Montagu Love
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Montagu Love (15 March 1880 – 17 May 1943), also known as Montague Love, was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor. Born Harry Montague Love in Portsmouth, Hampshire, he was the son of Harry Love (b. 1852) and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad (b. 1856); his father was listed as accountant on the 1881 English Census. Educated in Great Britain, Love began his career as an artist and military correspondent with his first important job as a London newspaper cartoonist. Love honed basic stage talents in London, and in 1913 sailed to the Canada and crossed the border into the United States in November with a road-company production of Cyril Maude's Grumpy. Usually Love was cast in heartless villain roles. In the 1920s, he played with Rudolph Valentino in The Son of the Sheik, opposite John Barrymore in Don Juan, and appeared with Lillian Gish in 1928's The Wind. He also portrayed 'Colonel Ibbetson' in Forever (1921), the silent film version of Peter Ibbetson. Love was one of the more successful villains in silent films. One of Love's first sound films was the part-talkie The Mysterious Island co-starring Lionel Barrymore. In 1937, he played Henry VIII in the first talking film version of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, with Errol Flynn. Love played the bigoted Bishop of the Black Canons in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Flynn, too. However, he also played gruff authoritarian figures, such as Monsieur Cavaignac, who, contrary to history, demands the resignation of those responsible for the Dreyfus coverup, in The Life of Emile Zola (1937), as well as Don Alejandro de la Vega, whose son appears to be a fop but is actually Zorro, in the 1940 version of The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power. In 1941, he played a doctor in Shining Victory, which also starred James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Donald Crisp. In 1939's Gunga Din, it is Montagu Love who reads the final stanza of Rudyard Kipling's original poem over the body of the slain Din. Love's last film to be released, Devotion, was released three years after his death aged 63 in 1943. He was interred at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. His last acting stint was on Wings Over the Pacific (1943).
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Bishop of the Black CanonsRobin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win...
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A Damsel in Distress
as Lord MarshmortonLady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who...
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The Mark of Zorro
as Don Alejandro VegaAround 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under...
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Gunga Din
as Colonel WeedBritish army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along...
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The Prisoner of Zenda
as DetchardAn Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue...
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The Prince and the Pauper
as Henry VIIITwo boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when...
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The Life of Emile Zola
as M. CavaignacBiopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
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Northwest Passage
as Wiseman ClagettBased on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends...
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The Sea Hawk
as King Philip IIDashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love...
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The Wind
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as General Jerome LawfordEngland, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi...
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The King of Kings
as Roman CenturionThe King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In...
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The Crusades
as The BlacksmithKing Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
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The Devil and Miss Jones
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Sing, Baby, Sing
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The Buccaneer
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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All This, and Heaven Too
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The Son of Monte Cristo
as Prime Minister Baron Von NeuhoffRightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil...
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Lloyd's of London
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Juarez
as Jose de MontaresThe newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular...
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The Constant Nymph
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Sutter's Gold
as Capt. KettlesonStory of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Don Juan
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Tovarich
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Devotion
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North West Mounted Police
as Inspector CabotTexas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him)...
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Kidnapped
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The White Angel
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Private Affairs
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Alexander Hamilton
as Thomas JeffersonThe founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
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Forever and a Day
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Her Private Life
as Sir Bruce HadenA English aristocrat causes a scandal when she divorces her husband and runs off with a young...
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The Son of the Sheik
as GhabahAhmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who...
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The Remarkable Andrew
as General George WashingtonWhen Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city...
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One in a Million
as RatoffskyAmerican theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and...
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Vanity Fair
as Marquis of SteyneAn ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of...
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The Mysterious Island
as FalonOn a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and...
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The Mysterious Island
as MikhailOn a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and...
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as Professor HartmannTrue story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure...
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Tennessee Johnson
as Chief Justice ChaseThe tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The...
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Rulers of the Sea
as Malcolm GrantThe struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...
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Professor Beware
as Professor SchmutzEgyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...
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Double Cross Roads
as Gene DykeBased on a novel by William R. Lipman
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The Silent Lover
as Ben AchmedBased on the 1922 play Der Legionër by Lajos Biró.
