John Smiley
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: November 04, 1861
Age: 163 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 06, 1926
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God's Half Acre
Overview: Leaving his wife Rose for a few weeks and eager to do research for his new novel about the elderly, Henry Norman goes to live in a home for the aged, where Blossom, the home's young maid, falls in love with him. When she lets him know how she feels, however, Henry tells her that he has a wife, and then, his research over, he returns to her. He discovers, however, that Rose has eloped with his friend, Perry Westley, and that they both have been killed by a lightning bolt that struck Perry's car.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-01
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Secret Strings
Overview: In this detective picture, Janet marries Raoul Newell but leaves him when she finds out he is a thief. However, when he comes to her and asks her to help retrieve some papers stolen from him by Mr. and Mrs. Giles, she agrees and goes to work for the couple as a maid. But in reality, Raoul is after the couple's jewels.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-07
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Patsy
Overview: Fearing that his daughter Patsy is becoming a tomboy, John Primmel sends her to a friend back East for education and refinement. Arriving in New York, Patsy discovers that her father's friend has died and his apartment is now inhabited by his son, Dick Hewitt. Dick allows Patsy to stay, and they hire a maid, a housekeeper, and a butler.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-07-01
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The Half Million Bribe
Overview: When the body of Col. S.F. Hargraves was found in a room in the rear of Cradelbaughs, a gambling house, with a bullet in his heart, the police found "Big Jim" Pemmican, the manager of the place, coolly pacing the floor when they arrived.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-10
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The Millionaire's Double
Overview: After his wife has run off with another man, New Yorker Bide Bennington decides to stay in Europe. After hearing of his wife's death years later, he returns home but finds it lonely there and heads West. While he is gone his house is robbed, and the leader of the crooks, Richard Glendo, leaves Bennington's coat and identification on an East River pier. The newspapers pick up on this and announce Bennington's "suicide." Since he is now officially deceased, Bennington decides to start life all over again -- but first he must foil a scheme by a gang of con artists, who have forced pretty Constance Brent to pose as Bennington's widow so that they can lay claim to his estate.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-30
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Out Yonder
Overview: Flotsam (Thomas) is the daughter and helper of crusty old lighthouse keeper Joe Clark (Edward Ellis, in fine form). The reason why Clark lives 'out yonder' is because he's a fugitive from justice: years ago, he killed a man under complicated circumstances. Clark's official assistant is Amos Bart, but Flotsam does much of the work of maintaining the lighthouse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-21
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The Gray Horror
Overview: American horror movie from 1915.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-13
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The Woman Gives
Overview: A 1920 film directed by Roy William Neill.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-03-29
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The Trail To Yesterday
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-05-06
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The Upheaval
Overview: Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-28
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The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
Overview: During the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr are both courting beautiful Margaret Moncrieffe. Fast-forward several years and they again find themselves on opposite sides, this time about compensation for the properties of Tories--colonists who sided with the British--during the war. Hamilton falls for Maria Reynolds, who it turns out is secretly the wife of prominent pawnbroker Jacob Clingman, a friend of Burr's. The pair conspire to destroy Hamilton, who is now Secretary of the Treasury and married to the daughter of a prominent army general, by making public several love letters Hamilton had written to Mrs. Reynolds.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-21
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The Climbers
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-08-02
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Her Mother's Secret
Overview: Lloyd Kent returns to his hometown after twenty years a wealthy man. All the while he was gone, he held the memory of his sweetheart, Emily Lester though she jilted him in a moment of anger and married his rival, John Rand. Emily is now a widow in diminished circumstances with an 18-year-old daughter, Betty, who is the image of her now careworn mother in her youth. Because of that memory Lloyd is drawn to Betty who is flattered despite her love for her neighbor Hal Edwards. Betty, realizing the situation, finds one of her mother’s old gowns and helps transform her appearance closer to her girlish self. Lloyd is swept away with renewed love and both couples happily paired with the proper partner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-02
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The Road o' Strife
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-05
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Marah, the Pythoness
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-01
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The Battle of Shiloh
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-15
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