Billie Dove
Actor · 1903 – 1997 · New York City, New York, USA
Billie Dove (born Bertha Bohny) was an American star actress of 1920s Silent cinema and of the first few years of the 'talkies' era. She retired from show business in 1932.
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Movie6.8ComedyMusicThis special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · 5 votes
Movie6.7AdventureDramaA nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.
The Black Pirate
1926 · 62 votes
Movie6.3DramaComedyNew York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.
Blondie of the Follies
1932 · 11 votes
Movie10.0DramaIn French Indochina, a magistrate is assigned to investigate the murder of his boss. Unknown to him, the boss had a policy of requiring the wives of his subordinates to sleep with him if they wanted their husbands to get promoted. What he also didn't know was that his wife was in the boss' office when he was killed. Complications ensue.
Careers
1929 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryTV MovieA reclusive millionaire who owed his fortune to his father, Howard Hughes staked his fame on many things, including his credits as a producer, director and aviator. But he is perhaps best known for his skills as a Casanova, reportedly romancing Jean Harlow, Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth and Bette Davis. Actor Billy Zane narrates this documentary, which offers a glimpse of the man behind the glamour.
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaEn route to Sevilla, Central America, Richard Morton rescues a beautiful girl whom he knows only as Dolores from bandits and learns that she also is en route to Sevilla. He arrives to find his father under attack by Sevilla revolutionist. Intending to manage his father's ranch, he instead gets involved with the revolution, saves President Dominguez from his enemy Rodolfo Emanon, and learns that Dolores, who has consented to be his wife, is the president's daughter.
Yankee Madness
1924 · 1 votes
Movie6.8ComedyRomanceA salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the girlfriend of the customer who got him in trouble in the first place.
Kid Boots
1926 · 11 votes
Movie7.0DramaA blackmailer falls in love with his female victim.
The Lady Who Dared
1931 · 2 votes
Movie8.0WesternBased on a story by Robert Lord, the film is about a ranch foreman who assumes responsibility for the ranch following the owner's death. He also cares for the owner's daughter who is taken to Europe by an aunt. Two year later the woman returns from Europe with her new wealthy fiancée and plans to hold their wedding at the ranch, which the foreman has turned into a successful tourist destination. The foreman's feelings for the woman have not been diminished by the years, and after learning some damaging information about the fiancée, the foreman must find a way to stop the wedding. (Wiki)
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaA comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.
The Age for Love
1931 · 1 votes
Movie10.0WesternJack Holt, Billie Dove, and Noah Beery Sr., who starred together in Wanderers of the Wasteland, appear together again. Madeline Hammond, the sister of ranchman Al Hammond, arrives from the East. Gene Stewart, a rough and rowdy cowboy, convinces Madeline to marry him while he is on a drunken spree. Madeline sets out to reform him, and he sets out to rid their little section of the West of a band of outlaws.
The Light of Western Stars
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceA romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly Meachum. Originally engaged, Bob and Alysia elope to Bowling Green, Connecticut, where they meet Silas Meachum, a campaigner against motion pictures, and his daughter, Polly. The eloping couple’s family arrive, chasing them, and persuade them to wait to get married. Polly goes to New York to join the Ziegfeld Follies, but is ultimately replaced by Alysia. As Bob consoles Polly, Alysia breaks off the engagement, and Bob and Polly may now marry.
Polly of the Follies
1922 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaBryant Washburn and Edward Everett Horton are ordered to retrieve an old $25 debt from a stubborn (and violent) client. The fact that he has an attractive daughter (Billie Dove) could complicate or simplify the situation! Originally released at six reels, only reels 1, 2, and 6 survive.
Try and Get It
1924 · 1 votes
Movie5.8DramaA woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did not commit.
One Night at Susie's
1930 · 9 votes
Movie7.7ComedyAn opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
Cock of the Air
1932 · 3 votes
Movie7.0WesternDesperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Navajo tribe tries to persuade him not to do it.
Wild Horse Mesa
1925 · 4 votes
Movie6.7RomanceDramaThe prohibition is in full swing and Egypt Hagen, a new woman, is the constant subject of controversy in her religious small town. After a scandalous night of partying leaves her publicly shamed, she finds unlikely companionship in the town's new reverend. As their bond intensifies under the watchful eye of concerned townsfolk, her sullied reputation threatens his standing as a respected clergyman.
Sensation Seekers
1927 · 6 votes
Movie8.0WesternWanderer of the Wasteland is a 1924 American color silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, and Billie Dove.
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA scientist attempts to transplant a gorilla's brain into a man.
On Time
1924 · 1 votes
Movie3.0DramaRomanceA English aristocrat causes a scandal when she divorces her husband and runs off with a young American.
Her Private Life
1929 · 3 votes
Movie4.5DramaRomanceA scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
A Notorious Affair
1930 · 10 votes
Movie6.0RomanceDramaThis film is the story of a small-town boy and girl. The hero, Denny Bolton, thrashes the town bully only to meet him later in the boxing ring in New York City. Ambition has swept him to Broadway, but the search for love brings him back to the Main Street of his home town.
The Fighting Heart
1925 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyEddie Kane wanders round the studio back-lot, opening various doors to see which stars pop out.
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaVictor, an adventurous young swashbuckler in 19th-century New Orleans, takes possession of a barber shop as the result of winning a duel, and decides to settle down to a life as a barber. He meets a beautiful young woman and pursues her, but she dismisses his attentions because she thinks he is just a barber. Also pursuing the woman is the evil Capt. Remy, whom she also brushes off. He, however, doesn't take rejection so lightly, and forges papers "proving" that the girl is a "quadroon"--part black, which means that she can be sold as a slave. She is sold to Capt. Remy, and when Victor hears of it, he determines to rescue her.
The Love Mart
1927 · 1 votes