Mai Wells

Acting

Mai Wells

Born April 13, 1863 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died August 1, 1941 · aged 78

No biography available.

Known For

The Breath of the GodsThe Breath of the Gods · 1920
The Breath of the Gods
7.01920
MovieDrama
While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a diplomatic attaché. At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Pierre is sent to Japan as attaché to the Australian ambassador. When Yuki's father discovers his daughter's romance with a foreigner, he becomes enraged and betroths her to Prince Hagane for political reasons.
The PilgrimThe Pilgrim · 1923
The Pilgrim
6.91923
MovieComedyWestern
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
If I Had a MillionIf I Had a Million · 1932
If I Had a Million
6.51932
MovieDramaComedy
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
The Chaplin RevueThe Chaplin Revue · 1959
The Chaplin Revue
7.41959
MovieComedy
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
Fatty's Tintype TangleFatty's Tintype Tangle · 1915
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
5.71915
MovieComedy
Hubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch courage, and he storms out, declaring he won't be a domestic slave anymore. He heads for a park bench where a photographer mistakes him for a seated woman's sweetheart. The tintype of the two of them falls into the hands of the woman's husband, whose jealous rage frightens our hero. He abruptly leaves town, telling wifey he'll be away on business. Wifey doesn't need her house while he's away, so, unknown to hubby, she moves in with mom and rents the house to the couple from the park. When our hero returns home sooner than expected, the renter has another attack of jealousy.
Old Lady 31Old Lady 31 · 1920
Old Lady 31
8.01920
MovieComedyDrama
Excuse MeExcuse Me · 1925
Excuse Me
8.01925
MovieComedy
A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.
A Muddy RomanceA Muddy Romance · 1913
A Muddy Romance
4.81913
MovieComedy
Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his rival comes up with a strange scheme to stop them. Soon the Keystone Kops arrive on the scene, and chaos quickly ensues.

Filmography

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His Majesty, the Scarecrow of OzHis Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz · 1914
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz
5.61914
MovieComedyFamily
A wicked king has taken over the Emerald City, and wants his daughter, Princess Gloria to marry the horrid courtier Googly-Goo, though she loves Pon, the Gardener's Boy. The camera follows two farmers placing a Scarecrow upon a pole in a cornfield. Pon rescues a Kansas girl named Dorothy from the evil witch Mombi, whom Princess Gloria has been taken to by King Krewl to freeze her heart so she will no longer love Pon. An Indian princess has a ceremony to bring the Scarecrow to life. Pon rescues the cold-hearted princess and they flee for help, discovering the Scarecrow, who promptly falls in love with the princess, and Button-Bright, a lost boy from America. They come to the castle of the Tin Emperor, Nick Chopper, and after oiling him, he falls in love with Gloria. After a bit of a chase aided by the Sawhorse and the Wizard, Mombi turns Pon into a Kangaroo, and a slough of Fred Woodward's animals battle it out.

Old Mombi