The 20 Best of Reginald Barker
Here I have listed the twenty best of director Reginald Barker.
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- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsSessue HayakawaGladys BrockwellFrank BorzageJapanese diplomat Tokoramo ( Sessue Hayakawa ), on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with chorus girl, Helene ( Gladys Brockwell ), who subsequently rejects her American fiance, Richard Bernisky. When the Japanese discover the affair, they try to force Tokoramo to end it, but Helene refuses to stop visiting him. One night, during one of her visits, Bernisky comes to Tokoramo's apartment and, while Helene hides, rebukes her to her lover. After Bernisky leaves, Tokoramo orders Helene out, but when he realizes his love for her, he calls her back. Suddenly, she rejects and insults him to the point that he strangles her. Tokoramo wants to confess his crime, but he must complete his work, and so his countrymen sacrifice a boy, Hironari, who pleads guilty to the murder and eventually is executed. In the end, Tokoramo also dies and his colleagues burn his valuable papers in order to protect Japan.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsWilliam S. HartJ. Frank BurkeClara WilliamsThe bandit Jim Stokes, wanting to go straight and settle down with his new bride, strikes a bargain with the sheriff for his freedom.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsSessue HayakawaTsuru AokiFrank BorzageAn American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is more powerful than the gods who have cursed her.Reginald Barker directs his first feature. It stars Sessue Hayakawa, who would star as the Colonel Saito in The Bridge of River Kwai, and future director Frank Borzage.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsFrank BorzageGladys BrockwellHarrington ReynoldsA very important treaty bearing on international affairs which would, if it were known, involve the United States in a war with Japan, was signed and given to Richard Hastings to keep overnight and deliver to the State Department in the morning. Baron Matsumoto, the Japanese Ambassador, through secret channels, learns of this treaty and dispatches his envoy, Kamuri, to secure it. Kamuri's plans are helped by the fact that Hastings is summoned away for the night. Kamuri, with several accomplices, racks the safe in which the treaty is kept but they are foiled by the fact that Mrs. Hastings, suspecting something, had removed it previously to a far safer hiding place. Hastings returns unexpectedly, and finds Mrs. Hastings as she had been trussed up by the Japs but the treaty was saved.This short from Barker featured twenty-year old actor Frank Borzage, the future director of A Farewell to Arms and Stage Door Canteen, and Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa, who would gain film immortality as Colonel Saito in The Bridge Over River Kwai.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsSessue HayakawaTsuru AokiFrank BorzageTo keep his son from marrying Kissmoia, the supposed daughter of General Hirata, Osako Matsumoto compels the general to tell Kissmoia that she is of lowly birth and is only his daughter by adoption. Kissmoia is so brokenhearted that she joins the Ceizha girls. Kato, Osako's son, plans with the marriage broker to release Kissmoia from the Ceizha house as his (Kato's) mistress. Kato is about to remove Kissmoia by force from the Ceizha House, when Tom Arnold, the newly-appointed agent of the Japanese-American Steamship Company, rescues her. He later marries her, having an American minister perform the ceremony. Kato and the marriage broker attempt to take the girl away from Arnold, but they are informed that now the girl is an American citizen and has the protection of the American consul. This so enrages Kato that he vows vengeance. Later when a notice is posted in front of the newspaper office to the effect that California has passed the Japanese alien law, Kato incites the populace to attack the first American they see, which happens to be Arnold. Kissmoia knows that it is Kato who has caused her husband's death. She sends him a note, telling him that she had made a mistake when she married the American and now that he is dead she will go to him. As he is about to embrace her, she stabs him.This short stars Sessue Hayakawa and Frank Borzage.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsWalter EdwardsGertrude ClaireEnid MarkeyJohn Warner, the newly-elected Governor, had, as district attorney, caused the execution of Horgan's sons, thus making him his most bitter enemy. Horgan, boss of the First Ward, owns a high-class saloon. Donald Warner, John's brother, a reckless dare-devil sort of boy, though a very lovable one, is a frequenter of Horgan's place, which he visits with Dolly, a girl of the underworld. Harris, a dissipated young gambler, is in love with Dolly and very jealous of Donald. In a fit of drunken jealousy he shoots Dolly while she is in a private room of Horgan's saloon with Donald. To "get even" with John Warner, Horgan, though giving false evidence, has Donald convicted of the crime. Donald is sentenced to death by the electric chair. On the night of the execution, Horgan goes to John Warner's office at 11.45 and tells John that Donald is innocent of the crime. He does this to torture John, as he has had the telephone wires to the prison cut and thinks it impossible for John to save Donald. After a desperate struggle with Horgan, John rushes to the power house and has the current turned off, plunging the entire city into darkness and making it impossible for the execution to take place. Donald has already been strapped into the chair, but when the prison warden realizes the power is off he orders Donald returned to his cell. John rushes from the power house to the prison, where he explains to the warden and Donald is taken home to his heartbroken mother and fiancée. Horgan, who has gone insane, is taken to the hospital.