Dorothy Davenport

Dorothy Davenport

Dorothy Davenport (March 13, 1895 – October 12, 1977) was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer who appeared in silent film for Biograph Studios under the direction of D.W. Griffith. While filming on location in Oregon for The Valley of the Giants (1919), Wallace Reid was injured in a train wreck. As a remedy for the pain from this injury, studio doctors administered large doses of morphine to Reid to which he became addicted. Reid's health slowly grew worse over the next few years, and he died of the addiction in 1923. After Reid's death, Davenport and Thomas Ince co-produced the film Human Wreckage (1923) with James Kirkwood, Sr., Bessie Love and Lucille Ricksen, a film that dealt with the dangers of narcotics addiction. Davenport took Human Wreckage on a roadshow engagement, followed up with another "social conscience" picture about excessive mother-love called Broken Laws in 1924, again billed as "Mrs. Wallace Reid" to capitalize on her husband's notorious death. She then produced The Red Kimona (1925) about white slavery. On screen she opens the film in silent narration or prologue. The details of the latter film were so realistic that Davenport was successfully sued. She would later direct Linda (1929), Sucker Money (1933), Road to Ruin (1934), and The Woman Condemned (1934) and worked as a producer, writer, and dialogue director. Among her last credits are co-author of the screenplay for Footsteps in the Fog (1955), and as dialogue director for The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) with Ginger Rogers. She and husband Wallace Reid had two children. She was married to him until his death on January 18, 1923. She never remarried. Dorothy Davenport died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in 1977 in Woodland Hills, California. She is interred with her husband in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Davenport, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Npe: Dorothy Davenport
  • Cov Nrov: 1.199
  • Paub Txog: Acting
  • Hnub yug: 1895-03-13
  • Qhov chaw yug: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Kuj Paub Li: Fannie Dorothy Davenport, Dorothy Reid, Dot Reid, Mrs. Wallace Reid
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Dorothy Davenport Movies

  • 1920
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    The Fighting Chance

    The Fighting Chance

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  • 1913
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    Pierre of the North

    Pierre of the North

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1912
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    His Only Son

    His Only Son

    1 1912 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Heart of the Hills

    The Heart of the Hills

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Fires of Conscience

    Fires of Conscience

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Wheel of Life

    The Wheel of Life

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Greater Devotion

    The Greater Devotion

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    A Flash in the Dark

    A Flash in the Dark

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Breed o' the Mountains

    Breed o' the Mountains

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Test

    The Test

    5 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Mountaineer

    The Mountaineer

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Way of a Woman

    The Way of a Woman

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Spider and Her Web

    The Spider and Her Web

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Voice of the Viola

    The Voice of the Viola

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Test of Manhood

    The Test of Manhood

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Cupid Incognito

    Cupid Incognito

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    A Gypsy Romance

    A Gypsy Romance

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Skeleton

    The Skeleton

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Fruit of Evil

    The Fruit of Evil

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Quack

    The Quack

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Women and Roses

    Women and Roses

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Siren

    The Siren

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Man Within

    The Man Within

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Passing of the Beast

    Passing of the Beast

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Spark of Manhood

    The Spark of Manhood

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Cracksman's Reformation

    The Cracksman's Reformation

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Fires of Fate

    The Fires of Fate

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    Retribution

    Retribution

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    A Hopi Legend

    A Hopi Legend

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Lightning Bolt

    The Lightning Bolt

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1913
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    A Cracksman Santa Claus

    A Cracksman Santa Claus

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Intruder

    The Intruder

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Countess Betty's Mine

    The Countess Betty's Mine

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Love's Western Flight

    Love's Western Flight

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Wrong Heart

    The Wrong Heart

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1914
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    'Cross the Mexican Line

    'Cross the Mexican Line

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    A Wife on a Wager

    A Wife on a Wager

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Den of Thieves

    The Den of Thieves

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Squaw Man's Son

    The Squaw Man's Son

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1918
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    His Extra Bit

    His Extra Bit

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1915
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    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Revelation

    The Revelation

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1928
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    Hellship Bronson

    Hellship Bronson

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1915
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    In Humble Guise

    In Humble Guise

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Red Kimona

    The Red Kimona

    5.7 1925 HD

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  • 1917
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    Mothers of Men

    Mothers of Men

    4 1917 HD

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  • 1912
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    A Brave Little Woman

    A Brave Little Woman

    4 1912 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Satin Woman

    The Satin Woman

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1933
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    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1912
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    Her Indian Hero

    Her Indian Hero

    6 1912 HD

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  • 1923
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    Human Wreckage

    Human Wreckage

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Unattainable

    The Unattainable

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1917
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    Treason

    Treason

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Girl and the Crisis

    The Girl and the Crisis

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Unknown

    The Unknown

    2 1915 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Devil's Bondwoman

    The Devil's Bondwoman

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Way of the World

    The Way of the World

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1916
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    Black Friday

    Black Friday

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1916
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    Barriers of Society

    Barriers of Society

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1916
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    A Yoke of Gold

    A Yoke of Gold

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1910
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    A Gold Necklace

    A Gold Necklace

    5.5 1910 HD

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  • 1916
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    Doctor Neighbor

    Doctor Neighbor

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1910
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    The Golden Supper

    The Golden Supper

    4.5 1910 HD

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  • 1924
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    Broken Laws

    Broken Laws

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Scarlet Crystal

    The Scarlet Crystal

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1949
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    Impact

    Impact

    6.1 1949 HD

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  • 1951
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    Rhubarb

    Rhubarb

    5.5 1951 HD

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  • 1948
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    Who Killed Doc Robbin?

    Who Killed Doc Robbin?

    4 1948 HD

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  • 1955
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    Footsteps in the Fog

    Footsteps in the Fog

    7 1955 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Old Swimmin' Hole

    The Old Swimmin' Hole

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1947
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    Curley

    Curley

    5.5 1947 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Road to Ruin

    The Road to Ruin

    3.9 1934 HD

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  • 1940
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    On the Spot

    On the Spot

    5.3 1940 HD

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  • 1933
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    Sucker Money

    Sucker Money

    4.7 1933 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Red Kimona

    The Red Kimona

    5.7 1925 HD

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  • 1941
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    Redhead

    Redhead

    5 1941 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Woman Condemned

    The Woman Condemned

    4.3 1934 HD

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  • 1937
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    A Bride for Henry

    A Bride for Henry

    5.5 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    Prison Break

    Prison Break

    5.1 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    Honeymoon Limited

    Honeymoon Limited

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1937
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    Paradise Isle

    Paradise Isle

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Road to Ruin

    The Road to Ruin

    3.9 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Redhead

    Redhead

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1940
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    Haunted House

    Haunted House

    4.4 1940 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Racing Strain

    The Racing Strain

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1929
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    Linda

    Linda

    6 1929 HD

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  • 1940
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    Drums of the Desert

    Drums of the Desert

    5.5 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Tomboy

    Tomboy

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1935
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    Women Must Dress

    Women Must Dress

    3 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Women Must Dress

    Women Must Dress

    3 1935 HD

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  • 1923
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    Human Wreckage

    Human Wreckage

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    Human Wreckage

    Human Wreckage

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    Human Wreckage

    Human Wreckage

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Red Kimona

    The Red Kimona

    5.7 1925 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Red Kimona

    The Red Kimona

    5.7 1925 HD

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  • 1935
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    Honeymoon Limited

    Honeymoon Limited

    6 1935 HD

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