lawlor’s servant, Thompson, is caught, confesses, and clears Lawlor’s name, leading to the arrest of Harris, Brennen, and Lester.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-14
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The Cross Roads
Overview: A melodrama about a girl who has to marry the landlord in order to save her parents’ home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-08-06
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Cutey Plays Detective
Overview: Seeing Cutey play the part of a maid of all work at a college play, Alys Trevor seeks an introduction to him and they soon become good friends. She takes him with her to present him to her mother, whom she finds talking to a stranger, Lord Goodbluff. Mama does not seem very pleased to meet Cutey. Later Cutey calls at the Trevor house to see Alys and meets Goodbluff there, who soon quarrels with him. Mrs. Trevor, entering in the midst of the dispute, requests Cutey to leave the house and apologizes to Goodbluff for the young man's behavior. Then she sends a note to Cutey, telling him that her daughter is no longer free to receive his calls. By a strange occurrence, Cutey's suspicions of Goodbluff are aroused and he determines to watch him. Noticing an advertisement in the paper for a maid of all work, inserted by Mrs. Trevor, he obtains the necessary disguise and applies for the position, which he gets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-05-27
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The Mills of the Gods
Overview: A silent crime film in which the wealthy landowner Lorenzo, who has been taunting poor Miguel and his family for years, eventually gets his comeuppance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-04
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The Rail Rider
Overview: The Rail Rider is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, Bertram Marburgh, and Henry West.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-21
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The Awakening of Bianca
Overview: Angelo and his daughter Bianca are poor Italian immigrants. They sell fruit and vegetables on the street with the help of Nicola, who is in love with Bianca. To Nicola's dismay, a flirtatious barber by the name of Guiseppe begins to attract Bianca's attention. What Bianca does not realize is that Guiseppe is only interested in her hair, which a wig maker is willing to pay a considerable sum for. When Angelo falls ill and they find themselves without money for food or medicine, Bianca is left with little choice. - Harpodeon
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-07
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Proxies
Overview: Carlotta Darley (Dean) is engaged to Homer Carleton (Crosby), but regrets that Homer is not as tall and handsome as the butler Peter (Kerry).
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-05-01
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Father and Son
Overview: A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-15
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Oh Boy!
Overview: Oh Boy! 1919 film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-22
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Piccadilly Jim
Overview: American newspaper reporter Jim Crocker's madcap escapades in London earn him notoriety and the nickname "Piccadilly Jim." When he overhears his American cousin by marriage, Ann Chester, giving her candid opinion of him, he decides to return to America to try to reform. He meets Ann on the boat, using another name. Unable to find work in New York, he goes to his step aunt Mrs. Peter Pett's home to be near Ann. Jim then helps Ann kidnap pampered cousin Ogden Pett whose overindulgence has created disruption in the household.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-11-01
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The Island of Surprise
Overview: Robert Lovell falls in love with his father’s secretary Dorothy Arden and marries her in secret despite his father and his business partner Daniel Casselis’s attempts to arrange a match for him with Daniel’s daughter, also named Dorothy. When circumstances lead to the three young people ending up stranded on a lonely island in the Pacific, complications ensue, especially when Bob suffers a blow which temporarily wipes out his memory and he cannot remember which Dorothy is his wife! All ends happily, however.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-24
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One Hour
Overview: Opal, who knows nothing about her ancestors, falls in love with G. D. Stanley, the strange young man who is her closest neighbor in the Canadian wilderness. One day, Opal is informed that she is really the princess of a small country and must return to her native land to marry the neighboring king to save her people from invasion.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-29
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The Lure of Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-28
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Who's Cheating?
