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thumb|Mary Miles Minter, Allan Forrest and J. Barney Sherry in "Yvonne from Paris" (1919) As described in various film magazine reviews, Yvonne Halbert is a dancing girl in Paris. Tired of the overbearing nature of her aunt and manager Mar…
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As described in a film magazine review, after a young couple becomes married, the wife becomes deeply chagrined because the husband does not dress and appears with all the care and well-groomed clothes she believes he should have. He decid…
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thumb|thumbtime=11|The Arizona Express (1924) As described in a film magazine review, David Keith, although engaged to a young woman of the town, comes to love Lola Nichols, a cabaret dancer who pretends to love him in order to obtain info…
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As described in a film magazine review, Jerry Whipple, daredevil of the Western range, rescues the Countess Justina and her party when their car is wrecked in a storm. Jerry falls in love with the Countess. Later, he tours Europe with his …
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As described in a film magazine reviews, Bob Mannering is riding in a motor car with others when the car hits and kills a woman. He is accused of causing the death. His father, district attorney John Mannering, decides to prosecute Bob for…
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drama film, silent film
Cossack Anton Kazoff seeks revenge for the wrongs inflicted on his sister Olga.
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As described in a film magazine review, the Prince, weary of his job, tries to quit, but the King will not allow it. He meets and falls in love with a tourist Girl, but he is commanded to marry a Princess from a neighboring kingdom, who is…
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drama film, melodrama, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, a young woman goes North to find out whether her husband is dead or alive and also to effect the release of her innocent brother from jail. She meets a youth who has staked out a gold claim and has a…
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drama film, silent film
Jim Landers is hired by Lloyds of London to investigate Captain Machen who is suspected of scuttling his vessels in a conspiracy with Caldara, a wealthy ship owner. Allowing himself to be shanghaied in a bar at the San Francisco dock, Land…
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comedy film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Edmund Kean (Farnum), at the height of his popularity in London, has as his inspiration the Countess Koefeld (Bonillas). Among his devoted followers is Anna Damby (Shaw), whose guardian is attempting to for…
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As described in a film magazine review, Elmer Clinton, raised by his Uncle Clem, an old peddler, is made the sales manager of a big washing machine company. He becomes full of an undue sense of his own cleverness, and those around him pand…
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