Shannon Day
Actor · 1896 – 1977 · New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia Shannon Day (August 5, 1896 – February 24, 1977) (born, Sylvia Day)[1] was an American silent film actress who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions. She also performed on the Broadway stage as a teenager. Her career did not survive the sound era. Her first film was Cecil B. DeMille's Forbidden Fruit.
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Movie5.9DramaComedySocialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie, he lets an apartment for her only to find that she cheats him. He is subsequently robbed, conned, and booted from pillar to post. He decides to return to his wife and discovers her carousing with his best friend Max.
The Affairs of Anatol
1921 · 12 votes
Movie6.6DramaRomanceMary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has no real prospects of earning money. Mary's employers, are trying to strike an oil related business deal with a rich man by the name of Nelson Rogers. The deal does not seem to be on the table, as Mr. Rogers is leaving town shortly and does not have the time to work out the details of such a deal. In an order to entice him to stay, Mrs. Mallory - wife of Mr. Mallory who is proposing the business deal - convinces Mary to be her guest at a dinner party with the intent of making Mr. Rogers fall for her and thus stay long enough for Mr. Mallory to make him agree to a business deal.
Forbidden Fruit
1921 · 12 votes
Movie7.0DramaAfter five years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconciliations. Beth is frivolous and extravagant; Peter is domineering and ambitious and has difficulty paying the bills. Daniel Rankin, who lives in the same apartment building, becomes attracted to Beth and arranges with the Marsh chauffeur to have her car break down, allowing him to offer assistance and gracefully introduce himself; Rankin later invites her to a dance. Resenting Rankin's attentions to his wife, Peter forbids her to go. However, Beth accompanies Rankin to spite her husband, and Rankin proposes that she divorce Peter and become his wife. A lost film.
So This Is Marriage?
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0AdventureDrama
New Yorker David Kingston, a university student involved in the study of mine engineering, is falsely accused of theft and expelled from school. David's mother soon dies of grief, and he decides to end it all by jumping in the river. David is deterred from suicide, however, when he adopts a stray pup, which he names "Thunder." The dog later finds a map indicating the location of a gold mine, and David heads west to Northern California.
Silent Pal
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaSylvia Joy, a talented cabaret dancer, must choose between a wealthy Producer and a promising young actor.
The Star Dust Trail
1924 · 1 votes
Movie6.8DramaAdventureFirst one stranger, then another, arrive at the presidio, each with a government pass and each claiming to have been robbed by the notorious Captain Fly-by-Night and his highwaymen. The soldiers and Señorita Anita believe the first to be Fly-by-Night and the second to be Señor Rocha, Anita's fiancée and emissary of the governor. But the first stranger, to whom Anita is drawn, proves to be on a government mission and exposes the second stranger as Captain Fly-by-Night.
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceHarry Ryan, a wealthy spendthrift, falls in love with Mary Gardner, a beauty shop employee, and marries her. Mary, discouraged because she is unable to cure Ryan of his dissolute ways, leaves him. She returns after a change of heart to find her husband bedridden and despondent. At the moment of reconciliation it is revealed that in reality Mary, unattached, was only dreaming, as the result of reading a book entitled Marriage Morals, by J. C. Black.
Marriage Morals
1923 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaCrimeA newspaper owner discovers that his girlfriend's father is the head of the biggest racket in New York City.
Big Town
1932 · 3 votes
Movie10.0DramaRomanceWhen a pretty small-town girl with no talent goes to Hollywood, what could go wrong? She could get Stranded!
Stranded
1927 · 1 votes
Movie6.4DramaHarry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse. In response to his heartlessness, the beggar curses him, saying, "May you always have everything that you want."
The Man Who Had Everything
1920 · 4 votes
Movie8.0AdventureDramaMark is the captain of a whaling ship and he looks down on brother Joel, who has never gone to sea. But when Mark's ship arrives in port sans its captain, Joel takes over the command. His new bride, Priscilla, insists on coming along and they head for the South Seas, where Mark was last seen.
