Several silent-film favorites briefly extended their film careers in the Poverty Row epic Sheer Luck. Nick Stuart plays a...
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1931
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Canine star Rin-Tin-Tin's glory days as one of Warner Bros.' biggest moneymaking personalities were swiftly coming to an end...
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Mary
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1930
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Placed on this earth to play rheumy-eyed, careworn mothers, Mary Carr went through her customary paces in the Rayart...
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1929
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Demure college coed Doris Marlowe (Jobyna Ralston) wants desperately to be accepted by her peers, so she links up with campus...
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Doris Marlowe
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1929
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Veteran stage actor/playwright James Gleason made his film debut in the Universal comedy The Count of Ten. In fact, Gleason...
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Prizefighter's wife
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1928
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In an attempt to broaden his image, former Fox cowboy Buck Jones both produced and starred in this silent aviation melodrama....
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1928
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Director James W. Horne, best known today for his Laurel and Hardy comedies, called the shots on the inexpensive "emotional"...
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Dorinda Maxwell
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1928
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Mary
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1928
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Presently unavailable for public reappraisal, the biting and cynical melodrama Power of the Press would seem to be a...
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Jane Atwill
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1928
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Kate Murphy
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1928
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Wings, the first feature film to win an Academy Award, tends to disappoint a little when seen today. Too much time is...
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Sylvia Lewis
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1927
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Pint-sized juvenile actor Frankie Darro essays the title role in FBO's Little Mickey Grogan. Though officially the leading...
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1927
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Mary Powers
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1927
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The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman....
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Madge
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1927
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Marian Dunbar
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1927
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Sally
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1927
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Jobyna Ralston and Margaret Livingston play actresses touring with a "Topsy & Eva" act. In Chicago, they meet and flirt with...
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Mary Warren
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1927
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Harold Lloyd plays a wealthy young spendthrift who is upset that his name is being used to bring parishioners into a...
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Hope, the Mission Girl
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1926
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A novel by Edna Ferber was the source for this Rod LaRocque vehicle. The story begins just before the outbreak of WWI, when...
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Mary Hubbel
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1926
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One of Harold Lloyd's best feature-length comedies, The Freshman, features the bespectacled regular guy as Harold Lamb, a...
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Peggy
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1925
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On his friend's wedding day, disgusted best man Harold Lloyd swears that "I will never give up my freedom for a pair of...
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Wifey, Miss Stokes
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1924
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In this riotous silent comedy, hilarious bespectacled "everyman" Harold Lloyd plays an introverted, speech-impaired, awkward...
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Mary Buckingham the Rich Girl
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1924
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Harold Lloyd plays a millionaire who suffers from imaginary illness in this memorable comedy. With the help of a beautiful...
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The Nurse
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1923
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Originally released on July 1, 1923, the silent, two-reel Dogs of War may well have been the most schizophrenic entry in the...
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1923
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The career of influential comedian Max Linder was nearing its end when he directed and starred in this burlesque of Douglas...
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Constance Bonne-aux-Fieux
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1922
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1922
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This delightful collection of silent comedies come complete with a music score. Titles include "Prince Pistachio,"...
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