Movies: William H. Tooker

  • 1920
    The Stealers

    The Stealers (1920)

    The Stealers

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    Rev. Robert Martin is an ex-minister who has lost his faith because of his wife's faithlessness, and taken up a life of crime as head of a band of pickpockets masquerading as religious workers who ply their trade in the wake of a traveling carnival c...

    The Stealers
  • 1927
    The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter (1927)

    The Scarlet Letter

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    In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure....

    The Scarlet Letter
  • 1923
    The Net

    The Net (1923)

    The Net

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    Allayne Norman's husband Bruce is a gambler and drunkard who kills her artist cousin in an argument. Bruce flees the studio with Allayne and their son, and places his identifying documents in the pockets of an amnesiac man. To avoid the consequences ...

    The Net
  • 1920
    The Greatest Love

    The Greatest Love (1920)

    The Greatest Love

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    Director Henry Kolker's silent romantic melodrama starred Vera Gordon, who was billed as "The 'Mother' of 'Humoresque'", Bertram Marburgh, Yvonne Shelton, Hugh Huntley, and William H. Tooker...

    The Greatest Love
  • 1930
    Soup to Nuts

    Soup to Nuts (1930)

    Soup to Nuts

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    Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy...

    Soup to Nuts
  • 1920
    The Invisible Ray

    The Invisible Ray (1920)

    The Invisible Ray

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    A scientist discovers a death ray and locks it in a box, giving the key to his daughter, who soon finds herself hunted by criminals looking to steal the deadly mineral....

    The Invisible Ray
  • 1928
    Good Morning, Judge

    Good Morning, Judge (1928)

    Good Morning, Judge

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    Freddie, a rich young idler, meets Julia Harrington, a wealthy social service worker who runs a haven for reformed criminals. By telling her he is a hardened criminal, he is allowed to stay at the mission....

    Good Morning, Judge
  • 1924
    The Average Woman

    The Average Woman (1924)

    The Average Woman

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    Reporter Jimmy Munroe is writing an article on "the average woman". He meets Sally Whipple in the library and chooses her as a likely subject, following her around to gather material for his article, and eventually falls in love with her. Her father,...

    The Average Woman
  • 1917
    Draft 258

    Draft 258 (1917)

    Draft 258

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    Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified that his draft number, 258, has been called and to report for ...

    Draft 258
  • 1935
    Murder by Television

    Murder by Television (1935)

    Murder by Television

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    James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night...

    Murder by Television
  • 1931
    A Woman of Experience

    A Woman of Experience (1931)

    A Woman of Experience

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    It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a nurse, but a government official thinks that she will make an excellent spy....

    A Woman of Experience
  • 1916
    East Lynne

    East Lynne (1916)

    East Lynne

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    An adaptation of the 1861 novel by English author Ellen Wood: The story of long-suffering Lady Isabel Carlisle cast in a modern setting....

    East Lynne
  • 1927
    Two Girls Wanted

    Two Girls Wanted (1927)

    Two Girls Wanted

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    Marianna Miller, who together with her sister Sarah pounds the pavements, looking for a job. After a period of starvation and deprivation Marianna is hired as secretary to duplicitous businessman Philip Hancock....

    Two Girls Wanted
  • 1921
    Worlds Apart

    Worlds Apart (1921)

    Worlds Apart

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    Having been rejected by Phyllis Leigh in favor of wealthier suitor Peter Lester, Hugh prevents Elinor Ashe from drowning herself. Hugh recklessly marries Elinor, but they occupy different wings of his house. Lester and Phyllis arrive as guests, and a...

    Worlds Apart
  • 1935
    Diamond Jim

    Diamond Jim (1935)

    Diamond Jim

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    A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady....

    Diamond Jim
  • 1920
    Heliotrope

    Heliotrope (1920)

    Heliotrope

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    A prison inmate obtains his release from prison in order to rescue his daughter from the clutches of her unscrupulous mother's plot to implicate the girl in a blackmail scheme....

    Heliotrope
  • 1927
    The Night of Love

    The Night of Love (1927)

    The Night of Love

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    Montero, son of a Gypsy leader, is about to take a bride according to primitive ritual, when the Duke de la Garda demands his right as feudal lord--to take the bride to his castle for a night. Rather than accede to the duke's advances, the girl choos...

    The Night of Love
  • 1915
    A Modern Magdalen

    A Modern Magdalen (1915)

    A Modern Magdalen

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    Although laborer Joe Mercer loves factory girl Katinka Jenkins, she agrees to become the mistress of Lindsay, the mill owner, in order to escape dire poverty and cruel parents. Katinka sends Lindsay's money to her family, but eventually, he finds him...

    A Modern Magdalen
  • 1928
    Night Watch

    Night Watch (1928)

    Night Watch

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    Night Watch is a 1928 American drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Paul Lukas, and Donald Reed. It was an adaptation of the dramatic 1921 play In the Night Watch, written by Michael Morton. The film is set almost entirely...

    Night Watch
  • 1923
    The Purple Highway

    The Purple Highway (1923)

    The Purple Highway

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    Two inmates and a cleaning girl at a home for struggling artists achieve success and fame when they pool their talents and produce a smash hit Broadway musical. Edgar ( Monte Blue ), the playwright, is in love with April ( Madge Kennedy ), the ex- le...

    The Purple Highway