John Gilbert Filmography
by lisa-vankampen | created - 25 Jun 2014 | updated - 25 Jun 2014 | PublicThis list includes all films John Gilbert acted in, straight from IMDB. It also includes films he was uncredited for.
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1. The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
A cruise ship heads south from L.A. with a variety of passengers - a reporter, a P.I., crooks, a general etc.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Wynne Gibson, Alison Skipworth, John Gilbert
Votes: 750
Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.
2. Queen Christina (1933)
Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone
Votes: 8,621 | Gross: $0.77M
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
3. Fast Workers (1933)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
Gunner and Bucker are pals who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner has not ... See full summary »
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: John Gilbert, Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Muriel Kirkland
Votes: 855
Gunner and Bucker are pals who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner has not failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a tough dame with a line. He falls for her, and she falls for his dough. But Mary is already a gal pal of Gunner, and no two know about the third one. The trouble starts when the triangle is revealed too late.
4. Downstairs (1932)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance
An amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, Hedda Hopper
Votes: 1,858
At the wedding of Albert and Anna, Karl, the new chauffeur, arrives. Albert is the head butler, second generation to the Baron. Karl soon seems out of place as a servant, and Albert tells him so. But Karl is a cad. Whenever he gets the chance, he will try to seduce Anna, who is not wise in the ways of the world. He lies without question if it is to his advantage and charms money out of Sophie, the old cook. He disrupts the household and then blackmails the Baroness to keep from being sacked.
5. West of Broadway (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance, War
Jerry Seevers returns from World War I service broken in health and his doctor tells him he has only six months to live. His fiancée jilts him and he sets out to drink himself to death. In ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: John Gilbert, El Brendel, Lois Moran, Madge Evans
Votes: 646
Jerry Seevers returns from World War I service broken in health and his doctor tells him he has only six months to live. His fiancée jilts him and he sets out to drink himself to death. In one of his binges he wakes up to find himself married to what the assumes is a gold-digger after his money. He leaves her and goes to a ranch in Arizona and get rid of his new bride, who is really in love with him. He sets up divorce proceedings and then realizes he actually loves her.
6. The Phantom of Paris (1931)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Thriller
Cheri-Bibi is an escape artist wrongly imprisoned for murdering the wealthy father of his admirer Cecile. The real murderer is Cecile's fiancé, so how will Bibi escape his death sentence and win back Cecile?
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 1,408
Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him. Max has killed Bourrelier before he was removed from the will so that he will be rich when he marries Cecile. Together with Vera, they put the blame on Bibi, who is a romantic rival to Max, and he is sentenced to death. But Bibi escapes before his execution and hides in Herman's secret cellar. When he learns that Max is dying, Bibi goes to his house for his confession, but Max dies before it is told to anyone else. So Bibi, has just one chance, and he goes to Dr. Gorin who will make him look like Max so that he can clear his name and put the blame where it belongs - on Max, even in death.
7. Gentleman's Fate (1931)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Jack lives the high life and wants to make Marjorie his one and only. He then learns that his deceased father is alive--but dying of lead poisoning. His father had sent him away 20 years ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams, Anita Page
Votes: 838
Jack lives the high life and wants to make Marjorie his one and only. He then learns that his deceased father is alive but dying of lead poisoning. His father sent him away, twenty years before, to keep him out of the rackets. But now that he is dying, he wants to split the business between Giacomo (Jack) and Frank, his other son. The business includes running booze down from Canada.
8. Way for a Sailor (1930)
Passed | 85 min | Romance, Drama
Jack is a sailor who lives to go to sea. A typical sailor, he is always broke and has been in seven jails in the last seven ports. The one girl he tries to impress the most is in London and... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, Leila Hyams
Votes: 622
Jack is a sailor who lives to go to sea. A typical sailor, he is always broke and has been in seven jails in the last seven ports. The one girl he tries to impress the most is in London and his mates call her 'the Eskimo'. For two years, he approaches her every time he docks near London, and for two years, Joan rejects the expensive gifts he brings to her and ignores any and all advances he makes. She wants nothing to do with a sailor. When Jack uses trickery to convince Joan to marry him, Joan leaves him when she finds out the truth about his so called new life. There are rough seas ahead as Jack tries to get Joan to come back to him.
9. Redemption (1930)
75 min | Drama
Fedya wins Lisa away from her fiance, Victor Karenin. But after Fedya weds Lisa, he becomes infatuated with a gypsy girl, Masha. His duplicity leads to tragedy.
