Robert G. Vignola

Robert G. Vignola

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 5, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-born American actor, screenwriter and film director in American cinema. One of the silent screen's most prolific directors, he made a handful of sound films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era. Born at Trivigno, in the province of Potenza, Vignola left Italy with his family at the age of 3 and was raised in upstate New York. He made his acting debut at 19 performing in "Romeo and Juliet", with Eleanor Robson Belmont and Kyrle Bellew. He began his film career as an actor in 1906 with the short film The Black Hand, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and produced by Biograph Company, generally considered the film that launched the mafia genre. In 1907 he joined Kalem Studios, for which he made numerous movies. One of Vignola's most notable film roles was as Judas Iscariot in From the Manger to the Cross (1912), directed by Sidney Olcott, one of the most successful films of the period. Vignola directed 87 films, most notably The Vampire (1913), sometimes cited as the first "vamp" movie, and Seventeen (1916), where Rudolph Valentino did an uncredited cameo. He had a long association directing the early movies of Pauline Frederick such as Audrey (1916) and Double Crossed (1917). His biggest success was the big-budget epic When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), starring Marion Davies, which achieved critical and commercial acclaim. Other films include Déclassée (1925), with the uncredited appearance of the then unknown Clark Gable; Broken Dreams (1933), which received a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Venice Film Festival, and The Scarlet Letter (1934), the last film of Colleen Moore. Vignola died in Hollywood, California in 1953. He lived in a mansion at Whitley Heights owned by William Randolph Hearst. Hearst's mistress Marion Davies was allowed to stay without him at Vignola's mansion, worried that she was having affairs and considering Vignola a trusted companion for her as he was homosexual. He was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, New York.

  • Title: Robert G. Vignola
  • Popularity: 2.581
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1882-08-05
  • Place of Birth: Trivignano, Veneto, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Robert Vignola
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  • 1908
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    Over the Hills to the Poor House

    Over the Hills to the Poor House

    4.75 1908 HD

    The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property,...

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  • 1913
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    Shenandoah

    Shenandoah

    1 1913 HD

    Bronson Howard's Great Civil War Story in Three Reels, Featuring General Philip Sheridan's Ride from Winchester, 20 Miles Away.

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  • 1913
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    The Padrone's Plot

    The Padrone's Plot

    1 1913 HD

    Tony Vallenci, just over from Italy, is offered a job by Pietro Valli, an unscrupulous padrone. Ignorant of American money, Tony signs a contract...

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  • 1914
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    The Show Girl's Glove

    The Show Girl's Glove

    1 1914 HD

    Hampton, a broker, employs a detective to investigate Stella, a show girl, with whom his younger brother Dick is in love. As a result of the...

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  • 1913
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    The War Correspondent

    The War Correspondent

    1 1913 HD

    Jack Fisher secures a position as reporter on a metropolitan daily and incurs the enmity of Martin, the star reporter, because of friendly relations...

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    The Vampire

    The Vampire

    7 1913 HD

    The story hinges on the redemption of a country boy, an artist, who has fallen among evil companions, and is an outcast.

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    A Prisoner of the Harem

    A Prisoner of the Harem

    1 1912 HD

    Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted. Young American woman, well...

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    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

    1 1912 HD

    Ayub Kashif becomes embittered toward his wife, Fatima, because their union has been childless. He eventually determines to divorce Fatima and free...

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  • 1912
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    The Little Gluers

    The Little Gluers

    1 1912 HD

    The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short

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  • 1913
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    The Prosecuting Attorney

    The Prosecuting Attorney

    1 1913 HD

    The prosecuting attorney's impassioned address clinches the conviction of the criminal who, breaking away from his guard, viciously assaults the...

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  • 1913
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    The Message of the Palms

    The Message of the Palms

    1 1913 HD

    Henry Strong, a young civil engineer, is placed in charge of a party which makes a preliminary survey for a railroad. In their work they enter the...

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    A Sawmill Hazard

    A Sawmill Hazard

    1 1913 HD

    Mrs. Herton, a widow, lives in comfortable circumstances with her son, Roland. Over forty years of age, she is still an attractive woman, but lacks...

