Alva D. Blake

A Dog's Life (1918)

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Edna Purviance  •  Dave Anderson  •  Minnie Chaplin

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Edna Purviance  •  Dave Anderson  •  Minnie Chaplin

Where Are My Children? (1916)

Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Tyrone Power Sr.  •  Helen Riaume  •  Marie Walcamp  •  Cora Drew

Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Tyrone Power Sr.  •  Helen Riaume  •  Marie Walcamp  •  Cora Drew

The Children in the House (1916)

A woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Alice Wilson  •  Jewel Carmen  •  William Hinckley

A woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Alice Wilson  •  Jewel Carmen  •  William Hinckley

Hypocrites (1915)

The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber
CAST:  Myrtle Stedman  •  Courtenay Foote  •  Herbert Standing  •  Adele Farrington

The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber
CAST:  Myrtle Stedman  •  Courtenay Foote  •  Herbert Standing  •  Adele Farrington

Discontent (1916)

Ed Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Allen G. Siegler
CAST:  J. Edwin Brown  •  Charles Hammond  •  Katherine Griffith  •  Marie Walcamp

Ed Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Allen G. Siegler
CAST:  J. Edwin Brown  •  Charles Hammond  •  Katherine Griffith  •  Marie Walcamp

The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916)

"Waffles," the waitress at "Coffee Dan's" hash-house, is selected by Bert Gallagher and Clara Johnstone, a pair of crooks, to be represented as a missing heiress whose story they have read about in the papers. "Waffles" herself believes the story, as she was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dillon
CAST:  Bessie Love  •  Frank Bennett  •  Max Davidson  •  Lucille Young

"Waffles," the waitress at "Coffee Dan's" hash-house, is selected by Bert Gallagher and Clara Johnstone, a pair of crooks, to be represented as a missing heiress whose story they have read about in the papers. "Waffles" herself believes the story, as she was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dillon
CAST:  Bessie Love  •  Frank Bennett  •  Max Davidson  •  Lucille Young

The Father of Her Child (1916)

Marion, who has kept house for her father since her mother's death, has two suitors, Rufus Strong, the village blacksmith, and Eph Little, the village beau brummel.  (more)

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CAST:  Ethel Calvert  •  Harry Davenport  •  Gibson Gowland  •  Alva D. Blake

Marion, who has kept house for her father since her mother's death, has two suitors, Rufus Strong, the village blacksmith, and Eph Little, the village beau brummel.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ethel Calvert  •  Harry Davenport  •  Gibson Gowland  •  Alva D. Blake

A Knight of the Range (1916)

Unaware of the weakness of Bob Graham's character, Bess Dawson decides to marry him instead of the other cowboy who loves her, Cheyenne Harry. Before the wedding, however, some crooks induce Bob to take part in a hold-up. Then when Harry hears that a posse has been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Jaccard
CAST:  Harry Carey  •  Olive Carey  •  Hoot Gibson  •  William Canfield

Unaware of the weakness of Bob Graham's character, Bess Dawson decides to marry him instead of the other cowboy who loves her, Cheyenne Harry. Before the wedding, however, some crooks induce Bob to take part in a hold-up. Then when Harry hears that a posse has been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Jaccard
CAST:  Harry Carey  •  Olive Carey  •  Hoot Gibson  •  William Canfield