Directors: Fred Niblo, Lionel Barrymore | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Boardman
Votes: 553
Fedya wins Lisa away from her fiance, Victor Karenin. But after Fedya weds Lisa, he becomes infatuated with a gypsy girl, Masha. His duplicity leads to tragedy.
10. His Glorious Night (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
In a European kingdom, Princess Orsolini is to have a state wedding, arranged by her mother the Queen, but she is in love with Captain Kovacs of the horse guards. She is forced to break off... See full summary »
Director: Lionel Barrymore | Stars: John Gilbert, Catherine Dale Owen, Nance O'Neil, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 67
11. Desert Nights (1929)
Passed | 62 min | Drama
A con man and his beautiful accomplice kidnap a manager and steal $500,000 worth of diamonds, but end up stranded in the desert without water.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Mary Nolan, Claude King
Votes: 1,244
A con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of diamonds but finds they're all lost in the desert without water.
12. A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Passed | 98 min | Drama
When two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown
Votes: 1,695 | Gross: $0.85M
When two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.
13. The Masks of the Devil (1928)
80 min | Drama
Baron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with Virginia, an innocent schoolgirl who is engaged to his best friend Manfred. To seduce Virginia, ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: John Gilbert, Alma Rubens, Theodore Roberts, Frank Reicher
Votes: 78
14. Four Walls (1928)
60 min | Drama
While Benny is in jail his old henchman Monk takes over the gang and Benny's girl Frieda. Once out Benny wants nothing to do with either. He has reformed and is beloved of his god-fearing ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Vera Gordon, Carmel Myers
Votes: 409
While Benny is in jail his old henchman Monk takes over the gang and Benny's girl Frieda. Once out Benny wants nothing to do with either. He has reformed and is beloved of his god-fearing mother's good friend Bertha. But Frieda pursues him and, at a party, announces her engagement to Monk in order to make Benny really jealous. A rival gang attacks during the party and Benny takes over, running off with Bertha in his arms. In a chase across the rooftops, Monk falls to his death. Benny is accused and later cleared of Monk's "murder".
15. The Cossacks (1928)
92 min | Drama
A peace-loving Cossack chooses to prove himself in battle when his village and childhood sweetheart label him a coward.
Directors: George W. Hill, Clarence Brown | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Ernest Torrence, Nils Asther
Votes: 713
A peace-loving Cossack chooses to prove himself in battle when his village and childhood sweetheart label him a coward.
16. Love (1927)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A married woman compromises her social standing and family life when she falls for a young officer.
Directors: Edmund Goulding, John Gilbert | Stars: John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, George Fawcett, Emily Fitzroy
Votes: 1,159 | Gross: $0.95M
In Czarist Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become Vronsky's mistress. Tragedy ensues when Vronsky chooses his military career over Anna.
17. Man, Woman and Sin (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
A young man takes a succession of odd jobs to save enough money to buy a house for himself and his mother. He lands a position in a newspaper office and falls in love with the beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Jeanne Eagels, Gladys Brockwell, Marc McDermott
Votes: 394
A young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy he and his mother a house. He lands a position in a newspaper office and falls in love with the beautiful society editor, who is secretly having an affair with the married managing editor. She returns the young man's affections in order to make her lover jealous, but finds herself falling for him.
18. Twelve Miles Out (1927)
85 min | Drama
Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Joan Crawford, Eileen Percy
Votes: 679 | Gross: $0.45M
Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she tries to turn him in, he kidnaps her and her fiance John. Jane, now in love with Jerry, must watch as Jerry and Red shoot it out on board Jerry's boat.
19. The Show (1927)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Connelly
Votes: 702 | Gross: $0.40M
Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder.
20. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Passed | 112 min | Drama
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent
Votes: 4,633 | Gross: $1.61M
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other once fiercely loved.
21. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
In the reign of King Louis XIII, dashing rogue and libertine Marquis de Bardelys is entranced by Roxalanne de Lavedan. Against a background of knavery and intrigue he sets out to woo and win her.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Lionel Belmore
Votes: 1,310 | Gross: $0.49M
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
22. La Bohème (1926)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, George Hassell
Votes: 1,681 | Gross: $1.01M
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
23. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
Directors: Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Christy Cabanne, J.J. Cohn, Rex Ingram | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson
Votes: 7,978 | Gross: $12.45M
A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned. (Uncredited)
24. The Big Parade (1925)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.
Directors: King Vidor, George W. Hill | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell
Votes: 7,284 | Gross: $11.00M
The idle son of a rich businessman joins the army when the U.S.A. enters World War One. He is sent to France, where he becomes friends with two working-class soldiers. He also falls in love with a Frenchwoman, but has to leave her to move to the frontline.
