Acting
Elsie Ferguson
Born August 19, 1883 · New York City, New York, USA
Died November 5, 1961 · aged 78
From Wikipedia Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. At the peak of her popularity, several film studios offered her a contract but she declined them all until widely respected New York-based French director, Maurice Tourneur, proposed she appear in the lead role as a sophisticated patrician in his 1917 silent film, Barbary Sheep. She…
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Footlights · 1921Footlights
★ 7.01921
MovieDrama
Exotic Russian actress Lisa Parsinova tires of her glamorous life on the New York stage and returns, under her actual identity as Lizzie Parsons, to her small New England hometown. But she is pursued by a young man who is in love with the famed Russian alter ego.
Barbary Sheep · 1917Barbary Sheep
1917
MovieDrama
Arriving with her husband in Arabia, Katherine Wyvrne is ready for romantic times in the exotic Middle East, but her aristocratic husband prefers to be out hunting "Barbara sheep" than fulfilling his wife's desires. She soon meets up with the dashing Arab chief Benchaalai and falls for his charms, but he has a much more sinister goal in mind for her than romance.
Outcast · 1922Outcast
★ 3.01922
MovieDrama
A down-on-her luck streetwalker is ultimately redeemed by the love of a decent man.
The Marriage Price · 1919The Marriage Price
★ 7.01919
MovieRomanceDrama
A tough fellow from out West falls for young woman who is being pursued by a smarmy high-society type.
Sacred and Profane Love · 1921Sacred and Profane Love
★ 7.01921
MovieDramaRomance
Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some knowledge from indiscriminate reading, meets Diaz, a celebrated pianist, at a concert and spends the evening with him. Later, in London, she acquires fame as a novelist and is followed to France by married publisher Frank Ispenlove, who commits suicide when she spurns him. In Paris, Carlotta finds Diaz a physical wreck from drinking absinthe and devotes herself to his regeneration.
The Song of Songs · 1918The Song of Songs
★ 1.01918
MovieDrama
When composer Anselm Kardos leaves his alcoholic wife, he gives his daughter Lily an unfinished love ode entitled "The Song of Songs" and warns her to keep her artistic temperament in check.
The Rise of Jenny Cushing · 1917The Rise of Jenny Cushing
1917
MovieDrama
A resourceful young girl struggles to free herself from slum life.
Rose of the World · 1918Rose of the World
1918
MovieDrama
In India, Rosamond English learns that her husband, Capt. Harry English, has been killed in battle. After a time, she marries Sir Arthur Gerardine but is unable to forget her first husband, and gradually her love for him is rekindled, especially when she contrasts him to the pompous and elderly Sir Arthur.
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Lady Rose's Daughter · 1920Lady Rose's Daughter
★ 10.01920
MovieDrama
Julie le Breton is the illegitimate daughter of Lady Rose, whose own background resembles that of her daughter. Julie is buffeted by the ill treatment of her mother's family and nearly ruined by a fortune hunter, but her own resources and goodness stand her in good stead.
Julie le Breton / Lady Rose / Lady Maude














