Shannon Day

Acting

Shannon Day

Born August 3, 1896 · New York City, New York, USA

Died February 24, 1977 · aged 80

From Wikipedia Shannon Day (August 5, 1896 – February 24, 1977) (born, Sylvia Day)[1] was an American silent film actress who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions. She also performed on the Broadway stage as a teenager. Her career did not survive the sound era. Her first film was Cecil B. DeMille's Forbidden Fruit.

Known For

The Affairs of AnatolThe Affairs of Anatol · 1921
The Affairs of Anatol
★ 5.91921
MovieDramaComedy
Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie, he lets an apartment for her only to find that she cheats him. He is subsequently robbed, conned, and booted from pillar to post. He decides to return to his wife and discovers her carousing with his best friend Max.
The Vanishing AmericanThe Vanishing American · 1925
The Vanishing American
★ 6.61925
MovieWestern
A tribe of Navajo live on a reservation overseen by an Indian-hating agent.
Marriage MoralsMarriage Morals · 1923
Marriage Morals
★ 7.01923
MovieDramaRomance
Harry Ryan, a wealthy spendthrift, falls in love with Mary Gardner, a beauty shop employee, and marries her. Mary, discouraged because she is unable to cure Ryan of his dissolute ways, leaves him. She returns after a change of heart to find her husband bedridden and despondent. At the moment of reconciliation it is revealed that in reality Mary, unattached, was only dreaming, as the result of reading a book entitled Marriage Morals, by J. C. Black.
The Marriage MarketThe Marriage Market · 1923
The Marriage Market
★ 9.01923
MovieComedyRomance
The story of a wealthy young flapper, Theodora Bland (Pauline Garon), and the amorous adventures and misadventures she has after being expelled from a fashionable and costly east-coast boarding school.
So This Is Marriage?So This Is Marriage? · 1924
So This Is Marriage?
★ 7.01924
MovieDrama
After five years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconciliations. Beth is frivolous and extravagant; Peter is domineering and ambitious and has difficulty paying the bills. Daniel Rankin, who lives in the same apartment building, becomes attracted to Beth and arranges with the Marsh chauffeur to have her car break down, allowing him to offer assistance and gracefully introduce himself; Rankin later invites her to a dance. Resenting Rankin's attentions to his wife, Peter forbids her to go. However, Beth accompanies Rankin to spite her husband, and Rankin proposes that she divorce Peter and become his wife. A lost film.
North of the Rio GrandeNorth of the Rio Grande · 1922
North of the Rio Grande
★ 10.01922
MovieRomanceWestern
Son of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his absence, one of the prize horses is stolen and his father is killed. Bob swears revenge and becomes known as Velantrie, leader of a band of semi-outlaws, and befriends a priest, Father Hillaire. At a mission, he meets Val, daughter of John Hannon, a wealthy ranch-owner.
Captain Fly-by-NightCaptain Fly-by-Night · 1922
Captain Fly-by-Night
★ 6.81922
MovieDramaAdventure
First one stranger, then another, arrive at the presidio, each with a government pass and each claiming to have been robbed by the notorious Captain Fly-by-Night and his highwaymen. The soldiers and Señorita Anita believe the first to be Fly-by-Night and the second to be Señor Rocha, Anita's fiancée and emissary of the governor. But the first stranger, to whom Anita is drawn, proves to be on a government mission and exposes the second stranger as Captain Fly-by-Night.
Forbidden FruitForbidden Fruit · 1921
Forbidden Fruit
★ 6.61921
MovieDramaRomance
Mary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has no real prospects of earning money. Mary's employers, are trying to strike an oil related business deal with a rich man by the name of Nelson Rogers. The deal does not seem to be on the table, as Mr. Rogers is leaving town shortly and does not have the time to work out the details of such a deal. In an order to entice him to stay, Mrs. Mallory - wife of Mr. Mallory who is proposing the business deal - convinces Mary to be her guest at a dinner party with the intent of making Mr. Rogers fall for her and thus stay long enough for Mr. Mallory to make him agree to a business deal.

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