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-07
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The Broken Violin
Overview: Elderly Jeremy Ellsworth decides to settle his fortune on John and Beatrice, the children of his disinherited son. He sends a message for them to come live with him. Beatrice arrives safely, but James Gault, Ellsworth's secretary, intercepts the letter to John and engages Phil Carter to pose as the heir. Lumber camp foreman John hears of the plot and heads to the Ellsworth home to squash it but is overpowered by thugs who also kidnap Beatrice. Escaping his captors, John rescues his sister from a speedboat with the aid of a hydroplane and finds love with Beatrice's governess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-05-10
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The Broken Silence
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-05-01
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Prejudice
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-01
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After Midnight
Overview: Wallace Phillips is tricked out of his share of his father's fortune by his brother Gordon. Wallace changes places with his brother and manages to fool even Gordon's wife. A lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-20
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Red Foam
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-01
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Marooned Hearts
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-15
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The Woman God Sent
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-05-01
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His Wife's Money
Overview: After a whirlwind romance Marion Phillips and Richard Flint marry impulsively without Richard realizing Marion is wealthy. Marion insists upon living in lavish style, but Richard, embittered by the cutting remarks made by his wife's snobbish friends leaves to seek his fortune in the mines. Marion follows but is soon bored. Persuaded by James Cardwell she goes back to her glamorous friends in the city before Richard strikes it rich. Determined to have his revenge upon Cardwell, Richard returns to New York crushing Cardwell on Wall Street but obliterating his wife's wealth in the process. The barrier that existed between them thus resolved; the lovers are reconciled.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-02-01
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An Amateur Widow
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-26
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The Challenge Accepted
Overview: In the Blue Ridge Mountains Postmaster's daughter Sally Haston loves Steve Carey, but wants him to enlist and fight the Germans during the Great War. Steve is unhappy at the training camp Steve argues with his roughneck tentmate Billy Murphy. When Steve deserts to visit Sally she takes him back to the camp, where Captain Roderick Brooke sympathetically explains the purpose of the war. Later, moonshiner James Grogan holes up with a gun to escape the draft and holds Sally prisoner. Her father organizes a posse, but Steve, home on leave, rescues her and announces that he is leaving for Europe to fight for democracy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-29
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Shame
Overview: John Grey enlists when the Spanish-American War begins, not knowing that his sweetheart Mary is pregnant and then perishes before they can legalize their union. When Mary dies, her daughter Little Mary is taken into an orphanage and adopted by Peters, a cruel farmer who turns her into a slave. Befriended by Seppe, a hunchback farmhand of similar parentage, young Mary escapes to the city where she finds work at a hospital run by Dr. Strong. She falls in love with Strong's son Donald when he learns that she is illegitimate, he backs out of the engagement.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-12-01
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The Meeting
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-03-08
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The Jade Necklace
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-28
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Little Miss Happiness
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-21
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Caprice of the Mountains
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-09
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Her Maternal Right
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-08
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Putting Pep in Slowtown
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-03-13
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Betty, the Boy and the Bird
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-02-07
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The Unforgiven
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-28
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Hearts Ablaze
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-08-31
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The Tigress
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-08-28
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Life's Yesterdays
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-08-10
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The Esterbrook Case
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-25
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A Game of Cards
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-01
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The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-10-02
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The Carpenter
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-07-10
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Does Advertising Pay?
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-06-14
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Cutey Tries Reporting
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-06-10
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Omens and Oracles
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-05-05
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Sisters All
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-03-14
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Three Girls and a Man
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-28
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The Eavesdropper
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-28
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In the Furnace Fire
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-26
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Her Choice
Overview: Mrs. Letitia Summers, owner and principal of an exclusive boarding school, decides to give her two nieces an education while deciding which will be her heir unbeknownst to them. She writes each a letter, stating that a lady of means has provided for their education at Mrs. Summers' seminary. Edith and May are both delighted with the news, but while Edith leaves with her modest belongings May immediately demands a lot of new things to satisfy her vanity and desire to make a great impression. May attracts considerable attention upon her arrival but Edith, in her modest wardrobe, is received with disparaging remarks. Both do well in their studies but on graduation day Mrs. Summers calls the two girls into her private office and tells them that she is their aunt, and she has chosen Edith as her heir in recognition of her kindness and thoughtfulness towards others, particularly towards her poor mother.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-30
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The Hindoo's Curse
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Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-11
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A Bunch of Violets
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-10
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The Man Under the Bed
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-18
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