Bigelow Cooper
Also Known As: Jackson Bigelow Cooper
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Springfield, Ohio, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: December 21, 1867
Age: 157 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 01, 1953
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The Truth About Helen
Overview: Helen Moore (Grace Williams) runs off with the nephew of Senator Foote, but when their car breaks down, they go to a hotel. A conference is going on there, and the boss politico is choosing his candidate for district attorney. Hugh Graham is the boss's favorite, and also Helen's ex-fiancee. The nephew tries to force himself on her and Graham hears her cries for help. When he rescues her, he is seen by his rival, Gregory, who assumes they are having an affair. He threatens to expose this, and to protect Helen, Graham withdraws from the nomination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-12
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The Make-Believe Wife
Overview: Several young couples have gathered at a vacation home in the mountains. The group of friends go climbing, but Phyllis Ashbrook and John Manning leave the others behind. They get lost and have to spend the night in a cabin. When they are brought back the next day, appearances compel them to marry, even though they are already engaged to others.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-11-17
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The Test of Honor
Overview: After serving a term in prison for a crime he did not commit, a man exacts revenge upon the two people who framed him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-16
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The Heart of the Hills
Overview: Natali, a Hindu, marries an Englishman, Sir Christopher Madgwick. They have a daughter who is kidnapped by Natali's former suitor Sani. The girl is handed over to be trained as a vestal virgin. Natali dies and Madgwick returns to England, taking with him the precious ruby that Natali had snatched from Sani in a struggle. Years pass; Sir Christopher remarries and has two more children who mistreat him and Sani dies, revealing to the priests the location of the ruby, which he stole from them in the first place.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-30
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The Tell-Tale Step
Overview: Giovanni Pallazzi, a former member of the Black Hand, an Italian criminal organization, comes to America with his blind daughter Lucia and prospers. Hearing of his success, his former associates demand that he aid in their support
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-28
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The Light in Darkness
Overview: Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a prisoner, having been found guilty of manslaughter for killing a man who attacked her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-07-09
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Perilous Valley
Overview: Perilous Valley is a 1920 silent film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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What Happened to Mary
Overview: The forerunner of all serials, What Happened to Mary was a series of twelve monthly one reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic problems within the framework of a single episode and designed more for story and suspense situations than action.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-25
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Caste
Overview: Eccles, a profligate old drunkard, is the father of two beautiful girls, Esther and Polly. George D'Alroy, a young officer in the British Army who is infatuated with Esther, brings his friend, Captain Hawtree, to call. The captain is greatly taken with the lively Polly, who makes him carry the teakettle about and generally dance attendance on her to the emphatic disgust of Sam Garridge, an ardent suitor for Polly's hand. Meanwhile Esther shows George a letter from an impresario offering her an engagement on the stage. The offer seems a veritable godsend to the girl, but she changes her mind when George asks her to be his wife instead. A few months after they are married, George receives the unpleasant news that he must sail for India with his regiment. Owing to her ultra-aristocratic ideas, George has not dared to tell his mother, the Marchioness D'Alroy, that he has married a girl of common origin, and he is in a quandary as to what provision he should make for Esther.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-09-12
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The Treasure of Captain Kidd
Overview: The story of this film begins with the ominous day on which Lord Bellomont gave William Kidd a commission to rid the seas of pirates. Instead of complying with Lord Bellomont's desires, Kidd immediately commenced a series of piratical attacks at first on French and Spanish vessels and later on ships of all nationalities indiscriminately.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-08-11
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The Exciters
Overview: Ronnie Rand, Required to marry before she is 21 or lose her inheritance, Ronnie Rand meets Pierre Martel, member of a gang of thieves, and, convinced that he is a "real man," she marries him. Pierre's confederates attempt to blackmail Ronnie, and when she refuses to sign a check they try to kill Pierre; but police arrive in time to save him. Pierre is revealed to be a U. S. Intelligence Service agent. Ronnie, though somewhat disappointed that her husband is not at all a crook, accepts the situation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-06-03
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Seven Deadly Sins: Passion
Overview: One in a series of seven films with the subject of the Seven Deadly Sins. The film makers decided not to use the title "Lust"
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-26
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The Broadway Drifter
Overview: Bob Stafford, the wastrel son of a wealthy businessman, is disowned by his father for his reckless and irresponsible ways. He changes his name and opens a gym for wealthy young girls, hoping to land a rich and pretty wife. He meets and falls for pretty young Eileen, but a rival soon drives him out of the gym business. He gets a job in an airplane factory owned by Eileen's father, who is soon told by a rival that Bob is really out to steal a new airplane invention so he can give it to his father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-01
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A Message to Garcia
Overview: Filmed in Cuba, A Message to Garcia is an adventure story based on the writings of Elbert Hubbard
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-11
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Shadows of Suspicion
Overview: When the Great War begins, English sportsman Cyril Hammersley is thought to be a slacker because he refuses to join the army for pacifistic reasons. His American fiancée, Doris Mathers, knows that he is not a coward, but she questions his patriotism when Sir John Rizzio intimates that Hammersly may be a German spy.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-02-03
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Vanity Fair
Overview: "Vanity Fair" is a historical drama, based on the classic English novel written by William Thackeray, featuring Shirley Mason. Shirley Mason was 15 y.o. and played the role of the young Becky Sharp. Directors obviously took notice of her performance, because in 1917 she appeared in 17 feature films, in many of them playing the star role.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-05
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A Serenade by Proxy
Overview: A farmer’s daughter helps a farmhand win the heart of a cook by convincing him to serenade her, with unexpected results.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-29
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The Ambassador's Daughter
Overview: The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-21
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At Bear Track Gulch
Overview: This western, with its simple story set in a gold mining camp, recycles many of the elements found in David Belasco's influential play, THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST, produced a decade earlier.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-14
