Alma Hanlon

Acting

Alma Hanlon

Born April 30, 1890 · New Jersey, USA

Died October 26, 1977 · aged 87

No biography available.

Known For

The Law That FailedThe Law That Failed · 1917
The Law That Failed
★ 7.01917
MovieDrama
A prospector named Rodin is blackmailed for years by Estrella, who tricks him into believing he murdered her missing husband. After meeting Alice, Rodin traps Estrella in a secret room and disposes of her trunk, leading to charges of her murder. He's acquitted on a technicality when her body isn't found. Alice admits she believes he's guilty, and Rodin, releasing her, commits suicide in his library.
The LibertineThe Libertine · 1916
The Libertine
★ 9.01916
MovieDrama
Not only wooing the love of one woman, but masterfully woos the hearts of many women.
Wild OatsWild Oats · 1916
Wild Oats
★ 10.01916
MovieDrama
Addicted youth Roy Wilson steals his architect father's bid for a railway contract to pay gambling debts to Graham Madison, but the theft leads to his father's death and an attempt to frame Roy's sister Jessie's sweetheart, Carew. After Carew is wrongly accused, a confession from Roy and the exposure of Madison and Carew's plotting lead to Madison's arrest, Carew's vindication, and hope for the future.
Going UpGoing Up · 1916
Going Up
1916
MovieComedy
Musty Suffer is invited to stay in a mansion; hilarity ensues.
The Weakness of ManThe Weakness of Man · 1916
The Weakness of Man
1916
MovieDrama
David Spencer (Holbrook Blinn) is a basically good man, but like all men he has a few character flaws. Alas, these flaws deepen into weaknesses, leading to disaster for Spencer and his lady love Janice Lane (Eleanor Woodruff).
God of Little ChildrenGod of Little Children · 1917
God of Little Children
★ 9.01917
MovieDrama
Mary Keene is placed in John Ingalls' office to help carry out a plot to steal his money by placing a fake sister in his home. Mary, however, falls in love with Ingalls, foiling the scheme.
Gold and the WomanGold and the Woman · 1916
Gold and the Woman
1916
MovieDrama
The daughter of a Mexican aristocrat endures the travails of the Mexican revolution.
Pride and the DevilPride and the Devil · 1917
Pride and the Devil
★ 4.51917
MovieDrama
Self-made millionaire, Mason Van Horton embodies the sin of pride after being instilled with it by the Devil. The Devil creates two mortals, a man and a woman, and sends them into the world. The man, Van Horton, is given pride, which the Devil believes will lead to his downfall. The woman, lacking specific attributes, is sent to follow Van Horton, with the Devil anticipating her influence on his downward spiral.

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The Great Bradley MysteryThe Great Bradley Mystery · 1917
The Great Bradley Mystery
★ 8.01917
MovieMystery
Business partners Bradley and Collier both love Mary. Bradley leads Collier to believe he is engaged to her so Collier prepares to head West when Lola, the young girl Bradley had seduced and abandoned, appears at the office and begs Bradley for help. He spurns her slipping out of the office and making it appear that Collier is the lout. Mary with that perception marries Bradley only to discover by Lola’s deathbed confession that she has been deceived. Tony, Lola's father, crazed by his daughter's death, comes to Bradley's office and the next day Bradley is found dead. When Tony is arrested Collier steps forward to say he confronted Bradley and as they struggled the revolver Bradley drew went off, killing him. Tony is freed and Collier and Mary marry.

Mary

The Public DefenderThe Public Defender · 1917
The Public Defender
1917
MovieDramaCrime
When bank president Leslie Morrison dips into the till, he seeks to place the blame on bank clerk David Moulton by altering the figures in Moulton's books. He lays his plan carefully, but upon leaving the building late one night, Morrison falls into an elevator shaft and is killed. Moulton, the one man known to have been there, is charged with murder and tried by district attorney Robert Murdock. Unable to afford a competent defense, Moulton is convicted and sentenced to die in an electric chair. However, Mary Reed, a stenographer who loves Moulton, appeals as a last resort to the newly elected public defender, Arthur Nelson. Nelson investigates the case and discovers evidence on the very eve of the execution, evidence that will warrant a stay. Rescued from death in the nick of time, Moulton is granted a new trial under the supervision of the public defender and is found innocent.

Mary Reed

The Golden GodThe Golden God · 1917
The Golden God
★ 10.01917
MovieDrama
George Woods is leading a happy and contented life with his wife and little daughter in the small town of Milford when millionaire Cyrus Morton from New York offers to make him his chauffeur. George accepts and goes to the city where he finds everyone preoccupied with the pursuit of wealth. The fever enters his blood, and upon finding Morton's lost wallet, George takes the money and plunges into the stock market. His investment is successful, and from then on he becomes obsessed with money, forgetting his wife and child in his vain pursuit. But even with the vast wealth he accumulates, George finds that he is unhappy. Through his wife Mary's efforts, he finally realizes that true happiness cannot be found in the accumulation of riches, but lies in simpler pleasures.

Mary