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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,359 films · Page 61.

An International Marriage (1916)

silent film

The story revolves around a Florence Brent who is an American heiress who wishes to marry a Duke in Europe. The father of the duke wants her to have a title before marriage however, so she quickly marries the Duke's friend who is a Count w…

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For Husbands Only (1918)

comedy drama, silent film

As described in a film magazine, just out of convent, Toni Wilde becomes the inspiration of millionaire bachelor Rolin Van D'Arcy and when he kisses her, she believes herself to be engaged to him. However, she is rudely awakened from this …

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His Tiger Wife (1928)

drama film, silent film

As described in a pressbook for the film, Henri works at the Folies Bergère and has a part dressed as a Maharaja in a Hindu tableau. As he sits on an elephant, he sketches the profile of the beautiful Tiger Lady, who sits each night in a b…

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Too Many Millions (1918)

silent film

As described in a film magazine, the Bass brothers are unscrupulous misers while Artemus Wilkins is their confidential bookkeeper. The brothers are afraid that young Walsingham Van Doren, their nephew, will squander their ill-gotten gains,…

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Jenny Be Good (1920)

drama film, romance film, silent film

thumb|Mary Miles Minter and her sister Margaret Shelby in "Jenny Be Good" (1920) As described in film magazine reviews, Jenny Riano, is an orphaned girl and a talented violinist, who is raised by her grandmother Nancy Beedle. She falls in …

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The Race (1916)

drama film, silent film

Although the film was advertised as being based on Anita King's real cross country trip in a roadster, the film actually follows the adventures of a man trying to win money in a transcontinental car race to pay back debt he owes. He eventu…

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The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920)

adventure film, drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine, during a cruise of the Elsinore, Captain Nathaniel Somers (MacGregor) is assassinated and John Pike (Lewis) takes control of the schooner to provide an income for the skipper's son Dick (Casson Ferguson). T…

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A Fight to the Finish (1925)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Jim Davis, a young man whose father has turned him out without a cent, becomes embroiled in a street fight and defeats a man whom he later discovers is the state boxing champion in his division. Mary…

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Cinders (1926)

silent film

Entomologist Professor Pottiefax inherits a fortune and the "Palace", a luxurious hotel-casino on the French Riviera. He leaves his London boarding house, taking his devoted maid Betty with him. In France, Pottiefax is ridiculed for his in…

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My Wife and I (1925)

drama film, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Stuart Borden becomes infatuated with Aileen Alton, who is only interested in him as long as he spends money lavishly on her. He runs up so many bills that his father, James Borden, although a millio…

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