William Marshall

Second Wife (1930)

, 1h4
Réalisé par Russell Mack
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee, Mary Carr
Rôle Directeur de la Photographie
Note51%

Not long after the death of his first wife, Walter Fairchild becomes engaged to Florence Wendell. Florence ignores the warnings of Gilbert Gaylord, who is also interested in marrying her, that she doesn't know what she is getting herself into; that no woman will ever be able to fill the void in Fairchild's life left by the death of his wife. After they are married, Fairchild and Florence have some contention as she buys into the warnings given her by Gaylord. To appease her, they move out of the house he shared with his first wife, and allows her to furnish the new home. Sensing that he and his new wife need some time alone together to start their new lives, he sends his seven-year-old son, Walter Jr., to a boarding school in Switzerland. After Florence becomes pregnant, Fairchild is notified that is son is very ill, and will most likely not recover. Despite Florence's pleas for him not to leave her, he travels to his son's side. As he leaves, Florence tells him not to return.

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Le Dernier Voyage (1929)

, 1h10
Réalisé par Malcolm St. Clair
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Tom Moore, Owen Moore, Matt Moore, George Raft, Emma Dunn, Katherine Perry
Rôle Directeur de la Photographie
Note55%

The film chronicles the exploits of three Irish brothers. Jimmy is a cop, John is an emergency room doctor, and Dennis, as far as his family is aware of, is a very wealthy businessman, even having paid for John to go to medical school. Their parents, Nora and Tom, are very proud of all three sons. Jimmy is promoted on the police force, and begins the investigation of a murder involving the infamous Muller gang.

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Night Parade (1929)

, 1h11
Réalisé par Malcolm St. Clair
Genres Drame
Thèmes Sport, Arts martiaux, La boxe, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Aileen Pringle, Robert Ellis, Hugh Trevor, Dorothy Gulliver, Ann Pennington, Lloyd Ingraham
Rôle Directeur de la Photographie
Note56%

Bobby Murray is the middleweight champion, managed by his father, Tom. He is expected to lose an upcoming fight in defense of his title. A local sportswriter, Sid Durham, also thinks he will lose, but he has high regard for Tom. A gangster, John Zelli, also feels that Murray will lose, but wants to ensure that fact. Zelli enlists the talents of sultry Paula Vernoff to seduce Bobby, and get him to agree to throw the fight.

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Stranded in Paris (1926)

, 1h10
Réalisé par Arthur Rosson
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Bebe Daniels, James Hall, Ford Sterling, Mabel Julienne Scott, Tom Ricketts, Helen Dunbar
Rôle Directeur de la Photographie

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Le cheik (1921)

, 1h20
Réalisé par George Melford
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Action, Aventure, Romance
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale, Sexualité, Le viol
Acteurs Rudolph Valentino, Adolphe Menjou, Agnes Ayres, George Waggner, Frank Butler, Walter Long
Rôle Directeur de la Photographie
Note61%

La Britannique lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayres) refuse l'idée du mariage car elle pense qu'il symbolise la fin de l'indépendance des femmes. Lors du premier jour d'une longue excursion dans le désert, elle est kidnappée par Ahmed Ben Hassan (Rudolph Valentino), un riche et puissant Cheik, qui l'entraîne vers son camp pour en faire sa maîtresse.

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L'Île de la terreur (1920)

Réalisé par James Cruze
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Aventure
Acteurs Lila Lee, Eugene Pallette, Frank Bonner, Ed Brady, Rosemary Theby, Fred Turner
Rôle Directeur de la Photographie
Note54%

Harper, un inventeur américain philanthrope, a créé un nouveau type de sous-marin, muni d'appareils extraordinaires. Son but ? Récupérer au fond des mers tous les trésors engloutis durant la première guerre mondiale pour en faire bénéficier les nécessiteux. Mais il va devoir vite l'utiliser pour venir en aide à une ravissante jeune fille, dont le père est retenu prisonnier sur une terre lointaine. Mais tribu sauvage et Américains cupides vont se mettre sur leur chemin...

