Jane Winton
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Biography: From Wikipedia Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 - September 22, 1959) was a movie actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the 1920s she began her stage career as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies. After coming to the west coast Winton became known as the green-eyed goddess of Hollywood. Her film appearances include roles in Tomorrow's Love (1925), Why Girls Go Back Home (1926), Sunrise, The Crystal Cup and The Fair Coed (1927), Burning Daylight, Melody of Love and The Patsy (1928), Scandal and Show Girl in Hollywood (1929), and The Furies and Hell's Angels (1930). Winton played Donna Isobel, the mother of the title character, in Don Juan (1926). The film starred John Barrymore and Mary Astor. The movie was billed as the first film made in Vitaphone, a new invention which synchronized sound with motion pictures. Modern talking pictures began with the Vitaphone. After leaving Hollywood, Winton performed various operatic roles both in the United States and abroad. In 1933 she was with the National Grand Opera Company for their production of I Pagliacci. She sang Nedda. She starred in the operetta Caviar. In England she became noted for her singing and work in radio. Jane Winton died in 1959 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: October 10, 1905
Deathday: September 22, 1959
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Gender: Female
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Overview: A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-04
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Hell's Angels
Overview: When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
Genres: Drama War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-15
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Three Women
Overview: A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving the young boyfriend crushed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-18
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Honeymoon Flats
Overview: Disappointed that her daughter has not married into money, a mother meddles trying to make the girl unhappy with life in her new home, the economical housing development known as Honeymoon Flats.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-01
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Captain Lash
Overview: Lash is the head coal stoker on a steam ship whose shipmates have nicknamed "Captain". Lash somehow grabs the attention of society dame passenger Cora Nevins. Nevins is actually a jewel thief who's lifted diamonds from wealthy passenger Arthur Condrax. She needs Lash to aid in sneaking the "ice" ashore at Singapore. Cocky is Lash's concertina-playing buddy and uses it to signal Lash.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-06
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The Furies
Overview: Fifi Sands, whose husband is constantly unfaithful, is prevented from obtaining a divorce by Bedlow, her husband's lawyer. At a dinner party given by Smith, a columnist, she announces that her husband has at last granted her freedom; but Owen McDonald, her childhood sweetheart, whom she still loves, is disappointed to learn that she is not asking for alimony or a settlement. When her young son, Alan, announces that his father has been murdered, he accuses his mother of trying to shield McDonald, whom he suspects of the crime. Fifi goes to Bedlow for aid, and learning that she no longer loves McDonald, he agrees to help; but Bedlow locks her in the apartment, then confesses his love for her and admits to the murder of her husband. Dr. Cummings and Alan come to her aid; and returning to the drawing room, they find that Bedlow has leaped to his death. Fifi finds happiness at last with the doctor.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-16
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Perch of the Devil
Overview: Ida is married to small-time Montana prospector Gregory Compton. She's bored and lonely, so a friend, wealthy widow and woman of the world Ora Blake, easily gets her to share a trip to Europe. There, Ida lives the high life amid the continent's rich and carefree, but soon grows weary of it, wishing she were home again with her true love. Back in Butte, Gregory has hit a gold strike and telegraphs Ida of his luck. Ora however, with a secret love for Gregory, sabotages Ida's response by rewriting the return cable to indicate Ida will return, but only for a share in the gold. When the travelers return to Montana, Ida has found out about what backstabbing Ora has done, and fight it out at the mine, but unaware of their presence, the now-disillusioned Gregory intends on blowing up the mine at the same time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-06
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Nothing to Wear
Overview: Directed by Erle C. Kenton. With Jacqueline Logan, Theodore von Eltz, Bryant Washburn, Jane Winton.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-05
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Millionaires
Overview: Meyer Rubens and his wife, Esther, own a pressing-shop in New York's Lower East Side. Esther wants to move on up to the Upper West Side. She has a rich sister, Reba, who persuades Meyer to invest in the worthless oil stock sold by her husband. The stock proves to be not worthless and Meyer and Esther become overnight millionaires. But Reba thinks Meyer, who has no taste for high society, is holding her sister back socially, so she devises some schemes that involve catching Meyer in a compromising situation with other women, so her sister can file for a divorce.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-01
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The Fair Co-Ed
Overview: Marion go off to college where she joins the basketball team to be near the coach, Bob. She instantly makes a rival of Betty, who's also interested in Bob.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-22
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The Monkey Talks
Overview: In 1927 Olive Borden starred in Fox drama The Monkey Talks directed by Raoul Walsh. She played a circus performer who meets a man pretending to be a talking monkey.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-20
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The Yellow Lily
Overview: Archduke Alexander (Clive Brook) is better known for his sexual conquests than his diplomatic triumphs. After a lifetime of loving 'em and leaving 'em, the Archduke finally meets a girl he can't leave, Hungarian lass Judith Peredy (Billie Dove). She resists his advances but can't hide the fact that she's in love with him. The Yellow Lily was the second of four cinematic collaborations between star Billie Dove and director Alexander Korda.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-28
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The Beloved Rogue
Overview: François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-12
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Show Girl in Hollywood
Overview: Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-20
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Overview: This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-30