25. The Merry Widow (1925)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, Romance
A prince must woo the now-wealthy dancer he once abandoned, to keep her money in the country in order to keep it from crashing economically.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 2,568 | Gross: $1.92M
A prince must woo the now wealthy dancer he once abandoned in order to keep her money in the country in order to keep it from crashing economically.
26. The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
81 min | Drama
Gifted but neurotic novelist Jeffrey Dwyer is attracted to young, innocent Joan Converse, but neglects her when he meets sultry Inez Martin. After a short, passionate affair, Inez discards ... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, John Gilbert, Aileen Pringle, Kate Lester
Votes: 40 | Gross: $0.20M
27. The Snob (1924)
70 min | Drama
Just as Nancy Claxton finished at a convent school, her wealthy father Sherwood is killed in a roadhouse brawl. Stung by the disgrace, she disappears and her sweetheart, Herrick, tries to find her.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Conrad Nagel, Phyllis Haver
28. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King
Votes: 4,295 | Gross: $0.19M
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
29. His Hour (1924)
70 min | Drama
Gritzko (John Gilbert) is a Russian nobleman and Tamara (Aileen Pringle) is the object of his desire.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Aileen Pringle, John Gilbert, Emily Fitzroy, Lawrence Grant
Votes: 36 | Gross: $0.20M
30. Romance Ranch (1924)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Carlos Brent's grandfather informs him that he is rightful owner of a ranch in the possession of the Hendley family. A belated letter establishes his claim, but Carlos is reluctant to evict... See full summary »
Director: Howard M. Mitchell | Stars: John Gilbert, Virginia Brown Faire, John Miljan, Bernard Siegel
31. The Lone Chance (1924)
50 min | Drama
Penniless inventor Jack Saunders, in search of a girl he loves, assumes the guilt for a murder in return for $20,000 and promise of a pardon at the end of a year. When the agreement is not ... See full summary »
Director: Howard M. Mitchell | Stars: John Gilbert, Evelyn Brent, John Miljan, Edwin B. Tilton
32. A Man's Mate (1924)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Paul Bonard an artist, loses his memory when he receives a blow on the head from one of two apaches fighting over Wildcat, a sultry stepper in a cafe. He becomes an apache himself, falls in... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Mortimer | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Noble Johnson, Wilfrid North
33. The Wolf Man (1923)
60 min | Drama
The youngest son of a noble English family turns into a wolf man whenever he partakes in alcohol.
Director: Edmund Mortimer | Stars: John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Alma Francis, George Barraud
Votes: 34
34. Just Off Broadway (1924)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Jean Lawrence (Marian Nixon), unsuccessful as a musical comedy actress, is near starvation when she is rescued by Nan Norton (Trilby Clark), a gangland sweetheart, in a restaurant off ... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Mortimer | Stars: John Gilbert, Marian Nixon, Trilby Clark, Pierre Gendron
35. Cameo Kirby (1923)
70 min | Drama
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Gilbert, Gertrude Olmstead, Alan Hale, Eric Mayne
Votes: 377
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.
36. The Exiles (1923)
Passed | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Finding herself accused of a murder she didn't commit, Alice Carroll flees to Tangier, Morocco. District Attorney Henry Holcombe, meanwhile, has discovered that she is actually innocent and... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Mortimer | Stars: John Gilbert, Betty Bouton, John Webb Dillion, Margaret Fielding
37. St. Elmo (I) (1923)
60 min | Drama
When St. Elmo Thornton finds his fiancée, Agnes, in the arms of his friend Murray Hammond, he shoots Hammond and sets out on a journey around the world, dedicated in his hatred of women. He... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: John Gilbert, Barbara La Marr, Bessie Love, Warner Baxter
38. Madness of Youth (1923)
50 min | Drama
After eluding authorities, Jaca Javalie goes to the home of wealthy Theodore Banning, where he professes to be a man of magic who learned his skills in India. He demonstrates his ability by... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: John Gilbert, Billie Dove, D.R.O. Hatswell, George K. Arthur
39. Truxton King (1923)
Passed | 60 min | Drama
Truxton King, an American seeking adventure in Graustark, strikes up an acquaintance with six-year-old Prince Robin and his Aunt Lorraine. The next day, Truxton overhears a plot against the... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: John Gilbert, Ruth Clifford, Frank Leigh, Michael D. Moore
40. While Paris Sleeps (1923)
60 min | Drama, Horror
When a sculptor falls in love with his model but finds his love unrequited, he plans to kill his love rival with the help of the owner of a Horror Wax museum.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Lon Chaney, Mildred Manning, John Gilbert, Hardee Kirkland
Votes: 45
A sculptor loves his lovely model,but she cares for him nothing.And when she is attracted by an American man,he becomes insanely Jealousy.So he plans with the owner of a Horror Wax museum, to do him away.He is captured and tortured in the museum.With the help of her lovers friend she rescues him.After recovering in a Hospital they are ready to marry.
