William King Baggot 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."
Woman Hungry is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film with music photographed entirely in Technicolor. The film was based on the play The Great Divide which was written by William Vaughn Moody. The story was filmed as a silent film by MGM as The Great Divide (1925) and as an early silent/sound hybrid by First National also called The Great Divide (1929). Its initial working title was "Under Western skies".
A Little Journey is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and featuring Claire Windsor, William Haines and Harry Carey. It is based on a play by Rachel Crothers. No prints are thought to survive of this film. It is therefore considered lost.
The Love Mart is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Billie Dove, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery, and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is lost.
The Eternal City is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice, from a script by Ouida Bergère based on the 1901 Hall Caine novel of the same name, and starring Barbara La Marr, Lionel Barrymore, and Bert Lytell.
Police Court is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Henry B. Walthall, Leon Janney, Lionel Belmore, and King Baggot. Directed by Louis King and released by Monogram Pictures, the screenplay was adapted by Stuart Anthony from his story. Police Court features an all-star cast from the silent film era.
The Scarlet Letter (1911) is a silent drama motion picture short starring King Baggot, Lucille Young, and William Robert Daly.
Lovey Mary is a 1926 American comedy-drama film directed by King Baggot, with Bessie Love in the title role. It is based on the 1903 novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice, a sequel to Rice's Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The Demi-Bride is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard, depicting the naughtiness synonymous with Paris at the time. The film is considered lost. A one minute fragment was shared by the Eye Filmmuseum.
Absinthe is a 1914 American silent drama film starring King Baggot and Leah Baird and directed by Herbert Brenon. Some sources also credit George Edwardes-Hall as a director.
The Kentucky Derby is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by King Baggot and starring Reginald Denny. It is based on a Broadway play The Suburban by Charles T. Dazey. It was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Denny's first starring feature-length movie.
A Cave Man Wooing is a 1912 American silent comedy short film starring King Baggot and directed by Otis Turner. It was produced by Independent Moving Pictures (IMP).
Life's Twist is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne with Bessie Barriscale in a dual role.
The Red Peacock is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri and Victor Varconi. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and distributed by UFA. Long thought lost, the film was rediscovered in a New York basement in 2020.
Isabel Rea, also sometimes credited as Isabel Rae, was an American film actress of the silent era, specifically the decade of the 1910s. In Daniel Blum's A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen she is credited in a photograph as Isabel Rea, member of the original Independent Moving Pictures (IMP) Film Company in 1911, alongside actors such as Mary Pickford. Further in the book she is credited as Isabel Rae in a photograph for Universal Studios.
The Cheater is a lost 1920 silent film drama directed by Henry Otto and starring May Allison. It was released by Metro Pictures.
The Butterfly Girl is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by John Gorman and starring Marjorie Daw, Fritzi Brunette, and King Baggot.
Nobody's Fool is a 1921 American silent comedy film written and directed by King Baggot and starring Marie Prevost, Helen Harris and Vernon Snively.
The Girl in the Taxi is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Flora Parker DeHaven, Carter DeHaven, King Baggot, Grace Cunard, and Otis Harlan. It is based on the 1912 English-language adaptation of German play by Frederick Fenn and Arthur Wimperis. The film was released by Associated First National Pictures in April 1921.
