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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,359 films · Page 38.

The Hope (1920)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, blackguard usurer Michael Waltburn (Grimwood), assuming for business purposes the name of Milton Dudley, keeps his daughter Olive (Stonehouse) in ignorance of his profession. He arranges with the Duchess of…

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The World for Sale (1918)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, Fleda Druse and her father Gabriel sever their connections with the wandering Romani and become Christians. In childhood Fieda had been given in marriage to Jethro Fawe, and in accordance with the gypsy cre…

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Lorraine of the Lions (1925)

adventure film, silent film

As described in a film magazine reviews, after an unwanted marriage between his son and a circus animal trainer, a grandfather disowns both parents agrees to take in Lorraine, his granddaughter from overseas. Lorraine is a seven-year-old c…

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A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920)

crime film, drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, The Llano Kid, after killing a Mexican in Texas, flees to Buennas Tierras, South America. The American counsel, seeking to rob an aristocratic Spanish family whose son disappeared years ago, schemes to use …

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The Lone Wolf Returns (1926)

mystery film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, crook Michael Lanyard, known internationally as the Lone Wolf, is discovered while rifling a home in a fashionable section of town. He escapes by a ruse and climbs the balcony of another house, Marci…

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A Dog of the Regiment (1927)

drama film, silent film

Richard "Dick" Harrison, a young American lawyer, travels to Germany to represent his firm in the complex settlement of the wealthy Von Waldorf estate. The heiress, Marie von Waldorf, a cultured and independent young woman, retains as her …

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Evidence (1929)

drama film, silent film

Myra Stanhope, once Lady Winiborne, is divorced by her husband, Lord Cyril Winiborne, who gains custody of their baby boy. This separation stems from circumstantial evidence linking Myra to the reckless Major Pollock. Major Pollock had dec…

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The Palace of Pleasure (1926)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Don Sebastian, Portuguese Premier, sets a price on the head of royalist Ricardo Madons. Madons is in love with actress Lola Montez, whom Sebastian also adores. Madons abducts Lola and compels her to …

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In Again, Out Again (1917)

silent film

Teddy is young man who drowns his sorrows in strong drink after being jilted by his girl. His drunkenness gets him thrown in jail, where he falls in love with the jailer's daughter, Janie. When released, the young man tries everything to g…

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Daddies (1924)

romance film, romantic comedy film, silent film

As described in a review in a film magazine, at a reunion of a bachelors' club the five remaining members are shocked at the defection of one of their number, who pays his forfeit to get married. Another receives a letter that his chum, ab…

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