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Pinna Nesbit
Born November 26, 1896 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died March 31, 1950 · aged 53
No biography available.
Known For
Beloved Adventuress · 1917Beloved Adventuress
★ 1.01917
MovieDrama
Romantic melodrama of musical comedy star Juliette La Monde's thoughtless pursuit of love and pleasure with various men until her ultimate redemption through sacrifice.
The Corner Grocer · 1917The Corner Grocer
1917
MovieDrama
Kindhearted Charles Wendel, who has built his pushcart grocery business into a prosperous enterprise, adopts little eight-year-old Mary Brian after her mother dies in poverty. The little girl becomes the angel of the house, beloved by all. Wendel's dream is that his son Ralph will carry on the business, but when Ralph graduates from college, he decides that he is too good for the grocery business. Instead, he goes to work in a bank where he falls prey to swindlers who convince him to forge his father's name on a $100,000 check. When the forgery is discovered, the old man covers the check at the cost of his own financial ruin. Ralph, chagrined, leaves home to make good and soon after returns, prosperous, to wed Mary and restore the fortune and happiness of the Wendel family.
Let's Get a Divorce · 1918Let's Get a Divorce
1918
MovieComedy
A bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical fop. The girl demands that her husband Prunelles grant her a divorce, but he devises a scheme to bring her back into the matrimonial fold.
The Good for Nothing · 1917The Good for Nothing
1917
MovieDrama
The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds · 1918The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
★ 10.01918
MovieDramaHistory
During the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr are both courting beautiful Margaret Moncrieffe. Fast-forward several years and they again find themselves on opposite sides, this time about compensation for the properties of Tories--colonists who sided with the British--during the war. Hamilton falls for Maria Reynolds, who it turns out is secretly the wife of prominent pawnbroker Jacob Clingman, a friend of Burr's. The pair conspire to destroy Hamilton, who is now Secretary of the Treasury and married to the daughter of a prominent army general, by making public several love letters Hamilton had written to Mrs. Reynolds.
Partners of the Night · 1920Partners of the Night
★ 10.01920
MovieDramaRomance
A tricky woman criminal, in league with an international crook, falls in love with the honest detective tracking them.
Bolshevism on Trial · 1919Bolshevism on Trial
★ 5.01919
MovieDrama
Society melodrama about a wealthy father who purchases an island to prove to his son that communism won't work.
The Price of Pride · 1917The Price of Pride
1917
MovieWestern
Madge Black witnesses her best friend Nan Westland, kissing her husband, successful lawyer Jeffrey Arnold Black, a successful lawyer, and orders Nan from the house. Angered by her refusal to let him explain, Jeffrey leaves his wife and son David, Jeffrey meets Nan on a westbound train. Though he does not love her he offers his protection and the next year they welcome a son, William. Nan pleads with him to divorce Madge and marry her for the sake of their son, but he will refuse. Distraught, she marries Ben Richardson, a client of Jeffrey's client, leaving their son behind. Twenty years pass with David becoming a responsible adult while half-brother William now known as “Rodeo” becomes the leader of a lawless band of robbers. Meanwhile Ben Richardson and Nan have become owners of Chanceland, a gambling-house in Colorado and it is there that things reach a climax between the near identical brothers.
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