Harry von Meter
Also Known As: Harry Van Meter, Harry V. Meter
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Malta Bend, Missouri, USA
Birthday: March 20, 1871
Deathday: June 02, 1956
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Whose Wife?
Overview: Mary marries Claude, a rich playboy, to please her invalid mother who becomes ill before they leave for a South American honeymoon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-30
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The Cheater
Overview: Lilly Meany has grown up amongst charlatans, including her father. She decides to become a faith healer, and her first victim, a rich hypochondriac woman, is easy enough to "cure." In fact, the woman's so happy with Lilly, now calling herself Vashti Dethic, that she recommends her to her nephew, Judah, Lord Asgarby, who has a crippled sister, Eve. The little girl gives Lilly so much innocent trust and love that she actually is able to walk for the first time ever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-06-07
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Overview: In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Genres: Romance Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-06
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The Story of the Olive
Overview: In Southern California lived Jose de Cabrillo on an estate which he had inherited from his ancestors, who obtained the land from the King of Spain. The scene is laid in the year 1840, "Before the Gringo came." A young American, Sam Blythe. who wishes to settle in California, notices in riding by the gate of the ranch, that it is offered for sale. He says he will buy it if the olive industry is what he desires. Mercedes, the daughter of Jose, is incensed at the thought of her father's selling the ranch, and especially so when she thinks of an American as a possible owner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-06
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Midnight Madness
Overview: In the act of robbing a set of rare jewels from a museum, a robber is wounded in the hand. Prentice Tiller, while dressing a wound in his hand, overhears the woman in the next hotel room, Gertrude Temple, telephoning Aaron Molitor, to whom she is to deliver some jewels. Posing as Molitor, Prentice calls on Gertrude but disappears when Molitor, who also has been wounded in the hand, suddenly arrives. Molitor's men capture Prentice, who narrowly escapes death in the ruins of an old church and then continues to track Molitor.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-06-08
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The White Rosette
Overview: In the romantic days of the Eleventh Century the prologue of this picture shows us, Sir Errol, a victorious knight, returns to the castle of his liege lord, the Baron Edward, where he renews his vows with Lady Maud, his betrothed mistress. During Sir Errol's absence from the realm, the Baron has married Lady Elfrieda, daughter of an impecunious nobleman. Edward loves Elfrieda, but for her the marriage was solely one of expediency. She loses her heart to the handsome young knight.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-02-05
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The Cloud Rider
Overview: Bruce Torrence is an aviator and member of the secret service. His rival for the hand of Zella Wingate is Juan Lascelles, a drug smuggler. To get rid of Torrence, Lascelles loosens a wheel on one of his planes, but Zella is the one who goes up in it. Torrence goes up in another plane and attaches a fresh wheel to Zella's plane. In spite of his efforts he later finds her in Lascelles' arms.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-15
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Captain Kiddo
Overview: Marie and her friend Billy are playing pirates and Marie is the pirate and Billy is her assistant. Marie's widowed mother becomes engaged to Mr. Cross , whom Marie doesn't like -- she much prefers Jack Laird, a secret service man. Laird's investigation of opium smugglers leads him to suspect that Cross is involved, but Marie's mother refuses to let him be searched.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-05
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When Romance Rides
Overview: Lucy Bostil, daughter of a Colorado ranch owner, is led by a dog to his master, Lin Slone, who is exhausted from a struggle to capture a wild horse; she revives Lin and they christen the horse "Wildfire." The Bostils have entered Sage King in a race, but Lucy agrees to tame and train the wild horse, since Buckles, her favorite colt, has been stolen. When Joel Creech, a half-witted stable hand, is discharged, he becomes a tool of the Cordtses--who also have entered a horse (Buckles) in the race--in drugging Sage King. Lin and Lucy enter Wildfire under the Bostil colors, and she rides him to victory, When Cordts is disgraced and discovered to be a horse thief, he persuades Joel to abduct Lucy. Joel does so, but first he kills Cordts. Warned by his dog of Lucy's danger, Lin pursues and rescues the girl.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-03-16
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Border Romance
Overview: In a cantina across the border, Bob Hamlin shoots a man that threatens his friend. He and his pals escape but return that night for the dance as Bob is attracted to Conchita. Running once more from the Rurales, Bob takes Conchita. They escape again only to find themselves pinned down when Buck and his gang of horse thieves attack.
