Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Date of Birth: 09 May 1895

Country: USA

Total Credits at Criticker: 41 (Actor)

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    The Cabin in the Cotton
    A tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter. (imdb)
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    Broken Blossoms
    Cheng Huan is a missionary whose goal is to bring the teachings of peace by Buddha to the civilized Anglo-Saxons... (imdb)
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    Only Angels Have Wings
    While waiting for her boat, Bonnie Lee stops at a small airport in South America. The pilots there deliver... (imdb)
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    Way Down East
    The callous rich, portrayed by Lennox, think only of their own pleasure. Anna is but a poor country girl whom Lennox tricks into a fake wedding. She believes that it is true, but secret, while he has his way with her. When she is pregnant, he leaves her and she must have the baby, named Trust Lennox, on her own. When the baby dies she wanders until she gets a job with Squire Bartlett. David falls for her, but she rejects him due to her past and then Lennox shows up lusting for Kate. (imdb)
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    The Spoilers
    In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara. (imdb)
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    Tol\
    An Appalachian youth on the verge of manhood finds the opportunity to prove himself when his quiet town is invaded by a small group of mountain men.
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    The Last Flight
    Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. Cary and Shep's plane is shot down, and they barely survive; Damaged both physically and psychologically. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends. They drink their way from Paris to Lisbon. Few of these members of the "lost generation" make it out of their travels intact. (imdb)
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    The Dawn Patrol
    Terrific war film starring Richard Barthelmess as a veteran British pilot in France whose job is to make raids behind enemy lines in what are basically suicide runs. (imdb Comments)
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    The Girl Who Stayed at Home
    Story of two brothers who go off to France to fight in World War I, the women who love them and an American expatriate living in France who rallies behind his former country. (imdb)
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    Scarlet Days
    A romantic bandit named Alvarez, wanted for raids on the mining camps of the California gold rush in 1849, is reformed by the love of a good woman. (imdb)
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    Heroes for Sale
    A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world. (TCM.com)
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    The Love Goddesses
    This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen... (imdb)
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    The Patent Leather Kid
    The story of a boxer who scoffs at fighting outside the ring... particularly for the United States once it enters World War I. (wikipedia)
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    The Mayor of 44th Street
    Joe Jonathan tries to keep his business on the level after some shady dealings but will his cronies let him? (imdb)
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    Central Airport
    Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins. (imdb)
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    The Enchanted Cottage
    The Enchanted Cottage stars Richard Barthelmess as Oliver, a physically and emotionally wounded World War I veteran who comes home to a fiancée who promptly leaves him. Licking his wounds in solitude, he meets a young woman named Laura (May McAvoy). They fall in love and agree to marry, but unexpected and magical events occur inside The Enchanted Cottage where they have agreed to spend their wedding night. (allmovie.com)
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    The Finger Points
    Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital. He quickly finds that it is everyone for himself, so he goes into the business of not reporting for a fee. He quickly learns to shake down the gangsters, and with the paper behind him, they leave Lee alone. But the girl he is crazy for will only trade a ring for his going straight. (imdb)
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    The Bright Shawl
    Charles Abbott is a wealthy adventurer in Cuba of the 1850s. He is in love with Narcissa but goes after La Clavel to obtain information on the Spanish. He becomes implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother of Narcissa. (imdb)
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    The Fighting Blade
    In the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and sword-for-hire, stands ready to defend his lady-love, the fair Thomsine Musgrove, and prove his nettle, and that his blade is made of the finest metal. (imdb)
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    Midnight Alibi
    An elderly recluse shelters a gambler on the run from bogus murder charges. (TCM.com)
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    Weary River
    A jailed criminal's life turns around when he fronts the prison band. (TCM.com)
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    A Modern Hero
    Pierre is a young and handsome circus rider whose mother has long tolerated his amorous adventures but becomes genuinely concerned when he actually falls in love. (imdb)
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    The Drop Kick
    College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent visit to a woman whose husband kills himself. (imdb)
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    The Man Who Talked Too Much
