William Collier Jr.

William Collier Jr.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Collier Jr. (born Charles F. Gall Jr., February 12, 1902 – February 5, 1987) was an American film and stage actor who appeared in 89 films. William Collier (nicknamed "Buster") was born in New York City. When his parents divorced, his mother, the actress Paula Marr, remarried the actor William Collier Sr. who adopted Charles (the two did share a resemblance) and gave the boy the new name William Collier Jr. Collier's acting experience in childhood, having first appeared on stage at age seven, helped him to get his first movie role at the age of 14 in The Bugle Call (1916). He went on to become a popular leading man in the 1920s and made the transition from silent into sound film, however he retired from acting in 1935, and in 1937 went to work as a movie producer in England. At the end of the 1940s he returned to America and went on to produce drama series for television. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

  • Title: William Collier Jr.
  • Popularity: 5.123
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1902-02-12
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Charles F. Gall Jr., Buster Collier, Buster Collier Jr., William 'Buster' Collier Jr., William 'Buster' Collier
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William Collier Jr. Movies

  • 1919
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    Back Stage

    Back Stage

    6.3 1919 HD

    Roscoe and Buster give a bullying Strongman the what-for, but after the performance troupe quits it's up to Fatty and Buster to keep the show going.

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  • 1931
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    Sporting Chance

    Sporting Chance

    1 1931 HD

    A jockey finally hits the big time, but he lets his success go to his head, threatening his career and his life.

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  • 1931
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    Little Caesar

    Little Caesar

    6.873 1931 HD

    A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

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  • 1933
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    The Story of Temple Drake

    The Story of Temple Drake

    6.5 1933 HD

    The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual...

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  • 1930
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    Free and Easy

    Free and Easy

    6.1 1930 HD

    Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira...

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  • 1931
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    Cimarron

    Cimarron

    5.5 1931 HD

    When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his...

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  • 1924
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    The Mine with the Iron Door

    The Mine with the Iron Door

    1 1924 HD

    This epic Western-melodrama was based on the popular novel by Harold Bell Wright. Two old prospectors, Thad Grove and Bob Hill find an infant in the...

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  • 1931
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    The Big Gamble

    The Big Gamble

    6 1931 HD

    A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the...

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  • 1925
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    Playing with Souls

    Playing with Souls

    1 1925 HD

    Amy and Matthew Dale separate and they place their young son, Matthew Jr., in a London boarding school. The boy grows up without knowing his parents,...

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  • 1927
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    The Sunset Derby

    The Sunset Derby

    1 1927 HD

    After suffering a fall during a race, rider Jimmy Burke loses his nerve. But with the help of his girlfriend Molly Gibson, Jimmy regains his...

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  • 1925
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    The Devil's Cargo

    The Devil's Cargo

    1 1925 HD

    John Joyce arrives in Sacramento with his sister, Martha, and aunt to become the editor of a newspaper. He is determined to clear the town of the...

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  • 1926
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    God Gave Me Twenty Cents

    God Gave Me Twenty Cents

    1 1926 HD

    The story concerns the misadventures of sailor Steve Doren, who tries his best to support his wife Mary on his piddling income. But like seafaring...

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  • 1928
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    A Night of Mystery

    A Night of Mystery

    1 1928 HD

    Bound for Africa the next day, Captain Ferréol visits Gilberte Boismartel, his former sweetheart who is now married to Rochemore, a French...

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  • 1923
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    Pleasure Mad

    Pleasure Mad

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Lady of the Harem

    The Lady of the Harem

    1 1926 HD

    Rafi arrives in the city in search of Pervaneh who was taken by the Sultan. He is joined by Hassan the confectioner. Rafi is captured by the Sultan,...

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  • 1935
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    The People's Enemy

    The People's Enemy

    6 1935 HD

    Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars by fair means or (mostly) foul. But once he became...

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  • 1932
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    The Phantom Express

    The Phantom Express

    4.7 1932 HD

    Railroad foes cause terror on the tracks with the illusion of a ghost train.

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  • 1931
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    Street Scene

    Street Scene

    6.8 1931 HD

    The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot....

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  • 1929
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    The Donovan Affair

    The Donovan Affair

    6 1929 HD

    Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.

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  • 1933
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    Her Secret

    Her Secret

    1 1933 HD

    In "Her Secret" (aka "The Girl from Georgia" in the UK in 1934 when shown there)Johnny, the son of a rich-man, is an idling, good-for-nothing loafer,...

