Billy Quirk
William Andrew 'Billy' Quirk (March 27, 1873 – April 20, 1926) was an American stage and silent film actor. He performed in more than 180 films between 1909 and 1924. Gem Motion Picture Company produced a series of "Billy"-titled pictures starring Quirk.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.0888 |
| Birthday | 1873-03-27 |
| Place of Birth | Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | William A. Quirk, William Quirk, William Andrew Quirk, James Wilson, |
1923
A Bride for a Knight
0/0
While having dental work done, Jimmy inhales too much gas and begins believing that he is a detective. He sets out to capture a gang of thieves who ro...
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A Bride for a Knight
1922
My Old Kentucky Home
0/0
After serving time in Sing Sing, for which he was unjustly sentenced, and encouraged by two "sharpers," Richard Goodloe returns to the home of his wea...
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My Old Kentucky Home
1909
To Save Her Soul
5.2/4
Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job. Over the objections of the curate...
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To Save Her Soul
1923
Broadway Broke
0/0
Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.
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Broadway Broke
1912
Algie, the Miner
4.7/22
When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.
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Algie, the Miner
1923
The Glimpses of the Moon
0/0
Although Susan Branch is herself without finances, she has many wealthy friends who supply her with clothes and gay times. She is in love with struggl...
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The Glimpses of the Moon
1917
The Web of Life
0/0
Vincent, the lazy son of a wealthy father, travels to the country in an attempt to clean up his act. There he meets Kitty Trent, and he offers to marr...
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The Web of Life
1915
Billy the Bear Tamer
5/1
A young man's girlfriend is forbidden by her father to see him again. When the father takes his family on a hunting trip to the woods, the girl and he...
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Billy the Bear Tamer
1909
The Mountaineer's Honor
4.6/6
A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down and kills him. In retaliation, the sheriff captures the...
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The Mountaineer's Honor
1918
His Day Out
3.9/4
In this film, West escapes a couple of cops and fights for the hand of Leatrice Joy with Oliver Hardy (doing his best Eric Campell). A barber by trade...
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His Day Out
1914
The Egyptian Mummy
6/2
In order to make money, a man hires a bum to pretend to be a mummy, so he can sell the "body" for scientific experiments.
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The Egyptian Mummy
1909
Pippa Passes
5.4/9
Pippa awakes and faces the world outside with a song. Unbeknown to her, the music has a healing effect on all who hear her as she passes by.
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Pippa Passes
1909
Getting Even
3.8/4
All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a dance, Bud dresses as a woman and all th...
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Getting Even
1909
The Son's Return
5.6/9
A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents' inn. They don't recognize him, but noticing his...
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The Son's Return
1912
In the Year 2000
0/0
A remake for the US market of Alice Guy's Les Résultats du féminisme. The film is considered to be lost.
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In the Year 2000
1909
A Strange Meeting
4.3/3
Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, s...
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A Strange Meeting
1909
The Broken Locket
3.5/3
George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one being drink. One might have concluded he was lost,...
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The Broken Locket
1912
A Comedy of Errors
0/0
A man mistakes a woman's blown kisses as being directed at him. When he comes over to call on her, she attempts to shoo him away, but must hide him wh...
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A Comedy of Errors
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.078/374
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
4.167/3
Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a differe...
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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1914
Cherry
0/0
A convivial evening at Hoag's Tavern is interrupted by a young companion, William Fentise, declaring to the assembled company that he is very much in...
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Cherry
1909
Sweet and Twenty
3.8/2
Alice misunderstands when she sees her sweetheart Frank accidentally kissing her sister, and gets upset. Frank claims he'll kill himself by throwing h...
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Sweet and Twenty
1912
Canned Harmony
6/6
The Professor will not allow his daughter to marry a non-musician, but Billy, her would-be suitor, cannot play a single note. When he is about to give...
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Canned Harmony
1910
The Woman from Mellon's
0/0
Harry Townsend, a young stock broker, is in love with the pretty daughter of James Petersby, a Wall Street magnate, and as Harry is a very promising y...
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The Woman from Mellon's
1910
The Smoker
0/0
A young bride wonders at her husband's frequent absences. Suspicion mounts. What can the young man find more alluring than she, herself?
