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Anna Christie   1923     2 and a half stars    N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Griffith Wray  
Cast: Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion, Eugenie Besserer, Chester Conklin, George Siegmann

  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 a seafarer (William Russell).


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Boston Blackie   1923     2 stars    N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott R. Dunlap  
Cast: William Russell, Eva Novak, Frank Brownlee, Otto Matieson, W.C. Robinson, Fred Esmelton

  In this second screening of the "Boston Blackie" series, William Russell stars as Boston Blackie who, when he is released from prison, is ordered arrested again by Warden Benton (Frank Brownlee) and returned to the prison. Blackie's girlfriend Mary Carter (Eva Novak) alerts the governor, and they arrive at the prison to spare Blackie more torment. By story's end, Blackie is released and Warden Benton is fired.



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William Russell Boston Blackie
Eva Novak Mary Carter
Frank Brownlee Warden Benton
Otto Matieson Danny Carter
W.C. Robinson Shorty McNutt
Fred Esmelton John Gilmore
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The Girl from Chicago   1927     2 stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright  
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Myrna Loy, William Russell, Carroll Nye, Paul Panzer, Erville Alderson

  Mary's (Myrna Loy) brother Bob Carlton (Carroll Nye) is about to be executed for a crime he did not commit, so she heads to New York–pretending to be a gun moll–and infiltrates a gang. With the help of underground cop Joe (Conrad Nagel), she saves Bob. An early Myrna Loy silent film.



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Conrad Nagel Handsome Joe
Myrna Loy Mary Carlton
William Russell Big Steve Drummond
Carroll Nye Bob Carlton
Paul Panzer Dopey
Erville Alderson Col. Carlton
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Girls Gone Wild   1929     2 and a half stars    N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Seiler  
Cast: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, William Russell, Roy D'Arcy, Leslie Fenton, Hedda Hopper, John Darrow, Edmund Breese, Fred MacMurray, Lumsden Hare

  A wild young woman has a falling out with her boyfriend after his father arrests her for speeding. Later, the boyfriend saves the day and regains her love. The first movie for Fred MacMurray, who was an extra. Silent.

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1. Anna Christie (1923)
2. Boston Blackie (1923)
3. The Girl from Chicago (1927)
4. Girls Gone Wild (1929)


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