Acting
Hedda Nova
Born May 15, 1899 · Odessa, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Died January 16, 1981 · aged 81
Hedda Nova (1899–1981) was a Russian-born American film actress. She was a silent film actress for 17 years with the "Universal Film Studios Company". She did not transfer to talking films most probably because of her thick Russian accent.
Known For
The Mask · 1921The Mask
★ 7.01921
MovieCrimeDrama
The Mask 1921 film
Calibre 38 · 1919Calibre 38
★ 8.01919
MovieWestern
Montana cattleman Austin Brandt is jilted by Rosemary, who elopes with stranger Royce Greer, but he is consoled by his twenty-year-old niece Joan. Rosemary later returns to Custer City to run a dance hall with her husband, who mistreats her.
The Woman in the Web · 1918The Woman in the Web
1918
MovieAdventure
15 chapter adventure serial: 1. Caught in the Web; 2. The Open Switch; 3. The Speeding Doom; 4. The Clutch of Terror; 5. The Hand of Mystery; 6. Full Speed Ahead; 7. The Crater of Death; 8. The Plunge of Horror; 9. The Fire Trap; 10. Out of the Dungeon; 11. In the Desert's Grip; 12. Hurled to Destruction; 13. The Hidden Menace; 14. The Crash of Fate; 15. Out of the Web.
The Spitfire of Seville · 1919The Spitfire of Seville
★ 8.01919
MovieDrama
The Bar Sinister · 1917The Bar Sinister
1917
MovieDrama
The Bar Sinister is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Edgar Lewis.
The Crimson Gardenia · 1919The Crimson Gardenia
★ 6.51919
MovieAdventureDrama
Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is mistaken for escaped prisoner Emile Le Duc by a woman (who turns out to be a long-lost cousin) who was to meet Le Duc, who was to be wearing a red gardenia. It turns out that Le Duc is the head of a vicious gang of counterfeiters, and Roland winds up getting in more adventures than he had hoped for.
Shadows of the West · 1921Shadows of the West
★ 7.01921
MovieWestern
California cowpuncher Jim Kern and his pal enlist in the war against Germany and, shortly thereafter, meet Frank Akuri, who has pledged to colonize the United States for his homeland, Japan. While Jim and other white males are fighting in France, Akuri forces Jim's sweetheart Mary to sell her ranch, as she is not able to run it because the only men left, the Japanese, have pledged not to work for the whites. With the ranch, Akuri begins his colony. Mary counters by organizing her society women friends to appeal to Congress against the "yellow menace." When it seems that his plans will be thwarted, Akuri issues orders for the death of Mary and her friends, but Jim and his pal return and rescue them. Akuri then kidnaps Mary and takes her to his apartment, but with the help of Akuri's wronged Japanese lover, Jim learns her whereabouts. He organizes a posse of American Legion locals and rescues Mary just as Akuri is about to murder her. Akuri's group is routed out.
Folly of Youth · 1925Folly of Youth
★ 9.01925
MovieCrimeDrama
After his sister falls ill from drinking some bad booze, Robert Cartwright sets out to investigate and expose those bootleggers but unexpectedly encounters an attractive woman who has been roped into the gang of criminals.
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