Every Columbia Pictures Film (1922 - )
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- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsJ. Frank GlendonRosemary ThebyPhilo McCulloughAn actor, Julian Lorraine (J. Frank Glendon), mistakenly believes his wife Viola Lorraine (Alice Day) has been unfaithful. Complications and tears and scorn follow.
- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsEstelle TaylorMae BuschWallace BeeryDann Mulvey (William Scott), just released from prison, is falsely accused of murder. The real culprit is the least-suspected person, who makes a deathbed confession.
- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsBryant WashburnEva NovakJune ElvidgeFrederick Arnold, a wealthy stockbroker in New York City, sets out to prove that most women are corrupted by wealth. Will he succeed?
- DirectorDallas M. FitzgeraldStarsMiriam CooperForrest StanleyMitchell LewisAfter attempting to succeed in his father-in-law's ,Old Blind Goring (Mitchell Lewis), fishing business, Gordon Gray (Forrest Stanley) persuades his wife, Rena (Miriam Cooper), to return to his home and wealthy family, where she learns from Gordon's aunt, Mrs. Gray (Kate Lester), to become a lady.
- DirectorJohn McDermottStarsMarion MackFlorence LeeMary KaneMary'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?
- DirectorDavid KirklandStarsJohn BowersMarjorie DawSylvia BreamerDick Alden, a 12-year-old boy mistreated by his stepfather and picked on by the other residents of his village, is wrongly accused of setting fire to the local schoolhouse. He runs away but vows to take his revenge on the village. Years later he gets his chance when he returns to take over the mill he has inherited--he plans to close it down, which would throw most of the people out of work and destroy the economy. However, he runs into someone from his past that could put a halt to his plans.
- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsIrene RichEileen PercyLottie WilliamsMegan and Gilbert are happily married and expect to be together for life, but an argument over an insignificant issue gets out of control and results in a divorce. Years later they happen to meet at a summer resort, where Gilbert is staying with his new wife Viola and Megan is there as a companion to a rich old woman.
- DirectorHoward M. MitchellStarsEstelle TaylorPauline GaronPhilo McCulloughA woman, Mrs. Cameron (Estelle Taylor), is blackmailed by her lover's roommate, Blake (Philo McCullough). Her husband, Mr. Cameron (Wyndham Standing), is then accused of the murder of her lover, Ronnie Sears (Vernon Steele). The resolution reveals the culprit to be Blake, who confesses before falling to his death.
- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsPauline GaronJack MulhallMarc B. RobbinsThe story of a wealthy young flapper, Theodora Bland (Pauline Garon), and the amorous adventures and misadventures she has after being expelled from a fashionable and costly east-coast boarding school.
- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsAnna Q. NilssonFreeman WoodEarle FoxeBroadway star Fay Leslie (Anna Q. Nilsson) turns down her dancing partner, Paul Atkins (Earle Foxe), partner, and instead marries Don Hampton (Freeman Wood), a wealthy socialite. She soon finds herself rejected by her husband's snobbish family. Her problems grow larger when Paul re-enters her life as a guest at a party thrown for the newly-weds.Final CBC Film
- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsJames KirkwoodCleo MadisonGrace DarmondMichael Frazer, newly rich from his invention of a can-opener, has drifted away from Jane, his wife, who persists in her old-fashioned ways. He advises his daughter Marcia to marry "someone congenial so that when love goes you will have common interests." Neighboring architect Jack Ballard obtains the contract to design Frazer's house through the friendship of his attractive wife, Emily, with Frazer. Emily and Frazer become intimate friends, arousing the concern of Mrs. Frazer and Jack Ballard. Determined to teach his wife a lesson and win her back, Jack asks Marcia Frazer to run away with him. She consents but later reconsiders and they return home. Frazer realizes that Mrs. Ballard meant nothing to him, and Jack is reunited with his wife.First Columbia Film
- DirectorScott R. DunlapStarsRobert FrazerMildred HarrisMarion FeduchaLawrence Hallor's plans to build model tenements for the poor are wrecked by his sweetheart's father, John Hamilton, a tyrannical political boss. He revives his plan under another identity, and Hamilton orders him crushed; but when Alice reveals his true identity, Hamilton revokes his order and sanctions the housing plan as well as his daughter's marriage.
