Charles Thurston
Actor · 1868 – 1940 · Oconto, Wisconsin, USA
Movies14
Movie7.8DramaTom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · 1.1K votes
MovieComedyWesternAfter Bob Baldwin is fired for playing too many jokes on the tenderfoot owner of the Diamond K Ranch, he sets out for the nearby town of Freloe Beanos and meets Percival Longstreet on the way. Percival has been seriously injured in an accident and is therefore unable to assume his duties as the town's new schoolmaster. Distressed, Percival confesses that he and his sister Dolly, who is en route to the town, are doomed to starve, which so moves Bob that he agrees to serve as the schoolmaster during Percival's convalescence.
The Pretender
1918
Movie6.0DramaComedyIn this drama, a traveling troupe of actors find themselves in danger of becoming unemployed when their manager up and leaves. Two of the actors decide to marry and settle down. The lead actor helps set up the rest of the troupe with some performances. He then destroys the new marriage. Later the woman and the head actor fall in love. He then gives her the lead role in his newest show.
The Girl in the Show
1929 · 4 votes
Movie7.0DramaWestern1928 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey.
When the Law Rides
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.0WesternA soldier falls in love with a beautiful settler who has refused his order to leave American Indian land.
Spoilers of the West
1927 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyPeep O'Day, an orphan in a small Kentucky town, falls heir to a small fortune and begins to make up for all the lost pleasure of childhood, but Sublette, a crooked attorney, arranges for an eastern belle to show up as Peep's "niece" to steal his fortune.
Boys Will Be Boys
1921 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaWesternCattle owner Buck Ridgeway captures a rustler band, but the leader, Pelton, escapes. Buck is accompanied to the city to market his cattle by Aline, his neighbor's daughter, who is determined to make him fall for her.
Ridgeway of Montana
1924 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.
The Big Shot
1931 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyRomanceNat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his way back to his small hometown, where he is believed to be a millionaire. To keep the belief alive he has his pal drive him there in the businessman's automobile. Complications arise quickly.
Rolling Home
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ActionAdventureRalph Tanner, a cub reporter on the Morning Standard, writes a highly libelous story about John Gorman, the political boss of the city. Wilbert, the publisher, and Dyke, the managing editor, are highly pleased about the story...until they learn that Tanner has no proof to back his statements. Tanner, aided and/or hampered by a mystery girl, Doris Leslie, and a hefty stenographer from the paper, Winnie Nash, and her even-huskier boyfriend, Bill Schultz, sets out to gather proof.
Is That Nice?
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaIn the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane has caused a scandal by bearing a son by townsman Lucius Henderson, who refuses to marry her or even admit that he's the father. Shunned as a "sinful" woman by most of the town, she turns over her son, Don, to be raised by Miss Julia, the town librarian, who tells the boy that she's his "aunt". Don grows up and goes to college, and when he comes back home the town gossips begin a rumor-mongering campaign. When the town policeman tries to drive Aurora out of town he is found murdered, and Don is arrested for the crime.
The Broken Gate
1927 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedySlim Cody works in the movie industry, doubling for the performers. He has a dream in which he portrays Romeo in a movie version of "Romeo and Juliet," and arranges for someone to double for him when the fight scenes get scary. ....
Doubling for Romeo
1921 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaWesternCowhand Tom Rawlins inherits a ranch but there are some double-crossing lawyers who are out to take it from him. It is up to him to prove his identity but the lawyers and their henchmen have his identification papers and he is in jail. Maybe pretty Sue Conway, the sheriff's daughter, will help him.
Between Dangers
1927 · 1 votes
Movie4.7ComedyA wife, tired of her husband's non-stop carousing, sues him for divorce. The judge, however, comes up with a novel solution--he makes the husband take his wife's place in the household--including dressing like her--for 30 days to see what it's like to be his wife.
The Chaser
1928 · 12 votes