James Kirkwood

James Kirkwood

Birthday: 1876-02-22

Place of Birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Biography: James Cornelius Kirkwood Sr. (February 22, 1876 – August 24, 1963) was an American actor and director.

Movies

A Fair Exchange
A Fair Exchange

A rich young man is attached to his father's stenographer. Knowing her character the father objects,...

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The Time, the Place and the Girl
The Time, the Place and the Girl

A musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player whose swollen he...

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The Honor of His Family
The Honor of His Family

An old colonel is proud as a peacock: his son leads a group of volunteers in the American Civil War....

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Gambier's Advocate
Gambier's Advocate

Hazel Dawn starred as Clarissa, who upon graduating from a private girl's school learns that her wid...

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Sunshine Sue
Sunshine Sue

A country girl follows a city suitor, but is left alone and must fend for herself....

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To Save Her Soul
To Save Her Soul

Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and o...

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Ebb Tide
Ebb Tide

An old skipper, Captain Davis, has as his companions two derelicts -- one, Huish, is a Cockney, and ...

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Young Sinners
Young Sinners

The reckless son of a millionaire struggles to find a positive outlook on life, so he turns to a har...

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The Sin Flood
The Sin Flood

Stratton's café is a popular place with the people of Cottonia, a wealthy cotton town on the banks o...

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The Wise Guy
The Wise Guy

A carnival huckster who decides to turn pennies into dollars by passing himself off as a hellfire-an...

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Another Man's Wife
Another Man's Wife

Vengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and taken ...

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Broken Barriers
Broken Barriers

A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and fa...

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A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of br...

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The Nevadan
The Nevadan

A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher....

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A Wise Fool
A Wise Fool

Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty youn...

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A Holy Terror
A Holy Terror

Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may ...

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Driftwood
Driftwood

An orphan helps a doctor fight an epidemic in a small western town, in one of Allan Dwan’s closely o...

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In the Heart of a Fool
In the Heart of a Fool

Laura Nesbit, daughter of old Dr. Nesbit and belle of the younger social set in the town of Harvey, ...

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No Hands on the Clock
No Hands on the Clock

A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case....

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The Last Posse
The Last Posse

A posse's pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded....

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The Mended Lute
The Mended Lute

In an Indian tribe, a girl escapes from her father and suitor to be with the man she loves....

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Lena Rivers
Lena Rivers

Young Lena Rivers, who was born out of wedlock, goes to live with a rich uncle. Unfortunately, her u...

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The House of Discord
The House of Discord

In her youth the mother was saved from the fatal mistake by an accident, but it caused her years of ...

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Strongheart
Strongheart

STRONGHEART (1914) is a Native American Indian drama. Based on a famous play of the time, the film f...

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A Brass Button
A Brass Button

Stock broker Albert Lowden is in danger of losing his business if he can't soon pay his creditors....

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The Forbidden Thing
The Forbidden Thing

Puritanical Abel Blake is planning to marry the domestically oriented Joan when she is called away t...

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The Mountaineer's Honor
The Mountaineer's Honor

A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down and ki...

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The Luck of the Irish
The Luck of the Irish

William Grogan, lives in New York City and meets the outside world only through the little basement ...

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The Devil's Holiday
The Devil's Holiday

Beautiful manicurist Hallie Hobart sets her sights on handsome David Stone, the son of wealthy wheat...

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She Wanted a Millionaire
She Wanted a Millionaire

Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William warn...

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Over the Hill
Over the Hill

In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac...

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Charlie Chan's Chance
Charlie Chan's Chance

Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer...

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Bob Hampton of Placer
Bob Hampton of Placer

Former U.S. Army Capt. Bob Hampton joins a party of settlers and saves the life of a girl known as "...

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The Great Impersonation
The Great Impersonation

When the man calling himself Everard Dominey returns home, his loved ones recognize that something a...

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My Pal, the King
My Pal, the King

The king of a European country, who is a child, meets the cowboy star of a traveling circus....

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Goodbye, Mr. Germ
Goodbye, Mr. Germ

A doctor explains to his children the dangers of tuberculosis, what it is and how to prevent against...