- DirectorGeorge W. HillStarsElaine HammersteinWilliam HainesGeorge NicholsJack Oakes, the playboy son of a railroad president, is disowned by his father, and takes a job in the railroads yards under an assumed name. Mary Traves still believes he has the right stuff, and he soon gets a chance to show it when The Midnight Expess is on a collision course with a run-away freight train.
- DirectorHenry MacRaeStarsEva NovakWilliam FairbanksPhilo McCulloughGrace Danton's father loses his best driver and is in danger of losing money he needs to erase debts. Grace's sweetheart, Jack Grant, agrees to drive in the race if Danton does not prosecute his brother, who has stolen money from Danton. Jack is abducted by his brother, but he escapes in time to win the race and the hand of Grace.
- DirectorGeorge W. HillStarsElaine HammersteinRobert FrazerGladys BrockwellJim Owens (Robert Frazer), a reformed thief and successful inventor, meets quiet, meek, refined Mary Adams (Elaine Hammerstein) at a jazz party. They fall in love and all goes well until she finds out about his sordid past. Only after he rescues her from a blazing forest fire does she forgive him and confirm her love for him.
- DirectorScott R. DunlapStarsWilliam FairbanksEva NovakWilfred LucasAfter being fired from his job on the "Evening Star" newspaper, cub reporter Jack Darwin (William Fairbanks) with the help of undercover police woman Ethel Bennett (Eva Novak), prevents the theft of the valuable Riko jewels. Jack gets his job back...and marries Ethel.
- DirectorHenry MacRaeStarsAlma RubensFrank MayoEugenie BessererMildred Gower (Alma Rubens), in order to sane her extravagant mother,Mrs. Elton Gower (Eugenie Besserer), from bankruptcy, shame and scandal, the young society girl is forced to accept the proposal Lemuel Sidall (William Welsh), a wealthy man she loathes.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam FairbanksEva NovakGeorge NicholsConsenting to aid secret serviceman Bill Parsons in recapturing the Benson gang, Henry Avery, wealthy young criminologist, sends Blinky, his assistant, to the waterfront to watch for the thieves while he attends a reception at the home of Mrs. Cornelius Westervelt. There Avery meets Alice Carter, whom he recognizes as a member of the Benson gang. Avery gains possession of the gang's loot (for which they attempt to eliminate him), is captured, and then is freed by Blinky in time to prevent the gang's robbery of Mrs. Westervelt. Benson goes over a cliff in an exciting chase; and Avery is pleased to learn that Alice is really Parson's daughter working to capture the gang.
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsWilliam FairbanksEva NovakLydia KnottEn route to apply for a job as horse-trainer for Colonel Doon, ex-jockey Billy Decker rescues a girl on a runaway horse and discovers that she is Jennie Doon, the late colonel's daughter and manager of the stables. Jennie hires Billy to train Moonstone for the Kentucky Derby and approves of her brother, Johnny, as jockey. While the Doons work with Moonstone, Harvey Boyd places his hopes on his horse, Bluebell, the derby favorite, so that he may satisfy the demand of Amos Snivens that he repay certain loans. Boyd unsuccessfully offers to buy Moonstone and attempts to bribe Billy. While Billy and Johnny guard the stable, Boyd's men drug them and set fire to the building. Moonstone is rescued, Johnny is injured, and Jennie herself dons the family silks and arrives at the track in time to ride to victory. Boyd must answer to the sheriff for his tactics.
