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Dwinelle Benthall
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Known For
The Shepherd of the Hills · 1928The Shepherd of the Hills
★ 7.01928
MovieWesternDrama
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Ozark family, becomes known as The Shepherd because of his gentle and kindly ways. Years earlier, his son betrayed a mountaineer's daughter, and The Shepherd hopes to atone for his error. When a continued drought threatens the people with starvation and ruin, they lose faith in the "miracle man" and mock him, though he begs them to keep the faith.
Heart to Heart · 1928Heart to Heart
★ 7.01928
MovieComedy
Princess Delatorre, the recent widow of an Italian royal, pays a visit to her old hometown in America and is quickly mistaken for a local seamstress of dubious reputation.
Burning Daylight · 1928Burning Daylight
★ 5.41928
MovieDramaAction
Elam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson, Alaska gold rush and loses the million dollars in Dawson. He journeys to San Francisco, makes three million dollars and loses it in San Francisco. He returns to Alaska and eventually finds his treasure.
The Heart of a Follies Girl · 1928The Heart of a Follies Girl
★ 9.01928
MovieComedy
A clerk falls in love with a beautiful dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies. Not being able to support the girl in the manner to which she is accustomed, he commits forgery in order to get the money to buy her an engagement ring. Complications ensue.
California Straight Ahead · 1925California Straight Ahead
★ 7.01925
MovieComedyAction
Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his wedding day.
The Whip · 1928The Whip
★ 10.01928
MovieDrama
Lord Brancaster, a decent and upright British nobleman, loses his memory in an accident. While in this amnesiac condition, he becomes involved with the training of a horse, the Whip, for racing at Ascot.
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