Lucille Ricksen

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Forsaking All Others

Dec 10, 1922

Forsaking All Others

1922 50 min 1 vues

Jealous of her son Oliver's interest in Penelope Mason, Mrs. Newell takes him to a resort where he is easy prey for designing Enid Morton. After some near-disastrous situations with Enid's suspicious husband, Penelope comes to Oliver's rescue at Mrs. Newell's request.

Drama

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Those Who Dance

Apr 27, 1924

Those Who Dance

1924 80 min 1 vues

A federal agent assigned to stop a bootlegging gang joins forces with the gang leader's wife and the sister of one of the ring's truck drivers to break up the gang.

Drama

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The Child Thou Gavest Me

Aug 20, 1921

The Child Thou Gavest Me

1921 72 min 1 vues

On her wedding day, Norma Huntley wants to tell Edward Berkley, her husband-to-be, her secret -- that she mothered a child out of wedlock which subsequently died. Her mother forbids her to reveal this. Only moments after the ceremony, it is discovered that the child, now three, is actually alive. Berkley, incensed at this turn of events, agrees to adopt the child and remain married for appearance's sake -- but when he finds the father, he will kill him.

Drama

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Judgment of the Storm

Jan 06, 1924

Judgment of the Storm

1924 77 min 1 vues

Mary Heath's brother Dave is accidentally killed in a gambling den. Mary’s sweetheart, John Trevor, discovers the joint is secretly owned by his mother and he denounces her. As Dave was the head of the Heath household, John, knowing that Dave was head of the Heath household, feels responsible for the boy's death and offers himself as a replacement. Treated badly initially, eventually the family takes him into their hearts.

Adventure

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The Old Nest

Jun 28, 1921

The Old Nest

1921 80 min 1 vues

A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures and successes fill her life, but she grows lonely without them. Then when one of the children has a surprise to announce, they all return home to be with their mother.

Drama

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Trimmed in Scarlet

Apr 09, 1923

Trimmed in Scarlet

1923 54 min 1 vues

Disapproving of the loose woman her father has married, Faith Ebbing leaves home and goes to work, but she later steals $5,000 in Liberty Bonds to pay off Duroc, a blackmailer threatening her mother, Cordelia Ebbing.

Adventure

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The Strangers' Banquet

Dec 31, 1922

The Strangers' Banquet

1922 80 min 1 vues

In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John Trevelyan, an anarchist labor agitator. Derith's brother John is off in pursuit of an adventuress, and Angus Campbell, her superintendent, resigns in exasperation. Angus returns, however, to help Derith persuade Trevelyan to settle a strike, which Trevelyan accomplishes in spite of being shot by one of his own men.

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The Girl Who Ran Wild

Oct 09, 1922

The Girl Who Ran Wild

1922 50 min 1 vues

M'liss, raised in the mountains as an unruly tomboy, is orphaned and is offered "protection" by Calaveras John and Johnny Cake, friends of her father's murderer. She shows no interest in anything until the new schoolmaster persuades her to tidy herself and get some education. Believing the schoolmaster to be in love with some other girl, M'liss decides to run off with another man.

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Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

Mar 27, 1920

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

1920 20 min 1 vues

The story of Edgar Pomeroy, the first in a series, in which the boy Edgar imagines himself the triumphant master of his fate, revenging himself on a scornful young female classmate. But then the real events are seen in contrast with the ones Edgar has created in his mind.

Comedy

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Edgar's Hamlet

Apr 18, 1920

Edgar's Hamlet

1920 22 min 1 vues

Edgar and his schoolmates put on a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet such as the townsfolk have never seen.

Comedy

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Edgar's Sunday Courtship

Jan 01, 1970

Edgar's Sunday Courtship

1970 20 min 1 vues

On the way to Sunday school, Edgar meets the lady of his heart--and his hated rival. The Sunday-school lesson on David and Goliath so intrigues Edgar that he sees himself as David, saving the entire school, sweetheart and rival included, from Goliath's sword. Edgar's answer to the teacher's question proves his straying thoughts. As a result he is placed on the platform, where he sees himself descending to the "lower regions" as the "worst boy in the school." Edgar's Sunday adventures end with him at peace with the world, after two helpings of pie.

Comedy

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Edgar Takes the Cake

Jul 09, 1920

Edgar Takes the Cake

1920 21 min 1 vues

Edgar delivers a cake to his sister's ill friend. The cake arrives safely, but not sound, and Edgar is taken to task for his careless handling of the article.

