Marie Walcamp
Actor · 1894 – 1936 · Dennison, Ohio, USA
Marie Walcamp was an American actress of the silent film era, often specializing in roles as an "action heroine" in serials, including Westerns. After landing various roles in New York, she signed to Universal Studios in 1913 and was cast at the age of 19 in the film "The Werewolf". Marie Walcamp appeared in more than 100 hundred film productions from 1913 till 1927. On November 17, 1936, suffering from depression, she committed suicide by turning on the gas in her Los Angeles apartment.
Movies20
Movie5.9DramaWalton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.
Where Are My Children?
1916 · 28 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
An innocent young shop girl unjustly sent to prison--deprived of love and romance-stripped of everything but her own unvarying faith and unassailable honesty.
In a Moment of Temptation
1927 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ComedyWesternTwo sisters inherit a ranch and choose to manage it without male help
The Girl Ranchers
1913 · 2 votes
Movie6.3DramaProfessor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.
The Blot
1921 · 26 votes
MovieDramaLydia Jansen is happily married to a young customs inspector, but she harbors a dark secret. She is addicted to smoking opium or in slang parlance “hop.” To keep her secret, she willingly pays the blackmail her maid extorts from her having learned of Lydia’s habit through her own fiancée who is part of the ring importing the devil’s brew. Something unknown to all is that the operation is run by Lydia’s father an important politician in the city where this all occurs. As her husband’s investigation tightens the noose on the organization Lydia faces a crisis.
Movie9.0ActionDramaA set of eight golden lotus leaves holds the secret for eternal life. A young girl is tricked out of the one she holds, and enlists the aid of an adventurer is tracking down the entire set. Based on "The Petals of Lao-Tze".
The Dragon's Net
1920 · 1 votes
- MovieDrama
Although he has been appointed to guard the fortune of young Thomas Creighton, the unscrupulous Lord John Needham decides to spend all of it after Tom runs away. Then, however, an announcement comes that Tom is returning and that he plans to claim his money. Fearful of punishment, both from Tom and the authorities, John kills his cousin and exact double, Joseph Norbury, and takes Joseph's place, thereby making it seem as if the dead man is really John.
Movie6.5DramaActionSpies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr.
Patria
1917 · 1 votes
- MovieDrama
Cora Madison, the town flirt, delights in making men love her and then dropping them, so when newcomer Valentine Corliss arrives, she views him as just another potential victim. Rather than falling for her charms, however, Valentine persuades Cora to use them in getting her past suitors to invest money in one of his phony business deals. Cora soon falls in love with Valentine but also discovers, along with the other townspeople, that he has been swindling almost everyone and that he courted Cora simply to be able to use her well-respected father's name in connection with his business scam.
The Flirt
1916
- Movie10.0DramaRomance
The Heart of a Tigress
1915 · 1 votes
MovieAdventureHorrorAn old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance. This film is presumed lost.
The Werewolf
1913
MovieActionThrillerOn the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.
The Red Glove
1919
MovieWarAdventureA 20 part 2-reel Western film serial.
Liberty
1916
- Movie
New England fisherman Dan McQuade finds a dying woman and her daughter shipwrecked after a storm and raises the daughter, whom he names Coral. After Dan reveals how he found her, Coral, who secretly builds sand sculptures, creates a life-size statue of a mother and baby. Wealthy artist Philip Norton and his self-centered bride Helen come on their honeymoon to the bay where Dan and Coral live. Coral, awed by Philip's talent, gives him a statue and they begin a friendship, which provokes Helen's jealousy. When Dan dies, Philip brings Coral to his parents' home in New York, where Helen plots to have her suspected of stealing a diamond.
Coral
1915
MovieDramaRomanceA jealous dance-hall girl kills her lover. She escapes from the sheriff who is taking her to jail and hides out in the forest with a recluse who lives in a hollowed-out redwood.
Tongues of Flame
1918
Movie5.3DramaEd Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.
Discontent
1916 · 10 votes
Movie7.5A Desperate Adventure is a 1924 silent film western directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Franklyn Farnum.
A Desperate Adventure
1924 · 2 votes
Movie10.0WesternAfter discovering a rich silver deposit, Luke Hughes draws a map to his mine and plans on recording the claim. During his journey to the registrar's office, however, Luke is set upon by a bandit who steals the map.
Treasure Canyon
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Western
Tempest goes out on a search for a young man who wronged a girl friend. She captures the wrong fellow, but the real one shows up and marries the girl. Ninth in the Spurs and Saddles series of two-reel Westerns.
Tempest Cody, Kidnapper
1919 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Mamie is a New York shop girl who has saved up for a whole year so she can put herself in an exclusive summer resort for a week like an aristocrat and perhaps win herself a "Prince Charming." Farrington is a collector for an installment payment company who is at the resort for the same purpose. A series of humorous incidents invariably bring them together. Second release in Fox's 'O. Henry Stories' 2-reel series.
Transients in Arcadia
1925 · 1 votes