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1937
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The MGM historical "spectacular" San Francisco was allegedly based on a three-sentence synopsis, submitted verbally to...
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1936
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1935
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In this comedy with musical numbers set in the Old South, Bing Crosby plays a singer (talk about a casting stretch!) from...
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1935
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1935
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In this drama, two carneys, a card-sharp, and a peep-show performer, find themselves booted out of the show and decide to...
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1934
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A "B" picture with "A" ambitions, Hell Bound stars Leo Carrillo as ruthless but basically decent racketeer Nick Cotrelli....
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Sanford's Sister
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1931
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1930
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A phonograph recorder provides incriminating evidence in this mystery that centers upon a widower and his 10-year old child...
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Mary White
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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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Wealthy Helene Chadwick decides to discharge her social obligations by doing charity work in the slums. Upon arriving in the...
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1928
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Banker John Caswell (Francis X. Bushman), a wealthy widower, decides to leave his scheming mistress Irene (Margaret...
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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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Marion Atwell
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1928
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In this lively comedy (a predecessor of the screwball comedies of the '30s and '40s) a young woman lies to the policeman who...
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Eleanor Carter
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1927
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1927
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Helene Chadwick stars as Fay Leslie, a slightly blowzy but basically good-hearted chorus girl. When Fay falls in love with...
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1927
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Rose
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1927
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Doris Manning
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1927
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Joseph Arthur's The Still Alarm was one of the most popular melodramas ever written. It had already been filmed once before...
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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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Marjorie Gregg
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1926
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Marcin Asher plays Henry "Pushcart" Wilson, who has parlayed his tiny streetcorner operation into a thriving business...
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Mary Wilson
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1926
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Happily married Robert Agnew tries to put a little variety in his life by taking dance lessons. He spends so much time...
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1926
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This routine Warner Brothers melodrama was based on the novel by Ruth Cross. Country girl Molly Shannon (Helene Chadwick)...
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Molly Shannon
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1925
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Harold Bell Wright, a popular author during the silent era, was known for his sentimental and unsophisticated stories. This...
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1925
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After leaving D.W.Griffith's stock company, Henry B. Walthall tended to flounder for several years in such indifferent...
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The actress
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1925
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Eve Quinn (Marie Prevost) is the classic, flirty, 1920s flapper. She easily outshines her quieter, more reserved half-sister,...
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Cornelia Quinn
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1924
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The second of four versions of Zane Grey's story of a dispirited ranch hand who joins a gang of outlaws, this silent western...
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Joan Randle
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1924
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This drama would have fared better as light comedy. Betty Powell (Helene Chadwick) senses that she and her husband, Robert...
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1924
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Non Everard
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1924
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Helene Chadwick, Gaston Glass, and a relative newcomer to the screen named Basil Rathbone were the stars of this...
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Ellen
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1924
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This comedy-drama was based on the successful play by Avery Hopwood, who was known for his tales of domestic turmoil. It...
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Irene
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1924
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This domestic drama was supposed to be an indictment of the supposedly lax divorce laws then current. Because Redfield...
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Cynthia Redfield
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1924
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With a screenplay by Howard Hawks and direction by Jack Conway, this Mexican border tale couldn't possibly have been anything...
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The Girl
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1923
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1923
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Written and directed by Rupert Hughes to take a jab at the inconsistent divorce laws (back in the days when marriages were...
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Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan
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1923
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The 1920s version of women's liberation had nothing to do with women having equal pay for equal work -- it meant that a wife...
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Fanny Daniels
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1923
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A clever approach helped to keep this light domestic comedy entertaining, in spite of a thin plot. Two couples, one poor and...
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1922
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This character study was adapted from Henning Berger's play, Synafloden, which was known as The Deluge in its English...
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1922
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This adventurous story-within-a-story was based on a novel by Gouverneur Morris. Parrish (Richard Dix), a young author,...
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Bessie
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1922
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Even though this light comedy never leaves the confines of its hospital setting, it's still highly amusing. Billy Grant...
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jane Brown
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1922
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This rags-to-riches fairy tale came from the Goldwyn studios. Letty Gravely (Helene Chadwick) is at the mercy of her brutal...
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Letty Gravely
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1922
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The crusty Russell Simpson and villainous James Mason portray a particularly evil father and son team in this intense sea...
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Ruth Lytton
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1921
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Dependable leading man Tom Moore carries the lighthearted storyline of From the Ground Up. Moore is cast as a burly...
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Philena Mortimer
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1921
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Tom Moore stars in this light comedy. He is Tom O'Gara, who arrives in New York from Ireland and takes a job as a fireman...
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Claudia Royce
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1921
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When she starred in this drama, Helene Chadwick was being referred to as "the most photographed girl in America." Phoebe...
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Phoebe Mabee
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1921
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During the early '20s, sentimental films about mother love abounded. As the decade went on, however, such mawkish tales were...
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1921
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1920
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1919
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Tom Moore has the starring role in this adaptation of Charles E. Klein's successful stage drama. Eric Temple (Moore) is a...
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1919
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Because of his successful Wall Street dealings, millionaire George Mannister (Henry B. Walthall) has inspired the envy and...
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1919
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This light comedy was based on Anthony Hope's novel Captain Dieppe. Robert Warwick plays the captain, an international agent...
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1919
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1919
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In the days before television and the Internet, faraway places such as the Middle East and Asia -- and their cultures --...
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1918
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Darrow (Antonio Moreno) is a wealthy young man who uses his money to help educate slum children. However, when he helps out a...
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1917
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