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drama film, silent film
A display advert of the time states: "Her fancy swept her back through the ages, and she was dancing before king Herod for the head of John the Baptist. Yet she was a modern woman, a hot-house product of Twentieth Century Society."
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Western film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, forced to hide in the hills with his horse Silver when he was unjustly accused of murder, Tom Bailey consents to return to ride in a rodeo when he is granted amnesty for one day. He also acts as a ju…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Fighting John Casey, a historic fire chief, has two sons of contrasting natures. The father's ambition is for Jim to follow in his footsteps, but the boy has an inborn fear of flames. On his the firs…
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, immediately after returning home from her honeymoon with John Waring, Eve finds that she still loves her old sweetheart Ralph Deane. Unknowingly, Eve actually made the right choice as the old sweethe…
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Colonel Billy is an ex-dance hall girl who has now gained a reputation as a gunfighter. She lives on the outskirts of Rattlesnake Gulch, where the women look down on her due to her past, while the men respect her due to her gun. She is in …
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drama film, silent film
Nell (Beamer) and Lt. George Surratt (Gordon) are happily married, but Nell's sister Hester (Humphrey) is disappointed because she had hoped to obtain social standing and wealth through the marriage by Nell to an old but wealthy man. Short…
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drama film, silent film
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drama film, silent film
A judge's disowned son becomes a reporter and marries a condemned man's daughter.
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adventure film, silent film
After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.
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drama film, silent film
silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Lieutenant Milt Mulford, on being commissioned, joins a United States Army post located near his father's ranch. He falls in love with Dixie, the daughter of Major Denniston. Because Gaynes, governme…
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boxing film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Jack is the son of a millionaire, and keen on amateur boxing. He knocks out “One Round” Sweeney in a bout at an athletic club and is denounced by his father. He is disinherited and goes to Texas in h…
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drama film, silent film
Having set out on a cruise with his father for Europe, Billy Morrow discovers the true purpose of that trip which, organized by Mrs. Parr, an intriguing high society lady who has buried three husbands, now plans to marry him to his stepdau…
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comedy film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Milly and Bob Morehouse board the train for their honeymoon immediately after the wedding ceremony. Bob meets an old friend in the smoking car. The old friend makes several well meant but poorly timed remar…
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drama film, silent film
thumb|262x262px|Advertisement in the 1919 Motion Picture News As described in a film magazine, society girl Cynthia Brock (Dalton) is made penniless by the death of her father and about to relinquish her place in her social circle when Fen…
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drama film, silent film
When his girlfriend, Ruth Shipman, is sexually harassed by theater producer Isaac Shuman, Tom Warder investigates the manager's behavior and publishes a blistering story exposing Shuman's predatory tactics. Shuman is forced to leave town, …
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drama film, silent film
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After being released from jail, two former criminals attempt to go straight. They manages to land jobs as chauffeurs for a wealthy family, but a vindictive detective is not convinced they have given up crime and tries to arrest them for st…
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