Magda Foy
Actor · 1905 – 2000 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Movies17
- MovieDrama
Sealed Lips
1912
Movie6.6DramaIt's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother and little sister Trixie are devastated. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away," she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister.
Falling Leaves
1912 · 97 votes
- MovieDrama
MovieDramaA 1917 silent drama film
Man's Woman
1917
Movie6.0DramaComedyWhen Kitty's family adopts a homeless dog they couldn't guess how much it would be of help in her fathers detective work.
The Detective's Dog
1912 · 6 votes
Movie10.0AdventureDramaBased on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.
Fra Diavolo
1912 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentary
The good people of the Solax community realize that they have cause to make merry before the New Year because the Almighty has guided their breadwinning footsteps toward the Solax Studio's happy atmosphere, bank together like the big happy family they are, to give expression to their happiness in the form of a gift to the immediate cause of their good fortune and sunshine.
Movie6.0WesternDrama"Wild Bill" Gray is a renegade and a wife-beater. He is about to start on some expedition of crime and his wife implores him to stay at home. She receives a beating for her trouble. Jim, a cowboy, rides past the shack, hears Mrs. Gray's screams and interferes, and takes Mrs. Gray over to his friend, the postmaster, so that she may have a good home. "Wild Bill" plans vengeance. Paxton, the postmaster, starts for the station with money and gold, and is accompanied a short way by Jim. Gray sneaks after them. After going with Paxton a short distance, Jim takes a turn in the road and Paxton rides on alone. Gray closes up on the postmaster, gets the drop on him, but Paxton is quick and there's a hand-to-hand struggle. Bill, however, worsts Paxton, and finally sends him over a precipice. But in falling, Paxton falls into a tree and thus is saved from sure death.
Two Little Rangers
1912 · 5 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
Child of the Tenements
1912 · 1 votes
Movie5.7CrimeA noted philanthropist is captured by a rowdy gang, but one of the children involved resists the gang's insistence that he turn to a life of crime.
The Sewer
1912 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaAt a large factory, the workers decide to strike. Although the leader of the workers believes his boss is treating them unfairly, the strike movement spirals out of control.
The Strike
1912 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaThe story involves a man who goes to a gambling den regardless of the protestations of his wife. He is extremely lucky and his luck attracts attention. Strangers become friendly with him and he being a "good feller," "sets up" the crowd. After the night's playing, he is advised by the owner of the den that it would be hazardous for him to attempt going home alone with so much cash on his person. Chance decides to remain over night. He is shown to a room. During the night, he not only finds that he has been trapped, but an attempt is made on his life. (Moving Picture World)
A Terrible Lesson
1912 · 2 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
- Movie10.0Drama
The Reformation of Mary
1912 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
The Love of the Flag
1912 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
A young man of high social position sacrifices his home and family for a girl of the stage. Cast off by his family, the young man finds that he is not qualified to earn his living. In the meanwhile his wife grows ill, a child is born, and several years after, the man finds himself in narrow straits. He prepares to go out and burglarize a place. His child enters when he leaves his revolver on the table. The child plays with it as with a toy and then innocently removes the bullets. The father comes back and takes the revolver and goes out. Accidentally, the son breaks into his own father's office. The father happens to be working late that night. The son breaks in, tries to shoot his own father. By the intervention of God, the son is saved from a patricide.
God Disposes
1912 · 3 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Treasures on the Wing
1912 · 1 votes