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Actors: Mary Philbin, Russell Simpson, Carmelita Geraghty, Margaret Seddon
Synopsis: Mary Philbin, best remembered as the heroine of the 1925 Lon Chaney version of Phantom of the Opera, stars in this murky low-budget melodrama. Philbin plays the daughter of truculent lighthouse keeper Russell Simpson. She goes ga-ga over society rake Edmund Burns, which greatly displeases her Read More
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Leslie Fenton, Fred Mackaye, Gus Partos
Synopsis: In this crime drama, a aging illusionist falls in love with his comely young assistant. Unfortunately, she is enamored with the young thief who has become the magician's student. Another assistant gets jealous of the affair and tells the master. In retaliation, the thief kills the snitch and then Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin
Synopsis: In this romance, an early talkie containing approximately 4 minutes of dialog and a song, a man is paroled from prison provided he adheres strictly to "Rule No. 3," which states that he cannot get romantically involved, nor marry until he is off parole. He encounters trouble when he saves a Read More
Actors: James Gleason, Lucille Gleason, Charles Grapewin, Mary Philbin, John Breeden
Synopsis: Although The Shannons of Broadway was not James Gleason's first film appearance as advertised, it might as well as been: Based on Gleason's own stage play, the film co-starred Gleason with his wife Lucille Webster. Mr. and Mrs. G. are cast as Mickey and Emma Shannon, a vaudeville duo who meet with Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin, Lionel Barrymore, Don Alvarado, Tully Marshall
Synopsis: Pioneering filmmaker D.W. Griffith's days of glory were well behind him when he agreed to direct Drums of Love. Indicative of his diminishing status in Hollywood was the fact that he was now merely a hired hand at United Artists, the company he'd helped to form in 1919. The film was based on the Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Betty Compson
Synopsis: Though its title was inspired by a popular song, Love Me and the World is Mine was based on Die Geschichte von der Hannerl und ihren Liebhaben, a novel by Rudolph Hans Barsch. Mary Philbin stars as Hannerl, an Austrian lass who feels betrayed by her sweetheart, Von Vigilatti (Norman Kerry). Out of Read More
Synopsis: While most of director Edward H. Sloman's silent films have vanished, one of the best, Surrender, is happily still in existence. In his only American film appearance, Ivan Mosjoukine stars as an aristocratic Russian officer who falls in love with winsome Jewish peasant girl Mary Philbin. Not Read More
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova, Josephine Crowell, George Siegmann
Synopsis: Released with sound effects and a music score that included the song "When Love Comes Smiling" by Walter Hirsch, Lew Pollack and Erno Rapee, Paul Leni's near masterpiece remains one of the silent era's last great romantic melodramas. Based on Victor Hugo's 1869 novel L'Homme qui Rit, The Man Who Read More
Actors: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland
Synopsis: Lon Chaney stars as Erik, the Phantom, in what is probably his most famous and certainly his most horrifying role. Produced by Universal, the film shot in 1923 and shelved for nearly two years, and was subjected to intensive studio tinkering. While many expected a disaster, the film turned out to Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Josef Swickard, William Conklin, Rosemary Theby
Synopsis: Isobel Ludani (Mary Philbin) supports herself and her father -- an unsuccessful artist (Josef Swickard) -- by working at a modiste's shop. When she is pressed into service as a mannequin, she gets into a knock-down, drag-out fight with one of the other models and ruins her dress. The modiste Read More
Synopsis: Although this is a silent production, it does include a color sequence. The story remains clear even in this condensed version. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin, Elliott Dexter, Gladys Brockwell, Jason Robards, Sr., Phillips Smalley
Synopsis: Based on a novel by William J. Locke, Stella Maris is a remake of the 1918 Mary Pickford vehicle of the same name. Patsy Ruth Miller takes over the Pickford role as Stella, a crippled girl who is raised like a hothouse orchid by her overprotective guardians. Also like Pickford, Miller essays a Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin, Robert Cain, John St. Polis, Rose Dione
