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51. Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
Approved | 11 min | Documentary, Short
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A father and his daughter go to town to buy a ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Garver | Stars: Ann Morriss, Naomi Childers, George Lessey, May McAvoy
Votes: 217
52. Soak the Old (1940)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A gang of con artists conspires to take over an honest movement to secure decent pensions for the elderly.
Director: Sammy Lee | Stars: Ralph Morgan, George Cleveland, Cathy Lewis, George Lessey
Votes: 103
53. Eadie Was a Lady (1945)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Edithea Alden, a college girl from a wealthy family, is working at night as dancer in a nightclub. When the leading lady Rose is loosing the customers attractiong, Editha gets her job, but ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Ann Miller, Joe Besser, William Wright, Jeff Donnell
Votes: 42
54. Why Girls Leave Home (1921)
80 min | Drama
Because her father has strict ideas about what clothing she should wear and with whom she should associate, Anna Hedder leaves home and takes up residence with two girl friends. She meets ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Maurine Powers, Julia Swayne Gordon, Corinne Barker
55. Handcuffs or Kisses (1921)
60 min | Drama
Orphan Lois Walton is treated unkindly by her aunt, who has her placed in a reformatory. She and the other inmates are badly abused but are afraid to complain, and she remains silent after ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Elaine Hammerstein, Julia Swayne Gordon, Dorothy Chappell, Robert Ellis
56. Coffins on Wheels (1941)
Approved | 17 min | Crime, Short, Drama
Unscrupulous car dealers foist faulty and dangerous cars on an unsuspecting public.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Darryl Hickman, Tommy Baker, Allan Lane, Cy Kendall
Votes: 198
57. The $1,000,000 Reward (1920)
A 15-chapter serial.
Directors: Harry Grossman, George Lessey | Stars: Lillian Walker, Coit Albertson, Charles Middleton, George Lessey
Votes: 18
58. Birthright (1938)
74 min | Drama
A black Harvard graduate confronts racism.
Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Carman Newsome, Ethel Moses, Alec Lovejoy, Trixie Smith
Votes: 219
59. Rainbow (1921)
50 min | Drama
Rainbow Halliday, an orphan, is reared by three self-appointed guardians who work the Rainbow Copper Mine, willed her by her father. She is rescued from the advances of Joe Sheady by young ... See full summary »
Director: Edward José | Stars: Alice Calhoun, Jack Roach, William J. Gross, Charles Kent
60. Patria (1917)
310 min | Action, Drama
Serial about Japanese spies trying to invade the US but whose plans are foiled by a rich heiress and a Secret Service agent.
Directors: Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton | Stars: Irene Castle, Milton Sills, Warner Oland, Dorothy Green
Votes: 42
61. A Divorce of Convenience (1921)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Spanish coquette Tula Moliana is encumbered with two husbands, one of whom is Senator Wakefield. Intent on divorcing him, Tula convinces Jim Blake, engaged to the senator's daughter, Helen,... See full summary »
Director: Robert Ellis | Stars: Owen Moore, Katherine Perry, George Lessey, Nita Naldi
62. The Harvest Moon (1920)
60 min | Drama
When Madame Vavin, whose marriage to her second husband in England was not recorded in France, dies alone in a small French village, her divorced husband James Fullerton and his tyrannical ... See full summary »
Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Doris Kenyon, Wilfred Lytell, George Lessey, Earl Schenck
63. The Bells (II) (1913)
11 min | Short, Drama
At the express wish of her father, Lucy Martin marries Leo Noakes, a stingy man and one twice her age. When they are at church one Sunday a fire breaks out and everybody manages to escape ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: May Abbey, Robert Brower, Mrs. William Bechtel, Augustus Phillips
64. Martin Chuzzlewit (1912)
Drama, Short
Some very greedy and selfish relatives are all after the failing old Martin Chuzzlewit's money. He is surrounded by all these sycophantic relatives that he truly despises whilst ill, each ... See full summary »
Directors: Oscar Apfel, J. Searle Dawley | Stars: George Lessey, Bessie Learn, Guy Hedlund, Harold M. Shaw
65. Sporting Blood (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Drama
Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the big race looms nearer, Myles is distracted to discover that he really loves Linda.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lewis Stone, William Gargan
Votes: 149
66. The Ambassador's Daughter (1913)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama
The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Miriam Nesbitt, George Lessey, Robert Brower, Marc McDermott
Votes: 91
67. The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
A government mail sack, missing for fifty years, is now being delivered. Stamp collector Julie Martin follows postal inspector Brennon on his delivery tour, hoping to find some rare stamps ... See full summary »
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Richard Travis, Brenda Joyce, Spencer Charters, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 33
68. Gallant Sons (1940)
Approved | 76 min | Mystery
Two childhood friends have a falling out because of their fathers' occupations, which lands one father in jail.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gene Reynolds, Gail Patrick
Votes: 302
69. Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)
50 min | Crime, Western
Upon deciding to move to Mexico, Dick Durand sells his ranch and belongings to Sheriff Clem Allison, and Pete Garson, one of Allison's henchman, uses Durand's regalia to commit a number of ... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Buck Jones, Marian Nixon, Malcolm Waite, Fred DeSilva
Votes: 26
70. How Washington Crossed the Delaware (1912)
Short, Drama
In this story the daughter of a Tory squire, in sympathy with the Continentals, is made to assist the operations of General Washington through her sweetheart, a young officer and scout, ... See full summary »
Director: Oscar Apfel | Stars: Charles Ogle, Mary Fuller, Harold M. Shaw, Robert Brower
71. Dixie Dugan (1943)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization... See full synopsis »
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Lois Andrews, James Ellison, Charlotte Greenwood, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 56
72. At Bear Track Gulch (1913)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Comedy, Western
The mining community of Bear Track Gulch must adapt its ways when it receives its first female visitor.
