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Western film, action film, silent film
Two men search for a fabled gold mine. The clue to the mine's location is branded on the neck of a wild horse, "White Fury", and the men battle each other to capture the horse first.
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Sir Harry Falkland (Holt), having lost the respect of his wife and facing prosecution for forgery, leaves England and goes to Africa as part of an ivory commission. Maida Verne (Vidor), a French-Sudanese ma…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
thumb|Film stills from advertisement in the April 24, 1926 issue of Motion Picture News The Imperial Russian Army officer Leonid Petroff and the pro-revolutionary schoolteacher Sonia Vronsky fall in love. She is exiled to Siberia with her …
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drama film, silent film
left|thumb|Francis Bushman In the hills of Tennessee, a feud has existed for many years between the Conover's and the McLane's. Once a year, during the annual county fair, there is a truce between the families. As the truce ends, George Co…
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silent film
Richard Whitehead, a cunning opportunist, strategically adopts a bumpkin persona upon arriving in Huntersville, where Sam Hunter holds influence. Whitehead initially unsettles Hunter by challenging him in a pool match, a subtle prelude to …
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drama film, silent film
thumb|A scene from "Judy of Rogue's Harbor" (1920) As described in various film magazine reviews, Judy, is a young girl living in poverty in Rogue's Harbor with her "Grandpap" Ketchel, Olive and Denny, whom she believes to be her sister an…
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drama film, silent film
Dorothy, victim of the influence that the hypnotist Balzamo has on her, the man who raised her, develops a second personality with a malevolent character named Becky. When Balzamo tries to win the girl, she runs away. Meanwhile, Dr.
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, young officer Philip Nolan, from a patriotic family, is attached to a frontier army post in 1800 when he joins the cause of Aaron Burr with his dream of a western empire. After he is court-martialed,…
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silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Jack Tanner is in love with rancher Cross Hayden's daughter Jessie, but cannot marry her due to a lack of funds. His opportunity comes when he proposes to the rancher that he will corral a large herd…
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silent film
silent film
drama film, silent film
Western film, silent film
Western film, silent film
As described in a review in a film magazine, the chief aim of the Orphan (Mix) is to "get" Tex Wilson (Bancroft), the man who killed his parents. In trailing Wilson's gang, the Orphan averts the holdup of the Deadwood Coach, and thus meets…
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drama film, silent film
horror film, silent film
Jean Scholast (Beery) makes a favorable impression on a wealthy businessman's wife (La Rue), and she gets her husband George Le Quintrec to hire him. Scholast works his way into the millionaire's life, stealing his wife and his fortune, an…
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silent film
drama film, silent film
When a successful prizefighter known as "Killer" Agerra causes trouble in a nightclub, a New Jersey mill worker, Dundee Reilly, knocks him out. This impresses both Pat Malone, an ex-boxer, and Pat's attractive sister Mary, who takes a liki…
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comedy film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, the two young writers Carl Russell (Schable) and Frank Carey (McGrail) score success with a novel titled The Breathless Bridal to which they have signed the name "Douglas Roberts." But a mistake in his inco…
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romance film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, neglected by her husband Sir Arthur Little during his assignment in Cairo, Violet seeks the company of Ronald Perry, Sir Arthur's secretary. Parry's sister, sensing the romance, arranges to have Parr…
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comedy film, silent film
drama film, silent film
The film was advertised in contemporary newspapers as "a drama of home and politics that will reach your heart strings."
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