41. A California Romance (1922)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1800s California, Patricio and Dolores are in love but are torn by politics--he believes California should join the US, while she believes it should remain a part of Mexico. Convinced ... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, George Siegmann, Jack McDonald
42. The Love Gambler (1922)
Passed | 50 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
Dick Manners wagers that he will not only ride Col. McClelland's wild horse but that he will also kiss his haughty daughter, Jean. Dick accomplishes both feats and gets a job on the ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Franz | Stars: John Gilbert, Carmel Myers, Bruce Gordon, C.E. Anderson
43. Calvert's Valley (1922)
50 min | Drama
Page Emlyn travels with his friend Jim Calvert to the Calvert family home. It doesn't turn out well: Calvert's fiancée breaks up with him and he later falls off a cliff to his death. His ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: John Gilbert, Sylvia Breamer, Philo McCullough, Herschel Mayall
Page Emlyn travels with his friend Jim Calvert to the Calvert family home. It doesn't turn out well, though, as Calvert's fiancée breaks up with him and he later falls off a cliff to his death. His friend Emlyn was with him but was so drunk he doesn't remember anything that happened that night, and it's not long before Emlyn is accused of pushing his friend off the cliff and tried for the murder.
44. Monte Cristo (1922)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the ... See full summary »
Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim, William V. Mong
Votes: 440 | Gross: $0.17M
A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
45. Honor First (1922)
50 min | Drama
Twin brothers are serving in the French army during the Great War. Jacques, a private, leads his brother's company to attack when Honoré, a lieutenant, panics and flees. Jacques, dressed in... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hardee Kirkland, Shannon Day
46. The Yellow Stain (1922)
50 min | Drama
Donald Keith, a young lawyer who takes up residence in the small town of Owasco, Michigan, finds himself opposed by lumber king Quartus Hembly, feared by all the townspeople. Keith takes up... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: John Gilbert, Claire Anderson, J.P. Lockney, Mark Fenton
47. Arabian Love (1922)
50 min | Drama
Nadine Fortier is captured by a band of desert marauders. "The Sheik" wins her in a game of dice but then lets her go - for now.
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: John Gilbert, Barbara Bedford, Barbara La Marr, Herschel Mayall
Nadine Fortier is captured by a band of desert marauders. "The Sheik" wins her in a game of dice but then lets her go - for now.
48. Gleam O'Dawn (1922)
50 min | Drama
Gleam O'Dawn, an artist living in the Canadian woods, encounters Silas Huntworth and his adopted daughter, Nini; and they become his friends. A daily visitor to the Huntworth cabin is ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: John Gilbert, Barbara Bedford, Jim Farley, John Gough
49. Ladies Must Live (1921)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Schooled by her wealthy brother-in-law William Hollins, Christine Bleeker plans to marry Ralph Lincourt when he is divorced. He, however, is equally pursued by Nancy Barron, whom Christine ... See full summary »
Director: George Loane Tucker | Stars: Robert Ellis, Mahlon Hamilton, Betty Compson, Leatrice Joy
Votes: 65
50. Shame (1921)
90 min | Drama
While living in Shanghai with his young son David, William Fielding is close friends with his secretary, Li Clung, after the death of his wife. Foo Chang, a trader, loves the young woman ... See full summary »
Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: John Gilbert, Michael D. Moore, Frankie Lee, George Siegmann
51. The Servant in the House (1921)
80 min | Drama
A man goes to work at a curate's house who is in denial about his poor social background.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Jack Curtis, Edward Peil Sr., Harvey Clark
52. Deep Waters (1920)
50 min | Drama
Henry Sanford, contracted to build a lighthouse at Keyport, is attracted to Kate, the wife of wealthy Morgan Leroy, who becomes jealous of Henry. Meanwhile, Bill Lacey, one of the crew of ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Rudolph Christians, Barbara Bedford, John Gilbert, Florence Deshon
53. The Great Redeemer (1920)
50 min | Drama, Western
A murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's drawing of Christ's crucifixion on the cell wall comes to life.