Director: Harold M. Shaw | Stars: William West, Herbert Prior, George Lessey, Bigelow Cooper
Votes: 100
73. Romeo and Juliet (1911)
16 min | Short, Drama
An ill-fated pair of teenage lovers are destroyed by the feud between their families.
Director: Barry O'Neil | Stars: George Lessey, Julia M. Taylor, Mrs. George W. Walters, David Andrada
Votes: 47
74. Good Bad Boys (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Family, Short, Comedy
Deciding that a life of crime suits them, the gang gets mixed up with a real burglar.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Our Gang, George Lessey, William Bailey, Hugh Beaumont
Votes: 108
75. The Doctor's Duty (II) (1913)
11 min | Drama, Short
At the end of a long, tedious day, Doctor Strong was just preparing for the relaxation of the evening when a costermonger burst in upon him and begged him to come to his dying child. The ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: Charles Ogle, Miriam Nesbitt, Ben F. Wilson, Mrs. William Bechtel
76. The Twelfth Juror (1913)
10 min | Drama, Short
A play based on a famous English case of a man being executed wrongfully on circumstantial evidence. Harry Baker and Alice Charlton meet at the preparations for a barn dance. He takes her ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: Ben F. Wilson, Laura Sawyer, Jack Conway, R. Henry Grey
77. Apples of Sodom (1913)
11 min | Short, Drama
George Lawrence and his mother live in a nearby town in a modest sort of way, George earning money by writing. His chum, Philip Crane, comes down on week-ends to call and it is on one of ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: Charles Arthur, Barry O'Moore, Mrs. William Bechtel, Ida Williams
78. The Eagle's Eye (1918)
600 min
A criminologist and a government agent team up to expose a ring of German spies.
Directors: George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton | Stars: King Baggot, Marguerite Snow, William Bailey, Florence Short
79. The Honor of a Soldier (1913)
11 min | Short, Drama
Private Stanley is saying good-bye to his wife and daughter when his tent-mate calls him to join the regiment, which is about to go into action. Just before the advance, Stanley notices ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: Herbert Prior, Ida Williams, Kathleen Coughlin, Richard Neill
80. Cap'n Eri (1915)
Drama
Director: George Lessey | Stars: George Bunny, William Mandeville, Herbert Bostwick
Votes: 30
81. It Is the Law (1924)
70 min | Drama, Mystery
Albert Woodruff is rejected by pretty Ruth Allen in favor of his friend, Justin Victor. Albert gets his revenge by faking his own death--by finding a man who looks just like him and killing... See full summary »
Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Arthur Hohl, Herbert Heyes, Mona Palma, George Lessey
82. The Dam Builder (1912)
Drama, Short
Jack Marley, a young engineer who is in charge of the construction of a great dam, has occasion to discharge Bill Murdock, an unruly foreman. Murdock threatens to get satisfaction. A few ... See full summary »
Director: Bannister Merwin | Stars: Charles Ogle, George Lessey, Robert Brower, Edna Flugrath
83. His New Automobile (1915)
Comedy, Short
King Drake has the automobile craze, and announces to his fellow-boarders that he is about to buy a car. He tells his sweetheart Jane Gallup that he will invite her to drive with him down ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: King Baggot, Jane Gail, Ned Reardon, Joseph Granby
84. The Purple Lady (1916)
50 min | Comedy
The Uplift Society, with Silas Gilworthy at its head, plans to rid the city of the pernicious influence of the dance parlors. The worst of these is said to be the Purple Lightning Tango ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: Irene Howley, Alan Hale, Howard Truesdale, George Pauncefort
Votes: 13
85. The Governor (1912)
Drama, Short
John Meade, the retiring governor, is an honest, fearless reformer. He sees that his friend Waring is elected as his successor. Waring is not a strong character and his new office goes to ... See full summary »
Director: Harold M. Shaw | Stars: Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Willis Secord, Walter Edwin
86. Is Life Worth Living? (1921)
66 min | Drama
Man tries to make a comeback after getting out of prison.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Eugene O'Brien, Winifred Westover, Arthur Housman, George Lessey
87. The Will of the People (1913)
Drama, Short
This is a story of more than common interest showing where the "boss" of a small-sized city, not knowing whom to put up for mayor, falls on the idea of putting in Blanchard, the reform man,... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: Charles Ogle, Miriam Nesbitt, Bigelow Cooper, Harry Linson