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  • 1931
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    Broadminded

    Broadminded

    3.7 1931 HD

    Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin,...

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  • 1934
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    Public Stenographer

    Public Stenographer

    4.5 1934 HD

    A stenographer who works at a large hotel finds herself caught in the middle of a major swindle.

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  • 1932
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    Dancers in the Dark

    Dancers in the Dark

    4.5 1932 HD

    A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a...

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  • 1931
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    Reducing

    Reducing

    3.8 1931 HD

    Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.

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  • 1927
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    Stranded

    Stranded

    1 1927 HD

    When a pretty small-town girl with no talent goes to Hollywood, what could go wrong? She could get Stranded!

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  • 1927
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    Convoy

    Convoy

    1 1927 HD

    A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent

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  • 1932
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    Speed Demon

    Speed Demon

    5 1932 HD

    A mechanic works for his sweetheart's father, who builds racing boats. He begs for and gets the chance to race a new-design boat, but his rival gets...

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  • 1929
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    Show of Shows

    Show of Shows

    5.5 1929 HD

    Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the...

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  • 1925
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    The Reckless Sex

    The Reckless Sex

    1 1925 HD

    Robert Lanning, a proper Bostonian who owns an estate in southern New Mexico, suspects that some of his employees are smuggling arms into Mexico, and...

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  • 1924
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    The Sea Hawk

    The Sea Hawk

    6.5 1924 HD

    The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship.

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  • 1928
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    Beware of Bachelors

    Beware of Bachelors

    1 1928 HD

    A young doctor is accused by his pretty wife of paying too much attention to one of his woman patients when she makes a pass at him. Ferris, assuming...

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  • 1927
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    The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

    1 1927 HD

    The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote...

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  • 1924
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    The Lighthouse by the Sea

    The Lighthouse by the Sea

    10 1924 HD

    A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is going blind they will remove him, and a gang of...

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  • 1924
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    Wine of Youth

    Wine of Youth

    8 1924 HD

    Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generation" and how they think they know it all. It's also...

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  • 1929
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    One Stolen Night

    One Stolen Night

    1 1929 HD

    When his ne'er-do-well brother embezzles the commissary funds of their cavalry unit stationed in the Sudan, a British soldier takes the blame for...

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  • 1931
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    The Secret Witness

    The Secret Witness

    3 1931 HD

    A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor...

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  • 1933
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    Forgotten

    Forgotten

    6 1933 HD

    Papa Strauss, a widower, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and is unwelcome at all because his daughter-in-laws'...

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  • 1930
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    Rain or Shine

    Rain or Shine

    5.5 1930 HD

    Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune...

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  • 1929
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    Hardboiled Rose

    Hardboiled Rose

    1 1929 HD

    A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her...

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  • 1929
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    Tide of Empire

    Tide of Empire

    5.6 1929 HD

    California's gold discovery in 1848 draws a "tide of empire" to the area, which becomes ripe for bandits.

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  • 1926
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    The Lucky Lady

    The Lucky Lady

    5.5 1926 HD

    Convent-bred to assume her position of nobility when the time comes, Princess Antoinette plays hooky from school one day to attend a theatrical...

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  • 1928
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    The Lion and the Mouse

    The Lion and the Mouse

    1 1928 HD

    Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns...

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  • 1928
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    Women They Talk About

    Women They Talk About

    1 1928 HD

    Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequences, starring Irene Rich, directed by Lloyd Bacon...

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  • 1923
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    The Age of Desire

    The Age of Desire

    1 1923 HD

    Janet Loring is a young widow with a young son. She marries millionaire Malcolm Trask, but doesn't tell him about her previous marriage or her son,...

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  • 1929
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    New Orleans

    New Orleans

    1 1929 HD

    Billy, a jockey, and Jim, an assistant manager of a New Orleans racetrack, are close friends. They become bitter enemies because of Marie, an...

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  • 1925
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    The Wanderer

    The Wanderer

    1 1925 HD

    Jether, a shepherd, is lured from his home by Tisha, priestess of the goddess Ishtar. He journeys to the city of Babylon, where he lavishes Tisha...

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  • 1929
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    The Bachelor Girl

    The Bachelor Girl

    1 1929 HD

    Joyce (Jacqueline Logan), a beautiful and efficient secretary, does her best to take in hand and reform shiftless stock clerk Jimmy (William...

