Tom Santschi
Oyuncu · 1880 – 1931 · Crystal City, Missouri, USA
Tom Santschi was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era. Additionally, he directed numerous films during the mid 1910s.
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Film5.3DramAnnie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to an orphanage where she tells her fellow orphans stories of ghosts and goblins. The matron of the orphanage finds Annie's closest relative, the abusive Uncle Thomp. Big Dave, a neighbor comes to her aid, becoming her protector. Eventually Annie goes to live with Squire Goode and his large family. There, she entertains the children of the household with her stories, but sees her abusive aunt and uncle as her chief tormentors. She tells stories of how the goblins will take away the children if they are not good. War breaks out and Dave, who Annie adores, enlists. In a feverish vision triggered by her distress—revealed later as a nightmare—she imagines receiving news of Dave's battlefield death, delivered mockingly by her uncle, leading to her heartbroken collapse and apparent deathbed vigil.
Little Orphant Annie
1918 · 3 votes
Film7.0RomantikAlicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome lover. Fifteen years later, Annie Martin, Alicia's deserted daughter, is a trapeze performer in a sideshow at Coney Island, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chubb, and has married Howard Jeffries in spite of opposition by his wealthy parents. Jeffries, Sr., hires a man (Underwood) to separate the young couple. Underwood convinces the newlyweds that each is being unfaithful to the other, and consequently, he is threatened by Howard. Driven to fury by Underwood's uncontrollable demands, Alicia shoots him in a quarrel and makes her escape just as Howard enters; despite his innocence, Howard confesses to the crime when subjected to the third degree. Annie, realizing her mother's guilt, claims to be guilty, but Alicia then confesses. Annie is saved from suicide by Howard, and they are united by love.
The Third Degree
1926 · 1 votes
Film6.3TarihRomantikA nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
When a Man Loves
1927 · 11 votes
Film6.9RomantikWesternThree outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
3 Bad Men
1926 · 49 votes
Film8.0KomediThe Shannons, a vaudeville act, are performing in a New England town when the local hotel owner barges in and yanks his daughter Tessie, who is in the audience with her boyfriend Chuck, out of the theater. Young Mickey Shannon confronts the father, and the upshot is that Chuck's wealthy father threatens to foreclose on the hotel. The Shannons wind up buying the hotel, but it turns out not to be quite the deal they thought it was.
The Shannons of Broadway
1929 · 1 votes
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The Pride of the Force s a 1925 silent crime film
The Pride of the Force
1925 · 1 votes
Film7.0DramThe Isle of Lost Men is one of those lawless tropical island colonies so beloved of adventure-story writers.
Isle of Lost Men
1928 · 1 votes
Film7.0DramMildred Garson, secretary and fiancée of playwright Anthony Moore, would like to play the leading role in his new play, a crook drama. Her brother Jim and sister Rita arrange to stage a fake robbery at Moore's home so that Mildred can demonstrate her ability. However, real thieves led by Dan "The Fox" Grogan appear, shoot Moore's butler, and kidnap Mildred. She manages to escape and find refuge with Chong Wo, a Chinese philosopher. In a fight to the finish, Wong arranges for Grogan to be captured, leaving Anthony and Milfred to get married.
Tipped Off
1923 · 1 votes
Film4.2MaceraKorkuRichard Grant, imprisoned in India for a crime he did not commit, escapes and makes his way to Africa.
King of the Wild
1931 · 6 votes
Film6.0DramRomantikJeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. Cosse de Brissac, a handsome private in the King's Guards, comes to her rescue and they become sweethearts. Meanwhile, Jean Du Barry, a shrewd roué, takes note of her at the millinery shop and tricks her into staying at La Gourda's, where she soon becomes a favorite among the men.
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930 · 8 votes
Film6.0MaceraAn unauthorised adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Produced by Selig with the intent of beating Adolph Zukor's adaptation to the screen, Zukor successfully sued and the prints were ordered to be destroyed. The film is now lost.
Monte Cristo
1912 · 1 votes
Film9.0AksiyonWesternA young man's father is murdered and the man convicted of the crime escapes prison, leaving a note intimating that seven local men know the real killer's true identity. The murdered man's son sets out to locate the seven men and find his father's slayer in this ten episode serial.
The Phantom of the West
1930 · 1 votes
FilmDramMiss Otis nearly hits a derelict with her car, and out of sympathy she gives him some money and advises him to "clean up and keep clean." Soon after, the derelict meets Esther, an anarchist who involves him in a plot to blackmail a banker. When he realizes that Miss Otis is the banker's daughter, the derelict tears up the banker's check but is arrested and committed to an asylum. Esther, who is in love with the derelict, helps him escape, and he resolves to attain a position of wealth and importance. After he earns his fortune, he rejects Esther's affections and asks Miss Otis to marry him.
Film8.0Western"Flash" Lanning returns to Bozzam City from the East to put an end to cattle rustling. Gloria Hallowell, who has known him by reputation, falls in love with Lanning but believes that he loves Ellen Bosworth, an eastern "lady." Campan, the leader of the rustlers, hoping to lure Lanning into a trap, kidnaps both girls. Lanning rescues the girls, punishes Campan, and indicates to Gloria that she is the girl for him.
Brass Commandments
1923 · 1 votes
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A short silent film based on the poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Film5.3DramTarihStephen Brice, a young lawyer in Civil War-era St. Louis, falls in love with Virginia Carvel, the daughter of his benefactor. But she is loyal to the South and Brice is committed to Lincoln's cause. In the course of the war, their convictions separate them, and Virginia becomes engaged to her cousin Clarence Colfax, a Confederate officer. Brice becomes an officer under General Sherman, and eventually finds himself faced with the captured Colfax, facing execution for spying. Brice must decide whether or not to intercede in his rival's behalf.
The Crisis
1916 · 3 votes
Film6.5MaceraDramFormer crook 'Square' Kelly serves in the First World War. When he returns from the war, one of his comrades-in-arms convinces him to join the police force. But Kelly finds himself confronting the very criminals who made up his old gang.
The Cradle of Courage
1920 · 10 votes
Film8.0DramJohn Marshall, young engineer, goes to Bullis Valley in the Alabama hills to secure lands for a big power project. The hill folks think he is a revenue spy and plans are laid against his life.
The Right of the Strongest
1924 · 1 votes
Film5.6DramA man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
1931 · 5 votes
Film7.0WesternFrank Darwin needs to convince Muriel he didn't kill her Father, as claimed by Jasper and Oneta.
The Desert's Toll
1926 · 1 votes
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Millionaire's son Jack Newberry is determined to make it in the motion picture industry on his own terms. To accomplish this, he invests all of his money into a film project and borrows an additional $40,000 from his sweetheart's father to finance the production. He hires a foreign director, Eric von Greed, to direct the film. To the surprise of everyone, the film becomes a massive success. Having firmly proven his business acumen and earning the respect of his future father-in-law, Jack marries his sweetheart.
My Neighbor's Wife
1925 · 1 votes
FilmDramThe Railroader
1919
Film7.0DramRomantikA young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth and a frightening social whirl.
Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919 · 1 votes
Film8.0AksiyonMaceraThe Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or stock-raising. Rival companies bid for the building contract, which leads to violence and danger for Bob Owen and his dog Satan.
Tracked by the Police
1927 · 2 votes