Billie Rhodes

Acting

Billie Rhodes

Born August 15, 1894 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died March 12, 1988 · aged 93

No biography available.

Known For

AladdinAladdin · 1922
Aladdin
8.01922
MovieComedy
An evil tailor uses a dog to tear men's clothes to boost his business. When he pulls this stunt on a Moorish Prince, a feud erupts as they both compete for the same girl. The Prince traps the tailor in a dungeon, but the tailor escapes using a magic lamp and endures wild adventures to ultimately win the girl's heart.
Hoop-LaHoop-La · 1919
Hoop-La
10.01919
MovieComedy
Hoop-La, the beautiful star of Minor's Mammoth Circus, a one-ring affair which tours county fairs and small towns, delights crowds with her bare-back riding, trapeze acts, and clowning. Reared in the confines of the circus by Old Toodles the clown, in accordance with her father's dying request, Hoop-La naively accepts the attentions of good-looking Joe McGee, a cheap horseman, after winning a race for him as a jockey. Tony Barrows, the foppish scion of a wealthy family, falls in love with Hoop-La, but she resents his snobbery and makes faces at him. When Hoop-La learns that her father was wealthy, she secretly marries McGee to save herself from a dull society life, but when she discovers McGee's true character, she promises to keep him supplied with money if he leaves.
Miss NobodyMiss Nobody · 1920
Miss Nobody
5.51920
MovieAdventureDrama
A raft carrying a little girl and a dead woman drifts in from a shipwreck to Devil's Island. There, a band of thieves and smugglers name the girl Rose Marie, though she grows up as "nobody's girl."
The Lamb and the LionThe Lamb and the Lion · 1919
The Lamb and the Lion
9.01919
MovieComedyDrama
A girl known as "Boots," who keeps house for a band of crooks led by her kind guardian, Uncle Ben, called "The Lion," demands that she be allowed to accompany them on a burglary. Dressed in boy's clothes, Boots is caught by Mrs. Kathryn Sylvester, a rich society widow, who, upon learning that Boots is a girl, resolves to avenge herself on James Graham, who refused to marry her stating that he wanted no stain on his lineage.
The Cave Men's WarThe Cave Men's War · 1913
The Cave Men's War
7.01913
MovieDrama
The dramatized illustration of the invention of the bow-and-arrow through a romantic triangle foregrounded by the bloody conflicts between the Cave Dwellers and the Shell People.
Mary's Merry Mix-UpMary's Merry Mix-Up · 1917
Mary's Merry Mix-Up
10.01917
MovieComedy
Father objects to Jack, Mary's new husband, believing him to be merely a flirtatious lifeguard. Mary's brother is in town and Jack believes her brother is something more-- that she may be 'false'. Jack disguises himself as the family's new butler to investigate.
Somebody's WidowSomebody's Widow · 1918
Somebody's Widow
1918
MovieComedyRomance
A comedy in which the widow Mary makes a bet with her friends that she can win over a writer named Jack.
The Blue BonnetThe Blue Bonnet · 1919
The Blue Bonnet
1919
MovieDrama
As an infant, Ruth Drake was stolen from her father by her vengeful mother, and then abandoned. She was adopted and raised by a pawnbroker, and as a young woman joins the Salvation Army in order to help the kinds of people she has seen--and was--growing up. When war breaks out in Europe, she volunteers to go to France

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Hoop-LaHoop-La · 1919
Hoop-La
10.01919
MovieComedy
Hoop-La, the beautiful star of Minor's Mammoth Circus, a one-ring affair which tours county fairs and small towns, delights crowds with her bare-back riding, trapeze acts, and clowning. Reared in the confines of the circus by Old Toodles the clown, in accordance with her father's dying request, Hoop-La naively accepts the attentions of good-looking Joe McGee, a cheap horseman, after winning a race for him as a jockey. Tony Barrows, the foppish scion of a wealthy family, falls in love with Hoop-La, but she resents his snobbery and makes faces at him. When Hoop-La learns that her father was wealthy, she secretly marries McGee to save herself from a dull society life, but when she discovers McGee's true character, she promises to keep him supplied with money if he leaves.

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