Alan Hale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Hale Sr. (born Rufus Edward Mackahan; February 10, 1892 – January 22, 1950) was an American movie actor and director, most widely remembered for his many supporting character roles, in particular as a frequent sidekick of Errol Flynn, as well as films supporting Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery, Douglas Fairbanks, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and Ronald Reagan, among dozens of others. Hale was born Rufus Edward Mackahan in Washington, D.C. He studied to be an opera singer and also had success as an inventor. Among his innovations were a sliding theater chair (to allow spectators to slide back to admit newcomers rather than standing), the hand fire extinguisher, and greaseless potato chips. His first film role was in the 1911 silent movie The Cowboy and the Lady. He played "Little John" in the 1922 film Robin Hood, with Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, reprised the role 16 years later in The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, then played him yet again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest in 1950 with John Derek as Robin Hood's son, an unprecedented 28-year span of portrayals of the same character in theatrical films. Hale played Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), featuring in a pivotal confrontation with the Earl of Essex, portrayed by Flynn. His other films include the 1922 epic The Trap with Lon Chaney, 1928's Skyscraper; as well as Fog Over Frisco with Bette Davis; Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen with Baby LeRoy and William Frawley; The Little Minister with Katharine Hepburn; and It Happened One Night with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert; all released in 1934; the 1937 film Stella Dallas with Barbara Stanwyck; High, Wide, and Handsome with Irene Dunne and Dorothy Lamour; The Fighting 69th with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien; They Drive By Night with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart; Manpower with Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, and George Raft; Virginia City with Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott, and Humphrey Bogart; and as the cantankerous Sgt. McGee in the 1943 movie This Is the Army with Irving Berlin. He also co-starred with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in the successful western film Dodge City (1939) where he played the slightly dimwitted but likeable and comical Rusty Hart, sidekick to Flynn's character, Sheriff Wade Hatton. Hale co-starred with Errol Flynn in 13 movies. Hale directed eight movies during the 1920s and 1930s and acted in 235 theatrical films.
It Happened One Night
as DankerA runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end...
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Little JohnRobin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win...
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Of Human Bondage
as Emil MillerA young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy...
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The Sea Hawk
as Carl PittDashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love...
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Stella Dallas
as Ed MunnAfter divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
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Dodge City
as Rusty HartIn this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of...
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The Man in the Iron Mask
as PorthosTyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised...
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Imitation of Life
as Martin the Furniture ManA struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....
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Adventures of Don Juan
as LeporelloSpanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a...
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The Prince and the Pauper
as Captain of the GuardTwo boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when...
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Gentleman Jim
as Pat CorbettAs bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...
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Action in the North Atlantic
as Boats O'HaraMerchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are...
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Night and Day
as Leon DowlingWhen his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured,...
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The Crusades
as BlondelKing Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
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Pursued
as Jake DingleA boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a...
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as The Prince of TyroneThis period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would...
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Santa Fe Trail
as Tex BellAs a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B....
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The Lost Patrol
as CookA World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding...
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They Drive by Night
as Ed CarlsenJoe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small...
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Karl von HartrottSet in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich...
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
as SelfAn Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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Destination Tokyo
as 'Cookie' WainwrightDuring World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a...
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Virginia City
as Olaf SwensonUnion officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million...
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Algiers
as GrandperePepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a...
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Hollywood Canteen
as SelfTwo soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and...
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The Inspector General
as KovatchAn illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up...
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South of St. Louis
as Jake EvartsWith the advent of the American Civil War, three partners in a ranch see how this is destroyed....
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Robin Hood
as Little JohnAmid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince...
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The Strawberry Blonde
as Old Man GrimesBiff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and...
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Thieves Fall Out
as Robert BarnesEddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his...
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Fog Over Frisco
as Chief O'MalleyVal takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance...
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as HubertOut of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send...
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Juke Girl
as Yippee 'Yip'During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess...
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The Scarlet Letter
as Bartholomew HockingsIn the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on...
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Our Relations
as Joe GroganTwo sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and...
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The Great Mr. Nobody
as 'Skipper' MartinA publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
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Stars in My Crown
as Jed IsbellCivil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a...
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Colt .45
as Sheriff HarrisGun salesman Steve Farrell gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless...
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Broadway Bill
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his...
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Babbitt
as Charlie McKelveyMiddle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing...
