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drama film, silent film
In The Last Rose of Summer Oliver Selwyn is a collector who woos Lotus Devine, but not for herself alone. The movie has been called "a melodramatic tale of a spinster betrayed for the sake of a valuable teaset". Denis Gifford says "Collect…
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comedy drama, silent film
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Canadian lumberman Angus MacDonald (Farnum) falls in love at first sight with New York cabaret dancer Ruth Mayo (Pawn) and marries her. Following his hasty marriage, he takes his bride back to the Canadian …
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Harry Althrop, a young American, is in love with Princess Cordelia and when he finds his funds are getting low he forges the signature of Thomas Lawton, the American ambassador and a close friend of his fat…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, left an orphan with $2,000 in cash, Marcel Middleton (Clayton) goes to visit some friends in New York City, where her phenomenal luck in bridge nets her funds for her support. Innocently, she falls in with …
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drama film, silent film
romance film, silent film
The screenplay concerns a British furniture salesman who buys some chairs from an American dealer, only to discover that they are fakes.
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drama film, silent film
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drama film, silent film
An American woman in Egypt falls in love with a major in the British Army. While on a trip through the desert they are attacked by Bedouins, and the woman is captured. British troops stage a rescue mission.
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drama film, silent film
The story was described in advertising as the story of a beautiful Italian model's romance with a young American.
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Helen Armes (Dalton), a nurse, comes to New York City from Albany to visit her married brother. She arrives on New Year's Eve and is immediately added to a cabaret party being made up to include her brother…
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crime film, silent film
drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
silent film
Fortuna Donnelly is an usherette in the Halcyon theater, where the theater's manager, Eddie Lintner is smitten with her. However, she is also pursued by Owen Pauncefort, a wealthy Englishman. She chooses to focus her attention on Pauncefor…
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action film, drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Goto Mariyama, Japanese owner of a fashionable gambling house, accepts the worthless check of Blair Whitcomb, who has lost his fortune at the gaming table. Whitcomb makes an attempt on Mariyama's life. Glor…
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