John Gilbert

Born: 1897-07-10

American actor John Gilbert (born John Cecil Pringle) was one of the biggest stars of the Silent films era. His career subsequently significantly waned during the first years of the sound era.


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Queen Christina

as Antonio
Released: 1933-12-26

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation...

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1925-12-25

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...

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The Big Parade

as James 'Jim' Apperson
Released: 1925-11-05

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to...

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He Who Gets Slapped

as Bezano
Released: 1924-12-22

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in...

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Flesh and the Devil

as Leo von Harden
Released: 1926-12-25

When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training,...

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Show People

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1928-11-20

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great...

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The Cossacks

as Lukashka
Released: 1928-06-23

Stirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war...

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The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self / Romeo
Released: 1929-11-23

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

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Fast Workers

as Gunner Smith
Released: 1933-03-10

Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry,...

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Bardelys the Magnificent

as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
Released: 1926-09-30

Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who...

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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Love

as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
Released: 1927-11-29

In Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky...

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Hell's Hinges

as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1916-03-05

When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon...

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Redemption

as Fedya Protasoff
Released: 1930-04-05

In Russia in the early 1900s, Fedya, a handsome, self-indulgent womanizer, falls in love with...

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Cameo Kirby

as Cameo Kirby
Released: 1923-10-20

Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true...

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Montreal Stories

as Mari de la vieille dame
Released: 1991-11-08

Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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A Woman of Affairs

as Neville Holderness
Released: 1928-12-15

Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and...

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1925 Studio Tour

as Self
Released: 1925-04-09

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and...

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The Merry Widow

as Prince Danilo Petrovich
Released: 1926-09-27

When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of...

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The Show

as Cock Robin
Released: 1927-01-22

Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of...

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Heart o' the Hills

as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
Released: 1919-11-30

Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit...

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The Man Beneath

as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
Released: 1919-07-05

The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits...

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Twelve Miles Out

as Jerry Fay
Released: 1927-07-08

Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While...

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Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)
Released: 1944-01-01

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...

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His Glorious Night

as Captain Kovacs
Released: 1929-09-28

Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in...

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Downstairs

as Karl Schneider
Released: 1932-08-06

In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs...

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Desert Nights

as Hugh Rand
Released: 1929-03-09

A con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of...

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Ladies Must Live

as The Gardener
Released: 1921-10-29

A societal romance drama based on an Alice Duer Miller novel.

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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1973-01-01

Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.

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The Busher

as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)
Released: 1919-05-17

A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his...

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Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-05-06

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound...

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The Coward

as A Young Virginian (uncredited)
Released: 1915-11-14

Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his...

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A Man's Man

as John Gilbert (uncredited)
Released: 1929-05-25

An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.

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The Great Redeemer

as (uncredited)
Released: 1920-10-24

A murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's...

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Monte Cristo

as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
Released: 1922-09-03

A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by...

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La Bohème

as Rodolphe
Released: 1926-03-13

It is 1830 in Paris and the rent is due, but the money is not there. An article here, a painting...

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Way for a Sailor

as Jack
Released: 1930-11-01

A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.

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Civilization

as Extra (uncredited)
Released: 1916-06-02

Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless...

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Gentleman's Fate

as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
Released: 1931-03-07

A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.

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The Wolf Man

as Gerald Stanley
Released: 1924-02-17

Gerald Stanley (John Gilbert) is an English gentleman who is engaged to Beatrice Joyce (Alma...

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2007-05-23

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was,...

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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1999-06-14

Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews...

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The White Circle

as Frank Cassilis
Released: 1920-08-22

Having endangered his life by foolishly gambling away funds entrusted to him by the Carbonari,...

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

as uncredited
Released: 1934-03-02

Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations...

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The Wife of the Centaur

as Jeffrey Dwyer
Released: 1924-12-01

Jeffrey Dwyer is a writer and a poet who wrestles with the conflicts between his idealism and...

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The Phantom of Paris

as Chéri-Bibi
Released: 1931-09-12

Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is...

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West of Broadway

as Jerry Stevens
Released: 1931-11-28

A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to...

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Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)
Released: 1953-12-02

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of...

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The Masks of the Devil

as Baron Reiner
Released: 1928-11-17

Baron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with...

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The Exiles

as Henry Holcombe
Released: 1923-10-14

Finding herself accused of a murder she didn't commit, Alice Carroll flees to Tangier, Morocco....

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The Captain Hates the Sea

as Steve Bramley
Released: 1934-11-02

Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit...

