Lucien N. Andriot

출생 : 1892-11-09, Paris, France

사망 : 1979-03-19

약력

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lucien Andriot ASC (1892-1979) was a prolific French-American cinematographer. He shot more than 200 films and television programs over the course of his career. Born in Paris, Andriot began his career in France in 1909 working for Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset. His elder sister Josette Andriot was a French film actress, working for Jasset. He then came to the U.S. some time before 1914 as an employee of the Éclair American Company based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The outbreak of World War I drove a re-organization of foreign film-industry assets in Fort Lee, including the employees. Now working for the World Film Company, financed by Lewis J. Selznick and run by William A. Brady, Andriot became a member of a separate French-speaking unit within World Film. For about three years, Maurice Tourneur, George Archainbaud, Emile Chautard, and Albert Capellani worked together on films such as the 1915 version of Camille, including the teaching of Josef von Sternberg. Andriot moved to Hollywood around 1920 and went to work for Fox. The cinematography of the early widescreen John Wayne western The Big Trail in 1930 is unfortunately not his work. It was the standard-looking 35mm version, shot in parallel alongside Arthur Edeson's ground-breaking "70mm Grandeur" version. Andriot did show a long-standing affinity for French directors working in Hollywood, initially Maurice Tourneur, and later René Clair, Robert Florey, and Jean Renoir. In the 1930s and 1940s, Andriot worked principally on B pictures for major studios. He did some television work in the 1950s and early 1960s, and retired to Palm Springs, California. Andriot is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

참여 작품

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
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An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a ski-ers' shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film Ju Jin Yuki Otoko with added American-made footage, narration and music track.
One Hour in Wonderland
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Airing on Christmas Day, 1950, this holiday special was the first Disney TV production. It features Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd at Walt Disney's Christmas party. The show includes clips of movies and animated shorts and the first appearance of the Fire House Five Plus Two jazz band.
Johnny One-Eye
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Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane Cory were former partners in crime who have long since split up. When a new district attorney puts the heat on, Cory, anxious to save his own hide, accuses Martin of an unsolved murder. Holed up in abandoned house, Martin is befriended by a little girl and her dog. It so happens that the girl is the daughter of the crusading DA, and thereby hangs the rest of this tale.
Borderline
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Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, thee find them selves falling in love with each other. Neither is aware of the other's identity As they decide to make a run for the border.
Outpost in Morocco
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Captain Gerard, greatest lover in the Foreign Legion, is assigned to escort an emir's daughter to her father's mountain citadel and find out what he can about the emir's activities. Gerard enjoys his work with lovely Cara, but arrives to find rebellion brewing.
Intrigue
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Dishonorably discharged from the Army Air Corps, Brad Dunham (George Raft) disconsolately decides to try his luck with Shanghai's postwar black market. Teaming with the treacherous Tamara Baranoff (June Havoc), Dunham prospers in his newly-found illicit profession, much to the dismay of his best friend, reporter Mark Andrews (Tom Tully). When Tamara has the troublesome Andrews murdered, Dunham realizes the folly of his behavior and works overtime to squash the black market for good and all.
Dishonored Lady
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Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.
New Orleans
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A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.
The Strange Woman
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Isaiah, a 19th-century businessman, has his eye on the beautiful and very young Jenny. Finally of age, she accepts his marriage proposal, but their love affair quickly turns sour. Ephraim, Isaiah's college-age son, comes for a visit, immediately striking up a chemistry with Jenny. She promises marriage -- if he murders his father first. But Jenny also swoons for John, the fiancé of her best friend, Meg.
