Fanny Midgley

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Greed (1924)

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erich von Stroheim
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Gibson Gowland  •  Jean Hersholt  •  Dale Fuller

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erich von Stroheim
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Gibson Gowland  •  Jean Hersholt  •  Dale Fuller

The Italian (1915)

An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Barker
CAST:  George Beban  •  Clara Williams  •  J. Frank Burke  •  Leo Willis

An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Barker
CAST:  George Beban  •  Clara Williams  •  J. Frank Burke  •  Leo Willis

The Young Rajah (1922)

A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by usurpers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Rudolph Valentino  •  Fanny Midgley  •  Charles Ogle  •  George Periolat

A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by usurpers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Rudolph Valentino  •  Fanny Midgley  •  Charles Ogle  •  George Periolat

An American Tragedy (1931)

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef von Sternberg
CAST:  Phillips Holmes  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Frances Dee  •  Irving Pichel

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef von Sternberg
CAST:  Phillips Holmes  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Frances Dee  •  Irving Pichel

How Could You, Jean? (1918)

A lost Film. Mary Pickford plays a socialite who, having lost her fortune, takes a job as a Swedish cook. She falls in love with a chauffeur who, lo and behold, is a slumming millionaire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Desmond Taylor
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Casson Ferguson  •  Spottiswoode Aitken  •  Herbert Standing

A lost Film. Mary Pickford plays a socialite who, having lost her fortune, takes a job as a Swedish cook. She falls in love with a chauffeur who, lo and behold, is a slumming millionaire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Desmond Taylor
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Casson Ferguson  •  Spottiswoode Aitken  •  Herbert Standing

All Souls' Eve (1921)

The wife of sculptor Roger Heath is killed by a maniac because of Roger's madly jealous admirer Olivia Larkin. To care for his home and son Peter, Roger hires Irish immigrant Nora O'Hallahan as a nursemaid whom he realizes is possessed by the soul of his departed wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin
CAST:  Mary Miles Minter  •  Jack Holt  •  Carmen Phillips  •  Clarence Geldart

The wife of sculptor Roger Heath is killed by a maniac because of Roger's madly jealous admirer Olivia Larkin. To care for his home and son Peter, Roger hires Irish immigrant Nora O'Hallahan as a nursemaid whom he realizes is possessed by the soul of his departed wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin
CAST:  Mary Miles Minter  •  Jack Holt  •  Carmen Phillips  •  Clarence Geldart

First Love (1921)

The O'Donnells are a typical, everyday family -- Tad (George Hernandez) is a sensible working man, his wife (Fannie Midgely) is a good mother and their daughter Kathleen (Constance Binney) is pretty and innocent to the point of naiveté. Kathleen works in a factory ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Campbell
CAST:  Constance Binney  •  Warner Baxter  •  George Webb  •  Betty Schade

The O'Donnells are a typical, everyday family -- Tad (George Hernandez) is a sensible working man, his wife (Fannie Midgely) is a good mother and their daughter Kathleen (Constance Binney) is pretty and innocent to the point of naiveté. Kathleen works in a factory ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Campbell
CAST:  Constance Binney  •  Warner Baxter  •  George Webb  •  Betty Schade

Behind Closed Doors (1929)

Behind the doors of a foreign government's embassy in Washington D. C., a group of royal loyalists is attempting to raise funds to aid a counter-revolution and restore the deposed emperor in a new republic. They are led by an unknown leader called 'The Eagle."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Virginia Valli  •  Gaston Glass  •  Otto Matieson  •  Andrés de Segurola

Behind the doors of a foreign government's embassy in Washington D. C., a group of royal loyalists is attempting to raise funds to aid a counter-revolution and restore the deposed emperor in a new republic. They are led by an unknown leader called 'The Eagle."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Virginia Valli  •  Gaston Glass  •  Otto Matieson  •  Andrés de Segurola

The Man Beneath (1919)

The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits Scotland and falls in love with Kate Erskine, whose sister Mary is engaged to Ashutor's college friend, James Bassett. Although Kate loves Ashutor, she says marriage would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Worthington
CAST:  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Helen Jerome Eddy  •  Pauline Curley  •  John Gilbert

The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits Scotland and falls in love with Kate Erskine, whose sister Mary is engaged to Ashutor's college friend, James Bassett. Although Kate loves Ashutor, she says marriage would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Worthington
CAST:  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Helen Jerome Eddy  •  Pauline Curley  •  John Gilbert

The Apostle of Vengeance (1916)

1916 American silent drama film directed by Clifford Smith and starring William S. Hart, Nona Thomas and John Gilbert. A Kentucky-born preacher returns home from Vermont in order to settle a feud between two warring families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clifford Smith  •  William S. Hart
CAST:  William S. Hart  •  Nona Thomas  •  Joseph J. Dowling  •  Fanny Midgley

