Frank Powell

Frank Powell

Frank Powell was a Canadian-born stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States. After getting his start acting in D.W. Griffith films, he cast Theda Bara in her breakout role in the 1915 release A Fool There Was. Powell would continue to direct Bara at Fox while she became an international star as the film industry's most popular vamp.

  • Title: Frank Powell
  • Popularity: 1.059
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1887-05-08
  • Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Also Known As: Francis William Powell
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  • 1915
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    A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

    5.2 1915 HD

    John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England. Due to an unfortunate accident, his wife and child can not come...

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  • 1909
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    A Corner in Wheat

    A Corner in Wheat

    6.2 1909 HD

    On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines...

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  • 1909
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    The Mended Lute

    The Mended Lute

    4.5 1909 HD

    In an Indian tribe, a girl escapes from her father and suitor to be with the man she loves.

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  • 1909
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    The Son's Return

    The Son's Return

    5.611 1909 HD

    A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents' inn. They don't recognize him, but noticing...

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  • 1910
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    Over Silent Paths

    Over Silent Paths

    4.7 1910 HD

    In the heart of the American west, a miner toils day after day at his rocker box while his young daughter keeps his camp. His daughter persuades him...

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    The Country Doctor

    The Country Doctor

    6.167 1909 HD

    While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's...

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  • 1909
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    A Strange Meeting

    A Strange Meeting

    4.333 1909 HD

    Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment,...

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    Nursing a Viper

    Nursing a Viper

    4.2 1909 HD

    During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat...

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  • 1909
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    The Indian Runner's Romance

    The Indian Runner's Romance

    3 1909 HD

    An Indian comforts a dying prospector in his last moments. In exchange, the prospector tells him the location of his gold claim. A group of cowboys...

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  • 1909
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    The Broken Locket

    The Broken Locket

    3.5 1909 HD

    George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one being drink. One might have concluded he was lost,...

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    Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    3.25 1909 HD

    Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a...

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  • 1909
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    The Honor of Thieves

    The Honor of Thieves

    1.5 1909 HD

    Mack Sennett appears as a man at the dance and a cop in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

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  • 1909
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    The Cardinal's Conspiracy

    The Cardinal's Conspiracy

    3.667 1909 HD

    A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to...

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  • 1909
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    Fools of Fate

    Fools of Fate

    4.375 1909 HD

    Fanny is the wife of Ben Webster, a trapper, and while he is an affectionate and dutiful husband, she yearns for something which appears better than...

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  • 1910
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    The Rocky Road

    The Rocky Road

    4 1910 HD

    The evils of drink cause a man to separate from his family. In time he becomes sober and prosperous. Then he meets and falls in love with a young...

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  • 1910
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    In Old California

    In Old California

    1 1910 HD

    An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the early 19th century.

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  • 1909
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    His Duty

    His Duty

    3.167 1909 HD

    It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the...

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  • 1909
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    Tender Hearts

    Tender Hearts

    3 1909 HD

    A country boy and a city boy are both courting the same girl. The girl sees the country boy's tender treatment of a wounded bird and chooses him.

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  • 1909
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    In the Watches of the Night

    In the Watches of the Night

    2 1909 HD

    An honest worker, John Whitney, finds himself unemployed and unable to provide for his family. Desperate, he robs a rich man's home and is arrested....

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  • 1910
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    The Man

    The Man

    1 1910 HD

    Mildred lives with her husband, the prospector Steve Clark, in an out-of-the-way cabin in the mountains. She is affectionate and considerate, but her...

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  • 1910
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    The Impalement

    The Impalement

    1 1910 HD

    Bored by a doting wife who is too eager to please (she even puts a cigar in his mouth and lights it), Mr. Avery falls for a dancer, and is invited to...

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  • 1955
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    Film Fun

    Film Fun

    4 1955 HD

    A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent era.

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  • 1909
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    A Sweet Revenge

    A Sweet Revenge

    4.5 1909 HD

    After being jilted for another, a woman sends her lover's old letters to the new fiancée and looks forward to the reaction. But when she spots...

