James Neill

James Neill

James Neill (September 29, 1860 – March 16, 1931) was an American stage actor and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 113 films between 1913 and 1930. His wife, and frequent costar on stage and screen, was Edythe Chapman.

  • Title: James Neill
  • Popularity: 3.101
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1860-09-29
  • Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia, USA
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  • Also Known As: James Neil, James F. Neill
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James Neill Movies

  • 1930
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    Only the Brave

    Only the Brave

    1 1930 HD

    Cooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers on what could be a suicide mission. He volunteers to...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Gary Cooper

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  • 1918
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    Say! Young Fellow

    Say! Young Fellow

    1 1918 HD

    A lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter for the New York Herald. His editor tasks him with...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Douglas Fairbanks

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  • 1929
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    The Idle Rich

    The Idle Rich

    5.7 1929 HD

    Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Conrad Nagel

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  • 1930
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    Shooting Straight

    Shooting Straight

    6 1930 HD

    A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Dix

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  • 1923
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    The World's Applause

    The World's Applause

    1 1923 HD

    Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted artist Robert Townsend (Menjou). Robert is married...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bebe Daniels

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  • 1916
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    The Ragamuffin

    The Ragamuffin

    1 1916 HD

    In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his stepdaughter should do most of the dirty work,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Blanche Sweet

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  • 1922
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    Her Husband’s Trademark

    Her Husband’s Trademark

    1 1922 HD

    James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer) are rivals for the hand of Lois Miller. Berkeley...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gloria Swanson

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  • 1920
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    The Paliser Case

    The Paliser Case

    1 1920 HD

    A young woman consents to a bad marriage to an unscrupulous man in order to save her father from ruin. When her marriage is disrupted by a murder,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Pauline Frederick

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  • 1916
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    For the Defense

    For the Defense

    1 1916 HD

    Two playboys stumble drunkenly home, where the owner falls asleep and the other attacks the maid. The butler intervenes and a fight results in the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Fannie Ward

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  • 1915
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    The Warrens of Virginia

    The Warrens of Virginia

    1 1915 HD

    As the Civil War begins Ned Burton leaves his Southern love Agatha Warren and joins the Union army. He is later protected and saved from death by...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Blanche Sweet

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  • 1927
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    The King of Kings

    The King of Kings

    6.5 1927 HD

    The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: H.B. Warner

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  • 1922
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    Saturday Night

    Saturday Night

    5.8 1922 HD

    Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry the family laundress' daughter Shamrock. Class...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Leatrice Joy

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  • 1915
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    The Cheat

    The Cheat

    6 1915 HD

    A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Fannie Ward

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  • 1914
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    Where the Trail Divides

    Where the Trail Divides

    1 1914 HD

    Col. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in an Indian uprising. When the children are grown, How...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Robert Edeson

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  • 1920
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    The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

    The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

    1 1920 HD

    An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Jack Pickford

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  • 1923
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    Nobody's Money

    Nobody's Money

    1 1923 HD

    Two newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real person when the book is a huge success. Ailing literary...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Holt

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  • 1925
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    Thank You

    Thank You

    4 1925 HD

    Young Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to stay on a chicken farm in the small village of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alec B. Francis

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  • 1917
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    The Little American

    The Little American

    6.2 1917 HD

    A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Mary Pickford

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  • 1916
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    Joan the Woman

    Joan the Woman

    5.6 1916 HD

    A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

    Genre: History

    Cast: Geraldine Farrar

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  • 1914
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    The Rose of the Rancho

    The Rose of the Rancho

    4 1914 HD

    Esra Kincaid takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the Castro rancho. Government agent Kearney holds him off...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Bessie Barriscale

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  • 1916
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    The Lash

    The Lash

    1 1916 HD

    A silent drama film directed by James Young

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Marie Doro

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  • 1916
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    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    1 1916 HD

    An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Marie Doro

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  • 1919
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    Don't Change Your Husband

    Don't Change Your Husband

    6.7 1919 HD

    Leila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Elliott Dexter

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  • 1914
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    Richelieu

    Richelieu

    1 1914 HD

    Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due to poor reviews. A lost film.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Murdock MacQuarrie

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  • 1925
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    Any Woman

