Olive Tell

Olive Tell

From Wikipedia Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 6, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from New York City. She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I. Her early screen roles were in silent films like The Silent Master (1917), The Unforeseen (1917), Her Sister (1917), and National Red Cross Pageant (1917). Tell appeared opposite such popular film actors of the era as Donald Gallaher, Karl Dane, Ann Little, Rod La Rocque, Ethel Barrymore and a young Tallulah Bankhead. Tell married First National Pictures movie producer Henry M. Hobart in 1926. Her first husband was killed in World War I. Hobart and Tell moved to California in 1926 and stayed in Hollywood for twelve years. Her final screen credits came in the late 1930s. She performed in In His Steps (1936), Polo Joe (1936) with Joe E. Brown, Easy To Take (1936), and Under Southern Stars (1937). Tell's final screen appearance was in the George Cukor directed drama Zaza (1939), starring Claudette Colbert. Olive Tell died in Bellevue Hospital in 1951 after suffering a fractured skull at the Dryden Hotel, 150 East Thirty-Ninth Street, New York City, where she resided. She was fifty-six years old.

  • Title: Olive Tell
  • Popularity: 0.65
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1894-09-27
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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  • 1934
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    The Scarlet Empress

    The Scarlet Empress

    6.9 1934 HD

    During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted...

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  • 1917
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    National Red Cross Pageant

    National Red Cross Pageant

    1 1917 HD

    The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and...

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  • 1918
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    Secret Strings

    Secret Strings

    1 1918 HD

    In this detective picture, Janet marries Raoul Newell but leaves him when she finds out he is a thief. However, when he comes to her and asks her to...

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  • 1928
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    Sailors' Wives

    Sailors' Wives

    1 1928 HD

    Informed by her doctor that she is going blind, Carol Trent tearfully breaks off her engagement with Don Manning, hoping to spare him the stigma of...

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  • 1931
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    Devotion

    Devotion

    6.8 1931 HD

    A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.

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  • 1935
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    Four Hours to Kill!

    Four Hours to Kill!

    5 1935 HD

    A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where...

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  • 1937
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    Under Southern Stars

    Under Southern Stars

    1 1937 HD

    Set in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this colorful short profiles the heroic Confederate...

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  • 1926
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    Summer Bachelors

    Summer Bachelors

    1 1926 HD

    Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned about marriage and is firmly set against ever getting...

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  • 1934
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    The Witching Hour

    The Witching Hour

    5.3 1934 HD

    Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently...

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  • 1920
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    Love Without Question

    Love Without Question

    1 1920 HD

    Old Silas Blackburn, a wealthy recluse, lives alone with his butler and his ward Katherine. One night, Katherine discovers Silas murdered in the room...

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  • 1936
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    Polo Joe

    Polo Joe

    1 1936 HD

    A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.

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  • 1931
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    Ladies' Man

    Ladies' Man

    4.3 1931 HD

    A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in...

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  • 1930
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    Cock o' the Walk

    Cock o' the Walk

    3.2 1930 HD

    Carlos Lopez is a handsome Argentine sportsman. Many women love him and he toys with them all. His days are filled with romance and intrigue and he...

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  • 1928
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    Soft Living

    Soft Living

    1 1928 HD

    Nancy Woods, secretary to a divorce lawyer, is tantalized by the idea of collecting alimony payments, she marries Stockney Webb with the intention of...

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  • 1932
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    False Faces

    False Faces

    4.3 1932 HD

    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...

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  • 1929
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    The Trial of Mary Dugan

    The Trial of Mary Dugan

    6 1929 HD

    A woman is tried for the murder of her lover. Director Bayard Veiller's 1929 courtroom drama stars Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone, Lilyan Tashman and H....

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  • 1929
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    The Very Idea

    The Very Idea

    4 1929 HD

    Pre-code comedy (1929) about a young married couple's unsuccessful efforts to become parents.

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  • 1931
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    Ten Cents a Dance

    Ten Cents a Dance

    6.8 1931 HD

    A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.

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  • 1936
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    Brilliant Marriage

    Brilliant Marriage

    4.5 1936 HD

    When a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since birth, her world is turned upside down.

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  • 1919
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    The Trap

    The Trap

    1 1919 HD

    A schoolteacher in the Yukon promises her hand in marriage to a rich prospector, but instead she marries his no-good brother. After her husband...

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  • 1935
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    Shanghai

    Shanghai

    7 1935 HD

    A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a Russian banker, who harbors a family secret.

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  • 1927
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    Slaves of Beauty

    Slaves of Beauty

    1 1927 HD

    Comedic send-up of the beauty salon industry...

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  • 1917
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    The Unforseen

    The Unforseen

    1 1917 HD

    On the eve of her elopement with Henry Traquair, Margaret Fielding is accidentally discovered in Traquair's apartments by his friends, Captain...

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  • 1917
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    The Silent Master

    The Silent Master

    5 1917 HD

    Valentin Marquis de Sombreiul, alias Monsieur Simon, is known as the great master because he is the leader of a band of Parisian Apaches who mete out...

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  • 1920
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    Wings of Pride

    Wings of Pride

    1 1920 HD

    Olive Muir, a haughty society girl, objects when Alice Prentice, a girl of lower station, comes to visit her family. After Alice's drunken father...

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  • 1930
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    Lawful Larceny

    Lawful Larceny

    5.5 1930 HD

    When Marion Corsey's husband, Andrew, is conned out of a small fortune by Vivian Hepburn, she dedicates herself to recovering the money.

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  • 1933
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    Strictly Personal

    Strictly Personal

    5 1933 HD

    Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these...

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  • 1931
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    Delicious

    Delicious

    6.2 1931 HD

    A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.

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  • 1925
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    Womanhandled

    Womanhandled

    7 1925 HD

    Bill Dana, a New York City playboy, can't resist the flaming flappers and red-hot mamas along the Great White Way, so he decides to head out west to...

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  • 1930
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    The Right of Way

    The Right of Way

    5.2 1930 HD

    Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with...

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  • 1929
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    Hearts in Exile

    Hearts in Exile

    1 1929 HD

    In this romance set in Russia, a fisherman's daughter is jilted by her true love and instead marries a baron. Time passes and the two men meet each...

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  • 1934
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    Baby Take a Bow

    Baby Take a Bow

    5.5 1934 HD

    Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his...

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  • 1931
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    Woman Hungry

    Woman Hungry

    1 1931 HD

    This film, believed lost, was based on William Vaughn Moody's 1906 play The Great Divide. The story was filmed as a silent film by MGM as The Great...

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  • 1926
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    The Prince of Tempters

    The Prince of Tempters

    1 1926 HD

    Francis, the result of a clandestine marriage between the Duke of Chatsfield and a peasant girl, after being raised in a monastery following his...

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  • 1920
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    A Woman's Business

    A Woman's Business

    1 1920 HD

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