Broken Dreams 1933 N/R, 68 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola Cast: Randolph Scott, Martha Sleeper, Joseph Cawthorn, Beryl Mercer, Buster Phelps, Adele St. Mauer, Charlotte Merriam, Sidney Bracey, Phyllis Lee, Martin Burton, Clarence Geldart
Robert Morley (Randolph Scott) blames his young son (Buster Phelps) for the death of his wife during childbirth and sends the boy to live with relatives. Six years later, after re-marrying, Robert decides he wants his son back. After winning a contested battle, things still aren't as they should be as the new wife (Martha Sleeper) and the boy do not hit it off. Tears flow in the audience.
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From the Manger to the Cross 1912 N/R, 66 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Olcott Cast: Robert Henderson-Bland, Percy Dyer, Gene Gauntier, Helen Lindroth, Alice Hollister, Sidney Olcott, Samuel Morgan, James D. Ainsley, Robert G. Vignola, George Kellog
Significant mostly for the fact that it is the first U.S. feature-length film, this is an adaptation of the Passion Play and was filmed on location in the Holy Land.
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The Perfect Clue 1935 N/R, 64 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola Cast: David Manners, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Dorothy Libaire, Betty Blythe, William P. Carleton, Ralf Harolde, Ernie Adams, Robert Gleckler, Frank Darien, Charles C. Wilson, Jack Richardson, Pat O'Malley, Frank LaRue, Lloyd Ingraham
Mona (Dorothy Libaire) is the spoiled daughter who rebels when her wealthy, widowed father Jerome (William P. Carleton) plans to marry Ursula (Betty Blythe). Mona decides to get even by eloping with her boyfriend Ronnie (Richard "Skeets" Gallagher). They are on the train to Niagara Falls when Mona changes her mind, jumps off the train, and hires David (David Manners) to drive her to Albany. David robs and dumps Mona only to return and apologize. But there are even more problems with David than Mona realizes, and a rocky road lies ahead.
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The Scarlet Letter 1934 N/R, 69 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola Cast: Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B. Walthall, William Farnum, Alan Hale, Virginia Howell, Cora Sue Collins, William Kent, Betty Blythe, Al O. Henderson, Jules Cowles, Mickey Rentschler
Colleen Moore takes on the role of Hester Prynne in this classic Nathaniel Hawthorne story of the woman who must wear a scarlet "A" for life after giving birth to an out-of-wedlock child.
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| 1. Broken Dreams (1933)
2. From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
3. The Perfect Clue (1935)
4. The Scarlet Letter (1934)
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