John Gilbert
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.
He Who Gets Slapped
as BezanoAfter a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in...
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The Show
as Cock RobinCock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of...
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Queen Christina
as AntonioThe popular monarch, Queen Christina of Sweden, must choose between love and loyalty to her...
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Flesh and the Devil
as Leo von HardenWhen lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training,...
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)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' AppersonThe story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to...
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Show People
as Self (uncredited)Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great...
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While Paris Sleeps
as Dennis O'KeefeLon Chaney plays a Parisian sculptor who falls in love with his model (Mildred Manning). She,...
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The Masks of the Devil
as Baron ReinerBaron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with...
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self / RomeoAn all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
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Redemption
as Fedya ProtasoffIn Russia in the early 1900s, Fedya, a handsome, self-indulgent womanizer, falls in love with...
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A Woman of Affairs
as Neville HoldernessChildhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and...
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Love
as Capt. Count Alexei VronskyIn Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky...
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Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...
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Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound...
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The Great Redeemer
as (uncredited)A murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's...
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The Love Goddesses
as (archive footage)This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the...
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The Merry Widow
as Prince Danilo PetrovichWhen Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of...
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Montreal Stories
as Mari de la vieille dameSix stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic...
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The Cossacks
as LukashkaStirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war...
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The Phantom of Paris
as Chéri-BibiChéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is...
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Shell 43
as English SpyWilliam Berner is an English spy who is doing his job behind German lines. While working for the...
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Hell's Hinges
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon...
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Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte CristoA film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by...
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La Bohème
as RodolpheIt is 1830 in Paris and the rent is due, but the money is not there. An article here, a painting...
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Fast Workers
as Gunner SmithGunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry,...
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was,...
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The Coward
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his...
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Should a Woman Tell?
as The VillainA village girl, on a visit to the city of Boston, is taken advantage of by a man there, and...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...
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Downstairs
as Karl SchneiderIn the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs...
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Gentleman's Fate
as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack ThomasA bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
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Honor First
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré DubooisTwin brothers are serving in the French army during the Great War. Jacques, a private, leads his...
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Way for a Sailor
as JackA devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
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His Glorious Night
as Captain KovacsBeing engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in...
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The Wolf Man
as Gerald StanleyGerald Stanley (John Gilbert) is an English gentleman who is engaged to Beatrice Joyce (Alma...
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We're switching to Hollywood
as SelfA German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman,...
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Heart o' the Hills
as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit...
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Bardelys the Magnificent
as Marquis Christian de BardelysRafael 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)Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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Civilization
as Extra (uncredited)Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless...
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Man, Woman and Sin
as Albert WhitcombA young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy himself and his...
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Four Walls
as BennyAfter completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny...
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (archive footage)Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
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A Little Brother of the Rich
as Carl WilmerdingCaptain of the Yale football team, Paul Potter becomes engaged to his small-town Indiana...
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Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of...
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The Captain Hates the Sea
as Steve BramleyAlcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit...
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Married Flirts
as John Gilbert (uncredited)Nelly is so intent on her writing career, that she neglects her appearance and her husband,...
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The Man Beneath
as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits...
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West of Broadway
as Jerry StevensA wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to...
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The Exiles
as Henry HolcombeFinding herself accused of a murder she didn't commit, Alice Carroll flees to Tangier, Morocco....
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Golden Rule Kate
as The HellerThe setting is the Old West town of Paradise, Nevada, where a young woman, Mercedes Murphy...
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The Busher
as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his...
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Shame
as William Fielding / David FieldWilliam Fielding, a young widower, is living in Shanghai with his little boy, David. A young...
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Cameo Kirby
as Cameo KirbyWrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
as uncreditedShort film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations...
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1925 Studio Tour
as SelfA tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and...
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Desert Nights
as Hugh RandA con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of...
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Twelve Miles Out
as Jerry FayJerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While...
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The Dark Road
as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)Jim Morrison is an English army officer who comes from a very old and prominent family. He...
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His Hour
as GritzkoGritzko, a prince of pre-World War I Russia, is the ultimate ladies' man. Women fall at his feet...
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A Man's Man
as John Gilbert (uncredited)An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.
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Doing Their Bit
as uncreditedLittle Kate and Janie O'Dowd are sent to their wealthy American uncle, Michael O'Dowd, after...
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The Wife of the Centaur
as Jeffrey DwyerJeffrey Dwyer is a writer and a poet who wrestles with the conflicts between his idealism and...
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The Eye of the Night
as (uncredited)William H. Thompson plays a likeable old lighthouse keeper who must contend with his less...
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The Snob
as Eugene CurryTwo schoolteachers, married for love, are parted by the husband's obsessive desire for wealth...
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Love or Justice
as BennyPromising young lawyer Jack Dunn,, becomes a victim of drugs and loses his standing in the legal...
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The Aryan
as (uncredited)Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his...
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The Divine Garbo
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Profile of actress Greta Garbo, narrated by Glenn Close
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The Dawn of Understanding
as Ira BeasleyThe Dawn of Understanding is a lost 1918 American silent Western comedy film produced by The...
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The White Circle
as Frank CassilisHaving endangered his life by foolishly gambling away funds entrusted to him by the Carbonari,...
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St. Elmo
as St. Elmo ThorntonSt. Elmo is a man who killed his romantic rival in a brawl. Traveling the world as a confirmed...
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A Man's Mate
as PaulPaul Bonard an artist, loses his memory when he receives a blow on the head from one of two...
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The Devil Dodger
as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)A gambler runs a frontier town with an iron fist.
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The Hater of Men
as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)Convinced that her impending marriage to fellow reporter Billy Williams will result in a loss of...
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Wedlock
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)Unknown to his proud and wealthy family, Granger Hollister marries Margery Harding, a telephone...
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The Weaker Sex
as uncreditedJack Harding, a wealthy ne'er-do-well, becomes involved with a Broadway vamp. When she is...
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Ladies Must Live
as The GardenerA societal romance drama based on an Alice Duer Miller novel.
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Matrimony
as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)It all begins when Mrs. Rossmore (Dean) discovers that her husband (Howard Hickman) has begun...
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The Love Gambler
as Dick MannersDrifter Dick Manners arrives at a ranch owned by Colonel Angus McClelland. When he wagers that...
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Shackled
as James AshleyA destitute young woman named Lola Dexter falls in love with Walter Cosgrove, who establishes...
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Rediscovering John Gilbert
as (archive footage)This documentary features an on-camera interview with John Gilbert's daughter and biographer,...
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