Barbara Bedford
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Bedford (born Violet May Rose; July 19, 1903 – October 25, 1981) was an American actress who appeared in dozens of silent movies. Her career declined after the introduction of sound, but she continued to appear in small roles until 1945. After high school she set out for Hollywood. She had written many fan letters to actor William S. Hart, and he helped her get a small role in his 1920 movie The Cradle of Courage. While working as an extra that same year on The White Circle, she was noticed by fellow cast member John Gilbert, who recommended her to director Maurice Tourneur. Tourneur cast her alongside Gilbert in Deep Waters. Tourneur also cast her in The Last of the Mohicans, where she was the love interest for Alan Roscoe, whom she later married in real life. In 1925 she appeared opposite Hart in his final film, Tumbleweeds, a key western of the silent period. She starred in the 1926 silent film Old Loves and New and in Mockery with Lon Chaney the following year. When her career declined after the switch to sound, she signed with MGM in 1936 to play bit and extra parts. Her last known film appearance was in 1945.
Go West
as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his...
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Gold Rush Maisie
as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet...
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Reunion in France
as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a...
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Boom Town
as Nurse (uncredited)Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...
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Nazi Agent
as Woman (uncredited)Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he...
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Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of...
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Born to Dance
as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but...
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I Love You Again
as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and...
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Du Barry was a Lady
as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...
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Navy Blue and Gold
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
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Love Crazy
as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of...
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Big City
as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in...
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Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare...
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Main Street on the March!
as Nurse (uncredited)This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the...
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On Borrowed Time
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather...
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The Last of the Mohicans
as Cora MunroAs Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian...
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Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress in CommissaryA young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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Presenting Lily Mars
as Assistant Boardinghouse ManagerStarstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a...
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The Chaser
as Brandon's SecretaryA sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop...
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Broadway Serenade
as Gracie (uncredited)A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they...
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Ship Ahoy
as Mrs. LoringMiss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a...
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Condemned to Live
as Martha KristanAfter a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during...
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The Death Kiss
as Script GirlWhen a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin...
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Secretary (uncredited)In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...
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Sucker List
as Secretary (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to...
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Honky Tonk
as Salvation Army WomanFast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but...
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Third Finger, Left Hand
as Woman at Railroad StationMagazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...
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Best Foot Forward
as Chaperone at DanceBud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball...
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Rich Man, Poor Girl
as KateA millionaire courts a working-class woman.
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Idiot's Delight
as Nurse #1A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are...
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Little Nellie Kelly
as Miss Wilson the Nurse with Baby (uncredited)Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and...
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Dancing Co-Ed
as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and...
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Slightly Dangerous
as Customer (uncredited)Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...
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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.
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Tumbleweeds
as Molly LassiterWilliam S. Hart stars in this 1925 silent film as a cowboy intent on claiming land during the...
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That Mothers Might Live
as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The...
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Sunny
as Margaret MannersA showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as NeighborJoe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...
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The Earl of Chicago
as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...
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We Who Are Young
as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)A man violates company policy by getting married.
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Tiny Troubles
as Alfalfa's motherAlfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget...
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Maisie Was a Lady
as Nurse (Uncredited)Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who...
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Sky Murder
as Grand's MaidThis final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of...
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Lost Angel
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest...
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Stronger Than Desire
as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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Brilliant Marriage
as BrendaWhen a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since...
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3 Kids and a Queen
as NurseAn eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...
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You, the People
as Rooming House DinerThis MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his...
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as Countess Tatiana AlexandrovaThere is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei...
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Whistling in the Dark
as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is...
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Four Girls in White
as Nurse Behind CounterYoung Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there....
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Miracle Money
as Miss Grant (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
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as Nurse (uncredited)A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Miss Howard (uncredited)Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual...
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Ring Around the Moon
as Carol AndersonDespite being in love with coworker Kay Duncan, high-flying newspaperman Ross Graham winds up...
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The Talker
as Barbara FarleyKate Lennox is bored with suburban life and her husband, Harry. Their next-door neighbors, the...
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Florian
as Kingston's SecretarySet against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...
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Meet the People
as Ritz Patron (uncredited)A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute...
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Easy Money
as Mrs. Ada TurnerDan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to...
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Sergeant Madden
as NurseA dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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The Keeper of the Bees
as NurseA severely traumatized World War I veteran, believing that he's living on borrowed time, comes...
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The Notorious Lady
as Mary Marlowe / Mary BrownleeA man kills a man he finds alone with his wife. Although she is innocent of any wrong doing the...
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The Lady or the Tiger?
as Lady Behind the DoorAuthor Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending...
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Midnight Phantom
as Kathleen RyanA newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is...
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Born to Sing
as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real...
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
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Old Loves and New
as MarnyGervas Carew's wife, Elinor, has deserted him while he was fighting for France, for Lord Clyde...