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The Totville Eye
Overview: A printer and his young assistant take over a local newspaper while the editor is away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-27
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The Magic Skin
Overview: Ralph Valentine, a penniless pianist, goes to Paris to pursue his career. He is attracted to two women: Pauline, the sweet and innocent daughter of his landlady, and Flora Margot, a woman of loose morals who runs with a wild crowd. Because of his irrational passion for Flora, Ralph makes a bargain with Satan, who gives him a magic skin which gratifies every wish and shrinks, along with the well-being of its possessor, in proportion to the number of wishes realized. Ralph tries in vain to rid himself of the skin after Pauline commits suicide because of his vices. Just as the devil comes to lead him into hell, Ralph awakes with the skin in his hands in an antique store where he had gone to buy a necklace for Flora. He throws down the skin, and runs to Pauline and professes his love for her, happy that he had been only dreaming.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-13
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The Land Beyond the Sunset
Overview: A poor young boy goes on a field trip and dreams of escaping to a land beyond the sunset.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-28
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A Proposal Under Difficulties
Overview: Short film involving a flirtatious maid.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-21
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White Mice
Overview: Roddy Forrester has formed the White Mice club with a pal. The purpose of the club is to help those in trouble. When Roddy's father sends him to the South American republic of Montebello, he gets his chance to be of service. General Rojas, the former president, is locked away in a prison and slowly dying. Roddy decides to rescue him, especially since he has been inspired by the general's pretty daughter, Inez.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-31
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Revelation
Overview: Joline, a cabaret singer in Paris, models for her lover, painter Paul Granville. Paul becomes famous for his paintings of Joline in the guise of famous women like Cleopatra and Salome. But when he paints Joline as the Madonna, a miracle occurs which transforms her life and ultimately saves his.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-02-17
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What Could She Do?
Overview: The death of her father brought Sylvia Fairfax face to face with conditions which she was unequipped to handle, and, after an unsuccessful attempt to fill the position of governess in the Windermere home, caused her to go to New York. (Note: Only 2 of 3 reels exist)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-20
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Where Love Is
Overview: A six-part adaptation of William J. Locke's novel "Where Love Is."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-05
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The Country Cousin
Overview: The Country Cousin
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-11-02
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Alexia's Strategy
Overview: Walter Young and John Osgood are both in love with Alexia Trexell, daughter of the president of the trust company where both young men work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-06
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The Crime of Carelessness
Overview: Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-30
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Out of the Chorus
Overview: Dancer Florence Maddis marries Ross Van Beekman, son of an aristocratic New York family, and despite her friends’ doubts manages to fit into the family. Her scheming mother-in-law disapproves of her however colluding with Ned Ormsby, who wants Flo for himself, to make her appear faithless. When Ross suspects Flo of harboring Ormsby, he fires a pistol at her closet. Later when Ormsby is found shot in his house, Ross confesses, believing himself guilty. Sick at heart, Flo returns to the stage of the Winter Palace. Ross is freed, however, when Ormsby’s enemy, Maddox, confesses to the crime, and Flo is happily reconciled with Ross.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-01
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God of Little Children
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-18
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Pride and the Devil
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-22
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The Great Bradley Mystery
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-12
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God's Crucible
Overview: Their father, Michael Kalmar, imprisoned in Siberia, political refugees Ivan and Irma Kalmar seek freedom in Winnipeg, Canada. Encountering persecution at the hands of prejudiced neighbors, including their father's enemy, Makaroff. Ivan's violin playing both attracts Marjorie Menzies and earns him the enmity of District Attorney Mortimer Staunton, a rival for her affection. At a party at Makaroff's home, Irma is insulted, her abuser is slain and Ivan arrested. Her escapee father confesses to the murder but both men are freed when a family servant who admits to the murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-04-20
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When Love Is King
Overview: Felix, the King of Wallonia, has to marry Louise, Princess of the neighboring State of Trebizond. The old Prince, her father, craves the elixir of youth, and gets drunk so often that Trebizond is in bad shape. Thus, it is up to Felix to be King of both States. But Louise has a love affair with Stepan, the heir presumptive to his throne, and Felix flees to America in disguise. By a strange twist of circumstance he takes a job as butler in the home of J.P. Morton, multi-millionaire. There he meets Marcia, Morton's daughter, and the jig is up. He loves her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-02-09
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How Sir Andrew Lost His Vote
Overview: A tale of English political intrigue. A certain member of Parliament, whose voice and vote would have passed an objectionable measure, is prevented from reaching the house in time by the opposition's subterfuge of a girl calling for assistance just as he passed her house. The young lady being an actress merely re-enacts a scene from the amateur theatricals she appeared in. The plan works holding him until it is too late to take part in the debate or vote upon the question and the bill did not pass.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-12-22
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Another Scandal
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-06-22
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The Law of the Yukon
Overview: A young newspaper man from San Francisco arrives in the Yukon to start a newspaper and conflict ensues. Based on the poem by Robert W. Service.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-20
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The Wooing of Princess Pat
Overview: To stave off war with a neighboring kingdom, Princess Pat of Paxitania agrees to marry Warburg's King Eric. Still very young and rebellious, the new queen finds it difficult to adjust to court life, and when she accepts an invitation to take a ride with the villainous Count Ladislaus, King Eric's patience gives out and he rebukes her severely. The banished count informs Pat's father, the Grand Duke of Paxitania, that she is cruelly abused, whereupon Pat's three brothers set out to bring her back home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-02-18
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Billie
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-07
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The Awakening of John Bond
Overview: A slumlord learns just how important it is to maintain clean living quarters when his wife contracts tuberculosis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-12-04
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