1916 American silent drama film directed by Clifford Smith and starring William S. Hart, Nona Thomas and John Gilbert. A Kentucky-born preacher returns home from Vermont in order to settle a feud between two warring families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clifford Smith  •  William S. Hart
CAST:  William S. Hart  •  Nona Thomas  •  Joseph J. Dowling  •  Fanny Midgley

The Despoiler (1915)

Movie mogul Thomas H. Ince may well have been the director of The Despoiler as indicated by the credits; but since Ince was known far and wide as a glory-hogger, it's also possible that one of his talented lieutenants wielded the megaphone. A Civil War drama, The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Barker
CAST:  Frank Keenan  •  Enid Markey  •  Charles K. French  •  Roy Laidlaw

Movie mogul Thomas H. Ince may well have been the director of The Despoiler as indicated by the credits; but since Ince was known far and wide as a glory-hogger, it's also possible that one of his talented lieutenants wielded the megaphone. A Civil War drama, The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Barker
CAST:  Frank Keenan  •  Enid Markey  •  Charles K. French  •  Roy Laidlaw

Ace of Action (1926)

Two families feud over possession of a valuable waterhole.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Bertram
CAST:  Hal Taliaferro  •  Alma Rayford  •  Charles Colby  •  Hank Bell

Two families feud over possession of a valuable waterhole.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Bertram
CAST:  Hal Taliaferro  •  Alma Rayford  •  Charles Colby  •  Hank Bell

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DIRECTION:  Colin Campbell
CAST:  Dustin Farnum  •  Winifred Kingston  •  Wedgwood Nowell  •  Will Machin

Somewhere in France (1916)

Wicked Frenchwoman Marie Chaumontel is the mistress of Captain Henry Ravignac. She steals some papers from him, which she gives to the Germans. Then she escapes to Berlin while her lover is tried for her wrongdoing. He is found guilty of neglect, and he commits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Giblyn
CAST:  Louise Glaum  •  Howard Hickman  •  Joseph J. Dowling  •  Fanny Midgley

Wicked Frenchwoman Marie Chaumontel is the mistress of Captain Henry Ravignac. She steals some papers from him, which she gives to the Germans. Then she escapes to Berlin while her lover is tried for her wrongdoing. He is found guilty of neglect, and he commits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Giblyn
CAST:  Louise Glaum  •  Howard Hickman  •  Joseph J. Dowling  •  Fanny Midgley

Plain Jane (1916)

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DIRECTION:  Charles Miller
CAST:  Bessie Barriscale  •  Charles Ray  •  Sabel Johnson  •  W. Burgermaster

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DIRECTION:  Charles Miller
CAST:  Bessie Barriscale  •  Charles Ray  •  Sabel Johnson  •  W. Burgermaster

In the Tennessee Hills (1915)

In an impoverished Tennessee hill town, Jim cares for his dangerously ill mother in a run-down shack he rents from the ruthless landlord John Calhoun. When Calhoun comes for the rent, Jim goes out to borrow the money. While he is away, Calhoun forcibly evicts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Vincent
CAST:  Charles Ray  •  Enid Markey  •  Clyde Tracy  •  Fanny Midgley

In an impoverished Tennessee hill town, Jim cares for his dangerously ill mother in a run-down shack he rents from the ruthless landlord John Calhoun. When Calhoun comes for the rent, Jim goes out to borrow the money. While he is away, Calhoun forcibly evicts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Vincent
CAST:  Charles Ray  •  Enid Markey  •  Clyde Tracy  •  Fanny Midgley

The Flyin' Buckaroo (1928)

A stirring story of western love and action!   (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Hal Taliaferro  •  Jack D'Oise  •  J.P. Lockney  •  Fanny Midgley

A stirring story of western love and action!   (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Hal Taliaferro  •  Jack D'Oise  •  J.P. Lockney  •  Fanny Midgley

Bad Buck of Santa Ynez (1915)

An outlaw on the run comes upon a widow and her small child. When the child is bitten by a snake, the outlaw risks his life by riding into town to get a doctor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William S. Hart
CAST:  William S. Hart  •  Bob Kortman  •  Fanny Midgley  •  Thelma Salter

An outlaw on the run comes upon a widow and her small child. When the child is bitten by a snake, the outlaw risks his life by riding into town to get a doctor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William S. Hart
CAST:  William S. Hart  •  Bob Kortman  •  Fanny Midgley  •  Thelma Salter

The Ruse (1915)

"Bat" Peters, reformed gunfighter turned prospector, travels to Chicago to collect on a business deal with a mine promoter who turns out to be crooked.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William S. Hart  •  William H. Clifford
CAST:  William S. Hart  •  Clara Williams  •  John Davidson  •  Fanny Midgley

"Bat" Peters, reformed gunfighter turned prospector, travels to Chicago to collect on a business deal with a mine promoter who turns out to be crooked.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William S. Hart  •  William H. Clifford
CAST:  William S. Hart  •  Clara Williams  •  John Davidson  •  Fanny Midgley

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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