Directors: Clarence Brown, Maurice Tourneur | Stars: House Peters, Marjorie Daw, Jack McDonald, Joseph Singleton
A murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's drawing of Christ's crucifixion on the cell wall comes to life. (Uncredited)
54. The White Circle (1920)
50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Having endangered his life by foolishly gambling away funds entrusted to him by the Carbonari, an Italian secret society, London banker Bernard Huddlestone appeals to Northmour, an ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Spottiswoode Aitken, Janice Wilson, Harry Northrup, John Gilbert
55. Should a Woman Tell? (1919)
60 min | Drama
On a visit to the city of Boston, a village girl is taken advantage of by a man there and returns home feeling sullied and ashamed. A young man who had once sought her hand returns from ... See full summary »
Director: John Ince | Stars: Alice Lake, Frank Currier, Jack Mulhall, Nellie Anderson
Votes: 32
A village girl, on a visit to the city of Boston, is taken advantage of by a man there, and returns to her home feeling sullied and ashamed. A young man who had once sought her hand returns from years away in Europe and reiterates his suit. She returns his love and agrees to marry him, but has difficulty telling him the truth about her mis adventure. When she finally does, his response seems to doom the pair to tragedy.
56. Heart o' the Hills (1919)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.
Directors: Joseph De Grasse, Sidney Franklin | Stars: Mary Pickford, Harold Goodwin, Allan Sears, Fred Huntley
Votes: 573
Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.
57. Widow by Proxy (1919)
50 min | Comedy, Romance
Spinster sisters Sophronia and Angelica Pennington of Massachusetts refuse to meet Dolores, the bride of their nephew Jack, because she formerly was an actress. After Dolores receives word ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Edwards | Stars: Marguerite Clark, Agnes Vernon, Gertrude Norman, Gertrude Claire
58. For a Woman's Honor (1919)
50 min | Drama
British India Medical Corps Captain Clyde Mannering returns to England to marry Helen Rutherford, but the wedding is postponed when her father dies. When beautiful Valeska De Marsay ... See full summary »
Director: Park Frame | Stars: H.B. Warner, Marguerite De La Motte, John Gilbert, Carmen Phillips
59. The Red Viper (1919)
70 min | Drama
David Belkov, a newsboy born of foreign parents who live in "New York's crucible," the East Side, admires the late Theodore Roosevelt, but when he sees a poor family being evicted, he joins... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Tyrol | Stars: Gareth Hughes, Ruth Stonehouse, John Gilbert, Irma Harrison
60. A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)
60 min | Drama
Paul Potter, the captain of the Yale football team, becomes engaged to Sylvia Castle after promising her father that they will live in their hometown in Indiana. When Sylvia visits Yale for... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: J. Barney Sherry, Kathryn Adams, Frank Mayo, Lila Leslie
61. The Man Beneath (I) (1919)
58 min | Crime, Drama
The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits Scotland and falls in love with Kate Erskine, whose sister Mary is engaged to Ashutor's college ... See full summary »
Director: William Worthington | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Helen Jerome Eddy, Pauline Curley, John Gilbert
Votes: 57
62. The Busher (1919)
Not Rated | 63 min | Drama, Sport
A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues. But will he be up to the challenge?
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert, Jay Morley
Votes: 733
A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues. But will he be up to the challenge?