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  • 1930
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    New Movietone Follies of 1930

    New Movietone Follies of 1930

    1 1930 HD

    Minimum plot. Maximum stars of early cinema. Rich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is in love with struggling actress Mary Mason (Miriam...

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  • 1930
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    A Royal Romance

    A Royal Romance

    1 1930 HD

    A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his servant "Rusty." He discovers the 'hauntee' to be...

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  • 1928
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    The Floating College

    The Floating College

    1 1928 HD

    College Life - Love - and the big things of life under the light-heartedness of youth.

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  • 1927
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    The College Widow

    The College Widow

    1 1927 HD

    Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President Witherspoon is told that unless better athletes...

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  • 1930
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    The Melody Man

    The Melody Man

    1 1930 HD

    A Viennese composer Von Kemper (John St.Polis), who after murdering both his unfaithful wife and royal lover, flees to America with his young...

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  • 1929
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    The College Coquette

    The College Coquette

    1 1929 HD

    Betty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her...

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  • 1933
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    File 113

    File 113

    1 1933 HD

    A Parisian cop sets out to solve a sudden series of crimes, including robbery and blackmail. Based on a novel by Émile Gaboriau.

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  • 1928
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    So This Is Love

    So This Is Love

    4.7 1928 HD

    So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The hero, dress designer Jerry McGuire (William Collier...

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  • 1928
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    The Tragedy of Youth

    The Tragedy of Youth

    1 1928 HD

    Neglected by shallow husband Dick, young bride Paula Wayne seeks male companionship outside the marital nest. She soon finds it in the form of mature...

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  • 1922
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    The Good Provider

    The Good Provider

    1 1922 HD

    A prosperous small-town peddler accedes to his family's wish to move from their secure existence to the uncertainty of New York City. It proves...

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  • 1931
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    Soul of the Slums

    Soul of the Slums

    5.5 1931 HD

    A young man, framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, is released after serving his stretch and vows to find those responsible for...

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  • 1926
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    The Rainmaker

    The Rainmaker

    1 1926 HD

    The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he...

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  • 1926
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    Just Another Blonde

    Just Another Blonde

    6 1926 HD

    Jimmy O'Connor and Scotty are a couple of New York City gamblers and sharpies who decide to go straight and, since they are such good friends, split...

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  • 1927
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    Backstage

    Backstage

    1 1927 HD

    Julia, Myrtle, Fanny, and Jane - all chorus girls, after weeks of rehearsing for a show, find themselves stranded when the manager is broke. Evicted...

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  • 1925
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    Eve's Secret

    Eve's Secret

    1 1925 HD

    Eve's Secret is that she's not the elegant society woman she seems to be. In fact, Eve is an unkempt country girl who's been "transformed," Pygmalion...

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  • 1923
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    Enemies of Women

    Enemies of Women

    5.2 1923 HD

    The dashing but arrogant Prince Michael Fedor Lubimoff has to flee Tsarist Russia after falling into disgrace and settles in Monte Carlo, where he...

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  • 1924
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    Fools Highway

    Fools Highway

    1 1924 HD

    Mike Kildare, a swaggering youth from New York City's Bowery at the turn of the century, comes to the defense of Mamie Rose, a mender in a secondhand...

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  • 1927
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    The Broken Gate

    The Broken Gate

    1 1927 HD

    In the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane has caused a scandal by bearing a son by townsman Lucius Henderson, who refuses to...

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  • 1932
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    The County Fair

    The County Fair

    1 1932 HD

    A Kentucky horse owner hires an ex-jockey, who is now working as a waiter, to train his thoroughbred race horse for an upcoming race. However, a...

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  • 1920
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    The Soul of Youth

    The Soul of Youth

    5.4 1920 HD

    Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living there anymore and runs away. On the streets, he...

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  • 1920
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    Everybody's Sweetheart

    Everybody's Sweetheart

    6.5 1920 HD

    When the benign headmistress of the county poor farm is discharged and replaced with a tyrant, John and Mary, two orphans who have lived there since...

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  • 1922
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    Secrets of Paris

    Secrets of Paris

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Fighting Gentleman

    The Fighting Gentleman

    1 1932 HD

    A young mechanic loses an amateur fight at a carnival, and sets out to train hard to become a professional boxer.

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  • 1921
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    The Heart of Maryland

    The Heart of Maryland

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1987
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    7.6 1987 HD

    A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.

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  • 1970
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    4.8 1970 HD

    Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry...

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