Edward Peil Jr.
Also Known As: Johnny Jones
Biography: Edward Peil Jr. was born on November 18, 1907 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The College Coquette (1929), The Little Yellow House (1928) and The Goose Hangs High (1925). He died on November 7, 1962 in San Andreas, California, USA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: November 18, 1907
Age: 117 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 07, 1962
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Rose of the World
Overview: In India, Rosamond English learns that her husband Capt. Harry English has been killed in battle. After a time, she marries Sir Arthur Gerardine but is unable to forget her first husband, and gradually her love for him is rekindled, especially when she contrasts him to the pompous and elderly Sir Arthur.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-09
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The Old Nest
Overview: A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures and successes fill her life, but she grows lonely without them. Then when one of the children has a surprise to announce, they all return home to be with their mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-28
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Over the Goal
Overview: The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-16
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Citizen Kane
Overview: Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-17
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Edgar Takes the Cake
Overview: Edgar delivers a cake to his sister's ill friend. The cake arrives safely, but not sound, and Edgar is taken to task for his careless handling of the article.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-07-09
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Edgar's Sunday Courtship
Overview: On the way to Sunday school, Edgar meets the lady of his heart--and his hated rival. The Sunday-school lesson on David and Goliath so intrigues Edgar that he sees himself as David, saving the entire school, sweetheart and rival included, from Goliath's sword. Edgar's answer to the teacher's question proves his straying thoughts. As a result he is placed on the platform, where he sees himself descending to the "lower regions" as the "worst boy in the school." Edgar's Sunday adventures end with him at peace with the world, after two helpings of pie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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Edgar's Feast Day
Overview: Episode 11 of the series of 2-reel comedies “The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy”.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-01
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Out All Night
Overview: A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-08
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The Family Upstairs
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-29
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Edgar's Little Saw
Overview: Among other Christmas gifts, Edgar receives a tool chest containing a little saw. While he is out displaying some of his other presents to the boy next door, little brother Charlie saws up everything in the house, furniture, hats, and at length attempts operations on the cat. Edgar gets the blame, and is being kept from his sweetheart's party as punishment, when Charlie's guilt is discovered. This film is presumably lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1920-10-01
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Edgar Camps Out
Overview: Edgar is about to lose the lady of his heart because the Bates boys have been given a complete camping outfit for their back yard: tent, stove, and everything. However, Edgar soon rallies and organizes a side show, displaying the greatest freaks on earth. This soon draws attention from the Bates boys, and Edgar is himself again, until that night when he camps out in the sideshow tent. Then the spooks hover about and Edgar is carried shrieking into the house by his father. This film is presumably lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1920-09-01
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Edgar, the Detective
Overview: Edgar buys a badge and a book of instructions and starts to learn the detective business. When he and his chum accompany his uncle's hired hand and his girl to town on a load of hay, and learn that a stop at the minister's means a marriage and not a murder, the two boys are sadly disappointed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1921-04-01
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Edgar's Country Cousin
Overview: Edgar from the city goes to visit his country cousin and at once begins to impress him and his gang with the superiority of life and ways in the city. His brave effort to go barefoot "like we do in the city" causes him much pain, and everything he attempts to demonstrate the city's superiority has disastrous results. However, a black eye, a face full of bee-stings, and the general bawling-out of the gang fails to conquer him, and he declares that he is having a bully time. This silent comedy short is presumably lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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Get Rich Quick Edgar
Overview: Edgar and his chum try to amass a fortune in one day by cornering the fan market on a hot afternoon when the circus comes to the small town where they are spending their vacation. Episode 8 of the series of 2-reel comedies "The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1920-11-01
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The Little Yellow House
Overview: Emmy Milburn must decide. Should she go back to the life she had dared so much to lose, or should she pay the price and live in luxury?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1928-04-18
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Call Northside 777
Overview: In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-13
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The College Coquette
Overview: Betty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her roommate, Doris Marlowe, is a naive girl who falls madly in love with Tom, a sophisticated playboy who leads Doris on until he tires of her. At this point Doris pleads with Tom to love her, but he refuses. Betty, afraid for Doris' welfare, tries to save her from Tom by falsely attracting him to herself. Doris, crestfallen, leaves them and accidentally tumbles into an elevator shaft and dies. Harvey is furiously jealous and determines never to see Betty again until he learns the real reason for her actions with Tom; then he asks her to marry him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1929-08-05
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Edgar's Jonah Day
Overview: Edgar is called upon by his mother to execute a disagreeable errand, has to mind his troublesome younger brother, and runs away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1920-05-08
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Edgar's Hamlet
Overview: Edgar and his schoolmates put on a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet such as the townsfolk have never seen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1920-04-18
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Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
Overview: The story of Edgar Pomeroy, the first in a series, in which the boy Edgar imagines himself the triumphant master of his fate, revenging himself on a scornful young female classmate. But then the real events are seen in contrast with the ones Edgar has created in his mind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1920-03-27
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The House Next Door
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-01
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