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Yellowstone
as John Alexander HardiganMurder mystery set in Yellowstone National Park.
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Thin Ice
as BaronA Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
as KaiduThe Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in...
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Union Depot
as The Baron, aka Bushy SloanAmong the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...
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Dust Be My Destiny
as Michael 'Mike' LeonardEmbittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail,...
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God Is My Co-Pilot
as Big Mike HarriganRobert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds...
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This Is the Army
as Sergeant McGeeIn WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank....
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The Man I Love
as RileyTough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister,...
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The Good Fairy
as Maurice SchlapkohlIn 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie...
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Green Hell
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' LorenA group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
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God's Country and the Woman
as Bjorn SkalkaHard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son....
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Always Leave Them Laughing
as Sam WashburnA self-absorbed comedian steps all over his friends and colleagues in order to achieve success.
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Footsteps in the Dark
as Police Insp. Charles M. MasonA high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police...
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Black Oxen
as Prince RohenhauerA Manhattan playboy falls for a mysterious European woman, whom he notices is an exact double...
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The Smiling Ghost
as NortonElinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt...
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The Fighting 69th
as Big Mike WynnAlthough loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy,...
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Alice in Movieland
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood....
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Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Kirk EdwardsDuring WWII, when an allied bomber is shot down over Germany, the five surviving crew are...
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The Little Minister
as Rob DawThe stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village...
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Roughly Speaking
as Lew MortonIn the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite...
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The Match King
as BorglundUnscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of...
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So Big!
as Klass PoolA farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
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The Last Days of Pompeii
as BurbixIn this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator,...
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Four Men and a Prayer
as FurnoyThe sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
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Manpower
as Jumbo WellsHank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident...
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Captains of the Clouds
as Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot)Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean...
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Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...
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Little Man, What Now?
as Holgar JachmanA young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the...
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My Wild Irish Rose
as John DonovanMusical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.
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Cheyenne
as Fred DurkinSlick gambler James Wylie is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison...
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Make Your Own Bed
as Walter WhirtleWalter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then...
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On Your Toes
as Sergei AlexandrovitchA Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
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High, Wide and Handsome
as Walt BrennanThe setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in...
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Steve GillisA dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Little JohnThe son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.
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A Message to Garcia
as Dr. Ivan KrugA fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
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Sal of Singapore
as Captain EricksonSAL OF SINGAPORE was nominated for an Oscar for achievement in Writing during the second year of...
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Whiplash
as Terrance O'LearyAn artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.
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That Way with Women
as Herman BrinkerA bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
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Hotel Berlin
as Herman PlottkeAn assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the...
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Breakdowns of 1937
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937.
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There's Always Tomorrow
as HenryIgnored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a...
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Hollywood
as Alan HaleAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
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Valley of the Giants
as 'Ox' SmithA lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to...
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Two in the Dark
as Inspector FlorioFord Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he...
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The Eleventh Commandment
as Max StagerA wealthy recluse dies in her New York mansion, leaving an estate worth $50 million. Shortly...
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A Voice in the Dark
as Dr. Hugh SainsburyThe solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.
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The Covered Wagon
as Sam WoodhullTwo wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to...
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Escape in the Desert
as Dr. Orville TedderEscaped Nazi POWs hold the denizens of a California resort hostage.
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Cameo Kirby
as Colonel MoreauWrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true...
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Great Expectations
as Joe GargeryA young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the...
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The Leatherneck
as Otto SchmidtA film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and...
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Music for Madame
as Detective FlugelmanAn Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of...
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The Eternal Temptress
as Count Rudolph FrizelAustrian diplomats, seeking papers in the possession of the United States diplomat, work through...
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Three Cheers for the Irish
as GallagherPeter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally...
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Listen, Darling
as J.J. SlatteryTo stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know...
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Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Capt. BullwinkleTwo rival tugboat captains compete for local business.
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Jeb MondstrumA young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in...
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Skyscraper
as Slim StredeBlondy and Swede are gruff best friends who build skyscrapers. Blondy gets sweet on a girl he...
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Janie
as Prof. Matthew Q. ReardonTeenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.
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The Younger Brothers
as Sheriff KnudsonBrothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go...
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Pacific Liner
as GallagherThe S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of...
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Main Street
as Miles BjornstamThe arrival of pretty Carol Milford in the staid Midwestern town of Gopher Prairie really shakes...
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The Trap
as BensonA miner's happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge,...
