William Russell

William Russell

From Wikipedia William Russell (April 12, 1884 – February 18, 1929), born William Francis Lerche, was an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He appeared in over two hundred silent era motion pictures between 1910 and 1929, directing five of them in 1916 and producing two through his own production company in 1918 and 1925. Russell began his screen career in New York with the Biograph Company, where he worked for nine months before signing with the Thanhouser Company. He was also part of the company of players for the American Film Manufacturing Company and their Flying "A" Studios in Santa Barbara. In 1917, he and actress Charlotte Burton were married. They divorced in 1921. He and actress Helen Ferguson were married on June 21, 1925, at the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church, after a six-year romance. William Russell died at age 44 from pneumonia at Hollywood Hospital in Los Angeles.

  • Title: William Russell
  • Popularity: 1.231
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1884-04-12
  • Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: William E. Russell, William Lerche
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William Russell Movies

  • 1912
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    Flying to Fortune

    Flying to Fortune

    1 1912 HD

    A wealthy old man, who has been a semi-invalid for years, is informed by his physician that his case is hopeless. The invalid decides to put "his...

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  • 1912
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    The Girl of the Grove

    The Girl of the Grove

    1 1912 HD

    The girl was young, pretty, and also a good businesswoman; When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with...

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  • 1916
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    The Smugglers of Santa Cruz

    The Smugglers of Santa Cruz

    1 1916 HD

    Langdon, a revenue officer in search of smugglers operating along the coast of Santa Cruz Island, Cal., meets Verna. the daughter of the lighthouse...

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  • 1924
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    The Beloved Brute

    The Beloved Brute

    1 1924 HD

    A Western melodrama about brothers, separated in early childhood, who wound up as opponents in a side-show wrestling match.

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  • 1917
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    A Rough Shod Fighter

    A Rough Shod Fighter

    1 1917 HD

    A Rough Shod Fighter

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  • 1910
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    Under Western Skies

    Under Western Skies

    1 1910 HD

    The girl gives herself to one of the men to escape a worse fate, though she separates from another lover to do it. Later she discovers in a dramatic...

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  • 1911
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    His Younger Brother

    His Younger Brother

    1 1911 HD

    A young clerk, employed by a wealthy broker, weakly yields to the temptations of city life, and embezzles some of the money entrusted to his care.

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  • 1911
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    The Railroad Builder

    The Railroad Builder

    1 1911 HD

    The construction of a new railroad, designed to bring prosperity to a section of the country, brings sorrow to one home. An aged invalid finds that...

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  • 1911
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    The Stepmother

    The Stepmother

    1 1911 HD

    When the two little daughters of a young widower are told that he is preparing to bring up to the house to see them, a young lady who is to be their...

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  • 1911
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    Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

    1 1911 HD

    Lorna Dugal, the little daughter of an English nobleman, is carried off by her father's enemies, the Doones, when she is five years old. Sire Ensor...

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    Their Burglar

    Their Burglar

    1 1911 HD

    In the course of a fashionable reception at her home, a young girl quarrels with her suitor. Piqued by a fancied wrong, the girl with complaisance...

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  • 1912
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    A Niagara Honeymoon

    A Niagara Honeymoon

    1 1912 HD

    A well-to-do family, living in a suburban town, was annoyed on receiving word that the wife's sister-in-law intended to pay them a visit. When she...

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  • 1912
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    For Sale -- A Life

    For Sale -- A Life

    1 1912 HD

    A nervous, fault-finding invalid decides that his health requires that he shall live in the South, and manages to exchange his place "Up North," for...

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  • 1912
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    Jilted

    Jilted

    1 1912 HD

    Age old tale of a couple marooned.

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  • 1912
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    Jess

    Jess

    1 1912 HD

    Silas Croft was a kindly old Englishman who had a farm in South Africa. With him resided his two nieces, whom he had taken from their drunken,...

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  • 1912
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    The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

    The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

    1 1912 HD

    A romantic young girl, visiting St. Augustine, finds that she must make the choice which means happiness or misery for life. She has two suitors, one...

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  • 1912
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    The Little Shut-in

    The Little Shut-in

    1 1912 HD

    His home was a dreary room in a basement; he was hopelessly crippled; his widowed mother was just able to keep their home together by steady work as...