- DirectorScott R. DunlapStarsElaine HammersteinAlan RoscoePhyllis HaverAlthough she is in love with Kenneth McLane, a poor draftsman, Mary Stevens decides to marry Chester James, a young lawyer whose practice pays for his cigarettes while his mother pays for his yacht. When she tells Ken, he reproaches her for selling out and goes off to the oil fields alone. After Chester and Mary are married, his mother, upon whom they are financially dependent, dictates their every action, going so far as to forbid them to have children. Mary insists that they try to make it on their own, and they move out, but Chester soon returns to his mother, leaving Mary with an unborn child and unpaid bills. When the baby is born, it is put up for adoption and, unknown to Mary, is given a home with Ken, who has returned a millionaire from the oil fields. Mary disappears and is missing for 5 years. Ken finally finds her in a driving snowstorm on Christmas Eve, and he unites her with the little girl she has never seen.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsMadge BellamyWilliam HainesStuart HolmesJohn Smart (William Haines), a hack writer, inherits a fortune from a distant relative and buys a castle in Laupheim. He pursues what appears to be a ghost of a beautiful woman but he learns that the so-called ghost is the estranged wife, Countess von Pless (Madge Bellamy), of the castle's previous owner, the cruel Count von Pless (Stuart Holmes). A romance blossoms despite the efforts of Count von Pless to convict Smart of obstructing justice.
- DirectorScott SidneyStarsSyd ChaplinEthel ShannonJames E. PageCharley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
- DirectorNorman DawnStarsArthur JasmineMarcia ManonLaska WinterUmluk, an Eskimo chief, falls into a crevice while hunting and is rescued by Dr. Wells, a distinguished Arctic explorer and scientist. Umluk returns to his igloo, where he finds Mike Burke, an ex-whaler who runs a trading post in partnership with Izzy Hawkins. Mike has been attempting to win the favor of Umluk's promised bride, the Eskimo-Russian Wamba, by giving her trinkets. Umluk forces Mike to leave, but the trader returns later and takes the willing Wamba away with him, forcing her sister, Nootka, to accompany them as their servant. Umluk learns of the betrayal from Izzy and pursues the party in a light sled. He soon catches sight of the three travelers, but an unlucky accident to his sled prevents him from reaching them. Umluk eventually finds the group in a rough settlement, and, after several trials and tribulations, returns to his icy home with the faithful Nootka, leaving the degraded Wamba behind.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsDorothy RevierCullen LandisCesare GravinaNorma Bennett (Dorothy Revier), after her younger sister Janet (Barbara Luddy) is deserted by her husband and dies in childbirth, vows to make all men suffer. Which she does for several men, until she meets a fine young man called Dr. Phil (Cullen Landis).
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStarsElaine HammersteinLou TellegenPhyllis HaverA young woman marries a rich young man. However, he doesn't trust her with money and won't let her have any of her own. Desperate, she turns to gambling and finally forgery. Complications ensue.
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsWilliam FairbanksPauline GaronGeorge PeriolatDick Covington, a young society man with a quick temper and quicker fists, becomes involved in so many public scrapes that his fiancée, Jean Manley, threatens to break off their engagement if he ever fights again. Dick promises to be peaceful, but, the following day, Jean's father, Judge Manley, talks him into fighting in a charity bout to aid the milk fund. Jean breaks off the engagement, and Dick goes into training with Paddy O'Ryan. "Murdering" Mooney, Dick's opponent in the charity match, is involved in a minor automobile accident in which a car driven by Jean's younger brother backs into his car; Mooney knocks Jean's brother brutally to the ground, and Jean goes to Dick, asking to be forgiven and encouraging Dick to make hash of Mooney. On the day before the fight, Dick is kidnapped by Harold Brennty, the judge's junior partner, who hopes that, if Dick misses the match, Jean will turn from Dick to him. Dick escapes from his captors and arrives at the ring just in time for round one. Dick is being badly beaten when Jean exhorts him to do his best; he thereupon lays out the champ in short order.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsJane NovakDorothy RevierRobert EdesonMary Browning, the widow of the disinherited son of wealthy Cyrus Browning, is the mother of twin boys. Browning, who believes that he has only one grandchild, offers to adopt him and give him the best that money can buy. Mary sadly gives up Ralph, keeping Robert, the other son. Ralph grows up a wastrel, while Robert turns out to be a sterling young fellow, who finds work with his grandfather's railroad. The boys fall in love with the same girl, Laura Whitman; and Ralph, thinking to belittle Robert in her eyes, has him fired. Robert saves the mails from robbery and later saves his grandfather's private car from being wrecked. Cyrus Browning finally meets Mary, whom he has not seen for many years, and she introduces him to his second grandson. The old man realizes the faultiness of his attitude and promises to make amends for the hardships of Mary's life. Robert wins Laura, and Mary's gentle influence makes a man of Ralph.