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A Wise Fool
as George MassonJean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty...
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Sold Out
as Halsey BrentThis picture tells of Leila Austen, a wealthy girl, who leaves Halsey Brent, a young suitor, to...
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My Girl Tisa
as Dugan1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed...
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The Sea Ghost
as Capt. Greg WintersA crooked lawyer trying to cheat a young girl out of her inheritance tries to convince a sea...
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Various Roles (archive footage)A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.
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When Thief Meets Thief
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.
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Picture Brides
as Von LudenFour "Picture Brides", from New Orleans, arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought...
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The Fox
as Rufus B. CoulterSanta Fe, a tramp, is saved from a jeering mob in the desert town of Caliente by Annette, the...
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Destination Unknown
as LundstromA group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as SamMiss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son...
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The Night Angel
as BiezelIn this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe....
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The Great Impersonation
as Gustave SeimannWhen the man calling himself Everard Dominey returns home, his loved ones recognize that...
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The Sisters
as Sam JohnsonThree daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic...
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What Price Decency
as Klaus van LeydenA young woman with a shady past goes to the tropics, where she winds up marrying a vicious and...
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Mr SimpsonA young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a...
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Dick Turpin
as Tom KingIn eighteenth century England, gentleman highwayman Dick Turpin overcomes many difficulties to...
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Grand Old Girl
as Click DadeAn elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
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The Dictator
as SabosA silent romantic adventure melodrama (from the play and novel by Richard Harding) about a...
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Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)A short semi-documentary about a "typical extra girl" on a DeMille film.
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The House Across the Street
as J.B. GrennellDave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss...
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The Time, The Place and The Girl
as John BradenThe stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is...
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The Spieler
as FlashAfter being released from jail, two con artists take their grift to a carnival.
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East Lynne
as Sir Francis LevinsonAn adaptation of the stage warhorse East Lynne featuring a young, curly-haired Alan Hale as the...
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Another Face
as Charles L. KellarThe surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his...
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The Barbarian
as Mark GrantElliot Straive is a college professor who has left the evils of civilization behind to raise his...
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Sailor's Holiday
as Adam PikeSailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by...
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A Doll's House
as Torvald HelmerNora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian...
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The Country Beyond
as Jim AlisonA Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend's father of theft and murder.
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The Americano
as uncreditedDoug is an American mining engineer. Pres. Valdez of Paragonia wants him to reopen the country's...
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Aloha
as StevensIn the South Seas, a half-caste island girl refuses to follow tradition and marry a fellow...
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The Cop
as MatherPete Smith, a lift bridge operator in a harbor, feels lonely in his cabin, his only visitor...
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The Love Thief
as Captain Arthur BoyceThe Love Thief was later reissued as The She Tiger
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Power
as HansonTale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular...
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The Scarlet Oath
as John HuntingtonDriven from Russia by the persecution of the police, who had caused the death of his wife, was...
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The Woman in Black
as Frank MansfieldYoung gypsy girl Mary, is seduced by the immoral Robert Crane and abandoned. She is exiled from...
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Oh Kay!
as JansenOn the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out...
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Quicksands
as FerragoStationed at the Mexican border, a young lieutenant whose job is to capture a ring of narcotics...
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The Eleventh Hour
as Prince Stefan de BernieAn evil prince plans to use a super-explosive to take over the world.
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Perilous Holiday
as Dr. LilleyA tale of an international counterfeiting-ring operating in Mexico starts with Patrick Nevil...
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The Beast
as CowboyMildred Manning wants to experience the Wild West firsthand with her beau, Sir Charles Beverly....
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Moral Suicide
as 'Lucky' TraversWealthy Richard Covington, although aging and lonely, distresses his children, Waverly and...
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Life's Whirlpool
as Dr. Henry GreyEthel Barrymore plays the wife of an abusive country squire. So nasty is her husband that he all...
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Long Live the King
as King KarlA young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king...
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Strongheart
as Ralph ThorneSTRONGHEART (1914) is a Native American Indian drama. Based on a famous play of the time, the...
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One Glorious Day
as Ben WadleyEk is a disembodied spirit, required to wait his turn in the boring cosmos until he is allowed...
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The Sap
as Jim BeldenA small town dimwit takes the blame for his brother-in-law's crime.
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The Little Widow
as uncreditedAn early short film in which the young widow is protected by the employer of her recently...
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