어느 하녀의 일기
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1900년대 초반, 셀레스틴은 노르망디의 한 가정에서 하녀로 일하기 위해 파리를 떠나온다. 그녀는 노르망디 지방의 유지이자 충실한 왕정복고주의자인 랑레이르의 집에서 일하게 된다. 그런데 그 새로운 가정은 괴이하기 짝이 없다. 집주인인 백작은 집안의 모든 여인을 침대로 끌어들여 임신시키는 고약한 습관을 가지고 있고, 그 부인은 자신의 아들을 집에 붙들어 놓기 위해 셀레스틴을 이용한다. 랑레이르의 집사 또한 셀레스틴을 유혹하고, 랑레이르의 이웃이자 공화당 지지자인 모저 대령도 그녀에게 관심을 가진다. 그러나 정작 셀레스틴의 관심사는 오로지 부유한 남자와 결혼하여 다시는 일 하지 않아도 되는 것이다. 유쾌한 소극와 멜로드라마를 잘 혼합해 놓은 이 영화는 르누아르의 미국시절 최고의 작품 중 하나로 손꼽히는 작품이다. 아버지 오귀스트 르누아르의 절친한 친구이자 후원자였던 옥타베 미르보의 소설을 바탕으로 한 작품으로, 인간사에 있어 비극과 희극은 피할 수 없는 것이라고 보는 르누아르의 생각이 잘 드러나 있다.
그리고 아무도 없었다
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일면식도 없는 10명의 남녀가 미스터 오웬이라는 남자의 초대로 외딴 인디언 섬에 모인다. 그러나 막상 그들을 초대한 남자는 섬에 나타나지 않고, 섬에는 오웬이 고용했다는 고용인만이 기다리고 있었다. 그날 별장에서 벌어진 저녁 식사 자리에 그들이 모였을 때 축음기에서 이들의 숨겨진 죄상을 폭로하는 음성이 흘러나온다. 그들은 모두 살인죄를 저지른 적이 있음에도 불구하고 법에 의해 처벌을 받지 않았으며, 이제 그들을 단죄할 것이라는 내용이었다. 그리고 그 자리에서 초대받은 손님 중 하나가 목을 움켜쥐고 쓰러진다. 살인이 시작된 것이다. 살인이 벌어질 때마다 인디언 인형이 하나씩 사라진다.
남부인
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할리우드의 영향권 밖에서 찍은 미국 시절의 영화. 황무지를 개간하려는 남자의 고투를 그린 작품으로, 캘리포니아의 목화밭에서 마치 유사 다큐멘터리처럼 촬영되었다. 극적인 스토리 없이, 광활한 자연과 더위와 굶주림의 악조건이 강렬한 인상을 전달하는 영화다. 스타 한 명 출연하지 않았던 이 소박한 영화는 다행히 흥행에 성공을 거두었고, 미국 시절의 가장 빼어난 작품으로 평가받고 있다. 윌리엄 포크너의 도움을 받아 G. S. 페리의 원작 소설을 각색하였으며, 프랑스 시절 동료들이 스태프로 참여했다.
Paris After Dark
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Andre Marbel is the upper-class doctor who is able to continue his practice above suspicion even though he is a leader in the French Resistance. His nurse supports his activities, but her Nazi-brainwashed husband provides the tension.
Jitterbugs
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The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.
They Came to Blow Up America
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Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast of Long Island, New York, by submarine, with orders to blow up various defense installations.
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
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Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.
On the Sunny Side
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Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy when his school-friends do the same. But his isn't so happy when things begin to change when his father fore-goes their evening game of Chinese Checkers to play chess with Hugh, and Hugh shows himself to be a formidable scholar, and impresses Don's girlfriend Betty, and becomes more popular with the boys than Don was...and Don is beginning to think that Hugh is too much of a good thing. Don gets downright depressed and decides to run away. Uh, oh, here comes Hugh.
Over My Dead Body
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Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
Ride on Vaquero
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The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment, to help break up a kidnap ring. On his way to Las Tables with his pal, Gordito, he makes a stop at the Martinez Rancho, where they learn that his friend Carlos has been kidnapped, from his wife Marquerita. At the Crystal Palace Saloon, Cisco runs into an old girlfriend, Sally, who he once jilted for a tight-rope walker, but she doesn't betray him when the sheriff and an army officer enter searching for Cisco.
Golden Hoofs
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A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
Charter Pilot
Cinematography
US-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to take a desk job but the urge for adventure is too strong.
The Lady in Question
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When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
Earthbound
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A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.