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  • 1912
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    Pa's Medicine

    Pa's Medicine

    1 1912 HD

    Willie West, a small boy, is very fond of his pet rabbit. He is unhappy because Hank (the rabbit) seems to be losing his former good health. When...

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  • 1912
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    Lucile

    Lucile

    1 1912 HD

    Lucile is a 1912 drama film short.

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  • 1912
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    Undine

    Undine

    1 1912 HD

    In the days long ago when knights were brave and venturesome, enchanted forests grew and mythical creatures lived among us.

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  • 1912
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    Put Yourself in His Place

    Put Yourself in His Place

    1 1912 HD

    The story concerns the love of Henry Little for Grace Carden and its reciprocal sentiment, with the time-honored interference of those who attempt to...

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  • 1912
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    The Forest Rose

    The Forest Rose

    1 1912 HD

    Forester and Maywood, two wealthy neighbor planters, volunteered their services to defend their country when the war of the Revolution broke out....

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  • 1912
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    The Repeater

    The Repeater

    1 1912 HD

    The story's hero, a reformer in politics, has been accused and convicted of "padding the registration lists," but on procured evidence and on a...

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  • 1913
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    For Her Boy's Sake

    For Her Boy's Sake

    1 1913 HD

    The son of a poor widow fell in love with a heartless showgirl who spurned the simple gifts he gave her. In a moment of desperation he tried to rob...

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  • 1913
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    The Caged Bird

    The Caged Bird

    1 1913 HD

    The beautiful young princess was weary of the formality and ceremony that encompassed her. She had read many books and from them had gained the idea...

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  • 1913
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    While Baby Slept

    While Baby Slept

    1 1913 HD

    The young farmer's wife had one trial, her husband's father. He was old and peevish, and so racked and crippled by illness that he could not walk a...

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  • 1913
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    Peggy's Invitation

    Peggy's Invitation

    1 1913 HD

    A society woman who lives in the suburbs near the sea had laid her plans to insure the marriage of her daughter to a wealthy young banker.

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  • 1914
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    His Fireman's Conscience

    His Fireman's Conscience

    1 1914 HD

    Engineer Daily is forced to discharge his fireman for habitual drunkenness. His young daughter, Rosanna, wanders down to the tracks, and the door of...

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  • 1914
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    The Power of the Press

    The Power of the Press

    1 1914 HD

    An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard,...

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  • 1914
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    Under the Gaslight

    Under the Gaslight

    1 1914 HD

    Heroine Laura suffers spectacularly as her romance with her soldier sweetheart is destroyed by malicious gossip.

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  • 1915
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    Dora Thorne

    Dora Thorne

    1 1915 HD

    Ronald, heir to Lord Earle in Earlescourt, England, secretly loves Dora Thorne, a desirable but working-class woman. When Lord Earle hears of the...

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  • 1923
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    Anna Christie

    Anna Christie

    5.5 1923 HD

    A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict...

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  • 1919
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    Sacred Silence

    Sacred Silence

    1 1919 HD

    Lieut. Ralph Harrison is in love with Major Marston's wife, who pretends to love him. Harrison's mother implores Capt. Jim Craig to intervene to save...

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  • 1926
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    The Blue Eagle

    The Blue Eagle

    5.1 1926 HD

    Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their feud when they join the Navy. After the war,...

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  • 1927
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    The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

    1 1927 HD

    The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote...

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  • 1923
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    Boston Blackie

    Boston Blackie

    6 1923 HD

    Boston Blackie is a former prison inmate campaigning to outlaw Warden Benton's infamous "Water Cross" torture. Benton, however, is successful in his...

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  • 1928
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    The Head of the Family

    The Head of the Family

    1 1928 HD

    Silent Comedy film directed by Joseph C. Boyle

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  • 1922
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    Mixed Faces

    Mixed Faces

    1 1922 HD

    Judge Granger, a candidate for mayor, attempts to persuade Mary Allen Sayre to marry him. She meets his double, a young traveling salesman named...

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  • 1922
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    The Crusader

    The Crusader

    1 1922 HD

    Veteran action hero William Russell starred opposite his offscreen wife Helen Ferguson in this typical Fox oater about a miner who finds himself up...

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  • 1915
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    The Diamond from the Sky

    The Diamond from the Sky

    1 1915 HD

    This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.

