Mary Astor

Mary Astor

Nascimento : 1906-05-03, Quincy, Illinois, USA

Morte : 1987-09-25

História

Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 - September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost saw her career destroyed due to public scandal in the mid-1930s. She was sued for support by her parents and was later branded an adulterous wife by her ex-husband during a custody fight over her daughter. Overcoming these stumbling blocks in her private life, Astor went on to even greater success on the screen, eventually winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Sandra Kovak in The Great Lie (1941). She was an MGM contract player through most of the 1940s and continued to act in movies, on television and on stage until her retirement from the screen in 1964. Astor was the author of five novels. Her autobiography became a bestseller, as did her later book, A Life on Film, which was specifically about her career. Director Lindsay Anderson wrote of her in 1990: "...(W)hen two or three who love the cinema are gathered together, the name of Mary Astor always comes up, and everybody agrees that she was an actress of special attraction, whose qualities of depth and reality always seemed to illuminate the parts she played." Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Astor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Mary Astor
Mary Astor

Filmes

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self (archive footage)
An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon.
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers.
Era Uma Vez em Hollywood, parte II
(archive footage)
É a sequência de Era Uma Vez em Hollywood, de 1974. A produção mostra uma retrospectiva dos principais filmes produzidos pela MGM dentre os períodos de 1930 a 1950. Neste segundo documentário, arquivistas destacaram números musicais pouco conhecidos dos arquivos da MGM, e também tributos a alguns dos times de comédia mais famosos da MGM, como os Irmãos Marx, e Laurel e Hardy, duplas românticas como Spencer Tracy e Katharine Hepburn, e uma montagem de estrelas icônicas como Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, James Stewart, Lana Turner e Greta Garbo. Gene Kelly e Fred Astaire apresentam o filme e Kelly dirigiu as cenas introdutórias, como a volta dele à Paris, na qual foi rodada dois dos filmes mais famosos da MGM "Sinfonia de Paris" e "Gigi".
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood My Home Town
Self (archive footage)
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.
Com a Maldade na Alma
Jewel Mayhew
A rica solteirona Charlotte Hollis vive com sua excêntrica empregada em uma mansão decadente no sul dos EUA. Evitada pelos moradores da cidade por causa da morte violenta de seu ex-marido, Charlotte recebe a visita de uma prima invejosa e seu marido.
O Preço da Ambição
Irene Perry
An unknown Kentucky writer (James Franciscus) comes to New York and pursues fame and women (Suzanne Pleshette, Genevieve Page).
Hollywood Without Make-Up
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Return to Peyton Place
Mrs. Roberta Carter
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Mrs. Leslie
A writer reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection after a safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, after Earnest Hemingway's short story.
A Stranger in My Arms
Virgilnie Beasley
An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.
This Happy Feeling
Mrs. Tremaine
On a stormy night, young woman asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss and take her to the train station. When her rescuer suggests that she stop at his place to get out of her wet clothes, she dashes from his car. The door she knocks on for help is the home of a retired actor and there she spends the rest of the night. He makes no passes and next morning she discovers young man who drove her from party is a next door neighbor, before long the two men are competing for her affections.
The Devil's Hairpin
Mrs. Jargin
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.
Os Grandes Deste Mundo
Mrs. George Salt
An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.
A Kiss Before Dying
Mrs. Corliss
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
The Thief
Isabelle Lagarde
The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-sister's heart.
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
Quando Morre Uma Ilusão
Ada
When illegal casino owner Charley Enley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it difficult to keep his work separate from his life at home. His son, Paul, feels ashamed of Charley's career and gets into a fight at his prom because of it. Meanwhile, Charley's brother-in-law, Robbin, who works at the casino, begins fixing games due to his extreme gambling debts.
Quatro Destinos
Marmee
Durante a Guerra Civil Americana, quatro irmãs e a mãe sobrevivem com dificuldades enquanto o pai delas serve com o exército confederado. A história narra como as irmãs cresceram, superaram tragédias, se apaixonaram e descobriram seu lugar no mundo.
Act of Violence
Pat
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
Eterno Conflito
Queenie Havock
O juiz Cass Timberlane se casa com uma garota do lado errado dos trilhos, Virginia Marshland. Um bebê nasce morto e ela se volta cada vez mais para o advogado amigo de Cass ', Bradd Criley. Enquanto discutia, o juiz diz a Virginia para ficar com Bradd, mas quando ela fica doente, ele a traz para casa.
