
Birthday:
01-11-1865
Deathday:
12-01-1940 (75 years)
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Act like Judge Thatcher
event1938 star_border 6.5
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Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Dark Victory
Act like Colonel Mantle
event1939 star_border 7
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Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
The Glass Key
Act like Senator John T. Henry
event1935 star_border 6.3
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When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-hand man, must decide which side he is on.
Becky Sharp
Act like Gen. Tufto
event1935 star_border 5.6
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The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanity Fair", the film looks at the English class system during the Napoleonic Wars era.
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Act like Mr. Curtis (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.1
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A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
The Secret Kingdom
Act like Prince Philip / Phil Barr
event1917
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The Secret Kingdom is a 1917 silent action movie serial comprised of 15 chapters: 1. Land of the Intrigue 2. Royalty at Red Wing 3. Sealed Packet 4. Honorable Mr. Oxenham 5. Carriage Call #101 6. Human Flotsam 7. Ghost Ship 8. Rum Cay 9. Swamp Adder 10. A Goat Without Horns 11. The White Witch 12. The Shark's Nest 13. The Tragic Masque 14. The Portrait of a King 15. The Tocsin.
His Double Life
Act like Witt
event1933 star_border 6.1
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Priam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as Farrel's. The timid artist then assumes the identity of his former servant, but finds himself faced with constant dilemmas as a result.
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Act like Mr. Orrin Kinnicott
event1935 star_border 6.3
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Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeking to convince her to write her biography as a feature for his magazine. One of Marion's old beaus, now running for U.S. Senator from their home state, also comes calling.
I'd Give My Life
Act like Attorney Bill Chase
event1936 star_border 6
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The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a murder which he never committed.
Make a Wish
Act like Wagner
event1937 star_border 5.9
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While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest operetta, Selden at last finds it when he meets Chip's gorgeous mother Irene Winters, a popular singer. Alas, her stiff-necked fiancé Walter Mays refuses to allow her to return to the stage, whereupon Rathbone spirals into a depression -- and even worse, a profound case of writers' block.
The Dawn of Freedom
Act like Richard Cartwright
event1916
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"The Dawn of Freedom" is a stinging satire on the death of those ideals that prompted the founders of the United States.
The Hero of Submarine D-2
Act like Lt. Commander Colton
event1916
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Lieutenant Commander Colton, U.S.N., is in love with Caroline Austen, daughter of a prominent political power in Washington. Colton has a rival in James Archer, a journalist of prominence, unscrupulous and secretly in league with the Ruanian Ambassador, who is endeavoring to obtain for his country inside information as to the United States naval resources.
Lady Behave!
Act like Howells
event1937 star_border 5.2
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It's bad enough that Clarice Kendall Andrews, Paula's irresponsible sister, comes home from celebrating Mardi Gras and drunkenly mentions that she got married during the festivities. What's worse is the fact that Paula knows that Clarice is still married to an equally irresponsible gigolo. Paula learns that the man Clarice married, Stephen Cormack, is on his yacht and his lawyer, thinking that Paula is Clarice, offers the older woman $5000 to annul the marriage.
The Cowboy and the Lady
Act like Dillon
event1938 star_border 6.1
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Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
My Marriage
Act like H.J. Barton
event1936 star_border 5
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When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his daughter Carol is left to bear the brunt of social stigma.
The Battle Cry of Peace
Act like John Harrison
event1915
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Enemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American defense appropriations down at a time when forces of the enemy are preparing to invade. The invasion comes, and New York, Washington, and other American cities are devastated.
The Struggle
Act like Mr. Craig
event1931 star_border 6.7
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A young couple's marriage is jeopardized by the husband's descent into alcoholism.
The Hidden Truth
Act like Charles Taylor
event1919
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Helen Merrill sings and dances in the rough Western mining town of Nugget City, where she befriends Myrtle Cadby, whose husband Jake cruelly abuses her. After a particularly vicious beating, Myrtle, seriously injured, shoots Jake. As she lies dying, she gives Helen a letter of introduction to a man she was to have married in the East, urging her to leave Nugget City. Before she leaves, Helen overhears Bill Sheridan and "Snipe" Roach scheming to sell Charles Taylor, a wealthy New Yorker, a salted mine, with the assistance of George Reed, Taylor's mining agent. Helen goes East and learns that Taylor is the man whom Myrtle was to have married, but because she immediately falls in love with him, she conceals her own identity and masquerades as Myrtle.
The President Vanishes
Act like Corcoran
event1934 star_border 7
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The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.
Exile Express
Act like Judge
event1939 star_border 5
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A San Francisco reporter and a lab assistant foil spies on an East-bound deportation train.
Strike Me Pink
Act like Professor (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.6
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Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
Champagne Charlie
Act like Avory
event1936 star_border 4.8
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The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
Devil's Island
Act like Governor Beaufort
event1939 star_border 5.4
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A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
In Old Kentucky
Act like Pole Shattuck
event1935
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Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ezra, and the feud is to be resolved by a horse race between the favorites of each family. Unfortunately, the Martingale's horse, Greyboy, only runs well in mud. And it hasn't rained in a long time.
My Friend the Devil
Act like George Dryden
event1922
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Silent romantic drama...
After Office Hours
Act like Jordan
event1935 star_border 6.4
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A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.
Holiday
Act like Thayer (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 7.3
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Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Act like Mayor John Saunders
event1939 star_border 5.8
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Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
Parole!
Act like John 'Jack' Driscoll
event1936 star_border 6
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Louis Friedlander-directed film
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Act like Paul - the Governor
event1936 star_border 4.8
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A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
The College Hero
Act like The Dean
event1927 star_border 4.3
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A college football player is injured by a jealous teammate during practice, but comes back unexpectedly to play for his team in the season's key game.
The Case of the Curious Bride
Act like C. Phillip Montaine
event1935 star_border 6
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After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.
Take a Chance
Act like Andrew Raleigh
event1933 star_border 4
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Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.
The Sign on the Door
Act like 'Lafe' Regan
event1921
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A 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.
Under Your Spell
Act like Uncle Bob
event1936 star_border 7
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A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.
Blondes at Work
Act like Judge Wilson
event1938 star_border 6.1
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When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
Curtain
Act like Dick Cunningham
event1920
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Nancy Bradshaw (Katherine MacDonald) is a popular stage star who quits her career to marry millionaire clubman Dick Cunningham (Charles Richman). But after a few years of marriage, he starts seeing other women. Figuring that her public was more faithful to her than her husband, Nancy returns to the stage.
The Life of Emile Zola
Act like M. Delagorgue
event1937 star_border 6.7
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A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
The Heights of Hazard
Act like Billy Williams
event1915
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Miss Olivia Martindale, at a dinner, announces: "There is no longer any romance in American life," and immediately arouses a storm of protest.
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