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Alec B. Francis

Alec B. Francis

Acting

Biography

English born Alec B. Francis (Alec Budd Francis) was, in America, a stage and film actor.

Known For

Camille
3.7

Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.

Camille

1927
Smilin' Through
6.5

The story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyean. Kathleen, a young Irish woman, is in love with Kenneth Wayne but is prevented from marrying him by her guardian John Carteret. John is haunted by memories of his thwarted love for Kathleen's aunt, Moonyean.

Smilin' Through

1922
Evangeline
6.5

A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British.

Evangeline

1929
Playmates
6.5

A short film about the friendship between a little girl and a stray dog.

Playmates

1912
Companionate Marriage
3.3

Sally Williams (Betty Bronson) marries Donald Moore (Richard Walling) and have trials and tribulations and input from others but they demonstrate that the most successful marriages are usually based on trust and respect, rather than on sex alone. Released in the UK under the title of "The Jazz Bride".

Companionate Marriage

1928
The Pest
9.0

Naive country girl Jigs Blodgett makes friends with Gene Giles, the nephew of a wealthy judge. Shady John Harland is courting the judge's daughter Blanche because of her father's money and position. To amuse herself, Blanche invites Jigs to a party with her "sophiscated" friends, intending to humiliate and embarrass Jigs. Things don't quite go the way Blanche planned.

The Pest

1919
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10.0

The title tells it all. Faithful wives perhaps but can the same be said for their husbands?

Faithful Wives

1926
Alice in Wonderland
6.1

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.

Alice in Wonderland

1933
Mata Hari
6.2

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

Mata Hari

1931
Outcast Lady
7.3

A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.

Outcast Lady

1934
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7.0

Paul La Blanc graduates from the seminary with high honors with plans to enter the priesthood, a much-desired outcome for his parents. But when he meets one of the local parishioners Rose Miqueleon, they are mutually attracted. An amateur artist Paul paints a picture of the Madonna, with Rose as the subject. When the portrait is seen gossip spreads and his parents are enraged at the thought, he might abandon the church. Events reach a danger point until Paul’s father sees the young pair in the moonlight and realizes the inevitability of events.

Moonlight

1914
Outwitted
8.0

After being captured by T-Man Jack Blaisdell and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor on a counterfeiting rap, Tiger McGuire is sprung from jail by his old gang. Vowing to get even with Jack, Tiger kidnaps the young man's fiancée, Helen (Holmes), bringing the girl to his hideout, a fancy yacht owned by Lucy Carlisle.

Outwitted

1925
The Terror
7.5

Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".

The Terror

1928
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10.0

Financial ruin stares Price and Holliday in the face. Holliday discovers that his beautiful daughter, Leonora, has just become engaged to Dr. Livingston, a young physician. The next day, Price, who is enormously wealthy in his own right, offers to save Holliday from disgrace and ruin on the condition that he receive Leonora's hand in marriage.

Wife

1914
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
5.9

A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration keeps him tramping along.

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

1926
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9.0

Hal Whitney, an irresponsible young millionaire, befriends Timothy Payne, a wise old college professor whose life had been ruined by alcohol. After "adopting" Timothy as his father, Hal introduces him to his sweetheart, Helen Maynard. The outraged Helen breaks their engagement, certain that Timothy will be a bad influence on her hard-drinking fiancé. However, both men assist in each other's reformation, and Hal is soon reunited with Helen, while Timothy marries Hal's mother, Elizabeth, whom he had loved in his youth.

Wandering Footsteps

1926
Outward Bound
6.0

A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the nature of their journey. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).

Outward Bound

1930
Transcontinental Limited
6.5

War veteran returns home to find his sweetheart totally upset. Her father will lose his sight unless she can get funds for an expensive procedure. He and some army mates hatch a plot. For the railway safe to be utilized. A rival though robs the safe and the money is taken by the pals. A train journey later involving high speed the money is needed before the rival can send the hero to prison.

Transcontinental Limited

1926
The Venus Model
N/A

A young lady designs a wonderfully received bathing suit and saves her employer from financial disaster. In the course of this, she falls in love with her employer's son, who is in danger of ruin from a romantic scandal.

The Venus Model

1918
3 Bad Men
6.9

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

3 Bad Men

1926