- DirectorJay MarchantStarsWilliam FairbanksEdith RobertsLloyd WhitlockBill Sanford (William Fairbanks), a daredevil race-car driver, is abducted by his main competitor Alan Lawson (Lloyd Whitlock) and his henchmen, on the eve of a race he hopes will win him $5,000. But he escapes his captors and arrives ate the race track just in time to drive his speedster to victory. With the prize money he save the father, Charles Hampton (Charles K. French) of his sweetheart Betty Hampton (Edith Roberts) from losing the family.
- DirectorEdward LeSaintStarsElaine HammersteinForrest StanleyWilliam V. MongHelen Merritt, the private secretary of John Randall, falls in love with Jack Wayne, one of Randall's employees. Having himself fallen in love with Helen, Randall sends Jack to Mexico, later faking reports that he has been killed in a saloon brawl. Randall then gets her father, an impoverished southern colonel, into his power by paying off some of the colonel's debts. Randall invites the Merritts to be his guests at his Long Island estate and persuades the brokenhearted Helen to marry him for the sake of her father's comfort. Jack returns from Mexico and arrives at Randall's estate in time to be the first to congratulate Helen on her marriage. Randall confesses his plot, but Helen decides to stay married to him rather than cause scandal. Randall is mysteriously murdered, and, despite Jack's false and noble confession, Helen is arrested. Miss Grant, Randall's housekeeper, confesses to the crime, however, telling the sheriff that Randall went back on his promise to give her child a name.
- DirectorTony GaudioStarsAlice LakeLee ShumwayGaston GlassBorn and reared in a Maine village, Ellen Harden has lived in New York for 5 years, finding contentment in the love of her successful husband, George. All this changes, however, when she discovers that he is having an affair with Ardath Courtney, a social butterfly who is struggling to maintain the appearance of wealth. Ellen, determined to win George back by arousing his jealousy, vigorously flirts with Wally Van Tine, the wealthy son of the mill owner for whom George works; Ellen also lets George know that she knows that he has been unfaithful. George repents of his philandering, and he and Ellen discover new depths of contentment together.
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsWilliam HainesDorothy DevoreFrankie DarroHoratio Manly Jr. (William Haines), the only son of Judge Horatio Manly (David Torrence), is disowned by his father for obstructing firemen during a hotel fire. He later redeems himself by rescuing a young woman, Alice Doran (Dorothy Devore) and a street urchin, Mickey (Frankie Darro) from a burning building...and capturing Mickey's wicked father Big Jim (Sheldon Lewis), an escaped convict.
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsWilliam FairbanksEdith RobertsLotus ThompsonWhen prizefighter "Knockout" Riley (Frank Hagney) injures his hand in a car accident, Bob (William Faifbanks), a blacksmith's assistant enters a championship bout in his place...and wins the fight and the damsel.
- DirectorTony GaudioStarsDorothy RevierCullen LandisLincoln StedmanMargaret Blake, daughter of notorious gambler "Square Deal" Blake, has not told her sweetheart, Alan Howard, a son of wealth, about her father. College chum Jack Warren takes Alan to Blake's gambling house, and Alan misunderstands Margaret's affection for her dying father and breaks with her without giving her a chance to explain. Margaret inherits the gambling house. George Garnett, Blake's lawyer, who has become friendly with Alan's sister Alice, persuades Howard, Sr., to gamble his wealth ($250,000 in bonds) in a card game employing a supposedly stacked deck. He loses and dies of heart failure. Alan accuses Margaret of causing his father's death and refuses her offer to return the bonds. Alice does accept the bonds from her, but Garnett, who plans to flee to South America, has her sign them over to him. He attacks her, and Alice stabs him. Believing she has killed him, Alice flees. Margaret takes the blame, but the police arrest both. Garnett is exposed, and the film ends with Warren and Alice and Alan and Margaret about to celebrate a double wedding.