The Black Sheep is professional gambler John Dugan (Edmund Lowe), who gets his kicks out of fleecing wealthy suckers during a...
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1935
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This typically lightning-paced Mascot Studios production stars Heather Angel as the title character, a thrill-seeking...
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Hugo Meyer
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1935
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Ruthless criminal attorney Raymond Cortell (Sidney Blackmer) is not above bending and twisting the law to suit his purposes,...
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1935
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This star-laden version of Lewis Carroll's novel combines elements of both the title novel and Carroll's sequel, Through the...
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1933
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In this musical comedy, Fred Von Wellingen (Ben Lyon), the scion of a wealthy German family, has fallen in love with Lia...
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Otmar Von Wellingen
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1931
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In this frothy musical, a lovely young woman is wooed by two men. One of them meets her father's approval so it is only...
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1930
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Edward Knoblock's warhorse theatrical piece Kismet, first filmed in 1920, resurfaced as a talkie in 1930. Repeating the role...
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1930
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A newlywed countess is asked to make a tremendous sacrifice for her husband and herself in this musical comedy-drama. Count...
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1930
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This wonderful Warner Bros. epic was one of the earliest talkie musicals with a Hollywood background -- and the last of its...
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Sam Otis
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1930
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Recreating her famous Broadway role from 1920, former Ziegfeld star Marilyn Miller took to the Warner Bros. soundstages with...
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1929
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In this comedy, a businessman takes his client with a beautiful escort to a fancy nightclub where he plans to close an...
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Mr. Mack
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1929
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In this drama, a traveling troupe of actors find themselves in danger of becoming unemployed when their manager up and...
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1929
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1928
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1928
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Chicken a la King was based on Mr. Romeo, a play by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. When his brother-in-law Oscar Barrows...
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Horace Trundle
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1928
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Shorly McGee
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1928
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Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby (Richard Dix) develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in hopes of...
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Mr. Jordan
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1928
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The present unavailability of 1928's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is especially frustrating for those who'd like to compare this...
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Gus Eisman
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1928
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Filmed on the Navajo reservation in Northern Arizona, this silent Paramount Western was yet another screen adaptation of a...
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1927
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Recently fired by comedian Harry Langdon, young director Frank Capra found it difficult to line up any new projects. He was...
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Herman Schultz
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1927
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Because of its heavy reliance on slapstick (a no-no for features in the late '20s), this picture, very loosely based on the...
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O'Dowd
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1927
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Figures Don't Lie is a showcase for the physical charms of lovely Esther Ralston, who in one scene proves the accuracy of the...
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1927
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Count Pasada
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1926
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Mal St. Clair, one of the best of the many imitation Lubitsches of the 1920s, called the shots on Good and Naughty....
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Bunny West
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1926
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This sentimental comedy begins when four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage...
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Michael Poole
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1926
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The physical attributes of lovely leading lady Esther Ralston are amply displayed in American Venus. This satire of beauty...
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Hugo Niles
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1926
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Aubrey Piper
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1926
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1926
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George Barr McCutcheon's novel had already been filmed a couple of times (and would be filmed several times more after the...
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Ned Brewster
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1926
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1926
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Dorothy Revier took a break from her dramatic roles and starred in this Columbia-produced farce. Henry Brodman (Tom Ricketts)...
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1925
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Julian (Percy Marmont) is an artist with a restless soul. When he runs into Edith, his childhood sweetheart (Alice Joyce), he...
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Oscar
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1925
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Few leading ladies appeared in as many films in 1926 as the vivacious Clara Bow. In My Lady's Lips, Bow plays the feisty...
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1925
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Former Mack Sennett comedian Ford Sterling practically steals this show in this Malcolm St. Clair-directed picture, which...
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Al Hennessy
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1925
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Although she is largely remembered for her lavish screen outfits and highly dramatic vehicles, Gloria Swanson started off her...
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Buck
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1925
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1924
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Emile Pompaneau
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1924
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This compelling and exceptionally well-executed silent drama, from new MGM studio executives Irving Thalburg and producer...
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1924
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It's a pity that there are apparently no longer any public copies available of this suspense drama by King Vidor because at...
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Paul Halvard
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1924
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A trained seal stole the limelight in this silent farce produced by Thomas H. Ince. Sydney Chaplin, brother of Charlie,...
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1924
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The premise is clichéd -- it's the usual tale of a pretty girl from the sticks trying to break into movies -- but this satire...
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1923
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As his first picture for the Goldwyn studios, director Marshall Neilan decided to adapt Donn Byrne's sprawling novel to the...
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Al Norton
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1923
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This was the second silent version of the oft-filmed Rex Beach novel (made three more times in the sound era). Roy Glennister...
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'Slapjack' Simms
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1923
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This drama was an early starring vehicle for fledgling star (Eleanor Boardman), and it was given a haunting directoral...
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Montreal Sammy
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1923
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This anthology is comprised of several short chucklers from the King of Slapstick comedy Mack Sennett. These shorts feature...
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1921
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Milton Robin, a haberdasher
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1920
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Instead of his usual two-reel format, Mack Sennett made a five-reel, feature-length film to spoof the recently ended World...
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The Kaiser
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1919
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A lot of famed silent comedians -- among them Charles Chaplin, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Harry Langdon -- worked for Mack...
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Director
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1916
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1916
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1915
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Tango Tangles is an impromptu Keystone comedy which exploited the current "tango craze." A tango contest and exhibition...
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Band Leader
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1914
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Mirval Masher
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1914
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Director
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1914
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In Charlie Chaplin's fifth Keystone comedy we get a look inside the famous laugh factory. Charlie is a movie fan and we first...
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1914
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This is a prime example of the way Keystone mixed real life with comic mayhem. Real racecar drivers Teddy Tetzlaff and Earl...
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1913
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1912
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