    A defense lawyer sets out to topple a powerful gangster. (tcm.com)
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    Four Hours to Kill!
    A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast. (imdb)
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    Alias the Doctor
    Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When Stephan's actions causes the death of Anna, Karl is the one who takes the wrap and three years in prison. (imdb)
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    Son of the Gods
    Story about a Chinese passing as White (Rchard Barthelmess) starts as Barthelmess leaves college after being insulted by a trio of brainless co-eds. He embarks on a world tour to discover himself and ends up as secretary to a British playwright (Claude King). In Monte Carlo he meets beautiful Alanna Wagner (Constance Bennett) and they fall in love. But when she discovers he is Chinese she goes berserk in a memorable scene... (imdb)
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    The Seventh Day
    A group of New York society folk on a yachting excursion are forced to put into a New England fishing village for repairs. The engaged couple Reggie and Patricia are taken with the quaint town and its quainter ways, but also with two locals, Betty Alden and her brother John. Patricia begins to fall for John while her fiancé takes a seemingly unworthy liking to Betty. The new infatuations lead to disharmony. (imdb)
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    Seeing Stars
    Seeing Stars (1922) - Short Film
    A rare film from First National set a gala celebrity banquet and promoting the releases of several then upcoming films including The Pilgrim (1923), The Balloonatic (1923) and Day Dreams (1922). (imdb)
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    The Idol Dancer
    A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beach comber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will "civilize" whom ensues. (imdb)
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    Just Suppose
    In this adaptation of a play by A. E. Thomas, Richard Barthelmess stars as Prince Rupert of Koronia, who becomes tired of palace life and yearns to be among the common folk. On a visit to America, Rupert gets his wish, and even goes so far as to fall in love with down-to-earth Linda Lee Stafford (Lois Moran). Unfortunately, Rupert's brother, the Crown Prince (Harry Short) dies, and our hero, next in line for the throne, is called back to his own country. Rupert is finally freed to wed his belove (allmovie.com)
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    The Lash
    Don Francisco Delfina, a nobleman of Southern California in 1848, disguises himself as El Puma and leads a revolt against the tyrannical land agent and politician Peter Harkness. (imdb)
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    The Love Flower
    A man murders his wife's lovers, escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter. (imdb)
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    Massacre
    One of the first major Hollywood films to seriously address America's ongoing mistreatment of its Indian population, Massacre is more admirable for its intentions than its execution. The film was inspired by the activities of John Collier, commissioner for the Bureau of Indian Affairs during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first term. (allmovie.com)
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    Shore Leave
    "Bilge" Smith (Richard Barthelmess), a tough sailor, meets Connie Martin (Dorothy Mackaill), a seamstress in a small harbor who has never had a boyfriend. Connie is instantly smitten. She invites Smith to dinner, where he dances with her and gives her a kiss. Connie has a hard time letting him go, and makes him promise that he will come back.
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    Soul-Fire
    Eric Fane (Richard Barthelmess) is a composer unwilling to compromise his dream for a steady job back home in the United States. After his studies in Italy, he moves to Paris, where he is forced to write popular songs for money when he stops receiving support from his father. He tires of selling out and, after an encounter with the mob, starts to travel. He begins a madcap journey from Paris to Port Said, Egypt, and to the South Seas, where he believes he has found love with Teita (Bessie Love).
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    How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: \
    Number 1 in the How I Play Golf series, by Bobby Jones. (imdb)
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    Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy
    Harriet Parsons introduces Charles Butterworth, inventor of aerial devices, and a number of stars who appear at the U.S. Naval base in San Diego, California. (imdb)
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    The Beautiful City
    The Beautiful City is a 1925 American drama film starring Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish and William Powell. For their mother's sake, a man takes the blame for a robbery committed by his brother and his brother's gangster boss. (The Movie Database)
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    Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 20
    Part of the Screen Snapshots series, this one features Sessue Hayakawa. (The Movie Database)
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    Ranson\
    U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boasts to his fellow officers that he could hold up a stagecoach with a pair of scissors. And rides out and does so. But the next day, the postmaster, returning from a neighboring town, is also held up and his bodyguard is killed. Ranson is arrested on suspicion and placed on trial. But at the trial suspicion point to Cahill, post trader, and father of Ranson's sweetheart, Mary.
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