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1. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 329
2. This Is Your Life (1970–1973)
30 min | Biography, Reality-TV
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Nanette Fabray, Bette Davis, Peter Graves
Votes: 197
3.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Target - A Cop
(1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A sniper targets police officers.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer
Votes: 84
4. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett.
Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer
Votes: 8,198
5. Two Weeks Off (1929)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
Salesgirl Frances is planning a summer vacation at the beach with a friend who also works at her store. Just as she is getting ready to leave home, handsome young plumber Dave arrives to ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, Gertrude Astor, James Finlayson
Votes: 13
6. Shore Leave (1925)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
While anchored down on a small New England port, on shore leave, Bilge Smith, a sailor, meets Connie Martin, the village dressmaker. Upon leaving, Bilge promises to return to Connie.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Mackaill, Ted McNamara, Nick Long
Votes: 114
7. This Is Your Life (1950–1987)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Bob Warren, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope
Votes: 314
8. The Lotus Eater (1921)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Disillusioned in marriage, Jacques Leroi attempts an airship flight across the Pacific Ocean, but crashes and washes ashore on an island populated by a peaceful tribe of completely happy ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: John Barrymore, Colleen Moore, Anna Q. Nilsson, Ida Waterman
Votes: 50
9. Safe in Hell (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray
Votes: 2,041
10. The Barker (1928)
Passed | 80 min | Drama
A carnival barker wants his son to become a lawyer, but his son gets side-tracked into joining the carnival too.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 123
11. Once a Sinner (1931)
71 min | Romance
Director: Guthrie McClintic | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, C. Henry Gordon
Votes: 27
12. His Captive Woman (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A cabaret dancer, kills her sugar-daddy and escapes to a South Seas island on the yacht of a wealthy admirer, but is captured by the detective trailing her.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Gladden James, Jed Prouty
Votes: 24
13. Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
70 min | Comedy
Ma and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's packaging design, and pretty daughter Helen's salesmanship), and move 'uptown' to live the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, Sylvia Ashton, James Finlayson
Votes: 40
14. No Man of Her Own (1932)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 1,689
15. Party Husband (1931)
TV-G | 74 min | Comedy
A liberated couple's divergent lifestyles almost ruin their marriage.
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, James Rennie, Dorothy Peterson, Joe Donahue
Votes: 111
16. The Mine with the Iron Door (1924)
80 min | Western
Bob Hill and Thad Grove, two prospectors, find a small child in the desert cabin of bandit Sonora Jack. The little girl, Marta, who has been kidnapped by Jack, is taken by the men, who ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Pat O'Malley, Dorothy Mackaill, Raymond Hatton, Charles Murray
Votes: 14
17. The Love Racket (1929)
74 min | Crime, Drama
A beautiful girl exposes her shameful past to save the life of a girl she has never met.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer, Edmund Burns, Myrtle Stedman
Votes: 16
18. Die Filmstadt Hollywood (1928)
Documentary
Director: Max Goldschmidt | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Lya De Putti, Dolores Del Río, Greta Garbo
Votes: 10
19. The Office Wife (1930)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Romance
Larry Fellowes of Fellowes Publishing wants Kate to write her next book about the 'Office Wife'. The personal secretary/stenographer spends more time with the busy executive and makes more ... See full summary »
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone, Natalie Moorhead, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 492
20. The Reckless Hour (1931)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, Romance
In New York City, a young model is swept off her feet by a debonair, handsome young man. Unfortunately for her, he didn't want to get married but had been stringing her along. When she ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagel, H.B. Warner, Joan Blondell
Votes: 241
21. Cheaters (1934)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of getting him to marry her, then getting a healthy settlement after a quick divorce.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: William Boyd, June Collyer, Dorothy Mackaill, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 28
22. Strictly Modern (1930)
63 min | Comedy, Romance
A lady novelist falls deeply in love.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer, Julanne Johnston, Warner Richmond
Votes: 22
23. The Flirting Widow (1930)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
Phyllis wants to marry Bobby, but Father won't permit it until older sister Celia weds. So Celia invents a military fiancée in Arabia, unimaginatively christens him John Smith, writes him a... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, William Austin
Votes: 293
24. Life in Hollywood No. 3 (1927)
9 min | Short
A visit to Universal Studios
Stars: Baby Peggy, King Baggot, Lon Chaney, Emmett Corrigan
Votes: 10
25. The Bridge of Sighs (1925)
70 min | Drama
The spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the daughter of his father's business manager.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Creighton Hale, Richard Tucker, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 14
26. Kept Husbands (1931)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, Joel McCrea, Dorothy Mackaill, Ned Sparks
Votes: 620
27. Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
Approved | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Bulldog Drummond goes up against foreign agents trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
Director: Norman Lee | Stars: John Lodge, Dorothy Mackaill, Victor Jory, Claud Allister
Votes: 466
28. Bits of Life (1921)
60 min | Drama
Episode 1: The Bad Samaritan. Tom Levitt, half-breed son of a Chinese and a white woman, is the victim of brutality during his boyhood and becomes a criminal. A friend, released from jail, ... See full summary »
Directors: James Flood, Marshall Neilan, William J. Scully | Stars: Wesley Barry, Rockliffe Fellowes, Lon Chaney, Noah Beery
Votes: 16
29. Love Affair (1932)
68 min | Drama, Romance
Heiress Carol Owen learns to fly from aeronautical engineer Jim Leonard who begins neglecting his work as their affair progresses. Things get complicated when she learns her father died ... See full summary »
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Humphrey Bogart, Hale Hamilton, Halliwell Hobbes
Votes: 541
30. Picture Brides (1934)
Passed | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
Four "Picture Brides" from New Orleans arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought there to marry workers at Lottagrasso, a remote mining site of the Standard Diamond Mines. On ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Regis Toomey, Dorothy Libaire, Alan Hale
Votes: 112
31. Bright Lights (1930)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay, Noah Beery, Daphne Pollard
Votes: 382
32. Curtain at Eight (1933)
68 min | Mystery
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a stage actor.