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  • 1912
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    The Shaughraun

    The Shaughraun

    1 1912 HD

    Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in Australia following false accusations by the...

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  • 1913
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    A Desperate Chance

    A Desperate Chance

    1 1913 HD

    A railroad melodrama.

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    The Peril of the Dance Hall

    The Peril of the Dance Hall

    1 1913 HD

    After the death of his wife Pablo Florenti, an Italian, takes his little daughter, Pepita, and embarks for America, where he secures employment as a...

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  • 1912
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    Ireland, the Oppressed

    Ireland, the Oppressed

    1 1912 HD

    The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by hard-hearted landlords, hill fighting and the final...

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  • 1913
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    The Scimitar of the Prophet

    The Scimitar of the Prophet

    1 1913 HD

    While touring Egypt, Harris and his wife visit an old temple and are fascinated by a sacred scimitar, which, at the corner of a shrine, is...

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  • 1913
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    The Alien

    The Alien

    1 1913 HD

    Paolo, a skilled mechanic in a modler's factory in Italy, defends his friend Brocco, when the latter is discharged and incurs the foreman's enmity....

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  • 1915
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    Honor Thy Father

    Honor Thy Father

    1 1915 HD

    Although it means the mortgaging of their home, Roger Dayton's parents send him to law school. Selfish and ungrateful, the boy forgets all about the...

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  • 1915
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    The Railroad Raiders of '62

    The Railroad Raiders of '62

    1 1915 HD

    Lockwood, the old, one-armed flagman at Lone Point, tells Helen and a young soldier of his experiences during the Civil War, and how he lost his arm....

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  • 1906
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    The Black Hand

    The Black Hand

    5.7 1906 HD

    Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria...

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  • 1911
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    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    5 1911 HD

    Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and...

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  • 1912
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    From the Manger to the Cross

    From the Manger to the Cross

    5.2 1912 HD

    The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.

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  • 1910
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    The Lad from Old Ireland

    The Lad from Old Ireland

    5.1 1910 HD

    A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.

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  • 1911
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    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

    6.5 1911 HD

    A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he...

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  • 1911
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    Rory O'More

    Rory O'More

    4.2 1911 HD

    Based on the story of the real-life 17th Century Irish rebel and the eighteen century ballad about him, this one-reeler is one of the Kalem pictures...

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  • 1910
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    When Lovers Part

    When Lovers Part

    4 1910 HD

    A young couple’s love is forbidden by the girl’s father. He forces her to write a farewell letter. Three years later, the Civil War...

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  • 1911
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    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

    1 1911 HD

    Jim Hemminway went to college, but did not make good. He had a fine time, but flunked in his studies. His father, displeased with Jim's college...

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  • 1911
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    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    1 1911 HD

    The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart,...

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  • 1912
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    Captured by Bedouins

    Captured by Bedouins

    1 1912 HD

    An American officer disguises himself as an Arab in order to rescue an American woman kidnapped by Arab tribesmen.

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  • 1908
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    The Fight for Freedom

    The Fight for Freedom

    1 1908 HD

    In a saloon in a Mexican border town, a group of cowboys, including a Mexican named Pedro, play poker. One man is discovered cheating, and is shot...

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  • 1912
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    Tragedy of the Desert

    Tragedy of the Desert

    1 1912 HD

    An English doctor based in Egypt finds his wife in the arms of a local diplomat, and in a madness-induced frenzy departs for the desert. After being...

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  • 1913
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    The Wives of Jamestown

    The Wives of Jamestown

    1 1913 HD

    The romance between Bryan O'Sullivan and Lady Geraldine is broken when he unjusily suspects that she is unfaithful. He sails for America, and,...

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  • 1913
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    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    1 1913 HD

    A group of English Soldiers take the Home of the Fitzgeralds from its rightful owners, and force the daughter Peggy to stay and entertain them. A...

