Edwards Davis

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The Power of the Press (1928)

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Jobyna Ralston  •  Mildred Harris  •  Philo McCullough

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Jobyna Ralston  •  Mildred Harris  •  Philo McCullough

Love in the Rough (1930)

When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Robert Montgomery  •  Dorothy Jordan  •  Benny Rubin  •  J. C. Nugent

When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Robert Montgomery  •  Dorothy Jordan  •  Benny Rubin  •  J. C. Nugent

The Only Woman (1924)

A 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Eugene O'Brien  •  Edwards Davis  •  Winter Hall

A 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Eugene O'Brien  •  Edwards Davis  •  Winter Hall

De Luxe Annie (1918)

A 1918 film directed by Roland West.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland West
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Eugene O'Brien  •  Frank Mills  •  Edna Hunter

A 1918 film directed by Roland West.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland West
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Eugene O'Brien  •  Frank Mills  •  Edna Hunter

Not So Long Ago (1925)

Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she devours -- finds one prospect in an earnest denizen of the Bowery, and another in an elegant young aristocrat. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Betty Bronson  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Edwards Davis  •  Julia Swayne Gordon

Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she devours -- finds one prospect in an earnest denizen of the Bowery, and another in an elegant young aristocrat. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Betty Bronson  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Edwards Davis  •  Julia Swayne Gordon

Weary River (1929)

A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Richard Barthelmess  •  Betty Compson  •  William Holden  •  George E. Stone

A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Richard Barthelmess  •  Betty Compson  •  William Holden  •  George E. Stone

On the Front Page (1926)

After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story about the countess. After spending the night in the wrong street looking for the wrong countess, he comes up with a ...  (more)

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CAST:  Lillian Rich  •  Tyler Brooke  •  Stan Laurel  •  Bull Montana

After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story about the countess. After spending the night in the wrong street looking for the wrong countess, he comes up with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Lillian Rich  •  Tyler Brooke  •  Stan Laurel  •  Bull Montana

A Guy Named Joe (1943)

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Irene Dunne  •  James Gleason  •  Ward Bond

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Irene Dunne  •  James Gleason  •  Ward Bond

Renegades (1930)

Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding Arabs, and are soon in Casablanca getting decorated by the French Minister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Myrna Loy  •  Noah Beery  •  Gregory Gaye

Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding Arabs, and are soon in Casablanca getting decorated by the French Minister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Myrna Loy  •  Noah Beery  •  Gregory Gaye

Hello, Everybody! (1933)

The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town, depends on Kate to hold everything together. The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Kate Smith  •  Randolph Scott  •  Sally Blane  •  Charley Grapewin

The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town, depends on Kate to hold everything together. The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Kate Smith  •  Randolph Scott  •  Sally Blane  •  Charley Grapewin

Diamond Jim (1935)

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Edward Arnold  •  Jean Arthur  •  Binnie Barnes  •  Cesar Romero

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Edward Arnold  •  Jean Arthur  •  Binnie Barnes  •  Cesar Romero

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)

A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Edwards
CAST:  Harry Langdon  •  Joan Crawford  •  Edwards Davis  •  Tom Murray

A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Edwards
CAST:  Harry Langdon  •  Joan Crawford  •  Edwards Davis  •  Tom Murray

The Good Bad Boy (1924)

Billy Benson has a reputation as a "bad boy" largely due to his habit of winding up in fist fights. Billy is usually fighting to defend his dad's reputation. John Benson is the town ne'er-do-well: a failed inventor who has labored the past 20 years on what he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Joe Butterworth  •  Mary Jane Irving  •  Forrest Robinson  •  Lucy Beaumont

Billy Benson has a reputation as a "bad boy" largely due to his habit of winding up in fist fights. Billy is usually fighting to defend his dad's reputation. John Benson is the town ne'er-do-well: a failed inventor who has labored the past 20 years on what he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Joe Butterworth  •  Mary Jane Irving  •  Forrest Robinson  •  Lucy Beaumont

Butterflies in the Rain (1926)

Tina, who is from an aristocratic English family, believes in the new freedom for women and is an ardent follower of a group of pseudo-bohemians. While riding through the neighboring estate of John Humphries, a wealthy commoner resented by the Carteret family, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sloman
CAST:  Laura La Plante  •  James Kirkwood  •  Robert Ober  •  Dorothy Cumming

