Olga Petrova

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Heart of a Painted Woman
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Heart of a Painted Woman

Apr 19, 1915

Heart of a Painted Woman
1915 96 min 1 vues
Young Martha Redmond, a poor girl from a small town, leaves to find a singing career in New York City. She doesn't find success as a singer, but finds a job as a model for a prominent artist, and soon becomes his mistress. When her lover throws her over to marry the daughter of a wealthy man, she becomes a "fallen women", a plaything for wealthy playboys. She meets Barrett, a millionaire's son, and begins to wonder if she might have a future with him, but it seems like he'll turn out to be just like "all the others".
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My Madonna
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My Madonna

Oct 25, 1915

My Madonna
1915 137 min 1 vues
Inspired by a Robert W. Service poem, the story concerns a Parisian demimonde named Lucille who becomes the model of an aspiring artist named Robert. Falling in love with Robert, Lucille endeavors to spare him disappointment by secretly buying his "unsaleable" paintings. Luck of luck, one of his portraits of Lucille, "My Madonna," wins first prize in an art contest.
Drama
The Panther Woman
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The Panther Woman

Nov 25, 1918

The Panther Woman
1918 60 min 1 vues
Orphan Patience Sparhawk grows up poor until she becomes the ward of the wealthy Miss Tremont. Eventually out of gratitude Patience marries Miss Tremont's nephew, Beverly Peale, out of gratitude only to discover he is a drug user, making their marriage unhappy. When Beverly is found dead from a drug overdose Patience is accused of murder, put on trial and sentenced to die in the electric chair but is saved at the eleventh hour.
Drama
The Black Butterfly
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The Black Butterfly

Dec 04, 1916

The Black Butterfly
1916 50 min 1 vues
Sonia Smirnov, a Paris opera singer known as "The Black Butterfly", starts an affair with young Alan Hall. Hall, however, is still pining over his previous lover, a young peasant girl.
Drama
Law of the Land
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Law of the Land

Aug 12, 1917

Law of the Land
1917 50 min 1 vues
In order to save her mother from disgrace, Margaret marries Richard Harding even though she really loves Geoffrey Morton.
Drama
Exile
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Exile

Sep 01, 1917

Exile
1917 50 min 1 vues
Vincento Perez, the governor of the Portuguese colony of Exile, is an unscrupulous and brutal man who is hated by the natives. Furthering his schemes, Perez tries to force silk dealers out of business, and reveals his plans to government engineer Richmond Harvey in a letter appealing for the American's help.
Drama
Daughter of Destiny
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Daughter of Destiny

Dec 23, 1917

Daughter of Destiny
1917 50 min 1 vues
In the days before the U.S. enters World War I Marion Ashley, an American woman living in Paris, discovers that her husband, Franz Jorn, is a spy. So she leaves him and goes to the neighboring (and fictional) neutral nation of Belmark to stay with her father, an American Ambassador. After she hears her husband has been killed, she resumes an old romance with the Crown Prince and they go through a secret morganatic marriage ceremony.
Drama
The Tigress
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The Tigress

Dec 07, 1914

The Tigress
1914 137 min 1 vues
Heroine Stella is not a "tigress" at all, but instead a loving wife and mother. All this changes when the despotic and rapacious Governor of Euturia, whose sexual overtures have been spurned by Stella, orders that her husband be executed and her child kidnapped.
Drama
The Vampire
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The Vampire

Aug 09, 1915

The Vampire
1915 55 min 1 vues
The Vampire is a surviving 1915 silent film drama directed by Alice Guy and starring Olga Petrova. It is one of Petrova's and Guy's few surviving silent films.
Drama
The Soul Market
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The Soul Market

Mar 12, 1916

The Soul Market
1916 50 min 1 vues
Having made public her disdain for wealthy men, musical comedy actress Elaine Elton is nonetheless ardently pursued by a handsome young millionaire who, for her sake, poses as his own chauffeur. A romance blossoms, but Elaine cannot accept the handsome millionaire's marriage proposal; she has already promised to marry a powerful producer who has threatened to blacklist her from Broadway if she refuses to become his bride.
Drama
The Eternal Question
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The Eternal Question

Jul 03, 1916

The Eternal Question
1916 50 min 1 vues
Pierre Felix, a couturier, makes a $25,000 bet with Ralph Courtland that he can take a girl from the streets, dress her appropriately, and within three months have her accepted into society.
Drama
The Waiting Soul
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The Waiting Soul

Apr 02, 1917

The Waiting Soul
1917 50 min 1 vues
This morality play of the starts off with Grace Vaughn running off with married man Dudley Kent (Wyndham Standing). While sailing to England, they meet Mr. and Mrs. Hargrove. Mrs. Hargrove tries to talk Grace out of ruining her life, but the girl won't listen. After a few months, Kent leaves Grace and she gets mixed up with a woman who runs a house of ill repute.
Drama
Extravagance
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Extravagance

Nov 06, 1916

Extravagance
1916 137 min 1 vues
Raised in the lap of luxury, Norma Russell is ill-prepared for her father's financial reverses. In exchange for a $25,000 loan, Norma's dad promises her hand in marriage to bank president Howard Dundore.
Drama
Bridges Burned
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Bridges Burned

Feb 05, 1917

Bridges Burned
1917 137 min 1 vues
When Mary O'Brien falls in love with Ernest Randall, the younger son of an English baronet, she gives herself completely to him and becomes pregnant. Her father (Robert Broderick), an Irish gentleman, finds this out and demands that she marry Randall.
Drama
The Black Butterfly
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The Black Butterfly

Dec 04, 1916

The Black Butterfly
1916 50 min 1 vues
Sonia Smirnov, a Paris opera singer known as "The Black Butterfly", starts an affair with young Alan Hall. Hall, however, is still pining over his previous lover, a young peasant girl.
Drama
Daughter of Destiny
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Daughter of Destiny

Dec 23, 1917

Daughter of Destiny
1917 50 min 1 vues
In the days before the U.S. enters World War I Marion Ashley, an American woman living in Paris, discovers that her husband, Franz Jorn, is a spy. So she leaves him and goes to the neighboring (and fictional) neutral nation of Belmark to stay with her father, an American Ambassador. After she hears her husband has been killed, she resumes an old romance with the Crown Prince and they go through a secret morganatic marriage ceremony.
Drama
Bridges Burned
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Bridges Burned

Feb 05, 1917

Bridges Burned
1917 137 min 1 vues
When Mary O'Brien falls in love with Ernest Randall, the younger son of an English baronet, she gives herself completely to him and becomes pregnant. Her father (Robert Broderick), an Irish gentleman, finds this out and demands that she marry Randall.
Drama