King Baggot

King Baggot

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies", "The Most Photographed Man in the World", and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon". Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947, wrote 18 screenplays, and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), and The House of Scandal (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western, Tumbleweeds (1925). Among his film appearances, Baggot was best known for The Scarlet Letter (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), and Ivanhoe (1913). Baggot began his career on the stage, in a Shakespearean stock company, and toured throughout the U.S. While acting in stock in St. Louis in 1909, he was cast as supporting player in the Schubert touring production of The Wishing Ring. When The Wishing Ring closed in Chicago, Baggot returned to New York to join another company. Upon a chance meeting with Harry Solter, who was directing movies for Carl Laemmle at Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), he was persuaded to go with Solter to the studio. Baggot became interested in the fledgling industry and decided to turn picture player. His first film was the romance short The Awakening of Bess (1909) opposite Florence Lawrence. It was directed by Harry Solter, her husband, at IMP in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At a time when screen actors worked anonymously, Baggot and Lawrence became the first "movie stars" to be given billing, a marquee, and promotion in advertising. Baggot starred in at least 42 movies opposite Lawrence from 1909 to 1911. In the latter year, he starred in at least 16 movies with Mary Pickford. He also began writing screenplays and directing, all the while becoming a major star internationally. When he appeared "in person" at theatres he was mobbed at stage doors. By 1912, he was so famous that when he took the leading part in forming the prestigious Screen Club in New York, the first organization of its kind strictly for movie people, he was the natural choice for its first president. King Baggot died in Los Angeles, California in 1948, age 68. For his contributions to the film industry, Baggot received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. His star is located at 6312 Hollywood Boulevard.

  • Title: King Baggot
  • Popularity: 3.147
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1879-11-06
  • Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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  • Also Known As: William King Baggot, King Baggott
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King Baggot Movies

  • 1911
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    The Temptress

    The Temptress

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1930
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    Once a Gentleman

    Once a Gentleman

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1938
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    Think It Over

    Think It Over

    7 1938 HD

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  • 1941
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    Come Live with Me

    Come Live with Me

    6.9 1941 HD

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  • 1912
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    Shamus O'Brien

    Shamus O'Brien

    1 1912 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Cheater

    The Cheater

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1913
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    4.3 1913 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Marble Heart

    The Marble Heart

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1918
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    Mission of the War Chest

    Mission of the War Chest

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1933
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    I Loved a Woman

    I Loved a Woman

    4.8 1933 HD

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  • 1935
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    A Night at the Opera

    A Night at the Opera

    7.4 1935 HD

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  • 1947
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    My Brother Talks to Horses

    My Brother Talks to Horses

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1920
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    Life's Twist

    Life's Twist

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    5.2 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    It May Happen to You

    It May Happen to You

    4.5 1937 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Wanderer

    The Wanderer

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Hawk's Trail

    The Hawk's Trail

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Forbidden Thing

    The Forbidden Thing

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1932
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    Girl of the Rio

    Girl of the Rio

    5.1 1932 HD

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  • 1911
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    Sweet Memories

    Sweet Memories

    4 1911 HD

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  • 1935
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    A Notorious Gentleman

    A Notorious Gentleman

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Devil-Doll

    The Devil-Doll

    6.8 1936 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Mirror

    The Mirror

    1 1911 HD

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  • 2011
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    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    9 2011 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Big Flash

    The Big Flash

    4.5 1932 HD

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  • 1931
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    Sweepstakes

    Sweepstakes

    4.5 1931 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Big Store

    The Big Store

    6.3 1941 HD

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  • 1937
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    A Night at the Movies

    A Night at the Movies

    5.1 1937 HD

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  • 1939
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    Stronger Than Desire

    Stronger Than Desire

    5.8 1939 HD

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  • 1936
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    Sworn Enemy

    Sworn Enemy

    5.3 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    Snow Gets in Your Eyes

    Snow Gets in Your Eyes

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    Mississippi

    Mississippi

    6.7 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    That Mothers Might Live

    That Mothers Might Live

    5.5 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Call of the Savage

    The Call of the Savage

    5 1935 HD

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  • 1939
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    Dancing Co-Ed

    Dancing Co-Ed

    6.2 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    Arsène Lupin Returns

    Arsène Lupin Returns

    5.8 1938 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Red Rider

    The Red Rider

    4 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    4 1936 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Silent Stranger

    The Silent Stranger

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1940
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    I Take This Woman

    I Take This Woman

    6.2 1940 HD

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  • 1947
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    Merton of the Movies

    Merton of the Movies

    6.8 1947 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1945
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    Dangerous Partners

    Dangerous Partners

    6.3 1945 HD

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  • 1932
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    Police Court

    Police Court

    5 1932 HD

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  • 1913
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    Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

    4.7 1913 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Philadelphia Story

    The Philadelphia Story

    7.618 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Gallant Sons

    Gallant Sons

    7.2 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

    5.8 1940 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Bad Sister

    The Bad Sister

    5.4 1931 HD

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  • 1912
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    A Cave Man Wooing

    A Cave Man Wooing

    4 1912 HD

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  • 1912
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    Up Against It

    Up Against It

    4 1912 HD

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  • 1931
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    Graft

    Graft

    4.5 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    Afraid to Talk

    Afraid to Talk

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1942
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    Her Cardboard Lover

    Her Cardboard Lover

    5.1 1942 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Wife’s Awakening

    The Wife’s Awakening

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1935
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    Chinatown Squad

    Chinatown Squad

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1942
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    Jackass Mail

    Jackass Mail

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1938
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    Stablemates

    Stablemates

    4.5 1938 HD

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  • 1941
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    Honky Tonk

    Honky Tonk

    6.4 1941 HD

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  • 1938
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    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1932
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    What Price Hollywood?

