person

Wilfred Lucas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1871-01-29

Place of Birth

Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

Wilfred Lucas

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wilfred Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian-born American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter. Wilfred Lucas made his Broadway debut in 1904, playing in both the The Blue Grass Handicap and The Superstition of Sue. Following his 1906 role in the highly successful play The Chorus Lady, he was recruited to the fledgling Biograph Studios by D. W. Griffith. At the time, the film business was still looked down upon by many members of the theatrical community. In her 1925 book titled When the Movies Were Young, Griffith's wife, actress Linda Arvidson, told the story of the early days at Biograph Studios. In it, she referred to Lucas as the "first real grand actor, democratic enough to work in Biograph movies." In 1908 Lucas made his motion picture debut in Griffith's The Greaser's Gauntlet, appearing in more than 50 of these short (usually 17 minutes) films over the next two years. In 1910 while still acting, he wrote the script for Griffith's film Sunshine Sue, which was followed by many more scripts by 1924. Lucas also began directing in 1912 with Griffith on An Outcast Among Outcasts, and directed another 44 films over the next 20 years. In early 1916 he starred as John Carter in Acquitted, about which Photoplay wrote, "No single performance in the records of active photography has surpassed his visualization of the humble book-keeper in Acquitted." Later in 1916 he appeared in D.W. Griffith's film Intolerance. Part of the group of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, Lucas became friends and sometimes starred with Mary Pickford, Sam De Grasse, and Marie Dressler. Canadian-born director Mack Sennett hired him to both direct and act in a large number of films at his Keystone Studios. Lucas made the successful transition from silent film to sound. While working in Hollywood, in 1926 he returned to the stage, performing in several Broadway plays. He later appeared as a foil for Laurel and Hardy in their feature films Pardon Us and A Chump at Oxford. During his long career, Wilfred Lucas appeared in more than 375 films. Although for a time he was cast in leading roles, he became very successful as secondary and minor characters, making a good living in the film industry for more than three decades.

Also Known For

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One Night of Love

Jul 16, 1934

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82

Modern Times

Feb 05, 1936

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NA

Love Your Neighbor

Oct 12, 1930

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NA

Homicide Squad

Aug 01, 1931

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NA

Stormy

Oct 21, 1935

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NA

The Hushed Hour

May 18, 1919

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NA

A Broadway Butterfly

Mar 29, 1925

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65

Brother Orchid

Jun 07, 1940

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68

A Chump at Oxford

Jan 25, 1940

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NA

Heroes of the Street

Dec 24, 1922

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NA

Paid Back

Aug 28, 1922

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NA

The Long Road

Oct 26, 1911

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NA

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

Mar 25, 1912

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40

A Temporary Truce

Jun 10, 1912

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NA

The Fighting Sap

Jun 30, 1924

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NA

Lightning Romance

Nov 15, 1924

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NA

The Super Snooper

Feb 25, 1937

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NA

North of Nevada

Feb 24, 1924

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42

Convicted

Nov 01, 1931

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NA

Soldiers of Fortune

Nov 22, 1919

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NA

The Bad Lands

Jul 15, 1925

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57

The Dragon Murder Case

Aug 25, 1934

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NA

The Unwritten Law

Nov 26, 1932

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NA

Love Time

Nov 03, 1934

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67

Midnight Mary

Jun 30, 1933

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NA

Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”