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  • 1913
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    Primitive Man

    Primitive Man

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1914
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    Her Husband's Friend

    Her Husband's Friend

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Shadow

    The Shadow

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Show Girl's Glove

    The Show Girl's Glove

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Cabaret Dancer

    The Cabaret Dancer

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Through the Flames

    Through the Flames

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Storm at Sea

    The Storm at Sea

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Hand of Fate

    The Hand of Fate

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Devil's Dansant

    The Devil's Dansant

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1913
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    The War Correspondent

    The War Correspondent

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Fortunes of Fifi

    The Fortunes of Fifi

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Knife

    The Knife

    6 1918 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Barefoot Boy

    The Barefoot Boy

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Seed and the Harvest

    Seed and the Harvest

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Barefoot Boy

    The Barefoot Boy

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The False Guardian

    The False Guardian

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Into the Depths

    Into the Depths

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Menace of Fate

    The Menace of Fate

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    A Midnight Tragedy

    A Midnight Tragedy

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Evil Thereof

    The Evil Thereof

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Man of Iron

    The Man of Iron

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet

    The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Her Bitter Lesson

    Her Bitter Lesson

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Hate That Withers

    The Hate That Withers

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1915
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    Honor Thy Father

    Honor Thy Father

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    A Sister's Burden

    A Sister's Burden

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Destroyer

    The Destroyer

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Haunting Fear

    The Haunting Fear

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Crooked Path

    The Crooked Path

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Scorpion's Sting

    The Scorpion's Sting

    1 1915 HD

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    The Stolen Ruby

    The Stolen Ruby

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Siren's Reign

    The Siren's Reign

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    Don Caesar de Bazan

    Don Caesar de Bazan

    1 1915 HD

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    The Maker of Dreams

    The Maker of Dreams

    1 1915 HD

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    Don Caesar de Bazan

    Don Caesar de Bazan

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Vampire

    The Vampire

    7 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Scimitar of the Prophet

    The Scimitar of the Prophet

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Message of the Palms

    The Message of the Palms

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    Man's Greed for Gold

    Man's Greed for Gold

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Vampire's Trail

    The Vampire's Trail

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Vampire's Trail

    The Vampire's Trail

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Alien

    The Alien

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    A Victim of Heredity

    A Victim of Heredity

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Lost Diamond

    The Lost Diamond

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Hidden Witness

    The Hidden Witness

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    A Stolen Identity

    A Stolen Identity

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Bribe

    The Bribe

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Night Operator at Buxton

    The Night Operator at Buxton

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

    4.9 1934 HD

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  • 1922
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    When Knighthood Was in Flower

    When Knighthood Was in Flower

    5.7 1922 HD

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  • 1920
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    The World and His Wife

    The World and His Wife

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Perfect Clue

    The Perfect Clue

    5.7 1935 HD

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  • 1922
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    Beauty's Worth

    Beauty's Worth

    6.1 1922 HD

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  • 1917
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1911
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    Rory O'More

    Rory O'More

    4.2 1911 HD

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  • 1933
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    Broken Dreams

    Broken Dreams

    6 1933 HD

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  • 1927
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    Cabaret

    Cabaret

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1920
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    The 13th Commandment

    The 13th Commandment

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Winning Girl

    The Winning Girl

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1921
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    Enchantment

    Enchantment

    5.7 1921 HD

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  • 1925
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    Déclassé

    Déclassé

    3.5 1925 HD

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  • 1917
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    Her Better Self

    Her Better Self

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1923
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    Adam and Eva

    Adam and Eva

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Claw

    The Claw

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Way of a Girl

    The Way of a Girl

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Vampire

    The Vampire

    7 1913 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Girl from Scotland Yard

    The Girl from Scotland Yard

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1916
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    Under Cover

    Under Cover

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Young Diana

    The Young Diana

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1919
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    Experimental Marriage

    Experimental Marriage

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1928
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    Tropic Madness

    Tropic Madness

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Love That Lives

    The Love That Lives

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Black Crook

    The Black Crook

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Woman God Changed

    The Woman God Changed

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Straight Is the Way

    Straight Is the Way

    6 1921 HD

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  • 1924
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    Yolanda

    Yolanda

    6 1924 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Passionate Pilgrim

    The Passionate Pilgrim

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1924
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    Married Flirts

    Married Flirts

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Moment Before

    The Moment Before

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1926
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    Fifth Avenue

    Fifth Avenue

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1916
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    Seventeen

    Seventeen

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1918
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    Women's Weapons

    Women's Weapons

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Spider

    The Spider

    1 1916 HD

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