Clara Horton
Actor · 1904 – 1976 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia Clara Horton (July 29, 1904 – December 4, 1976) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 88 films between 1912 and 1942. She is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park.
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Movie7.0DramaMaurie Monnier, a poor young American sculptor in Paris, marries Clarice, a gold-digging model who later abandons him. When Maurie's wealthy father dies, Maurie returns to the U.S., but his mother and brother will have nothing to do with him because of his poverty. At the end of his rope, he's about to kill himself when he meets Hope, a beautiful young girl who inspires him. Just when things are looking up for Maurie and his new love Hope, who should show up but his gold-digging wife Clarice.
Blind Youth
1920 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
John Sprague, a promising young minister, wins the love and hand of a simple country girl, Margaret. Her father does not view the match favorably because of Sprague's rather advanced ideas on social relations and pleasure. He had earlier encouraged an amateur theatrical performance in which Margaret had made a success as Juliet.
Coming Home
1914 · 1 votes
Movie6.3WesternThree Outlaws came across a stranded baby and must decide to save the child or escape from the law.
Action
1921 · 3 votes
- Movie9.0Drama
A man goes to work at a curate's house who is in denial about his poor social background.
The Servant in the House
1921 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ComedyDramaJohnny Spivins adores Milly Fields, but since he's only an errand boy at the local grocery, he can't get her to look his way. Things get even worse when a city boy comes to town and boards at the Fields' home.
In Wrong
1919 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAt a boys' boarding school, young Stoddard and his pal "The Wop" develop a scheme to get rich after "The Wop" finds a pearl in an oyster in a restaurant.
It's a Great Life
1920 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaWhen Barton Baynes's mother and father die, his Aunt Deel and Uncle Peabody provide a home for him. He grows up with Amos Grimshaw, son of a miserly moneylender who holds the farmers of the area in his power, and falls in love with Sally Dunkelberg.
The Light in the Clearing
1921 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaIzzy Murphy is a street vendor of scents that falls in love with the beautiful woman (Audrey Ferris) whose picture adorns the perfume bottle he sells. After resourcefully tracing the beauty (whose father(Warner Oland) manufactures the perfume to a luxury yacht, he finds himself in the company of an escaped lunatic John Miljan) who has vowed to murder the perfume manufacturer in retaliation for all the flowers that have been lost in the making of the perfume.
Sailor Izzy Murphy
1927 · 1 votes
Movie7.3DramaLindy, the lone Black girl in her class, is mostly ostracized by her classmates. When Lindy emerges as a heroine during a school fire, attitudes change.
When Little Lindy Sang
1916 · 3 votes
Movie10.0WarDramaAn orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he returns after the war.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920 · 1 votes
Movie10.0WesternWondering cowboy Bart Andrews (played by Fred Thompson) gets arrested simply because a crooked sheriff is short on men for his chain gang. A chance visit to a rodeo on the way to jail, gives Bart a chance to demonstrate his bronco-busting skills, which results in the sheriff caving to pressure from a group of cowboys, to allow Bart to work on ranch, rather than joining the road gang. Finding himself in the right place at the right time, Bart is able to prevent the theft of a train full of cattle, but later ends up being accused of killing a station agent when he interrupts the ranch foreman robbing an express office. Bart is eventually able to bring the foreman to justice, and in a surprise twist, it turns out that he was in fact the real owner of the ranch he was working at!
All Around Frying Pan
1925 · 1 votes
MovieComedyAdventureThe adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
Huck and Tom
1918
Movie10.0DramaOld shoemaker Peter is beloved by the children in his neighborhood. His daughter, Rose, elopes with an artist named Harmon after Peter forbids their relationship. Heartbroken, Peter becomes embittered and loses his fondness for the children. Later, Rose returns, having been mistreated by Harmon, and Peter is reconciled with her, rediscovering his kind nature.
The Greatest of These
1914 · 1 votes
Movie6.2CrimeDramaA dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
Girls on Probation
1938 · 9 votes
Movie9.0ActionDramaYoung heiress Helen Stuart is engaged to Monty Barnes, a restless young man. Since Helen is not yet 21, her estate is controlled by her guardian and uncle, Jack Peasley, who is not above using Helen's money for his own purposes. He takes a large chunk of her money to buy a block of railroad stock, that turns out to be worthless. Red Sweeney, who sold him the phony stock, assures him that if Helen marries before she turns 21, she'll never know the money's missing because the estate will revert to him, as her guardian. They force her to marry Monty, who is unaware of their scheme. Complications ensue.
The Broadway Gallant
1926 · 1 votes
- MovieDrama
Despite loving Lois Lamay Grant Pearson marries his father’s ward Nadine because of a deathbed promise and they depart for South Africa. Eight years roll by Grant & Nadine have a child, Robert, and Lois arrives to teach at the mission. When Nadine is temporarily stricken blind Grant & Lois renew their passion. However, when Robert wanders into the jungle and Nadine in desperation follows him the trauma restores her sight. When a vengeful native incites the tribe to attack the mission Nadine fights beside Robert, despite learning of his infidelity, while Lois cowers in fear. Realizing his true love for her, Robert and Nadine reestablish their bond and reunite.
Movie5.0ComedyAdventureSilent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack Pickford) encounters his first love (Clara Horton) and bucks responsibilities to find adventure with his friend, Huck Finn (Robert Gordon).
Tom Sawyer
1917 · 8 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThe Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith. It was produced by Warner Brothers who released it with a Vitaphone soundtrack.
The Fortune Hunter
1927 · 1 votes
MovieDramaIn the small shipbuilding town of Danforth, Albert Walker realizes, to his distress, that German sympathizers, spies and draft evaders, by voicing doubts about the United States' involvement in the war, are having a disastrous effect on the patriotic spirit of the townspeople.
The Yellow Dog
1918
Movie8.0DramaEverywoman is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on a 1911 play Everywoman by Walter Browne.
Everywoman
1919 · 1 votes
MovieComedyA New England schoolteacher arrives in a small Southern town. He becomes the savior of several local people in time of emergency, including a young who is oppressed by the unwelcome romantic intentions of a local ne'er-do-well. The teacher pretends to marry the girl to fool the unwanted suitor, but then finds that the marriage was inadvertently legal....
Almost a Husband
1919
Movie10.0ComedyMind Over Motor
1923 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomanceBlanche Henry, a vivacious young woman, finds what she believes is true love with a handsome young man, but then learns that he has designs on her younger sister.
Prisoners of Love
1921 · 1 votes
- MovieComedy
Hector, who was reared by a maiden aunt, decides to leave his sheltered life and become a reporter. At the newspaper where he has works, Hector becomes friendly with a young female reporter, who uses the byline "Firefly" for a series of articles intended to expose a notorious café. At the same time, Hector's aunt, head of the local Purity League, gives a stirring speech to the membership about ridding their community of the café. The young woman enlists Hector's aid and together they gain enough evidence to close the café.