Dorothy West

Born: 1891-08-28


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Those Awful Hats

as Theatre Audience
Released: 1909-01-25

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.

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Ramona

as Woman in Chapel
Released: 1910-05-23

Ramona, residing on her wealthy Spanish adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love...

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The Unchanging Sea

as Villager (uncredited)
Released: 1910-05-05

In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young...

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A Corner in Wheat

as uncredited
Released: 1909-12-13

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price...

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The Many Faces of Dracula

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2000-01-01

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed...

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The Usurer

as At Luncheon
Released: 1910-08-15

A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.

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The Light That Came

as At the Ball
Released: 1909-11-11

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still...

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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

as The Second Wife's Friend
Released: 1909-10-27

Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return....

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Swords and Hearts

as Jennie Baker
Released: 1911-08-27

A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.

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In the Border States

as Union Maiden at Farewell
Released: 1910-06-13

During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he...

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Rose o' Salem Town

as A Sea Child
Released: 1910-09-25

A young girl living in Salem attracts the attentions of The Puritan. After he's brushed off by...

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A Child of the Ghetto

as Ruth
Released: 1910-06-06

After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers...

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His Trust

as The Daughter as an Adult
Released: 1911-01-16

A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of...

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Nursing a Viper

as uncredited
Released: 1909-11-03

During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs....

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His Trust Fulfilled

as The Frazier child, as an adult
Released: 1911-01-18

Continuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master's...

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To Save Her Soul

as At Party
Released: 1909-12-27

Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her...

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The Mountaineer's Honor

as At Dance
Released: 1909-11-24

A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down...

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Sunshine Sue

as Sweatshop Employee
Released: 1910-11-14

A country girl follows a city suitor, but is left alone and must fend for herself.

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The Little Darling

as uncredited
Released: 1909-09-01

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple...

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An Awful Moment

as uncredited
Released: 1908-12-18

After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard)...

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The Fugitive

as Confederate son's fiancée
Released: 1910-11-07

Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a...

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The Golden Supper

as Camilla
Released: 1910-12-12

Julian loves his cousin and foster sister Camilla, who is wooed and won by Lionel, his friend...

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The Redman's View

as Indian
Released: 1909-12-09

An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary...

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Love Finds a Way

as Lady-in-Waiting
Released: 1909-01-11

Mack Sennett appears as a footman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

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A Strange Meeting

as uncredited
Released: 1909-08-01

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into...

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The Cricket on the Hearth

as Sister Bertha
Released: 1909-05-27

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement...

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The Cord of Life

as In Tenement
Released: 1909-01-28

Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an...

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At the Altar

as Minnie's Friend / Dinner Guest
Released: 1909-02-25

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the...

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The Habit of Happiness

as Elsie Pepper
Released: 1916-03-12

Douglas Fairbanks stars as "Sunny" Wiggins, who believes in eternal optimism and good spirits....

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The House with Closed Shutters

as Agnes Randolph - Charles' Sister
Released: 1910-08-08

During the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to...

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The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

as Theatre Woman
Released: 1909-02-18

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting,...

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The Lesson

as uncredited
Released: 1910-12-19

Short drama about the commandment "honour your father and your mother".

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The Italian Barber

as uncredited
Released: 1911-01-09

Tony, the barber, on his way to the shop meets little Alice, the newsgirl, who runs a stand on a...

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The Revenue Man and His Girl

as The Moonshiner's Daughter
Released: 1911-09-24

In the Kentucky backwoods, Dorothy West helps her moonshiner father take some jugs to his still;...

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The Lure of the Gown

as At Dance
Released: 1909-03-15

"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when...

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Heart Beats of Long Ago

as The Daughter
Released: 1911-02-06

A feud existed between two Italian houses and it meant disaster to any one of the belligerents...

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The Girl and the Outlaw

as uncredited
Released: 1908-09-08

Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

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A Flash of Light

as At First Party
Released: 1910-07-17

An experiment goes wrong and blinds a newly married chemist. The chemist's wife does not want to...

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Lady Helen's Escapade

as First Maid
Released: 1909-04-19

A bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with...

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Winning Back His Love

as At Stage Door
Released: 1910-12-25

A Husband thinks the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. His wife shows him its not.

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The Girls and Daddy

as Dr. Payson's Second Daughter
Released: 1909-02-01

Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money.

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Fate's Turning

as uncredited
Released: 1911-01-22

A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich...

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What's Your Hurry?

as On Street
Released: 1909-11-01

Papa is proud of his new birthday present, a shotgun. Mary's boyfriend arrives for a visit and...

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The Eternal Grind

as Jane
Released: 1916-04-17

Louise (Pickford) is a sewing-machine girl in a sweatshop in New York City. She lives together...

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