Comedy

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Edgar's Jonah Day

May 08, 1920

Edgar's Jonah Day

1920 20 min 1 vues

Edgar is called upon by his mother to execute a disagreeable errand, has to mind his troublesome younger brother, and runs away.

Comedy

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Edgar's Feast Day

Feb 01, 1921

Edgar's Feast Day

1921 20 min 1 vues

Episode 11 of the series of 2-reel comedies “The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy”.

Comedy

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Human Wreckage

Jun 17, 1923

Human Wreckage

1923 80 min 1 vues

An attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.

Crime

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Young Ideas

Jul 07, 1924

Young Ideas

1924 67 min 1 vues

Universal star Laura LaPlante stars in this lighthearted comedy based on Sophie Kerr's magazine story, Relative Values. Octavia Lowden (LaPlante) has virtually become a drudge in order to support her sponging relatives -- flapper sister Eloise (Lucille Ricksen), hypochondriac Aunt Minnie (Lydia Yeamans Titus), and storytelling Uncle Eph (James O. Barrows). Only Octavia's frail grandmother (Jennie Lee) really needs help. When Octavia's sweetheart, photographer Pritchett Spence (T. Roy Barnes), discovers the toll these bloodsuckers are exacting, he plots with the family doctor to rescue her.

Comedy

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The Denial

Mar 22, 1925

The Denial

1925 50 min 1 vues

When Dorothy wants to marry Bob (Robert Agnew), her mother, Mildred, forbids the match. Dorothy angrily asserts that Mildred might reconsider if her own mother had forbid her marriage. The rest of the film is a flashback, as Mildred recalls her own youth, when her dictatorial mother did forbid her to marry Lyman. Lyman enlisted with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders to fight in the Spanish-American War, but was killed in battle.

Drama

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The Hill Billy

Mar 15, 1924

The Hill Billy

1924 60 min 1 vues

Jed is a hillbilly in love with pretty Emmy Lou who is forced into marriage with her dreadful cousin Aaron. Jed interrupts the marriage and Aaron is accidently shot. Jed stands trial for the murder but is acquitted when almost everyone admits to the murder.

Drama

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The Galloping Fish

Mar 10, 1924

The Galloping Fish

1924 45 min 1 vues

Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new husband home alone. Seeking distraction from his troubles, Freddy enters a vaudeville theater where Undine, "the diving Venus," and her trained seal, Bubbles, are performing. Outside the theater, Freddy meets Undine's fiancé, George Fitzgerald, and becomes involved in George's effort to hide Undine's seal from a bill collector armed with an order of attachment because of an unpaid hotel bill. Complications arise when Freddy Wetherill's dying rich uncle, Cato Dodd, notifies him that he wants Hyla to nurse him. To insure he stays in his uncle's will, Freddy substitutes Undine for Hyla and takes George along to act as his "valet." Naturally, Bubbles comes along, too. This movie is presumed to be lost.

Comedy

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Idle Tongues

Dec 21, 1924

Idle Tongues

1924 60 min 1 vues

After serving 5 years in prison for embezzling church funds, Dr. Ephraim Nye returns to Ostable and the scornful gossip of its residents, led by Althea Bemis. There is a typhoid epidemic, and Dr. Nye believes it to be caused by the water in a pond that Judge Copeland, the brother of Dr. Nye's dead wife, Fanny, wishes to use as the source of municipal water supply. Only Katherine Minot supports Dr. Nye, but biologists prove him correct; and Dr. Nye confronts Copeland with proof that he went to prison to protect Fanny, the actual criminal. Copeland finally consents to the marriage of his daughter, Faith, to Tom Stone, the son of his enemy; and Katherine spreads the news of her engagement to Dr. Nye through Althea.

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The Married Flapper

Jul 31, 1922

The Married Flapper

1922 50 min 1 vues

A decline in family fortunes forces Bill to become a racing car driver. His wife, Pam, has been carrying on a bold flirtation with a wily philanderer, who, tiring of her, turns his attention to a younger girl.

Comedy

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Remembrance

Oct 01, 1922

Remembrance

1922 60 min 1 vues

Although he graduated from that time-worn university, the college of hard knocks, the tireless efforts of John P. Grout have paid off. He owns a number of department stores and his wife and children are well provided for. However, his family is completely ungrateful and takes him -- and his money -- for granted. Grout's attempts to keep them all happy are driving him to bankruptcy and he eventually becomes seriously ill. Eventually his wife and kids come to realize how badly they've treated Pops.....

