Esther Ralston

Acting

Esther Ralston

Born September 17, 1902 · Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

Died January 14, 1994 · aged 91

Esther Ralston (September 17th, 1902- January 14th, 1994) was an American silent film star. She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act named "The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America's Youngest Juliet". She then went on to appear in a few small silent film roles, including one alongside her brother in the 1920 film adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. Ralston gained attent…

Known For

The KidThe Kid · 1921
The Kid
★ 8.11921
MovieComedyDrama
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
The Marriage CircleThe Marriage Circle · 1924
The Marriage Circle
★ 6.31924
MovieComedyRomance
An unhappily married couple moves to Vienna, where the wife’s married best friend lives, and soon, sparks fly between the wife and the best friend’s husband.
Together We LiveTogether We Live · 1935
Together We Live
★ 7.01935
MovieDrama
A ham-handed cautionary fable against communism, the film concerns a group of Civil War veterans who are appalled by the burgeoning radical movement in America.
The Girl from MandalayThe Girl from Mandalay · 1936
The Girl from Mandalay
★ 4.71936
MovieActionDrama
John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When Foster's fiancée, Mary Trevor, writes him that their engagement is off, he goes off to Mandalay.
A Kiss for CinderellaA Kiss for Cinderella · 1925
A Kiss for Cinderella
★ 6.01925
MovieFantasyDrama
An adaption of a novel by Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.
Children of DivorceChildren of Divorce · 1927
Children of Divorce
★ 6.01927
MovieRomanceDrama
A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue.
Rome ExpressRome Express · 1932
Rome Express
★ 6.11932
MovieThriller
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
Letter of IntroductionLetter of Introduction · 1938
Letter of Introduction
★ 6.01938
MovieComedyDrama
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.

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BetrayalBetrayal · 1929
Betrayal
★ 9.01929
MovieDrama
André Frey, a bohemian artist, woos and wins a rustic Swiss maid, promising to return to her after a visit to the city. The girl, Vroni, finds herself pregnant and is forced by her father to marry Poldi Moser, the mayor of the small Swiss town. Moser and Vroni are happy together, and two sons are born to them. André returns to the village periodically and finally asks Vroni to go away with him. She refuses, and he writes her an angry note. That evening, Vroni and André are involved in a toboggan accident; Vroni is killed outright, and André is fatally injured. Moser finds André's note and goes to him, demanding of the dying man to know which of the boys is in fact André's child. Thinking to protect his own son, André informs Moser that Moser's own son is his (André's) son. Moser swears vengeance on the child but relents when he realizes that he loves both boys equally.

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