E.J. Ratcliffe
Also Known As: Edward J. Ratcliffe, E.J. Radcliffe
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: March 10, 1863
Age: 162 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 28, 1948
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The Divorcee
Overview: Based on the 1907 play 'Lady Frederick' by W. Somerset Maugham, this tells the story of Betsy O'Hara in her pursuit of romance and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-20
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Cheating Cheaters
Overview: Nan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the influence of Lazare ( Lucien Littlefield ), a crooked lawyer, who places her with a gang of crooks. Posing as the Brockton family, they move to a seaside home, where they plan to steal the jewel collection of the Palmers, their neighbours. Nan wins the confidence of the family by flirting with Tom ( Kenneth Harlan ), who becomes infatuated and wants to go away with her, but she refuses him. Tom is caught red-handed in the Brockton mansion attempting to steal their jewels while Nan is making a success of the Palmer robbery.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-05
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The Head Man
Overview: Because he refuses to be a tool for a political mob, Watts, an ex-senator, is relegated to the public wastebasket. When he opposes a rival politician in a mayoral campaign, Watts evokes the public's sympathy and is elected to the mayor's chair, again becoming a power in local politics.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-07-08
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The Fighting Buckaroo
Overview: There's gold in them thar hills and Larry Crawford must fight the unscrupulous Bradley and his men to keep it safe.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-04
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Everyman's Price
Overview: The story of Ethel Armstrong and her father Henry looking forward to her marriage to the ambitious attorney Bruce Steele. Bruce is elected district attorney and goes after a group of food profiteers. Ethel breaks the engagement when her father falls under suspicion as one of the food hoarders.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-14
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The Discarded Woman
Overview: Esther Wells is dumped by her husband, Martin, just as she's boarding a train. She gets off at the next stop, wanders into a cabin owned by Samuel Radburn, who happens to have been swindled out of a mine by Martin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-07-10
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Even as Eve
Overview: Eileen O'Hara lives as a member of a cult in a remote retreat in the Adirondacks with her father, an embittered man since his wife's infidelity years earlier. Because his wife was untrue, O'Hara is determined that his daughter, Eileen, shall never marry. Peyster Sproul was the man who had the affair Mrs. O'Hara's infidelity, and when he shows up as president of the Sagamore Club and attempts to buy O'Hara's land, the two men come to blows.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-15
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30 Below Zero
Overview: Don Hathaway Jr. goes to Alaska to escape Follies girl and meets with an accident. The girl helps him and takes him to her home where jealous rival accuses him of being a bootlegger, when he is the culprit himself. Hero proves innocence and defeats rival for affection of girl.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-31
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I Loved a Woman
Overview: The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-23
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Experience
Overview: Youth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city. There, in his search for Experience, he meets Pleasure and hangs out at the Primrose Path with the likes of Temptation and Intoxication. Back home, Youth's mother dies, and Love tries unsuccessfully to reach him. When Youth's money runs out his newfound friends all leave him and he sinks into a life of drug addiction, aided by Habit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-08-07
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The Great Adventure
Overview: An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-06
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Sundown
Overview: Cattlemen attempt to keep their lands and herds from being overrun by nesters.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-30
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Wide Open
Overview: An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-01
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Skinner's Dress Suit
Overview: Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a raise, she knows he'll get it. He asks his boss just as their big client announces he's not renewing his contract. He doesn't get the raise, but he's too embarrassed to tell his wife the truth. She starts making plans to spend that extra $10 a week; the first thing is a new dress suit for him and a new outfit for her so they can fit in at a swanky party. They're the hit of the party, and Honey is embraced by the 'smart set.' Meanwhile, business is bad and Skinner loses his job. The tailor is after him for payment on the suit, and Honey is still spending the salary he doesn't have.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-18
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The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland
Overview: The Cohens and the Kellys travel to Scotland to buy plaid in the hopes that a prince will start a new fashion trend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-01
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Miss 139
Overview: France is being swamped by counterfeit bills that are being made by a ring in the US. A beautiful female member of the French gang circulating the bills negotiates a deal with the counterfeiters' ringleader in the US, and in so doing falls in love with a returning US soldier who has his own reasons for trying to destroy the gang.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-15
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The Imp
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-02-15
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Sally
Overview: Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-12
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The Winning of Barbara Worth
Overview: While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-14
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A Daughter of Two Worlds
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-05
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In the Palace of the King
Overview: A romance set in the court of Spain, in which Don John of Austria is in love with Dolores de Mendoza, daughter of the commander of the King's Guard.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-10
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Framed
