Grace Darmond
Also Known As: Grace Marie Glionna
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: November 20, 1893
Deathday: October 08, 1963
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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A Dangerous Adventure
Overview: Grace Darmond, who had made quite a splash in the 1921 (and still extant) serial The Hope Diamond Mystery, returned to the Saturday matinees as Marjorie Stanton, the treasure-hunting damsel-in-distress of A Dangerous Adventure, produced in 15 chapters and directed by two of the Warner Brothers, Sam and Jack L. Warner. Marjorie and her sister Edith (Derelys Perdue) accompany their uncle (Jack Richardson) on a treasure hunt to Darkest Africa, where the latter fiendishly attempts to sell Marjorie to Ubanga (Rex de Roselli), the local High Priest. Happily, also along for the ride is handsome MacDonald Hayden (Philo McCullough), a wild game hunter who rescues both girls from several fates worse than death.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-01
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The Girl in His House
Overview: When his sweetheart jilts him, wealthy James Armitage leaves his family estate in the hands of attorney Samuel Bordman and heads for Burma. Six years later, Armitage discovers that his former girlfriend has just become a widow, thus he sails back to America in hopes of rekindling the romance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-06-24
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Alimony
Overview: Jimmy Mason lifts himself up from poverty to unlimited riches. The audience knows that he couldn't have done it without the help and support of his wife Marion. When Jimmy starts cheating on her, she divorces him, receiving an enormous settlement. Reduced to penury by various spendthrift mistresses, Jimmy is rescued once more by Marion, who once more guides him to success-and remarries him, this time on her terms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-03
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The Seal of Silence
Overview: Dr. Hugh Loring, whose hobby is heredity, has evolved the theory that physical or mental peculiarities of children reveal the parents. The doctor's intense desire for children is only equaled by his wife's aversion. On the occasion of the doctor admonishing his wife for being friendly with an admirer she leaves him, and when her child is born she swears Ruth Carden, an employee of her husband's, who has accompanied her, to secrecy, so that she may keep from the doctor his greatest joy. Mrs. Loring dies, and Ruth returns to the doctor's office, leaving the child in the care of the nurse. Three years later the nurse finds it necessary to give up the child, and the doctor, who has fallen in love with Ruth, is stunned, for he believes that the child is hers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-29
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Wives of the Rich
Overview: John Grant, capitalist, is devoted to his wife, but is obliged to curtail her weekly allowance because of her fondness for cards. Robert Baker, a wealthy bachelor, is a great admirer of Mrs. Grant and calls frequently. Finding that her allowance is not enough for her losses at cards, Mrs. Grant, incited by society friends, deceives her husband in the hope of gaining more pocket money. Mrs. Grant loses a hundred dollars at cards, and she gives her I.O.U. to Mrs. Condon, the hostess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-10
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What Every Woman Wants
Overview: Poor stenographer Gloria Graham believes that clothes make a woman successful in business and as a result she incurs great debts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-02-23
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A Texas Steer
Overview: Urged on by his wife and daughter and against his better judgment, Texas cattle-baron Maverick Brander, finds himself in Washington D. C. as an elected congressman. However, when the Brander family arrives in Washington, they are met at every junction by snobbery and ridicule. Then an investigative committee arrives from Texas to check up on how Maverick is representing their interests.
Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-26
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Handle with Care
Overview: Handle with Care is a 1922 silent comedy of marital complications and mix-ups.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-22
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The Crucible of Life
Overview: After a brief and unhappy marriage, Gladys Dale finds work as the companion to Diana Dorset, the daughter of a society matron. Mrs. Dorset also has a spendthrift son, Robert, who makes a number of unwelcome advances to Gladys. However, with the arrival of Edwin Fairfax, Mrs. Dorset's younger brother, Gladys finds a soul mate. But then Fairfax has to report for duty in France (being as World War I is going on) and he leaves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-02-01
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The Man Who Wouldn't Tell
Overview: During World War I, young Englishman Hawtrey Burke captivates New York society with his charming manner and his skill at polo, but he incurs the scorn of the woman he loves, Elinor Warden, who, having recently returned from war-torn Belgium, cannot understand why Hawtrey is not on the front lines.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-09
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The Highest Trump
Overview: Secret Service officer Richard Paget receives a letter from his twin brother John imploring him to take over his identity after he commits suicide, so that Richard can subvert the plans made by the airplane company which John had financed, to make defective planes for the United States to use in the war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-02-03
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The Marriage Clause
Overview: A Broadway actress becomes a star due to the guidance of her director. The two fall in love, but are prevented from marrying due to a clause put into her contract by her producer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-12
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Below the Surface
Overview: A widely respected deep-sea diver is approached by a ring of con artists who want him to be the front man for a phony scheme to recover gold from sunken ships. When he refuses, they send a sexy young woman to seduce his son, and then blackmail the father into going along with their scheme.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-06-08
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Her Man o' War
Overview: During World War I, an American soldier is captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. However, instead of being placed in a prisoner-of-war camp, he is assigned to the small farm of a young woman and her son to help raise crops to help feed the German army and people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-25
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So Long Letty
