Jean Hersholt
Birthday: 1886-07-10
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.
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Greed
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife....
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, be...
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The Beast of the City
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his police detective brother Ed...
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Fifth Avenue Models
A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined. ...
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Flames
Railroad builder James Travers (George Nichols) wants his pretty daughter, Anne (Virginia Valli), to...
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Grand Hotel
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache....
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Mark of the Vampire
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications p...
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The Terror
Gunman Chuck Connelly is hired to silence the new district attorney who has been pounding the graft ...
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Love's Prisoner
A young lady, who "hates the law" rises from the tenements to society. Financial reverses lead her t...
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, bu...
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Happy Landing
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to Ame...
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The Old Soak
To the distress of his family, Clem Hawley, retired from his garage business, spends his time and mo...
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Stage Door Canteen
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars o...
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Cheap Kisses
Refusing to join his family in their new social life when Henry Dillingham suddenly becomes wealthy,...
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Dinner at Eight
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver...
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Dancing in the Dark
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the ...
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Abie's Irish Rose
When a Catholic and a Jew wed they find themselves disowned by both of their families....
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The Golden Trail
At the Golden Trail saloon in Alaska, Dave Langdon meets chorus girl Faro Kate who reminds him of hi...
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Jazzmania
The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her g...
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg....
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The Phantom of Paris
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is plac...
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel mark...
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The Cat and the Fiddle
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer....
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The Crime of the Century
Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a per...
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Emma
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with rese...
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Men in White
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his soc...
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The Battle of the Sexes
Gum-chewing frizzy-haired golddigger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a j...
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Perils of the Secret Service
A 9-part movie serial- 1. The Last Cigarette 2. The Clash of Steel 3. The Dreaded Tube 4. The Crimso...
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The Clash of Steel
Princess Seraphina, taking her small son, Paul, flees from Yulania to the village of Champ Fleury in...
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Flesh
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to Ame...
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Don Q Son of Zorro
Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affectio...
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her ...
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His Brother's Wife
Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to mar...
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Break of Hearts
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music t...
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One in a Million
American theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and bri...
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East Is West
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sa...
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Hearts of Humanity
Genial Irish NYC policeman Tom O'Hara is looking forward to the arrival of his wife and their young ...
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Are You Listening?
WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial...
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Hell Harbor
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But ...
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They Meet Again
Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement c...
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When Romance Rides
Lucy Bostil, daughter of a Colorado ranch owner, is led by a dog to his master, Lin Slone, who is ex...
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The Younger Generation
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his r...
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Her Night of Romance
An impoverished British lord (Paul Menford) impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American...
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Seventh Heaven
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the ...
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa
This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this cate...
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Tough Guy
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the...
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Five of a Kind
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows....
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Remedy for Riches
A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in t...
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To the People of the United States
World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis....
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New Morals for Old
Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to st...
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Unashamed
A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover....
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Daybreak
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy....
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The Fountain
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned Briti...
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MG...
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Viennese Nights
In 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Elsa in...
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The Country Doctor
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers qu...
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Heidi
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her re...
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I'll Give a Million
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that...
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Mamba
August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I...
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Skyscraper Souls
After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his...
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Stella Dallas
An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy ma...
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Reunion
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into...
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Give and Take
The owner of a fruit cannery is facing financial ruin as a result of a strike. Unbeknownst to him, h...
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Tess of the Storm Country
Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up ...
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The Strangers' Banquet
In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and...
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Meet Dr. Christian
The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town doctor ...
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine f...
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her i...
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The Girl on the Barge
The illiterate daughter of a drunken, nasty sea captain falls in love with a tugboat pilot. Her fath...
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Red Lights
A mysterious figure attempts to keep a daughter from reuniting with her father....
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Black Orchids
Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father ...
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The Courageous Dr. Christian
A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of...
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Dr. Christian Meets the Women
A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left ...
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Melody for Three
Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music t...
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Murder in the Fleet
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find t...
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'49–'17
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experienc...
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Night Court
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special p...
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Transatlantic
As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to th...
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Sins of Man
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to lo...