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  • 1909
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    The Voice of the Violin

    The Voice of the Violin

    4.714 1909 HD

    A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he joins an anarchist group who plan to blow up a rich...

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  • 1909
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    The Faded Lilies

    The Faded Lilies

    2.25 1909 HD

    A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mistake, he loses his mind.

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  • 1909
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    The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period

    The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period

    0.5 1909 HD

    During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, Catholic worship is forbidden on pain of death. Three soldiers are arrested as Catholics and condemned to die....

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    The Necklace

    The Necklace

    4 1909 HD

    Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr. Kendrick goes into debt to...

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  • 1909
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    The Way of Man

    The Way of Man

    4 1909 HD

    A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another.

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  • 1910
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    The Last Deal

    The Last Deal

    1 1910 HD

    Owen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James Kirkwood, his brother-in-law, shows up and cures him of...

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  • 1910
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    The Oath and the Man

    The Oath and the Man

    4.5 1910 HD

    A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the perfumer is a leader of the peasants. His priest...

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  • 1910
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    Faithful

    Faithful

    4.5 1910 HD

    Adonese is returning home from seeing the woman he is courting, and he is driving around a corner when his car accidentally brushes against the tramp...

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  • 1909
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    The Light That Came

    The Light That Came

    4.125 1909 HD

    A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?

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  • 1914
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    The Second Generation

    The Second Generation

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1913
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    For Her Government

    For Her Government

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1919
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    You Never Know Your Luck

    You Never Know Your Luck

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1915
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    A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

    5.2 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

    5.2 1915 HD

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  • 1921
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    Astray from the Steerage

    Astray from the Steerage

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1917
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    Mrs. Balfame

    Mrs. Balfame

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    Mrs. Balfame

    Mrs. Balfame

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Man Without Desire

    The Man Without Desire

    5 1923 HD

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  • 1914
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    A Fair Rebel

    A Fair Rebel

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1910
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    His New Lid

    His New Lid

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1915
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    Her Grandparents

    Her Grandparents

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Scarlet Oath

    The Scarlet Oath

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Greater Woman

    The Greater Woman

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    Motherhood

    Motherhood

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Tenderfoot's Triumph

    The Tenderfoot's Triumph

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Chain Invisible

    The Chain Invisible

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1910
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    Love in Quarantine

    Love in Quarantine

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1915
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    A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

    5.2 1915 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Witch

    The Witch

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Witch

    The Witch

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1910
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    White Roses

    White Roses

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    All on Account of the Milk

    All on Account of the Milk

    5.3 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Smoker

    The Smoker

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Never Again

    Never Again

    4 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    May and December

    May and December

    5 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    When We Were in Our 'Teens

    When We Were in Our 'Teens

    5 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Muggsy Becomes a Hero

    Muggsy Becomes a Hero

    5 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    A Lucky Toothache

    A Lucky Toothache

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    A Gold Necklace

    A Gold Necklace

    5.5 1910 HD

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  • 1914
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    His Last Dollar

    His Last Dollar

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1915
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    From the Valley of the Missing

    From the Valley of the Missing

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    From the Valley of the Missing

    From the Valley of the Missing

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1914
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    Man's Enemy

    Man's Enemy

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1910
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    An Affair of Hearts

    An Affair of Hearts

    2.5 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Kid

    The Kid

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Masher

    The Masher

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Stain

    The Stain

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1918
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    Heart of the Sunset

    Heart of the Sunset

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1917
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    Hedda Gabler

    Hedda Gabler

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Greater Woman

    The Greater Woman

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    Motherhood

    Motherhood

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    Reputation

    Reputation

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Debt

    The Debt

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1914
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    Officer 666

    Officer 666

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1920
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    In the Night

    In the Night

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1922
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    A Soul's Awakening

    A Soul's Awakening

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1916
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    Charity

    Charity

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1916
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    Charity

    Charity

    1 1916 HD

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