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Shame

as William Fielding / David Field
Released: 1921-07-31

William Fielding, a young widower, is living in Shanghai with his little boy, David. A young...

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We're switching to Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1931-06-09

A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman,...

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The Divine Garbo

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1990-12-03

Profile of actress Greta Garbo, narrated by Glenn Close

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Honor First

as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
Released: 1922-08-27

Twin brothers are serving in the French army during the Great War. Jacques, a private, leads his...

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His Hour

as Gritzko
Released: 1924-09-29

Gritzko, a prince of pre-World War I Russia, is the ultimate ladies' man. Women fall at his feet...

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While Paris Sleeps

as Dennis O'Keefe
Released: 1923-01-21

Lon Chaney plays a Parisian sculptor who falls in love with his model (Mildred Manning). She,...

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Man, Woman and Sin

as Albert Whitcomb
Released: 1927-11-19

A young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy himself and his...

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Shackled

as James Ashley
Released: 1918-05-20

A destitute young woman named Lola Dexter falls in love with Walter Cosgrove, who establishes...

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Four Walls

as Benny
Released: 1928-08-11

After completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny...

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Doing Their Bit

as uncredited
Released: 1918-08-04

Little Kate and Janie O'Dowd are sent to their wealthy American uncle, Michael O'Dowd, after...

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The Aryan

as (uncredited)
Released: 1916-04-09

Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his...

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The Eye of the Night

as (uncredited)
Released: 1916-07-16

William H. Thompson plays a likeable old lighthouse keeper who must contend with his less...

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Love or Justice

as Benny
Released: 1917-06-10

Promising young lawyer Jack Dunn,, becomes a victim of drugs and loses his standing in the legal...

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The Dawn of Understanding

as Ira Beasley
Released: 1918-12-02

The Dawn of Understanding is a lost 1918 American silent Western comedy film produced by The...

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The Devil Dodger

as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
Released: 1917-09-23

A gambler runs a frontier town with an iron fist.

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The Madness of Youth

as uncredited
Released: 1923-04-08

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The Hater of Men

as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
Released: 1917-07-01

Convinced that her impending marriage to fellow reporter Billy Williams will result in a loss of...

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The Dark Road

as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
Released: 1917-03-31

Jim Morrison is an English army officer who comes from a very old and prominent family. He...

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More Trouble

as Harvey Deering
Released: 1918-07-14

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The Weaker Sex

as uncredited
Released: 1917-01-07

Jack Harding, a wealthy ne'er-do-well, becomes involved with a Broadway vamp. When she is...

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The Love Gambler

as Dick Manners
Released: 1922-11-12

Drifter Dick Manners arrives at a ranch owned by Colonel Angus McClelland. When he wagers that...

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A Little Brother of the Rich

as Carl Wilmerding
Released: 1919-07-07

Captain of the Yale football team, Paul Potter becomes engaged to his small-town Indiana...

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Wedlock

as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
Released: 1918-07-27

Unknown to his proud and wealthy family, Granger Hollister marries Margery Harding, a telephone...

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Married Flirts

as John Gilbert (uncredited)
Released: 1924-10-27

Nelly is so intent on her writing career, that she neglects her appearance and her husband,...

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A Man's Mate

as Paul
Released: 1924-03-16

Paul Bonard an artist, loses his memory when he receives a blow on the head from one of two...

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Calvert's Valley

as uncredited
Released: 1922-10-08

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St. Elmo

as St. Elmo Thornton
Released: 1923-09-30

St. Elmo is a man who killed his romantic rival in a brawl. Traveling the world as a confirmed...

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Should a Woman Tell?

as The Villain
Released: 1919-12-29

A village girl, on a visit to the city of Boston, is taken advantage of by a man there, and...

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Shell 43

as English Spy
Released: 1916-08-13

William Berner is an English spy who is doing his job behind German lines. While working for the...

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The Snob

as Eugene Curry
Released: 1924-11-10

Two schoolteachers, married for love, are parted by the husband's obsessive desire for wealth...

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Matrimony

as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
Released: 1915-11-28

It all begins when Mrs. Rossmore (Dean) discovers that her husband (Howard Hickman) has begun...

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Golden Rule Kate

as The Heller
Released: 1917-08-12

The setting is the Old West town of Paradise, Nevada, where a young woman, Mercedes Murphy...

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Rediscovering John Gilbert

as (archive footage)
Released: 2010-01-10

This documentary features an on-camera interview with John Gilbert's daughter and biographer,...

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