High School
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A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when she's sent to a San Antonio high-school.
City of Chance
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Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
I'll Give a Million
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After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
Mr. Moto's Gamble
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Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
International Settlement
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In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).
You Can't Have Everything
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Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...
Café Metropole
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An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
On the Avenue
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A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
Charlie Chan at the Opera
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A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Director of Photography
An attorney falls for the woman he's representing on a murder charge.
The Gay Desperado
Director of Photography
Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
His Family Tree
Camera Operator
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Director of Photography
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
Hooray for Love
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A wealthy young man falls hard for a beautiful showgirl, and her wily father quickly realizes the naïve boy would make the perfect investor for his daughter's new show. Comedy with music.
Chasing Yesterday
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An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boarding school.
Captain Hurricane
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Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland, but she doesn't like his temperament. After a period of retirement, a bad investment puts Brewster back at work on the sea. And when fire overtakes his ship, Hurricane proves heroic, selflessly rescuing his crew from a grisly and deadly fate.
Anne of Green Gables
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Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.
Straight Is the Way
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Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies.
The Life of Vergie Winters
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A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues the relationship with his true love.
The Crime Doctor
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When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect murder--and pins the crime on his wife's boyfriend so well that the man is convicted of the murder.
Two Alone
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Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.
The Right To Romance
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Against her better judgment, a dedicated and hard-working plastic surgeon (Ann Harding) finds herself falling in love with a playboy (Robert Young). Drama.
Penthouse
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Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
Before Dawn
Cinematography
After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.
Topaze
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An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
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A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
천국의 새
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남태평양을 항해하던 요트가 폴리네시아의 한 섬에 다다르자 원주민들은 거룻배를 타고 나와 환영한다. 한편, 상어가 나타나자 선원 조니가 미끼를 던지다 그만 바다에 빠지고 만다. 아름다운 원주민 여인 루아나가 조니를 구하고, 두 사람은 사랑에 빠진다. 그러나 그녀는 이미 이웃 섬에 시집 가기로 되어 있다. 선원과 원주민 여인의 사랑과 모험을 그린 작품. 할리우드의 심의 규정이 강화되기 전이었으나, 돌로레스 델 리오가 나체로 수영하는 장면은 논란을 불러일으키기도 했다.
Westward Passage
Cinematography
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
The Spy
Cinematography
1931 picture starring Kay Johnson.
빅 트레일
Director of Photography
미국 각 지역에서 모인 사람들이 서부로 향하기 위해 미시시피 강가에 모였다. 이들은 새로운 땅을 찾아 멀리 오래곤 북부까지 4천 킬로가 넘는 긴 여정을 시작할 것이다. 뛰어난 칼솜씨를 가진 사냥꾼 브랙 콜먼은 길을 안내해 달라는 사람들의 제안에도 불구하고 무법자들에게 희생된 친구의 복수를 위해 그들을 잡으러 가려 한다. 떠나기 전 리지 부인의 집을 찾아가 인사를 하려했던 그는 남부에서 온 아름다운 여인 루스를 그만 다른 사람으로 오해하고 키스한다. 그의 무례함에 루스는 화가 나고 콜먼은 그녀의 오해를 풀어주려 하지만 쉽지 않다. 콜먼은 일행을 이끄는 리더 레드 플렉을 보고 그가 자신이 찾던 무법자라는 확신에 함께 합류하기로 한다. 또한 루스에게 청혼한 도르프도 그녀를 돌봐주겠다는 이유로 합류하지만 사실 그는 레드 플렉과 한 패거리. 그들의 여행은 강과 협곡을 지나고 인디언을 만나는 등 힘들고 지친 하루하루를 보내지만 서부개척의 꿈을 지닌 사람들은 계속 서부로 향한다. 콜먼은 새침한 루스에게 조금씩 관심을 갖게 되고, 루스 또한 콜먼이 무례한 사람이라며 함부로 대하지만 조금씩 그에게 이끌려가는데...
