In this drama, an impoverished girl defies her mother and marries her employer. When she becomes pregnant, her husband...
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Mrs. Carrie Rutledge
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1929
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The "modern" mother in this modest melodrama released by Columbia was played by Helene Chadwick, a minor screen vamp of the...
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1928
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Helene Chadwick, a star of the late teens whose popularity had diminished by the end of the '20s, was still capable of...
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Mrs. Livingston
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1928
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Back in the late teens, Bryant Washburn starred in a successful series based on the "Skinner" stories by Henry Irving Dodge....
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1928
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Motorcycle cop Rex Lease falls in love with Charlotte Stevens, the daughter of political boss James Gordon. This results in...
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1927
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A young boy (Johnny Harron) defends his mother against his violently abusive stepfather (Noah Beery) in this tragic...
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1927
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It's hard to determine who plays the title role in The Love Toy, though chances are the designation refers to the regal...
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Queen Zito
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1926
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Tom Mix plays an Eastern dandy who finds himself banished to a Western ranch in this routine silent Western which boasted of...
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1926
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This drama was based on the novel Joseph Greer and His Daughter by Henry Kitchell Webster. Inventor Joseph Greer (Lewis...
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Violet Williamson
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1925
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Roxbury Mecroft (Richard Tucker) has to go to New York incognito to engage in some top-secret financial work, and he asks his...
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Edith
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1924
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In this domestic drama from Universal, Claire Howard (Ethel Grey Terry) is a neglected wife whose husband, Austin (Vernon...
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1923
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Jack Pickford made a strong showing in this romantic drama, adapted from the novel by W.B.M. Ferguson. Two schemers, Crimmins...
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1923
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This poorly made domestic drama was called "a program picture for program theaters" by trade paper Motion Picture News. Tim...
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1923
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In his third-to-last Western, austere silent-screen hero William S. Hart tackles the legend of gambler/lawman Wild Bill...
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Calamity Jane
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1923
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Roland West, who directed this mystery, also co-wrote the stage play on which it was based. Inventor Peter Marchmont (Henry...
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1923
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aka A Bride of the Gods This exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at least...
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Jean Hurst
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1922
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The stern William S. Hart was wearing out his welcome by the early 1920s, at least according to the review of his films. Hart...
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Susan Motion
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1922
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The real draw of this suspenseful drama was the yacht race and the motor boat chase, which included a hydroplane. No one...
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Constance Hastings
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1922
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Veteran western star Harry Carey came up with the story of The Kick Back -- ranch owner battles villains attempting to take...
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1922
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This feature-length comedy-melodrama was not one of the best from Mack Sennett, or his talented director, F. Richard Jones....
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Grace St. Clair
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1922
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Laurette Taylor played the orphan Peg for so long on stage that by the time she starred in the motion picture, she was...
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Ethel Chichester
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1922
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Because of Rudolph Valentino's success in The Sheik, Universal deemed it a good time to bring out a desert story of their...
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1922
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John Henry Jackson (Edward Everett Horton) is a businessman who is in love with his boss' secretary Myra Dalton...
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Myra Dalton
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1922
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Even though her marriage to Charles Chaplin was history, Mildred Harris retained star status for a little while longer. In...
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Mary Chartres
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1921
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This above-average British melodrama was based on "The Living Dead", a story by Mary Lerner. Bessie Barriscale stars as a...
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Lucia Deeping
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1921
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Among Lon Chaney's early villainous roles was Blizzard, the criminal mastermind of this melodrama set in San Francisco's...
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1920
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Wanda Hawley debuted as a star in her previous film, Miss Hobbs. So it is suggested that the poor material in this pointless...
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1920
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Just for Tonight is one of the few films in which the butler really did do it. "It" is the theft of several valuable jewels,...
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1918
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Originally a novel and then a stage play, Arsene Lupin should have made an intriguing film, but something in its suave spirit...
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1917
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