88. The Two Doctors (1914)
Short, Drama
Henry Martin and Bob Westerly studied together at the same medical college, or better, they were both at the same medical college, for whereas Martin threw himself into his work with a ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: Augustus Phillips, Sally Crute, Joseph Manning, Cora Williams
89. White Thunder (1925)
50 min | Western
During a feud between sheep-men and cattle ranchers, Sheriff Richards is murdered by a man with the ace of spades tattooed on his arm. Chick Richards returns from college upon learning of ... See full summary »
Director: Ben F. Wilson | Stars: Yakima Canutt, William H. Turner, Lew Meehan, George Lessey
90. Laugh Your Blues Away (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Mrs. Westerly (Isobel Elsom), a once-wealthy dowager, is determined to marry her son Jimmy Westerly (Douglas Drake) to Priscilla Conklin (Phyllis Kennedy), the daughter of wealthy Texas ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jinx Falkenburg, Bert Gordon, Johnny Mitchell, Isobel Elsom
91. A Dollar Saved Is a Dollar Earned (1912)
Short, Drama
A youth of 20 starts his business career with hopes of advancement and increases in salary. He marries the office stenographer. Year after year the bookkeeper works in the same monotonous ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Augustus Phillips, Bliss Milford, George Lessey
92. The Big Boss (1941)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
Although they are brothers, Frank and Bob Dugan are complete opposites: Frank is arrogant and anti-social, while Bob is a good boy, anxious to get ahead in the world. One day, the boys's ... See full synopsis »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Otto Kruger, Gloria Dickson, John Litel, Don Beddoe
Votes: 49
93. The Harbinger of Peace (1912)
Short, Drama
The story begins with Dora, the daughter of Farmer Wilson, and Dick the son of neighbor Andrews. The young folks are very much in love and there seems to be no reason why they should not be... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Brower, Mary Fuller, William West, George Lessey
94. School Days (II) (1921)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
A naive young man, raised poor in a small town, comes to New York City to make his fortune. Overwhelmed by the city's hustle and bustle, and entranced by the rich and sophisticated ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Wesley Barry, George Lessey, Nellie Parker Spaulding, Margaret Seddon
95. Scar Hanan (1925)
50 min | Western
Trailing the man who killed his father, Scar Hanan goes to work on the ranch of Bart Hutchins, a mean fellow who takes an instant dislike to Scar and frames him for cattle rustling. During ... See full summary »
Directors: Donald Cunliffe, Edward Linden, Ben F. Wilson | Stars: Yakima Canutt, Dorothy Wood, Helen Broneau, Palmer Morrison
96. Thru Different Eyes (1942)
64 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
District Attorney Stephen Pettijohn returns to his alma mater to lecture on circumstantial evidence, and uses a recent case,the murder of banker James Gardner, to make his point: Constance ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Z. Loring | Stars: Frank Craven, Mary Howard, June Walker, Donald Woods
Votes: 52
97. To Him That Hath (1918)
50 min | Drama
David Aldrich takes upon his own shoulders the thefts of a dead friend and is sent to prison for misappropriation of funds. At the end of a five year sentence he comes out of jail to start ... See full summary »
Director: Oscar Apfel | Stars: Montagu Love, Reginald Carrington, George De Carlton, George Lessey
98. The Fool (1925)
100 min | Drama
Daniel Gilchrist, assistant rector in a fashionable church, preaches a sermon in which he exhorts his congregation to emulate the life of Christ by giving up worldly possessions in order to... See full summary »
Director: Harry F. Millarde | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Raymond Bloomer, Henry Sedley, Paul Panzer
99. The Awakening of a Man (1913)
22 min | Short, Drama
Things are going none too well for the firm of Wentworth and Sons. The volume of business is steadily decreasing, and importunate creditors make things highly unpleasant for Richard, the ... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: Ben F. Wilson, Charles Ogle, Dan Mason, William West
100. The Elder Brother (1913)
11 min | Drama, Short
In a small-sized city, two brothers, lawyers, are practicing. The younger one is wont to go astray. Gambling is the dissipation and he even brings his gambling chums to his office. It is on... See full summary »
Director: George Lessey | Stars: William West, Mary Fuller, Harry Beaumont, Richard Tucker