Lina Basquette
Also Known As: Lena Baskette, Lena Basquette, Little Lena, Lena Copeland Baskette
Biography: Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette), was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a girl for performing and gained her first film contract at age nine. In her acting career, Basquette may have been best known for her role as Judith in The Godless Girl. The film was based on the life of Queen Silver, known as a 20th-century child prodigy, and feminist and socialist activist. Basquette also was noted for her several marriages, including her first, to the much older noted producer, Sam Warner, founder of Warner Bros. film studio. She had several marriages and a tumultuous personal life. When her film career declined, she returned for a period to dancing and stage performances. After she retired from the entertainment world, in 1947 Basquette moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she became a noted breeder of Great Danes; her dogs won numerous professional show prizes. She wrote several books on dog breeding as well. Later living in West Virginia, she also served as a judge for the American Kennel Club, and wrote a column.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Mateo, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: April 19, 1907
Age: 118 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: September 20, 1994
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Polly Put the Kettle On
Overview: To support her younger sisters, Polly Vance finds work as a live-in companion to the aging Johanna Webb. Johanna's nephew, Chester Creigg, quarrels with his aunt and severs relations with her, because of her cruel treatment of her new employee, after which Polly returns to her old home. Then, when a fire breaks out at Polly's house, Chester rushes over to save her sisters, but loses his eyesight during the rescue. Convalescing from his burns, Chester learns that Johanna has died and marvels at the similarity between her and the old housemaid who is now taking care of him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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The Gates of Doom
Overview: Indore, an Indian woman married to the English Captain Terence Unger is imprisoned by the prince after she gives birth to a baby daughter named Agatha. On his deathbed, Unger beseeches his friend Francis Duane to care for Agatha which Duane does, returning to England with the infant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-03-05
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The Dude Wrangler
Overview: In order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude ranch. Predictable misadventure ensues in this poorly-made early talkie.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-01
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Hello Trouble
Overview: After killing a friend in a gunfight, Jeff Douglas quits the Texas Rangers. He arrives at the Kenyon ranch just as Jonathan Kenyon apparently commits suicide. He and Janet Kenyon then become the new half owners. At first, he refuses to wear a gun and is believed to be a coward, but as trouble mounts, he straps it on once again.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-15
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The Godless Girl
Overview: High school students led by the Girl and Boy turn from Christianity toward secret atheistic meetings. When a girl is accidentally killed by a stairway collapse, the Girl and Boy go to reform school where they are treated brutally.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-20
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The Phantom Express
Overview: Railroad foes cause terror on the tracks with the illusion of a ghost train.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-15
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The Hard Hombre
Overview: When Peaceful Patton goes to work at the Martini ranch he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw the Hard Hombre. This enables him to force the ranchers to divide up the water rights. But he is in trouble when his mother arrives and exposes the hoax.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-20
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The Younger Generation
Overview: Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-04
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The Midnight Lady
Overview: The hard-boiled owner of a big-city speakeasy is reunited with her daughter, who has been raised to believe that her mother is dead, then finds herself accused of murdering her daughter's no-good boyfriend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-15
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Morals for Women
Overview: A desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-24
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Pleasure
Overview: A novelist and his younger brother fall in love with the same woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-01
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Trapped
Overview: The Shadow's second movie short, an adaptation from a Ray Humphreys story, "The Cat's Paw," from Detective Story Magazine.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-28
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Ebb Tide
Overview: In 1890, two British expatriates, Robert Herrick and Huish, and German Captain Jakob Thorbecke, are commissioned to sail a Yankee schooner called The Golden State , whose captain and crew have died of smallpox. From Tehua in the South Seas to Australia, they are to deliver a cargo of champagne. Thorbecke decides to head for Peru, however, so he can sell the merchandise and pocket the money. While sailing, Faith Wishart, daughter of the deceased captain, comes out of her hiding place on board and, by briefly holding Thorbecke at gunpoint, demands he make the delivery.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-17
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Serenade
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-24
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The Arm of the Law
Overview: A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-19
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Souls at Sea
Overview: Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-03
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Goldie
