Viola Dana
From Wikipedia Viola Dana, Born Virginia Flugrath (June 26, 1897 – July 3, 1987) was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent films. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Viola Dana has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is located at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard.
A Christmas Carol
as uncreditedMiser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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Show of Shows
as Performer in 'The Pirate,' 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' NumbersNow hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see...
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The Innocence of Ruth
as Ruth TraversThe young Ruth Travers, left an orphan after the death of her father financially ruined by...
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The Willow Tree
as O-RiuAfter Ned Hamilton is rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to Japan where he hears an old...
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The Girl Without a Soul
as Unity Beaumont / Priscilla BeaumontThe story of two young sisters, one a somewhat demure musician who is in love with a scoundrel...
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Merton of the Movies
as Sally 'Flips' MontagueA wannabe film star journeys to Hollywood, but soon finds his dreams do not pan out. This film...
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Hollywood
as Viola DanaAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
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As Man Desires
as Pandora La CroixThe story of a man who was robbed of his greatest love and the South Seas wildflower who found...
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That Certain Thing
as Molly KellyGold-digger Molly marries the heir to a fortune, but things go badly when he is disinherited and...
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The Cossack Whip
as Darya OrlinskyFeodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village...
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There Are No Villains
as Rosa MorelandIn San Francisco, California, Rosa Moreland of the Secret Service is unable to obtain evidence...
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Open All Night
as Thérèse DuverneTherese Duverne (Viola Dana) is bored with her even-tempered husband, Edmond (Adolphe Menjou)....
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Two Sisters
as Jean / JaneTwin sisters, one good and honest and sweet, and the other given to totin' pistols and pulling...
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Bred in Old Kentucky
as uncreditedKatie O'Doone is left a worthless, run-down estate and a thoroughbred race horse. She mortgages...
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On Dangerous Paths
as Eleanor ThurstonViola Dana plays Eleanor, a minister's daughter who comes to New York to visit her older sister,...
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Winds of Chance
as Rouletta KirbyA love triangle set against the turn-of-the-century gold rush.
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Revelation
as Joline HoferPaul Granville becomes a famous painter for his portraits of great women as modeled by the...
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Children of Eve
as Fifty-Fifty MamieAn illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning...
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Rouged Lips
as Norah MacPhersonThrifty orphan Norah MacPherson meets wealthy young James Patterson, who gets her a job as a...
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Kosher Kitty Kelly
as Kitty KellyThe story is a variation on the Abie's Irish Rose theme, detailing the marriage between an Irish...
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Riders of the Night
as Sally CastletonAnother of a successful string of Metro features directed by the vastly underrated John H....
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The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement
as RuthAn amateur detective's automobile is stolen by a young woman who is determined to elope, leading...
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In Search of a Thrill
as Ann ClemanceAfter she inherits a fortune, Ann Clemance travels to Paris to indulge herself in frivolity. She...
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Children Who Labor
as uncreditedThe father of a working class family is having trouble finding a job, because the local textile...
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The Social Code
as Babs Van BurenBabs Van Buren saves her lover from the electric chair and at the same time extricates her older...
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The Silent Lover
as ScadszaBased on the 1922 play Der Legionër by Lajos Biró.
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False Evidence
as Madelon MacTavishPromised in marriage to wealthy Lot Gordon , Scottish lassie Madelon MacTavish prefers Lot's...
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The Chorus Girl's Romance
as Marcia MeadowsWhen, on a prank, shimmy dancer Marcia Meadows visits bookworm Horace Tarbox in his Yale...
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Forty Winks
as Eleanor ButterworthThe Butterworth family attorney Gaspar Le Sage, and a suitor for the hand of Eleanor...
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Glass Houses
as Joy DuvalWhen a wealthy young lady loses her inheritance, she decides to apply for work in disguise. In...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as SelfSongwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft...
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The Only Road
as NitaTomboy Nita, a vegetable seller in a small Californian town, believes herself to be the daughter...
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The Necessary Evil
as Shirley HolmesBen Lyon and Viola Dana co-star in this heavy society drama
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A Weaver of Dreams
as Judith SylvesterUnrequited love rules the day as both wealthy Judith Sylvester and her invalid aunt pine for men...
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The Great Love
as Minette BunkerStruggling young doctor in a rural community, Dr. Lawrence Tibbits, cures Norma, a circus...
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Threads of Fate
as DorotheaAbandoned as an infant on a stranger’s doorstep by her faithless mother, Marcella, Dorothea is...
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Breakers Ahead
as Ruth BowmanAfter young Ruth Bowman's mother dies, the child is raised by Agatha Pixley, and in time, the...
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Blue Jeans
as JuneJune, a young orphan, is befriended by Perry Bascom when he shares his lunch with her on the...
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Satan Junior
as Diana ArdwayFamous playwright Paul Worden decamps to a country bungalow to work on a new play, rehearsing...
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Flower of the Dusk
as Barbara NorthBlind Ambrose North is tormented by the suspicion that his wife Constance committed suicide when...
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Naughty Nanette
as Nanette PearsonThe Jazz Age rages in this comedy film starring Viola Dana as the madcap title character madly...
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The Fourteenth Lover
as Vi MarchmontVi Marchmont (Viola Dana) is a spoiled rich girl who has thirteen lovers. Her Aunt Letitia (Kate...
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Nursery Favorites
as uncreditedNursery Favourites is a marvel. Presented as a pre-recorded number (singers miming to a...
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Life in Hollywood No. 5
as uncreditedPart of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
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Hollywood
as SelfA 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios...
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Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
as uncreditedA series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
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