Arthur Tavares
Also Known As: Arturo Tavares
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Editing
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday: January 10, 1884
Deathday: May 27, 1954
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Hungry Eyes
Overview: Ex-convict Dale Revenal arrives at Dudley Appleton's ranch bearing a letter of introduction from John Silver, Appleton's old friend. Appleton hires Dale, who, through his winning manner, soon wins the respect of the ranch hands and the love of the ranch owner's daughter Mary Jane. Believing himself unworthy of her, Dale tells Mary Jane that he has a wife and child in Arizona, and she reluctantly agrees to marry Jack Nelda, a local rancher. Nelda realizes that Mary Jane is still in love with Dale and plots with Bessie Dupont and her brother Pinto to kill him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-11
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The Eyes of the World
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Harold Bell Wright, The Eyes of the World was told almost exclusively via flashbacks. The basic plotline concerns a pretty violinist, the handsome artist who falls in love with her, and the double-dyed villain who hopes to seduce the girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-27
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A Bandit
Overview: Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a bandit and shoots up the town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-06-22
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Safe in Jail
Overview: Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-07-07
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The Spanish Jade
Overview: In a provincial Spanish town, during the mid-nineteenth century, Manuela is sold as a dancing girl to a strolling musician. In their wanderings, she meets Don Bartolome, who left his poor father Don Luis to become a highwayman. Bartolome falls in love with Manuela and takes her with him after killing the musician. When they meet Osmund Manvers, an English squire, Bartolome wants to use Manuela to rob him, but Manvers rescues Manuela from a gang of drifters and carries her into the country. Later, Manuela stabs and kills Bartolome after he threatens her. Manuela flees and Manvers searches for her. When Don Luis learns about Bartolome's death, he challenges Manvers to a duel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-11
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On His Wedding Day
Overview: When some pranksters pour red pepper on a new groom's bouquet, the wedding becomes a hijinks factory.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-03-31
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La fille de son père
Overview: A man decides to pose as his friend and claim to be the father of a child that isn't his.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-10-10
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Ramona
Overview: Silent version of the 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson novel originally ran 3 hours but all but 50 minutes of that are now lost.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-05
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Mothers of Men
Overview: Dorothy Davenport as Clara Madison, a prominent lawyer, wins a judgeship over fellow Attorney Grant Williams, played by Willis L. Robards. Upon winning the prominent position as judge, Ms. Madison finds herself walking a political tight rope with enemies all around doing what they can to cause her down fall. Judge Madison convicts a murderer to death paving the way for her to be easily elected as the first female Governor. As Governor she is faced with a difficult dilemma. She has the power to pardon her husband who has been convicted of a serious crime, but to do so she’d be using her office for her own personal gain. “I must find some way to realize my ideals without sacrificing my husband. I must struggle on somehow for the sake of womanhood!”
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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The Savage
Overview: When Marie Louise, the daughter of the town factor, returns home from school, Julio Sandoval, a reckless young half-breed ruled by his animal instincts, develops a passion for the girl, even though she is engaged to Captain McKeever of the mounted police. Meeting Marie when she is alone in the woods one day, the half-breed carries her to his cabin on the mountain top where he collapses from an attack of mountain fever brought on by overexertion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-11-19
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Heinze’s Resurrection
Overview: Heinze is lazy, and his wife is disgusted with him. His friend, Pat, secretly admires Mrs. Heinze, and one day tells her to make Heinze help her with her work. Heinze refuses to assist her and is doused with a pail of water. Angered, he leaves the house and meets Pat, to whom he tells his troubles Pat advises him to play off dead, to see if his wife loves him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-17
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Mabel’s Heroes
Overview: A comedy short starring Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-13
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The Rube and the Baron
Overview: Mabel is in love with John, the country boy, but her father wants her to marry a Baron. She is locked up in a room, and her father watches her. John takes a bundle of cloth and makes a big firebrand which he throws into the window, at the same time yelling, "Fire." Dad runs for his life and Mabel jumps through the window into the arms of John, who hurries her to the minister's house. The ceremony is about to take place when Dad and the Baron rush in, and Mabel is led home again.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-03-20
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