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsCharles RayLeona HuttonWalter EdwardsJim Gross is a drunkard and neglects his wife, Myrtle, and the baby. One night he comes home intoxicated and strikes Myrtle, who takes the baby and leaves. She finds a purse containing a ticket for Alaska; also some money, which has been lost by a young chap, Tom Winters. Myrtle makes use of the ticket and later we find her in an Alaskan village, where she obtains employment in a restaurant and is held in high regard by the miners. Winters and his friend Bob also come to the town, and Tom becomes very ill with fever and Myrtle is persuaded to nurse him. They fall in love and without telling him her past she marries him and they are very happy. In the meantime, Jim has been arrested for drunkenness and is serving a sentence. Upon his release he visits his mother-in-law's home and intercepts a letter from Myrtle, which tells of her marriage to Tom. Jim goes to Alaska and hunts up Myrtle and tells her that she must leave with him or he will expose her. Much terrified she consents and he is helping her pack up when Tom, who has been informed that a stranger has been hanging around his home, comes upon the scene and shoots through the door, which Jim has locked, and kills Jim. So Myrtle's past remains buried.Charles Ray stars in the Reginald Barker film from Broncho Films.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsArt AcordAnn LittleFrancis FordThe film opens with a scene showing the old Indian chief, Arrow Head, selling beadwork at a railroad station. After the train departs he sits down in the shade and falls asleep, living again in his dream the days of his youth as a Yuma brave. The Apache and Yuma Indians, as allies, had been waging a bitter warfare against the whites. The United States government massed large bodies of troops in the district, determined to crush out the guerrilla warfare. The Apaches were willing to make peace, but feared their allies. A conference was held between the Apaches, Yumas and the government representatives, at which the Apaches defied the troops, but the Yumas signed a treaty on condition that the government protect them against the Apaches. During the conference Arrow Head met Red Feather, the daughter of the Sioux chief, and the two young people fall in love. Red Feather overhearing the plans of the Apaches to attack the Yuma camp, and fearing for the safety of her lover, sent her young brother to warn him. The Yumas, though outnumbered, were thus able to arrange a hurried defense, and the battle raged fiercely. Realizing that they must soon be annihilated by their ferocious adversaries. Arrow Head volunteered to ride to the distant fort and appeal to the soldiers for aid. Mounted on a fleet horse, he dashed through the Apache lines, and though sorely wounded managed to elude his pursuers. His horse dropped from exhaustion and he found himself in sight of the Apache village. Red Feather sees him and conceals him in her tepee, where he rests and is given water to quench his thirst. The pursuing Apaches are told by Red Feather that Arrow Head has gone by and they follow the direction she gives. She then brings her pony for her lover, and he reaches the fort without further mishap. When the savages find they have been tricked Red Feather is punished by being staked out in the desert. The rescuing soldiers find her, and then continue their mad gallop to the scene of battle. A fierce encounter takes place, but the Apaches, attacked from the top of the hill by the Yumas, and from the front by the soldiers, are badly defeated. The old Yuma chief, mortally wounded, calls his braves about him, and as a reward for the bravery of Arrow Head hands the latter his head-dress, the insignia of rank, with the consent of the approval of the grateful tribe whose lives Arrow Head has saved.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsCharles EdlerEugenie FordeMildred HarrisReginald Barker directs Mildred Harris in this short from Broncho Films.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsWilliam CliffordEthel GrandinMildred HarrisYoung miner Jim Colby and his wife Ruth live in the mountains near a small town in a mining district. Colby is injured by an explosion while working his claim. When he fails to return that night, his wife becomes alarmed and, taking a lantern, rides over to the claim and finds Jim seriously injured. She manages to get him home and calls the doctor, who treats Jim for some time. When the bill is late, the doctor refuses to go to Jim. Ruth becomes desperate and holds up the stage, disguised as a man. She is wounded in the arm. While bandaging her arm, she discards a duster, which she leaves behind her in her hurry to get away. The sheriff trails her to her cabin and she is surprised to find Jim, who the sheriff is sure has committed the robbery, a very sick man, and the girl busy counting the spoils. He grabs her by the arm, to find that she is wounded and that the wounded arm is the same as the bloody sleeve of the duster. Ruth confesses and tells the sheriff her story. She wins his sympathy and when his posse arrive at the cabin, he tells them that Jim was the man who did the job and that he is dead. The sheriff shows the posse the recovered money, and the picture closes with Ruth sobbing over her husband's dead body.Barker directs this short starring Mildred Harris.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsHarold LockwoodAnn LittleJ. Barney SherryCaptain Stanton, an officer stationed in a Western fort is accused of cowardice.Barker directed this short for Broncho, and it starred Harold Lockwood.