63. The White Heather (1919)
60 min | Drama
Lord Angus Cameron's marriage to a woman of his titled Scottish class is thwarted by his secret marriage years before to Marion Hume, the housekeeper of the castle. Cameron attempts to ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Holmes Herbert, Ben Alexander, Ralph Graves, Mabel Ballin
Votes: 12
64. The Dawn of Understanding (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Western
When Silas Prescott's wife dies on the journey out West, he sells his daughter Sue into marriage with local rancher Ira Beasley. Their life together is loveless and lonely until the circus ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles R. Seeling, David Smith | Stars: Bessie Love, George A. Williams, John Gilbert, J. Frank Glendon
65. Three X Gordon (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Spoiled, lazy Harold Chester Winthrop Gordon finds that he has been disinherited, barred from seeing his sweetheart, and expelled from his club. He decides to reform himself and begins by ... See full summary »
Director: Ernest C. Warde | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Charles K. French, Gordon Sackville
66. The Mask (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Billy Taylor gives a million-dollar party. It isn't worth the million, for it isn't much of a party, but the merrymakers mistake Billy's rich uncle for someone else and he cuts Billy off ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas N. Heffron | Stars: Claire Anderson, Ray Godfrey, Grace Marvin, Bliss Chevalier
Votes: 17
67. Doing Their Bit (I) (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Little Kate and Janie O'Dowd are sent to their wealthy American uncle, Michael O'Dowd, after their Irish father loses his life on a World War I battlefield. Having been locked accidentally ... See full summary »
Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Jane Lee, Katherine Lee, Franklyn Hanna, Gertrude Le Brandt
68. Wedlock (1918)
50 min | Drama
Unknown to his proud, wealthy family, Granger Hollister marries telephone operator Margery Harding. Granger presents his new wife at an engagement party given for his sister Jane, but ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Worsley | Stars: Louise Glaum, John Gilbert, Herschel Mayall, Charles Gunn
69. One Dollar Bid (1918)
50 min | Drama
Toby, a peculiar young man, lives in a shack in the Kentucky hills, spending his days drinking moonshine and whittling toys for the local children. Fearful of his influence, the villagers ... See full summary »
Director: Ernest C. Warde | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Joseph J. Dowling, Leatrice Joy
70. More Trouble (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Lemuel Deering's son Harvey graduates from college at the top of his class, then returns home to become a partner in his father's steel business. Because Harvey appears to be an exemplary ... See full summary »
Director: Ernest C. Warde | Stars: Frank Keenan, John Gilbert, Ida Lewis, Roberta Wilson
71. Shackled (1918)
60 min | Drama
A destitute young woman named Lola Dexter falls in love with Walter Cosgrove, who establishes her in a luxurious apartment and promises to marry her. After his fortune has been squandered, ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Louise Glaum, Charles West, John Gilbert, Roberta Wilson
72. Nancy Comes Home (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Nancy Worthing, who comes home from boarding school to find that her parents have no time for her, pawns some of her mother's jewels to buy the clothes necessary for entering society. She ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Myrtle Lind, George C. Pearce, Myrtle Rishell, Eugene Burr
73. Up or Down? (1917)
50 min | Western
When Allan Corey, a writer who is out of ideas, encounters Mike beating up a man who abused his horse, he asks Mike to accompany him West for inspiration. Mike, who was recently released ... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: George Hernandez, Fritzi Ridgeway, John Gilbert, Elwood Bredell
74. The Devil Dodger (1917)
Passed | 50 min | Western
The story of a circuit-riding, sagebrush parson who flew in the face of providence with both guns blazing.
Director: Clifford Smith | Stars: Roy Stewart, John Gilbert, Carolyn Wagner, John Lince
75. Golden Rule Kate (1917)
50 min | Western
Mercedes Murphy and her partner, Slick Barney, run a saloon and dance hall in the tough town of Paradise, Nevada. While Mercedes is a hard-nosed businesswoman, she has a soft spot for her ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Louise Glaum, William Conklin, Jack Richardson, Mildred Harris
Votes: 26
76. The Mother Instinct (1917)
50 min | Drama
When her baby daughter Eleanor is traumatized after her father perishes in a storm at sea, Mother Coutierre sends the girl to live with her aunt in Paris. Years later, Eleanor, now a ... See full summary »
Directors: Lambert Hillyer, Roy William Neill | Stars: Enid Bennett, Rowland V. Lee, Margery Wilson, Tod Burns
77. The Hater of Men (1917)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
While covering a sensational divorce case, reporter Janice Salsbury becomes disillusioned with the institution of marriage. Convinced that her impending marriage to fellow reporter Billy ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Miller | Stars: Bessie Barriscale, Charles K. French, John Gilbert
Votes: 15
78. The Millionaire Vagrant (1917)
50 min | Drama
Wealthy young man Steven du Peyster encounters more adventures than he might have expected when he accepts a wager that he can live successfully on six dollars a week.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Charles Ray, Sylvia Breamer, J. Barney Sherry, John Gilbert
Wealthy young man Steven du Peyster encounters more adventures than he might have expected when he accepts a wager that he can live successfully on six dollars a week.