As Delícias da Vida
Louise Bishop
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
A Filha da Pecadora
Fritzi Haller
Fritzi Haller (Mary Astor) é a dona de um saloon e um cassino na fictícia pequena cidade de Chuckawalla, Nevada. Sua filha, Paula Haller (Lizabeth Scott), acabou de largar o colégio e resolveu voltar para casa ao mesmo tempo em que o gangster Eddie Bendix (John Hodiak) também retorna à cidade. Ele já se envolveu com Fritzi, mas deixou a cidade sob suspeita de ter assassinado sua mulher. Paula apaixona-se por Bendix, eles se envolvem. O ex-namorado de Paula e o xerife local, Tom Hanson (Lancaster), junto ao parceiro de Bendix, Johnny Ryan (Corey), tentam acabar com o relacionamento. Quando Fritzi descobre sobre os dois, logo tenta proteger Paula desse provável desastre amoroso. Mas, quando resolve fugir de Hanson - que quer livrar a cidade de tipos como Bendix e Ryan, Eddie Bendix verá que o passado, apesar de morto, ainda poderá cruzar seu caminho de maneira inesperada...
Fiesta
Señora Morales
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
Okay for Sound
Adriana (archive footage)
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to sound movies and acknowledges the work of Lee De Forest. Brief excerpts from the August 1926 exhibition follow. Clips are then shown from a number of Warner Brothers features, four from the 1920s, the remainder from 1946/47.
Claudia and David
Elizabeth Van Doren
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.
Blonde Fever
Delilah Donay
Peter (Philip Dorn) and Delilah (Mary Astor) are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally (Gloria Grahame), a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend (Marshall Thompson) as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.
Agora Seremos Felizes
Mrs. Anna Smith
No ano que antecedeu a Feira Mundial de St. Louis de 1904, as quatro filhas dos Smith aprendem lições de vida e amor, mesmo que se preparem para uma mudança relutante para Nova York. Agora Seremos Felizes é muito mais que um musical. É a encantadora história de uma família na virada do século, repleta de magias e recordações. Judy Garland é Esther Smith, uma garota da agitada cidade de St. Louis que, junto com sua família, tem que se mudar para Nova York. Como se não bastasse deixar todos os seus amigos para trás, ela ainda irá perder a sensacional Feira Mundial de St. Louis de 1904. Esther precisa fazer alguma coisa para evitar essa tragédia!
Cuidado com Mamãe!
Josephine Evans
A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.
A Filha do Comandante
Hyllary Jones
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
Garras Amarelas
Alberta Marlow
Em dezembro de 1941, o ex-capitão do exército Rick Leland embarca em um navio japonês que segue para a Ásia pelo Canal do Panamá, onde seus anfitriões japoneses demonstram interesse nos planos de defesa americanos para a zona do canal. Rick Leland não esconde o fato de que ele não tem lealdade ao seu país de origem depois que ele é submetido a uma corte marcial, expulso do Exército e embarca em um navio japonês para o Oriente no final de 1941. Mas Leland realmente foi expulso ou existe algum outro motivo para ele se aproximar do companheiro de viagem, doutor Lorenz? Qualquer motivo para se aproximar do atraente viajante Alberta Marlow pareceria bastante óbvio. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Mulher de Verdade
The Princess Centimillia
Gerry e Tom Jeffers estão achando difícil a vida de casado. Tom é um arquiteto/inventor e tem pouco dinheiro para eles viverem. Eles estão prestes a serem despejados de seu apartamento quando Gerry se reúne com um rico homem de negócios que está sendo apresentado como um potencial inquilino. Ele dá a Gerry US $ 700 para recomeçar a vida, mas Tom se recusa a acreditar em sua história e eles brigam. Gerry decide que o casamento acabou e vai para Palm Beach para um divórcio rápido. Mas Tom tem planos para impedi-la.
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blooper out-takes from Torrid Zone, Four Mothers, The Wagons Roll at Night, The Sea Wolf, No Time for Comedy, The Bride Came C.O.D., and Affectionately Yours, among other Warner Brother productions of 1940 and 1941.
Relíquia Macabra
Brigid O'Shaughnessy
Um detetive particular (Humphrey Bogart) é procurado por uma mulher misteriosa (Mary Astor), que alega estar sendo ameaçada. Mas tanto o seu perseguidor quanto o homem encarregado de protegê-la aparecem mortos e tudo gira em torno de uma estátua de falcão de valor incalculável. Foi lançado no Brasil com o título "Relíquia Macabra".