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Our Film Stars
Our Film Stars

First episode of a series of reports on movie stars. Those seen include Douglas Fairbanks, Montague ...

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The Branding Iron
The Branding Iron

Pierre Landis is insanely jealous of his beautiful young wife Joan, and his jealousy makes him take ...

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Pippa Passes
Pippa Passes

Pippa awakes and faces the world outside with a song. Unbeknown to her, the music has a healing effe...

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Careless Lady
Careless Lady

Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of...

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Getting Even
Getting Even

All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a cha...

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Cheaters at Play
Cheaters at Play

Modest picture centering on a blunderous jewel heist aboard an ocean liner....

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That Brennan Girl
That Brennan Girl

Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hus...

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Million Dollar Mystery
Million Dollar Mystery

A gangster falls in love with the daughter of a former colleague who has quit the rackets. However, ...

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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe

As Poe's lover is slowly dying, he struggles to make money to care for her....

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The Man From Home
The Man From Home

A fairly conventional romance of an American heiress, loved by boy back home, bedazzled by a glamoro...

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Playthings of Desire
Playthings of Desire

Jim Malvern is one of the richest men in the world. Unscrupulous and greedy, he uses beautiful young...

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Transatlantic
Transatlantic

As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to th...

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Worldly Goods
Worldly Goods

A businessman who has devoted his whole life to obtaining money and power finds that he can't buy th...

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The Sun Shines Bright
The Sun Shines Bright

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involve...

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Man in the Saddle
Man in the Saddle

A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires ...

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At the Altar
At the Altar

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the land...

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A Strange Meeting
A Strange Meeting

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helpin...

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The Broken Locket
The Broken Locket

George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one b...

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The Indian Runner's Romance
The Indian Runner's Romance

An Indian comforts a dying prospector in his last moments. In exchange, the prospector tells him the...

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The Lady from Cheyenne
The Lady from Cheyenne

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founde...

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The Way of Man
The Way of Man

A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another...

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Secrets of the Night
Secrets of the Night

At a lavish house party, bank president Robert Andrews stages his own “murder” to distract a visitin...

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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown...

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Fools of Fate
Fools of Fate

Fanny is the wife of Ben Webster, a trapper, and while he is an affectionate and dutiful husband, sh...

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Two Rode Together
Two Rode Together

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages....

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I've Always Loved You
I've Always Loved You

A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maest...

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Sweet and Twenty
Sweet and Twenty

Alice misunderstands when she sees her sweetheart Frank accidentally kissing her sister, and gets up...

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Black Waters
Black Waters

A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship....

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Home, Sweet Home
Home, Sweet Home

John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mot...

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Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush

In TV's pioneer days when kids idolized the Lone Ranger, the Texas Kid was a knight errant of the fr...

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The Day After
The Day After

Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but ...

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A Victim of Jealousy
A Victim of Jealousy

The young husband's irrational jealousy makes him suspicious of every attention bestowed upon his wi...

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The Eagle's Mate
The Eagle's Mate

A young girl, Anemone, who lives with her Aunt is abducted by a crude family of Virginia mountain mo...

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Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes

Young Dolly Lane has committed herself to becoming a star on the stage, but when she meets handsome ...

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His Wife's Visitor
His Wife's Visitor

Harry leaves his new wife at home while he goes out to play poker. Angry, his wife fakes evidence th...

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The Faded Lilies
The Faded Lilies

A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mis...

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Tender Hearts
Tender Hearts

A country boy and a city boy are both courting the same girl. The girl sees the country boy's tender...

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They Would Elope
They Would Elope

Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into...

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The Slave
The Slave

A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to...

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Oh, Uncle!
Oh, Uncle!

Harry's rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit, Harry's ...

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The Seventh Day
The Seventh Day

A neglectful woman wants custody of her children in her divorce. The judge rules that he will give h...

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His Lost Love
His Lost Love

Mary marries James, after jilting his brother Luke. Mary's sister arrives and soon James is professi...

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1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1776, or The Hessian Renegades

During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is ...

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The Heart of an Outlaw
The Heart of an Outlaw

A man gets revenge on his cheating wife by killing her and her lover. He thinks he has killed his da...

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Through the Breakers
Through the Breakers

A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes ...

