Bertram Marburgh (1875–1956) was an American

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and

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. Rainey p.67 He appeared as a

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in around thirty five films between 1915 and 1945.

Selected filmography

* '' After Dark'' (1915) * '' The Stolen Voice'' (1915) * '' The Broken Law'' (1915) * '' The Rail Rider'' (1916) * ''

The Eagle's Eye ''The Eagle's Eye'' is a 1918 American serial film consisting of 20 episodes that dramatizes German espionage in the United States during World War I. The stories are based on the experiences of William J. Flynn during his career as chief of the U ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Social Pirate ''The Social Pirate'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring June Elvidge, Laura Burt and Ned Sparks.Connelly p.412 Cast * June Elvidge as Dolores Fernandez * Laura Burt as Mrs. McBride * Lillian Lawrence ...

'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' The Greatest Love'' (1920) * ''

Timothy's Quest ''Timothy's Quest'' is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Dirigo Films and distributed by American Releasing. It was directed by Sidney Olcott based on a story written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and starred the child actor Joseph Depew. ...

'' (1922) * ''

A Streak of Luck ''A Streak of Luck'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jay Wilsey, Dorothy Wood and Nelson McDowell.Munden, p. 771 Synopsis A playboy is disowned by his banker father after getting his name in the n ...

'' (1925) * ''

His People ''His People'' (also known as Proud Heart) is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman about a young, Jewish boxer growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

'' (1925) * '' The Outsider'' (1926) * '' Unknown Treasures'' (1926) * ''

Silken Shackles ''Silken Shackles'' is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Walter Morosco, the son of theater owner Oliver Morosco, and based on a play by Charles Harris. Irene Rich leads the cas ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Woman on Trial ''The Woman on Trial'' is a 1927 American silent film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Pola Negri, and based on the play ''Confession'' by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda). Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced for Param ...

'' (1927) * '' An Affair of the Follies'' (1927) * '' The Play Girl'' (1928) * '' For the Defense'' (1930) * ''

They Just Had to Get Married ''They Just Had to Get Married'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, and Verree Teasdale. The screenplay was written by Gladys Lehman, H.M. Walker, and an ...

'' (1932) * ''

Before I Hang ''Before I Hang'' is a 1940 American horror film released by Columbia Pictures, starring Boris Karloff. The film was directed by Nick Grinde (under the working title ''The Wizard of Death'') and was one of several films Karloff starred in under co ...

'' (1940) * '' Kitty Foyle'' (1940) * ''

The Hard-Boiled Canary ''The Hard-Boiled Canary'' is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Andrew L. Stone and written by Robert Lively and Andrew L. Stone. It was later reissued as ''There's Magic in Music''. The film stars Allan Jones, Susanna Foster, ...

'' (1941) * ''

The Lady Eve ''The Lady Eve'' is a 1941 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.

'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' Too Many Women'' (1942) * '' The Human Comedy'' (1943) * ''

The Heavenly Body ''The Heavenly Body'' is a 1944 American romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring William Powell and Hedy Lamarr. Based on a story by Jacques Théry, with a screenplay by Michael Arlen and Walter Reisch, the film is about the ...

'' (1944) * '' The Lost Weekend'' (1945)

References

Bibliography

* Dietz, Dan. ''The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. * Rainey, Buck. ''Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956''. McFarland, 2015.

External links

* 1875 births 1956 deaths American male film actors American male stage actors People from New York City {{DEFAULTSORT:Marburgh, Bert