Douglas MacLean
Actor · 1890 – 1967 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Movies24
Movie7.0ComedyThrillerA writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.0AdventureComedyDouglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.
Soft Cushions
1927 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomanceMary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given a job as a waitress in the commissary, and gets to meet 40 actors, actresses and directors, none of whom tip big enough to enable Mary to earn enough money to pay for an operation. Will Mary become an actress and make some big money?
Mary of the Movies
1923 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyTraveling saleswoman Mary Marbury thrashes a masher on a train when he tries to kiss a young girl in a tunnel.
The Homebreaker
1919 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
On the eve of his wedding, businessman Alan Boyd gets a telegram notifying him that his "bride" has fallen in love with another man and eloped with him. Announcing that he is through with women, an hour he meets pretty Helen Raynor, who takes to him (and is also his business rival's daughter). Helen's mother, though, doesn't take to Alan at all. In addition, Schuyler Van Loon, who is also after Helen, comes up with a scheme to embarrass Alan in Helen's eyes and ruin his reputation in the bargain--he comes up with a "baby" he claims is Alan's illegitimate son.
That's My Baby
1926 · 1 votes
- MovieComedyDrama
Mirandy, the daughter of a laundress, scrubs floors in an opera house. Before she can marry the handsome organist for the opera, she decides she must improve her social standing.
Mirandy Smiles
1918
MovieDramaThrillerA German-American father, loyal to his new U.S. home, finds himself on opposite sides with his son in the wartime conflict between Germany and America. The son becomes involved with German agents plotting against U.S., and the father must decide between his son and his adopted homeland.
The Hun Within
1918
Movie10.0ComedyCrimeWealthy Bruce MacAllister, goaded by his fiancée, Helen, into proving that he is a man of action rather than a pampered youth tells his estate administrator, Eugene Preston, that he is going east for a meeting. Instead, Bruce dons a disguise and infiltrates the San Francisco underworld. Mistaken for master criminal "The Chicago Kid", he finds himself leading the gang in a robbery of his own fortune in diamonds. Discovering Eugene's intention to steal the jewels for himself he engineers it so the loot changes hands many times. Getting wise, Helen summons the police, the criminals are apprehended, and she sees Bruce in a new light.
A Man of Action
1923 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryA Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920) presents a fascinating glimpse into the Thomas H. Ince studios at Culver City.
Movie8.0ComedyJimmie Hastings falls wildly in love with Marjorie Brand, and he and his pal Dick Warren follow the two on a trip around the world. He meets her in Africa and she invites him on a hunt for "cats". He accepts, but finds out that the "cats" aren't exactly the kinds of cats he had in mind.
Hold That Lion!
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyCrimeLet-It-Rain Riley (MacLean) is a devil-may-care Marine sergeant who falls in love with a girl (Shirley Mason) who he assumes to be rich. His rival for the girl's affection is his pal, Kelly (Wade Boteler). The guys find out that the object of their affections is but a modest switchboard operator but she proves to be invaluable when she deciphers a code and discovers that a mail train is about to be robbed.
Let It Rain
1927 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaEver since Henry Falkins had caused Newt Spooner to be sentenced to prison, Newt has nursed a red-hot hatred for him and a desire to see Henry dead. That is until he meets and falls in love with Minerva Rawlins who makes him reevaluate his obsession. When fate throws the two men together in the Philippines during wartime and the opportunity to slay Henry occurs Newt realizes that he has resolved his inner torment. He returns to Minerva a man at peace with himself.
A Woman's Power
1916 · 1 votes
Movie3.3ComedyInsecure Beatrice Ridley lets her jealousy of her husband get the better of her when he begins receiving letters each morning from the Honeysuckle Inn, a roadhouse frequented by sportsmen. Consulting young attorneys, Widgast and Pidgeon, she finds their wives also suspicious about the goings on at the Honeysuckle Inn. Madcap complications ensue when all the characters meet there before everything is straightened out for all three couples.
What's Your Husband Doing?
1920 · 3 votes
Movie8.0ComedyA young soldier is discharged from the service and has trouble making a living. However, when he inherits a great deal of money, he finds his troubles only beginning.
The Rookie's Return
1920 · 1 votes
MovieComedyDramaAn uneducated young girl becomes suddenly wealthy and hires the disinherited son of an upper-class family to tutor her in the ways of society.
MovieComedyBrash young Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can have breakfast with his commanding general. But a couple of enemy spies, intent on infiltrating the training camp, get in the way of Sgt. Gray's plans.
Movie3.0ComedyA nice young couple moves to a community where the bonds of matrimony are not held in much respect and where it is fashionable to carry on with one that is not one's spouse.
Let's Be Fashionable
1920 · 3 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceA young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.
Johanna Enlists
1918 · 10 votes
Movie7.0ComedyThree young men, struggling to find their next meal, encounter a young lady with an injured ankle. One of the men is a doctor, who maintains a charade of success with his wealthy uncle, in which the uncle believes the young man to be well-off and married to a (fictitious) wife named Mary Jane Smith. The young doctor falls in love with the girl of the injured ankle and discovers that her name is Mary Jane Smith.
Mary's Ankle
1920 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyGoing Up (1923)
Going Up
1923 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyHarry Elrod takes a job as a bellboy when he is disinherited by his uncle and fails in his efforts to elope with actress Kitty Clyde. He causes so much confusion that Uncle Elrod buys the hotel so that he may fire Harry. But Harry induces the other employees to strike until Uncle Elrod consents to Harry's marriage to Kitty.
Bell Boy 13
1923 · 2 votes
MovieComedyDramaA woman's faith in her husband is put to the test when she discovers a photograph of another woman.
Movie8.0ComedyJimmy Clark, sightseeing in France with his friend Algy Baker, falls in love, at first sight, with Betty Perry at the railroad station. The destination for all: Switzerland. There, Jimmy is mistaken for an expert mountain climber, J.K. Roberts. Betty is introduced to Jimmy and believes him to be the champion.
Introduce Me
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.2ComedyAn excellent silent comedy starring unjustly forgotten star Douglas MacLean. Its indictment of pharmaceutical entrepreneurs is far sharper than Side Effects'.
One a Minute
1921 · 4 votes