Jun 09, 1932

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53

Brute Force

Apr 24, 1914

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72

The Dark Horse

Jun 16, 1932

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NA

Freshman Year

Sep 02, 1938

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45

The Return of Chandu

Oct 01, 1934

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71

The Mayor of Hell

Jun 24, 1933

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45

The House on 56th Street

Dec 23, 1933

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45

Angkor

Jan 01, 1935

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10

What Every Woman Wants

Feb 23, 1919

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41

Idol of the Crowds

Sep 30, 1937

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68

Frisco Kid

Nov 30, 1935

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63

The Girl and Her Trust

Mar 28, 1912

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72

The Sea Wolf

Mar 21, 1941

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NA

Racing for Life

Aug 08, 1924

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46

Cross-Examination

Feb 13, 1932

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20

The Galloping Ghost

Sep 01, 1931

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41

His Trust

Jan 16, 1911

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53

Big City Blues

Sep 18, 1932

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62

Varsity Show

Sep 04, 1937

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48

Chandu on the Magic Island

Jan 01, 1935

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55

Enoch Arden: Part I

Jun 12, 1911

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55

Enoch Arden: Part II

Jun 15, 1911

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40

When a Man Loves

Jan 05, 1911

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43

The Transformation of Mike

Feb 01, 1912

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59

The Massacre

Dec 19, 1912

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40

Winning Back His Love

Dec 25, 1910

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NA

The Moth

Jan 14, 1934

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70

Love on a Bet

Mar 06, 1936

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37

His Trust Fulfilled

Jan 18, 1911

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59

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Jul 22, 1933

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50

The Kentucky Derby

Dec 04, 1922

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NA

Sister to Judas

Dec 25, 1932

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52

The Three Musketeers

Apr 07, 1933

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59

Criminal Lawyer

Jan 29, 1937

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NA

The Lily and the Rose

Nov 06, 1915

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31

Cock o' the Walk

Apr 13, 1930

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NA

The Age for Love

Oct 17, 1931

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NA

A Terrible Discovery

Dec 21, 1911

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68

The Devil-Doll

Jul 10, 1936

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50

The Baroness and the Butler

Feb 18, 1938

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NA

As No Man Has Loved

Feb 11, 1925

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43

Phantom Thunderbolt

Mar 04, 1933

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80

House of Mystery

Dec 16, 1931

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NA

Macbeth

Jun 04, 1916

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NA

The Spanish Jade

Apr 11, 1915

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70

Red Noses

Mar 18, 1932

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46

Swords and Hearts

Aug 27, 1911

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NA

The Greatest Menace

May 19, 1923

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49

The Taming of the Shrew

Nov 10, 1908

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46

Man's Genesis

Jul 10, 1912

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NA

Daughters of Pleasure

Jun 15, 1924

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40

The Intruder

Mar 13, 1933

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NA

Jim Bludso

Feb 04, 1917

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57

Riders of the Purple Sage

Mar 15, 1925

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52

Careless Lady

Apr 02, 1932

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55

Air Fright

Dec 23, 1933

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68

We Who Are About to Die

Jan 08, 1937

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65

A Man to Remember

Oct 14, 1938

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50

Brother Rat

Oct 29, 1938

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37

Night Spot

Feb 25, 1938

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46

Zenobia

Apr 21, 1939

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66

Kind Lady

Dec 06, 1935

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61

Beloved Enemy

Dec 25, 1936

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72

The White Angel

Jun 25, 1936

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40

The Primal Call

Jun 21, 1911

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50

You Said a Mouthful

Dec 08, 1932

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60

Almost a Gentleman

Mar 31, 1939

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69

Dodge City

Apr 08, 1939

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52

Navy Blue and Gold

Nov 19, 1937

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68

Women in the Wind

Apr 15, 1939

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67

Each Dawn I Die

Aug 19, 1939

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78

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Oct 19, 1939

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50

The Daredevil Drivers

Feb 12, 1938

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53

Four Wives

Dec 22, 1939

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60

Raffles

Nov 11, 1939

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57

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Dec 13, 1939

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40

Looser Than Loose

Nov 15, 1930

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80

The Marshal Of Mesa City

Nov 03, 1939

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56

The Preview Murder Mystery

Feb 28, 1936

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50

The Day the Bookies Wept

Sep 13, 1939

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60

She Loved a Fireman

Dec 18, 1937

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70

Women in Hiding

Jun 22, 1940

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47

Under Burning Skies

Feb 21, 1912

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45

Men Call It Love

Mar 14, 1931

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50

Strange People

Jun 16, 1933

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50

The Valley of Hate

Jun 20, 1924

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55

Missing Witnesses

Dec 11, 1937

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60

The Secrets of Wu Sin

Dec 15, 1932

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60

The Country Doctor

Mar 12, 1936

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60

Blazing Sixes

Jun 12, 1937

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62

Varsity Show

Sep 04, 1937

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NA

Gentleman Burglar

Feb 16, 1914

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NA

A Sailor’s Heart

Nov 25, 1912

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NA

Empty Holsters

Jul 10, 1937

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60

Those Who Dance

Apr 18, 1930

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NA

Rip Roaring Riley

Oct 23, 1935

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70

Show Them No Mercy!