Synopsis: Although the plot to this romance was complicated, the actors didn't have all that much to do, which was just as well; the star was Mary Philbin, an immensely charming actress with a limited amount of talent. Mitsi (Philbin) is an orphan girl raised in a convent. Her grandfather had disowned her Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin, Joseph J. Dowling, William Haines, Grace Darmond, Otto Hoffman
Synopsis: Mary Philbin, whose performance in The Merry-Go-Round had earned her critical raves, stars in this rather lightweight Universal "Jewel." William Tudor (Joseph J. Dowling) is so overloaded with debt that he is forced to give up the family castle, Pencarreg. After selling it to John Kershaw (Dewitt Jennings Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin, Charlie Murray, Lincoln Plummer, Pat O'Malley
Synopsis: This rather trite romance was saved by its colorful backdrop; the setting is the New York Bowery of the early 1890s. Mamie Rose (Mary Philbin) works as a mender in the secondhand clothing shop run by Old Levi (Max Davidson). Levi's son, Max (William Collier Jr.) is a gentle, meek soul who loves Read More
Actors: Ben Alexander, Joe Butterworth, Buddy Messinger, Newton Hall, Gertrude Messinger
Synopsis: Penrod (Ben Alexander) and his pal Sam (Joe Butterworth) are the all-American boys growing up in a small town in this comedy drama taken from Booth Tarkington's popular novel. The boys form an exclusive club and conspire to keep the neighborhood wimp and his toady companion away from their Read More
Synopsis: Janet Loring (Myrtle Steadman) marries millionaire Malcolm Trask (Frank Truesdell). The only catch is that she has to desert her son, Ranny. Ranny becomes a crook's helper who grows up (to be played by William Collier Jr.) to become a thief himself. The years pass and Janet wants to see her boy Read More
Actors: William Walling, Mary Philbin, Alice Day, David Butler
Synopsis: Venus, the Goddess of Love (Celeste Lee) sends Cupid to Earth to look for romance. He travels to the home of Dennis Dean (William Walling) in a little fishing village. Dean has two daughters, Moria (Mary Philbin) and Peggy (Alice Day). Nat Harper, a fisherman (David Butler), loves Moria but she Read More
Actors: Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Cesare Gravina, Edith Yorke, George Hackathorne
Synopsis: Best known today as the film which cost director Erich Von Stroheim his job at Universal Studios, Merry Go Round contains enough Von Stroheim touches to suggest that "official" director Rupert Julian merely tied together the film's loose ends. The titular merry-go-round is owned by the unspeakable George Siegmann Read More
Actors: Gladys Walton, Jack Perrin, Thomas Holding, Kathleen O'Connor, Roscoe Karns
Synopsis: Minor Universal star Gladys Walton plays an especially pitiful character in this subpar programmer. Mamie Judd (Walton) is a drudge for a theatrical troupe. She adores leading man Herman Jenks (Jack Perrin), who barely acknowledges her existence -- occasionally he will gift her with an autographed Read More
Actors: House Peters
Synopsis: After the wild party held by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle that allegedly resulted in a girl's death, and the unsolved murder of director William Desmond Taylor, Women's Clubs -- and the film industry itself -- began to clamor for what was called "clean" entertainment. This picture was Universal's Read More
Actors: Mary Philbin, James Morrison, Jack Mower, Minna Redman, George Bunny
Synopsis: This Universal programmer features Mary Philbin, who was still fairly new to the screen and not yet the star of The Merry-Go-Round and Phantom of the Opera. Tressie Harlow (Philbin) lives with her Uncle Nate (George Bunny) and Aunt Deborah (Minna Ferry Redman) in a little fishing village. Because Read More
Synopsis: Frank Mayo made some of Universal's best program features; here he receives support from lovely newcomers Lillian Rich and Mary Philbin. Bradley Yates (Mayo) works so intently on discovering a new blood serum that it gives him a nervous breakdown. His associate, Dr. Pickney Forbes (Frank Holland) Read More
Synopsis: Universal's rather dishevelled cowboy hero Hoot Gibson once again played a cowpoke with girl trouble in this above-average silent Western directed by John Ford. Gibson depicted Jeff Bransford, whose girlfriend Marian (Molly Malone) rejects him because he lacks ambition. Unbeknownst to Marian Read More
Actors: Mary Pickford, Conway Tearle, Camille Ankewitch, Ida Waterman, Herbert Standing
Synopsis: In a largely successful effort to demonstrate her versatility, Mary Pickford plays a dual role in Stella Maris. As Stella Maris, Pickford is a crippled young heiress who has been raised in luxurious isolation. As Unity Blake, Pickford is a homely maidservant, subject to ill treatment from her Read More
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