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A Most Immoral Lady
as John WilliamsLaura Sergeant (Leatrice Joy), together with her husband, Humphrey Sergeant (Sidney Blackmer)...
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Bulldog Drummond
as PetersonBulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the...
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Clive of India
as Governor PigotFort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an...
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The Cat Creeps
as HendricksDisappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
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At Twelve Midnight
as Captain James alias The FoxA hero in a robbery comes up against a crime boss and the crooked guardian of the girl he loves
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A Dispatch from Reuters
as DelaneGerman Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news...
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Sons of Liberty
as George WashingtonSet during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon,...
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Forever
as Colonel IbbetsonArchitect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson...
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We Are Not Alone
as Major MillmanA British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his...
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The Divine Lady
as Capt. HardyLady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.
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Champagne Charlie
as Ivan SuchineThe story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
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Outward Bound
as Mr. LingleyA group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of...
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Shining Victory
as Dr. BlakeIn a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia...
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Reunion
as Sir Basil CrawfordNewspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought...
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Love Bound
as John RandolphA gold-digging woman wins a big settlement against an older married man, which threatens to...
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Menace
as Police InspectorA psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's...
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Limehouse Blues
as Pug TalbotFresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the...
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The Cross Bearer
as Cardinal MercierCardinal Mercier protects the altar of his church from desecration when German forces invade the...
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The Noose
as Buck GordonIn this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing...
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The Fighting Devil Dogs
as General WhiteTwo marine lieutenants battle a masked would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.
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Back Pay
as Charles WheelerBored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress...
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Kismet
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Jesse James
as Frederick MimmsA light approach on the life of Jesse James.
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Love Comes Along
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Hi, Gaucho!
as Hillario BolarioThe son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.
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His Double Life
as Duncan FarrelPriam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden...
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The Country Doctor
as Sir Basil CrawfordA doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he...
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Hands Up!
as Capt. Edward LoganJack, a southern spy during the Civil War, must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is...
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The Night of Love
as Duke de la GardaMontero, son of a Gypsy leader, is about to take a bride according to primitive ritual, when the...
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The Midnight Lady
as Harvey AustinThe hard-boiled owner of a big-city speakeasy is reunited with her daughter, who has been raised...
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If I Were King
as General DudonKing Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...
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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
as DirectorA Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by...
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The Last Warning
as Arthur McHughA producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of...
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The Eternal City
as MinghelliWar drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing...
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Lady for a Night
as JudgeGambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry...
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Hudson's Bay
as Governor D'ArgensonHighly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire...
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Parnell
as William Ewart GladstoneIrish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but...
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Synthetic Sin
as Brandy MulaneA young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises...
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The Cabaret
as Jaffrey DarrelHelene, who dances in a Greenwich Village cabaret accompanied on the violin by her grandfather,...
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Yankee Pluck
as Baron WootchiOnce a wealthy man, John Pollard now resides in reduced circumstances in Washington, D.C. with...
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The Gilded Cage
as Baron StefanoIn The Gilded Cage, Alice Brady plays Princess Honore, who falls in love with a handsome prince...
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London by Night
as Sir Arthur HerrickA newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an...
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Emil GorlickDelia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
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Inside the Lines
as Governor of GibraltarDuring World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at...
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Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)A short semi-documentary about a "typical extra girl" on a DeMille film.
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The Devil's Skipper
as First MateThe Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively...
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Stolen Orders
as John Le PageA renegade American and his innocent daughter become entangled in the snares of German secret...
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Stowaway
as GroderOn her first night as a dockside dancer, Mary Foster loses her job when she tries to fend of the...
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Silks and Saddles
as Walter SinclairJockey Johnny Spencer loses his job with Mrs. Calhoun for throwing a race. An adventuress named...
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Our Film Stars
as uncreditedFirst episode of a series of reports on movie stars. Those seen include Douglas Fairbanks,...
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Forget-Me-Not
as Gabriel Barrato / Benedetto BarratoAdventuress Stefanie Paoli forsakes her lover, humble fisherman Gabriel Barrato, for the arms of...
