The Girl of the Cabaret
1913
star 10.0
A young girl, who had talent as a violinist, came to New York determined to win fame on the concert stage. She...
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Acting
Helen Badgley
By the time she was just 3 years old she was appearing in her first film, Brother Bob's Baby in 1911. In 1912 she appeared in eleven films, and in 1913, that number increased to twenty two. At age six she lost her two front teeth and "retired" until new ones could appear. She never went back. She ended up with 103 credits to her name earning her the title "Thanhouser Kidlet" after the movie studio Thanhouser located in New York City which burned down. Her father was Gerald Badgely, expert mechanic and electrician at the studio where he perfected the Vista moving picture recorder.
Filmography
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The Dancer
1914
star 7.0
The film's heroine is a dancer of world-wide reputation who, in the days of her struggle, has offended the stor...
When the Studio Burned
1913
star 7.5
A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the...
The Barrier of Flames
1914
star 8.0
Little Helen, Mayor Southwick's child, straying away from an automobile party, gets lost in the woods. She come...
The Fires of Youth
1917
star 7.0
The Thanhouser Co. has reissued a number of its surviving films on video. FIRES OF YOUTH existed at around 52 m...
Zudora
1914
Zudora, not knowing she's an heiress to a $20 million fortune, lives with her uncle, a mystic and detective, wh...
The Forest Rose
1912
Forester and Maywood, two wealthy neighbor planters, volunteered their services to defend their country when th...
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
1917
With younger brothers and sisters to support, Peggy takes on the task-heavy job as maid for Mrs. Stuyvesant. Pe...
The Repeater
1912
star 8.0
The story's hero, a reformer in politics, has been accused and convicted of "padding the registration lists," b...
My Baby's Voice
1912
star 10.0
A neglected mother is tempted to stray, but she is saved by her baby's voice, whom she hears talking on the tel...
The Six-Cent Loaf
1915
John Rapley, head of Associated Baking Companies, executes a commercial coup that raises the price of bread to...
Little Dorrit
1913
star 10.0
A short adaption of the novel by Charles Dickens.
Frou Frou
1914
Comte Paul De Valreas is attracted to Frou Frou, the frivolous wife of Henri De Sartorys and the indifferent mo...
When Love Was Blind
1917
star 10.0
Blind Eleanor is cared for by her father's friend and eventual lover, Burton Lester, who arranges a sight-resto...
Mercy on a Crutch
1915
Born in a prospector's camp, orphaned by a flood and taken care of by relatives to whom she was unwelcome, Merc...
The Woman Pays
1914
star 8.0
The Woman Pays is a 1914 silent film that follows the story of an "innocent society woman" who finds herself in...
The Stolen Triumph
1916
star 9.0
Edwin Rowley is a talented but uncommercial playwright. Stephen Hunt is a successful theatrical manager. Rowley...
The Tiniest of Stars
1913
star 7.0
Family drama of a a brother and sister who take to the stage.
The Three Roses
1915
star 8.0
The Colonel, for many years, has lived in the past, reverencing the lost cause of the Confederacy and hating al...
The Thunderbolt
1912
star 9.0
A broker who was trying to get rich dishonestly, found himself in danger of arrest. Just as he was preparing fo...
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
1917
Baby Hands
1912
star 10.0
A well to do young man imagined he was very much in love with a certain actress.
Dottie's New Doll
1912
star 7.0
Dottie was very proud of her great big beautiful doll but sometimes they are in danger of getting broke. And th...
A Modern Monte Cristo
1917
star 6.3
This adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas story tells of a man, living in the present day, who returns home incogn...
Jack and the Beanstalk
1913
star 7.0
Produced by Thanhouser Film Corporation.
The Heart of Ezra Greer
1917
The film follows Ezra Greer, a middle-aged man who has worked hard since his youth. He cares deeply for his mot...
The County's Prize Baby
1912
star 7.0
A couple is driven apart by the wife’s preference for country living while the husband has political ambitions....
A Dog's Love
1914
star 6.4
A lonely little girl is befriended by Shep, a neighbor's collie. The girl meets an untimely death, leaving Shep...
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
1913
star 9.0
The Baby and the Boss
1915
star 10.0
Coals of Fire
1914
star 10.0
The merchant had succeeded in business because he was utterly heartless and had ground down all opposition. His...
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
1913
star 5.0
Her parents said she was a darling. The long-suffering servants thought otherwise. From the time that she could...
The Candy Girl
1917
Nell leaves the farm to start a candy store in New York, but has a troubled start until she meets Jack Monroe,...
The Mother of Her Dreams
1915
The little girl has been at the orphan asylum as long as she could remember. Who her parents were she knew not,...
Just a Shabby Doll
1913
star 6.5
A romantic story utilizing flashback sequences, featuring Harry Benham, Mignon Anderson and Helen Badgley (http...
In a Garden
1912
star 6.0
Over the years, an old gardener observes a romance develop between a young boy and girl. 20 years after they br...