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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, while Colette Brissac (Dalton) is inside a saloon in a northwestern gold camp begging for assistance her mother and father, who is a fugitive from the law, die outside the dance hall. She becomes an enterta…
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Western film, silent film
drama film, mystery film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Cassy Cara, daughter of a Portuguese violinist whose talent has been obscured by a stroke following a holdup, attracts the attention of Monty Paliser, a man of wealth who, failing to win her by any other me…
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Western film, serial film, silent film
As described in a summary in a film publication, the serial involves the mystery of the murder of William Stillman (Wells) and the finding of the heir to his fortune. Silent Joe (Farnum) arrives in an effort to discover the murderer and pr…
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silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Tom Harper is a former American Expeditionary Forces soldier, handy with his fists, but suffering the effects of being gassed during World War I. His crippled little sister Sally, he learns, can be cured of…
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silent film
silent film
High Hat is a movie extra at First National Pictures, but sees himself as the studio pundit, dispensing advice to stars such as John Barrymore and Pola Negri. A studio seamstress named Millie gets him a lucrative "closeup" assignment in th…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, a motion picture actor, whose mother is in prison for the murder of her drunken husband, refuses to take chances with his life on the lot and is considered a coward. He dare not risk accident and the…
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adventure film, silent film
silent film
drama film, silent film
Western film, comedy film, silent film
silent film
drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
Charles Stoddard (played by Hale) is a poor artist living with his wife and two children in Greenwich Village. Destitute after his wife dies, he is forced to sell one of his children for $1,000 to a childless rich woman. He soon comes to h…
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drama film, silent film
A fur smuggler's daughter asks to accompany him on his trip to the US to sell his furs. She falls for Robert, a young man who has recently been dumped by his girlfriend for a rich man. She and Robert fall in love, but her father suddenly t…
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Leonora, a poor lace maker, is given a musical education by Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, a wealthy American family, and soon becomes a prima donna.
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boxing film, silent film
Dave Smith, retired heavyweight boxing champion travels around Australia having various adventures, including working as a swagman, fighting Les O'Donnell, a speedboat chase across Sydney harbour, a football game involving rugby league sta…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
A maitre d' at the Hôtel Ritz Paris finds out his son, wealthy thanks to his mother, might be blackmailed by Mae Morin (played by Lilyan Tashman).
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drama film, silent film
According to a film magazine, "Mrs. Lenning, a designing widow, tells Jackson that his wife is weaning Billy's affection from him. Jackson commands his wife to call upon Mrs.
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boxing film, silent film
A young Jewish boy from Whitechapel becomes a professional boxer in the hope of fighting the man he believes murdered his father.
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