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Husband and Wife
as Patrick AllistonWhen Doris Baker spends her husband Dick into serious debt, he embezzles funds from the bank...
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The Riding Tornado
as Walt CorsonNewcomer Torrent wins $500 from Olcott and $500 and a wild horse, by riding the horse, from...
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Charming Sinners
as George WhitleyCharming Sinners was a stilted adaptation of Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife. Robert...
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Out of the Storm
as Timothy KeithOut of the Storm is a 1926 silent drama.
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The Ancient Highway
as Ivan HurdWhen not cutting down trees and shouting "TIMMMM-BERRRRR!", Jack Holt has to deal with someone...
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A Notorious Affair
as Sir Thomas HanleyA scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
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Out of Singapore
as Capt. Scar MurrayWhile a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship.
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The Volunteer
as Self - Cameo AppearanceMadge Evans, World Film Corp. juvenile star, is sent to her Quaker grandparents, Timothy and...
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A Woman's Way
as Oliver WhitneyMarion Livingston, daughter of General Livingston, boss of the Elsinore coal mines, rescues Jack...
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Rose of the Golden West
as Gen. ValleroJuan is about to elope with the convent-bred Elena, when he is chosen to assassinate the...
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Through the Toils
as Noel Graham / Lewis MoffatAuthor Noel Graham goes to the little village of Mondon, where his ancestors lived, for solitude...
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Adventure's End
as Capt. Abner DrewPacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain...
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Midstream
as Dr. NelsonFollowing a successful experimental operation to reverse age, a wealthy businessman stages his...
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The Hidden Scar
as Henry DaltonJanet Hall (Ethel Clayton) is "wronged" by Henry Dalton (Montagu Love) and becomes pregnant. She...
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Wings Over the Pacific
as Jim ButlerAn American officer discovers a Nazi plot to take over an island in the Pacific on which oil has...
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Roulette
as Dan CarringtonBefore he can avenge a crooked card game, Dan Carrington suffers heart failure and dies in his...
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The Scarlet Oath
as Nicholas SavaroffDriven from Russia by the persecution of the police, who had caused the death of his wife, was...
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Love's Redemption
as Frederick KentA 1921 film directed by Albert Parker.
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Hearts in Exile
as uncreditedIn Czarist Russia, attractive Anna Ivanovna has consecrated her life to work among Russia's...
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Rasputin, the Black Monk
as Gregory Novik / RasputinThe story of the rise and fall of Rasputin, the so-called "mad monk" who dominated the court of...
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The Silver Lining
as Michael MooreA women in prison tale. One's rich, one's poor. Can they prosper after prison?
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Good Time Charley
as John HartwellSong-and-dance man Charles Edward Keene (Good Time Charley) is bereft when his wife, Elaine,...
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Frankie and Johnnie
as Colonel BrandThe story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.
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Sinners in Heaven
as Native ChiefAlan Croft, a young aviator and a girl from a strict English background are stranded on a...
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The Brand of Satan
as Jacques CordetA man discovers that he has two personalities--and one of them is a notorious strangler.
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Torpedo of Doom
as Col. WhiteThis is a TV-movie feature edited from the 1938 Republic serial "Fighting Devil Dogs"
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The Case of Becky
as Prof. BalzamoItinerant magician Balzamo arrives in the town where Dr. Emerson and his pretty young wife live....
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The Mad Marriage
as uncreditedMary Jane is a girl born out of wedlock whose mother, Alice, attempts to offer her...
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The Dancer's Peril
as Michael PavloffThe Grand Duke Alexis has been happy with his wife, Lola, formerly the queen of the St....
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The Haunted House
as Mad DoctorFour heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of...
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Character Studies
as uncreditedMontagu Love pretty much plays himself in this Vitaphone short where he starts off by...
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A Broadway Saint
as Dick VernonDick Vernon (Montagu Love) lives in New York but hasn't succumbed to the city's vices. When his...
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The Beauty Shop
as MaldonadoDr. Budd is a New York physician specializing in "beauty". His business is successful but he is...
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The Men She Married
as Jerry TrainorTricked into marriage with a villain, the woman, believing him dead, marries another, only to...
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