Nicholas Dunaew
Also Known As: Nicholas Alexander Dunay, Nicholas Dunaeu, Nickolas Dunaeu, Nicholas A. Dunaev, Nicholas Dunaev, Nick Dunaew, Kolya Dunaev
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Birthday: May 22, 1884
Deathday: January 01, 1963
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Scarlet Crystal
Overview: Priscilla Worth, an innocent country girl, goes to the city to visit her aunt, who has sent for her, thinking that her childlike simplicity will afford a welcome relief to Vincent Morgan, a wealthy bachelor and man-about-town. The plan works, but soon after Vincent and Priscilla's marriage, Vincent, besieged by his friends to return to his gay life and suspicious of his wife's relationship with Durant--an artist who has painted her portrait--yields to temptation.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-05
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Cheating Cheaters
Overview: Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-26
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The Velvet Hand
Overview: On a beach in southern Italy, Gianna Russelli practices her dancing with her devoted brother Russino, looking forward to the day when she will begin formal dance studies. One day the beautiful Countess Michetti comes to the village and engages in a flirtation with Russino, but when her former lover, Prince Viscomte, arrives with his closest friend, Count Paul Trovelli, the countess resumes her affair with the prince.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-30
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The Still, Small Voice
Overview: The influence of Musa, a wildly beautiful dumb girl, upon every citizen of Gallows Gulch, a rough western mining town, is almost uncanny. They fear, yet hate her, and claim she has "the evil eye."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-23
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Snatched from a Burning Death
Overview: LeGrande, an old trapper, refuses to vacate his favorite hunting grounds when ordered to do so by Sampson and other settlers, and his life is only saved through the intervention of his daughter, Joan. The rascals soon learn to fear the girl's keen wit and daring, and Sampson, already pledged to marry Sanchezza, a Mexican girl, falls in love with Joan.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-09
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Who Killed Simon Baird
Overview: Edith and John Maitland will allow David Sterling to marry their daughter Helen as soon as he earns five thousand dollars, so David tries to sell one of his inventions to Simon Baird for that amount. Simon, unable to make up his mind, is found murdered the next day, and David is arrested with five thousand dollars of Simon's money in his possession.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-17
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Kismet
Overview: Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-11-14
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Two Arabian Knights
Overview: During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation in 2016.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-23
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The Reward of the Faithless
Overview: A woman who is presumed dead takes revenge on her unfaithful husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-12
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The Pulse of Life
Overview: Lisetta, the daughter of a fisherman, lives with her father and brother on the island of Capri. When Serrani, an Italian who has grown wealthy in New York, visits the island, he induces Lisetta to accompany him to America. There he abandons her and she becomes a dancer in an underworld café owned by "Dago" Joe, where she meets the artist Stanford Graham, who employs her as a model. Meanwhile, Lisetta's brother Domenic comes to New York to avenge his sister's dishonor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-09
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The Flower of Doom
Overview: The Flower of Doom is a 1917 silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram and starring Wedgwood Nowell, Yvette Mitchell, and Nicholas Dunaew. A reporter has to rescue a singer kidnapped in Chinatown.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-15
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The Spirit of the Poppy
Overview: A psychological study of the effects of drug addiction on humanity. Helene Ford has been injected with heroin by an unscrupulous physician, causing her to act irrationally. Her husband Stephen, a noted artist, hires a model whom Helene, inflamed by their friend Jack Murray, suspects of having an affair with Stephen. The model is also addicted to drugs and convinces Stephen to try heroin to forget his troubles. Both Stephen and Helene then become addicted to drugs. They abandon their home and then separate, after which Stephen resorts to crime to support his heroin addiction. During an escape from the police after a robbery, Stephen encounters Helene again, this time near death. She sacrifices her own life to shield her husband, but Stephen and his former model plunge to their deaths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-23
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The World Against Him
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-25
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The Dust of Egypt
Overview: Geoffrey's relationship with his fiancée is threatened by Ameuset, a princess of Egypt awakened after five thousand years. Originally a six reel feature, only short fragments of The Dust of Egypt survive today.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-04
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