    What Price Hollywood?

    6.6 1932 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Master and the Man

    The Master and the Man

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    In the Sultan's Garden

    In the Sultan's Garden

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    For the Queen's Honor

    For the Queen's Honor

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    Science

    Science

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    At a Quarter of Two

    At a Quarter of Two

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    Pictureland

    Pictureland

    4 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    Tracked

    Tracked

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Secret of the Palm

    The Secret of the Palm

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    Second Sight

    Second Sight

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    While There is hope, There is Life

    While There is hope, There is Life

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Call of the Song

    The Call of the Song

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Fair Dentist

    The Fair Dentist

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Rose's Story

    The Rose's Story

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Better Way

    The Better Way

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Girl in the Taxi

    The Girl in the Taxi

    7 1921 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Death Kiss

    The Death Kiss

    5.3 1932 HD

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  • 1938
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    Boys Town

    Boys Town

    6.7 1938 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Thrill Chaser

    The Thrill Chaser

    5 1923 HD

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  • 1937
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    Torture Money

    Torture Money

    5.75 1937 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Eagle's Eye

    The Eagle's Eye

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1934
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    Romance in the Rain

    Romance in the Rain

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Czar of Broadway

    The Czar of Broadway

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Secret Heart

    The Secret Heart

    6.3 1946 HD

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  • 1914
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    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1942
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    Fingers at the Window

    Fingers at the Window

    5.4 1942 HD

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  • 1935
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    3 Kids and a Queen

    3 Kids and a Queen

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1942
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    Rio Rita

    Rio Rita

    5.8 1942 HD

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  • 1945
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    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

    5.7 1945 HD

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  • 1911
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    Over the Hills

    Over the Hills

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1935
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    Sweepstake Annie

    Sweepstake Annie

    3.7 1935 HD

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  • 1911
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    At the Duke's Command

    At the Duke's Command

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Ice Follies of 1939

    The Ice Follies of 1939

    5.6 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

    6.288 1938 HD

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  • 1936
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    San Francisco

    San Francisco

    6.6 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Mad Holiday

    Mad Holiday

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1941
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    Ziegfeld Girl

    Ziegfeld Girl

    6.5 1941 HD

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  • 1943
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    Swing Fever

    Swing Fever

    5 1943 HD

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  • 1909
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    The Awakening of Bess

    The Awakening of Bess

    1 1909 HD

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  • 1910
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    His Second Wife

    His Second Wife

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Call of the Circus

    The Call of the Circus

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Debt

    Debt

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Count of Montebello

    The Count of Montebello

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    A Game for Two

    A Game for Two

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Eternal Triangle

    The Eternal Triangle

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Irony of Fate

    The Irony of Fate

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Jane and the Stranger

    Jane and the Stranger

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

    Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Blind Man’s Tact

    The Blind Man’s Tact

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Miser’s Daughter

    The Miser’s Daughter

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Maelstrom

    The Maelstrom

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The New Shawl

    The New Shawl

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Transfusion

    Transfusion

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Winning Punch

    The Winning Punch

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Old Heads and Young Hearts

    Old Heads and Young Hearts

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Right of Love

    The Right of Love

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Two Men

    Two Men

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Taming of Jane

    The Taming of Jane

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    Pressed Roses

    Pressed Roses

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    A Reno Romance

    A Reno Romance

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Doctor's Perfidy

    The Doctor's Perfidy

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1909
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    Love's Stratagem

    Love's Stratagem

    1 1909 HD

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  • 1910
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    All the World’s a Stage

    All the World’s a Stage

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Great Universal Mystery

    The Great Universal Mystery

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Ghost Comes Home

    The Ghost Comes Home

    5 1940 HD

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  • 1934
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    Beloved

    Beloved

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1916
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    Half a Rogue

    Half a Rogue

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    7.024 1946 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Man from Nowhere

    The Man from Nowhere

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Suburban

    The Suburban

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1925
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    Tumbleweeds

    Tumbleweeds

    6.2 1925 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Kentucky Derby

    The Kentucky Derby

    5 1922 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Notorious Lady

    The Notorious Lady

    7 1927 HD

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  • 1925
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    Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

    Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

    5.3 1925 HD

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  • 1928
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    Romance of a Rogue

    Romance of a Rogue

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1931
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    Sporting Chance

    Sporting Chance

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1981
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    Beatlemania

    Beatlemania

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1922
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    Human Hearts

    Human Hearts

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Darling of New York

    The Darling of New York

    7 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Darling of New York

    The Darling of New York

    7 1923 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Silent Stranger

    The Silent Stranger

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Home Maker

    The Home Maker

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1911
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    The Rose's Story

    The Rose's Story

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1922
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    A Dangerous Game

    A Dangerous Game

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1927
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    Perch of the Devil

    Perch of the Devil

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Lavender Bath Lady

    The Lavender Bath Lady

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Whispered Name

    The Whispered Name

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Tornado

    The Tornado

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1921
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    Moonlight Follies

    Moonlight Follies

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Cheated Love

    Cheated Love

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Nobody's Fool

    Nobody's Fool

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1922
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    Kissed

    Kissed

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1926
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    Lovey Mary

    Lovey Mary

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Love Letter

    The Love Letter

    1 1923 HD

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