Dec 06, 1935

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55

The Fighting 69th

Jan 27, 1940

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54

High Tension

Jul 10, 1936

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30

The Girl and the Outlaw

Sep 08, 1908

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54

Legion of the Lawless

Jan 05, 1940

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68

Edison, the Man

May 10, 1940

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43

A Strange Meeting

Aug 02, 1909

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40

The Devil Horse

Nov 01, 1932

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60

Mile a Minute Love

Apr 05, 1937

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47

I Cover the Waterfront

May 19, 1933

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57

Santa Fe Trail

Dec 20, 1940

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61

Virginia City

Mar 23, 1940

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60

Triple Justice

Sep 22, 1940

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30

Prairie Thunder

Sep 10, 1937

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59

Flesh and Blood

Aug 22, 1922

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50

Billy's Stratagem

Feb 12, 1912

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71

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Sep 04, 1916

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57

The Rose of Kentucky

Aug 24, 1911

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55

The Arizona Kid

Mar 23, 1930

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NA

The Arizonian

Jun 27, 1935

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44

California Mail

Nov 14, 1936

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70

Land Beyond the Law

Mar 13, 1937

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60

Talent Scout

Jul 24, 1937

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74

Waterloo Bridge

May 17, 1940

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15

The Honor of Thieves

Jan 11, 1909

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NA

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

Dec 14, 1968

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61

A Dispatch from Reuters

Oct 19, 1940

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69

They Drive by Night

Jul 26, 1940

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41

Women Without Names

Mar 14, 1940

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NA

A Woman of Pleasure

Nov 09, 1919

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NA

The Beautiful Liar

Dec 26, 1921

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50

Heart Beats of Long Ago

Feb 06, 1911

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40

His Daughter

Feb 23, 1911

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45

Graft

Sep 21, 1931

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50

Over the Wall

Apr 02, 1938

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NA

The Tabasco Kid

Jan 30, 1932

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43

Midnight Blunders

Dec 13, 1936

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NA

Souls Triumphant

May 19, 1917

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NA

Hands Up!

Apr 28, 1917

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NA

A Love Sublime

Mar 11, 1917

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61

Through the Back Door

May 05, 1921

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43

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

May 24, 1924

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78

Free Wheeling

Sep 30, 1932

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67

Shrimps for a Day

Dec 07, 1934

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60

Chatterbox

Jan 17, 1936

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NA

Cyclone Cavalier

Sep 28, 1925

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63

The Making of a Man

Oct 04, 1911

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NA

Her Sacrifice

Sep 26, 1926

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NA

The Wood Nymph

Jan 23, 1916

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60

Enoch Arden: Part I

Jun 15, 1911

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67

What Price Hollywood?

