Milla Davenport

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Milla Davenport was a stage and film actress, born in Zurich, Switzerland. Davenport was educated in Switzerland. She appeared with her husband actor Harry J. Davenport's (not the more famous Harry Davenport) repertory company for fifteen years. She began her career in motion pictures in the silent film Trapping the Bachelor (1916). She was in Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) with Mary Pickford, The Brat (1919) with Nazimova, Sins of the Fathers (1928) with Emil Jannings, and The Wedding Night (1935). Davenport continued to make movies well into the sound film era. Her last film credits are for roles in The Defense Rests (1934), Here Comes Cookie (1935), and an uncredited part in Human Cargo (1936)

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Human Cargo (1936)

Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Alan Dinehart  •  Helen Troy

Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Alan Dinehart  •  Helen Troy

The Christian (1923)

Glory Quayle and John Storm, sweethearts since childhood on the Isle of Man, go to London, Glory to become a nurse and John to enter a monastery. Instead, Glory becomes a theater star, and John renounces his vows because he cannot forget his love for her. Lord ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Mae Busch  •  Phyllis Haver  •  Cyril Chadwick

Glory Quayle and John Storm, sweethearts since childhood on the Isle of Man, go to London, Glory to become a nurse and John to enter a monastery. Instead, Glory becomes a theater star, and John renounces his vows because he cannot forget his love for her. Lord ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Mae Busch  •  Phyllis Haver  •  Cyril Chadwick

The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)

Ralph visits France with his father, a shipbuilder, and falls in love with Blossom, the granddaughter of his father's friend, a Civil war veteran not reconciled with the Union. Blossom, however, is engaged to a French nobleman. When the war breaks out, Ralph ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Adolph Lestina  •  Carol Dempster  •  Frances Parks  •  Richard Barthelmess

Ralph visits France with his father, a shipbuilder, and falls in love with Blossom, the granddaughter of his father's friend, a Civil war veteran not reconciled with the Union. Blossom, however, is engaged to a French nobleman. When the war breaks out, Ralph ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Adolph Lestina  •  Carol Dempster  •  Frances Parks  •  Richard Barthelmess

Rip Van Winkle (1921)

The story shows the development of the united state in divergent fields : Political, social and even economic field.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Thomas Jefferson  •  Milla Davenport  •  Daisy Jefferson  •  Gertrude Messinger

The story shows the development of the united state in divergent fields : Political, social and even economic field.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Thomas Jefferson  •  Milla Davenport  •  Daisy Jefferson  •  Gertrude Messinger

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothy Arzner
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Fredric March  •  Adrianne Allen  •  Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothy Arzner
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Fredric March  •  Adrianne Allen  •  Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Crazy Like a Fox (1926)

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Charley Chase  •  Martha Sleeper  •  William V. Mong  •  Milla Davenport

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Charley Chase  •  Martha Sleeper  •  William V. Mong  •  Milla Davenport

Here Comes Cookie (1935)

A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Barbier  •  Betty Furness

A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Barbier  •  Betty Furness

The Wedding Night (1935)

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Anna Sten  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Helen Vinson

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Anna Sten  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Helen Vinson

The Red Lily (1924)

Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor of low-class French society. All the while, the two desperately search for one another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Niblo
CAST:  Ramon Novarro  •  Enid Bennett  •  Wallace Beery  •  Frank Currier

Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor of low-class French society. All the while, the two desperately search for one another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Niblo
CAST:  Ramon Novarro  •  Enid Bennett  •  Wallace Beery  •  Frank Currier

Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)

Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marshall Neilan
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Milla Davenport  •  Percy Haswell  •  Fay Lemport

Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marshall Neilan
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Milla Davenport  •  Percy Haswell  •  Fay Lemport

The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)

Daisy, a clerk at Woolworth's, loves to sing. She meets Bill, a guard on the subway, at a party and they're both attracted to each other, but each tells the other that they have a different job than they actually do. Bill later finds her handbag on the subway, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Alice White  •  Gladden James  •  Bert Moorhouse  •  Patricia Caron

Daisy, a clerk at Woolworth's, loves to sing. She meets Bill, a guard on the subway, at a party and they're both attracted to each other, but each tells the other that they have a different job than they actually do. Bill later finds her handbag on the subway, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Alice White  •  Gladden James  •  Bert Moorhouse  •  Patricia Caron

The Worldly Madonna (1922)

Ms. Young portrays two roles. As Janet, a convent novitiate, she agrees to exchange places with her sister, Lucy, a cabaret dancer, who believes she has killed a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Garson
CAST:  Clara Kimball Young  •  William P. Carleton  •  Richard Tucker  •  George Hackathorne

