The second of eight 1930s films based on J. P. Marquand's Japanese detective, Thank You, Mr. Moto finds Moto (Peter Lorre)...
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Madame Chung
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1937
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First filmed in 1910, the venerable Helen Hunt Jackson novel Ramona was remade in 1936 in full Technicolor (20th...
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1936
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In this crime drama, a girl whose father was murdered by gangsters wants to marry into a rich family. Her fiance's mother...
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Mrs. DeWitt Tyler II
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1936
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Though she certainly didn't need the money, silent film favorite Colleen Moore made a comeback bid during the 1933-34 film...
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Mrs. Breene
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1934
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A young woman believes that her mother's gambling house is a hotel. When a gambler angry about being cheated there convinces...
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1933
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1933
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Gary Curtis, aka Farnsbarns (Richardo Cortez), is really a former hoodlum hired to retrieve some compromising letters from...
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Faith Andes
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1932
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In this drama, a rich man's wife finds herself victimized by her cruel mother-in-law who doesn't think the girl is good...
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Mrs. Frost
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1932
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With a blonde wigged Joan Crawford offering one of her more high-handed performances, and veteran silent star Pauline...
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Diane, Valentine's Mother
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1931
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A woman finds herself a victim of love in this drama. Her trouble begins when her husband falsely accuses her of having an...
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Myra Stanhope
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1929
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In this early sound film, adapted from a play by Somerset Maugham, a WW I veteran is left crippled after a plane crash that...
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Mrs. Taylor
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1929
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First filmed 1917, the Elmer Rice play On Trial was remade as a talkie eleven years later. The original stage version was...
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Joan Trask
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1928
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The Nest was based on Les Noces d'Argent, a play by Paul Geraldy. Having sacrificed all for her children, staid Mrs. Hamilton...
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Mrs. Hamilton
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1927
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The great American character actress Pauline Frederick crossed the Big Pond to star in the British Mumsie. Ms. Frederick is...
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Mumsie
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1927
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Pauline Frederick plays the title role in this cinemadaptation of Kathleen Norris' novel Josselyn's Wife. Jilted by her...
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Lillian Josselyn
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1926
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Adele Fenway (Pauline Frederick) is Her Honor the Governor in this complex silent drama. Upon winning the gubernatorial...
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Adele Fenway
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1926
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This romance featured respected old-timers (Pauline Frederick in a starring role and Leah Baird as screenwriter) and a fresh...
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Jeannette Picot
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1926
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Smouldering Fires is a first-rate silent "soap opera," immaculately performed by its superb cast and brilliantly directed by...
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Jane Vale
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1925
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Who else would have directed a film with a title of such thundering moralistic drama but film pioneer J. Stuart Blackton?...
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1924
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Nellie Wayne
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1924
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Even though director Ernst Lubitsch had only been in the U.S. for a little over a year, his soon-to-be-famous "touch" was...
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Mrs. Mabel Wilton
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1924
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Not just any actress would allow herself to portray a homely spinster for the better part of a feature film, but dramatic...
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Clementina Wing
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1922
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A subdued Pauline Frederick plays against her usual worldly type in this slow-moving melodrama. The husband of Lady Myra...
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Lady Myra Ingleby
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1921
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David Marsh (John Bowers) and his brother Lewis (Richard Tucker) are both in love with Ann Hardy (Jane Novak). Lewis, who has...
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Rose Merritt
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1921
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Dorothy Keith
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1921
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1921
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The role of Jacqueline Floriot -- the Madame X of the film's title -- is a tour de force for any actress. After having an...
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1920
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The scenario for this melodrama was based on a novel, The Shadow of the Rope, written by Raffles creator, E.W. Hornung....
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1919
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Instead of playing the femme fatale, silent star Pauline Frederick tried a different type of role in this melodramatic...
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1917
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This drama based on the Clyde Fitch stage play offers a fine performance by Marie Chambers, who comes close to eclipsing its...
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1916
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Pauline Frederick plays Audrey in this five-reel adaptation of the novel by Mary Johnston. In a true change of pace for the...
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1916
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Pauline Frederick rendered her usual splendid, understated performance in this screen version of Israel Zangwell's play The...
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1916
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Pauline Frederick plays a dual role as twin sisters in Ashes of Embers. The future happiness of the good twin is imperiled by...
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1916
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When this film was released, there was a story floating around the Famous Players studio that the director insisted on having...
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1916
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The first film version of Robert Hichens and J. B. Fagan's stage melodrama Bella Donna served as an adequate vehicle for...
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1915
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As a rule, Pauline Frederick was better than her material in her Famous Players vehicles of the pre-1920 era, and Sold was...
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1915
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1915
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Filmed on location in Rome at a then-staggering cost of $100,000, The Eternal City was based on the best-selling historical...
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1915
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