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Mary Loretta Philbin was an American film actress of the silent film era, who played Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and Dea in The Man Who Laughs alongside Conrad Veidt.
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(For a similar sounding film of the same year see Paris )
Dynamite is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, and Julia Faye. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, John Howard Lawson, and Gladys Unger, the film is about a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed, whom a socialite marries simply to satisfy a condition of her grandfather's will. Mitchell Leisen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
My Best Girl is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Sam Taylor starring Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers that was produced by Pickford. Rogers later married Pickford. Charles Rosher received an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography of this film in 1928. The film is extant and was screened at the Eastman Museum in 2015.
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The Great Divide is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Dorothy Mackaill. Released in both silent and sound versions, it was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is a remake of The Great Divide, made at MGM in 1925 and also directed by Barker. There was another remake in 1931 as the full sound film Woman Hungry. All three films are based on the 1906 Broadway play The Great Divide by William Vaughn Moody.
The Love Racket is a 1929 American early sound crime drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Broadway play, The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns, and is a remake of a 1924 silent film of the same name which starred Bessie Love. The film is now considered lost.
The Woman from Hell, known in some markets as The Woman from Luna, is a 1929 American sound film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor. Although the film had no dialogue, it featured a synchronized Movietone sound track of music and sound effects. This was Dean Jagger's film debut. It is considered to be a lost film.
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The Mysterious Stranger is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Richard Talmadge, Josef Swickard, and Carmelita Geraghty.
Those Who Judge is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Lou Tellegen, and Mary Thurman.
The Girl from Everywhere is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Daphne Pollard, Dot Farley, Mack Swain and Carole Lombard. The film, produced by Mack Sennett, is a parody of silent filmmaking, and showcases his "bathing beauties".
High Speed is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Carmelita Geraghty and Bert Roach.
Señor Americano is a 1929 American western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Ken Maynard, Kathryn Crawford and Frank Beal. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. Produced during the transition to sound, it was released in both sound and silent versions.
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