The Cheat 1915  N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Sessue Hayakawa, James Neill, Yutaka Abe, Dana Ong, Hazel Childers, Arthur H. Williams, Lucien Littlefield, Raymond Hatton, Dick La Reno
This is a good, early Cecil B. DeMille film that involves Edith Hardy's (Fannie Ward) dilemma when she gambles away money destined for charity without her husband Richard's (Jack Dean) knowledge. Edith makes a deal with Tori (Sessue Hayakawa) to replace the money–all of which leads to a tragic end because Tori wants more than Edith realized for his investment.
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Don't Change Your Husband 1919  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Lew Cody, Sylvia Ashton, Theodore Roberts, Julia Faye, Irving Cummings, James Neill, Ted Shawn
Leila (Gloria Swanson) is frustrated with husband James' (Elliott Dexter) sloppy habits and workaholic attitude. So, she divorces him and marries playboy Schuyler (Lew Cody) who turns out to be a two-timer. Now, she tries to woo her ex-husband back.
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The King of Kings 1927 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: H.B. Warner, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Victor Varconi, Jacqueline Logan, William Boyd, Dorothy Comming, James Neill, Joseph Striker, Robert Edeson, Sidney D'Albrook, David Imboden, Charles Belcher, Clayton Packard, Robert Ellsworth
Cecil B. DeMille's silent epic film tells the story of Christ. The story begins with glamorous courtesan Mary Magdalene (Jacqueline Logan), who is upset with Judas (Joseph Schildkraut) and goes to Jesus (H.B. Warner) and repents her sins. The story then continues through Jesus' life, betrayal, Crucifixion, and Resurrection. Of interest is that the "Resurrection" scene is filmed in two-color Technicolor. This film was remade in 1961.
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The Little American 1917  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. MeMille
Cast: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Wallace Beery, Hobart Bosworth, DeWitt Jennings, Ben Alexander, Carl Gerard, Walter Long, James Neill, Colleen Moore, Ramon Novarro
The year is 1914, and American Angela Moore (Mary Pickford) has two suitors–Karl is from Germany, and Jules is French. Then war breaks out, and Karl and Jules return to their countries to fight. Angela sails for France to visit her aunt, but her ship is sunk by a U-boat. Angela survives and goes to her aunt's chateau where she learns that her aunt has died. Angela has inherited her aunt's chateau. The Germans attack, and Angela begins to send messages to the Allies but is caught and sentenced to be executed. Karl comes to her aid, denounces the Kaiser, and is also sentenced. Now, the French, along with Jules, arrive in time to free Mary and Karl who then sail back to the United States.
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Oliver Twist 1916 N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Young
Cast: Marie Doro, Hobart Bosworth, Raymond Hatton, James Neill, Tully Marshall, W.S. Van Dyke, Edythe Chapman, Elsie Jane Wilson, Harry L. Rattenberry, Carl Stockdale, George Hackathorne, Robert McKenzie, Jack Sacker
This is the earliest film of Charles Dickens' novel about the orphan Oliver (Marie Doro) who, with the evil Fagin (Tully Marshall) as his tutor, becomes a pickpocket–until he is rescued and restored to decency through his father's inheritance.
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 The Ten Commandments 1923 N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor, James Neill, Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy, Julia Faye, Rod La Rocque, Nita Naldi, Noble Johnson
This very successful silent film is an early version of the Biblical story of Moses leading the children of Israel out of Egypt and bondage. Several scenes, including the parting of the Red Sea, are shot in two-color Technicolor.
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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. The Cheat (1915)
2. Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
3. Joan the Woman (1916)
4. The King of Kings (1927)
5. The Little American (1917)
6. Oliver Twist (1916)
7. The Ten Commandments (1923)
8. The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
9. The Whispering Chorus (1918)
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