Carmen 1915 N/R, 50 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille Cast: Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Pedro de Cordoba, Horace B. Carpenter, William Elmer, Milton Brown, Jeanie Macpherson, Anita King, Raymond Hatton, Tex Driscoll
Cigarette factory worker Carmen (Geraldine Farrar) is arrested by Don Jose (Wallace Reid), but after he falls in love with beautiful Carmen, Don Jose sets her free. Now, Carmen runs off with a band of Gypsies, and she falls in love with toreador Escamillo (Pedro de Cordoba). Overcome by jealousy, Don Jose follows Carmen, confronts her at a Seville bullfight, and stabs her to death. This is an early Cecil B. DeMille classic.
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Clearing the Range 1931 N/R, 64 min. Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Otto Brower Cast: Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Hooper Atchley, George Mendoza, Robert Homans, Edward Peil Sr., Edward Hearn, Eva Grippon, Maston Williams, Jack Byron, Tex Driscoll, Ben Corbett, Fred Gilman, Jim Corey, Milton Brown
Bank cashier Lafe Kildare (Hooper Atchley) has been stealing from the bank, and when the bank president Jim Fremont (Edward Hearn) begins to suspect Lafe, Lafe kills Jim and becomes the bank president. Jim's brother Curt (Hoot Gibson) arrives in town posing as a cowardly drifter to investigate his brother's murder. He does his investigating at night, posing as Mexican bandit El Capitan in order to solve the murder, which he does, bringing Lafe to justice. Meanwhile, he wins the affections of a rancher's daughter, Mary Lou Moran (Sally Eilers–Hoot Gibson's wife at the time).
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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. Carmen (1915)
2. Clearing the Range (1931)
3. Straight Shooting (1917)
4. The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
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