Herbert Prior
Actor · 1867 – 1954 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Herbert Prior was an English-born stage and screen actor, his film career (which occurred entirely in the United States) spanning the years 1907 to 1934.
Movies24
Movie9.0WesternRomanceBradley Blatchford, returning to his father's ranch from college, meets Sybil Hamilton, who is coming to the ranch town as a schoolteacher. Later, Bradley's father is suspected of rustling cattle, but he denies the charge. As the romance develops between Bradley and Sybil, Bradley comes upon a rustler at work and is about to shoot when he discovers his own father, who claims he is victim of a hereditary taint that he cannot subdue. Some friends, who observe the incident, rustle some of Blatchford's cattle, mark it with Sybil's brand, and accuse her of rustling and hiding some dark secret. She confesses that her brother disgraced the family, and when George learns of it, he is forgiven and is reunited with her.
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926 · 1 votes
Movie5.4DramaA bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.
Passion Flower
1930 · 11 votes
Movie7.2ComedyDocumentaryFilm clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · 6 votes
MovieDramaOrphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Movie5.3ComedyMusicPresident Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 · 12 votes
Movie7.5DramaActionFrom the Universal synopsis: Retired Inspector Blake of Scotland Yard learns that Lord Blanton has acquired the sacred "Love Ring"---a cursed jewel that has brought grief to its previous owners. Prince Darius seeks to obtain the ring, and the mummy of a princess of an ancient country to return them to his homeland.
The Ace of Scotland Yard
1929 · 2 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaConvicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
The Big House
1930 · 56 votes
MovieDramaOwing a twenty-year jail sentence to Dr. Burnell, Morgan returns after serving his term to find his son has been adopted by the Burnells. Dick is engaged to Virginia Denton, and to keep his secret from her he permits Morgan to make him his accomplice in a series of robberies. They are caught in the Denton home by Virginia, herself, who is heartbroken to discover that her fiancé is a thief, but the discovery leads to a fresh complication and extrication from a seemingly impossible situation.
The Menace
1918
Movie4.3ComedyAdventureA bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with a sensitive young musician. The other women in the house are jealous, and accuse her of trying to steal the musician's violin. Lady Helen retreats to her own home, and arranges a position for the musician which allows them to be together.
Lady Helen's Escapade
1909 · 8 votes
Movie10.0DramaMysteryDearie Lane refuses to marry Fred Millard, whom she loves, because of her previous affair with roué Mark Winfield. When she confesses, Fred forgives her, and they marry and live happily in a modest home until the owner, who turns out to be Winfield, comes to collect a delinquent payment and suddenly dies. Dearie, afraid that the absent Fred will misunderstand, hides the body with the help of a boarder and a cook until midnight when they carry it down the stairs to the countryside, but the creaking of the steps is heard by Fred.
Creaking Stairs
1919 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyDramaSocialite Thomas Wentworth Duncan reunites with his former lover, Sally Reeves, after a trustee absconds with his fortune. Realizing he cannot afford to support Sally in the manner to which she is accustomed, Duncan impulsively accepts an offer of $250,000, then discovers that he has sold his heart to Dr. Spleen, a surgeon who plans to exchange the organ with that of Sally's uncle, Judah P. Corpus, believing it will restore the old man's youth
After His Own Heart
1919 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyAn inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.
Laugh and Get Rich
1931 · 4 votes
Movie5.8DramaComedyLongtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
Prosperity
1932 · 4 votes
MovieComedyDramaA young man learns how to open safes to thwart a railroad takeover plot, accidentally forces a conspirator's daughter to marry him during a heist, and ultimately wins her love.
Movie7.0ComedyDramaTrusting country girl Marie Downey falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley. As he becomes a matinee idol on Broadway, she turns a chorus girl.
Why Girls Go Back Home
1926 · 1 votes
Movie5.8ComedyRomanceA comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
The Girl Said No
1930 · 5 votes
Movie3.7DramaAfter three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man.
The Cricket on the Hearth
1909 · 11 votes
Movie7.0CrimeMystery12 part silent serial- 1. The Castle of Fear 2. The Spider's Web 3. The Vanishing Heiress 4. The Room Without a Door 5. Shots in the Dark 6. Ambushed 7. The Secret of the Coin 8. Into the Web 9. The Baited Trap 10. The Lady in White 11. The Closing Web 12. The Final Reckoning. A prequel to The Ace of Scotland Yard.
Blake of Scotland Yard
1927 · 1 votes
Movie6.5DramaComedyMillionaire's son Duke wants to be a champion boxer but takes time out to enroll in college when he sees co-ed Susie. The students wonder about his having a chauffeur and house full of servants. Susie likes him but, to get rid of her, his manager tells her Duke already has a New York chorus girl. As the students listen to a radio broadcast of his victorious fight from San Francisco, she learns that the student Duke is the boxer Duke and that there is no chorus girl.
The Duke Steps Out
1929 · 2 votes
Movie5.7DramaComedyGwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant's irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917 · 39 votes
- MovieWestern
Resentful college graduate Eagle Eye, disguises himself as a white man and persuades James Harbison to create a new breed of cattle by crossing cows with bison. The first of the strain, a wild bull called Diablo, escapes from Harbison's ranch and goes to Skull Mountain, headquarters of a band of savage Indians led by Eagle Eye and dedicated to the destruction of the white man. Eagle Eye trains the bull to lead away the rancher's cattle and to gore anyone who attempts to stop him. Dan Allen is sent by the government to investigate and goes to the Harbison ranch, where he falls in love with Eleanor, the rancher's pretty daughter.
Movie7.0DramaRomanceA young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth and a frightening social whirl.
Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919 · 1 votes
Movie4.0DramaA woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another.
The Way of Man
1909 · 2 votes
Movie3.8ComedyThe amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch 'the acting bug' in this split-reel subject.
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
1909 · 5 votes