79. Happiness (1917)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Doris Wingate is featured in a Sunday magazine supplement as the most snobbish girl in America. In reality, Doris is lovable and eager for friends, and it is her Aunt Priscilla who ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Enid Bennett, Charles Gunn, Thelma Salter, Andrew Arbuckle
Votes: 12
80. The Dark Road (1917)
50 min | War, Drama
Jim Morrison, an English army officer who comes from a very old and prominent family, marries the ravishingly beautiful but unscrupulous Cleo, who has no qualms about using her sexual ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Miller | Stars: Dorothy Dalton, Robert McKim, Jack Livingston, John Gilbert
81. Princess of the Dark (1917)
50 min | Drama
In a squalid mining town in West Virginia James Herron, a consumptive, has built a shack in the hope that the mountain air may prolong his life. With him dwells his daughter, Fay, whom he ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Miller | Stars: Enid Bennett, John Gilbert, Gayne Whitman, Walt Whitman
82. The Bride of Hate (1917)
50 min | Drama, History
Dr. Dudley Duprez is a well-known Louisiana physician. His beautiful but wayward niece, Rose Duprez, is abducted by Paul Crenshaw, a friend of the doctor, and to prevent her shame from ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Edwards | Stars: Frank Keenan, Margery Wilson, Jerome Storm, David Hartford
83. The Weaker Sex (1917)
50 min | Drama
Jack Harding, a wealthy ne'er-do-well, becomes involved with a Broadway vamp. When she is murdered, Jack is falsely accused of the crime and must turn for help to his lawyer--his wife.
Director: Raymond B. West | Stars: Dorothy Dalton, Louise Glaum, Charles Ray, Robert McKim
Jack Harding, a wealthy ne'er-do-well, becomes involved with a Broadway vamp. When she is murdered, Jack is falsely accused of the crime and must turn for help to his lawyer--his wife.
84. The Sin Ye Do (1916)
50 min | Drama
Lawyer and ladies' man Barret Steele at first refuses to defend Alice Ward, who killed Dace Whitlock when he tried to rape her. Then, Barret's long-estranged wife, Mary Ward, tells him that... See full summary »
Director: Walter Edwards | Stars: Frank Keenan, Margery Wilson, David Hartford, Margaret Thompson
85. Shell 43 (1916)
50 min | Drama, War
Allegedly sent to Germany as an American war correspondent, William Berner, who quickly wins the confidence of the German military brass, is really a British spy. Then, he learns that as ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: H.B. Warner, Enid Markey, John Gilbert, George Fisher
86. Eye of the Night (1916)
50 min | Drama
Jane is a comely little slavey in a fishermen's village. The only two friends she has among all the inhabitants are David Holden, the aged keeper of the lighthouse, "The Eye of the Night," ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Edwards | Stars: William H. Thompson, Margery Wilson, Thornton Edwards, J.P. Lockney
87. The Phantom (1916)
50 min | Drama, Crime
"Phantom" Farrell was known as one of the cleverest crooks in the world, with a penchant for jewel robberies. He planned to attend the Bereton ball and steal a famous necklace which he knew... See full summary »
Director: Charles Giblyn | Stars: Frank Keenan, Enid Markey, Robert McKim, P. Dempsey Tabler
88. The Apostle of Vengeance (1916)
50 min | Drama
A minister who was raised in the Kentucky hills returns home from preaching in Vermont to try to end a generations-long feud between his family and another, the McCoys. His family wants ... See full summary »
Directors: William S. Hart, Clifford Smith | Stars: William S. Hart, Nona Thomas, Joseph J. Dowling, Fanny Midgley
Votes: 16
A minister who was raised in the Kentucky hills returns home from preaching in Vermont to try to end a generations-long feud between his family and another, the McCoys. His family wants nothing to do with any kind of truce, and throws him out. He moves into a small shack in the mountains, and continues his preaching of non-violence and peaceful co-existence. However, when he is forced to rescue his sister from the clutches of one of the McCoy men, he finds his philosophy put to the test.
89. Civilization (1915)
85 min | Drama, War
Christ takes on the form of a pacifist count to end a senseless war.
Directors: Reginald Barker, Thomas H. Ince, Raymond B. West, Walter Edwards, David Hartford, Jay Hunt, J. Parker Read Jr. | Stars: Howard Hickman, Enid Markey, Lola May, Kate Bruce
Votes: 410
Christ takes on the form of a pacifist count to end a senseless war.