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919)

, 50minutes
Réalisé par Hugh Ford
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Marguerite Clark, Mary Carr, May McAvoy, Gareth Hughes
Rôle Directeur de la Photographie
Note62%

As described in a film magazine, Lovey Mary (Clark) is an inmate of an orphanage who runs away a little boy with whom she has become strongly attached. She finds refuge on a rainy night with Mrs. Wiggs (Carr), a mother of five who lives in a wretched settlement known as the Cabbage Patch. Mrs. Wiggs feeds and shelters them, and lies to a sheriff looking to return them to the orphanage. There are a series of interactions with the amusing characters that live in the Cabbage Patch with brings about the growth and improvement in Mary. It is through Mary that the child she has been mothering becomes legitimate and the whole family obtains prosperity.

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Arms and the Girl (1917)

, 50minutes
Réalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Billie Burke, Thomas Meighan, J. Malcolm Dunn, Arthur Bauer
Rôle Directeur de la Photographie

As described in a film magazine, during August 1914 Ruth Sherwood (Burke), an American traveling through Belgium with her parents, is left behind in Beaupre will sending a message to her fiance in Paris. She is compelled to seek shelter at the Hotel Tete d'Or as there are no more trains that day. Here she meets another American, Wilfred Ferrers. Ruth's passport is stolen by Olga Karnovitch (Bates), a Russian spy, who leaves her Russian passport in Ruth's hands. The town is invaded by Germans who are headed towards Paris, and they make the inn their headquarters. Ferrers is discovered destroying the Russian passport and is ordered to be shot at once. Ruth comes to his assistance by claiming that he is her fiance. The German officer is skeptical, and he orders that they be married at once. The ceremony is held beneath the upheld swords of the Germans, and an embarrassing night follows as the couple retire to their room. Ferrers overcomes the sentinel at their door, dons his uniform, and forces the General (Trimble) at the point of a gun to give them a pass to get through the German lines into France. In the meantime, Jack Martin (David), Ruth's fiance, arrives, but she says that he is her chauffeur. Ferrers gives Jack the pass, but Ruth refuses to leave Ferrers, having fallen in love with her "husband." The Germans receive orders to move on and as Ferrers enters the inn to urge Ruth to depart at once, he is shot by the outraged General. Ruth borrows a smock from the innkeeper and with Ferrers makes her escape across the boarder into France.

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Arms and the Girl (1917)

, 50minutes
Réalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Billie Burke, Thomas Meighan, J. Malcolm Dunn, Arthur Bauer
Rôle Cinématographie

As described in a film magazine, during August 1914 Ruth Sherwood (Burke), an American traveling through Belgium with her parents, is left behind in Beaupre will sending a message to her fiance in Paris. She is compelled to seek shelter at the Hotel Tete d'Or as there are no more trains that day. Here she meets another American, Wilfred Ferrers. Ruth's passport is stolen by Olga Karnovitch (Bates), a Russian spy, who leaves her Russian passport in Ruth's hands. The town is invaded by Germans who are headed towards Paris, and they make the inn their headquarters. Ferrers is discovered destroying the Russian passport and is ordered to be shot at once. Ruth comes to his assistance by claiming that he is her fiance. The German officer is skeptical, and he orders that they be married at once. The ceremony is held beneath the upheld swords of the Germans, and an embarrassing night follows as the couple retire to their room. Ferrers overcomes the sentinel at their door, dons his uniform, and forces the General (Trimble) at the point of a gun to give them a pass to get through the German lines into France. In the meantime, Jack Martin (David), Ruth's fiance, arrives, but she says that he is her chauffeur. Ferrers gives Jack the pass, but Ruth refuses to leave Ferrers, having fallen in love with her "husband." The Germans receive orders to move on and as Ferrers enters the inn to urge Ruth to depart at once, he is shot by the outraged General. Ruth borrows a smock from the innkeeper and with Ferrers makes her escape across the boarder into France.

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