Nance O'Neil

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The Eyes of the World
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The Eyes of the World

Aug 30, 1930
The Eyes of the World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written by Brewster Morse and Clarke Silvernail. The film stars Eulalie Jensen, Florence Roberts, Una Merkel, and Nance O'Neil.
Drama
La Ruée vers l'Ouest
5.5

La Ruée vers l'Ouest

Jan 26, 1931
Quand s'ouvre aux colons le territoire d'Oklahoma en 1889, Yancey Cravat demande une parcelle et s'y rend depuis Wichita avec sa famille. Éditeur de journal, juriste, Cravat devient un citoyen de relief de la ville d'Osage. Mais quand la ville semble installée dans la routine, il repart vers le Cherokee Strip (bande de territoire cherokee), laissant sa famille derrière lui. Du fait de son absence, son épouse Sabra doit se débrouiller pour sa subsistance, et devient bientôt experte en matière de défense de ses propres droits.
Drama
The Fall of the Romanoffs
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The overthrow of Czar Nicholas II in Russia was such big news that the then-fledgling art of cinema couldn't help but jump on it immediately and create a couple of dramatizations.
Drama
Femmes de luxe
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Femmes de luxe

Apr 05, 1930
Kay Arnold est une chercheuse d'or qui erre de fête en fête pour tenter de séduire un riche prétendant. Jerry Strong est un jeune homme issu d'une famille aisée qui s'efforce de réussir en tant qu'artiste. Ce qui commence comme une relation de convenance mutuelle se transforme rapidement en quelque chose de plus.
Drama
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
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Eve Leslie and Adam Moore become interested in the stock market. Eve decides to try to add to her fortunes by plunging. Tempted by the sin of greed, Eve becomes reckless. At first she wins, then she begins to lose, and desperately tries to recover her losses.
The Seventh Sin
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The Seventh Sin

Mar 17, 1917
This story of gluttony was the final installment in the seven films based on the Seven Deadly Sins. The censors considered the word to vulgar for use as a title for a film.
Drama
Secret Service
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Secret Service

Nov 14, 1931
In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.
Western
The Lady of Scandal
5.1

The Lady of Scandal

May 24, 1930
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
Comedy
The Good Bad Girl
5.5

The Good Bad Girl

May 20, 1931
A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding young man.
Drama
The Florodora Girl
6.2

The Florodora Girl

May 31, 1930
A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.
Drama
Transgression
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Transgression

Jun 27, 1931
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife Elsie finds romance with a Spanish playboy.
Drama
The Iron Woman
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The Iron Woman

Oct 02, 1916
Steel mill owner Sarah Maitland has raised her two children, Blair and Nannie, to be honest and caring, however Blair disappoints her when he seduces the wife of his best friend and breaks up her marriage. No one is happy but it takes a near fatal accident to set things right.
Drama
His Glorious Night
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His Glorious Night

Sep 28, 1929
Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil), who has found out about the affair forces her to dump Kovacs and take part in the arranged marriage. Though not believing her own words, Orsolini reluctantly tells Kovacs she cannot ever fall in love with a man with his social position. Feeling deeply hurt, Kovacs decides to take revenge by indulging in blackmail, spreading a rumor that he is an imposter and a swindler.
Drama
The Rogue Song
5

The Rogue Song

Jan 17, 1930
In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.
Music
False Faces
4.3

False Faces

Oct 12, 1932
The philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24 hours to vacate the state. He sets himself up in Chicago as a "prestigious" plastic surgeon to the stars. However, Brenton's silver tongue can't cover up his dubious methods, and an investigation into his practice is launched by the examining board of plastic surgeons. A delirious film à clef based on the loathsome career of Henry J. Schireson, the self-styled “King of Quacks”.
Drama
Westward Passage
5.8

Westward Passage

May 27, 1932
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
Romance
A Woman of Experience
5.2

A Woman of Experience

Jul 08, 1931
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a nurse, but a government official thinks that she will make an excellent spy.
Romance
The Witch
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The Witch

Feb 27, 1916
A young woman uses her hypnotic powers to destroy the potential marriage of her crush.
Horror
Their Mad Moment
5

Their Mad Moment

Jul 12, 1931
Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir Harry Congers, but in love with Basque peasant Esteban Cristera. Deciding on a final fling before wedlock, Emily goes to Esteban's village in the mountains, but is wounded in a car accident. Recuperating, she learns about the hardships endured by Basque women from Esteban's grandmother and former girlfriend, Stancia, and decides to return to Sir Harry in Biarritz.
Comedy
The Royal Bed
4.4

The Royal Bed

Jan 15, 1931
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
Comedy
Resurrection
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Resurrection

Jan 27, 1931
Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
Drama
A Criminal at Large
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A Criminal at Large

Nov 17, 1939
At Marks Priory, Lady Lebanon is eager for her son, Lord William Lebanon, to marry Isla Crane, his cousin. But Isla is reluctant to do so, and is also frightened by the two footmen of the household who she suspects of locking her in her room at night. Following a village dance, the household's chauffeur is found strangled with an Indian scarf.
Crime
Kreutzer Sonata
3.5

Kreutzer Sonata

Mar 01, 1915
Based -- loosely -- on Leo Tolstoy, this film starred feted stage star Nance O'Neil but is rather better remembered as Theda Bara's follow-up to the sensational A Fool There Was (1914).
Drama