90. The Aryan (1916)
50 min | Western
Denton rides into Yellow Ridge with a money-belt filled after years of toil in the mines beyond the desert. The local gamblers covet the fortune but fail to get Steve to try the roulette ... See full summary »
Directors: Reginald Barker, William S. Hart, Clifford Smith | Stars: William S. Hart, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French, Louise Glaum
Votes: 64
Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his rage, he kidnaps the woman most responsible and makes her his slave in a desert hideaway. He hates all white men (and women) and refuses to aid a wagon train of farmers dying in the desert... at least until he meets Mary Jane, an innocent and brave young girl among them.
91. Hell's Hinges (1916)
Unrated | 64 min | Romance, Western
In the wayward western town known as Hell's Hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman.
Directors: Charles Swickard, William S. Hart, Clifford Smith | Stars: William S. Hart, Clara Williams, Jack Standing, Alfred Hollingsworth
Votes: 1,079
When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon owner Silk Miller and his cohorts sense danger to their evil ways. They hire gunman Blaze Tracy to run the minister out of town. But Blaze finds something in Faith Henley that turns him around, and soon Silk Miller and his compadres have Blaze to deal with.
92. The Last Act (1916)
50 min | Drama
While Ethel Duprey stars in a play about an adventuress involved with a married man, her life comes to imitate art as she herself begins an affair with Ernest Hale, another woman's husband.... See full summary »
Director: Walter Edwards | Stars: Bessie Barriscale, Clara Williams, Miss Allen, Harry Keenan
Votes: 14
(Uncredited)
93. Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Countess Olga and Prince Carl, although from two European countries that have been longtime enemies, are madly in love with each other. Olga's brother, Count Michael, convinces Olga to get ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: William Desmond, Bessie Barriscale, Wyndham Standing, Joseph J. Dowling
94. The Corner (1916)
50 min | Drama
David Waltham is the head of a syndicate, which corners the food supply. His wife hears of her husband's operation and begs him to consider the poor, who will be unable to pay the prices ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Edwards | Stars: George Fawcett, Willard Mack, Clara Williams, Louise Brownell
(Uncredited)
95. Aloha Oe (1915)
50 min | Drama
Brilliant but besotted attorney, David Harmon, wins a big case but ends the day in a dingy waterfront flophouse. His fiancée puts him on a sailing ship in an attempt to get him to dry out, ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Stanton, Charles Swickard, Gilbert P. Hamilton | Stars: Willard Mack, Enid Markey, Margaret Thompson, Frank Borzage
Votes: 16
Brilliant but besotted attorney, David Harmon, wins a big case but ends the day in a dingy waterfront flophouse. His fiancée puts him on a sailing ship in an attempt to get him to dry out, but once at sea a storm wrecks the ship and strands Harmon on a tropical island. He rescues the daughter of a native chieftain from being sacrificed to the lava gods and together they live an idyllic life for a time. Harmon is drawn back to civilization though and he returns to his former city only to find that his fiancée has wed his best friend. Another bout of drink finally brings Harmon back to realize that his true life is back on the island so he returns to once again find his beloved about to be sacrificed, this time with their son in her arms. (Uncredited)
96. Matrimony (1915)
20 min | Short, Drama
When Diana Rossmore sees her husband Weston flirting with an aggressive, attractive divorcée at a party, she resolves to dress and act like her rival in hopes of steering her wayward spouse... See full summary »
Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: Julia Dean, Howard Hickman, Thelma Salter, Louise Glaum
(Uncredited)
97. The Coward (I) (1915)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, History, War
Confederate soldier Frank Winslow is terrified of the war and eventually runs away from battle. But when he finds himself behind enemy lines with vital information, he must decide between his fear and his conscience.
Directors: Reginald Barker, Thomas H. Ince | Stars: Frank Keenan, Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire, Patricia Palmer
Votes: 333
Confederate soldier Frank Winslow is terrified of the war and eventually runs away from battle. But when he finds himself behind enemy lines with vital information, he must decide between his fear and his conscience. (Uncredited)
98. The Mother Instinct (1915)
30 min | Short, Drama
Marion Summers, in love with Curlew, comes to the notice of Gordon Barnes, who is much impressed with her. Curlew is intimate with Mamie We Voux. a demimondaine. When he informs her of his ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Lucas | Stars: Cleo Madison, Joe King, Edward Sloman, Bess Meredyth
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