Overview: Wrongfully court martialed from the French Army Captain Hilaire heads to Brazil. Upon arrival he is hired as a foreman in a Diamond mine eventually falling in love with the boss’s daughter, Diane. Remsen who wants both Hilaire’s job and Diane frames him for stealing from the company while Hilarie is away. Convicted, he is sent to a Devil's Island-like prison camp. Eventually, Remson, too is sent there, where he confesses on his death bed, freeing Hilaire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-19
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Smile, Brother, Smile
Overview: A hot young salesman at a cosmetics company finds out that, because the company is losing a lot of money, he may soon be out of a job.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-11
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The Four Feathers
Overview: An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee (Fay Wray) and friends.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-01
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Skinner Steps Out
Overview: William Henry Skinner's young wife has great confidence in her husband's abilities and is ambitious for his success. He informs her of his importance at the office; but in reality he is an insignificant employee on a small salary, and when refused a raise, he hasn't the courage to tell his wife. Distressed at her husband's shabby appearance, "Honey" persuades him to buy a dress suit, and at a charity bazaar she pushes him to the front so that he dominates the affair and comes to the attention of the dignitaries. Skinner forces himself upon the attention of his employer and the employer's chief rival, whose admiration he wins when he bluffs him out of a poker pot. In spite of Skinner's efforts to prevent it, the rival companies are consolidated; and impressed by his spirit and enthusiasm, his superiors promote him to sales manager.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-24
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Wine of Youth
Overview: Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generation" and how they think they know it all. It's also a play about love and marriage.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-15
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The Marriage Whirl
Overview: Marian marries Arthur, a party-loving man, hoping to reform him, but he becomes restless and starts an affair with a dancer, leading Marian to seek comfort in her old friend Tom.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-19
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Introduce Me
Overview: Jimmy Clark, sightseeing in France with his friend Algy Baker, falls in love, at first sight, with Betty Perry at the railroad station. The destination for all: Switzerland. There, Jimmy is mistaken for an expert mountain climber, J.K. Roberts. Betty is introduced to Jimmy and believes him to be the champion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-15
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The Black Pirate
Overview: A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-08
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More Pay - Less Work
Overview: Albert Gran and E.J. Ratcliffe are warring San Francisco shipping magnates; Mary Brian is Gran’s daughter and Charles (Buddy) Rogers is Ratcliffe’s athletic son. The result is a swift, exhilarating comedy, full of laughs and a nonchalant charm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-04
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One Hysterical Night
Overview: The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are actually having him committed to an insane asylum. Since all the other inmates/attendees think they are historical figures such as Robin Hood, the Duke of Wellington, Paul Revere, William Tell, Salome, Robinson Crusoe, Sherlock Holmes and others, it takes a while for Judd to separate the wheat from the chaff and prove he is not deranged. His quest becomes more urgent when he falls in love with a nurse named Josephine, who does not think she is Napoleon's "Josephine" but is convinced Judd thinks he is Napoleaon.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-05
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Disraeli
Overview: The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-08-21
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The Floating College
Overview: College Life - Love - and the big things of life under the light-heartedness of youth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-10
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Rolling Home
Overview: Nat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his way back to his small hometown, where he is believed to be a millionaire. To keep the belief alive he has his pal drive him there in the businessman's automobile. Complications arise quickly.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-07
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The Prince of Headwaiters
Overview: Pierre, the maitre d' at the swanky Ritz Hotel in Paris, discovers that he has a son from his former marriage, which was broken up by his wealthy wife's upper-class relatives. His son, now a young man and unaware that Pierre is is father, is in danger of becoming the victim of blackmailer Mae Morin. Pierre sets out to save him from the notorious Mae.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-07-09
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The Notorious Lady
Overview: A man kills a man he finds alone with his wife. Although she is innocent of any wrong doing the wife claims to be guilty of having an affair to save her husband from a death sentence. Unfortunately, the husband also believes her guilt and so he runs off to Africa to forget and assumes a new identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-26
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Why Women Sin
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-04-01
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The Fighting Roosevelts
Overview: A dramatization of the life of Theodore Roosevelt leading up to his presidency of the United States
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-19
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The Woman Who Walked Alone
Overview: When Iris Champneys’ marriage to the Earl of Lemister ends in divorce she moves to Africa to operate a tavern. Seven years later she becomes reacquainted with Clement Gaunt, formerly employed by Lemister and secretly in love with Iris, who is on the run after being falsely accused of the murder of the owner of the ranch where he was once foreman. The real culprit, the rancher’s wife Hannah, accused Clem when he refused to run away with her. Iris, learning of his predicament, rides to Hannah Schriemann, telling her that Clem has been executed for her crime. When the police bring Clem to the house, Hannah--frightened by his "ghost"--confesses, and Iris and Clem find a way to happiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-06-11
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