Betty Compson
Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer. Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as GertieHappily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks...
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The Docks of New York
as MaeA blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a...
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Strange Cargo
as Suzanne (uncredited)Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
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A Slight Case of Murder
as LorettaFormer bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective...
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Cafe Hostess
as Cafe HostessA dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the...
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Here Comes Trouble
as Martha BlakeA blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover...
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Invisible Ghost
as Mrs. KesslerThe town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
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Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Selena WebsterSach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes...
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Show of Shows
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see...
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Danger! Women at Work
as Madame SapphoThree women inherit a 10-ton truck and decide to go into business. Hi jinks ensue.
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Two Gun Justice
as KateA western town is being overrun and ruled by a gang of outlaws led by Bart (John Merton). Former...
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The Pony Express
as Molly JonesThe Pony Express is a silent 1925 Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as BabkaThis film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this...
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News Is Made at Night
as Kitty TrumanNewspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free...
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The Light of Victory
as Jane RavensleeU.S. Navy Lieutenant George Blenton becomes drunk at an official reception, and his fiancee,...
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The Millionaire Kid
as Gloria NevilleThe Millionaire Kid is young Tommy Neville whose wealthy parents, Thomas and Gloria Neville are...
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The Great Gabbo
as MaryFor the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he...
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Street Girl
as Frederika JoyzelleA homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her...
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Blondes at Work
as Blanche RevelleWhen a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between...
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Paths to Paradise
as MollyTwo thieves discover a professional and personal relationship when individual heist plans are...
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Torchy Blane in Panama
as Kitty, Gomez's MollTorchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling...
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Notorious But Nice
as Millie SpragueA lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the...
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The Enemy Sex
as Dodo BaxterA well-known sextet has been invited to a society gathering, and when one of them turns up...
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The White Shadow
as Nancy Brent / Georgina BrentThe White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children...
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Her Adventurous Night
as Miss SpencerA boy's tall tale about a gun puts his parents and school principal in jail.
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On With the Show!
as NitaWith unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate...
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The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount...
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Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Thelma TateWhile on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
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Laughing at Danger
as Mrs. Van HornFrankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find...
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Woman to Woman
as Deloryce / LolaWhile on leave in WW I France an English officer and French cabaret star fall in love with one...
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False Pretenses
as Clarissa StanhopeA girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money....
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The Desert Bride
as Diane DuvalCaptain Maurice de Florimont, a French Army intelligence officer, is captured by Arab...
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Cowboys from Texas
as Belle StarkeyCowboys from Texas is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George...
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith...
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Killer at Large
as KateA master of disguise poses as a wax figure to rob a safe of its jewels.
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The Silver Lining
as Kate FlynnA women in prison tale. One's rich, one's poor. Can they prosper after prison?
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August Week End
as Ethel AmesAt a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful...
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The Devil's Trail
as RoseWhiskey smuggler Dubec, trades liquor to the Indians, takes revenge on the Royal North West...
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Hollywood
as Betty CompsonAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
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The Spoilers
as Cherry MalotteOn a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is...
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The Big City
as HelenGangster boss Chuck Collins, despite his ruthlessness, is a basically decent fellow. Collins is...
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Weary River
as Alice GrayA gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on...
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Bulldog Edition
as Billie BlakeTwo rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious...
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The Female
as DallaA Sam Wood silent South Africa romance is a love story (based on Cynthia Stocklet Story) with a...
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The Drag-Net
as Mollie ColeA playboy takes a job as an assistant district attorney, finds himself up against a tough crime...
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A Trip to Paramountown
as SelfDocumentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood,...
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The Barker
as CarrieA successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay...
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Skin Deep
as Sadie RogersSkin Deep is a 1929 American talking drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Monte Blue....
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Hollywood Boulevard
as BettyWith a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines...
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Isle of Escape
as StellaOn a South Sea island, Stella operates a hotel for her mother, who is constantly drunk on liquor...
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The Beloved Brat
as Eleanor SparksRoberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her...
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The Miracle Man
as RoseA gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's...
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The Belle of Broadway
as Marie DuvalMadame Adele, once a great star of the Paris theatre, has fallen upon hard times. But she allows...
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Port of Missing Girls
as ChicagoNightclub singer Della Mason witnesses a murder and is forced by the killer to flee with him...
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Mad Youth
as Lucy MorganA rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The...
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Under the Big Top
as MarieDirector Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus...
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Law and the Woman
as Margaret RolfeAlthough Margaret and Julian Rolfe are deeply in love, Rolfe has a bit of a past. At one time he...
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Inside the Lines
as Jane GershonDuring World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at...
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The Green Temptation
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan ParkerGenelle and Gaspard operate an itinerant Parisian theatre in which the greatest profits are...
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The Gay Diplomat
as Baroness CorriCaptain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women...
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Three Who Loved
as Helga Larson HansonA bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
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Guilty or Not Guilty
as MaizieRuth Payne, innocent to begin with, is trying to extradite herself from the clutches of a...
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Love Me and the World is Mine
as MitzelIn Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of...
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Hotel Imperial
as Soubrette (uncredited)It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and...
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Those Who Dance
as KittyA policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.
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The Little Minister
as Lady BabbieIn 1840 Scotland, a young lass named Babbie revels in the country life and frolics with the...