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The Restoration
The Restoration

A husband suspects his wife of an affair. The wife's cousin borrows a shawl to meet her lover in the...

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Hearts in Exile
Hearts in Exile

In this romance set in Russia, a fisherman's daughter is jilted by her true love and instead marries...

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The Gibson Goddess
The Gibson Goddess

A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. S...

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Human Wreckage
Human Wreckage

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

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Man-Woman-Marriage
Man-Woman-Marriage

Victoria marries David, the man of her dreams. After a number of years and two children, the marriag...

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Comata, the Sioux
Comata, the Sioux

This story of the Black Hills consistently tells of the unrequited love of a Sioux brave for his chi...

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The Lonely Villa
The Lonely Villa

A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and child...

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Under Two Flags
Under Two Flags

On the run from punishment for a crime committed by his brother, Bertie Cecil (alias Lewis Victor) j...

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The Foundling
The Foundling

Rich artist David King sends his infant daughter Molly to an orphanage, then years later regrets it ...

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Circe the Enchantress
Circe the Enchantress

Mae Murray as a Jazz Age baby who treats men like swine until she falls for the upright doctor livin...

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Madame Curie
Madame Curie

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying...

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His Last Burglary
His Last Burglary

Mired in poverty and no longer able to endure the hardships that this situation brings upon their ba...

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The Final Settlement
The Final Settlement

Noticing that Jim is partial to a drink, Ruth breaks off her engagement to him and turns to John, wh...

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The Reckless Lady
The Reckless Lady

Set amidst French resorts and featuring gambling casinos and an automobile race, a mother and wife d...

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The Scoffer
The Scoffer

Dr. Stannard Wayne -- like all "good" men of the times -- is a God-fearing soul. He marries the form...

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The Last Deal
The Last Deal

Owen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James Kirkwoo...

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Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowin...

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Love
Love

A young woman, Natalie Storm works in a sweatshop and struggles to support her mother and little sis...

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The Rainbow Trail
The Rainbow Trail

The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's ...

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A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920) presents a fascinating glimpse int...

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That Royle Girl
That Royle Girl

Joan Royle, beautiful but naive model who came from the slums, falls for Fred Ketlar, the leader of ...

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The Search for Bridey Murphy
The Search for Bridey Murphy

After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments o...

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Jealousy and the Man
Jealousy and the Man

House painter Jim Brooks thinks his wife is cheating on him with his best friend John West. The intr...

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Ponjola
Ponjola

Ponjola is a 1923 American silent drama film based on the novel of the same name by Cynthia Stockley...

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Pink Gods
Pink Gods

The owner of vast diamond mines, John Quelch is constantly fearful of theft and convinced that any w...

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The Little Darling
The Little Darling

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple fol...

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The Call
The Call

Edith Lawson is engaged as the star dancer of a traveling tent show. Her circus name is Fatima. Bill...

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The Thin Dark Line
The Thin Dark Line

A 1910 short Starring Marion Leonard and James Kirkwood. It is considered to be a lost film....

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In Flowers Paled
In Flowers Paled

Jack Northwood and Helen Baer have a lovers' quarrel, and Jack sends her a huge bouquet, in which is...

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The Conflict
The Conflict

Queen of the demi-monde, Cynthia is madly infatuated with Rogers, an unprincipled scoundrel, who, se...

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Over the Shading Edge
Over the Shading Edge

ane Grierson, a newspaper reporter, is engaged to the Hon. Henry Wyeth, ostensibly an honorable, wea...

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For Remembrance
For Remembrance

A 1911 short starringJames kirkwood and Marion Leonard. It is considered to be lost film....

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The Price of Vanity
The Price of Vanity

Murray, the president of the union, hides the papers in the house containing plans for a big strike....

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On Kentucky Soil
On Kentucky Soil

The old Kentuckian, Colonel Goring, is loyal to the Union cause. His son enlists in the Confederate ...

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In the Teepee’s Light
In the Teepee’s Light

Jack Reed falls madly in love with Wild Dove, an Indian maid, and while his affection is returned by...

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The Little Avenger
The Little Avenger

A 1911 short starring Marion Leonard and James Kirkwood. It is believed to be a lost fim....