Ms. Young portrays two roles. As Janet, a convent novitiate, she agrees to exchange places with her sister, Lucy, a cabaret dancer, who believes she has killed a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Garson
CAST:  Clara Kimball Young  •  William P. Carleton  •  Richard Tucker  •  George Hackathorne

The Defense Rests (1934)

A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lambert Hillyer
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Jean Arthur  •  Nat Pendleton  •  Arthur Hohl

A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lambert Hillyer
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Jean Arthur  •  Nat Pendleton  •  Arthur Hohl

Stronger Than Death (1920)

Sigrid, A French dancer, diagnosed with a weak heart, is ordered by her doctor never to dance again. But when her dancing skills are needed by her lover's father to help quell a native uprising on the East Indian frontier, she determines to dance whatever the cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Alla Nazimova  •  Charles Bryant  •  Charles K. French  •  Margaret McWade

Sigrid, A French dancer, diagnosed with a weak heart, is ordered by her doctor never to dance again. But when her dancing skills are needed by her lover's father to help quell a native uprising on the East Indian frontier, she determines to dance whatever the cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Alla Nazimova  •  Charles Bryant  •  Charles K. French  •  Margaret McWade

Crossed Signals (1926)

A federal agent is sent to a small town to bust up a counterfeiting ring, which is apparently headquartered in the local railway station. The counterfeiters have framed the station's manager for the crime, and she must work with the agent to clear her name and get ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.P. McGowan
CAST:  Helen Holmes  •  Henry Victor  •  Georgie Chapman  •  William Lowery

A federal agent is sent to a small town to bust up a counterfeiting ring, which is apparently headquartered in the local railway station. The counterfeiters have framed the station's manager for the crime, and she must work with the agent to clear her name and get ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.P. McGowan
CAST:  Helen Holmes  •  Henry Victor  •  Georgie Chapman  •  William Lowery

Dulcy (1923)

Dulcy, a devoted but scatterbrained bride, tries to improve her absent husband's finances by inviting two of his business prospects to dinner. Though at first thoroughly confusing the deal, she does get her husband a bigger share than he bargained for.The film is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Constance Talmadge  •  Claude Gillingwater  •  May Wilson  •  Jack Mulhall

Dulcy, a devoted but scatterbrained bride, tries to improve her absent husband's finances by inviting two of his business prospects to dinner. Though at first thoroughly confusing the deal, she does get her husband a bigger share than he bargained for.The film is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Constance Talmadge  •  Claude Gillingwater  •  May Wilson  •  Jack Mulhall

Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927)

A longstanding friendship between Julius Decker and Joe Billings, neighboring ranchers, is broken by a series of mystifying occurrences, and their relationship ultimately develops into a feud.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lynn Reynolds  •  Edward Laemmle
CAST:  Hoot Gibson  •  Nick Cogley  •  Kathleen Key  •  Wheeler Oakman

A longstanding friendship between Julius Decker and Joe Billings, neighboring ranchers, is broken by a series of mystifying occurrences, and their relationship ultimately develops into a feud.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lynn Reynolds  •  Edward Laemmle
CAST:  Hoot Gibson  •  Nick Cogley  •  Kathleen Key  •  Wheeler Oakman

The Girl from God's Country (1921)

A picture of the great outdoors, peppered with the thrills that dreams are made of.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nell Shipman  •  Bert Van Tuyle
CAST:  Nell Shipman  •  Edmund Burns  •  Al W. Filson  •  George Berrell

A picture of the great outdoors, peppered with the thrills that dreams are made of.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nell Shipman  •  Bert Van Tuyle
CAST:  Nell Shipman  •  Edmund Burns  •  Al W. Filson  •  George Berrell

You Never Can Tell (1920)

Bebe Daniels is charming in this light comedy, based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Grace Lovell Bryan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin
CAST:  Bebe Daniels  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Edward Martindel  •  Helen Dunbar

Bebe Daniels is charming in this light comedy, based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Grace Lovell Bryan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin
CAST:  Bebe Daniels  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Edward Martindel  •  Helen Dunbar

Patsy (1921)

Patsy is the awkward sister of the lovely Grace. She is also in love with Grace's boyfriend. Mother shows favoritism towards Grace, and father is too accommodating to stand up for Patsy, although he knows she is picked on. When they are all at supper, Grace runs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McDermott
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  John MacFarlane  •  Tom Gallery  •  Marjorie Daw

Patsy is the awkward sister of the lovely Grace. She is also in love with Grace's boyfriend. Mother shows favoritism towards Grace, and father is too accommodating to stand up for Patsy, although he knows she is picked on. When they are all at supper, Grace runs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McDermott
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  John MacFarlane  •  Tom Gallery  •  Marjorie Daw
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