A Grande Mentira
Sandra Kovak
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
O Filho dos Deuses
Mary Ann Young
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Turnabout
Marion Manning
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
Meia-Noite
Helene Flammarion
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
Um Marido para Mamãe
Dottie Wingate
To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.
Woman Against Woman
Cynthia Holland
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Paradise for Three
Mrs. Irene Mallebre
A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
Sempre a Mulher
Lola Fraser
Um investigador do escritório do promotor público sai para abrir sua própria agência de detetives. No entanto, os negócios vão tão mal que ele finalmente decide desistir e voltar ao seu antigo emprego. Quando sua esposa está fechando o escritório, uma rica senhora da sociedade entra com um caso: ela quer saber se seu marido está tendo um caso com a ex-namorada, que agora está casada. A esposa aceita o que parece ser um caso fácil, imaginando que poderá então persuadir o marido a reiniciar a agência. No entanto, quando o marido da cliente é encontrado morto, ela decide investigar o crime ela mesma. Seu marido também foi designado pelo D.A. para investigar o assassinato, e ele não sabe que sua esposa também está no caso. As coisas se complicam. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
No Time To Marry
Kay McGowan
In this lightweight comedy, two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficulties in their competitive pursuit of a "big scoop".
O Furacão
Mme. DeLaage
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
O Prisioneiro de Zenda
Antoinette de Mauban
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Lady from Nowhere
Polly Dunlap
A manicurist witnesses a gangland murder. Realizing there was a witness to their crime, the killer tries to track her down and silence her.
Fogo de Outono
Edith Cortright
Um empresário se aposenta vendendo sua montadora de veículos e parte em uma viagem com sua esposa para a Europa, que está em negação sobre sua idade e usa a viagem como uma oportunidade de flertar com outros homens.
Trapped by Television
Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
And So They Were Married
Edith Farnham
A bitter widow and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the "romance" never gets off the ground and do everything they can to see that they are kept apart.
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Lillian Cooper
A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.
Man of Iron
Vida
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
Page Miss Glory
Betty
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
Dinky
Martha Daniels
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
Straight from the Heart
Marian Henshaw
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent.
Red Hot Tires
Patricia Sanford
An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.
I Am a Thief
Odette Mauclair
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
The Hollywood Gad-About
Herself
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
O Caso do Cão Uivador
Bessie Foley
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
The Man with Two Faces
Jessica Wells
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a theatrical producer she comes home incoherent and Vance is found dead in the vanished producer's hotel suite
Return of the Terror
Olga Morgan
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
Upperworld
Hettie Stream
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
Easy to Love
Charlotte
Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. She sees the family physician, Dr. Swope, first and then hires a private detective. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan; having long been pursued by Eric, she apparently accedes and accompanies him to an apartment and, per her plan, enter the wrong one. There, they find Carol's best friend, Charlotte, and John hiding in a closet. The latter, showing more nerve than good sense, goes into a rage and berates Carol for her apparent philandering. The battle continues at home, where their daughter Janet informs them that because of them, she and Paul have given up on the idea of marriage, but are going away together, anyway. Carol and John trail them to a hotel and find them in twin beds, whereupon John, armed with a fire-ax, summons a justice of the peace and demands a fire-ax version of a shotgun wedding.
Convention City
Arlene Dale
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
A Humanidade Marcha
Virginia Claffin Nordholm
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
O Caso de Hilda Lake
Hilda Lake
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
Jennie Gerhardt
Letty Pace
This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series of devastating losses.
The Little Giant
Ruth Wayburn
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
Terra de Paixão
Barbara Willis
Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police; but when his new surveyor, Gary, arrives along with his refined but sensual wife, Barbara, Dennis gets infatuated by her.
A Successful Calamity
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
Those We Love
May Ballard
Director Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity stars Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna, Tommy Conlon, Lilyan Tashman, Hale Hamilton, Cecil Cunningham and Virginia Sale.
The Lost Squadron
Follette Marsh
When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director.
Men of Chance
Marthe
A gambler falls for a fake countess.
Smart Woman
Nancy Gibson
A society man's loving, devoted wife, upon learning that he has been unfaithful and is planning to leave her for the other woman, strategically pretends to be having an affair of her own. The woman's friends gladly assist in the deception.
White Shoulders
Norma Selbee
In this drama, an impoverished young woman meets a millionaire who marries her on the spot and then begins pampering her with jewels and furs. When not attending to her every need, the business magnate works his mines so he can buy her some more. While he is gone, a gigolo makes advances upon her.
The Sin Ship
Frisco Kitty
A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.