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A Left Hook
A Left Hook

Adele is courted by Algernon, a delicate young man. They attend a boxing exhibition, and Adele becom...

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From the Valley of Shadows
From the Valley of Shadows

A 1911 short starring James Kirkwood and Marion Leonard. It is now considered to be a lost film....

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The Vows
The Vows

The story depicts a youth at the crossroads of life, listening to the call of the church, renouncing...

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The Trump Card
The Trump Card

A 1911 short starring James kirkwood and Marion Leonard. It is considered to be a lost film....

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Till Death Do Us Part
Till Death Do Us Part

Smith, a waiter in a fashionable restaurant, is a kleptomaniac. A guest, somewhat flustered by the p...

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The Gray of the Dawn
The Gray of the Dawn

A young society swain is stolen away from the young blind girl he loves by a rapacious queen of the ...

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The Armorer’s Daughter
The Armorer’s Daughter

Set in Rome, during the feudal period. The heroine, the daughter of an armor manufacturer, is in lov...

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O’er Grim Fields Scarred
O’er Grim Fields Scarred

Belle Meade is in the secret service of the Confederate army, and is assigned the task of recovering...

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The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period

During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, Catholic worship is forbidden on pain of death. Three soldiers ...

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The Necklace
The Necklace

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace i...

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In Little Italy
In Little Italy

Marie has two suitors. She accepts Victor and rejects Tony, who stabs Victor in a fit of jealousy. W...

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Leather Stocking
Leather Stocking

A short version of James Fenimore Cooper's famous tale about Natty Bumppo, or "Hawkeye," and his exp...

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In the Window Recess
In the Window Recess

An escaped convict takes refuge in the home of a police officer out on duty. He seizes the officer's...

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The Renunciation
The Renunciation

Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the crit...

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Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet

A 1910 short directed by D.W. Griffith and starring Marion Leonard....

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Butterflies in the Rain
Butterflies in the Rain

Tina, who is from an aristocratic English family, believes in the new freedom for women and is an ar...

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The Rocky Road
The Rocky Road

The evils of drink cause a man to separate from his family. In time he becomes sober and prosperous....

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Nursing a Viper
Nursing a Viper

During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a...

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Love's Whirlpool
Love's Whirlpool

Toughened criminal Jim Reagan tries to persuade his brother, Larry, to go straight, but Larry attemp...

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The Modern Prodigal
The Modern Prodigal

In the opening of this subject we find the callow youth as he points towards the city's spires, excl...

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The Light That Came
The Light That Came

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love he...

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The Redman's View
The Redman's View

An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary jour...

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Wandering Husbands
Wandering Husbands

Diana Moreland, suspecting that her husband is cheating on her with Marilyn Foster, catches the two ...

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I Dream of Jeanie
I Dream of Jeanie

The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster....

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The Doolins of Oklahoma
The Doolins of Oklahoma

When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kill...

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Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind

A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son....

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Lover's Island
Lover's Island

Clemmy Dawson, the daughter of a sea captain, lives in a small fishing village, where, in the summer...

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Someone to Love
Someone to Love

A poor but honest sheet-music salesman is parted from his wealthy fiancée when she comes to believe ...

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The Bride of the Sea
The Bride of the Sea

A young woman, "The Bride of the Sea," is forced into a marriage she doesn't want and then faces a ...

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The Mexican Sweethearts
The Mexican Sweethearts

A Mexican spitfire romances an American soldier to make her Mexican lover jealous. When the lover is...

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The Cardinal's Conspiracy
The Cardinal's Conspiracy

A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and ...

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A Change of Heart
A Change of Heart

Howard Norris, a wealthy young man from the city makes the acquaintance of a lovely young daughter o...

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The Painted Flapper
The Painted Flapper

A socially-ambitious mother is pushing her younger daughter into a life-style that will satisfy the ...

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The Eagle's Feather
The Eagle's Feather

Hardy ranch owner Delia Jamieson hires John Trent as her foreman after he befriends her niece Martha...

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Gerald Cranston's Lady
Gerald Cranston's Lady

Gerald Cranston, a successful financier and industrialist who worked his way up through the ranks, e...

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