Mary of the Movies (1923)
Actors:
Tom Moore (actor),
Herbert Rawlinson (actor),
David Butler (actor),
Elliott Dexter (actor),
Alec B. Francis (actor),
Jack Perrin (actor),
Creighton Hale (actor),
Ray Hanford (actor),
Rex Ingram (actor),
J. Warren Kerrigan (actor),
Edward LeSaint (actor),
Douglas MacLean (actor),
John McDermott (actor),
Francis McDonald (actor),
Maurice Tourneur (actor),
Plot: Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given a job as a waitress in the commissary, and gets to meet 40 actors, actresses and directors, none of whom tip big enough to enable Mary to earn enough money to pay for an operation. Will Mary become an actress and make some big money? Does corn grow in Iowa?
Keywords: 1920s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, bread-winner, california, character-name-in-title, commissary, daughter, discovery, gower-gulch
Genres:
Drama,
Romance,
Taglines: REVEALING THE INNERMOST SECRETS OF HOLLYWOOD (original poster - all caps) WITH 40 FAMOUS MOTION PICTURE STARS (original poster - all caps)
The Passionate Pilgrim (1921)
Actors:
Claire Whitney (actress),
Van Dyke Brooke (actor),
Arthur Donaldson (actor),
Charles K. Gerrard (actor),
Tom Guise (actor),
Matt Moore (actor),
Robert G. Vignola (director),
Albert Roccardi (actor),
Julia Swayne Gordon (actress),
Helen Lindroth (actress),
Frankie Mann (actress),
George DuBois Proctor (writer),
Sam J. Ryan (actor),
Rubye De Remer (actress),
Charles Brook (actor),
Plot: An innocent man goes to prison for obstruction of justice when his wife refuses to reveal that her father was killed by her mother (and it wasn't suicide). When he is finally released, he meets and becomes involved with a young woman who belongs to the town's influential elite. Once again, he finds himself caught up in intrigue - which eventually leads to his exposing the mayor of the town as corrupt.
Keywords: based-on-novel, melodrama, newspaper, society
Genres:
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