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  • 1912
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    Into the Desert

    Into the Desert

    1 1912 HD

    An American girl and her father were traveling in the Orient, and there they were joined by the young woman's fiancé. He knew the dangers of...

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  • 1912
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    Rejuvenation

    Rejuvenation

    1 1912 HD

    A rich man who finds that there is nothing in life worth living for, is worse off than is a poor man in similar circumstances, for the poor man may...

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  • 1912
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    The Saleslady

    The Saleslady

    1 1912 HD

    Silent romantic drama...

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  • 1919
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    Six Feet Four

    Six Feet Four

    5.5 1919 HD

    A cowboy matches the description of the man who robbed the local hotel--both are 6'4". When a young woman is robbed, suspicion falls on the cowboy...

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  • 1912
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    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    5.8 1912 HD

    The ghost of a selfish, inconsiderate woman must make up for her past transgressions by making sure that her descendant marries the man who is right...

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  • 1921
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    The Cheater Reformed

    The Cheater Reformed

    1 1921 HD

    Thomas Edinburgh is secretly in love with Carol, wife of the Reverend Luther McCall, and produces evidence that her husband was once an embezzler....

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  • 1920
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    The Iron Rider

    The Iron Rider

    1 1920 HD

    When law and order fade into distant memory in Angel City, the townspeople yearn for the era of the Iron Riders, a band of men who took justice into...

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  • 1920
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    The Challenge of the Law

    The Challenge of the Law

    1 1920 HD

    A Canadian Mountie pursues an outlaw across the border into the America...

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  • 1919
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    The Lincoln Highwayman

    The Lincoln Highwayman

    1 1919 HD

    Masked bandit The Lincoln Highwayman terrorizes motorists on California highways. His latest victims are a San Francisco banker and his family on...

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  • 1919
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    Eastward Ho!

    Eastward Ho!

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1927
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    Brass Knuckles

    Brass Knuckles

    1 1927 HD

    Zac Harrison, upon his release from prison, assumes responsibility for seeing to the needs of June Curry, the 17-year-old daughter of a fellow inmate...

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  • 1913
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    Tannhäuser

    Tannhäuser

    4 1913 HD

    Dramatic three-reel film based on Wagner's opera of chivalry and spiritual struggle. Wandering minstrel Tannhauser wins the heart of Elizabeth, niece...

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  • 1913
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    Moths

    Moths

    1 1913 HD

    A French woman has to marry a Russian to preserve the reputation of her society mother. However she is in love with someone else.

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  • 1913
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    Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

    1 1913 HD

    A short adaption of the novel by Charles Dickens.

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  • 1913
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    King Rene’s Daughter

    King Rene’s Daughter

    5 1913 HD

    This elaborate and well-staged silent version of Hertz' play is exceedingly well produced for 1913: it starts off by introducing the actors by name...

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  • 1912
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    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    5.308 1912 HD

    An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working...

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  • 1928
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    State Street Sadie

    State Street Sadie

    1 1928 HD

    Unassuming clerk Tom Blake is framed for the murder of a policeman in the midst of a violent bank robbery.

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  • 1928
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    The Midnight Taxi

    The Midnight Taxi

    5 1928 HD

    The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen...

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  • 1919
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    A Sporting Chance

    A Sporting Chance

    4.7 1919 HD

    John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi...

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  • 1913
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    Carmen

    Carmen

    5 1913 HD

    A three-reel version of the famous stage production. Don Jose, the hero of the famous book by Prosper Merimee, and Bizet's celebrated opera, was born...

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  • 1913
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    The Marble Heart

    The Marble Heart

    5 1913 HD

    Outside the door of the home of a sculptor and his mother, fell a poor, friendless young girl. They took the girl in and cared for her, and as time...

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  • 1912
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    The Little Girl Next Door

    The Little Girl Next Door

    4.2 1912 HD

    Helen Randall and Ruth Foster were little tots. The two children lived side by side on one of the fashionable streets in New York City. One day Helen...

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  • 1912
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    Petticoat Camp

    Petticoat Camp

    6 1912 HD

    Several married couples go on a camp-out together, but the women soon realize that the men expect them to do all the dirty work.

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    Star of Bethlehem

    Star of Bethlehem

    5 1912 HD

    Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod,...