Overview: Harry Miller is a "natural-born mixer" while his wife Grace is a homebody, distressed by her husband's errant ways. Grace finds a kindred spirit in Tommy Robbins, who lives in an adjoining bungalow and whose wife Letty is devoted to the cabarets. Harry admires Letty as much as Tommy admires Grace, and suggests to his neighbor that they arrange an exchange of wives. The wives overhear their husbands' plotting to obtain divorces and, still in love with the men they married, conceive a counter-plan of a week of platonic trial marriages. Over the seven-day period, the wives make life so miserable for each other's husbands that the two men gladly return to their respective spouses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-17
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The Hope Diamond Mystery
Overview: The true story of Lord Francis Hope who inherits the Hope Diamond and marries showgirl May Yohe. Lord Francis Hope gambles away the family fortune and May Yohe leaves him. Another suspected curse of owning the Hope Diamond.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-19
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The Song of Life
Overview: A woman abandons her husband and baby to look for a better life in the big city. Years later, as an elderly woman, she finds her son living in the big city and tries to make amends by moving in with him without revealing her secret identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-02
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The Gulf Between
Overview: A young woman, who is the daughter of a sea captain, falls in love with a man from a rich family who does not approve of her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-21
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The Valley of the Giants
Overview: Rival logging companies battle for the Valley of the Giants (redwood trees) when a young engineer returns home to help his father by building a new rail line to transport the logs to the sawmill. A romance between the engineer and the rival's niece complicates the situations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-31
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Daytime Wives
Overview: Ruth Holt is the efficient private secretary to young architect Elwood Adams. Her polar opposite is Adams' indolent, spendthrift wife Francine, faults which Adams, blinded by his love for her, doesn’t see. Looking to cause trouble, a lounge lizard acquaintance of Francine’s spreads gossip to make her jealous of Ruth. In a business crisis Adams introduces Ruth as his wife to banker Amos Martin but when Francine finds out she flies into a rage and denounces Ruth. After a series of complicated events Ruth reunites the Adams couple and marries the banker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-02
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Gold Madness
Overview: Crooked mine dealer Scotty McGee lures away gold prospector Tim Kendal's wife, Olga, who married out of gold madness. Kendall gets revenge when he actually strikes gold, then later, as a member of the police force, arrests McGee and Olga as swindlers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-02
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The Shielding Shadow
Overview: The 15 chapter story involves the heroine being protected by a shadow with burning eyes. There's also a cloak of invisibility, some hypnotism and a giant octopus added to the mix.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-01
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The Beautiful Gambler
Overview: After Mark Hanlon gambles away his fortune and his equity in his house, his daughter Molly marries Kirk, proprietor of the gambling hall; and as mistress of the gaming tables, she meets young Miles Rand, exiled to the West for his reckless behavior.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-01
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Our Wife
Overview: A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-20
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Her Big Adventure
Overview: Ralph Merriwell (Herbert Rawlinson) has an argument with his wealthy father, Silas (William Turner), and decides to go live on his own terms. He finds work as a bellhop in a fancy Los Angeles hotel. Meanwhile, Silas' secretary, Betty Burton (Grace Darmond), wins a thousand dollars in a contest and uses the money to vacation in the very same hotel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-05
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White and Unmarried
Overview: When an underworld figure inherits a fortune, he goes straight and endeavors to become a respectable businessman. But on a trip to Paris, he encounters a few not-so-honest types who think he is ripe for picking.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-05-29
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Where the Worst Begins
Overview: Jane Brower wants nothing more than to leave behind her ranch life in the West and go East. When she happens upon a party in the private railroad car of wealthy August Van Dorn, Jane gets the idea to finance her trip by kidnapping his son, Donald, for ransom. While Jane is negotiating with the senior Van Dorn, his son is kidnapped by two bandits. Donald soon escapes and seeks out Jane, with whom he has fallen in love. After Donald rescues Janes from the bandits, they decide to marry and spend their honeymoon in New York City.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-01
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Temperance Town
Overview: Mink Jones of Jonesville, is the lord high executioner and everything else.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-05
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Life in Hollywood No. 2
Overview: Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-25
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The Millionaire Baby
Overview: Who stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold determination? Did Valerie Carew, former Burlesque Queen conquered by Mother-Love seize an advantageous opportunity and steal away her loved one? Did Marion Ocumpaugh have knowledge of Gwendolyn's disappearance? Did Justin Carew, finally recognizing his wife and desiring a reconciliation, see the light and kidnap his own child? This film is presumably lost.
Genres: Adventure Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-31
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The Quarry
Overview: Jim Montgomery is wrongfully convicted of murder after being assaulted by burglars who use his tools in a robbery. While imprisoned, he escapes with the help of his cellmate, Bill Hawkins, and later assumes a new identity as a cotton mill superintendent. Ultimately, Bill reveals the true murderer, Gutzler, clearing Jim's name and allowing him to reclaim his life. This silent drama short is presumably lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1915-05-27
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The Wheel of Fortune
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-06-01
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