Genres: Western Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-25
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The Belle of Bar-Z Ranch
Overview: A silent short Western comedy film directed by Thomas Ricketts.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-06-10
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Speed King
Overview: Jimmy Martin, king of the motorcycle speedsters, visits the Kingdom of Mandavia for a race. There he is persuaded to impersonate the king by a traitor, Rodolph D'Henri, who intends to annex part of Mandavia for neighboring Selmarnia. The real king is in jail. D'Henri's plot is successful until Martin falls in love with Princess Margaret of Alvernia. Then he discloses his true identity, releases the real king, exposes the traitor, earns knighthood, and marries Margaret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-01-01
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My Dad
Overview: Tom's father, Barry, lives at a lonely trading post up north and is constantly in fear the post's factor, who has threatened to turn him in to the Mounted Police for a murder committed many years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-07-23
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His Birthright
Overview: Yukio is illegal in the United States and is used by a gang of spies for their plans. Yukio must steal secret documents from an admiral. When he's submitting the documents to the gang, he realizes what he has done and claims the documents back. A struggle follows.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-08
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Kid Boots
Overview: A salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the girlfriend of the customer who got him in trouble in the first place.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-03
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A Man's Fight
Overview: An impertinent son of a wealthy New Yorker, Roger Carr takes the blame for the murder of Norman Evans, whom Roger believes his sister Ethel shot when Evans assaulted her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-10
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The Heart of the North
Overview: Early silent screen leading man Roy Stewart played a dual-role in this independently produced "Northwestern" about identical twins, separated at birth, who grow up on opposite sides of the law.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-09
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Diane of the Green Van
Overview: An heiress takes a road trip in a green van. Unbeknownst to her, she has four pursuers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-02-09
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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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The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
Overview: A propagandistic view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser Wilhelm, the resistance of some of his own soldiers, and fanciful prediction of the nature of the war's end.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-02
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Broadway Love
Overview: A small-town girl who goes to New York hoping to become a Broadway star falls in with a fast crowd.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-21
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The Dream Lady
Overview: Upon receiving an inheritance from her late uncle, a woman starts a fortune-telling business designed to make her dreams come true.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-29
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The Cabaret Girl
Overview: Ann Reid moves to the city to study opera but is discouraged by her teachers and so becomes a cabaret singer instead. At Balvini’s cabaret, Ann’s friend Dolly introduces her to Ted Vane, who asks Ann to be his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-30
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Princess Virtue
Overview: The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-11-12
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The Beautiful Gambler
Overview: After Mark Hanlon gambles away his fortune and his equity in his house, his daughter Molly marries Kirk, proprietor of the gambling hall; and as mistress of the gaming tables, she meets young Miles Rand, exiled to the West for his reckless behavior.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-01
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A Rogue's Romance
Overview: A welcome guest of the French aristocracy, Monsieur Picard having been awarded the Croix De Guerre, is also a master thief who baffles the Parisian police. One night, while Picard watches an Apache dance, he learns that one of his three adopted children is seriously ill. When his car breaks down, Picard politely forces Helen Deprenay to loan him her auto, and leaves his cross as security. The next day, the police pursue Picard to the Deprenay home where the prefect warns Helen about Picard. Helen writes to the entreating Picard, and refuses to see him until he proves himself of worth to society. Disguised as Scotland Yard agent Armand DuBois, Picard is present at the Deprenay home when a necklace is stolen. After Helen covers for him, Picard catches the thief in an attempt to swindle the entire community in a stock market scheme. He informs the police that Picard no longer exists, and escapes with Helen to a new life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-19
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Dangerous Love
Overview: A love quadrangle in a Western mining town leads to fisticuffs and reconciliation before the fade out.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-12-01
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The Man of Bronze
Overview: Mary Lawton bids farewell to her father, Mark Lawton, and his business partner, John Adams, to whom she is engaged, leaving Arizona to study art in New York. After a time, John visits Mary unexpectedly and discovers to his sorrow that she has forgotten him in the convivial whirl of her new life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-09
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Youth's Endearing Charm
Overview: Orphan Mary Wade, is the ward of a family of farmers who keep her busy with drudgery. Mr. Jenkins, the head of the household, makes advances to Mary, she flees to the city with her dog Zippy and lands in court for imitating a beggar who pretends to be blind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-04
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The Day She Paid
Overview: Manhattan model Marion Buckley hesitates to accept a marriage proposal from wealthy upstate department store owner Warren Rogers, a widower with two daughters, because of her previous affair with her employer Leon Kessler, who had promised to marry her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-21
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The Lure of Luxury
Overview: Dale Aldis and John Coventry, who were sweethearts as children, meet again after the death of Dale's mother and discover that they are still in love.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-07
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A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Overview: Cheyenne Harry, owner of the biggest cattle ranch in his corner of the west, is having trouble with John Merritt, a land-grabbing Chicago meat-packer. By some artifice of shrewd legal aid, Merritt manages to seize Harry's ranch under a bogus writ of foreclosure. Failing to get justice by his many letters to Merritt, Cheyenne Harry goes east and calls at the millionaire's mansion. At first, Merritt refuses to see him. Then, to cause amusement for his daughter, Helen, and her guests, he invites the "uncouth" westerner into his dining hall. He is sure that he will make some grave error in table deportment and afford them all a laugh. To the amazement of Merrit and the guests Harry's table manners are faultless. Then, to trick him into an embarrassing position, Merritt eats with his knife. Harry, realizing that it is proper for the guest to follow the example of the host, does likewise. He leaves the house chagrined but more determined than ever to get justice from Merritt.
Genres: Comedy Crime Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-11-29
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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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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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Under Crimson Skies
Overview: The captain of a sailing ship has an affair with the wife of one of his passengers, and gets mixed up in a mutiny at sea and a revolution.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-07-05
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The Breathless Moment
Overview: Unwilling to arrest Billy Carson, a crook who once befriended him, Officer Quinn forces him and Dan, his confederate, to spend a year in a small town.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-03
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The Poet of the Peaks
Overview: Lydia Lovell, a heartless society butterfly, seeks to know more about Dane Strong, a poet known as "the poet of the peaks" who lives in a cabin in the mountains. Based on John Keats's poem "La Belle Dame sans Merci."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-01-01
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Sweet and Low
Overview: A lonely, unhappy old man strives to reconnect with his family. Based on the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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Original Language: en
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