Laura La Varnie

The Devil's Holiday (1930)

Beautiful manicurist Hallie Hobart sets her sights on handsome David Stone, the son of wealthy wheat farmer Ezra Stone. Professing to hate men, Hallie is only interested in luring David in for a lucrative business deal. David easily falls in love, but older brother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Nancy Carroll  •  Phillips Holmes  •  James Kirkwood  •  Hobart Bosworth

Beautiful manicurist Hallie Hobart sets her sights on handsome David Stone, the son of wealthy wheat farmer Ezra Stone. Professing to hate men, Hallie is only interested in luring David in for a lucrative business deal. David easily falls in love, but older brother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Nancy Carroll  •  Phillips Holmes  •  James Kirkwood  •  Hobart Bosworth

The Mesmerist (2003)

Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of the film image while foreshadowing the Holocaust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Morrison
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Boris Karloff  •  Laura La Varnie  •  E. Alyn Warren

Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of the film image while foreshadowing the Holocaust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Morrison
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Boris Karloff  •  Laura La Varnie  •  E. Alyn Warren

The Pullman Bride (1917)

The Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence G. Badger
CAST:  Gloria Swanson  •  Mack Swain  •  Chester Conklin  •  Laura La Varnie

The Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence G. Badger
CAST:  Gloria Swanson  •  Mack Swain  •  Chester Conklin  •  Laura La Varnie

The Bells (1926)

A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Caroline Frances Cooke  •  Gustav von Seyffertitz  •  Lorimer Johnston

A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Caroline Frances Cooke  •  Gustav von Seyffertitz  •  Lorimer Johnston

Head Over Heels (1922)

When theatrical agent Sterling, a ladies man known for signing his latest paramours onto his agency's talent roster, returns to New York from a trip to Europe, he tells his more down-to-earth partner, Lawson, that he has hired a beautiful Neopolitan acrobat he saw ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Schertzinger  •  Paul Bern
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Lilyan Tashman

When theatrical agent Sterling, a ladies man known for signing his latest paramours onto his agency's talent roster, returns to New York from a trip to Europe, he tells his more down-to-earth partner, Lawson, that he has hired a beautiful Neopolitan acrobat he saw ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Schertzinger  •  Paul Bern
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Lilyan Tashman

Raggedy Rose (1926)

Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  Carl Miller  •  Max Davidson  •  James Finlayson

Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  Carl Miller  •  Max Davidson  •  James Finlayson

Mickey (1918)

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young  •  F. Richard Jones
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  George Nichols  •  Wheeler Oakman  •  Minta Durfee

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young  •  F. Richard Jones
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  George Nichols  •  Wheeler Oakman  •  Minta Durfee

At the Road's End (1915)

The young contractor scrapes acquaintance with the girl by petting her dog, and, having met her mother, insinuates himself into the old lady's good graces. But he cannot fool the dog, and so aggressive does the animal become that the girl's mother gives it to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Morgan
CAST:  Jack Mulhall  •  Isabel Rea  •  Hector V. Sarno  •  Laura La Varnie

The young contractor scrapes acquaintance with the girl by petting her dog, and, having met her mother, insinuates himself into the old lady's good graces. But he cannot fool the dog, and so aggressive does the animal become that the girl's mother gives it to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Morgan
CAST:  Jack Mulhall  •  Isabel Rea  •  Hector V. Sarno  •  Laura La Varnie

The Grim Comedian (1921)

Actress Marie Lamont (Phoebe Hunt) has been living well due to a string of lovers and has kept her daughter, Dorothy (Gloria Hope) sequestered in a convent far, far away from her fast lifestyle. But when Dorothy leaves the convent to come live with her mother, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Phoebe Hunt  •  Jack Holt  •  Gloria Hope  •  Bert Woodruff

Actress Marie Lamont (Phoebe Hunt) has been living well due to a string of lovers and has kept her daughter, Dorothy (Gloria Hope) sequestered in a convent far, far away from her fast lifestyle. But when Dorothy leaves the convent to come live with her mother, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Phoebe Hunt  •  Jack Holt  •  Gloria Hope  •  Bert Woodruff

The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927)

Mr. Buggs is an insect collector. A beautiful and mysterious Asian woman (the lovely Anna May Wong) brings him a rare specimen, but she is actually a wanted thief who has stolen a valuable brooch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Jackman
CAST:  Anna May Wong  •  Matt Moore  •  Sôjin Kamiyama  •  Oliver Hardy

Mr. Buggs is an insect collector. A beautiful and mysterious Asian woman (the lovely Anna May Wong) brings him a rare specimen, but she is actually a wanted thief who has stolen a valuable brooch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Jackman
CAST:  Anna May Wong  •  Matt Moore  •  Sôjin Kamiyama  •  Oliver Hardy

The Old Nest (1921)

A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures and successes fill her life, but she grows lonely without them. Then when one of the children has a surprise to announce, they all return home to be with their mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Barker
CAST:  T.D. Crittenden  •  Mary Alden  •  Nick Cogley  •  Fanny Stockbridge

A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures and successes fill her life, but she grows lonely without them. Then when one of the children has a surprise to announce, they all return home to be with their mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Barker
CAST:  T.D. Crittenden  •  Mary Alden  •  Nick Cogley  •  Fanny Stockbridge

The Wife (1914)

A 1914 film drama  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miles
CAST:  Charles West  •  Linda Arvidson  •  Robert Drouet  •  Charles Perley

A 1914 film drama  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miles
CAST:  Charles West  •  Linda Arvidson  •  Robert Drouet  •  Charles Perley