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Destination Unknown
as Ruby SmithA group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
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Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets bigshot recalls his various exploits in crimes such...
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Escort Girl
as Ruth AshleyA pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship"...
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Eve's Secret
as EveEve's Secret is that she's not the elegant society woman she seems to be. In fact, Eve is an...
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Religious Racketeers
as Ada BernardA wealthy young woman, racked with guilt because she wasn't there when her mother died, is so...
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Beggar on Horseback
as Princess in PantomimeNeil McRae, an impoverished composer, loves Cynthia Mason, but, fearing poverty, proposes to...
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The Wise Guy
as Hula KateA carnival huckster who decides to turn pennies into dollars by passing himself off as a...
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The Rustle of Silk
as Lala De BreezeLola de Breze loves Lord Arthur Fallaray from afar, though there seems to be no way to bring...
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West of Singapore
as LouTropical "heat" drives a man into the arms of a disreputable tramp, making things tough for the...
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At the End of the World
as Cherry O'DayThis dramatic adventure finds the flirtatious Cherry O'Day as the daughter of the Shanghai...
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Kick In
as Molly BrandonAfter serving time in Sing Sing, Chic Hewes wants to go straight, but when he refuses to be a...
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The Bonded Woman
as Angela GaskellAngela Gaskell travels and sails around the Pacific Ocean to rescue the man she loves, John...
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Laughing Irish Eyes
as MollyAn Irish crooner flirts with prize-fighting.
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To Have and to Hold
as Lady Jocelyn LeighKing James I gives his consent to the marriage between Lord Carnal and Lady Jocelyn Leigh. Lady...
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The Sheriff
as School TeacherRoscoe Arbuckle plays a Douglas Fairbanks fan who becomes a rotund version of his hero. As "The...
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Scarlet Seas
as RoseA sea captain comes to rescue of a prostitute in Shanghai, who is being run out of town. He...
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The Making Over of Mother
as Mrs. NewlywedNeal and Betty are newlywed when her father dies. Betty goes to visit her mother and decides to...
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Border Raiders
as Rose HardyRanch owner John Hardy becomes the dupe of Cleo Dade when he marries her and brings her home to...
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The Lady Refuses
as JuneA wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from...
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Two Minutes to Play
as 'Fluff' HardingMartin Granville Jr., a star track-and-field athlete, has intentions of going to Claxton...
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The Palace of Pleasure
as Lola MontezDon Sebastian, Portuguese Premier, sets a price on the head of royalist Ricardo Madons. Madons...
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Circus Girl
as CarlottaA jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.
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Prisoners of Love
as Blanche DavisBlanche Henry, a vivacious young woman, finds what she believes is true love with a handsome...
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Say It with Diamonds
as Betty HowardAmerican silent drama film following an early Vitagraph leading man and matinee idol. Prints of...
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Ladies Must Live
as Christine BleekerA societal romance drama based on an Alice Duer Miller novel.
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The White Flower
as Konia MarkhamKonia Markham, the daughter of an American father and a Hawaiian mother, is told by a sorceress...
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The Woman with Four Faces
as Elizabeth WestThe woman with four faces is a movie about a woman who happens to be both a thief and a con...
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God's Country and the Man
as Roxey MooreCowboy and his friends set out to track down his father's killer. On the way, they discover a...
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Hubby's Night Out
as WifeyNeal hates to give up his evenings with "the boys." even for his wife Betty. She gets a burglar...
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Over the Border
as Jen GalbraithJen Galbraith is in love with Sgt. Tom Flaherty of the Royal Mounted. She is the daughter of...
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Woman to Woman
as Louise Boucher / DeloryseDavid Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin...
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For Those We Love
as Bernice ArnoldBerenice Arnold spends her time trying to keep her family happy. This is easier said than done...
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Cheating Cheaters
as Nan CareyNan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the...
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The Garden of Weeds
as Dorothy DelbridgeThe title refers to the estate owned by Flagg, a man of great wealth and few morals. He installs...
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The Czar of Broadway
as Connie ColtonMort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most...
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The Boudoir Diplomat
as HeleneA ladies' man flirts with the wives of other governments' officials.
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Midnight Mystery
as Sally WayneA fog-shrouded house provides the setting for this early talkies thriller.
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The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Doris WardA musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player whose...
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Court-Martial
as Belle StarrDuring the American Civil War, A Union-Army officer is ordered by U. S. President Abraham...
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New Lives for Old
as OlympeOlympe is a cabaret dancer who offers her services to France when her country goes to war. She...
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Virtuous Husband
as Inez WakefieldWhen a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide...
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The Stranger
as Peggy Bowlin"The Stranger," an outcast who works in a saloon frequented by Peggy Bowlin, a poor girl...
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Federal Bullets
as Sue, Gang MollFederal Bullets is a leisurely paced Monogram crime melodrama with not a few clever plot twists....
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Crazy by Proxy
as uncreditedA young man is about to marry; it is the dawn of his wedding morn. The bride-to-be is also...
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Ramshackle House
as Pen BroomeDon Counsel, a New Yorker who is traveling through southern Florida, is being framed by Ernest...
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Blaze o' Glory
as Helen WilliamsOn trial for the murder of Carl Hummel, Eddie Williams tells his story, which begins just before...
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