Lila Lee
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel, July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras. In 1918, she was chosen for a film contract by Hollywood film mogul Jesse Lasky for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, which later became Paramount Pictures. Her first feature, The Cruise of the Make-Believes, garnered the teenaged starlet much public acclaim and Lasky quickly sent Lee on an arduous publicity campaign. Critics lauded Lila for her wholesome persona and sympathetic character parts. Lee quickly rose to the ranks of leading lady and often starred opposite such matinee heavies as Conrad Nagel, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, and Rudolph Valentino. Lee bore more than a slight resemblance to Ann Little, a former Paramount star and frequent Reid co-star who was leaving the film business and at this stage in her career an even stronger resemblance to Marguerite Clark. In 1922 Lee was cast as Carmen in the enormously popular film Blood and Sand, opposite matinee idol Rudolph Valentino and silent screen vamp Nita Naldi; Lee subsequently won the first WAMPAS Baby Stars award that year. Lee continued to be a highly popular leading lady throughout the 1920s and made scores of critically praised and widely watched films. As the Roaring Twenties drew to a close, Lee's popularity began to wane and Lee positioned herself for the transition to talkies. She is one of the few leading ladies of the silent screen whose popularity did not nosedive with the coming of sound. She went back to working with the major studios and appeared, most notably, in The Unholy Three, in 1930, opposite Lon Chaney Sr. in his only talkie. However, a series of bad career choices and bouts of recurring tuberculosis and alcoholism hindered further projects and Lee was relegated to taking parts in mostly grade B movies.
Misbehaving Ladies
as Princess EllenEllen, a young American girl who married a European prince and moved to his country, is...
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The Dictator
as JuanitaA silent romantic adventure melodrama (from the play and novel by Richard Harding) about a...
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Country Gentlemen
as Louise HeathAfter being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists...
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Two Wise Maids
as Ethel HarrimanThe two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers...
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Show of Shows
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' NumberNow hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see...
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Hollywood
as Lila LeeAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
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Second Wife
as Florence Wendell FairchildA man's pregnant second wife gets upset when he decides to go overseas to his young son, who may...
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Terror Island
as Beverly WestInventor Harry Harper travels to the South Seas, where there is buried treasure belonging to a...
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The Unholy Three
as Rosie O'GradyA trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
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False Faces
as Georgia RandThe philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24...
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The Secret Garden
as Mary LennoxA young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She...
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Blood and Sand
as CarmenJuan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as...
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Whirlpool
as Helen Rankin MorrisonAn ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
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Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
as Viola ZickafooseDarby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a...
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Radio Patrol
as Sue KennedyA policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing...
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Gasoline Gus
as Sal Jo BantyBased on the comic strip character and his auto obsessed life.
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Homeward Bound
as Mary BrentA group of seven people find themselves on a ship in the middle of an endless ocean, with no...
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Miss Prentiss, Bradford's ReceptionistA doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his...
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Male and Female
as Tweeny, the scullery maidWhen an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.
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Fascinating Youth
as Lila LeePlayboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry...
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Honky Tonk
as BethNightclub hostess Sophie Leonard educates her daughter Beth abroad and keeps her life secret for...
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The New Klondike
as Evelyn LaneTom Kelly, a small-town baseball pitcher, is sent to a minor-league team in Florida, and fails...
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Officer Thirteen
as Doris DaneA motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a...
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Queen of the Night Clubs
as Bea WaltersIrked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of...
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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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Dark Streets
as Katie DeanPat and Danny McGlone are identical twin brothers, rivals and competitors in everything they do,...
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Unholy Love
as Jane BradfordAn adaptation of Madame Bovary transported to Rye, New York in the 1930's. All characters have...
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Exposure
as Doris CorbinA reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She...
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The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
as SelfThe WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western...
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The Night of June 13
as Trudie MorrowElna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow....
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Nation Aflame
as Mona Franklin BurtisBelieving they can make a ton of money, a gang of opportunists uses the country's racial and...
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The Intruder
as Connie WayneA murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors,...
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Woman Hungry
as Judith TempleThis film, believed lost, was based on William Vaughn Moody's 1906 play The Great Divide. The...
