Acting

Newton Hall

Born September 2, 1914

Died April 17, 1971 · aged 56

No biography available.

Known For

PenrodPenrod · 1922
Penrod
★ 10.01922
MovieComedyDrama
Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and nasty neighbors. He heads the ABPA (American Boys' Protective Association) and through it disrupts a number of local social events. The townspeople are pretty fed up with Penrod and his gang, but when a couple of outlaws come to town, Penrod shows his mettle.
Burning DaylightBurning Daylight · 1920
Burning Daylight
★ 7.01920
MovieDrama
A drama directed by Edward Sloman.
Is Matrimony a Failure?Is Matrimony a Failure? · 1922
Is Matrimony a Failure?
★ 10.01922
MovieComedy
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Saxby's silver wedding anniversary is interrupted by the surprise elopement of their daughter Margaret with bank clerk Arthur Haviland. Law student Dudley King, and rival suitor for Margaret, announces that the marriage-license clerk is on vacation and that the license obtained by the elopers is invalid; he wires the proprietor of the lodge where the couple plan to spend their honeymoon, and Arthur and his wife indignantly return home.
Dollar DownDollar Down · 1925
Dollar Down
★ 7.01925
MovieDrama
Just before he propelled the crime melodrama to new, macabre heights in The Unholy Three, Browning directed this partially lost morality tale pertaining to a different kind of horror: that of a middle-class family living beyond their means and falling prey to moneylenders. Produced by and starring Ruth Roland for FBO Studios, a small operation that later became RKO Pictures, Dollar Down follows Roland as the spendthrift daughter of a manufacturing firm’s general manager (Henry Walthall), who pawns a ring purchased on credit to throw an extravagant party and sends the family’s livelihood into a tailspin. Because its last reel completely disintegrated before it could be copied, the film remains an ultra-rare curio that nonetheless captures an important chapter in Browning’s career before his successful string of films made for MGM.
The Dramatic Life of Abraham LincolnThe Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln · 1924
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
★ 10.01924
MovieHistoryDrama
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Stella DallasStella Dallas · 1925
Stella Dallas
★ 7.11925
MovieDrama
An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter starts growing up.
DintyDinty · 1920
Dinty
★ 5.51920
MovieAdventureComedy
Dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in Chinatown.
At the Sign of the Jack'O LanternAt the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern · 1922
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
★ 9.01922
MovieMysteryComedy
When Harlan Carr inherited his Uncle Ebenezer's "Jack-O Lantern" house and too his bride there to live, he found himself the unwilling host of a score of hungry relatives within a week. Soon, strange things began to happen. A black cat made the house his headquarters, unexplained sounds could be heard and a shadowy figure floated through the halls at night.

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Dollar DownDollar Down · 1925
Dollar Down
★ 7.01925
MovieDrama
Just before he propelled the crime melodrama to new, macabre heights in The Unholy Three, Browning directed this partially lost morality tale pertaining to a different kind of horror: that of a middle-class family living beyond their means and falling prey to moneylenders. Produced by and starring Ruth Roland for FBO Studios, a small operation that later became RKO Pictures, Dollar Down follows Roland as the spendthrift daughter of a manufacturing firm’s general manager (Henry Walthall), who pawns a ring purchased on credit to throw an extravagant party and sends the family’s livelihood into a tailspin. Because its last reel completely disintegrated before it could be copied, the film remains an ultra-rare curio that nonetheless captures an important chapter in Browning’s career before his successful string of films made for MGM.

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