Alma Bennett

Alma Bennett

Nacimiento : 1904-04-09, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A

Muerte : 1958-09-16

Historia

Alma Bennett, born Alma Long, was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 64 films between 1915 and 1931, mostly as alluring vamps.

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Alma Bennett

Películas

Midnight Daddies
Camille McNab - Vamp
Midnight Daddies is a black-and-white comedy short.
New Orleans
Marie Cartier
Billy, a jockey, and Jim, an assistant manager of a New Orleans racetrack, are close friends. They become bitter enemies because of Marie, an unprincipled young woman who marries Jim after betraying her first fiancé, Billy, on their wedding day. Marie's extravagance causes Jim to steal money from the office safe and to bet on Billy. Billy wins, but Jim is arrested and sent to jail when Marie neglects to replace the stolen money. Jim serves his term and is reunited with Billy after Marie and her lover are turned out of the house.
My Lady's Past
The BFI holds a complete copy.
Motorboat Mamas
1st Cabaret Entertainer
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.
The Campus Carmen
Vamp in Play
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.
The Best Man
Bride
A bride and groom are all set to get married, but they can't until the best man shows up. When the best man eventually does show up, he causes a few problems since he ran through some tar just before entering the church. The groom doesn't seem to mind too much, just as long as the best man brought the ring, which he did. But as the wedding proceeds, that sticky tar just can't help but get the best man into one disastrous incident after another, including with the ring. That havoc, which leads into the reception, the wedding night and the honeymoon send off, may end the marriage even before it begins... or at least the couple's friendship with their best man.
The Head of the Family
Mabel Manning
Silent Comedy film directed by Joseph C. Boyle
Gold Digger of Weepah
Alma - the Gold Digger
Gold Digger of Weepah is a silent comedy short
The Golf Nut
The Club President's Wife
Many of its members are spending a leisurely day at the the El Caballero Golf Club, the most beautiful in California. Also visiting for the day is non-member, Billy Divott, a golf enthusiast who is a little too enthusiastic. He seems to cause havoc everywhere he goes, especially as he plays a round of golf and tries to teach who he considers some of the less experienced members the finer points of the game. That havoc is compounded whenever he deals with sand traps, water traps or especially flying insects with stingers.
Catalina, Here I Come
Pearl Minnow
Wanda is a gum-chewing waitress; dim Eddie, the pastry boy at the café, likes her. So does Mr. Hamhocks, the café owner, whose head is also turned by the arrival of Pearl Minnow, a gold digger in town for the annual Catalina Channel Swim, sponsored by Wrigley's. Wanda and Pearl take a dislike to each other; Hamhocks is charmed by Pearl and Eddie stays loyal to Wanda. The day of the swimming contest arrives, the two women compete, and the two men try to help their respective gals. Their trials and tribulations mix with documentary footage of the event. An angry swordfish gets in the act.
Sus primeros pantalones
His downfall
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...
Orchids and Ermine
The Vamp
Una joven telefonista se enamora de un multimillonario que quiere pasar de incógnito como criado del magnate. Una situación equívoca que se mantendrá hasta la última secuencia.
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Carlotta
A concert pianist who is popular with women tries to discourage a teenage admirer.
Brooding Eyes
Agnes De Costa
Slim Jim Carey, the leader of a criminal gang, is in reality a nobleman called Lord Talbois, and his daughter is the rightful heir to the family estate. When "Slim Jim"'s gang finds out about this, they conspire to cheat her out of her inheritance by passing off one of the gangster's girlfriends as the real daughter. Unbeknownst to the gang, however, their leader isn't dead and finds out what they're up to. Complications ensue.
Meet My Girl
Alimony Alma
Meet My Girl is a comedy silent short.
A Sweet Pickle
Flora Foster
A Sweet Pickle is a 1925 Comedy short.
The Light of Western Stars
Bonita
Jack Holt, Billie Dove, and Noah Beery Sr., who starred together in Wanderers of the Wasteland, appear together again. Madeline Hammond, the sister of ranchman Al Hammond, arrives from the East. Gene Stewart, a rough and rowdy cowboy, convinces Madeline to marry him while he is on a drunken spree. Madeline sets out to reform him, and he sets out to rid their little section of the West of a band of outlaws.
El mundo perdido
Gladys Hungerford
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), además de Sherlock Holmes, creó otro héroe de ficción, el profesor George Edward Challenger, cuya aventura más conocida es la de "El mundo perdido", obra publicada en 1912. Harry O. Hoyt y Willis O'Brien efectuaron una temprana adaptación al cine con gran éxito de taquilla apoyado por un temprano merchandising: rompecabezas, muñecos, libros e incluso una canción compuesta por Rudolf Friml.
Her Boy Friend
The Vamp
Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his bumbling son Larry to rescue her.
Why Men Leave Home
Jean Ralston
El matrimonio de John e Irene Emerson parece comenzar con buen pie, pero John no tarda mucho en mostrarse gradualmente menos afectuoso. Irene se siente desatendida y pasa cada vez más tiempo con sus amigas; John, a su vez, se convierte en presa fácil del engatusamiento y las artimañas de su secretaria, Jean Ralston. Después de asistir a un espectáculo, John llega a casa impregnado del perfume de Jean, e Irene le pide el divorcio. (FILMAFFINITY)
Lilies of the Field
Doris
A young mother, Mildred, doesn't know that her husband Walter is cheating on her. One night she attends a party with a friend of her husband's, and the man gets drunk and begins groping her when they get home. Her husband sees this and uses it as an excuse to sue his wife for divorce. In the ensuing trial he wins, due to fraudulent evidence, and gets custody of the child. Complications ensue.
Venciendo abismos
Annie Darrell
Una historia de las llanuras occidentales donde gana el padrino. Los salvajes paseos por montañas escarpadas y una loca zambullida en un carruaje de la etapa conducen a un emocionante salto sobre un cañón profundo.
Without Compromise
Nora Foster
When the ability of Dick Leighton (William Farnum), Sheriff of Randolph, Oregon, to enforce law and order is tested by the leader of the political opposition, he stands his ground and overpowers the unruly element.
Thieves' Clothes
A ranchman sets fire to his trousers with a cigarette. In the morning the hotel attendant furnishes him with a pair borrowed from a cattle rustler. A note in one of the pockets gets the hero into trouble, but he clears himself and wins the girl of his choice.
The Right to Happiness
Lily
The story of twin sisters, one raised in Russia, the other in America, and how their lives diverge and re-entangle.