Madame Adele, once a great star of the Paris theatre, has fallen upon hard times. Read More »
Tag Archives: Betty Compson
Midnight Mystery (1930) George B. Seitz, Betty Compson, Lowell Sherman, Raymond Hatton
Several able silent-screen veterans converge in RKO Radio’s Midnight Mystery. Read More »
Paths to Paradise (1925) Clarence G. Badger, Betty Compson, Raymond Griffith, Tom Santschi
A con-woman has a nice business going in fleecing gullible tourists who want a genuine ‘underworld’ experience Read More »
The Docks of New York (1928) Josef von Sternberg, George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova
Bill Roberts works as a stoker on a coal-red barge. It’s dirty, hard work and the men have to put up with a foreman, Andy Read More »
The Silver Lining (1932) Alan Crosland, Maureen O’Sullivan, Betty Compson, John Warburton, Drama
A women in prison tale. Ones rich ones poor. Can they prosper after prison? Read More »
Weary River (1929) Frank Lloyd, Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden, Drama, Romance
Jerry Larabee (Richard Barthelmess)is a gangster who can play piano and sing, mostly to entertain his girl Alice (Betty Compson), who is quite visibly thrilled by his crooning. Read More »
Three Who Loved (1931) George Archainbaud, Betty Compson, Conrad Nagel, Robert Ames, Drama
John Hanson (Conrad Nagel) is a bank teller and invests in stocks. He and his best friend (another bank teller) Phil Wilson (Robert Ames) live at a boarding house run by his Swedish fiance’s aunt, Mrs. Larson (Bodil Rosing). Read More »
The Pony Express (1925) James Cruze, Betty Compson, Ricardo Cortez, Ernest Torrence, Western
The Pony Express is a rousing James Cruze Western depicting the founding of the Pony Express with a backdrop of political ambitions concerning a senator’s plans to get California to secede from the United States so he can build his own empire.
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The Gay Diplomat (1931) Richard Boleslawski, Genevieve Tobin, Betty Compson, Ivan Lebedeff, Drama
Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one’s allegiance.
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On with the Show! (1929) Alan Crosland, Arthur Lake, Betty Compson, Joe E. Brown
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can the show be saved?
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Street Girl (1929) Wesley Ruggles, Betty Compson, John Harron, Jack Oakie, Drama, Musical, Romance
Jobless, homeless and starving Freddie Joyzelle is saved by Mike Fall from the clutches of a masher, and is then invited to stay with him and his musician partners for at least two weeks. The four men call themselves The Four Seasons because of their surnames: there is also Joe Spring, Happy Winter and Pete Summer. Besides joining their group as a violinist, Freddie cooks and cleans for them and even gets them a gig at the Little Aregon restaurant after they are fired for asking for a raise at their old job. She is from the country of Aregon and knows the owner, Mr. Keppel, also from Aregon. When Prince Nicholaus of Aregon pays a visit to the restaurant and recognizes Freddie, he kisses her on the forehead, creating front page news that makes the restaurant famous. Keppel decides to open a larger restaurant because of the increase in business.
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The Great Gabbo (1929) James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim, Donald Douglas, Betty Compson
For the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he starts relying more and more on Otto, he starts going mad.
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