Charlotte Burton
Also Known As: Charlotte E. Burton
Biography: Charlotte Burton was born on May 30, 1881 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Her Younger Sister (1914), Polly of the Storm Country (1920) and The Craving (1916). She was married to Darrell Stuart and William Russell. She died on March 28, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. In 1919 she sued Essanay Studio for $25,000 for breach of contract. She claimed she was hired as a "dramatic actress" but was instead cast as a comedienne in films that failed, resulting in her contract being canceled. In September 1920 a judge found her argument "reasonable" and she won her case.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday: May 30, 1881
Deathday: March 28, 1942
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Polly of the Storm Country
Overview: Polly Hopkins belongs to a family of squatters living in Silent City. The poor squatters are constantly at odds with the wealthy "hilltoppers," but Polly's grandmother has gone against popular opinion by teaching Polly to love everybody. Polly keeps the faith, even when her sister's husband is railroaded into jail.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-04-04
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The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
Overview: Langdon, a revenue officer in search of smugglers operating along the coast of Santa Cruz Island, Cal., meets Verna. the daughter of the lighthouse keeper and they fall deeply in love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-28
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Destinies Fulfilled
Overview: Back in '65 there was an old Southern fire eater, Pennington, and his daughter, Lucille, fell in love with Carr who was then a lieutenant in the small Yankee force that arrived in their city at the base of the mountains. When the confederacy fell, Pennington fled into the mountains with his daughter, rather than submit and there buried himself in the same place where Carr now lived with Rosemary. Several years passed and Lucille did not forget Carr, her Yankee lover. It was then that fate brought them together and old Pennington finally consented to the marriage, exacting a promise from Carr, not to take Lucille away from him and her mountain home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-12
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Boobs and Bricks
Overview: A pretty female drummer charms the rural swains. She borrows money and makes away with it. The village belle then refuses to take back her old admirers and weds another.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1913-04-21
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The Diamond from the Sky
Overview: This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-03
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Trapped in a Forest Fire
Overview: Robert, a young businessman, has a house party at his shooting lodge in the Adirondack Mountains. Among the guests are Vera, with whom Robert is in love, and Inez, who in her turn, loves Robert. To complicate matters, Inez is loved by Tom. He proposes to Inez and is refused. Inez decides to remove Vera from his life, and to this end sends for Graham to come and camp near them. Graham progresses far enough in his suit to arrange a meeting with Vera alone. Inez, in the meantime, is making her advances to Robert and to all outward appearances her plan is working. On the evening of his engagement with Vera while waiting, Graham passes the time away smoking, and as he leaves his camp for the meeting place. He smells smoke and sees the fire caused by his carelessness. Leaving Vera to her fate, Graham has alarmed everyone. Failing to find her in the house, The fire is raging on every side but they find her and carry her to safety. Months later, Robert and Vera have a little love scene.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-08
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Man's Desire
Overview: Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp with Howard Patton, whose bored wife Vera insists on flirting with Tom despite his discouragement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-07-20
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American Born
Overview: The dying mother, tells her only child, an orphan, of the wealth and power of her family and of her royal blood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-01
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Up Romance Road
Overview: An engaged couple, whose two fathers are millionaire ship owners, is determined to put a little life in their engagement by writing a threatening letter.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-06-24
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Hearts or Diamonds?
Overview: Wealthy diamond collector Larry Hanrahan is given the opportunity to assist the beautiful, jewel-bedecked woman he admires in a Broadway café when she and her guardian are attacked by robbers. Larry is invited to visit the grateful pair, Col. Paul Gascoyne and his ward Adrienne, at the colonel's laboratory, where he is introduced to Wintermute, a chemist who produces imitation diamonds. In return, Larry asks them to view his priceless diamond collection. Although he has fallen in love with Adrienne, Larry is forced to believe that she is a thief when he is robbed by a woman wearing Adrienne's scarf. Larry finds his jewels in Gascoyne's house, but before he can escape, a group of thugs overpowers him. Adrienne assists him in contacting the police, who arrive in time to capture Gascoyne and his gang. Badly wounded, the colonel confesses that Adrienne has been his innocent dupe, whereupon Larry happily takes her to his heart.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-29
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The Bruiser
Overview: Athletic star William Russell puts on his boxing gloves for this waterfront drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-03-23
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