- StarsGeorge GebhardtRed WingLong Snake, a half-breed Indian who aspires to the hand of a ranch owner's daughter, frames up evidence of theft upon Joe Redding, the favored suitor. In a card game he lifts a wallet from the ranch owner's pocket and places it in Joe's boot. The boss discovers his loss and the party submits to a search. The wallet, of course, is discovered on Redding and a lynching is in order. However, the half-breed's squaw has witnessed the frame-up and rewards Joe's numerous kindnesses to her by saving his life with her evidence.The story for this Barker short was written by Richard V. Spencer.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsSherman BainbridgeLeona HuttonMargaret ThompsonJohn Hern, a theatrical manager, advertises for chorus girls. Hazel Dorn, a pretty little country girl who has been singing in a church choir, sees the ad and despite the entreaties of her mother and J. Bell, her sweetheart, decides to answer. She is only one among many and the musical director tells Hern that her voice is none too good, but her youth and beauty has pleased Hern and he tells the director to sign her up any way. Hern sees that Hazel is given a good part and during rehearsals invites her to lunch, sends her flowers and beautiful clothes, which he tells her she can pay for later. Fanny Rice, a sort of adventuress, who has had an affair with Hern early in her life, tries to warn Hazel, but Hazel becomes indignant, telling her that Mr. Hern has nothing but a fatherly interest in her. Fanny intercepts a telegram Hern sends to Hazel, asking her to go away with him that night. Fanny changes the numbers on hers and Hazel's doors, which are close together and when Hern raps as he thinks on Hazel's door he is confronted by Fanny. Fanny, in order to save Hazel in spite of herself, sends for J. Bell, who arrives soon after Hern. Fanny proves to both Hazel and Bell that Hern is only playing with Hazel, and it is only through the pleading of Hazel and Bell that Fanny allows Hern to escape through a window when they hear the police at the door.This Barker directed short stars Sherman Bainbridge and Leona Hutton.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsRichard StantonShorty HamiltonRay MyersStein enlisted in the army. As a raw recruit he was made the victim of rude pranks. The only ray of sunshine in his life was the sympathy of little Dollie, the Colonel's daughter, whose childish heart was touched by the abuse of the man. One day he turned upon his tormentors and surprised all by the fury of his attack. Though fighting a score of men, he held his own until the Colonel, hearing the fracas, rushed onto the scene. Everybody accused Stein of being the aggressor, and he was sent to the guardhouse. His imprisonment was ended by an outbreak of Indians, who in tremendous numbers were attacking the emigrants and settlers. The soldiers went gallantly to the fray, but were overwhelmed by the Indians, and were compelled to retreat. The Colonel's horse was shot down and he was pinned underneath the animal when Stein came thundering by. With a jerk of the reins that threw his horse back on its haunches he wheeled around, and came to the Colonel, whom he pulled up and mounted on his horse, and leaping behind him tried to escape. But the load was too heavy for the animal, and the Indians drew closer and closer. Only one man could escape on the horse, and Stein begged his Colonel to go on alone. Coming to a rocky hill Stein leaped off the horse and crawled to the top, while the Colonel, giving Stein his pistols, galloped on. Entrenched behind the rocks, Stein fought like a lion. The narrow pass made it impossible for the Indians to rush him and he held his own, picking off the leaders. The bullets are seen striking about him, and finally he is struck. Again and again the bullets hit him, and he is in a dying condition when the soldiers, reinforced by additional troops, charge the redskins and defeat them. Unconscious, Stein is carried back to the fort and to the Colonel's quarters. Doctors and nurses fight with death for his life, and finally turn the tide in their favor, and Stein is slowly brought out of danger. The Colonel had recommended his promotion for bravery, and the official commission as sergeant is received.Barker directs this short starring Richard Stanton and Shorty Hamilton.