Christina
Director of Photography
This part-talkie (17 minutes of dialogue in its 83-minute running time) tells the tale of Christina, the daughter of Dutch toymaker Niklaas. Much to her dad's dismay, Christina falls in love with sideshow huckster Jan. Likewise disapproving of the romance is Jan's jealous employer Mme. Bosman, who frames the young man on an embezzlement charge.
The Valiant
Director of Photography
A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.
The River Pirate
Cinematography
This film concerns a youth torn between his fatherly gangland mentor and the beautiful, virtuous daughter of a police detective.
Let'er Go Gallegher
Director of Photography
Young John Gallagher wants to be a newspaper reporter. One day he witnesses a murder committed by a mysterious man with only four fingers on one hand. He gives his account of the murder and a description of the killer to his hero, newsman Henry Callahan, resulting in his getting a job on the paper as an office boy. When circumstances arise that result in Callahan losing his job on the paper, he and Gallagher set out to discover the identity of the killer and help Callahan get his job back.
A Ship Comes In
Director of Photography
Film which tells the story of immigrants coming to the United States.
Almost Human
Director of Photography
John Livingston is a rich mama's-boy, who owns a blooded dog named Paul. Paul meets Maggie Mutt, and Paul, being a pedigree canine and somewhat of a cad, lures trusting Maggie to the barn to have his way. He then departs for his palatial doghouse at the Livingston estate. Meanwhile Maggie is broken-hearted and also finds that she is in a "family way", and gives birth to a pup she names Hank. Maggie tells Hank to find his "human ", and departs the scene. Hank goes to the park, meets a "human" named Mary Kelly, who is a homeless waif and sweetheart of poverty, and the two adopt each other. Later on in the park Paul comes strolling along with his 'human', John. A child falls into the lake and Paul and Hank team up to save her.
The Main Event
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Nightclub dancer Glory Frayne falls in love with championship boxer Red Lucas . Luca's latest opponent is likeable young pugilist Johnny Regan . When Johnny meets Glory, he is instantly smitten.....
The Loves of Carmen
Director of Photography
The Loves of Carmen is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh. The film, based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée, stars Dolores del Río in the title role, and Don Alvarado as Jose.
White Gold
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A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.
The Cruise of the Jasper B
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The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as 'Jerry Cleggert', a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship Jasper B. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday - otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune. Jerry soon meets his ideal would-be bride Agatha Fairhaven (Mildred Harris) and the two immediately fall in love. Complications arise when Jerry's cousin, the dastardly lawyer Reginald Maltravers (Snitz Edwards) claims Agatha as his own. The courting couple suffer a series of mishaps on the way to altar; they are waylaid en route by a trio of bandits, escape from a runaway taxi cab, and outrun a mob of unscrupulous state authorities.
Gigolo
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The heir to a family business travels to Paris to try to stop his youth-obsessed mother from squandering the family fortune with her new husband, who's married her for her money. After he returns from service in World War I, he finds his mother, now broke and abandoned by her gigolo husband....
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
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Nellie Horton, when mistreated by her father, is taken in charge by Thomas Lipton. She grows up in poverty not knowing her true identity as the heiress to her mother's millions. Upon the death of her benefactor, she becomes a model in a fashionable shop. There she falls into the hands of her mother's unscrupulous nephew, who contrives to do away with her in order to obtain her fortune. ....
Daytime Wives
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Monte Cristo
Director of Photography
A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of...
A Fool There Was
Cinematography
A respectable businessman leaves his wife and daughter for the clutches of a cold, heartbreaking female.
The Primal Law
Cinematography
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.
Shame
Director of Photography
William Fielding, a young widower, is living in Shanghai with his little boy, David. A young Chinese woman looks after the child, and Foo Chang, a trader, lusts after her. Because he believes she is David's mother, he kills Fielding. Fielding's faithful secretary, Li Clung, takes the boy to San Francisco to be raised by his grandfather. As an adult, David (also played by Gilbert) fights against opium trafficking with Li Clung's help.
