William Desmond Taylor

William Desmond Taylor

Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 13 (Director)

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    He Fell in Love with His Wife
    This melodrama revolves around an unsuspecting housewife, Alida Armstrong, who tragically finds herself a homeless social outcast when the truth about her bigamist husband is revealed. Enter widower-farmer James Holcroft, whose need for a housekeeper compels him to propose a loveless marriage of convenience to the hapless Alida. This unlikely pair discovers their path to happiness fraught with danger. (cinema.ucla.edu)
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    Johanna Enlists
    A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area. (imdb)
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    Pasquale
    The adventures of Pasquale, an Italian immigrant to New York who runs a little grocery store. (imdb)
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    The American Beauty
    The infant daughter of a wealthy couple is thought to be lost at sea, but she survives and is raised by a poor family. (imdb)
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    Davy Crockett
    The story of the famous Tennessee frontiersman, soldier, scout, and Congressman who fought and died at the Alamo. (imdb)
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    Tom Sawyer
    Tom Sawyer, a young Missouri lad, finds fun and adventure with his pals Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn, running away to hide out on Jackson's Island and pretending to be Mississippi River pirates. When Tom is believed dead by his grieving Aunt Polly, he sneaks back to town to attend his own funeral. (imdb)
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    Anne of Green Gables
    Anne Shirley, an orphan, is taken into the lives of a generous farmer and his sister. She grows from an adventuresome young lass into a charming and much sought-after young lady. (imdb)
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    Huckleberry Finn
    Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures. (imdb)
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    Nurse Marjorie
    Lady Marjorie Donegal becomes a nurse in hospital, much to the dismay of her aristocratic family. She falls in love with one of her patients, a commoner labor leader. (imdb)
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    The Soul of Youth
    After directing him as the title character in Huckleberry Finn, William Desmond Taylor again used boy actor Lewis Sargent in this picture... (imdb)
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    Jenny Be Good
    When a young woman's great romance is interrupted by the influence of her lover's parents, she turns to her art as a violinist to console herself. As she is about to achieve her highest triumph, she is suddenly confronted by the return of the man she loves, and she must make a choice.
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    Judy of Rogue\
    Judy (Minter), a young woman of the country, lives with her stern grandfather (Roberts), her sister Olive (Ridgeway), and their cousin Denny (Lee), whom the old man, angry that his granddaughter Claudia eloped, mistreats. Their neighbor Jim Shuckles (Sears) aids the old man in his cruelty, hoping to win his aid in his conquest of Judy. Olive, who has been betrayed by Jim, warns her against him. Later Judy is told that Jim plans on throwing a bomb at Governor Kingsland (Standing) of the State.
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    Ben Blair
    When a young woman deserts her rancher husband and, with her son Ben, goes to live with the drunken Tom Blair. Blair raises Ben as his son, but kills Ben's mother, causing the boy to return to his natural father. There, Ben falls in love with Florence Winthrop.
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