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1923 · 1 votes
Movie5.5DramaSociety-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman.
Manslaughter
1922 · 13 votes
Movie8.0MysteryAfter discovering that her lover is already married, a young woman gets engaged to another man. However, her attempts to recover embarrassing love letters from her former lover lead to her being accused of murder when he is found dead.
The Girl on the Stairs
1925 · 1 votes
Movie6.6WesternA tribe of Navajo live on a reservation overseen by an Indian-hating agent.
The Vanishing American
1925 · 8 votes
Movie10.0RomanceWesternSon of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his absence, one of the prize horses is stolen and his father is killed. Bob swears revenge and becomes known as Velantrie, leader of a band of semi-outlaws, and befriends a priest, Father Hillaire. At a mission, he meets Val, daughter of John Hannon, a wealthy ranch-owner.
North of the Rio Grande
1922 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyWesternJeremy Dice, a finisher in a New York East Side tailor shop who prides himself on being a smart dresser and dancer, proves to be cowardly when he retreats from a bully who gets fresh with his girl, and his employer discharges him. Deciding to go out west, Jeremy is caught hitching the rails and comes upon two outlaws in the desert disputing over booty; they are both killed in a shoot-out, and Jeremy is proclaimed a hero by the sheriff.....
His Back Against the Wall
1922 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaVictoria marries David, the man of her dreams. After a number of years and two children, the marriage turns out not to be what she had expected. Then she discovers her faith, and everything turns out for the best. In several scenes Victoria has visions of love and marriage throughout history: she appears in the Stone Age, with a tribe of Amazonians, in the Middle Ages and in the Roman era.
Man-Woman-Marriage
1921 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ThrillerMa McGregor, big-hearted owner of a race-track hot dog stand, goes turf crazy and spends her savings on a stable of five horses, including Tarcutta; and hires "Losing" Jones as trainer.
The Hot Dog Special
1924 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaAfter the Show was adapted from Rita Weiman's story "The Stage Door." Lila Lee plays Eileen, a starry-eyed young girl employed as a chorus dancer in New York. Eileen can never be certain if the men in her life are sincere, or if they perceive her as mere temporary plaything. Among the "stage door johnnies," "tired businessmen" and "sugar daddies" surrounding Eileen are Jack Holt and Carlton S. King.
After the Show
1921 · 1 votes
Movie3.0DramaNora Dakon, bored with the dullness of her life in a small New Jersey town, leaves her husband and small daughter to run off with Larry Brundage, a wealthy New York City sportsman. Nora's husband kills himself, and, to avoid scandal, Brundage walks out on Nora. She returns to her child and later she becomes a noted singer. Nora moves to Paris, France, and at a party to celebrate the Armistice, she again meets Brundage, who falls madly in love with her daughter, Ruth. To break up their engagement, Nora is forced to tell Ruth of her tragic relationship with Brundage years earlier. Ruth leaves Brundage and soon finds consolation in the love of Tom Cautley, a young art student.
Time, the Comedian
1925 · 3 votes
Movie9.0ComedyRomanceThe story of a wealthy young flapper, Theodora Bland (Pauline Garon), and the amorous adventures and misadventures she has after being expelled from a fashionable and costly east-coast boarding school.
The Marriage Market
1923 · 1 votes
Movie8.0CrimeDramaTommy Frazer is one of a gang of crooks lead by "Tony the Wop". Frazer gets caught and is sent up the river for three years on a forgery rap. When he gets out of prison, he finds his girl, Ann Whittaker, waiting for him -- and she's got a scheme. She is working in a bank and wants to pull an inside heist.
Fools First
1922 · 1 votes
Movie7.0AdventureYears after Alaskan storekeeper Gale had rescued his ward Necia from Bennett, her murderous sea-captain father, Bennett shows up seeking his daughter -- and revenge.
The Barrier
1926 · 2 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
A rich man's son marries an artist's model, and is then disinherited by his father. Despite their circumstances, both the son and his model wife do well
The Woman He Married
1922 · 1 votes