Gertrude Claire
Acting
Biography
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Born: July 15, 1852
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Wine of Youth
Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generation" and how they think they know it all. It's also a play about love and marriage.
Red Hair
A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted. Only a small fragment of this film survives.
Oliver Twist
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
The Cradle of Courage
Former crook 'Square' Kelly serves in the First World War. When he returns from the war, one of his comrades-in-arms convinces him to join the police force. But Kelly finds himself confronting the very criminals who made up his old gang.
Her Sister from Paris
Helen has a twin sister, who is a famous actress named "La Perry". Helen and her sister decide to trick Helen's husband to prove his love.
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
An 18-part silent American adventure film serial now considered to be lost. Chapter Titles: 1. The Sea Raiders 2. Shipwrecked 3. The Cannibals' Captives 4. Hidden Gold 5. The Ship of Despair 6. Friday's Faith 7. The Swamp of Terror 8. Marooned 9. The Jaguar Trap 10. A Prisoner of the Sun 11. No Greater Love 12. The Island of Happiness 13. The Sword of Courage 14. The Buccaneers 15. The Jolly Roger 16. The Idol's Bride 17. When the Heart Calls 18. Back to the Primitive
The Crimson Gardenia
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.
Madcap Madge
The social climbing Flower family is comprised of Mr. Flower, a banker who has overextended himself financially, Mrs. Flower, a socially ambitious mother, Julia Flower, a marriage-minded elder daughter and Madge Flower, a high-spirited younger daughter. When Madge is expelled from boarding school for her practical jokes and pranks, she joins her mother and sister in Palm Beach, where they are wintering, in hopes of snaring a titled husband for Julia. Julia, fearful that her little sister will impair her success on the marriage market, forces Madge to dress as a child of ten. Julia has her sights set on the Earl of Larsdale, but after a series of misadventures, Madge elopes with the young man who turns out not to be an earl at all, but a prosperous young American who is holding her father's notes. Thus, she saves the day for the Flower family.
Tumbleweeds
William S. Hart stars in this 1925 silent film as a cowboy intent on claiming land during the 1889 land rush in the Oklahoma Territory. Though hardened from years of taming the new frontier, he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Before he settles down, however, he must contend with men who wish to bring him harm. In the prologue of the 1939 Astor Pictures revival of this film, Hart gives a moving eight-minute introduction-- the first and only time he appeared in a film accompanied by his striking voice.
The Coward
Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate army. He is terrified by the war and deserts during a battle. The film focuses on the son's struggle to overcome his cowardice.
Filmography
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Mrs. McCarver
as Lady Rockett
as 'Grannie' Hanley
as Granny
as Old Woman
as Grandma
as Elspeth Strong
as Grandma Breede
as Anna
as Granny
as Granny Mary
as Mrs. Carmichaael
as Ma Vandegrift
as Mrs. Rand
as Mother Slowbell
as Grandma MacLaren
as Mrs. Henderson
as Grandma Brewster
as Mrs. Maylie
as Mrs. Brent
as Ma Logan
as Mrs. Beresford
as Mrs. Farwell
as 'Mother' Brown
as Mrs. Kerran
as Susanne's Aunt
as Mrs. Blake
as Mrs. Mullen
as Character Lady
as Mother Kelly
as Sarah Green
as Aunt Tina Carbery
as Harriet King
as Angelica Pennington
as Robert's Mother
as Stella's mother
as Mere Felice
as Mrs. Hubbard
as Aunt Effie
as Aunt Tiny Colvin
as Mrs. Clary
as Sarah Ann Watts
as Mother Hilgard
as Mrs. Denton
as Mrs. Hardy
as The Mevrouw
as Letitia Jane Adams
as Mother Marie
as Mrs. Walden
as Mrs. Carey
as Mrs. Bagley
as Mrs. Denton
as Mrs. Cameron
as Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow
as Mother Grady - Holds May prisoner
as Donna Gonzales - Rosa's Mother
as The Nurse
as Mrs. Hall
as Mom Todd
as Aunt Betty
as Landlady
as Woman in West