    Any Woman

    1 1925 HD

    When Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father has lost all his money. She must get a job to help...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alice Terry

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  • 1919
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    Her Kingdom of Dreams

    Her Kingdom of Dreams

    1 1919 HD

    A young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth and a frightening social whirl.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anita Stewart

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  • 1923
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    The Thrill Chaser

    The Thrill Chaser

    5 1923 HD

    In this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood westerns impresses a visiting sheikh with his boxing skills...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Hoot Gibson

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  • 1923
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    The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

    6.5 1923 HD

    The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Theodore Roberts

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  • 1925
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    New Brooms

    New Brooms

    1 1925 HD

    Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his idle son, Tom Jr. (Neil Hamilton), calls him a...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Neil Hamilton

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  • 1928
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    The Border Patrol

    The Border Patrol

    1 1928 HD

    Texas Ranger Bill Storm is sent to El Paso to ferret out a gang of counterfeiters thought to be working there and, on the way, gives a ride to New...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Harry Carey

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  • 1915
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    The Woman

    The Woman

    1 1915 HD

    William C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille's father Henry and David Belasco. The story is set in Washington...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Theodore Roberts

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  • 1917
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    Forbidden Paths

    Forbidden Paths

    1 1917 HD

    Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Vivian Martin

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  • 1915
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    The Case of Becky

    The Case of Becky

    1 1915 HD

    When a young girl is placed under hypnotism, it's discovered that she has a split personality.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Blanche Sweet

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  • 1917
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    The Girl at Home

    The Girl at Home

    1 1917 HD

    Jimmie Dexter is on his way to college when his mother discovers that her stocks have stopped paying dividends. Jean Hilton, who has always loved...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Vivian Martin

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  • 1916
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    The Dream Girl

    The Dream Girl

    1 1916 HD

    The father of San Francisco waif Meg runs an illegal liquor club and supports "English" Hal in scheme to blackmail a wealthy girl. Meg is put on...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Mae Murray

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  • 1917
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    The Devil Stone

    The Devil Stone

    1 1917 HD

    Fishermaid Marcia Manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a Norse queen and is cursed. Greedy American Silas Martin marries her, then sets her...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Geraldine Farrar

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  • 1918
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    The Widow's Might

    The Widow's Might

    1 1918 HD

    Dick Tavish, a young New Yorker, decides that there is money in cows, and he buys a western ranch. When the novelty has worn off he decided there is...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Julian Eltinge

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  • 1919
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    Romance and Arabella

    Romance and Arabella

    1 1919 HD

    Romance and Arabella is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Constance Talmadge

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  • 1919
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    Everywoman

    Everywoman

    1 1919 HD

    Everywoman is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on a 1911 play Everywoman by Walter Browne.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Theodore Roberts

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  • 1921
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    Dangerous Curve Ahead

    Dangerous Curve Ahead

    1 1921 HD

    Engaged to Harley Jones, fickle Phoebe Mabee flirts with Anson Newton. She and Harley, as a result, break their engagement, but within six months...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Helene Chadwick

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  • 1916
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    Maria Rosa

    Maria Rosa

    1 1916 HD

    Ramon loves Catalonian peasant Maria Rosa. He uses a knife belonging to her love Andreas to kill fisherman Pedro, so Andreas goes to jail for ten...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Geraldine Farrar

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  • 1917
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    The Bottle Imp

    The Bottle Imp

    1 1917 HD

    Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father refuses to let him marry her, though, unless...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sessue Hayakawa

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  • 1914
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    Ready Money

    Ready Money

    1 1914 HD

    Edward Abeles and Theodore Roberts as a couple of prospectors who get involved with greedy city types on a business trip to New York.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Edward Abeles

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  • 1922
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    The Heart Specialist

    The Heart Specialist

    1 1922 HD

    Because he believes that romance is dead, the city editor wants to can the "advice to the lovelorn" column. Rosalie Beckwith, the column's author,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Mary Miles Minter

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  • 1918
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    We Can't Have Everything

    We Can't Have Everything

    1 1918 HD

    A married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their marriage in order to be with the one each truly loves. But...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Kathlyn Williams

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  • 1914
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    Discord and Harmony

    Discord and Harmony

    1 1914 HD

    Joy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one of his symphonies. The night of its initial hearing...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Murdock MacQuarrie

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  • 1918
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    Too Many Millions

    Too Many Millions

    1 1918 HD

    Walsingham Van Dorn has a fancy name but no money until he inherits 40 million dollars from a pair of wealthy, but wicked, uncles.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Wallace Reid

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  • 1913
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    The Heart of a Cracksman

    The Heart of a Cracksman

    1 1913 HD

    Carlton, disapproving of his dissipated son and the latter's scheming wife, on his death-bed makes his will in favor of his devoted niece, Marcia....

