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As described in a review in a film magazine, in order to better be able to run down a notorious bandit, “The Black Hawk,” Sgt. Steele (Custer) of the Rangers, who has captured another bandit, “Lightning” Brady, impersonates him and joins t…
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drama film, silent film
action film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Jules Lemaire comes to the lumbering country with an infant. He secures a position logging and the interest of Joy Farnsworth, daughter of foreman Tom Farnsworth. Big Jim Burgess becomes jealous of Jules an…
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silent film
drama film, silent film
A girl from the slums is injured by an aristocrat's car. Years later, now a successful dancer, she falls in love with the aristocrat's brother.
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drama film, silent film
After an accident, a man suffers from amnesia and leaves his wife and child to return to his old life.
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silent film
drama film, silent film
A social-climbing businessman becomes a squire of a village.
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Joe Regan, a young traffic officer who has adopted an orphaned boy, takes his charge to a seaside resort to help him recuperate from an injury. There he meets Alicia Davidson, a young woman whom he h…
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silent film
drama film, romance film, silent film
silent film
crime film, silent film
In Cornwall a cardsharper and his heir frame a fisherman for the death of their jealous partner.
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
According to a film magazine, "At the time of the famine, Misao shares her last bit of bread with a beggar, Horisho. He never forgets, and later, when he finds Misao on the point of marrying Toyomo against her will, to save her father from…
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Western film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, small town idler Bill Moreland meets and falls in love with Janet Ainslee, a young actress who is stranded in town along with her company. Janet accepts the favors of Al Brownley, son of the richest man in …
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Western film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Jim Jordan, an ex-cowboy and service man, obtains a job on Anne Morse's ranch where his buddy, Zack Williams, is working. Kincaid, owner of an adjoining quarry, plots to get possession of the Morse l…
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silent film
silent film
As described in a review in a film magazine, following the robbery of a suburban bank, the small town of Red Rock is terrorized by the appearance of a gang led by Bill Kilgore. After failing to impress Carmen Harroway, who runs a small sto…
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crime film, drama film, silent film
silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Meg Mackenzie (McAvoy) is the orphaned niece of two crabbed, stingy old men, Donald (Ogle) and Duncan Craig (Oliver), brothers in a small country town. They force her to become engaged to Joe Dobbs (Stedman…
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biographical film, silent film