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Why Girls Go Back Home
Overview: Trusting country girl Marie Downey falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley. As he becomes a matinee idol on Broadway, she turns a chorus girl.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-01
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The Poor Nut
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-06
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Upstream
Overview: A silent comedy set in an actor's boardinghouse. Some plot points are seemingly inspired by the Barrymore dynasty.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-30
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A Notorious Affair
Overview: A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-26
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Don Juan
Overview: If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that women gave you three things - life, disillusionment and death. In his father's case it was his wife, Donna Isobel, and Donna Elvira who supplied the latter. Don Juan settled in Rome after attending the University of Pisa. Rome was run by the tyrannical Borgia family consisting of Caesar, Lucrezia and the Count Donati. Juan has his way with and was pursued by many women, but it is the one that he could not have that haunts him. It will be for her that he suffers the wrath of Borgia for ignoring Lucrezia and then killing Count Donati in a duel. For Adriana, they will both be condemned to death in the prison on the river Tigre.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-06
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The Patsy
Overview: An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-22
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Footloose Widows
Overview: Department-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J. A. Smith. Through a misunderstanding, they pick on the wrong J. A. Smith, a fortune hunter himself who assumes that Marian is a wealthy widow. Meanwhile, Marian falls for the real Smith, never dreaming that he's the millionaire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-19
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The Honeymoon Express
Overview: The members of the Lambert household do not get along with each other, so Margaret and her youngest daughter Mary leave their home. Margaret becomes an interior director, resulting in her regaining her happiness. Margaret's son Lance becomes angry at his father, John, due to the people who are invited over to their home, and Lance starts a career with the help of his mother. Considered a lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-02
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The Week End Mystery
Overview: During a rainstorm at a remote manor house, Richard Crayell plays host to several guests. At nine o'clock sharp, he excuses himself from the card table to take his medicine, promising to return soon. When he doesn't, Claire goes in search of him, and finds his door locked from the inside.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-01
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His Supreme Moment
Overview: John Douglas, a down-on-his-luck engineer, takes his sweetheart, Sara Deeping, to a play starring Carla King, and he falls in love with the actress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-12
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Bare Knees
Overview: A young married woman in a small town is visited by her sister, a single "flapper" who causes a scandal in town with her bobbed hair and short skirts. She attracts the attentions of some of the local men, which causes an even greater scandal--which is made worse when her sister abruptly leaves her boorish husband for another man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-01
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Lonesome Ladies
Overview: Released on July 3, 1927
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-07-03
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My Official Wife
Overview: A glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of the aristocracy in the days of the Czar, featuring gorgeous gowns, beautiful women and spectacular settings.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-16
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The Crystal Cup
Overview: A beautiful young girl has been raised by her bitter mother to hate all men, but her beauty means that men are constantly after her. She rejects them all, leading some to believe that she may be a lesbian. To stop those rumors, she begins a platonic relationship with a young writer, but things don't work out exactly as planned.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-16
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Melody of Love
Overview: Historically significant as Universal's first 100% all-talkie, the production suffered from having a tight shooting schedule. Carl Laemmle was only able to rent the Fox Movietone sound-on-film recording system for one week, having to be filmed at night while the Fox Studio was closed down for the evenings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-10
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Across the Pacific
Overview: Following the Spanish-American War, a soldier is given the assignment of finding the leader of a band of rebels in the Philippines. In order to do this, he must romance Roma, a cabaret spy working for the rebels. This does not please the daughter of his commanding officer, whom he is romancing.
Genres: Adventure Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-02
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Limelight
Overview: A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her producer to give him a shot at stardom.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-29
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The Passionate Quest
Overview: The Passionate Quest is a 1926 American drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and written by Marian Constance Blackton. It is based on the 1924 novel The Passionate Quest by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film stars May McAvoy, Willard Louis, Louise Fazenda, Gardner James, Jane Winton, and Holmes Herbert.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-10
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Burning Daylight
Overview: Elam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson, Alaska gold rush and loses the million dollars in Dawson. He journeys to San Francisco, makes three million dollars and loses it in San Francisco. He returns to Alaska and eventually finds his treasure.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-10
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The Love Toy
Overview: The Love Toy is a lost 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Lowell Sherman, Jane Winton, and Willard Louis. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-13
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Scandal
Overview: 1929 picture starring Laura La Plante, Huntley Gordon, and John Boles.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-27
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