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  • 1911
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    Get Rich Quick

    Get Rich Quick

    4 1911 HD

    An investment plan that tells potential investors they can "get rich quickly" turns out to be a swindle, and investors are in danger of losing all...

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  • 1911
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    The Pasha's Daughter

    The Pasha's Daughter

    4.5 1911 HD

    An American in Turkey is mistakenly arrested and thrown in jail. He escapes and is helped by the daughter of the local ruler, called the Pasha.

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  • 1927
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    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

    1 1927 HD

    Mary Carlton, who lives with her invalid father on a cotton plantation, receives a letter from Bob, her brother, in New York, stating that he faces...

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  • 1912
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    East Lynne

    East Lynne

    1 1912 HD

    Based on the novel of the same name by Mrs. Henry Wood (Ellen Wood).

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  • 1919
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    Where the West Begins

    Where the West Begins

    1 1919 HD

    William Russell plays Cliff Redfern, a hard-ridin' Westerner who takes a liking to Easterner Ned Caldwell (Cullen Landis), the dissolute son of a...

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  • 1919
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    Brass Buttons

    Brass Buttons

    1 1919 HD

    Kingston Hollister admires Bernice Cleveland from afar. He asks Officer Callahan, the policeman on the beat, about her and mistakenly believes she is...

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  • 1917
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    The Masked Heart

    The Masked Heart

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1925
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    Big Pal

    Big Pal

    1 1925 HD

    A judge's daughter spurns his wealthy lifestyle and goes to do social work in poorer neighborhoods. There she meets a boxer contending for a...

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  • 1912
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    Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

    1 1912 HD

    Drama of life in the foreign legion of Africa

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  • 1928
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    Woman Wise

    Woman Wise

    1 1928 HD

    Woman Wise is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring William Russell, June Collyer, and Walter Pidgeon.

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  • 1911
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    Young Lochinvar

    Young Lochinvar

    1 1911 HD

    The “gallant young Lochinvar” and his stolen bride lead their pursuers on a merry chase

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  • 1911
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    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    1 1911 HD

    Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood,...

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  • 1918
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    Up Romance Road

    Up Romance Road

    1 1918 HD

    An engaged couple, whose two fathers are millionaire ship owners, is determined to put a little life in their engagement by writing a threatening...

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  • 1922
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    A Self-Made Man

    A Self-Made Man

    1 1922 HD

    Jack Spurlock, the lazy son of a railroad tycoon, is estranged from his fiancée, Anita Gray, because he refuses to work. When his father...

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  • 1911
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    4 1911 HD

    Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen.

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  • 1918
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    Hearts or Diamonds?

    Hearts or Diamonds?

    1 1918 HD

    Wealthy diamond collector Larry Hanrahan is given the opportunity to assist the beautiful, jewel-bedecked woman he admires in a Broadway café...

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  • 1916
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    The Bruiser

    The Bruiser

    1 1916 HD

    Athletic star William Russell puts on his boxing gloves for this waterfront drama.

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  • 1911
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    The Lady from the Sea

    The Lady from the Sea

    1 1911 HD

    Ellida was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, and spent many hours near the water's edge. While she was still scarcely more than a child, one of...

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  • 1913
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    Robin Hood

    Robin Hood

    1 1913 HD

    Robin Hood and his followers aid the poor and oppressed from their hideout in Sherwood Forest, pursued by the Sheriff of Nottingham.

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  • 1915
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    Garden of Lies

    Garden of Lies

    1 1915 HD

    An American girl marries the prince of a small European country. On their wedding day, the couple is involved in a car accident, the result of which...

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  • 1914
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    The Straight Road

    The Straight Road

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1912
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    The Wrecked Taxi

    The Wrecked Taxi

    1 1912 HD

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    The Silent Witness

    The Silent Witness

    1 1912 HD

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  • 1920
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    Singing River

    Singing River

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Lady from Longacre

    The Lady from Longacre

    1 1921 HD

    To escape a loathsome marriage to the king of a neighboring principality, Princess Isabel flees her kingdom for England, where she is rescued by Lord...

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  • 1917
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    Snap Judgment

    Snap Judgment

    1 1917 HD

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    Shackles of Truth

    Shackles of Truth

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1918
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    Hearts or Diamonds?

    Hearts or Diamonds?

    1 1918 HD

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