Jun 24, 1932

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NA

A Pueblo Legend

Aug 29, 1912

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NA

Home Folks

Jun 06, 1912

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NA

Just Like a Woman

Apr 18, 1912

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NA

Fate's Interception

Apr 08, 1912

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47

Breakdowns of 1938

Dec 31, 1938

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56

The Man from Kangaroo

Jan 24, 1920

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60

The Westland Case

Oct 30, 1937

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60

Human Cargo

May 15, 1936

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NA

Fisher Folks

Feb 16, 1911

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48

Tear Gas Squad

May 04, 1940

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67

The Sorrows of Satan

Oct 12, 1926

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NA

Young Donovan's Kid

Jun 06, 1931

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NA

Burnt Fingers

Feb 20, 1927

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45

Rich Man's Folly

Nov 14, 1931

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NA

Jazzmania

Feb 12, 1923

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38

The Phantom

Nov 01, 1931

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58

Stranded

Jun 29, 1935

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10

Hello Sister

Feb 07, 1930

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64

Pardon Us

Aug 15, 1931

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60

The Lonedale Operator

Mar 23, 1911

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10

The Greaser's Gauntlet

Aug 11, 1908

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50

Hot Water

Sep 24, 1937

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NA

Down on the Farm

Oct 11, 1938

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NA

Safety in Numbers

May 30, 1938

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63

The Declaration of Independence

Nov 26, 1938

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57

The Man Without a Country

Nov 27, 1937

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NA

The Co-respondent

Oct 06, 1917

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NA

The Two Paths

Jan 02, 1911

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NA

The Diamond Star

Feb 20, 1911

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NA

Sins of Ambition

Sep 19, 1917

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NA

A Woman Scorned

Nov 30, 1911

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40

The Failure

Dec 07, 1911

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NA

Love in the Hills

Oct 30, 1911

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NA

The Fighting Breed

Sep 01, 1921

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30

Stranger in Town

Aug 06, 1931

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NA

The Girl of the Golden West

May 03, 1923

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51

Millie

Feb 06, 1931

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65

Marked Woman

Apr 10, 1937

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65

Black Legion

Jan 30, 1937

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50

Valley of Hate

Jun 20, 1924

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NA

Trilby

Jul 29, 1923

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63

Give Me Liberty

Dec 19, 1936

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63

One a Minute

Jun 19, 1921

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54

Naughty Marietta

Mar 29, 1935

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NA

Racetrack

Feb 25, 1933

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70

Apples to You!

Apr 07, 1934

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NA

The Microscope Mystery

Nov 19, 1916

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56

Call Her Savage

Nov 24, 1932

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NA

Hell-to-Pay Austin

Aug 20, 1916

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NA

Acquitted

Feb 06, 1916

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52

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

Sep 06, 1909

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67

The Devil's Brother

May 05, 1933

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44

The Renunciation

Jul 19, 1909

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NA

A Tender-Hearted Crook

Oct 02, 1913

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NA

When Kings Were the Law

May 20, 1912

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40

The Rocky Road

Jan 03, 1910

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66

Four Daughters

Aug 09, 1938

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60

The Big Cage

May 01, 1933

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55

What Shall We Do with Our Old?

Feb 13, 1911

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67

Dishonored

Apr 04, 1931

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NA

Pure Gold and Dross

Apr 13, 1913

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NA

Across the Dead-Line

Jan 09, 1922

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60

Cleopatra

Oct 05, 1934

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NA

The Midnight Patrol

Apr 10, 1932

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60

The Miser's Heart

Nov 20, 1911

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NA

Lucky Larrigan

Dec 01, 1932

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46

The Sphinx

Jun 01, 1933

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46

Big Ears

Aug 28, 1931

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71

Les Misérables

Apr 20, 1935

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NA

The Widow and the Widower

Feb 13, 1913

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72

Vagabond Lady

May 03, 1935

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NA

The Judgment House

Nov 19, 1917

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NA

How Baxter Butted In

Jul 25, 1925

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56

Madam Satan

Sep 20, 1930

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40

The Price She Paid

Sep 15, 1924

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68

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Feb 28, 1936

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30

The Girls and Daddy

Feb 01, 1909

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70

Advice to the Lovelorn

Dec 01, 1933

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NA

Passion's Pathway

Aug 01, 1924

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48

Devil and the Deep

Aug 12, 1932

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63

Upperworld

Apr 28, 1934

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60

Lawyer Man

Dec 24, 1932

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NA

The Breaking Point

Feb 14, 1921

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NA

The Mask of Lopez

Jan 27, 1924

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NA

A Wild Girl of the Sierras

Jun 25, 1916

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NA

The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted

Sep 08, 1925

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NA

The Westerners

Aug 03, 1919

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NA

The Fatal Mistake

Sep 01, 1924

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NA

Can a Woman Love Twice?

Mar 04, 1923