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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Frank Armour, scion of British aristocracy and of the Hudson's Bay Company, hears from his former sweetheart of her marriage to a rival. In revenge and to ridicule his family, he marries an Indian princess …
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The film takes place in Paris, 1793, during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. Paul de Roulade (Pedro de Cordoba) is a hero to the Proletariat, who cry him 'Citizen de Roulade'. One evening he gets into an ar…
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drama film, silent film
A man's wife has an affair with his best friend and becomes pregnant.
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adventure film, silent film
Mining engineer Jim McClellan is in love with Dolores de Silva, the daughter of the deposed president of a South American country. McClellan tries to help de Silva regain power but finds himself involved in a series of dangerous adventures…
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drama film, silent film
To satisfy all the wishes of a demanding wife, Brian Kent steals a large sum from the bank where he works. Overwhelmed with remorse, the man then attempts suicide on a boat that is adrift in a tumultuous river. The small boat, however, end…
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As described in a review in a film magazine, tiring of his home life, Leon Kent gives a wild party and his wife leaves with their young son and goes to a neighbor's house. Ross Brewster, a banker, sympathizes with her. Kent becomes enraged…
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crime film, drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
The film is an adaptation of E. Phillips Oppenheim's 1920 novel of the same name, which follows a German spy who attempts to impersonate an English aristocrat.
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Western film, silent film
silent film
comedy film, silent film
silent film
Fernie Schmidt lives with her parents in the rear of their delicatessen. The smells of the business - cheeses, sausages, garlic and pickled herrings - repulses Fernie, who dreams of removing herself from the environment and moving into a l…
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Cynthia Martin, a spirited and independent 21-year-old, finds herself trapped in a peculiar family tradition. Her father refuses to allow his younger daughters, Helen and Grace, to marry until Cynthia, the eldest, is wed first. He is deter…
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drama film, silent film
Silent Era describes the film as a South Seas drama. From a newspaper story of the era: "The police force of the island in question is limited to three men of assorted uniforms and arms, who would rather do anything than face danger. Many …
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drama film, silent film
romance film, romantic comedy, silent film
Sheila Moore (Gish) takes a job at a candy store to support her father, an out-of-work vaudevillian. She attracts the romantic attentions of the store owner's son Tom (Barthalmess) and marries him, incurring the wrath of Tom's parents.
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, a rich uncle dies and leaves money to the Welby family. The results are disastrous. Young Jack Welby abandons Amabel, the young woman he is engaged to; his sister Primrose quits her fiancé Hugo Blyth…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a review in a film magazine, Isobel Ludant (Philbin), the beautiful daughter of a talented but unsuccessful artist, is the breadwinner of the family, working in the shop of fashionable modiste. One night she is forced to ac…
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silent film
A wealthy young woman and a bank clerk elope during a cruise in the South Seas. Their disappearance causes concern, which is apparently justified because the two are attacked by savages on an island before they can marry. Marriage eventual…
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Western film, adventure film, serial film, silent film, thriller film
Episodes Fifteen episodes of The Avenging Arrow were released weekly from March 13 to June 19, 1921: “The Vow of Mystery” “The Enemy Strikes” “The Hands” “A Life in Jeopardy” “The Message Stone” “The Midnight Attack” “The Double Game” “The…
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drama film, silent film
Escaping Nifty Mendez, a slave trader who framed their father, Betty Norton and younger brother Jimmy are on the run when the boy is hit by a car that fractures his leg. The driver, Rodney Channing, insists on hosting Jimmy during his conv…
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romance film, silent film