Anna Christie 1923  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Griffith Wray
Cast: Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion, Eugenie Besserer, Chester Conklin, George Siegmann, Ralph Yearsley, Irving Bacon, Fred Kohler, Matthew Betz, Victor Potel
This is the first of many screen versions of Eugene O'Neill's play about a prostitute, Anna Christie (Blanche Sweet), who–at long last–finds happiness with seafarer Matt Burke (William Russell).
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The Five Pennies 1959  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Bob Crosby, Harry Guardino, Tuesday Weld, Ray Anthony, Bobby Troup, Shelly Manne, Bob Hope, Susan Gordon, Valerie Allen, Ray Daley, Valerie Allen, Blanche Sweet
This sentimental biography of 1920s' coronet player Loring "Red" Nichols (Danny Kaye) features jazz hits of the era. Highlight: Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong's rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In."
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The Silver Horde 1930 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Raymond Hatton, Joel McCrea, Blanche Sweet, Gavin Gordon, Purnell Pratt, William B. Davidson, Ivan Linow, Dennis O'Keefe, William H. O'Brien, Robert Homans, Dick Curtis
Boyd Emerson (Joel McCrea) and Freddie Marsh (Gavin Gordon) vie not only for the hand of wealthy Cherry Malotte (Evelyn Brent) but for her Alaskan salmon fishing business as well.
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The Warrens of Virginia 1915 N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Blanche Sweet, House Peters, James Neill, Page Peters, Mabel Van Buren, Raymond Hatton, DeWitt Jennings, Lucien Littlefield, Milton Brown, Sydney Deane
Set during the Civil War, this is the story of the love affair of Southerner Agatha Warren (Blanche Sweet) and Yankee spy Ned Burton (House Peters) who relies on Agatha's attempts to save him from certain execution.
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| 1. Anna Christie (1923)
2. The Five Pennies (1959)
3. The Silver Horde (1930)
4. The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
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