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Wallace Reid

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  • 1913
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    The Cracksman's Reformation

    The Cracksman's Reformation

    1 1913 HD

    Dorothy informs the cracksman that when he has finally renounced his life of thieving he may return to her and claim her. The cracksman resolves to...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Wallace Reid

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  • 1913
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    Cross Purposes

    Cross Purposes

    1 1913 HD

    Cleo drops her bonnet while sitting on the wall. Young Wally picks it up; their eyes meet and the old, old tale follows.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Wallace Reid

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  • 1914
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    Whoso Diggeth a Pit

    Whoso Diggeth a Pit

    1 1914 HD

    Wally and the girl are in love. The rich broker covets the girl, but is rejected. The broker bids the father good-bye just as the latter receives a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Wallace Reid

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  • 1921
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    A Voice in the Dark

    A Voice in the Dark

    1 1921 HD

    The solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Ramsey Wallace

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  • 1916
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    To Have and to Hold

    To Have and to Hold

    1 1916 HD

    Lady Jocelyn, a favorite in the court of England's King James, escapes a forced marriage to the hated Lord Carnal by fleeing to American colonies....

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Mae Murray

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  • 1916
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    The House with the Golden Windows

    The House with the Golden Windows

    1 1916 HD

    Tom Wells is dissatisfied with his lot in life. Wondering aloud whether he'd be happier if things were different, he soon gets his chance to find...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Wallace Reid

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  • 1917
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    The Prison Without Walls

    The Prison Without Walls

    1 1917 HD

    Helen Ainsworth, a young philanthropist, who is interested in a prison reform movement, is engaged to Norman Morris, administrator of the Ainsworth...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Wallace Reid

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  • 1918
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    The Whispering Chorus

    The Whispering Chorus

    6.3 1918 HD

    John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his place. He is later arrested for murdering himself....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Raymond Hatton

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  • 1917
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    Those Without Sin

    Those Without Sin

    1 1917 HD

    Melaine is captured by a northern soldier while she is carrying secret southern messages. She falls into the hands of her father's former superior...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Blanche Sweet

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  • 1918
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    Less Than Kin

    Less Than Kin

    1 1918 HD

    Lewis Vickers accidentally kills a man and goes to Central America. Here he meets Robert Lee, who bears a remarkable resemblance to him. Lee is a...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Wallace Reid

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  • 1919
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    The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden

    1 1919 HD

    A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Lila Lee

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  • 1928
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    Love Hungry

    Love Hungry

    1 1928 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lois Moran

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  • 1917
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    The Black Wolf

    The Black Wolf

    1 1917 HD

    In the Spanish Mountains, the Black Wolf, a bandit, reigns at the head of his band, known as "The Charcoal Burners."

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Lou Tellegen

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  • 1915
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    The Goose Girl

    The Goose Girl

    1 1915 HD

    Count Von Herbeck, the chancellor to the Grand Duke of Ehrenstein, is married but keeps the fact secret on account of his high ambitions. His wife,...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Marguerite Clark

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  • 1915
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    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

    1 1915 HD

    "Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo" is an interesting play of intrigue between the Grand Duke Augustus Peter of Russia, whose incognito is Mr. Grex, an English...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Theodore Roberts

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  • 1922
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    Manslaughter

    Manslaughter

    5.4 1922 HD

    Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Leatrice Joy

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  • 1916
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    The Thousand-Dollar Husband

    The Thousand-Dollar Husband

    1 1916 HD

    A now lost film directed by James Young and starring Blanche Sweet

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Blanche Sweet

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  • 1914
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    Where the Trail Divides

    Where the Trail Divides

    1 1914 HD

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Robert Edeson

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  • 1915
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    The Clue

    The Clue

    1 1915 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Blanche Sweet

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