Ernest Hilliard
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1890-01-31
Locus Natus: New York City, New York, USA
Et ut:
Let It Rain
Let-It-Rain Riley (MacLean) is a devil-may-care Marine sergeant who falls in love with a girl (Shirley Mason) who he assumes to be rich. His rival...
release : 1927.02.12popularis : 1.465
The Wheel of Destiny
After suffering a blow on the head, brilliant scientist Forrest Stanley totally loses his memory. Wandering into a travelling carnival, Stanley...
release : 1927.09.30popularis : 1.22
The Big Diamond Robbery
Tom Mix starred in this late-silent Wild West melodrama from poverty row company FBO as a ranch foreman assigned to escort his employer's daughter...
release : 1929.05.13popularis : 2.598
The Awful Truth
Story of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.
release : 1929.08.10popularis : 4.284
Man and Wife
Dora Perkins is a country girl who runs away to New York City. She gets work as a nurse and marries Dr. Howard Fleming, a famed brain surgeon....
release : 1923.03.25popularis : 1.184
Show Boat
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
release : 1936.05.17popularis : 6.44
The Divine Sinner
Lillia is a small town girl who gets involved with the wrong crowd in Paris. Arrested by police prefect Nigel De Brulier, Lillia agrees to seduce a...
release : 1928.07.15popularis : 0.778
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.
release : 1936.12.01popularis : 1.976
Lady Raffles
Interrupted during a robbery, thief Lady Raffles hides in an adjacent mansion and is mistaken for a maid during a party thrown by Warren Blake, who...
release : 1928.07.15popularis : 1.443
The Silent Hero
Bud Taylor loves Mary Stoddard but is leaving for Alaska in search of gold, leaving a police-dog pup with her that he has named "Phantom." Wade...
release : 1927.08.01popularis : 2.636
The Matinee Idol
The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally...
release : 1928.03.14popularis : 2.053
Smart Girl
Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealthy father commits suicide, leaving nothing but a...
release : 1935.07.16popularis : 2.184
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
Reporter Steve Haines, on the trail of a business tycoon, follows his subject onto an ocean liner and gets wound up in a cruise full of intrigue,...
release : 1936.06.16popularis : 2.113
Second Honeymoon
A wealthy man's wife becomes bored with him, so his friend decides to trick her into believing her husband is having an affair to "wake her up".
release : 1930.09.12popularis : 1.554
Tropical Love
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, The Drifter, young and educated, and The Seeker, old and feeble-minded, meet and form a partnership. The Seeker meets...
release : 1921.10.23popularis : 0.684
Let's Have Fun
When a musical star discovers her leading man is married, she quits the show and takes its financial backer with her.
release : 1943.03.04popularis : 0.375
Lovin' the Ladies
A man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by controlling the circumstances, he can get any man and woman to...
release : 1930.04.06popularis : 2.176
The Drums of Jeopardy
A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.
release : 1931.03.01popularis : 4.867
Annabelle Lee
Young Annabelle succumbs to tuberculosis and dies, leaving her admirer distraught and without an emotional anchor.
release : 1921.05.20popularis : 0.931
Dugan of the Dugouts
A young man joins the army to impress his girlfriend. He soon finds out that his sergeant is actually an enemy spy, but before he can take any...
release : 1928.04.15popularis : 1.982
Weary River
A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations...
release : 1929.02.10popularis : 5.743
Smile, Brother, Smile
A hot young salesman at a cosmetics company finds out that, because the company is losing a lot of money, he may soon be out of a job.
release : 1927.09.11popularis : 0.501
Racing Luck
Racehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a rival owner who knows that Dan's horse can win a...
release : 1935.11.19popularis : 2.209
Parole Girl
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.
release : 1933.03.04popularis : 1.711
Gilda
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
release : 1946.04.25popularis : 12.41
Say It with Songs
Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife,...
release : 1929.08.05popularis : 4.956
The Lost Weekend
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious....
release : 1945.11.29popularis : 16.192
The Noose
In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has...
release : 1928.01.29popularis : 3.499
Sea Spoilers
Bob Randall, temporarily in command of the Coast Guard vessel Niobe, expects a promotion and the captaincy of his ship. Instead, he is replaced by...
release : 1936.09.30popularis : 2.666
Lucky Legs
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the...
release : 1942.10.01popularis : 0.978
Reveille with Beverly
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a...
release : 1943.02.04popularis : 4.186
The Soul of a Monster
A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But is he really alive?
release : 1944.08.17popularis : 2.003
White Mice
Roddy Forrester has formed the White Mice club with a pal. The purpose of the club is to help those in trouble. When Roddy's father sends him to the...
release : 1926.01.31popularis : 1.115
The Broadway Hoofer
Broadway dancing star Adele Dorey who, overworked and exhausted, suddenly ups and leaves New York in favor of a country village. But when promoter...
release : 1929.12.15popularis : 1.327
A Broadway Lady
Chorus girl Rosalie Ryan catches the eye of Bob Westbrook, a wealthy playboy. He proposes to her but she refuses, mainly because of his heavy...
release : 1925.11.15popularis : 6.077
Undercurrent
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an...
release : 1946.11.11popularis : 6.032
The Big Hop
Jones plays Buck Bronson, a ranch hand taking to the air as a barnstorming pilot.
release : 1928.08.31popularis : 0.666
Make Your Own Bed
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for...
release : 1944.06.10popularis : 4.18
The Fighting Failure
Cullen Landis starred in this silent Western melodrama about a prizefighter accused of cowardice who toughens up on a Western ranch.
release : 1926.12.02popularis : 0.592
On Stage Everybody
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
release : 1945.07.13popularis : 1.114
Mother and Son
A woman loses all her money in the 1929 stock market crash, and in order to support her family, goes back to her previous occupation--owner of a...
release : 1931.07.31popularis : 1.819
Kitty
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later...
release : 1945.10.16popularis : 4.147
Wall Street
A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller...
release : 1929.12.01popularis : 1.317
The Missing Juror
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
release : 1944.11.16popularis : 3.125
Flirting with Danger
Three brash and cocky powder mixers are sent to South America to work at a dynamite plant there.
release : 1934.12.01popularis : 2.402