An early -- and surprisingly forgotten -- entry in the field of the feminist cinema, Strictly Business was written and...
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Director
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1932
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In this crime drama, a gangster murders his own girlfriend and kidnaps a wealthy socialite. He takes her to his boat and...
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1931
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A literal adaptation of the popular stage play by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall, specialists both in maritime comedies,...
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Mary Carlton
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1930
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In this melodrama, a blind musician enters his newest composition in a competition and wins. At least he thinks he wins. His...
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1930
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This early sound-film only features three scenes with dialog as it tells the tale of an arrogant, egotistical salesman who...
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Joyce
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1929
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The seventh serial released by Nat Levine's penny-pinching but enterprising little Mascot Pictures, King of the Congo was...
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1929
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This costume drama is the first all dialog film in which Barrymore appeared. He plays a mercenary who will serve anyone who...
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1929
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In this adventure set in South America, the captain of a yacht moored there is really a fugitive criminal. The passengers...
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Irene
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1929
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Mower helps Logan find her brother, the victim of pirates. ~ Rovi...
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1928
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In this show biz melodrama, Jacqueline Logan played a nightclub entertainer spurning her wealthy stage door Johnny in favor...
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1928
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1928
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A typical Poverty Row potboiler, this minor silent action melodrama featured Jacqueline Logan as a young woman searching for...
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Johanna Hearne
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1928
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Future "Hopalong Cassidy" William Boyd essays the title role in Pathe's The Cop. It all begins when likeable police sergeant...
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1928
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Patsy
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1928
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The Duchess
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1928
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1922 WAMPAS Baby Star Jacqueline Logan starred in this mystery drama as Dixie Mowbray, a young girl fleeing from a mysterious...
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1928
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Lorraine LaRue
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1928
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As if to justify the title of this film, leading lady Jacqueline Logan shows up wearing next to nothing in the first few...
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Jackie Standish
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1928
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Norma Forbes
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1928
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Henry Lehrman and Percy Pembroke, two graduates of the 2-reel comedy mills, shared directorial responsibilities for...
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1927
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That indefatigable old trouper Hobart Bosworth topped the cast of the Columbia "B"-plus feature The Blood Ship. The villain...
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Mary
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1927
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"Verry" McKoy
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1927
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The "wise wife" is Helen Blaisdell (Phyllis Haver), the loving missus of John Blaisdell (Owen Moore). Unfortunately, John's...
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Jenny Lou
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1927
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1927
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William Powell, who spent much of his early silent career playing villains, got to play a hero in this romantic adventure,...
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1926
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In the tradition of the venerable stage comedy The Gold Diggers, Footloose Widows zeroes in on two girls who hope to land...
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Marian
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1926
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While studying dance in Hungary, British ballerina Leonide Sturdee (Jacqueline Logan) suffers a crippling accident. Enter...
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Leontine Sturdee
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1926
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Tom Mix's faithful horse Tony portrays a wild stallion in this average Mix western in which the hero saves a girl...
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1926
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The wild behavior of Kenneth Jamieson (George O'Brien) has finally gone too far and his millionaire father (George Fawcett)...
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Diana Lee
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1925
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This tale of the Northwoods is yet another James Oliver Curwood story brought to the silver screen. Clive Grenfal (Walter...
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Teresa de Fontenae
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1925
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F.B.O. was primarily known for its Westerns and low-budget programmers, but the film company did make an attempt at creating...
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Nadia
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1925
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When Geoffrey Farnell (Richard Dix) returns from the war, the only job he can find is as a reporter on a New York scandal...
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Marguerite (Mops) Collins
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1925
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This silent drama, based on the novel by the Countess de Chambrun, had quite a few unusual twists. Amy and Matthew Dale...
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Bricotte
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1925
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Nell Bailey
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1925
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When her family loses its fortune, aristocratic Mimi LeBrun (Jacqueline Logan) is forced into a marriage with a man she...
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Mimi LeBrun
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1925
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With this comedy-melodrama, Richard Dix was bumped up from leading man to star status. This also marked the first film for...
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Mary Malone
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1924
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Jerry Malone
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1924
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When the jazz era of the 1920s was in full swing, it seemed like every week several new pictures about the scandalous...
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Corinna Endicott
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1924
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Mary Pickford starred in the 1915 version of this film, based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett story, and it's easy to imagine...
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Glad
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1924
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The story to this sea melodrama was written by Byron Morgan. Morgan was best known for the fast-paced auto tales he wrote for...
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Jenny Hoyden
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1924
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Although rotund Walter Hiers was frequently seen in motion pictures all throughout the silent era, he was generally playing a...
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1923
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Hefty comedian Walter Hiers stars in this tepid comedy. Jimmy Kirk (Hiers) is a soda jerk in love with Mamie Smith...
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Mamie Smith, His Sweetheart
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1923
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The tale centers around Dick Heldar (Percy Marmont), an aspiring artist. Although he is devoted to his childhood sweetheart,...
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Bessie Broke
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1923
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Louisiana-born Leatrice Joy plays Chinese princess Taou Yuen in Java Head. To save himself from being executed in a gruesome...
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Nettie Vollar
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1923
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The second filming of Bret Harte's Salomy Jane's Kiss was given a sumptuous production by Paramount. This time around, the...
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Salomv Jane
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1923
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This romantic adventure was based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. An old skipper, Captain Davis (George Fawcett), has...
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1922
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Lizette
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1922
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1922
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Although Charles Ray doesn't play one of his country boy roles in his first picture for United Artists, John Paul Bart could...
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1922
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Angela Marshall
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1922
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Star Thomas Meighan reportedly picked out the story himself, and the role of Billy Kane is a good one for him. Kane is a...
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Andree Duphot
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1921
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This comedy-drama marked Mabel Normand's return to producer Mack Sennett after making a number of mediocre films for Samuel...
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1921
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Although this expensive drama was "suggested by" a short story, The Laurels and the Lady, by Leodard Merrick, one can't help...
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1921
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The homely but likable Monte Blue teams up with director Allan Dwan for this pleasing comedy-drama, adapted from a short...
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Mary Oliver
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1921
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