William demarest

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poster Patterns

Patterns

Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Briggs, the long-time vice president, but it soon become…

poster Behind Office Doors

Behind Office Doors

82mn - Drama, Romance

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.

poster Rector's to Claremont

Rector's to Claremont

When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.

poster Beau Brummel

Beau Brummel

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. …

poster Among Those Present

Among Those Present

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

poster The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams

80mn - Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he …

poster One Exciting Night

One Exciting Night

128mn - Mystery

A young orphan girl, courted by an unpleasant older suitor who has a hold over her adoptive mother, falls in love with Fairfax, a young stranger at a party. A group of bootleggers try to get away with the…

poster Day Dreams

Day Dreams

In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler one…

poster A Stranger in Town

A Stranger in Town

67mn - Crime, Romance

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiti…

poster Backstairs

Backstairs

In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his building. However, she is in love with a wealthy and handsome young man, who soon disappears. The mailman p…

poster Danger Lights

Danger Lights

74mn - Adventure, Drama

Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes…

poster Kid Speed

Kid Speed

18mn - Comedy, Romance, Action

Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in lov…

poster Murder at Glen Athol

Murder at Glen Athol

A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over he finds himself involved with gangsters, blackmail and murde

poster The Rough House

The Rough House

Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence's cook tries to woo the maid who only has eyes for the char…

poster A Window on Washington Park

A Window on Washington Park

From his apartment, where he lives a cheerless widower's life, overlooking Washington Park, Alan Dale sees a refined, but poverty-stricken old gentleman on one of the park benches. Calling his butler, he …

poster A Morning Alarm

A Morning Alarm

1mn - Documentary

"This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the country, present a thrilling spectacle as they dash rap…

poster Betrayed by a Handprint

Betrayed by a Handprint

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number …

Rebecca

130mn - Drama, Mystery

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must com…

poster Wives Under Suspicion

Wives Under Suspicion

69mn - Crime, Drama

A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.

poster Borrowed Wives

Borrowed Wives

Peter has to be married by midnight or else his inheritance goes to his uncle... Who happens to live in a "haunted house".

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