Behind Office Doors
Mary Linden
Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
Mulher do Outro
Lily Kulper
The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife.
The Royal Bed
Princess Anne
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
The Lash
Dona Rosita Garcia
A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.
Holiday
Julia Seton
A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.
Ladies Love Brutes
Mimi Howell
The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles. The story begins as Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an Italian immigrant who has battled his way to success as a New York building contractor, decides to embark on a social career.
The Runaway Bride
Mary Gray
Mary Gray elopes to Atlantic City, NJ, but begins having second thoughts about the marriage. Then she becomes inexplicably locked in her hotel room, and a series of cops, robbers and kidnappers passes through. Desperate, Mary trusts the shifty chambermaid Clara who whisks her away to the mansion of wealthy George Blaine. There, Mary must pretend to be a lowly cook, but that seems better than sticking with the guy she was engaged to.
Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose music comedy revue. But also appear actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway and of course the German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts.
The Woman from Hell
Dee Renaud
Dee Renaud is a girl playing the "Devil" in an amusement concession at a beach resort. Slick Glicks, the barker, promises the yokels that if they're able to catch the "Lady From Hell," she will reward them with a kiss. But when Glicks tries to go beyond kissing, Dee is rescued by Jim Coakley, son of a New England lighthouse keeper...
New Year's Eve
Marjorie Ware
Taking place over 24 hours, "New Year's Eve" is the story of Marjorie Ware, broke and unemployed, who despairs as her ailing younger brother languishes at home. She runs into rich gambler Larry Harmon and rejects his overtures. She later finds a wallet with 10 $100 bills belonging to Edward Warren.
Romance of the Underworld
Judith Andrews
When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's pretty young girlfriend. A kind-hearted cop takes pity on her and helps her get out of that life. While waitressing to earn money for college, she meets a wealthy and handsome young man and they fall in love--but he doesn't know about her somewhat shady past and her relationship with the gangster.
Dry Martini
Elizabeth Quimby
Upon hearing that his daughter Elizabeth, is coming from America to visit him in Paris, wealthy Willoughby Quimby, decides to give up dry martinis and women. However, Elizabeth seeks a wild time and ends up leaving France with her father's drinking buddy, Freddie, and Willoughby goes back to his dry martinis.
Heart to Heart
Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie
Princess Delatorre, young and beautiful widow of an Italian scion of royalty, returns with her fortune to the small American town where she grew up as Ellen Gutherie. Arriving by train a few days earlier than she planned, Ellen is mistaken for Mrs. Arden, a seamstress of doubtful repute from a neighboring town. She carries on the deception for fun when her nearsighted Aunt Katie and others believe she is Mrs. Arden. Phil, her old sweetheart, recognizes her, however, and shows her his new invention, a corkscrew that turns itself--a failure because of prohibition. Ellen leaves, having heard how much store is set on her coming; she returns on the proper train, elaborately made up as Princess Delatorre, and the big reception takes place as planned. Then she and Phil return to Italy, where they expect the corkscrew to be a success.
3-Ring Marriage
Anna
Anna runs away from her wealthy father's ranch and becomes a trick rider in a circus to be with her sweetheart, Cal Coney, a circus cowboy, when her father disapproves the match. There she achieves fame as "Anna Montana," but she remains unhappy because Cal refuses to admit that he loves her. Meanwhile, Rawl Souvane, manager of the circus, plans to woo and marry Anna when he preceives that she is wealthy.
Dressed to Kill
Jeanne
A mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn't seem to be the type who'd hang out with gangsters. They're not quite certain if she's actually a police agent or just a "groupie".
Sailors' Wives
Carol Trent
Informed by her doctor that she is going blind, Carol Trent tearfully breaks off her engagement with Don Manning, hoping to spare him the stigma of a sightless bride. When Hughes catches up with her and demands an explanation, Astor pretends to have fallen out of love with him and further convinces him that she has turned into a shameless hussy.
No Place to Go
Sally Montgomery
Starry-eyed heiress Mary Astor yearns for a "cave man" who will treat her rough and make her like it.
The Rough Riders
Dolly
The story of the military unit organized by future U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt and its adventures in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Rose of the Golden West
Elena
Juan is about to elope with the convent-bred Elena, when he is chosen to assassinate the governor who is about to hand California over to the Russians. Since the governor also happens to be Elena's father, this puts him in quite a fix.
Two Arabian Knights
Mirza
During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl.