Tina, who is from an aristocratic English family, believes in the new freedom for women and is an ardent follower of a group of pseudo-bohemians. While riding through the neighboring estate of John Humphries, a wealthy commoner resented by the Carteret family, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sloman
CAST:  Laura La Plante  •  James Kirkwood  •  Robert Ober  •  Dorothy Cumming

Madonna of the Streets (1930)

Directed by John S. Robertson. With Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames, Ivan Linow, Josephine Dunn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John S. Robertson
CAST:  Evelyn Brent  •  Robert Ames  •  Ivan Linow  •  Josephine Dunn

Directed by John S. Robertson. With Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames, Ivan Linow, Josephine Dunn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John S. Robertson
CAST:  Evelyn Brent  •  Robert Ames  •  Ivan Linow  •  Josephine Dunn

The Strength of the Weak (1916)

Soon after Pauline D'Arcy, an untutored country girl from the Northwest, is left destitute by the death of her father, she falls in love with a middle-aged married man, John Adams, whose alias is Abbott. Although never intending to marry her, Abbott promises to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucius Henderson
CAST:  Mary Fuller  •  Edwards Davis  •  Harry Hilliard  •  Curtis Benton

Soon after Pauline D'Arcy, an untutored country girl from the Northwest, is left destitute by the death of her father, she falls in love with a middle-aged married man, John Adams, whose alias is Abbott. Although never intending to marry her, Abbott promises to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucius Henderson
CAST:  Mary Fuller  •  Edwards Davis  •  Harry Hilliard  •  Curtis Benton

Joanna (1925)

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 gut who hasn't got a dime nor a pot to put it in if he had a dime. There are those who object. Especially, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Carewe
CAST:  Dorothy Mackaill  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Paul Nicholson  •  George Fawcett

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 gut who hasn't got a dime nor a pot to put it in if he had a dime. There are those who object. Especially, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Carewe
CAST:  Dorothy Mackaill  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Paul Nicholson  •  George Fawcett

High Steppers (1926)

Perryam is going through a round of bad luck; he is thrown out of school and loses at love. In search of a change, he heads for London, where he meets Audrey Nye, a former jazz baby who has gotten a responsible job on a newspaper. She helps Perryam get hired as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Carewe
CAST:  Lloyd Hughes  •  Mary Astor  •  Dolores del Río  •  Rita Carewe

Perryam is going through a round of bad luck; he is thrown out of school and loses at love. In search of a change, he heads for London, where he meets Audrey Nye, a former jazz baby who has gotten a responsible job on a newspaper. She helps Perryam get hired as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Carewe
CAST:  Lloyd Hughes  •  Mary Astor  •  Dolores del Río  •  Rita Carewe

Wings of Pride (1920)

Olive Muir, a haughty society girl, objects when Alice Prentice, a girl of lower station, comes to visit her family. After Alice's drunken father comes to visit the Muir home, Olive learns to her horror that she is adopted and that Prentice is her real father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B.A. Rolfe
CAST:  Olive Tell  •  John B. O'Brien  •  Denton Vane  •  Ida Pardee

Olive Muir, a haughty society girl, objects when Alice Prentice, a girl of lower station, comes to visit her family. After Alice's drunken father comes to visit the Muir home, Olive learns to her horror that she is adopted and that Prentice is her real father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B.A. Rolfe
CAST:  Olive Tell  •  John B. O'Brien  •  Denton Vane  •  Ida Pardee

The Invisible Ray (1920)

A scientist discovers a death ray and locks it in a box, giving the key to his daughter, who soon finds herself hunted by criminals looking to steal the deadly mineral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry A. Pollard
CAST:  Ruth Clifford  •  Jack Sherrill  •  Sidney Bracey  •  Edwards Davis

A scientist discovers a death ray and locks it in a box, giving the key to his daughter, who soon finds herself hunted by criminals looking to steal the deadly mineral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry A. Pollard
CAST:  Ruth Clifford  •  Jack Sherrill  •  Sidney Bracey  •  Edwards Davis
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