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1935
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This drama presents a dim view of life in a small town populated by back-stabbing, narrow-minded, hypocritical and...
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1935
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A best-selling nonfictional book of the 1920s provided the title for this Will Rogers vehicle. Rogers plays a small town...
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1935
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W.C. Fields is in fine fettle as small-town grocer Harold Bissonette (pronounced Biss-o-NAY). Harold dreams of becoming a...
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1934
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A few unique touches aside -- notably the opening costume-party scene, in which the revellers are dressed as insects -- Rip...
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1934
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Kansas City Princess came at the tail end of the "gold-digger" movie cycle. The inevitable Joan Blondell plays Rosie, a...
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1934
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In the South Seas, half-caste Ilanu (Raquel Torres) refuses to marry Kahea (Donald Reed), as she loves Jimmy Bradford...
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1931
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1931
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In this sweet comedy, a meek and clumsy employee of a large firm is filled with useful ideas, but is too shy to present...
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1930
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Sparring landladies provide the focus of this comedy. The two women are constantly competing to take in the most boarders at...
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1930
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Circus life provides the framework of this drama that chronicles the love, life, and aspiration of a young circus waif. The...
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1929
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Recreating her famous Broadway role from 1920, former Ziegfeld star Marilyn Miller took to the Warner Bros. soundstages with...
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Otis Hooper
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1929
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1928
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In this, at times, hilarious silent, romantic comedy, love blossoms after a posterhanger has an highway mishap with a...
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Hal Reade
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1928
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1927
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The Postman
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1927
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Based on a real-life incident, Maurine Watkins' semi-satirical novel and play Chicago was first brought to the screen in...
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Reporter
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1927
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Billie Dove stars as Marcia Kane, whose head is turned by the charming but sinister Grand Duke Sergei (Montague Love)....
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1927
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T. Roy Barnes was a comedian whose most memorable appearances were as support to more illustrious comics such as Buster...
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1926
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In this silent Western, popular genre star Fred Thomson was given a new sidekick in six-year-old Billy Butts, a fair-haired...
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Steve Baxter
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1926
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1926
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One of Ken Maynard's very best silent westerns, The Unknown Cavalier was filmed on locations in Death Valley, California....
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Clout Pettingill
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1926
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Buster Keaton plays a young lawyer who will inherit $7 million at 7 o'clock on his 27th birthday--provided he is married....
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Billy Meekin
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1925
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This ordinary romantic programmer starred Universal regulars Norman Kerry and Virginia Valli. Linnie Randall, a shopgirl...
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1925
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When Billy Laidlaw (Kenneth Harlan) sees Peggy Laurence (Bebe Daniels) and her partner, Matt Wilde (T. Roy Barnes),...
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Matt Wilde
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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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If the Hearst newspapers seem to get a lot of attention in this comedy-drama, it only makes sense -- William Randolph...
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Jack Murray
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1924
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Jerry Warner
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1924
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Universal star Laura LaPlante stars in this lighthearted comedy based on Sophie Kerr's magazine story, Relative Values....
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Pritchett Spence
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1924
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1924
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This comedy-melodrama, based on the novel by Rupert Hughes (who also directed), blends fiction and reality to tell the story...
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1923
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The title character of this comedy-drama suggests that archetype of the Roaring Twenties -- a brash, ambitious, and likable...
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Bill Peck
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1923
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The Salesman-Hero
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1923
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The premise is clichéd -- it's the usual tale of a pretty girl from the sticks trying to break into movies -- but this satire...
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1923
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Character actor Theodore Roberts was better known for his scene-stealing supporting roles than he was as a star in his own...
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happy jack
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1922
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This vehicle for Wanda Hawley proved to be an entertaining little programmer. John Coningsby (Arthur Hoyt) is constantly...
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Husband
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1922
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Mack Sennett graduates Marie Prevost (star) and Clarence Badger (director) were reunited in the 5-reel feature...
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John Wainwright
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1922
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1922
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This farce from Paramount was loosely adapted from the play The Open Door by Oscar Blumenthal and Gustave Kadelberg. Arthur...
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Arthur Haviland
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1922
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This frothy comedy was a lightweight vehicle for minor silent star Wanda Hawley. She is Sheila Athlone, an artist. When...
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Brian Moore
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1921
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When inventor Otto Trueman (J.P. Lockney) claims to have created a machine which makes artificial rubber, young promoter...
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1921
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Chorus girl Peggy Malone (Wanda Hawley) has a father (Lincoln Plumer) and brother (Dick Rosson) who sponge off her...
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1921
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Exit the Vamp stars the colorfully yclept Fontaine La Rue in the title role as Mrs. Willy Strong. The star of the...
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John Shipley
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1921
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In this farce comedy, two couples are next door neighbors. Although Harry Miller (T. Roy Barnes) loves his sweetly domestic...
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1920
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1920
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