The Sunset Derby
Molly Gibson
After suffering a fall during a race, rider Jimmy Burke loses his nerve. But with the help of his girlfriend Molly Gibson, Jimmy regains his confidence just in time to achieve victory during the Big Race.
The Sea Tiger
Amy Cortissos
Silent Film drama...now a lost film. Julian Ramos is a fisherman in the Canary Islands. As the guardian of his hotheaded younger brother Charles, Julian regards it as his duty to protect the boy from women -- and vice versa. When Charles begins pitching woo at aristocratic Amy, Julian runs interference by pretending to be in love with the girl himself. As time passes, of course, he stops pretending.
Forever After
Jennie Clayton
A wounded captain recalls his youth, his time at college, and the woman he fell in love with.
Don Juan
Adriana della Varnese
Don Juan é um charmoso jovem que aprendeu com o pai todos os segredos da arte da sedução. Em meio a diversas aventuras amorosas e duelos de espada com maridos enfurecidos, Don Juan conhece a bela Adriana Della Varnese, a única jovem da região que parece não ceder aos seus encantos. Decidido a conquistar a garota, o galã terá de enfrentar uma poderosa tirana local.
The Wise Guy
Mary
A carnival huckster who decides to turn pennies into dollars by passing himself off as a hellfire-and-brimstone evangelist.
High Steppers
Audrey Nye
Perryam is going through a round of bad luck; he is thrown out of school and loses at love. In search of a change, he heads for London, where he meets Audrey Nye, a former jazz baby who has gotten a responsible job on a newspaper. She helps Perryam get hired as a reporter.
Scarlet Saint
Fidele Tridon
Heroine Fidele Tridon has grown up with the knowledge that her father has promised her in marriage to Baron Kurt Badeau. When Fidele comes of age, the Baron shows up expecting to claim his young bride. In the interim, however, Fidele has fallen in love with wealthy horseman Philip Collett.
The Pace That Thrills
Doris
Paula, a chorus girl, marries into an aristocratic family. Unfortunately, her husband is a drunk. When he tries to give some liquor to their infant son, she brandishes a pair of scissors at him. He wrestles them away from her, then falls down the stairs and stabs himself. Due to the perjured testimony of the maid and butler, Paula is convicted of murder and sent to jail. Her son, Danny, grows up to be a movie star. There is a controversy surrounding him because he refuses to do his own stunts. The reason he won't take any chances is that he is using all his money to get his mother out of jail. Finally, to redeem himself, he agrees to participate in a charity auto race, but his mother's hearing is scheduled for the race day.
O Filho do Zorro
Dolores de Muro
Don Cesar, filho de Zorro, é acusado de assassinato enquanto visitava a Espanha, e se torna o fora da lei Don Q.
Playing with Souls
Margo
Amy and Matthew Dale separate and they place their young son, Matthew Jr., in a London boarding school. The boy grows up without knowing his parents, and is taunted by his schoolmates, who doubt the legitimacy of his childhood. By the time he is 20, Matt wants to find out about his parentage, so he travels to Paris, leaving behind his sweetheart, Margo.
Enticement
Leonore Bewlay
Enticement (1925)
Oh, Doctor!
Dolores Hicks
Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an adult Rufus has learned his late father has left him $750,000 but he won't inherit the sum for three more years. Rufus is certain he is on death's door and will never last three years so his Doctor arranges for a loan of $100,000 to pay for a live in nurse. Rufus only has to sign over his inheritance to the greedy trio of Clinch, McIntosh and Peck who along with the doctor are confident he'll live long enough to pay his debt.
Inez from Hollywood
Fay Bartholdi
Inez Laranotta is an actress who is notorious for her vamp roles and for the wild parties she attends. But images are deceiving -- the parties (and police raids) are staged by Inez's press agent, and she is actually very devoted to her innocent younger sister, Fay Bartholdi.
The Price of a Party
Alice Barrows
An unscrupulous broker discovers his hated business rival has secured a valuable option in Brazil and determines to delay the latter in New York until it expires. He uses a cabaret dancer to use her wiles to keep him there.
To the Ladies
Undetermined Secondary Role
Three clerks for the Kincaid Piano Company -- Leonard Beebe, Chester Mullin, and Tom Baker are in competition for a promotion to factory manager.
Unguarded Women
Helen Castle
Unguarded Women is a lost 1924 silent film drama. In a battle during the World War, Douglas Albright has a moment of cowardice which causes the death of his friend, Captain Banning. When Albright comes back from the war, his fiancée, Helen Castle and her father, George, can see that something is bothering him. So Castle sends him to take care of business in China -- and to pull himself together. While in China, Albright runs across Bannings' widow, Breta, who has buried her sorrows behind a mask of revelry and fast living. Because he feels responsible for what she has become, Albright attempts to regenerate her and proposes marriage.