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill, Paul Cavanagh, Sam Hardy
Votes: 216
33. Life in Hollywood No. 7 (1927)
4 min | Short
Stars: Agnes Ayers, Madge Bellamy, Lionel Belmore, Edward Connelly
Votes: 11
34. The Fighting Blade (1923)
Passed | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and sword-for-hire, stands ready to defend his ... See full summary »
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Mackaill, Lee Baker, Morgan Wallace
Votes: 30
35. Man Trouble (1930)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.
Director: Berthold Viertel | Stars: Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Kenneth MacKenna, Sharon Lynn
Votes: 33
36. Their Mad Moment (1931)
55 min | Comedy, Drama
Their Mad Moment is a 1931 American Pre-Code film directed by Chandler Sprague and starring Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on the 1927 book by Eleanor Mercein Kelly, Basquerie.
Directors: Hamilton MacFadden, Chandler Sprague | Stars: Warner Baxter, Dorothy Mackaill, Zasu Pitts, Nance O'Neil
Votes: 58
37.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
School for Assassins
(1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Five-O is assigned to provide security for a meeting involving a Middle Eastern sheik from OPEC, who is coming to Honolulu to negotiate with oil magnate John Ellington. McGarrett gets ... See full summary »
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Jack Lord, William Smith, Sharon Farrell, Moe Keale
Votes: 63
38. The Great Divide (1929)
Passed | 72 min | Musical, Romance, Western
Steven Ghent has decided to sell the mine he's owned for fifteen years, located at the border of Mexico where the Great Divide ends. When the representatives are delayed for a few days, he ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Ian Keith, Myrna Loy, Creighton Hale
Votes: 203
39. The Lunatic at Large (1927)
60 min | Comedy
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Leon Errol, Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Raymond, Warren Cook
Votes: 11
40. Convoy (1927)
80 min | Drama
Convoy is a lost 1927 silent World War I drama starring Lowell Sherman and Dorothy Mackaill and released through First National Pictures.
Directors: Joseph Boyle, Lothar Mendes | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Dorothy Mackaill, William Collier Jr., Lawrence Gray
Votes: 13
41. Ranson's Folly (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boasts to his fellow officers that he could hold up a stagecoach with a pair of scissors. ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Mackaill, Anders Randolf, Pat Hartigan
Votes: 51
42. Fashion News (1930)
5 min | Documentary, Short
Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.
Directors: Meredith E. Fulton, George W. Gibson | Stars: Lina Basquette, Sally Blane, Dorothy Burgess, Sue Carol
Votes: 48
43. The Chief (1933)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy
A timid man (Ed Wynn) is thrust into the spotlight when his father is honored as a hero. He blunders into a series of adventures because of a woman (Dorothy Mackaill) and becomes a hero ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Ed Wynn, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Dorothy Mackaill, William 'Stage' Boyd
Votes: 87
44. Waterfront (1928)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, James Bradbury Sr., Knute Erickson
Votes: 12
45. Just Another Blonde (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Jimmy O'Connor and Scotty are a couple of New York City gamblers and sharpies who decide to go straight and, since they are such good friends, split 50-50 "even steven" on anything they get... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, Louise Brooks, William Collier Jr.
Votes: 58
46. Joanna (1925)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
Joanna Manners is a flapper with a million-dollar figure, million-dollar looks, and a million dollars in cash. She falls in love with John Wilmore, a guy who hasn't got a dime nor a pot to ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, Paul Nicholson, George Fawcett
47. Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923)
80 min | Drama
Blind violinist Rose Duncan unknowingly falls in with a gang of crooks who use her as a decoy. Under her influence they all--especially Jimmy Harrison--resolve to go straight but decide to ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: James Rennie, Sam Hardy, Anders Randolf, Harry Short
48. Torchy's Millions (1920)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Stars: Johnny Hines, Dorothy Mackaill, Norma Shearer
49. The Man Who Came Back (1924)
Passed | 90 min | Drama
Henry Potter is the irresponsible playboy son of a New York millionaire. Fearing he will disgrace the family name if he stays in New York, the father sends him to San Francisco to work in ... See full summary »
Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: George O'Brien, Dorothy Mackaill, Cyril Chadwick, Ralph Lewis
50. The Making of O'Malley (1925)
80 min | Drama
Jim O'Malley, a patrolman who is a stickler for the letter of the law, is assigned to duty as a traffic cop near a grade school, where he meets Lucille Thayer, a beautiful teacher. Jim ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Helen Rowland, Warner Richmond