Robert Agnew
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 4, 1899
Place of Birth: Dayton, Kentucky, 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.
The Naughty Flirt
A coquettish socialite falls for a straight-laced associate in her father's law firm. But she must also fend off the advances of a greedy fortune-hunter and his sister.
The Midnight Taxi
The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costello, and Myrna Loy. It is unknown whether a sound copy survives, but a silent copy with no talking is in the care of the British Film Institute. The silent print runs just under 50 minutes. According to the Library of Congress, the film survives in British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive.
The Woman Racket
During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave her wanting.
The College Hero
A college football player is injured by a jealous teammate during practice, but comes back unexpectedly to play for his team in the season's key game.
The Spanish Dancer
The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people's fortunes. Despite her lowly position, Maritana wishes to be a Countess. Her ambitions are realized when she meets the handsome Count Don Cesar de Bazán, if only the King of Spain would stay out of their way!
Extravagance
Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide Alice with the luxuries she expects as her right. Mom blows what's left of her fortune to provide the best trousseau that money can buy when Alice marries Fred Garlan, and then wishes Fred lots of luck. Now, Alice is trying to coax Fred into buying her a new sable coat while Fred is busily trying to borrow enough money to keep his business afloat.
Broken Barriers
A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and falls for a young man at a party, only to discover that he's married. As if that weren't bad enough, he is soon seriously injured in an automobile accident, and doctors say that he may never walk again.
Prodigal Daughters
Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Forbes. Their mother shows no restraint over her daughters, so they live among the flapper set. Lester Hodges, a songwriter, is enamored of Marjory, while Garside, who runs a card room, is interested in Swifty. While gambling at Garside's place, Swifty meets Roger Corbin, who works as an engineer at her father's business. Corbin falls in love with Swifty. When Mr. Forbes protests against both his daughters' behavior, they move out. Marjory marries Hodges, but eventually leaves him and returns to her parents. Swifty, who has gambled herself into debt, agrees to marry Garside. But when the couple are together in a café, prohibition agents raid the place.
The Fourth Commandment
Following a reversal in the Graham family fortune, a childhood love affair between Gordon Graham and Marjorie Miller is frustrated by the socially ambitious Mrs. Miller.
Filmography
as Wilbur Fairchild
as Billy
as Rags
as Jack Madison
as Bob Cantfield
as Donald Woodward
as Elliott Cable
as Redfern
as Peter Foley
as Sonny
as Jerry Arnold
as Bob Ramsey
as Dr. Lawrence Tibbits
as Harry Canby
as The Boy
as James Warren
as Billie - the Young Officer
as Boots
as Robert Wallace
as Bobby Hollister
as Harry Van Alstyne
as Bobbie Durland
as Tommy
as Matt Carney
as Larry
as Dick Rockwood
as Juan
as Cyril Overton
as Albert deMarceau
as Bob Stanley
as Lester Hodge
as David Peirce
as Chick Saxe
as Jerry Brandon
as Bob Hale
as Bobby Wheeler
as Walter Hamilton
as Laurence Mannerby
as Alan Churchill
as Faustino Eusebio
as Bobby Goodwin
as Lal Birkenread
as Dick Hammond