Ivo Dawson
Actor · 1877 – 1934 · Valetta, Malta
Movies19
- Movie9.0Romance
The Woman Who Obeyed
1923 · 1 votes
Movie7.0CrimeDramaA US steel king pawns the gems of his daughter who is loved by a student and a crook.
The Princess of New York
1921 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaClive Herbert, the Duke of Cheshire's younger brother, about to leave England to relieve his boredom, falls in love with Helena, the unhappy Duchess of Harwich who was forced to marry a corrupt duke to save her father's name.
The Miracle of Love
1919 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
Diana of the Crossways
1922 · 1 votes
Movie4.3ThrillerWould-be politician Sir Hugo Boycott and his wife Madeleine have an unhappy marriage. Madeleine is aware that Hugo is a serial philanderer, and their problems are exacerbated when she fails to produce the heir he wants.
The First Born
1928 · 7 votes
Movie7.0DramaWith an eye towards social climbing wealthy Dustan Renshaw breaks his engagement with Janet Preece to wed socialite Leslie Brown. Moving abroad after marriage Leslie welcomes her friends the Stonehays while Dustan is away, accompanied by their private secretary, Janet Preece. Janet's sudden illness compels her to remain, and the two women become fast friends. Leslie learns the story of Janet's betrayal by a man known to her only as "D. R. Devastated to learn the truth Leslie leaves Dustan but as time passes, they are reunited at Janet's deathbed.
The Truth About Husbands
1920 · 1 votes
MovieDramaRosalie Lane's sister dies from overwork at the Treadwell mills. Asking the company for enough money to bury her sister she is denied leading to desperate measures on her part. After many struggles she can save herself from a life of squalor and find happiness.
Out of the Night
1918
Movie8.0DramaEn route to the U.S., Joe Hoggart persuades several other immigrants to pool their money and purchase a tract of land, which proves to be rich in oil years later. With the assistance of his associate, Bill Shopps, Joe seeks to control the other investors' certificates. He travels to Spain, where he discovers that a partner named Garros has died. Joe kidnaps Garros' daughter, Rolande, and claims that she has also died. After Didier Bouchard, another member of the group, gathers the partners and their heirs together, Joe lures them into a building where, ostensibly, a sale of the land is to take place. Joe imprisons them, but they escape in time to attend the sale. An investor named Milo d'Espail learns that Rolande is still alive and rescues her from Joe. Bouchard marries Thérèse, another of Garros's daughters.
The Money Maniac
1921 · 1 votes
Movie7.0RomanceComedyAn artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.
The Great Adventure
1921 · 1 votes
Movie10.0CrimeDramaA tramp is hired to pose as a financier to obtain a Balkan radium concession.
Out to Win
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0MysteryCrime
A séance proves a ghost compelled a spiritualist to kill his rich father.
- Movie10.0Drama
A benefactor ejects a tramp who covets his wife and later adopts the child of the girl the tramp saved from suicide.
Straws in the Wind
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Drama
A secretary takes the blame when his fiancée's father ruins his oil company.
Bentley's Conscience
1922 · 1 votes
Movie10.0MysteryCrimeOld Silas Blackburn, a wealthy recluse, lives alone with his butler and his ward Katherine. One night, Katherine discovers Silas murdered in the room where three generations of Blackburns have mysteriously died. Silas' grandson Robert, whom Katherine loves, comes to visit the next day, suffering from amnesia.
Love Without Question
1920 · 1 votes
Movie7.0MysteryA police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to murder him.
The Hate Ship
1929 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaThrillerA British-German silent drama film directed by Henrik Galeen
After the Verdict
1929 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0AdventureDrama
'Santa Barbara. British battleship quells rebellion promoted by big business.' (British Film Catalogue)
White Ensign
1934 · 1 votes
MovieDramaStewart, an art student in the "bohemian" Greenwich Village in New York City, lives next door to his girlfriend Hedda, who wants to be a singer. One night while they are dining at their favorite cafe, a wealthy woman, Mrs. Trask, comes up to them with a proposition: she knows he is an artist and wants to go to Paris in order to study and develop his talent, and she will pay all his expenses to allow him to do that. He refuses because he doesn't want to leave Hedda, but she eventually persuades him to agree. It turns out that she as an ulterior motive for what she's doing--as does Mrs. Trask.
The Broken Melody
1919 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomanceA jealous girl compromises a Lord's gypsy wife but confesses when the gypsy cures her baby's diphtheria.
The Green Caravan
1922 · 1 votes