Movies: Robert Thornby

  • 1922
    The Trap

    The Trap (1922)

    The Trap

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    A miner's happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and plans a trap for the man who took his mine....

    The Trap
  • 1919
    The Prince and Betty

    The Prince and Betty (1919)

    The Prince and Betty

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    Young American John Maude is forced to find a job when he falls in love with society girl Betty Keith. He accepts a sudden offer to go to Mervo, a tiny island country, where he is hired by Benjamin Scobell to pose as the lost prince of Mervo as an at...

    The Prince and Betty
  • 1912
    The Greater Love

    The Greater Love (1912)

    The Greater Love

    51912HD

    A romantic Western in which a notorious criminal who is in love with the fiancée of the sheriff digs his own sentence by reuniting the sheriff, whom he has wounded, with the girl....

    The Greater Love
  • 1912
    The Craven

    The Craven (1912)

    The Craven

    51912HD

    A short western about a cowardly sheriff who leaves it up to his wife to catch a murderer, and then takes the credit himself....

    The Craven
  • 1912
    At the End of the Trail

    At the End of the Trail (1912)

    At the End of the Trail

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    A short Western about the tragic romance between a sheriff and the daughter of a horse thief....

    At the End of the Trail
  • 1912
    A Girl of the West

    A Girl of the West (1912)

    A Girl of the West

    4.51912HD

    A Western drama in which a gang steals John’s horse and then kidnaps Polly when she tries to warn the new buyer....

    A Girl of the West
  • 1917
    On Dangerous Ground

    On Dangerous Ground (1917)

    On Dangerous Ground

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    Carlyle Blackwell stars as an American in Germany at the outbreak of World War I. A mysterious stranger bursts into his room and proclaims him her husband. What's a gentleman to do? He poses as her husband to deliver "papers" to French headquarters. ...

    On Dangerous Ground
  • 1912
    The Fatherhood of Buck McGee

    The Fatherhood of Buck McGee (1912)

    The Fatherhood of Buck McGee

    41912HD

    A gruff prospector with a distaste for women and children suddenly finds, when his mining partner dies in an accident, himself responsible for the man's orphaned daughter....

    The Fatherhood of Buck McGee
  • 1912
    The Better Man

    The Better Man (1912)

    The Better Man

    41912HD

    With a fondness for gambling, Jim Saunders is given to neglecting his wife and child. One night during his absence at the saloon, Miguel Gomez, a Mexican outlaw, for whom $1,000 reward is offered, enters Jim's home and demands food of Mrs. Saunders....

    The Better Man
  • 1912
    A Wasted Sacrifice

    A Wasted Sacrifice (1912)

    A Wasted Sacrifice

    51912HD

    A short Western. When his child dies, Dick is at wit’s end. He begins to drink, and shoots someone dead. As the sheriff is chasing him, Dick comes across a dead Indian woman with her child. He cares for the child, and warns the sheriff. When they fin...

    A Wasted Sacrifice
  • 1912
    The Redemption of Red Rube

    The Redemption of Red Rube (1912)

    The Redemption of Red Rube

    41912HD

    A short Western about a bandit who saves the daughter of the sheriff....

    The Redemption of Red Rube
  • 1912
    How States Are Made

    How States Are Made (1912)

    How States Are Made

    41912HD

    Twenty or twenty-five years ago, when the unoccupied government lands were released for settlement, everyone who registered their names was given a fair and free chance to secure one of the sections of land, which was apportioned off in sections. The...

    How States Are Made
  • 1912
    Destiny Is Changeless

    Destiny Is Changeless (1912)

    Destiny Is Changeless

    41912HD

    A silent romantic film about the battle between two fur trappers for the hand of a lovely girl....

    Destiny Is Changeless
  • 1912
    The Triumph of Right

    The Triumph of Right (1912)

    The Triumph of Right

    41912HD

    A drama in which a man buys a horse in order to get medicine for his wife, but is then arrested because he is riding a stolen horse....

    The Triumph of Right
  • 1920
    The Deadlier Sex

    The Deadlier Sex (1920)

    The Deadlier Sex

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    The Deadlier Sex features Blanche Sweet playing the daughter of a railroad magnate (Winter Hall) who has to take charge when her father unexpectedly dies. She uses her outdoor survival skills to kidnap a business rival to save the company from a stoc...

    The Deadlier Sex
  • 1923
    Stormswept

    Stormswept (1923)

    Stormswept

    11923HD

    Despondent over the infidelity of his wife, William McCabe wanders on the waterfront considering suicide, but instead he saves the life of Shark Moran. Moran gives McCabe a job on his lightship, where McCabe enjoys the solitude and falls in love with...

    Stormswept
  • 1914
    Little Billy's Triumph

    Little Billy's Triumph (1914)

    Little Billy's Triumph

    51914HD

    Little Billy wants to buy some ice cream with the dime his mother gave him, but the neighborhood bullies have other plans for that dime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010....

    Little Billy's Triumph
  • 1923
    Gold Madness

    Gold Madness (1923)

    Gold Madness

    01923HD

    Crooked mine dealer Scotty McGee lures away gold prospector Tim Kendal's wife, Olga, who married out of gold madness. Kendall gets revenge when he actually strikes gold, then later, as a member of the police force, arrests McGee and Olga as swindlers...

    Gold Madness
  • 1917
    Forbidden Paths

    Forbidden Paths (1917)

    Forbidden Paths

    01917HD

    Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian Martin) in Sato's care. Sato loves the girl, but as he is Japanese he cannot hope to ever marry her (at l...

    Forbidden Paths
  • 1919
    Carolyn of the Corners

    Carolyn of the Corners (1919)

    Carolyn of the Corners

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    The story of an orphan girl and her dog....

    Carolyn of the Corners