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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,359 films · Page 80.
silent film
As described in the Library of Congress motion picture copyright description, Ruth Harkness, her Aunt Martha, Uncle Jepson, and Ruth's fiancé, Willard Masten, travel west to live at the Flying W Ranch. The property has been left to Ruth by…
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drama film, silent film
silent film
As described in a film magazine, Bucky Malone and his elder partner, Pierre LeGrande, prepare to close their northern mine to avoid being snowed in for the winter. Sergeant McClellan, of the Mounted Police, overhears them in a trivial quar…
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Dr. Stannard Wayne, a worker for humanity, Dr. Arthur Richards, a charlatan, and Carson the Parson, a missionary worker, are firm friends until a victim of Richards' malpractice dies and Wayne is sentenced …
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romance film, silent film
A London West End theater troupe loses its star actress Rose Trelawny when she chooses to marry Arthur Gower a wealthy young man from another part of society. The story follows their love and the challenges they face. It also reflects the …
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drama film, silent film
Jane Cornwall, a young heiress who is in love with James Van Clinton, sells her estate to fund her boyfriend's research. James is able to fine-tune his invention, the Tele-vision-phone, which meets with great success so that he can marry J…
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drama film, silent film
silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Katusha, a servant, betrayed by Prince Nekludov, a Russian officer and member of nobility, is forced through the inexorable Russian custom to become a woman of the streets. As a social outcast she is accuse…
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drama film, silent film
silent film
drama film, silent film
The story tells about a budding romance between an artist and a city girl that is severed when she abandons him for a wealthy millionaire’s yacht in pursuit of material happiness. Left heartbroken, the artist reflects on his loss while the…
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romance film, silent film
silent film
silent film
Shiela Kelly, an Irish-American debutante, falls in with love Terry O'Flynn, an impoverished aristocrat.
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drama film, silent film
comedy film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Dr. Arthur P. Hampton, a struggling young physician, announces his marriage to a fictitious "Mary Jane Smith" in an effort to get his wealthy uncle George P.
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drama film, silent film
silent film
silent film, sport film
drama film, silent film
Sylvia Maynard is a typist in producer Townsend's office. To prove to him that she has acting ability, she goes to a society party, posing as "Mrs. Brown", the widow of a war hero.
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Barbara elopes from covenant school with Barton Sedgewick, the rascally younger brother of her guardian George Sedgewick. She soon discovers that Barton has another wife and child living. He also fears arre…
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silent film
After being captured during World War I, an American prisoner is sent to work on a small farm run by a young woman.
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