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Angel of Mercy
as Wife (uncredited)This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
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Inflation
as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
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Tomorrow's Youth
as Miss BoothA look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
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The Port of Missing Girls
as Ruth KingNeglected by her moneyed parents and disillusioned with her boyfriend Buddie Larkins, vocalist...
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The Spoilers
as Helen ChesterBased on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.
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Percy
as Imogene ChandlerWestern melodrama about a sheltered youth who makes his way out West by playing the fiddle.
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The Big Punch
as Hope StandishBuck, who is preparing to enter a theological seminary, aids his brother and some friends who...
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Women in Hiding
as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of...
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Wedding Worries
as Miss Douglas (uncredited)The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy...
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The First Hundred Years
as Sadie (uncredited)David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state,...
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The Grand Bounce
as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have...
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A Girl of the Limberlost
as Elvira CarneyElnora Comstock is the badly abused daughter of Katherine Comstock, who blames her because her...
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Tol'able David
as Rose KinemonTol'able David is a 1930 sound film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by...
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The Love Trader
as LuaneA woman, raised in the most-strict New England atmosphere, marries a stern, God-fearing sea...
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The Acquittal
as Edith CraigWhen a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and...
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Family Troubles
as uncreditedOur Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run...
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Flag of Mercy
as NurseThe 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to...
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Song of Revolt
as Peasant Woman (uncredited)This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La...
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Woman Against Woman
as Nurse SherwoodA newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling...
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How to Read
as Dental Patient (uncredited)Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.
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Smoke Bellew
as Joy GastrellA tale of the great Alaska gold rush in which a man falsely accused of murder tracks down the...
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On Probation
as Mable GordonA corrupt politician adopts a young girl. A few years later he finds himself falling in love...
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The Mine with the Iron Door
as SecretaryHaving acquired the controlling interest in the Eureka Discovery Corporation for five-hundred...
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Within the Law
as Sarah - Gilder's SecretaryA wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
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Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Angry Parent (uncredited)On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school...
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Who's Superstitious?
as WifeThis short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers,...
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The Lady from Nowhere
as Mollie CarterA young couple pose as criminals in order to get the goods on their crooked bosses.
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Girls of the Big House
as Visitors MatronA women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town...
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Seeing Hands
as Ben's Mother (uncredited)This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with...
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The Public Pays
as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is...
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It May Happen to You
as Nurse (uncredited)From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to...
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as Corset Buyer (uncredited)This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North...
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Backstage
as Julia JoyceJulia, Myrtle, Fanny, and Jane - all chorus girls, after weeks of rehearsing for a show, find...
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The Sporting Lover
as uncreditedCaptain Terrance Connaughton loses his stable of horses in a card game with Algernon Cravens.
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A Way in the Wilderness
as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian...
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Desert Vengeance
as Anne DixonBrother and sister Hugh and Anne Dixon pull their fake suicide scam on Jim Cardew. Hugh leaves a...
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Brothers
as Doris LaRueYoung orphaned brothers Tom and Bob are separated when Bob is taken to an orphan asylum by the...
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The Lash
as LupeA nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people...
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The Cradle of Courage
as NoraFormer crook 'Square' Kelly serves in the First World War. When he returns from the war, one of...
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Sons of Steel
as Miss PetersChadburne Steel is run by two brothers, old men. They each have different plans for their sons....
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The Haunted House
as NancyFour heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of...
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What Fools Men
as Jenny McFarlanJoseph Greer is a wealthy businessman in New York City with all the trappings including a...
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Three on a Limb
as AddieScoutmaster Elmer Brown loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner....
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Sunshine of Paradise Alley
as Sunshine O'DayA wealthy banker wants to tear down a tenement slum to build a factory, but a charming girl who...
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The Mad Whirl
as Margie TaylorA teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
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The Unfoldment
as Martha OsborneKatherine Nevin and her brother Jack are given positions on the newspaper of James Osborne...
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The Whipping Boss
as Grace WoodwardPrison inmates are leased by the state to a lumber company, which makes them work under...
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The Power of Love
as Maria AlmedaWorld's first 3-D feature film. The film is considered lost.
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That Inferior Feeling
as Bride (uncredited)Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of...
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The Broken Mask
as CariciaPertio, an Argentine dancer, has a severely scarred face that has kept him from succeeding in...
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Step on It!
as Lorraine LeightonBrother of Lorraine Leighton is falsely accused of rustling and murder and shipped off to jail....
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Arabia
as Janice TerhuneTom Mix travels from the desert of the American West to the Sahara desert in this picture, which...
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Found Alive
as Edith RobertsWhen a California mother loses custody of her young son to her ex-husband, she flees with the...
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Romance Land
as Nan HarvessThis silent action comedy features Tom Mix donning a suit of armor to battle an unscrupulous...
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