That Girl Montana
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Montana Rivers finally escapes her father who had forced her to wear men's clothing and help in robbing and cheating. She is taken in by friendly Indians and stays at their camp. Later, Akkomi, chief of the tribe, asks his friend Dan Overton to take the girl as it is not good for her to remain in the camp. Dan provides for "Tana" and falls in love with her but, because of her past, she keeps him at a distance. Jim Harris comes by and recognizes Tana as the boy robber, but when he attempts to blacken her past, Dan gives him a beating which paralyzes him. Jim then stays on with Dan, who regrets his hastiness. Eventually Tana's father appears and demands that Tana go away with him. She refuses but also does not tell Dan of this trouble.
The Right To Lie
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Carlotta has been brought up in an Italian convent, unaware that she is the illegitimate child of American architect J. Winthrop Drake. When her mother, an Italian opera singer, dies, Drake finally learns of Carlotta's existence and brings her back to New York with him without revealing the truth of their relationship.
The Silent Master
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Crime and Drama silent movie
The Poor Little Rich Girl
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Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant's irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them.
On Dangerous Ground
Cinematography
Carlyle Blackwell stars as an American in Germany at the outbreak of World War I. A mysterious stranger bursts into his room and proclaims him her husband. What's a gentleman to do? He poses as her husband to deliver "papers" to French headquarters. Adventure follows.
The Pride of the Clan
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Donald MacTavish, the last chieftain of his clan on an island off the coast of Scotland, dies at sea. This leaves his only daughter, Marget, to assume the responsibilities of leadership. Marget's burden is partially eased by her blossoming romance with Jamie Campbell. But there is a secret from Jamie's past that neither of them know about.
What the Gods Decree
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Protéa
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Protéa is the last film directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, one of the early film pioneers in France. The hero of this film is a female spy, an acrobatic Mata-Hari, played by his favorite actress, Josette Andriot, who wore a characteristic costume of a close-fitting black jersey, two years before Musidora achieved cult status with her similar appearance as Irma Vep. This final masterpiece reflects Jasset's popular style: rhythmic action, fantastic realism, rich visuals, an anarchistic philosophy, a disdain for psychology, and an attention to lighting that earned him the nickname “the Rembrandt of the cinema". Although Jasset died shortly after completion, the film had considerable success and Andriot went on to make four more films in the series with other directors.
Balaoo the Demon Baboon
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An ape, turned near human by Dr. Coriolis and given the name 'Balaoo', is smitten by the beauty of Coriolis' niece, Madeleine. Being inquisitive, though, he runs off, getting into mischief, and falls in with a poacher who saves his life. Acting now as his slave Balaoo kills a man for the poacher, but balks on his orders to kidnap Madeleine, deciding instead to set a trap for the poacher.
Les batailles de la vie - Épisode 2: Le saboteur
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"Le Saboteur" is the second episode of the collection "Les batailles de la vie"
Les batailles de la vie - Épisode 3: Le testament
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Grandmother Hall, aged fast falling in health, is greatly comforted by her only two grandchildren, daughters of her own daughter long since past before. She has made a will in which she stipulates that Lawrence, her son, shall inherit her wealth providing he assumes the care of her grandchildren, and who are, of course, his nieces. She dies. Lawrence claims the estate and orders his nieces to get out and earn their own way. A second will is found, properly filed and recorded. It is read and they learn that it is a repudiation of the first will, should Lawrence fail to live up to the terms therein. Lawrence tries to break the will but fails and the estate is ordered delivered to the girls. The granddaughters kind-heartedly offer Lawrence a home with them.
Zigomar vs. Nick Carter
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Nick Carter, the famous detective, is ordered to prosecute the gang of Zigomar. Carter gets into various thorny situations but manages to escape every time, helped by Olga, a former girlfriend of Zigomar. Carter finally manages to trap Zigomar and Zigomar is arrested. However, Zigomar avoids going to court by apparently poisoning himself.
Zigomar the Eelskin
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A sensational detective story, founded on the romance of Leon Sazie. The noted criminal who terrorized all Europe is shown in these three Zigomar reels in a dramatic and intense struggle for supremacy with Paulin Broquet, the celebrated detective, who takes the two in the most varied and finest resorts.