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My Old Dutch
The story that inspired Albert Chevalier to write his immortal Costermonger song, 'My Old Dutch', is...
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Song of the Eagle
This drama centers on the fight for certain post-Prohibitionist groups to gain total control over th...
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Hell's Hinges
When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon owner S...
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So Big
After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina Peak...
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The Secret Hour
An Elderly fruit grower sends a photo of his foreman, not himself, to a waitress he wishes to marry....
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The Disciple
Jim Houston, the "Shootin' Iron" Parson, comes to Barren Gulch to reform the morals of the frontier ...
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Run for Cover
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town....
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Private Lives
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot is remarried to Sibyl and Amanda married Vic...
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The Soul Herder
Harry is thrown out of town and on his way across the desert meets a minister and his family; when t...
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Dangerous Innocence
Ann, a 19-year-old girl who looks much younger, meets a dashing army major on a boat sailing from Li...
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Jazz Mad
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he me...
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The Aryan
Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his rag...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl...
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Complicated Women
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u...
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A Star Is Born World Premiere
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest wo...
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Heart's Haven
A fine cast brings depth to this melodrama of a crippled boy, an unhappy marriage, an injured young ...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the...
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The Greater Glory
Fanny von Berg's engagement to Count Maxim von Hurtig is suddenly broken off and she is denounced by...
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13 Washington Square
In this comedy, a wealthy matron is terribly upset when she learns that her socialite son is plannin...
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Princess Virtue
The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society....
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The Saintly Sinner
When her father goes broke in the stock market, Jane Lee is forced to leave her prestigious boarding...
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A Stormy Knight
While relaxing in his cabin one stormy night, John Winton, a rising young businessman who has succes...
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Southern Justice
Three old men -- Judge Moran (George Hernandez), Roger Appleby (Jack Curtis) and Caleb Talbot (Jean ...
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Love Aflame
Jack Calvert bets four friends that he can travel from New York to Constantinople without a cent....
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The Man Of The Forest
Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Cl...
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The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an...
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Madame Spy
Robert "Bob" Wesley horrifies his father, Admiral John Wesley of the Naval Advisory Board, by failin...
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The Wrong Mr. Wright
Scott Sidney silent mistaken identity romantic comedy about a timid man, named Seymour White, who cr...
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Alias The Deacon
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight ...
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A New Hat for the Madam
A young woman is out shopping and buys a new hat in the latest fashion. Unfortunately, the hat is so...
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Kinkaid, Gambler
Determined to maintain her status as a star detective, Nellie Gleason goes after Jim Kinkaid, who ha...
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The Third Alarm
The story of the firemen at Engine House No.8, where widower Frank "Dad" Brooks is the beloved veter...
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The Goldfish
A newly married husband and wife make an agreement that should either of them want to terminate thei...
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It Must Be Love
Fernie Schmidt (Colleen Moore) lives with her parents in the rear of their delicatessen. The smells ...
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The Deceiver
The story of a man who seeks self-aggrandizement regardless of the sacrifice of friends, sweetheart ...
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Christopher Bean
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his pain...
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Torment
Torment is a 1924 American silent film crime drama produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur and dis...
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The Woman on the Jury
The story of a woman on trial for her life for shooting the man who had promised to love her but had...
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Modern Love
In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her bos...
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Fighting for Love
Two cowboys, Jim and Johnny Little Bear, discover a rich mine and decide to spend some of their mone...
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The Red Lane
After returning home from years spent in a convent, Marie Beaulieu, is shocked to discover that her ...
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Little Red Decides
Upon learning that the parents of "Little Red" have died, the cowboys of Colonel Ferdinand Aliso's r...
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Whom the Gods Would Destroy
After a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm induce...
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Bullets and Brown Eyes
Countess Olga and Prince Carl, although from two European countries that have been longtime enemies,...
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The Answer
Social worker John Warfield meets socialist radical Guido Garcia, and together they establish a refu...
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Merely Mary Ann
An orphan girl named Mary Ann falls for a poverty-stricken composer named John Lonsdale....
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A Woman's Faith
Donovan Steele returns to Quebec to be married and finds his fiancée in the arms of another man. Thi...
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