Violet Radcliffe
Oyuncu · 1904 – 1965 · Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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Film6.0SuçDramGretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.
Gretchen the Greenhorn
1916 · 10 votes
- FilmDram
Elderly hidalgo, Alonso Quijano (played by DeWolf Hopper Sr.), becomes obsessed with tales of knights and chivalry to the point of losing his sanity. He renames himself "Don Quixote de la Mancha" and decides to become a knight-errant to right the wrongs of the world and defend the helpless. He designates a local peasant girl (Fay Tincher) as his noble lady "Dulcinea" and convinces a simple farmer, Sancho Panza (Max Davidson), to be his loyal squire with promises of an island governorship.
Don Quixote
1916
Film6.0DramFantastikA story within a story, including a passage from Hansel and Gretel.
The Babes in the Woods
1917 · 1 votes
FilmKomediDramThe Japanese emperor's son, Hanki Pan (Francis Carpenter) is in love with beautiful Fan Fan (Virginia Lee Corbin) and is determined to marry her, even though his father has decreed that he shall wed the Ancient and Honorable Lady Shoo, an ugly hag.
Fan Fan
1918
Film5.0FantastikJack exchanges his cow for some magic beans. The beans grow overnight into a beanstalk, which Jack climbs, arriving at a castle that is his. Jack sets a deal with the giant in exchange for their fortune.
Jack and the Beanstalk
1917 · 3 votes
Film4.8DramA woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.
The Children in the House
1916 · 10 votes
- FilmKomediDram
Billy is playing in his backyard with his dog and baby sister, Mary. A ball from the neighboring yard hits him on the head, leading to a fight with the ball's six-year-old owner, Jack. Billy loses the fight and sends his dog to avenge him, which scares Jack. Later on the beach, Jack leaves his four-year-old sweetheart, Olive, to buy ice cream. Billy approaches Olive and she leaves with him, his dog, and baby Mary. When Jack returns, Olive tells him she prefers Billy, making Jack angry and eager to get Billy "in wrong at home". Jack finds an opportunity when baby Mary crawls away near some rocks, and he hides her.
The Baby
1915 · 1 votes
- FilmDram
Katy Standish is a family drudge on a New England farm. Her elder sister "enjoys" poor health and her mother sees to it that Katy not only does her own work but that of the weak or lazy elder, Priscilla. Oliver Putnam, a husky young farmer lad, comes a-courting of Katy, but her parents interfere so much that he is discouraged.
Let Katie Do it
1916
Film7.5MaceraDramA young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven offspring fight against their greedy neighbors to keep what is rightfully theirs.
A Sister of Six
1916 · 2 votes
Film9.5DramFor Love of Mary Ellen
1915 · 2 votes
Film7.5DramSuçWhen a stack of valuable bonds go missing from the Grant household, suspicion falls on little Carmen Grant's playmate Georgie, whose father is a poor ex-convict trying to go straight.
The Doll-House Mystery
1915 · 2 votes
- Film10.0Komedi
The Rivals
1915 · 1 votes
- Film8.0Komedi
Carmen's Wash Day
1914 · 1 votes
FilmDramMountaineer Pap Clayton has promised his daughter Sairy Ann (Dorothy Gish) to his cousin Jed Martin, but Sairy Ann loves Dr. Richard Cavanagh (Sam DeGrasse), the son of Judge Lee Cavanagh. In the midst of a feud between the Claytons and the Jacksons, a jealous Jed sets out to kill Richard.
- Film10.0Dram
Young teacher Nan Cartwright leaves Virginia for a narrow-minded Western town. Facing constant harassment from townspeople, her reputation is ultimately ruined after a carriage accident forces her to spend the night in the woods.
The Little School Ma'am
1916 · 1 votes
Film6.0DramSuçA man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. One day a member of their old gang shows up and threatens to expose them if they don't help him pull a heist.
Going Straight
1916 · 13 votes
Film4.8FantastikKomediIn Bagdad, Princess Badr al-Budur, the daughter of the Sultan, falls in love with Aladdin, the son of a poor tailor, and rejects the suit of evil alchemist al-Talib, her father's choice. Al-Talib consults his Evil Spirit, who advises him to find the magic lamp hidden in an underground cave. Unable to get it himself, al-Talib hires Aladdin, who secures the lamp but keeps it when he realizes al-Talib's wickedness. With wealth obtained through wishes, Aladdin courts the princess. After the lamp changes hands between al-Talib and Aladdin, al-Talib steals it and abducts the princess to the desert. Aladdin follows with only a gourd of water. Suffering from thirst and exhaustion, Aladdin nearly succumbs, but the horsemen of the Sultan, who learned of his daughter's abduction, ride up and rescue Aladdin.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917 · 13 votes
- Film8.0Dram
Dan wins Anita away from her sweetheart Adrian with his boasts. On the beach Adrian overhears Larry, the lifeguard spinning tales of his derring-do to a group of admiring young ladies and asks for advice. Larry pins some medals on his bathing suit and sends him on his way back to Anita. Dan and Adrian then come to blows over their respective claims of bravery and Anita decides to evaluate them by pretending to be drowning. Adrian tries to save Anita, but both are caught in the undertow and it’s up to Larry to rescue them both.
The Little Life Guard
1915 · 1 votes
- Film8.0Komedi
A Ten-Cent Adventure
1915 · 1 votes
Film10.0KomediThe famous child detective Dick, with the collaboration of his stenographer, succeeds in uncovering a desperate character. But the little stenographer falls victim to the wiles of the villain's evil accomplices, and is locked by them under vile duress in a barrel of ashes, where she falls asleep.
The Ashcan, or Little Dick's First Adventure
1915 · 1 votes
- Film9.0KomediDram
Dirty Face Dan
1915 · 1 votes
Film6.0DramThe Jewish Aaronson family lives in simple neighborhoods in the ghetto of a big city. Esther spreads the sun with her smile and when her mother goes blind and is taken to hospital, she takes on the role of head of the family.
Little Miss Smiles
1922 · 2 votes
- Film9.0Komedi
Dan, frustrated by Billie's affections for Mae, turns the lodge goat into a comedic revenge plot. After a series of mishaps involving the goat and a pony, Dan arranges a lodge initiation where Billie is the "goat" of the evening, leading to a bruised and battered Billie and his father returning home and discreetly recognizing each other with the lodge sign.
Billie's Goat
1915 · 1 votes
- Film6.0Macera
Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, but when they are threatened by a pirate attack, they stay with friend, the squire, for the night. He is given something from Mrs. Hawkins. The squire discovers it's a map showing the location of the treasure buried by someone named Flint. Jim overhears how the squire is planning to retrieve the treasure and feels inspired by it ...
Treasure Island
1917 · 1 votes