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The Smoker
1910
A Rich Revenge
0/0
Two young fellows are rivals for the hand of a pretty girl of the village, and after her marriage with the one of her choice, the other swears to be r...
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A Rich Revenge
1910
Never Again
4/1
Clarence McKnight and Felix De Grosse are rivals for the heart of pretty little Letitia Mooney, but it is evident that Clarence is the favored one. Ho...
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Never Again
1910
May and December
5/1
The quartet comprising this story are of ages as the months are to each other. June, a young college boy, finds his resources in depletion, and to imp...
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May and December
1910
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
5/1
A scrappy lad from the skids attempts to court a well-to-do maiden. During his visits to her family estate, he upsets the Uplift committee that's weas...
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Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
When We Were in Our 'Teens
5/1
Diplomacy was not Tom's strong suit. So when May showed to him her latest painting he poured scorn on it. He was anxious to discourage her from painti...
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When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
5/1
Two spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is called to the church meeting with her mother, she sends...
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Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1909
His Wife's Visitor
0.5/1
Harry leaves his new wife at home while he goes out to play poker. Angry, his wife fakes evidence that she has had a male caller while he was gone.
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His Wife's Visitor
1909
The Mexican Sweethearts
0.5/1
A Mexican spitfire romances an American soldier to make her Mexican lover jealous. When the lover is about to kill his rival, she convinces him it was...
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The Mexican Sweethearts
1909
They Would Elope
5.1/4
Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when th...
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They Would Elope
1909
Oh, Uncle!
3.5/3
Harry's rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit, Harry's wife has to play the part of the housekeeper so Un...
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Oh, Uncle!
1909
A Midnight Adventure
0.5/1
Mercedes orders her sweetheart to prove his love by doing something dangerously heroic. He agrees, breaking into another young woman's house in order...
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A Midnight Adventure
1909
The Test
4.2/1
Harry, preparing to leave on a business trip, tells Bessie that her photograph will always be with him. To test his sincerity she removes the photo fr...
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The Test
1923
Success
0/0
The often-told film story of a drunken actor hitting the skids, making a comeback, and helping his grown daughter in the bargain.
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Success
1913
Billy's Strategy
0/0
Billy and his sweetheart have had a little quarrel, and just to make him jealous, she accepts the attentions of another suitor. When she thinks she ha...
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Billy's Strategy
1909
The Little Darling
4.4/11
This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple folks places them in a rather embarrassing position....
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The Little Darling
1910
Serious Sixteen
0/0
When young Tom and Adele learn they must wait four years before they can marry, they agree to kill themselves. They reconsider, and then decide to elo...
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Serious Sixteen
1912
Fra Diavolo
0/0
Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.
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Fra Diavolo
1909
Pranks
2.5/1
Tom and Ethel separately decide to go bathing in a river. Pranksters switch their clothes and they each have to dress up as the opposite sex.
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Pranks
1912
A Terrible Lesson
0/0
The 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...
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A Terrible Lesson
1912
Parson Sue
5/2
A parson arrives in the midst of a bunch of wild cowboys. Expecting a male parson, the boys set out in full force to receive him, but on the road when...
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Parson Sue
1912
A Man's a Man
6/1
A Jewish man is treated poorly by a member of the upper-class. When tragedy strikes, the Jewish man has an opportunity for revenge, but he turns the o...
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A Man's a Man
1913
Cousins of Sherlocko
6/1
Two mediocre detectives try and catch a notorious pickpocket. Meanwhile, an innocent man is mistaken for the pickpocket and is forced to put on a disg...
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Cousins of Sherlocko
1910
An Affair of Hearts
2.5/1
Two eccentric Frenchmen argue for the hand of an eligible American girl, who finally discouraged both of them by introducing her betrothed.
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An Affair of Hearts
1924
The Dixie Handicap
0/0
Tale of a man and his horse.
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The Dixie Handicap
1910
A Simple Mistake
4/1
Mr. Hallate is leaving for a trip and his loving wife is helping him to get his belongings out with him. At last everything is ready and she goes on t...
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A Simple Mistake
1914
The Evolution of Percival
0/0
Because of his effeminacy, Percival and Mildred are humiliated wherever they go. After some very distressing incidents in a restaurant, on the boardwa...