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsSessue HayakawaTsuru AokiKisaburô KuriharaKato, a high-class Japanese man, desires to marry Kissmoia, a low-caste Japanese girl of the Etss. Kato's father, a stern old aristocrat, refuses to consent to the marriage. The girl Kissmoia. realizing that she may cause her lover his father's displeasure, takes her pack and leaves. Kato sees her, rushes after her, and begs her to stay until he interviews his father and tells him of his love for her and that his fondest hope is that they marry. She remains while Kato interviews his father. The old man sternly refuses to consider the alliance, and Kato leaves his father's house and marries the girl of his choice. A short time later he is living in a Japanese fishing village and while devotedly loving his wife, he also has many sorrowful moments when thinking of his aged father whom he also loves tenderly; Kissomoia sees her husband's sorrow. Kato receives a communication from his father telling him that the old man's days are numbered and requesting that he return and live with him during the declining days of his life. The letter also specifies that under no circumstances will the proud old father receive his wife into the house. Kato unwittingly drops the letter and Kissmoia discovers it and resolves to forever remove herself from the pathway of her husband whom she believes she is dragging down. She leaves, goes to the ocean, and commits suicide by leaping into it. After a bitter night alone, Kato's love for his wife overcomes that for his father and he rushes into her room the love of Kato for his wife overcomes that for his father and he rushes into her room; she's gone but he finds the note she left and becomes frantic. A searching party is organized and Kato discovers her body floating in the surf at nightfall. While the surf washes around him, and with the body of his dead wife clasped in his arms, he stares vacantly out to sea. and the picture dissolves with them in that position.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsTsuru AokiSessue HayakawaGladys BrockwellBaron Yoshoto, an old Samurai of Japan, is loath to have his son Koto go to the States to finish his education, but is finally persuaded. Koto bids his sweetheart goodbye and vows to his father that he will not be influenced by American customs, but will return a Samurai. A year later at a college club, Koto meets Jim Wendell, a crook and schemer. Wendell introduces Koto to a chorus girl, Annette Walsh, who ensnares him into a marriage. When Baron Yoshoto hears of Koto's marriage he disinherits him, and Annette, who only married Koto for his money, deserts him and goes with Jim Wendell. Koto trails them and strangles Annette. He then goes to the police and gives himself up, writing a note of farewell to his father and sweetheart in old Japan.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsGayne WhitmanBetty HarteClara SimpsonBetty hides her wounded northern sweetheart in her closet until the the Union attack on her father's iron works is repulsed. When she opens the door, he is dead.Barker's first film in 1913 was for Kay-Bee Pictures.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsDorothy DavenportBarker directed this short drama for Domino Films.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsRichard StantonLeona HuttonNed Fern, a ranch foreman, is entrusted with the weekly payroll, which he keeps overnight in the safe in his home. In spite of his wife's pleading, he goes down to try and cancel the I.O.U.'s the gambler is holding over his head. After several hours' play, his I.O.U.'s are increased until the total is $1,500. The gambler, a stranger in town, is a notorious murderer and thief with a reward on his head, tells Ned if he will go home, open the safe and let the gambler go in and rob it of the payroll money, he will cancel the I.O.U.'s. Ned in desperation falls and agrees. Ned's wife is awakened by hearing someone at the safe. She awakes her son and sends him for the sheriff, and securing a gun, aims and fires and is horrified to find she has wounded her husband. Husband then makes a clean breast of everything. In the meantime, everything in readiness as he thinks, the gambler enters the house and as he opens the safe, Ned's wife kills him with a shot. She then rifles his pockets and secures Ned's I.O.U., just as the sheriff arrives. She is complimented for bravery, promised the reward, and last but not least a very pretty scene is enacted when Ned renounces his gambling habits.Barker directed this short for Kay-Bee pictures.