The Fighting American
Mary Brainard
On the wager that he will propose marriage to any girl selected by his fraternity brothers, Bill finds himself making love to Mary, an old-fashioned girl who is secretly in love with him…
Beau Brummel
Lady Margery Alvanley
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.
The Fighting Coward
Lucy
Southerner Tom Rumford was sent up north to be raised by relatives who happen to be Quakers. As a result, he returns home a passive, peace-loving young man, completely out of place in an area where men kill over issues of honor.
Woman-Proof
Violet Lynwood
At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.
The Marriage Maker
Vivian Hope-Clarke
A matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to persuade a poverty-stricken nobleman to marry the commoner he loves.
Puritan Passions
Rachel
Goody Rickby has a child out of wedlock, but it dies when the father, Gillead Wingate, refuses to acknowledge the child or help the mother get medical aid. Wingate becomes one of the foremost figures in the witch hunts, and Goody plots her revenge with Dr. Nicholas, who is really the Devil.
Hollywood
Mary Astor
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
The Bright Shawl
Narcissa Escobar
Charles Abbott is implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother to the woman he loves.
Success
Rose Randolph
The often-told film story of a drunken actor hitting the skids, making a comeback, and helping his grown daughter in the bargain.
Second Fiddle
Polly Crawford
Jim Bradley has always played second fiddle in his family -- while his older brother, Herbert, goes off to college, Jim becomes a garage mechanic. When Herbert returns home, it's easy for him to steal Jim's girl, Polly Crawford. But trouble comes to the Bradley's town when Cragg murders his daughter and breaks into the family's home. Herbert goes for help, leaving Jim with an empty gun to protect their mother and Polly.
The Rapids
Elsie Worden
Robert Fisher Clarke is a promoter who comes to a small Canadian town. He harnesses the power of the rapids and builds a pulp mill. One of his employees, Jim Belding, has a fiancée, Elsie Worden, with whom Clarke falls in love.
The Man Who Played God
Young Woman
En eminent pianist is made deaf by an anarchist's bomb during a command performance.
Hope
Joan - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Hope is a silent 1922 drama.
John Smith
Irene Mason
Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social secretary, but is reluctant to tell her about his past.
The Young Painter
Helen Seymour
A 1922 silent film.
The Angelus
Bit Part
The Angelus is a 1922 silent film
Wings of the Border
Wings of the Border is a 1921 drama.
The Beggar Maid
Peasant Girl / Beggar Maid
The painter Burne-Jones and his famed painting "The Beggar Maid" are depicted in this speculative drama about the creation of the painting. Burne-Jones plays matchmaker for a young British nobleman who has fallen in love with a servant girl on his estate. The artist shows that love can thrive between members of different classes by depicting on canvas a picture from Tennyson's poem about the love of King Cophetua for a beggar maid. As he relates the story of the poem in words and through his painting, the young earl sees the application to his own situation.
My Lady o' the Pines
Norah Collison
Norah Collison is a young woman who owns a huge timberland in Maine, full of white pines. As she arrives to take control of her company, the manager and agent are planning to log the woods and steal the pines.
Sentimental Tommy
Grizel is the daughter of the Painted Lady, who believes that her lover will one day return. Grizel is ostracized by the other children of the town. Tommy and his sister come to the town. Tommy is friendly, but Elspeth keeps her distance. When the Painted Lady dies, Dr. Gemmell makes Grizel his housekeeper. Time passes and after the doctor dies, Grizel, who is now twenty-one years old, loves Tommy, who is an author in London. Tommy visits the town but cannot decide whether he loves Grizel. Grizel knows that Tommy does not love her, and after he returns to London her unhappiness leads to insanity. Tommy returns and marries Grizel, although he believes that she will hate him when she gets better. After two years under Tommy's care, she regains her sanity. After Tommy lets her know that he cared for her out of his love for her; not for pity, Grizel is happy.
Brother of the Bear
Marcia Harthorn
A bad-tempered lumber mill foreman is in love with the mill owner's daughter. But the owner would rather have his daughter marry a rich man. Gordon gets fired after he berates his workers and then starts a fight with his rival after papers are found that show he's been cheating the boss.
Bullets or Ballots
Bit Part
A 1921 silent film
O Espantalho
(uncredited & cut)
Buster competes with another farmhand for the love of the farmer's daughter.