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The Evolution of Percival
1915
The Green Cat
0/0
Within twenty-four hours after Bedelia, an old maid, has lost her green cat, she is begging Boggs, of the National Detective Agency, to find her lost...
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The Green Cat
1914
The Maid from Sweden
0/0
In search of a maid, Mrs. Cook, an aristocratic and extremely proud society woman, goes to an employment agency and hires Luna, fat, awkward and strai...
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The Maid from Sweden
1914
Father's Timepiece
0/0
Through the carelessness of his office-boy, Stillwell drops his watch and puts a dent in the case. He arrives home in a rage to find his daughter Marj...
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Father's Timepiece
1914
Forcing Dad's Consent
0/0
Constance and Billy are sweethearts. Mr. and Mrs. Boggs, her parents, are both prim, straitlaced people. Pa Boggs has little use for young men of the...
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Forcing Dad's Consent
1914
In Bridal Attire
0/0
A young man finds himself forced to take a trolley car and a motorcycle in order to get to his wedding. Complications ensue.
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In Bridal Attire
1915
The Young Man Who 'Figgered'
0/0
Bobby Tucker, while strolling about a Railroad Station, spies Nan Tubbs, a charming young lady whom her father and mother are very anxious to marry of...
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The Young Man Who 'Figgered'
1915
The Vanishing Vault
0/0
While stopping at the Bronzegilt Hotel, Slick and Slim, two high-class and well-dressed burglars, overhear Baroness Vodka tell the manager she wishes...
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The Vanishing Vault
1915
A Study in Tramps
0/0
Because of a family feud, Bobby Scrawn's love for Mary Stretch seems hopeless, particularly after the young man has been spanked with a fence picket w...
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A Study in Tramps
1915
Spades are Trumps
0/0
At the reading of her uncle's will, Honoria Spavin, a spinster lady, learns that his entire fortune is to be left to her on condition that she marry h...
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Spades are Trumps
1915
The Master of His House
0/0
Becoming extremely tired of his wife's propensity for indulging in bridge whist parties and other social functions, to the sad neglect of her domestic...
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The Master of His House
1914
Our Fairy Play
0/0
The Payne family of Lonesomeville set up a Fairy Play, founded upon the story of "The Sleeping Beauty," and Helene Payne secures the wealthy Mrs. Wils...
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Our Fairy Play
1914
Uncle Bill
0/0
On his way to New York to visit his relatives, the Masons, for the first time, Uncle Bill meets "Oiley" Curley, a crook. John Mason, Uncle Bill's neph...
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Uncle Bill
1915
Bertie’s Stratagem
0/0
Just out of college, in love with Letty Grey, whose father is quick-tempered and opposed to him, also possessing a wealthy rival, Bertie feels he does...
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Bertie’s Stratagem
1915
Billy's Wager
0/0
The wealthy Mr. Billy gives a party at his palatial residence. He is in love with the handsome widow, Mrs. Constance, and has a deadly rival, the Coun...
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Billy's Wager
1915
The Boarding House Feud
0/0
Aching for an opportunity to get square with strong-willed Mrs. Drexel, boarding house mistress and mother of his sweetheart, Constance, Billy sees hi...
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The Boarding House Feud
1915
Burglarius Billy
0/0
Finding that his attentions to Nellie are undesirable in the eyes of Jenkins, her father. Billy tries to elope with the girl, but the young people's p...
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Burglarius Billy
1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
5.2/6
During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers....
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1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
What's Your Hurry?
5.2/4
Papa is proud of his new birthday present, a shotgun. Mary's boyfriend arrives for a visit and she is anxious to introduce him to Papa. When Harry see...
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What's Your Hurry?
1909
The Faded Lilies
2.2/2
A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mistake, he loses his mind.
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The Faded Lilies
1909
A Corner in Wheat
6.2/108
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines an...
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A Corner in Wheat
1909
The Necklace
4/3
Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr. Kendrick goes into debt to repla...
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The Necklace
1909
The Renunciation
4.4/4
Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from...
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The Renunciation
1909
The Gibson Goddess
4.1/8
A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the st...
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The Gibson Goddess
1910
The Last Deal
0/0
Owen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James Kirkwood, his brother-in-law, shows up and cures him of h...
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The Last Deal
1909
Nursing a Viper
4.2/5
During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts...
