Florence Billings
Also Known As: Florence B. Billings, Florence K. Billings, Miss Billings
Biography: Florence Billings was an American silent screen actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: January 19, 1895
Age: 130 years old
Gender: Female
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The Fair Pretender
Overview: Madge Kennedy stars as a young woman of modest means, posing as a millionairess in order to attend a hoity-toity society ball, where she hopes to snare a rich husband. Here she meets handsome young Tom Moore, who is likewise impersonating a man of wealth.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-05-19
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A Dangerous Affair
Overview: Elderly millionaire James Rance, whose only passion is chess, warns his grandson Tommy, who missed the previous evening's game because he played poker with his uncle Gilbert, that should he miss another game, Gilbert will gain the boy's inheritance. During another poker game the next night, Gilbert provokes a fight between Tommy and another player that results in the other player's supposed death. Meanwhile, Terrence Redmond, the guardian of an orphan he found while fighting in France, falls in love with Dawn Moyer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-15
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False Gods
Overview: False Gods (1919)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-01
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Loaded Dice
Overview: Richard Gordon's lack of religious conviction prompts him to live a life of crime. When he demands to be included in a scheme to corner the food market, the conspirators agree to accept him as a partner provided that he contribute $100,000 to the operation. In order to obtain the money, Richard blackmails Harry Palmer with the aid of his girl
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-02-10
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Woman
Overview: A series of stories reflecting the changing position of women in the world, including the familiar tales of Adam and Eve, Messalina and Claudius, Abelard and Heloise, Cyrene and the Fisherman, as well as that of a young girl and an officer in the American Civil War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-27
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Damaged Hearts
Overview: Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies. Filled with hostility, David now an adult, goes on a mission to seek vengeance on the adopting family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-21
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A Romance of the Air
Overview: Lieutenant Bert Hall, an ace American flyer serving in World War I as a member of the French Lafayette Escadrille, is wounded in an aerial battle and forced to land behind enemy lines. Finding his German opponent dead, Hall exchanges uniforms with him and is taken to a German hospital to recover. There he meets his old Kentucky sweetheart, who was unable to escape Berlin when the war broke out. Accompanied by the Countess of Moravia, who claims sympathy with the Allied cause but is actually a German spy, they escape to France in a German plane. Through the countess' duplicity, Hall is accused of betraying the French government and sentenced to be shot, but his American lover uncovers evidence that saves him at the last moment.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-11-10
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Miss Bluebeard
Overview: Director Frank Tuttle's 1925 silent mistaken-identity comedy, adapted from the 1923 play "Little Miss Bluebeard", stars Bebe Daniels.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-01-26
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By Right of Purchase
Overview: A 1918 film directed by Charles Miller.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-02-01
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The Probation Wife
Overview: A 1919 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-24
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The Wonder Man
Overview: French Secret Service agent and boxer Henri D'Alour uncovers a plot to con the government out of millions of francs in its purchase of machinery.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-05-29
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So This is Eden
Overview: The film opens with an animated prologue about Adam and Eve, by Tony Sarg. The viewer is then introduced to a young couple, Eve and Jim, who are having troubles in their marriage. Eve is frustrated by housework and dreams of living a wealthier lifestyle. While out shopping, Eve runs into an old flame, Don, who has earned his fortune overseas.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-01
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The Woman Game
Overview: To please her once wealthy mother, Amy Terrell fraternizes with members of high society who find her entertaining because of her beauty and charm. At one of Mrs. Van Trant's house parties, Amy is requested by her hostess to amuse Andrew Masters, an influential businessman who has an aversion to society women. Impersonating an old-fashioned girl, Amy wins Masters until he learns of her deception and denounces her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-05
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The Heart of a Siren
Overview: This silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-15
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Sinners in Heaven
Overview: Alan Croft, a young aviator and a girl from a strict English background are stranded on a cannibal island when their plane crashes on the way to Australia. The natives worship them, believing them to be gods, until a native girl discovers that the pilot is mortal. Giving up hope of rescue, they marry in the sight of God, but when they are found by a search plane Alan is wounded and left for dead. Barbara is spurned by her friends and family as having sinned, but Alan returns to claim her legally.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-09
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Greater Than Marriage
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-16
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For Another Woman
Overview: Young New York playboy Stephen Winthrop inherits the entire estate of his wealthy Canadian uncle but pays scant attention to it, preferring the "party" life in New York. He is unaware that the family attorney, Frank Garson, has forbidden hunting on the Winthrop lands in Canada, cutting off the livelihoods of the local villagers. Mary Cartier, goddaughter of the village priest, travels to New York to try to get Stephen to change the policy. He returns with her to Canada, sees what's going on, and lifts the ban, then decides to stay in Canada. Mary returns to New York to try to help Garson's abandoned and ill wife and child, but the wife dies, and Mary brings back the small child to Canada. The villagers, mistaking the child for Mary's, are outraged at this "scarlet woman" flaunting her illegitimate child and attempt to drive her out. Complications ensue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-01
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T'Other Dear Charmer
Overview: To raise funds for the American effort in The Great War heiress Betty Hallowell decides to lease her beautiful country house to Mrs. Wentworth, a wealthy widow whose son Tom is recuperating from injuries received overseas. When Mrs. Wentworth suddenly demands the services of a maid for the summer, Betty, unable to secure a servant on such short notice, dons a dark wig and poses as "French maid Bettina." Tom and “Bettina” fall in love much to his mother’s dismay but when the deception is finally revealed all ends well.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-16
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Who Are My Parents?
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-26
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Worlds Apart
Overview: Having been rejected by Phyllis Leigh in favor of wealthier suitor Peter Lester, Hugh prevents Elinor Ashe from drowning herself. Hugh recklessly marries Elinor, but they occupy different wings of his house. Lester and Phyllis arrive as guests, and a new manservant favored by Elinor is hired. When Lester is murdered, the servant is charged with the crime, and Elinor admits to Hugh that he is indeed her father, recently released from prison. While in the company of Marcia Marshall, Hugh discovers her husband Harley dying in a Chinese opium den. He confesses that, victimized by Lester, he killed him. Elinor's father is released, and she reconciles with Hugh.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Overview: After a prologue where we are shown the backgrounds of Wilhelm II and Woodrow Wilson, we see the story of Conrad Le Brett from Alsace-Lorraine. Forced to fight for Germany Conrad, sees soldiers taking girls into a church to rape them and kills one who murders a baby. Shot in the encounter he is taken to a Brussels hospital run by nurse Edith Cavell where he falls in love with American nurse, Amy Gordon. After Edith Cavell assassination and the murder of Conrad’s sister Vilma by the evil Lieutenant Ober Conrad honors her dying request that he go to America and defend Alsace-Lorraine's reputation. Once there he convinces President Wilson that Alsatians should be allowed to enlist. Fighting with the "doughboys," Conrad kills Ober, and after the armistice, returns to Amy.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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The Homecoming of Henry
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-01-27
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