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Selected filmography

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Tropical Love ''Tropical Love'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ruth Clifford, Reginald Denny and Huntley Gordon.Munden p.832 It was partly shot on location in Puerto Rico. Cast * Ruth Clifford as Rosario * F.A. Tu ...

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The Matrimonial Web ''The Matrimonial Web'' is a 1921 American silent crime drama film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Calhoun, Joseph Striker and Riley Hatch.Munden p.500 Cast * Alice Calhoun as Helen Anderson * Joseph Striker as Harvey Blake * Riley H ...

'' (1921) * '' Silver Wings'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' Who Are My Parents?'' (1922) * ''

Married People ''Married People'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC as part of its 1990–91 schedule. It was a production of Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc. in association with Columbia Pictures Television and aired between September 18, 1990 and ...

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Love's Old Sweet Song "Love's Old Sweet Song" is a Victorian parlour song published in 1884 by composer James Lynam Molloy and lyricist Graham Clifton Bingham. The first line of the chorus is "Just a song at twilight", and its title is sometimes misidentified as su ...

'' (1923) * '' Man and Wife'' (1923) * ''

Modern Marriage ''Modern Marriage'' is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and Victor Heerman. It starred Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in one of their last appearances together. Cast Preservation status A print of ' ...

'' (1923) * '' The Recoil'' (1924) * ''

Trouping with Ellen ''Trouping with Ellen'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring Basil Rathbone, Gaston Glass, Helene Chadwick, and Mary Thurman. Based on a short story by Earl Derr Biggers that appeared in ''The Saturday Evening Post'', this was Rathb ...

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Galloping Hoofs ''Galloping Hoofs'' is a 1924 American silent Western film serial directed by George B. Seitz and starring Allene Ray and Johnnie Walker. The film is now considered to be lost. Cast * Allene Ray as Carole Page * Johnnie Walker as David Kirby ...

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Broadway Lady ''Broadway Lady'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Evelyn Brent. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Evelyn, as a chorus girl, is admired by a young blue-blood whose family invite her ...

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White Mice "White Mice" is a special edition sketch of the BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', first broadcast on 24 December 1985 on BBC Breakfast Time. Synopsis A parody, spoof investigation of Del Boy is conducted by the BBC Breakfast show, ''Breakfa ...

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The Frontier Trail ''The Frontier Trail'' is a lost 1926 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Harry Carey. Plot Cast * Harry Carey - Jim Cardigan * Mabel Julienne Scott - Dolly Mainard * Ernest Hilliard - Captain Blackwell * ...

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Forest Havoc ''Forest Havoc'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Forrest Stanley, Peggy Montgomery, and Martha Mattox.Connelly p.350 Cast * Forrest Stanley * Peggy Montgomery * Martha Mattox * Ernest ...

'' (1926) * '' The High Flyer'' (1926) * '' Winning the Futurity'' (1926) * '' Broadway After Midnight'' (1927) * '' Let It Rain'' (1927) * ''

The Midnight Watch ''The Midnight Watch'' is a 1927 American silent crime film directed by Charles J. Hunt and starring Roy Stewart, Mary McAllister and David Torrence.Wlaschin p.141 Cast * Roy Stewart as Bob Breemer * Mary McAllister as Rose Denton * David ...

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The Scorcher ''The Scorcher'' is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Thelma Parr and Hank Mann.Connelly p.688 It was distributed by the independent Rayart Pictures, the forerunner of Monogram Pictures. Sy ...

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The Racing Fool ''The Racing Fool'' is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Ruth Dwyer and Ernest Hilliard.Munden p.672 Cast * Reed Howes as Jack Harlowe * Ruth Dwyer as Helen Drake * Ernest Hilliard as Co ...

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The Wheel of Destiny ''The Wheel of Destiny'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Duke Worne and starring Forrest Stanley, Georgia Hale and Percy Challenger.Munden p.883 Synopsis After being rejected by a snobbish society woman, a young man falls and l ...

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The Silent Hero ''The Silent Hero'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Duke Worne and starring Robert Frazer, Edna Murphy and Joseph W. Girard.Connelly, p. 410. A man travels north to take part in the Alaska Gold Rush, leaving the woman he l ...

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A Bowery Cinderella ''A Bowery Cinderella'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Gladys Hulette, Pat O'Malley and Kate Bruce.Munden p.80 Synopsis A financially struggling fashion designer from the Bowery receives assistance ...

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Modern Daughters ''Modern Daughters'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Charles J. Hunt and starring Edna Murphy, Bryant Washburn and Ernest Hilliard.Munden p.519 Cast * Edna Murphy * Bryant Washburn * Ernest Hilliard Ernest Hilliard (Januar ...

'' (1927) * '' The Noose'' (1928) * ''

The Matinee Idol ''The Matinee Idol'' is a 1928 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, and starring Bessie Love and Johnnie Walker. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Prints are in the archives of the Cinémathèque Fran� ...

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The Divine Sinner ''The Divine Sinner'' is a 1928 American silent film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Vera Reynolds, Nigel De Brulier and Bernard Siegel. This film is now lost. Cast * Vera Reynolds as Lillia Ludwig * Nigel De Brulier as Minister of ...

'' (1928) * '' The Big Hop'' (1928) * ''

Dugan of the Dugouts ''Dugan of the Dugouts'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Bobby Ray and starring Pauline Garon, Danny O'Shea and Ernest Hilliard.Munden p.206 It was one of two films directed by Ray, a former silent-era film comedian, who late ...

'' (1928) * '' Sinners in Love'' (1928) * ''

The Midnight Adventure ''The Midnight Adventure'' is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by Duke Worne and starring Cullen Landis, Edna Murphy and Ernest Hilliard.Weaver p.201 Synopsis Guests a country mansion all fall under suspicion when a murder is commit ...

'' (1928) * '' Out with the Tide'' (1928) * ''

Burning Up Broadway ''Burning Up Broadway'' is a 1928 American silent drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Helene Costello, Robert Frazer, and Sam Hardy, and was released February 1928. Plot Spike and Nick own a speakeasy in New York, where the chief cho ...

'' (1928) * '' Devil Dogs'' (1928) * ''

The Awful Truth ''The Awful Truth'' is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1923 play ''The Awful Truth'' by Arthur Richman, the film recounts how a distrustful rich couple begins ...

'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' When Dreams Come True'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

Red Hot Rhythm ''Red Hot Rhythm'' (1929) is an American pre-Code early sound musical film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Alan Hale Sr., Kathryn Crawford, Walter O'Keefe, and Josephine Dunn. As originally released by Pathé Exchange, the film featured ...

'' (1929) * '' Second Honeymoon'' (1930) * ''

Mother and Son ''Mother and Son'' is an Australian television sitcom that was broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994. The show stars Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris. It ...

'' (1931) * ''

Flirting with Danger ''Flirting with Danger'' is a 1934 American comedy adventure film directed by Vin Moore and starring Robert Armstrong, Edgar Kennedy and William Cagney ( James Cagney's lookalike brother). The picture was released by Monogram Pictures and has a ...

'' (1934) * ''

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek ''The Boss Rider of Gun Creek'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark, Alphonse Ethier, Tom Chatterton and Josef Swickard. The film ...

'' (1936) * ''

Sea Spoilers ''Sea Spoilers'' is a 1936 American drama mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring John Wayne. Plot A Coast Guardsman must rescue his kidnapped girlfriend from smugglers willing to kill in order to maintain their illegal trade in ...

'' (1936)

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* 1890 births 1947 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub