Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

Nacimiento : 1887-07-01, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Muerte : 1948-11-25

Historia

Charles D. Brown was an American stage and screen actor. His Broadway career spanned the years 1911 through 1937, while his film career, that included more than 100 movies, stretched from 1921 to his death in 1948. Brown additionally, in 1914, wrote and directed one short film, The Bank Burglar's Fate.

Perfil

Charles D. Brown

Películas

Ven tras de mí
Police Insp. Mulvaney
El teniente de policía Harry Grant persigue implacablemente a un asesino en serie, conocido como "El Juez", que desde hace meses tiene aterrorizada a la ciudad. Sin embargo, todas las pistas le conducen a un callejón sin salida. El caso se complicará todavía más cuando una reportera decida también seguir los pasos del criminal.
In This Corner
Victor 'Doc' Fuller
A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Inspector Stevens
Un bailarín es sospechoso de asesinato tras hallarse sus pisadas en la escena del crimen. Su esposa sigue el rastro del verdadero asesino
Let's Live Again
Psychiatrist
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.
Una encuesta llamada milagro
Mr. Sadd
Oliver H. Pease (Burgess Meredith) sueña con ser un gran periodista, pero tiene que conformarse con ser el redactor de la sección de mascotas perdidas de un periódico. Su mujer (Paulette Godard) le propone que se convierta por un día en El Reportero Errante con el fin de conseguir interesantes historias que le permitan alcanzar el éxito que tanto anhela. Por capricho del productor, el episodio que protagoniza Charles Laughton, fue sustituido por otro interpretado por Dorothy Lamour; el filme se tituló desde entonces "On our merry way" (Por nuestro alegre camino).
Al volver a la vida
Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)
Después de catorce años en prisión, Frankie abandona la prisión para reencontrarse con su hermano Dave para reclamar su parte del club acordado 14 años atras
El senador fue indiscreto
Dinty
Un senador local, que nunca ha salido de su terruño y no molesta demasiado a su partido, a pesar de ser más bien chapucero y lleno de extrañas y estrambóticas ideas socio-políticas, decide, con ayuda de su joven y ambicioso agente de prensa, dar a entender públicamente que "querer, querer, no quiere la Presidencia del País, pero que si el Pueblo se lo pide....". Esto causa estupor en su partido pues sería un desastre que se presente, pero todo se complica cuando se sabe que durante muchos años ha ido escribiendo un diario, donde aparecen escritas cosas que más valiera no salieran a la luz.
Merton of the Movies
Jeff Baird
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
Railroaded!
Police Captain MacTaggart
Duke Martin es un gánster que planea atracar, con la ayuda de su amante, la peluquería donde ella trabaja. El local no es más que la tapadera de una casa ilegal de apuestas. Durante el atraco, algo sale mal y un policía es asesinado. Duke se las ingenia para que la policía sospeche de Steve Ryan. Será la hermana de Steve quien decida investigar por su cuenta para desenmascarar al verdadero culpable.
Undercover Maisie
Captain Mead
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
Una mujer destruida
Mike Dawson
Despues de casarse con Ken Conway, un cantante casi desconocido, Angie Evans, una famosa cantante de cabaret, hace uso de todas sus influencias para que su marido triunfe. Tras conseguir la fama, se trasladan al campo y tienen una hija, pero ella se siente muy sola y empieza a beber, y cuanto más famoso se hace su marido más se hunde en la bebida
Wake Up and Dream
Lt. Commander
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
Forajidos
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Una vez terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Swede Lunn, un soldado veterano y boxeador en declive, encuentra dificultades para reincorporarse a la vida civil. Un día conoce a la novia de un gángster, la irresistible y misteriosa Kitty Collins.
El sueño eterno
Norris the Butler
El detective Philip Marlowe investiga qué ha ocurrido con un cadáver que ha sido rescatado en el muelle Lido. La familia que le ha contratado para resolver el caso tiene una hija muy atractiva de la que Marlowe se enamora sin remisión.
Encadenados
Judge (uncredited)
Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), el padre de Alicia Huberman, un espía nazi, es condenado por traición contra los Estados Unidos. Después del juicio, Alicia da una fiesta en la que aparece un apuesto desconocido llamado Devlin. Se trata de un agente de los servicios de Inteligencia que reclama su colaboración para atrapar a Alexander Sebastian, el cerebro de los nazis en Brasil. Al principio se muestra reacia, pero finalmente accede, sobre todo, porque se ha enamorado del atractivo agente americano. Una vez en Brasil, Alicia se gana la simpatía de Sebastian y se va a vivir a su casa. Pero su implicación en el asunto acaba poniendo en peligro su vida.
El extraño amor de Martha Ivers
McCarthy
Tres amigos de la infancia, Martha, Walter y Sam, comparten un terrible secreto. Ya adultos, la ambiciosa Martha y el pusilánime Walter se casan. Ella es una fría mujer de negocios; él es el fiscal del distrito: una combinación perfecta para dominar la corrupta ciudad de Iverstown según su voluntad. Pero el inesperado regreso de Sam, después de años de ausencia, perturba profundamente la vida de la extraña pareja.
The Searching Wind
Carter
With a screenplay adapted by Lillian Hellman from her own play, director William Dieterle's 1946 drama stars Robert Young as a U.S. ambassador in Europe in the years before WW2.
The Last Crooked Mile
Dietrich, Bank President
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Danger Woman
Inspector Pepper
A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
In Fast Company
Father Donovan
The Bowery Boys come to the rescue when a corrupt taxi company puts the squeeze on several independent drivers.
The Man Who Dared
D. A. Darrell Tyson
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry.
El canalla redimido
Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
Después de servir en el ejército durante la I Guerra Mundial, el reportero Terry O'Neill vuelve a casa. Descubre que es más difícil encontrar empleo de lo que había pensado.
Night Editor
Crane Stewart
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
Just Before Dawn
Insp. Burns
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken from a bottle in the patient's pocket. The man dies and Ordway discovers that what he thought was insulin was really poison. Oops! Two other people are murdered before Ordway discovers who replaced the insulin with poison and what the motive was
Mañana es vivir
Immigration Officer
Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Elizabeth y John llevan un año casados cuando él decide alistarse voluntario para ir al frente. Al acabar la guerra, Elizabeth recibe la noticia de que su esposo ha fallecido en combate. Sin embargo, John no está muerto. Mutilado y desfigurado, se encuentra en un hospital austriaco donde el doctor Ludwig decide realizarle operaciones, entre ellas, una cirugía estética. A pesar de los consejos del médico para que John regrese a su hogar y con su esposa, éste considera que su vida está acabada y decide seguir constando como fallecido. Con el tiempo Elizabeth se casa. Pero el destino hace que John regrese a los EEUU después de 20 años.
Sunbonnet Sue
Father Hurley
Set in New York's Lower East Side during the Gay '90s, this lively low-budget musical follows the exploits of a feisty and talented saloon owner's daughter who loves nothing more than to perform in her father's tavern. Her late-night shenanigans appall her wealthy and socially conscious aunt who launches a secret campaign to shut down the bar and force her niece to reside in her palatial home.
Apology for Murder
Ward McGee
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.
Eve Knew Her Apples
Joe Gordon
Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she finds them there hunting her down, she manages to escape them by hiding in the car of a newspaper reporter. She comes out of hiding while he is driving, but everything she says is misconstrued, making him believe that she is a recently-escaped convict, "The Singing Widow". He plans to use this as a story to get back into the good graces of his editor. Through some comic mishaps, he learns who she really is. He then decides to take her back to Hollywood to collect the reward for her return. But now love has entered the mix, and must be resolved with his job and her engagement to another.
Having Wonderful Crime
Mr. Winslow
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
Secret Command
James Thane
Secret Command features Pat O'Brien as a onetime foreign correspondent in the wartime employ of the FBI. Under an assumed name, O'BRIEN goes to work at a shipyard, intending to keep both eyes open for potential saboteurs. To maintain the cover, O'BRIEN is given a "wife" (Carole Landis) and two children. When O'BRIEN's brother Chester Morris shows up, he can't comprehend the charade and nearly spills the beans to the Nazi spies O'BRIEN hopes to trap. Based on the short story The Saboteurs by John and Ward Hawkins, Secret Command offers a graying but still feisty Pat O'Brien doing what he does best.
Jam Session
Raymond Stuart
A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.
Batallón de construcción
Capt. Squires (uncredited)
Durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), el capitán Yarrow y el jefe de construcción Donovan consiguen un permiso para levantar una base de armamento que les permita enfrentarse con cierta ventaja contra los japoneses. Cuando llega el momento de luchar, ambos lo harán con gran valentía y audacia.
The Racket Man
Editor Clark
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and to have resumed his old life of crime.
Minesweeper
Commander Lane
Un oficial de la marina que había desertado se alista de nuevo cuando estalla la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Asignado a la unidad de dragaminas, ha de llevar a cabo peligrosas misiones, al tiempo que debe ocultar su identidad verdadera.
Swing Shift Maisie
Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Destructor
Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
El auténtico protagonista de esta película es el destructor bélico norteamericano John Paul Jones, barco que sirvió en la I Guerra Mundial. La película repasa cada etapa de su vida y para ello se sirve de varios miembros de su tripulación. Uno de ellos es Steve, que ayudó a construirlo y ha aprovechado la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) para volver a filas; el otro es el capitán del destructor.
La chica y el vaquero
Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Una chica de ciudad conoce un guapo cowboy de rodeo en una visita turística a la ciudad en autobús. Con él olvidará a sus pretendientes
Bombardero
Officer at Briefing
El Mayor Chick Davis demuestra ante el ejército de los EEUU la superioridad de los bombarderos de precisión a gran altitud y lo destinan a enseñar sus conocimientos en una escuela para bombarderos. Al estallar la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los métodos utilizados por el Mayor Davis y sus alumnos serán ratificados durante un ataque en Tokio.
Sweater Girl
Police Lt. McGill
College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.
Fingers at the Window
Police Inspector Gallagher
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Roxie Hart
Charles E. Murdock
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.
Glamour Boy
Martin Carmichael
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.
Devil Pays Off
Capt. Jonathan Hunt
Chris Waring es un investigador del gobierno que trata de reunir las pruebas necesarias para condenar a un magnate naviero.
International Lady
Tetlow
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.
La ciudad que nunca duerme
Johnson
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
Ride, Kelly, Ride
Bob Martin
Jockey (Stephens) struggles against gamblers with the help of stable trainer (Pallette) and horse onwer's daughter (Quigley).
Tall, Dark and Handsome
District Attorney
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
Maisie Was a Lady
'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)
Maisie es contratada como criada de una familia de ricos excéntricos.
Camino de Santa Fe
Major Sumner
Como castigo por una pelea con sus compañeros días antes de graduarse en West Point, Jeb Stuart, George Armstrong Custer y cuatro amigos más, son destinados al Segundo de Caballería, estacionado en Fort Leavenworth. Durante su estancia allí, deberán participar en la captura y ejecución del abolicionista, John Brown, tras la Batalla de Harper Ferry.
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Doc Elliott
Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the widowed mother, Julie Harper, of her boyfriend Chris Harper. Doc has been a real friend and father to Chris, who, under his guidance, has learned to take care of all the sick animals in town, but lack of money keeps the widow from sending Chris on to finish high school and medical training is out of the question. Wealthy Grandpa Harper sends his attorney Baker to tell Mrs. Harper that all of Jimmy's dreams could be realized if the widow, whom the grandfather dislikes, would give up custody of her son. The lawyer also begins to court Julie and this throws a kink in Betty's plans to see her father and the widow get married. Written by Les Adams
The Leather Pushers
J.R. Stevens
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
Fruto dorado
U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Dos amigos que pretenden hacerse ricos con el negocio del petróleo en los campos de Oklahoma, comienzan a tener problemas cuando se enamoran de la misma mujer.
Buyer Beware
Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
Pier 13
Police Captain Blake
A policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront smuggling racket.
Sailor's Lady
Capt. Roscoe
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is accidentally left on board a visiting battleship.
El hermano orquídea
Brother Wren
El gángster Little John Sarto viaja por Europa en busca de estilo, sin embargo nunca podrá poseer ese toque que anhela. Cuando regresa a América sin un dólar encuentra a su banda liderada por Jack Buck y a su novia convertida en una nueva rica.
Florian
New York Police Lt.
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Johnny Apollo
Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)
Un corredor de bolsa de Wall Street es encarcelado por desfalco. Su hijo, recién licenciado en la universidad, intenta conseguir trabajo para pagar la fianza. Sin embargo, debido a la reputación de su padre, es rechazado en todas partes. Dadas las circunstancias, acaba entrando en una banda mafiosa y llega a ser la mano derecha de un poderoso gángster.
Forgotten Girls
Editor Linton
A disillusioned factory worker is charged with the attempted murder of her mother's lover.
Las uvas de la ira
Wilkie
Tom Joad regresa a su hogar tras cumplir condena en prisión, pero la ilusión de volver a ver a los suyos se transforma en frustración al ver cómo los expulsan de sus tierras. Para escapar al hambre y a la pobreza, la familia no tiene más remedio que emprender un larguísimo viaje lleno de penalidades con la esperanza de encontrar una oportunidad en California, la tierra prometida.
Esta mujer es mía
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Durante un viaje en barco, Georgi Gragore, una bella modelo que acaba de sufrir un desengaño amoroso, está a punto de arrojarse por la borda, pero se lo impide Karl Decker, un médico con el que acaba casándose. A pesar de ello, Georgi sigue obsesionada por el hombre que la llevó a tomar tan fatal determinación; perfectamente consciente de ello, su marido le propone que decida libremente si quiere seguir con él o si prefiere volver al pasado.
Know Your Money
George D. Waldron
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counterfeiting.
Wolf of New York
Nolan
