Edwin B. Tilton

Nacimiento : 1859-09-15, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Muerte : 1926-01-16

Películas

Taming the West
John P. Carleton (as Edwin Booth Tilton)
John Carleton is living a carefree jazz lifestyle, much to the annoyance of his father. When he can take it no longer, Carleton senior sends John to his ranch in the West, hoping that the experience will make a man of him. John's ability to ride a bucking bronco wins the friendship of the cowhands, but trouble's a-brewin' when he falls in love with Beryl King.
Racing for Life
David Danton
Jack Grant agrees to drive in the big race in order to save his brother Carl from being charged with embezzlement.
The Midnight Express
James Travers (as Edwin Booth Tilton)
Wastrel son of a railroad magnate, Jack's father becomes frustrated with his son's wild ways. To prove himself, Jack goes to work in the railroad yard as a laborer. An escaped convict, Silent Bill Brachley, steals Jack's car, and the chase leads to a meeting between Jack, the engineer of the Midnight Express, and the engineer's pretty daughter, Mary. As he is led back to jail, Brachley swears revenge.
Thundergate
James Sanderson (as Edwin Booth Tilton)
Robert Wells is an American born in China who, unbeknownst to him, has an Oriental half-brother. Wells' uncle sends him to help Ray Williams build bridges in China. Williams is in league with Chinese reactionaries and he discredits Wells by turning him into a drug addict. Wells eventually becomes an outcast and is in a stupor when he is found by his half-brother, Kong Sue, the son of the Lord of Thundergate, a powerful Mandarin reactionary.
Hungry Hearts
Judge
A family of Russian Jews living in New York struggles to survive, while the mother strives to better their lives, but she finds that most of her efforts costs more then they are worth.
The Primal Law
Peter Webb
silent cowboy western starring Dustin Farnum as a rancher whose partner is killed by rustlers. He takes in his partner's young son, and begins to sell his ranch, but the boy finds oil on the land.
While the Devil Laughs
Mr. Foreman (as Edwin Booth Tilton)
Mary Franklin has a drunken father, an invalid mother, and a kid brother and sister to support. To make ends meet she is works as a hostess in a sleazy cafe, where she steals jewelry from her dancing partners.
Two Moons
Strayhorn
A fight breaks out between the cattle ranchers and the upstart sheep men, whose fences were seen as a threat to the freedom of the West.
Buenos amigos
Dr. Stone (as Edwin Booth Tilton)
En un viejo pueblo americano, conviven el vago del pueblo, al que todos llaman Bim, y un niño huérfano y vagabundo, estableciéndose entre ellos una relación paternofilial. Bim está enamorado de una joven cuya vida en sociedad nada tiene que ver con el vagabundeo, y un día decide ayudarla con una cantidad de dinero desaparecida, algo que acarreará graves consecuencias.
Sunset Sprague
Calico Barnes
When Sunset Sprague saves Calico Barnes from a bandit, the two men become friends. Barnes is heading out to protect his niece, Rose Loring, whose father was murdered right after his mine struck gold. Sprague goes to help and finds himself up against the villainous Mace Dennison.
Curtain
Jerry Coghlan (as E.B. Tilton)
Nancy Bradshaw (Katherine MacDonald) is a popular stage star who quits her career to marry millionaire clubman Dick Cunningham (Charles Richman). But after a few years of marriage, he starts seeing other women. Figuring that her public was more faithful to her than her husband, Nancy returns to the stage.
The Skywayman
Mr. Locke
Suffering from amnesia, Captain Norman Craig is embroiled in a doctor's plot to steal both a cache of jewels and Craig's own doting girlfriend. A lost film.
Forbidden Trails
Judge Butterfield
"Squint" Taylor owns a ranch and has a much older mining partner. When the partner is fatally wounded, he makes Taylor promise to take care of his daughter Marion. Taylor is more than happy to do his bidding, but Marion and her uncle are both involved with William Carrington, who is trying to cheat them out of her share of the mine.
What Would You Do
Le Roi Andrews
Released in January 1920, this silent romantic love triangle crime melodrama, about a man who sells fake stock and fakes his suicide. His wife remarries, but her new husband suffers a crippling accident, and wants to die, so she gives him a gun. The day he succeeds, her first husband returns, having made a fortune, and they are united.
The Lincoln Highwayman
The Governor
Marian Calvert becomes infatuated with the infamous Lincoln Highwayman ....
Her Kingdom of Dreams
The Minister
A young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth and a frightening social whirl.
The Best Man
Holman
The Library of Congress lists this as a ‘lost’ film, however a copy exists in the UK. Gordon, disguised as Hayne, meets with the criminals and manages to purloin the stolen code but the real Hayne, who the police have failed to apprehend, gives chase. Gordon escapes in a taxi that had been pre-booked to take Hayne to church to marry Celia. Arriving at the church, and remembering his instructions ‘Let Nothing Hinder You’, Gordon allows himself to be married to Celia while planning how he will escape.
A Midnight Romance
Roger's Father
Marie, una criada de un hotel, se enamora del hijo de un millonario, Roger, pero él no puede casarse con ella debido a su posición inferior y no querer hacer infeliz a su familia.
Riddle Gawne
Colonel Harkness
When Gawne finds his brother dying and hears that the killer has run off with his brother's wife, he swears revenge.
Under the Yoke
Don Ramon Valverde
As described in a film magazine, when Maria Valverda (Bara) refuses the attentions of Diablo Ramirez (Nye), he starts an insurrection among the native Filipinos. Maria's father Don Ramon is killed and Maria is held hostage. She gets word to Capt. Paul Winter (Roscoe) of the American troops in Manila and he comes to her assistance, but his troops are outnumbered and they are made prisoners by the revolting revolutionists. Maria and Paul attempt to escape, but they are caught and brought back. At the Manila headquarters, trouble is suspected and reinforcements are sent. Before long, the revolt is subdued and peace reigns over Maria's home, and happiness over the betrothal of Maria and Paul.
The Shuttle
Reuben Vanderpoel
Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Cupid's Round Up
James Kelly
The film's highlight was a scene in which Mix, hoping to escape a pursuing posse, jumps towards a moving train and crashes neatly through one of the passenger windows.
The Seekers
Undetermined Role (as Edwin Booth)
The quiet life style of Ruth Heck and her brother Lem, who belong to a religious sect called the Seekers, is disrupted when a judge imprisons Lem for a crime he did not commit.
The Splendid Sin
Doctor Kent
Square Shooter
Harold Montague Sr.
Chick Crandall, half owner of the Flying A Ranch, returns home after a five-year absence and, because he is suspicious of his foreman Sam Curtis' activities, decides to proceed incognito. Disguised as Harold Montague, his partner's son, Chick works among the ranch hands and discovers that Curtis is rustling cattle and is responsible for driving Barbara Hampton and her aunt from their home.