Mathilde Comont
Actor · 1886 – 1938 · Bordeaux, France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mathilde Comont (9 September 1886 – 21 June 1938) was a French-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in films in her native country, particularly shorts, before going on to appear in US films, she would feature in a total of 71 films between 1908 and 1937. A largish and short women of 5 feet,4 inches, she died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.
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Movie7.8DramaHorrorA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Freaks
1932 · 1.3K votes
Movie7.3RomanceAdventureA recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
The Thief of Bagdad
1924 · 188 votes
Movie7.1ComedyRomanceIndependent Gilda is resigned fo a life of married tedium when Tom and George, having gotten past their jealousy, come to America and whisk Gilda away to live an exciting polyamorous life in Paris.
Design for Living
1933 · 216 votes
Movie5.8ComedyRomanceInnocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.
Careless Lady
1932 · 5 votes
Movie6.6AdventureFamilyCossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 · 21 votes
Movie6.4RomanceDramaA group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
La Bohème
1926 · 16 votes
Movie6.5MusicA countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
Caravan
1934 · 2 votes
Movie6.5DramaRomanceA beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
Romance
1930 · 19 votes
Movie5.7DramaHistoryBased on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
Anthony Adverse
1936 · 37 votes
Movie6.0DramaRomanceThe French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. When military doctor Andre Morand is wrongfully convicted of a murder, he escapes the firing squad with the help of his friend, Jean. Taking refuge in a mission run by the uncle of the beautiful Margot, Andre agrees to care for the sick there. After professing his love for Margot, he learns that she is engaged to Jean, who is now sick. Vowing to return to aid Jean and others, Andre prepares to face death, but a series of events may turn things in his favor.
The Devil's in Love
1933 · 5 votes
Movie8.0RomanceComedyA romantic comedy-drama-musical of mistaken identity, infidelity and farce, set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.
Escapade
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.2ComedyDramaA wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
Lady with a Past
1932 · 10 votes
Movie5.2ActionHistoryIn the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936 · 6 votes
Movie7.0DramaA blackmailer falls in love with his female victim.
The Lady Who Dared
1931 · 2 votes
Movie5.0DramaRomanceA woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.
A Wicked Woman
1934 · 5 votes
Movie7.8ComedyKiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.
Kiki
1926 · 4 votes
Movie7.0DramaPossibly lost film starring Blanche Sweet
The Far Cry
1926 · 1 votes
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Nicola Riccobini, a puppet master in New York's Italian quarter, is an energetic and domineering man in the family, in contrast to his dreamy, poetic cousin Bruno.
Puppets
1926 · 1 votes
Movie4.4ActionRomanceThe sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.
The Sea Bat
1930 · 12 votes
Movie4.8MusicRomanceA guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.
The Cuban Love Song
1931 · 8 votes
Movie7.0AdventureComedyChester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his head and must avoid all excitement. He returns to his hometown, and there his former employer, George Simmons, attempts to arrange a match between Chester (who is to inherit a fortune) and his daughter Ethel. Ethel, however, finds Chester unexciting as a lover; and to enliven the affair, the father invents a lurid past for the boy by displaying a signed photograph of Rita Renault, a famous movie star. Rita, accompanied by her jealous husband, Jack Shields, arrives in the town for a personal appearance. By chance, Jack discovers the photograph of Rita, presumably the property of Chester, and when he sees his wife kissing Chester, a running fight ensues.
The Whole Town's Talking
1926 · 1 votes
Movie5.7DramaRomanceIn Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become his mistress.
Love
1927 · 35 votes
Movie7.0ComedyMusicKathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.
Here's to Romance
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.3DramaA white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921 · 3 votes