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Love, Live & Laugh
as MargharitaAny movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi...
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Face in the Sky
as Sharon HadleyJoe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one...
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Flight
as ElinorTwo Marine pilots in love with the same girl are assigned a mission to find a notorious bandit...
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The Sacred Flame
as Stella TaylorColonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash...
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The Argyle Case
as Mary MorganA multimillionaire is murdered, and his will leaves all his money to a beautiful young blonde....
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Coming Through
as Alice RandBecause he wants a promotion, Tom Blackford marries Alice Rand, the daughter of his boss, John...
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Drag
as DotYoung David Carroll takes over the publication of a local newspaper in Vermont. Although he is...
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The Adorable Cheat
as Marion DorseyThe daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires,...
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Top Sergeant Mulligan
as The girlDuring World War I a vaudeville entertainer, Mickey, is helping to recruit officers for the army...
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Just Married
as VictoireAfter many outrageous moments, a young girl marries her former acquaintance, not with her fiancee.
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Woman-Proof
as Louise HallidayAt sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.
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Double Cross Roads
as Mary CarlyleBased on a novel by William R. Lipman
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One Increasing Purpose
as Elizabeth GladeStars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris...
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life,...
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The Gorilla
as Alice DenbyA series of murders that take place in an old, dark mansion are suspected of being committed by...
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Wandering Husbands
as Diana MorelandDiana Moreland, suspecting that her husband is cheating on her with Marilyn Foster, catches the...
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After the Show
as EileenAfter the Show was adapted from Rita Weiman's story "The Stage Door." Lila Lee plays Eileen, a...
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War Correspondent
as Julie MarchIn this war drama, a brave reporter tries to remain detached while covering the war in Shanghai....
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Midsummer Madness
as Daisy OsborneBecause Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson)...
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Love's Whirlpool
as MollyToughened criminal Jim Reagan tries to persuade his brother, Larry, to go straight, but Larry...
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Rent Free
as Barbara TellerA penniless artist moves into an abandoned house, but is discovered by the daughter of its...
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Crazy to Marry
as Annabelle LandisA doctor who believes he can cure criminals takes on a big challenge.
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I Can't Escape
as Mae NicholsAn ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony...
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In Love with Life
as SharonProfessor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for...
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Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
as Princess IrmaA light-hearted romantic adventure.
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The Lottery Man
as PollyYoung Jack Wright offers his hand in marriage to the winner of a lottery, but after committing...
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The Midnight Girl
as AnnaA corrupt art patron finds himself in love with the same girl as his stepson.
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Ebb Tide
as Ruth AttwaterAn old skipper, Captain Davis, has as his companions two derelicts -- one, Huish, is a Cockney,...
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The Soul of Youth
as Vera HamiltonEd Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand...
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The People's Enemy
as Katherine CarrMoney was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars...
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Those Who Dance
as Nora BradyA policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.
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One Glorious Day
as Molly McIntyreEk is a disembodied spirit, required to wait his turn in the boring cosmos until he is allowed...
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The Little Wild Girl
as Marie ClesteVacationing in the Canadian Northwest, a playwright and a songwriter both fall in love with...
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The Dollar-a-Year Man
as Peggy BruceHijinks surrounding the attendance of a Prince at a Yacht Club dinner.
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The Ghost Breaker
as Maria Theresa, a Spanish HeiressA young man and his manservant, escaping from a backwoods family feud, are persuaded by a...
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The Fast Freight
as ElsieUnreleased in America, this was one of Arbuckle's last starring roles in a feature film.
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The Iron Master
as Janet StillmanThe wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out...
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The Charm School
as ElsieAustin Bevans, a lively car-salesman, suddenly finds himself heir to the Bevans School for...
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Another Man's Wife
as Helen BrandVengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and...
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The Emperor's New Clothes
as WringmouthThis is a straight version of the old fairy tale, with John Carradine as the Emperor. It was...
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Broken Hearts
as Ruth EsterinA Jewish writer in Czarist Russia is forced to flee when the government comes after him for his...
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Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. McLeanLux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...
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