Alma Bennett
Acting
Biography
Alma Bennett, born Alma Long, was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 64 films between 1915 and 1931, mostly as alluring vamps.
Born: April 9, 1904
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A
Known For
The Lost World
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
The Affairs of Anatol
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 on 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.
Long Pants
Harry Shelby has been kept in knee pants for years by his overprotective parents, but the day finally comes when Harry is given his first pair of long pants. Almost immediately, he is expected to marry his childhood sweetheart Priscilla... but instead, Harry's first heady whiff of manhood has got him panting after Bebe, a "fast" woman from the big city. Mistakenly thinking that Bebe fancies him too, Harry risks everything to help her out when she lands in jail, only to end up in hot water himself. Through it all, sweet Priscilla waits for her man to come to his senses.
Her Boy Friend
Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his bumbling son Larry to rescue her.
The Right to Happiness
The story of twin sisters, one raised in Russia, the other in America, and how their lives diverge and re-entangle.
Orchids and Ermine
Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who dreams of marrying rich. Her constant daydreaming of wealth annoys her fellow workers, and ruins the heart of one of her worshiping colleagues.
The Face on the Barroom Floor
As a derelict paints the face of a girl on a barroom floor, the plot is developed in a series of flashbacks: Robert Stevens, an artist engaged to marry Marion, a society girl, becomes charmed with a fisherman's daughter who poses for him. The society girl's brother brings dishonor upon the fisherman's daughter, and when she commits suicide the artist shields the brother. Stevens is blamed by his fiancée, who terminates their engagement. The artist becomes a derelict and is wrongfully imprisoned. Eventually Stevens is exonerated and reunited with Marion.
Three Jumps Ahead
John Ford both directed and wrote the story (based on his published work The Hostage), a typical western romance in which Mix falls for the daughter of an imperiled rancher. This above-average Tom Mix western contains one of the star's more spectacular stunts -- a jump on horseback across the 20-foot Beale's Cut. Truth be told, the star, who frequently did his own stunt work, was forced to use a double this time
The Campus Carmen
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.
Why Men Leave Home
John and Irene Emerson's marriage begins well enough, but it is not long before John becomes less attentive. Feeling neglected, Irene spends more time with her girl friends, and John, consequently, falls prey to the vamping wiles of his secretary, Jean Ralston. When John comes home from the theater smelling of Jean's perfume, Irene procures a divorce; John then marries Jean.
Filmography
as Peaches Stone
as Camille McNab - Vamp
as Marie Cartier
as 1st Cabaret Entertainer
as Vamp in Play
as Bride
as Mabel Manning
as Alma - the Gold Digger
as The Club President's Wife
as Pearl Minnow
as His downfall
as Alma
as The Vamp
as Haldee
as Carlotta
as Princess Zola
as Juanita
as Flora Foster
as Ardath Courtney
as Bonita
as Gladys Hungerford
as Annette Ritazi
as Lily Elliott, a showgirl
as The Vamp
as Jean Ralston
as Doris
as Susie Trammel
as Annie Darrell
as Lottie
as Nora Foster
as Chorus Girl
as Lily