Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
star 7.8
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washi...
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Acting
Edwin August
Edwin August (born Edwin August Phillip von der Butz; November 10, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1909 and 1947. He also directed 52 films between 1912 and 1919. August co-founded Eaco Films in 1914. He wrote novels under the pen name Montague Lawrence.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Filmography
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The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
star 7.3
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has al...
Mr. Lucky
1943
star 7.0
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to tro...
Marked Woman
1937
star 6.6
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Gentleman Jim
1942
star 7.2
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innova...
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
star 7.4
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
star 5.5
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to t...
The Rage of Paris
1938
star 5.8
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a...
A Beast at Bay
1912
star 5.6
A young woman is quite taken with a man she met; in fact, he is her “ideal”. However, after her new suitor refu...
Getting Even
1909
star 3.8
All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a d...
Safety in Numbers
1938
star 7.0
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
star 5.0
Two spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is called to the chu...
The Lesser Evil
1912
star 5.3
A young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of smugglers, who th...
The Long Road
1911
Edith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him again, now poverty...
A Child's Impulse
1910
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Mrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To these functions ar...
His Daughter
1911
star 4.0
William promises to marry his sweetheart, Mary, after completing medical school. William's father has saved eno...
A Broadway Scandal
1918
Having been misinformed that all French girls are morally suspect, American soldier David Kendall (Edwin August...
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911
star 4.5
In the Kentucky backwoods, Dorothy West helps her moonshiner father take some jugs to his still; along the way,...
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912
star 4.8
Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends her against th...
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
star 3.7
A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clot...
Side Street
1929
star 5.9
Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.
The Fugitive
1910
star 4.7
Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skirmish they e...
Over My Dead Body
1942
star 8.0
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While...
The Making of a Man
1911
star 6.3
A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks away to join...
The Welcome Burglar
1909
star 2.5
“The Biograph people tell an excellent story in this, and tell it so strongly that it grips very close. The sce...
The Sands of Dee
1912
star 5.6
A young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day she meets a...
When Kings Were the Law
1912
Over the Kingdom of Romanda there reigned a King who was greatly influenced by his favorite, whom he devotedly...
Waifs
1914
The waif came to live with the unsuspecting old shoemaker. Then a homeless newsboy followed. One friendly heart...
Under Burning Skies
1912
star 4.7
Joe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young lady who spurns...
The Son's Return
1909
star 5.6
A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents' inn. The...
The Yellow Passport
1916
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist...
The Old Actor
1912
star 5.4
An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered...
The Golden Supper
1910
star 4.5
Julian loves his cousin and foster sister Camilla, who is wooed and won by Lionel, his friend and rival. He is...
Lena and the Geese
1912
star 4.9
A first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman, who is the wid...
The Social Highwayman
1916
Curtis Jaffray's mother, an Italian peasant, must steal to support herself, but genetic tendencies as well as e...
The Idol of the North
1921
star 9.0
Dance-hall girl Colette Brissac, brought up in the Canadian Northwest, refuses the protection of New Yorker Luc...