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
He Married His Wife
Detective
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
City of Chance
District Attorney
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
Kid Nightingale
Charles Paxton
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
Little Accident
Jeff Collins
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
Smashing the Money Ring
Parker
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Los hijos de la farándula
Larry Randall (uncredited)
Dos jóvenes se proponen triunfar en el mundo del espectáculo: son Mickey Moran (Mickey Rooney), talentoso músico y cantante, hijo de un artista veterano, y Patsi Barton (Judy Garland), una joven cantante
Charlie Chan in Reno
Police Chief King
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Tell No Tales
Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)
Michael Cassidy es el editor de un pequeño periódico que está a punto de ser cerrado. El nuevo propietario, Matthew Cooper, dueño de otro periódico de la ciudad, sólo lo ha comprado para deshacerse de la competencia
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Capt. Thomas Castle
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
Inside Story
J.B. Douglas
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..
The Ice Follies of 1939
Barney
Una patinadora sobre hielo pone en peligro su matrimonio cuando se convierte en una estrella de cine. Primera aparición en color de Joan Crawford.
Disbarred
Jackson
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to be without an income,is impressed by the way Joan Carroll handled a small-town murder, poses as a real estate agent and offers to get her into a law firm of a friend of his. Placed in the office of Roberts, running a front for Cradon, Joan is taught every trick of the trade. With her cases all prepared for her, she goes from one courtroom victory to another, soon becoming the darling of the underworld and the despair of all law-enforcing authorities.
El duque de West Point
Ann's Father
Un arrogante estudiante de Cambridge emigra a Estados Unidos y se enrola en West Point.
Up the River
Warden Harris
A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently a wacky spoof of the crime movies that were so popular in the 1930s. It seems to be completely forgotten today, except by major film buffs.
Exposed
Steve Conway
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
Flight to Fame
Major Loy
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
El gong de la victoria
Bill Thorne
Un joven boxeador se ve atrapado entre un mafioso y un mal padre cuando empieza a salir con la hija del jefe, aunque ella no sabe cómo su padre se gana la vida.
Barefoot Boy
Calvin Whittaker
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
Think It Over
Fire Inspector Wilson
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
El ángel negro
McGonigle
Durante la I Guerra Mundial, Bill Pettigrew, un joven soldado texano, es enviado a Nueva York para recibir entrenamiento básico. Allí conocerá a la actriz Daisy Heath, cuando ella casi le atropella. Daisy acepta hacerse pasar por la novia de Bill, pero al final el romance comenzará.
Speed to Burn
Pop Williams
Horse racing provides the framework of this crime drama that centers on an orphan who has been raising a promising horse.
Island in the Sky
Inspector Whitehead
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.
Argel
Max
Después de un importante robo de joyas, Pepe le Moko, un hábil ladrón francés, se oculta en las callejuelas de la kashbah argelina huyendo de la policía. El policía Slimane espera pacientemente el momento en el que Pepe caiga en la tentación de abandonar su refugio para poder arrestarlo. Mientras tanto, el tiempo pasa y en el distrito argelino Pepe se enamora de una bella y turbadora joven.
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Click Donovan
Sir Peter Calverton lleva a su nieto Roger y a su mejor caballo a Estados Unidos, con la intención de que compita en algunas carreras. Una vez allí, intentarán convencer al jockey Timmie Donovan de que corra para ellos. Timmie vive en una pensión para jockeys, regentada por Mother Ralph, junto a otros jockeys y Cricket West, una muchacha que pretende ser artista.
Gold Diggers of 1937
Hugo (as Chas. D. Brown)
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
The False Madonna
Peter Angel
A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.
Touchdown!
Harrigan
Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
The Road to Reno
Jim
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
The Secret Call
Bob Barnes
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.
The Dance of Life
Lefty Miller
Skid, un animador de burlesque, y Bonny, una bailarina especializada, se conocen, se enamoran y se casan. Como equipo de baile y comedia, actúan en el circuito hasta que Skid recibe una oferta de un cazatalentos de Broadway. Bonny permanece "en la carretera" mientras Skid, una sensación en Nueva York, reanuda una aventura con Sylvia Marco, una vieja novia en el mismo programa. Consciente de que Skid le es infiel, Bonny decide divorciarse de él y casarse con el acaudalado ranchero Harvey Howell. Incapaz de continuar sin Bonny, Skid comienza a beber mucho y pierde su trabajo. Bonny regresa y ayuda a Skid a realizar la primera actuación de su nuevo trabajo.
The Way of a Maid
Gordon Witherspoon
A silent film comedy.