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Nursing a Viper
1910
The Oath and the Man
4.5/2
A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the perfumer is a leader of the peasants. His priest ma...
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The Oath and the Man
1910
Faithful
4.5/4
Adonese is returning home from seeing the woman he is courting, and he is driving around a corner when his car accidentally brushes against the tramp...
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Faithful
1910
The Two Brothers
0/0
In Camarillo, principality of the Spanish dominion, there lived two brothers, Jose and Manuel. Born in a noble Spanish family and reared by a mother n...
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The Two Brothers
1910
Wilful Peggy
5/6
Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce h...
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Wilful Peggy
1909
The Light That Came
4.1/4
A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?
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The Light That Came
1909
The Redman's View
5.2/14
An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one youn...
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The Redman's View
1909
Through the Breakers
4.2/2
A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of h...
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Through the Breakers
1912
Playing Trumps
0/0
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Playing Trumps
1912
The Hater of Women
4/1
Bob Burton is a misogynist who spends time with other men who share his views, but Bob's friends play a role when he shows that he's not completely di...
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The Hater of Women
1912
Phantom Paradise
0/0
The melodrama where there's a mad inventor with a pretty daughter and where the rich hero buys the worthless invention, telling the girl and her fathe...
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Phantom Paradise
1921
The Man Worthwhile
0/0
Chorus girl Peggy Malone marries press agent Jimmy Parsons but faces hardship when her shiftless family moves in, causing Jimmy to fall ill and go Wes...
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The Man Worthwhile
1912
Planting Time
0/0
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Planting Time
1912
A Solax Celebration
0/0
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 breadwinni...
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A Solax Celebration
1912
Mignon
0/0
Noble born Mignon is stolen by a band of gypsies as a child. Her mother dies from grief and her father, unhinged by the double blow, gives up his ance...
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Mignon
1912
Lend Me Your Wife
0/0
The inimitable Billy Quirk needs a wife in order to inherit his vociferous western uncle's fortune. Billy borrows his friend's wife. After a volcanic...
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Lend Me Your Wife
1912
Hubby Does the Washing
0/0
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Hubby Does the Washing
1912
The Glory of Light
0/0
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The Glory of Light
1912
Father and the Boys
0/0
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Father and the Boys
1912
Between Two Fires
0/0
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Between Two Fires
1912
Treasures on the Wing
0/0
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Treasures on the Wing
1912
The Idol Worshipper
0/0
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The Idol Worshipper
1912
The Equine Spy
0/0
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The Equine Spy
1912
Auto Suggestion
0/0
Billy takes his friend Tom out for a drive in his new car. Tom asks Billy to wait while he makes a purchase. Along comes the beautiful Marian who assu...
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Auto Suggestion
1912
A Question of Hair
0/0
Cobbler’s daughter May has beautiful, long blond hair. Her fiancée Billy, her father's youthful apprentice, loves both May and her hair. But Billy has...
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A Question of Hair
1912
Billy's Insomnia
0/0
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Billy's Insomnia
1912
Billy, the Detective
0/0
Anxious to be a detective Billy buys a “how to” book and thinks he’s stumbled on a case when he finds the diary belonging to Dora Burns. Seeing an ent...
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Billy, the Detective
1912
Billy's Troublesome Grip
0/0
Billy Quirk starts out in the morning for his office. Billy has important papers in his valise (grip) and important matters on his mind. The trouble s...
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Billy's Troublesome Grip
1912
Billy's Shoes
0/0
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Billy's Shoes
1912
The Boarding House Heiress
0/0
Old Betsey Older lives in a boarding house in which money-loving Bud Doolittle and wise Tom Dear are also unfortunate boarders. Poor Betsey loses her...
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The Boarding House Heiress
1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
3.7/3
A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage...
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The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1910
The Newlyweds
5/1
A young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid (and two separate bands of misinformed revelers) has other id...
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The Newlyweds
1909
A Change of Heart
0/0
Howard Norris, a wealthy young man from the city makes the acquaintance of a lovely young daughter of a farmer. By promising marriage, he entices her...
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A Change of Heart
1921
At the Stage Door
0/0
As children, sisters Helen Mathews and Mary Mathews couldn't be more dissimilar--Helen is selfish, thoughtless and self-centered, while Mary is exactl...
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