Overview: Sailor Spike dates girls whose names he finds in an address book. Each girl has the same tatoo, placed there by another sailor Bill. When Spike meets Bill they become friends. In Calais Spike meets Goldie. Bill warns him against her, but Spike ignores the warning until he finds Bill's tatoo on Goldie as well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-27
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Wheel of Chance
Overview: A Russian family, the Turkeltaubs, emigrates to the US before the Communist revolution that overthrew the Czar. One of their twin sons, Schulke, disappears and is believed dead before they leave. After they settle into their new country, the family does well: the surviving twin, Nicholai, becomes a crusading District Attorney. One of the cases he is assigned to prosecute is that of small-time gangster Jacob Talinef, who has killed a former girlfriend of Nicholai's. Further investigation of the case, though, reveals a shocking secret.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-17
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The Arizona Terror
Overview: Captain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the buyer and retrieve the money. When his men kill the next victim, he frames the Arizonian for the murder. The Arizonian escapes the law and joins up with the outlaw Vasquez. Knowing Porter's scheme, he plans to trap him by using Vasquez as the next buyer.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-13
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Show Folks
Overview: Eddie Kehoe is a young vaudeville hoofer who thinks his inability to hit the big time is the fault of stage managers, agents, musicians...everybody but himself. Eddie likes to tell others how good he is, but seldom shows them. Kitty Mayo, an old-time burlesque queen, who is with the McNary Vaudeville Company, advises Eddie to get himself a partner, as his solo abilities can only be stretched so far. He decides to follow her advice and, while in a theatrical supply shop, he sees Rita Carey rehearsing her dancing act that includes a trained duck. Eddie tells Rita he is a good friend of McNary's, and, with him as her partner, her future in show business will be secured. She agrees to join him and Eddie promptly names the act "Eddie Kehoe and Partner". Despite his conceit, Rita likes Eddie, as do others in the troupe, including Cleo a little gold-digger.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-20
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A Night for Crime
Overview: A dark night in war time, with several black-outs, it's just a night for murder. Susan Cooper, a fast-talking girl reporter, doubles as amateur sleuth solving yet another mystery among Hollywood's famous.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-18
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The Noose
Overview: In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has been threatening to destroy the mother's happy marriage to the governor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-29
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Rose of the Rio Grande
Overview: The story, based on a novel by Johnston (Zorro) McCulley, concerns a group of aristocratic vigilantes, who go about trying to restore their prominence in Mexico by killing anyone who stands in their way.
Genres: Romance Adventure Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-15
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Celebrity
Overview: Kid Reagan is a prizefighter who poses as a poet as a publicity ploy. Jane, an actress hired to impersonate his high-class love interest, can’t help falling for the big lug.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-07-10
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The Weaker Vessel
Overview: Abby Hopkins, the eldest of a small-town newspaper-owner's five daughters, is urged by her family to marry the wealthy, twice-widowed J.B. Hanks. Abby leaves Hank on the night of the wedding and goes to New York, where she supports herself as a waitress and shares an apartment with a co-worker. At the restaurant, Abby meets J. Booth Hunter, a heavy-drinking "ham" actor, and tries to convince him to give up liquor. Hanks shows up one day and during a battle with his estranged wife, Hunter comes to Abby's rescue. Abby finally gets a divorce from Hanks, Hunter conquers his drinking habit, and Abby marries him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-30
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The Buccaneer
Overview: French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-04
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Four Men and a Prayer
Overview: The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
Genres: Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-29
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Paradise Park
Overview: Hope springs eternal in this heartwarming tale about the citizens of a small West Virginia town forced to live in a government-provided trailer park after a devastating flood. As the impoverished flood victims struggle to survive, each resident fantasizes about a better life -- and indeed, a miracle is just around the corner. The film features cameos by country singers Johnny Paycheck, Porter Wagoner and Webb Wilder and wrestler Dusty Rhodes.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Come Across
Overview: Mary, a high society girl, wants to see how the other half lives, so she becomes a cabaret dancer in a New York nightclub. The owner of the nightclub, Pop Hanson, and his criminal friends, Harry and Cassie, scheme to rip off a Montana millionaire. Finding herself interested in Harry, Mary goes along with their plan and decides to pose as his wife. The gang moves into Mary's aunt's deserted mansion as their base of operations. A silent film with sound sequences.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-30
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The Final Hour
Overview: A down-and-out lawyer gets back on his feet with help from a singer who later retains him to defend her on a murder charge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-07
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Shoes
Overview: A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-26
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Who Calls
Overview: Soundie with Marc Platt wondering Who Calls.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-01
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