Priscilla Bonner
Nacimiento : 1899-02-17, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Muerte : 1996-02-21
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Priscilla Bonner (February 17, 1899 – February 21, 1996) was an American silent film actress.
Bonner made her screen debut in 1920 in the film Homer Comes Home. She went on to co-star with Jack Pickford in The Man Who Had Everything (1920), Lon Chaney in Shadows (1922), Colleen Moore in April Showers (1923), and comedian Harry Langdon in The Strong Man (1926). In 1925 she starred in the controversial independent film The Red Kimono, produced and directed by Dorothy Davenport. In 1927 she was loaned to Paramount Pictures to co-star in the box office hit It, starring Clara Bow.
Bonner died in 1996 at the age of 97.
Herself
A documentary exploring the origins of the pioneers of women directors during the silent era.
Sally Casey
Golden-hearted chorus girl Sally Casey is in love with wealthy Chet Randall and the feeling is mutual. Randall's snobbish father staunchly opposes the romance. Sally saves the day -- and her impending marriage -- when she reveals that Randall Sr. is himself carrying on with nightclub hostess "Alabam" Kenyon.
Faith Cable
Pierre, the maitre d' at the swanky Ritz Hotel in Paris, discovers that he has a son from his former marriage, which was broken up by his wealthy wife's upper-class relatives. His son, now a young man and unaware that Pierre is is father, is in danger of becoming the victim of blackmailer Mae Morin. Pierre sets out to save him from the notorious Mae.
One of Gordon's Daughters
Michael Donovan, a heavy loser at a gambling casino, confronts its owner with evidence of cheating and finds himself accused of murder, on circumstantial evidence, of the owner's murder.
His bride
Cuando Harry recibe sus primeros pantalones largos, lo primero que hace es intentar impresionar a las chicas. Por desgracia, se enamora de la menos adecuada...
Molly
En el departamento de almacenes Waltham, la humilde dependienta Betty Lou se desmaya sobre Cyrus Waltham Junior, distinguido señorito, hijo del propietario. Betty tiene "ello" (atractivo sexual) en abundancia, pero conseguir llamar la atención de Cyrus no es una empresa sencilla. Finalmente, sus ardientes y pasionales miradas comienzan a hacer efecto. Por supuesto, desconociendo haber intervenido. ¿Pueden una mujer que ama los perritos calientes de Coney Island y un hombre que cena en el Ritz llegar a juntar sus caminos alguna vez?
Mary Brown
Acabada la I Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), un soldado belga emigra a Estados Unidos para trabajar en un espectáculo circense organizado por un antiguo enemigo, pero sobre todo para encontrar a una desconocida que le escribía cartas de amor cuando estaba en el frente.
Millie Stanley
Tres forajidos ayudarán a una joven cuya madre acaba de ser asesinada. Una banda de malhechores y un sheriff corrupto completan el bando de los auténticos y verdaderos hombres malos.
Sally
The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.
Gabrielle Darley
A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
Sally May Ferris
Drusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars. Someone leaves a baby on the porch. And someone else leaves another, and soon Drusilla, who always wanted a child of her, in now in charge of a large brood of children, and very happy about it. But there may be a problem; the real heir to the money shows up.
San Francisco Girl
Fernanda nace huérfana a la sombra de un árbol durante el terremoto de San Francisco y los Borel de España deciden adoptarla "sin haber merecido semejante castigo". En Barcelona, Fernanda crecerá como una mujer muy hermosa, vanidosa y fascinada con el agua, siendo entonces pretendida por don Diego a quien ella no da mayores esperanzas. Pero enamorado de ella, cuando la chica amenaza con irse de nuevo a San Francisco, don Diego decide seguirla… y está dispuesto a ofrecerle tantas bañeras como ninguna mujer ha tenido jamás.
A Desperate Adventure is a 1924 silent film western directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Franklyn Farnum.
Betty Towner
Young Herbert Thompson, wanting to attain wealth and social status, marries Ann Morton, who comes from a rich and prominent family, throwing over pretty young Angelina Kilboure, who really loves him. Years later Herbert has become the local District Attorney and has two children, Bert and Virginia. One night Bert, a patron at a seedy roadhouse, defends his sister's honor from a ruffian and winds up killing the man. Angelina persuades Herbert to leave his post as D.A. to defend his son in his murder trial. Herbert wins the case, but it turns out to have unexpected consequences.
Aggie
Mary
When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she's involved up to her neck in a plot involving stolen jewelry and a very agile monkey.
Shannon O'Rourke
This silent romantic melodrama is believed to be lost.
Rodney's Sweetheart
Pitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy
Nell - Rodney's Sweetheart
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923
Ruth Ketchell
The Purple Dawn is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film that was produced, written, and directed by Charles R. Seeling. Starring Bessie Love, Bert Sprotte, and William E. Aldrich. The film is presumed lost.
Schoolteacher
Former U.S. Army Capt. Bob Hampton joins a party of settlers and saves the life of a girl known as "The Kid" from a siege.
Sadie
Upon learning that notorious art thief Alf Wilson plans to steal his valuable paintings, idle millionaire Travers Gladwyn decides to amuse himself by guarding his own home. After bribing Policeman Phelan, Officer 666, with a $500 bill, Travers dons the officer's uniform and identity. When Wilson appears at his mansion, Travers questions him and discovers that Wilson is posing as Travers, claiming that he is packing up his paintings for safe keeping. ...
Prue Winn
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse. In response to his heartlessness, the beggar curses him, saying, "May you always have everything that you want."
Ellen
Ort Hutchins is a confirmed loafer who spends all of his time fishing while his wife toils over the washtub. One day, while digging for worms, Hutch uncovers a box containing $100,000 in bills, the loot of a bank robbed in the next town. Realizing that he cannot spend the money without arousing suspicion, Hutch resigns himself to taking a job for cover. ...
Rachel Prouty
Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kort and Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces Homer as a crook.