Drama

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Vanity's Price

Sep 07, 1924

Vanity's Price

1924 60 min 1 vues

Successful actress Vanna Du Maurier ignores her friends' advice and overworks herself toward her goal of having her own theater. She is introduced to Henri De Greve, a millionaire who might help her, but she recognizes him to be her former husband, the father of her son, Teddy, and therefore refuses to have anything to do with him. The shock of seeing him is hard on Vanna, and fearing the loss of her youthful beauty, she visits a physician in Vienna to be rejuvenated. Vanna returns thoroughly changed and even invites the attentions of De Greve when she realizes his interest in Sylvia Grayson, Teddy's sweetheart. Teddy turns against his mother, Sylvia attempts to drown herself, and Vanna lures De Greve to her boudoir, where she discloses his past and gives him a beating with a riding crop. Sylvia and Teddy are reunited and forgive Vanna, who now recognizes the folly of vanity and accepts the proposal of long-time admirer Richard Dowling. This film is lost.

Drama

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The Secret Code

Feb 28, 1922

The Secret Code

1922 18 min 1 vues

A lost silent Western short.

Western

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The Rendezvous

Nov 11, 1923

The Rendezvous

1923 85 min 1 vues

Drama

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The Painted Lady

Sep 28, 1924

The Painted Lady

1924 70 min 1 vues

After being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to become a woman of easy virtue, and on an excursion to a South Sea isle she meets Luther Smith, a sailor seeking vengeance for the death of his sister. She feels unworthy of his love, but their paths cross again when he rescues her from Captain Sutton, the man responsible for the other girl's tragedy. This film is lost.

Drama

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Behind the Curtain

Jul 15, 1924

Behind the Curtain

1924 50 min 1 vues

When a brutal murder occurs, all the evidence points to a phony spiritualist, who is eventually convicted of the crime--but he may not have done it. This film is lost.

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The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy

Feb 28, 1922

The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy

1922 80 min 1 vues

A series of four 2-reelers based on the stories of George Bronson Howard, directed by Duke Worne, and starring Roy Stewart in the title role; each episode in the series was a story complete in itself. They are all presumably lost.

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The Showdown

May 14, 1923

The Showdown

1923 20 min 1 vues

The plot of this silent western short is unknown and it is presumably lost.

Western

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The Millionaire Baby

May 31, 1915

The Millionaire Baby

1915 60 min 1 vues

Who stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold determination? Did Valerie Carew, former Burlesque Queen conquered by Mother-Love seize an advantageous opportunity and steal away her loved one? Did Marion Ocumpaugh have knowledge of Gwendolyn's disappearance? Did Justin Carew, finally recognizing his wife and desiring a reconciliation, see the light and kidnap his own child? This film is presumably lost.

Adventure

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Edgar's Little Saw

Oct 01, 1920

Edgar's Little Saw

1920 21 min 1 vues

Among other Christmas gifts, Edgar receives a tool chest containing a little saw. While he is out displaying some of his other presents to the boy next door, little brother Charlie saws up everything in the house, furniture, hats, and at length attempts operations on the cat. Edgar gets the blame, and is being kept from his sweetheart's party as punishment, when Charlie's guilt is discovered. This film is presumably lost.

Comedy

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Edgar Camps Out

Sep 01, 1920

Edgar Camps Out

1920 20 min 1 vues

Edgar is about to lose the lady of his heart because the Bates boys have been given a complete camping outfit for their back yard: tent, stove, and everything. However, Edgar soon rallies and organizes a side show, displaying the greatest freaks on earth. This soon draws attention from the Bates boys, and Edgar is himself again, until that night when he camps out in the sideshow tent. Then the spooks hover about and Edgar is carried shrieking into the house by his father. This film is presumably lost.

Comedy

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Edgar, the Detective

Apr 01, 1921

Edgar, the Detective

1921 20 min 1 vues

Edgar buys a badge and a book of instructions and starts to learn the detective business. When he and his chum accompany his uncle's hired hand and his girl to town on a load of hay, and learn that a stop at the minister's means a marriage and not a murder, the two boys are sadly disappointed.

Comedy

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Edgar's Country Cousin

Jan 01, 1921

Edgar's Country Cousin

1921 20 min 1 vues

Edgar from the city goes to visit his country cousin and at once begins to impress him and his gang with the superiority of life and ways in the city. His brave effort to go barefoot "like we do in the city" causes him much pain, and everything he attempts to demonstrate the city's superiority has disastrous results. However, a black eye, a face full of bee-stings, and the general bawling-out of the gang fails to conquer him, and he declares that he is having a bully time. This silent comedy short is presumably lost.

Comedy