Ann Pennington
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The Rainbow Princess
Oct 22, 1916Hope has an act in a traveling circus where she is "the rainbow princess" and performs a Hula dance. The owner of the circus pawns the girl off on Judge Daingerfield as his long-lost granddaughter. Hope goes to live with the judge, and to the horror of his upstanding family, insists on having the circus performers over as her guests. But the whole ruse, unbeknownst to her, is so that the circus owner's sons can rob the judge.
Drama
Susie Snowflake
Jun 25, 1916When a young girl who has grown up as a music hall entertainer is brought to live in a stodgy New England town, the quiet town life is changed forever.
Comedy
Pretty Ladies
Sep 06, 1925Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One thing leads to another, they fall in love and get married. Al becomes a famous songwriter and Maggie stays home and has children. One day Al is hired to write a big number for Selma Larson, one of the Follies' most beautiful stars, and falls for her.
Comedy
Give This Little Girl a Great Big Hand
Jul 27, 1942
Tanned Legs
Nov 10, 1929Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her wayward parents and her unlucky-in-love sister Janet. Mama and Papa are set to rights fairly quickly, but Janet's the one with real problems. It seems she sent some compromising love letters to a worthless cad, and now the bounder wants to use the letters for blackmail. Peggy's friend Roger and his flapper sweetheart Tootie hatch an elaborate plan to retrieve the incriminating letters and salvage Janet's reputation.
Comedy
Night Club
Mar 28, 1929"When the Paramount movie people decided to make "Night Club"...they took a lot of stage names, let some of them do their specialties, wound a thin, unpleasant story around the whole, and called it a day." - Kansas City Times, 02/18/1929
Music
Night Parade
Oct 27, 1929Bobby Martin, a young middleweight champion boxer, is an honest and decent fighter. However, a dishonest but beautiful woman uses every trick to ensnare him.
Drama
Tricheuse
Jul 21, 1924Lorsque son petit ami, Jimmy, oublie l'un de leurs rendez-vous, Tessie McGuire se rend à une fête chez Robert Brandt. Elle y fera forte impression.
Romance
Madame Behave
Dec 06, 1925A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing witness important to the case of the plaintiff. He attracts the romantic attention of two old roués and one hot Broadway showgirl.
Comedy
Happy Days
Sep 16, 1929Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big show to rescue it.
Music
Is Everybody Happy?
Oct 19, 1929It is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger Rag". The film's title comes from Lewis's catchphrase "Is everybody happy?" The film's soundtrack exists on Vitaphone discs preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but the film itself is considered a lost film, according to the Vitaphone Project website. A five minute clip from the film can be found on YouTube.
Comedy
A Kiss in the Dark
Apr 06, 1925
Texas Terrors
Nov 22, 1940A lawyer by training, Bob Millburne (Don "Red" Barry) believes in relying on the legal system to exact justice. But he can no longer sate his thirst for vengeance, fueled by the death of his parents at the hands of a bloodthirsty mine jumper. Frustrated and fed up, Bob decides it's time to dust off his guns and holsters.
Western
The Lucky Horseshoe
Aug 30, 1925Based on a story by Robert Lord, the film is about a ranch foreman who assumes responsibility for the ranch following the owner's death. He also cares for the owner's daughter who is taken to Europe by an aunt. Two year later the woman returns from Europe with her new wealthy fiancée and plans to hold their wedding at the ranch, which the foreman has turned into a successful tourist destination. The foreman's feelings for the woman have not been diminished by the years, and after learning some damaging information about the fiancée, the foreman must find a way to stop the wedding. (Wiki)
Western
Fashion News
Nov 06, 1928Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.
Documentary
The Antics of Ann
Nov 05, 1917Ann Wharton, a rambunctious young student at the prestigious Bredwell Academy, is in trouble after a spoonful of cereal she flung at a classmate hits Mrs. Bredwell in the face. As she is being reprimanded in Mrs. Bredwell's office, a misunderstanding results in a member of the football team arriving at the office with Ann's clothes--she had left them behind when she changed into a football uniform so she could play football with the team--and Mrs. Bredwell writes to Ann's father notifying him that Ann is being expelled. She intercepts the letter, but her troubles are far from over.
Comedy
La Pagode en flammes
Dec 09, 1942Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Johnny Williams, prisonnier des Japonais en Chine, réussit à s'évader avec l'aide du major Weed et de son amie Fifi. Véritable baroudeur, Weed entraîne Johnny à Mandalay, où il fait la connaissance de Miss Young, une charmante jeune femme. Celle-ci ne tarde pas à lui apprendre la véritable identité de ses deux compagnons : ce sont des espions à la solde de l'ennemi. Il décide alors de les semer, et part rejoindre Miss Young dans le village de Kuming, où la bataille fait rage…
Romance
The Golden Strain
Dec 27, 1925Lt. Milt Mulford graduates from West Point and is assigned to a cavalry outpost in the West, near an Apache reservation. One day the Apaches, tired of being cheated by a crooked Indian agent, break the reservation and Mulford is sent after them with a patrol. Unfortunately, he cracks under the pressure of his first firefight, and is thrown out of the army. His fiancé, disgusted, ends their engagement. He sets out to prove that he is not a coward and regain his fiancé's love.
Western
