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Little Dorrit (1913)
Character: Little Dorrit, as an Adult
A short adaption of the novel by Charles Dickens.
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The Immortal Flame (1916)
Character: Ada Forbes
Ada Forbes loves Eugene Cory, but she marries Stapleton, a political boss who promises Ada's father a Senate seat in return for his daughter. After several years of an unhappy marriage, Ada leaves Stapleton and returns to Cory, now married to Alice Wood, to be his mistress. Alice finds out about the affair and confronts Ada, who promises never to see Eugene again. Then, Ada learns that her mother is dying. The double shock of losing Eugene and her mother brings on a breakdown, and Ada is put under a doctor's care. Her round-the-clock nurse falls asleep, however, and a half-insane Ada wanders away, falls into a river and drowns.
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The American Consul (1917)
Character: Joan Kitwell
Country lawyer Abel Manning is very passionate about his political party. Through the force of his oratory, he helps elect James Kitwell to the U.S. Senate. Kitwell has promised to reward Manning an important post. No job is forthcoming until a scheme is offered to the unscrupulous Kitwell by Pedro Gonzales. Gonzales plans a revolution in Mexico and needs a corruptible American consul.
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Race Suicide (1938)
Character: Nurse
A District Attorney decides to go after a doctor who is targeting young women and talking them into having illegal abortions.
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The Legend of Provence (1913)
Character: Sister Angela
A foundling is raised in a convent and becomes a nun there, until she falls in love with a wounded soldier under her care. When she leaves the convent, a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and assumes the girl's appearance to carry on her work.
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The Woman Pays (1914)
Character: Margaret Watson
The Woman Pays is a 1914 silent film that follows the story of an "innocent society woman" who finds herself in a difficult predicament.
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Bondwomen (1915)
Character: Norma Ellis
After five years of repressed protest, Norma, wife of Dr. Hugh Ellis, a moderately successful physician, suddenly voices denunciation regarding the average position of the American wife in the average American home today wherein she is compelled to be entirely answerable to her husband in expenditures for household and petty needs.
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Frou Frou (1914)
Character: Frou Frou
Comte Paul De Valreas is attracted to Frou Frou, the frivolous wife of Henri De Sartorys and the indifferent mother of their young son Georges. Paul persuades Frou Frou to bring her somber sister Louise, who secretly loves Henri, into the household, thus freeing her from any domestic duties.
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King Rene’s Daughter (1913)
Character: Iolante, the Blind Girl
This elaborate and well-staged silent version of Hertz' play is exceedingly well produced for 1913: it starts off by introducing the actors by name and role, then showing them in double exposure in street clothes and in costumes. The production values are also elaborate and the look of the set designs reminds one of the elaborate backdrops that Melies used in his shots.
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Union Pacific (1939)
Character: Woman (uncredited)
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
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The Ten Commandments (1956)
Character: Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
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East Lynne (1912)
Character: N/A
Based on the novel of the same name by Mrs. Henry Wood (Ellen Wood).
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Smashing the Vice Trust (1937)
Character: Mrs. Bacon
In a meeting with the leaders of his vice syndicate, gangster boss James "Lucky" Lombardo complains that his profits are down. He demands that his henchmen get new, younger and prettier girls for his bordellos.
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Moths (1913)
Character: Vere
A French woman has to marry a Russian to preserve the reputation of her society mother. However she is in love with someone else.
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Gaslight (1944)
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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David Copperfield (1911)
Character: N/A
Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the three films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week.
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The Unfaithful (1947)
Character: Old Maid in Montage
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
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Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
Character: Miss Teasdale
An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.
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A Double Life (1947)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
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Pamela Congreve (1914)
Character: Pamela Congreve
The story of country girl Pamela Congreve who driven by revenge rises through London society to seek justice against the villain who caused her father's death.
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
Character: Spinster
Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.
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Emergency Squad (1940)
Character: Mother
Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other emergencies where lives are at stake. Slade Wiley, an unscrupulous tunnel builder, finds that his low bid on the Newford Tunnel project is causing him to lose a lot of money, and has underworld leader Nick Burton set off blasts to frighten the stockholders into selling their shares at a low price so he can buy up the stock. Betty is investigating the deal when Wiley and Burton take her on a "tour trip" to the tunnel.
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