Over the Hill

Dec 30, 1917

0h 50m

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Overview

The spread of yellow journalism in a small town almost destroys the lives of several people and threatens the livelihood of the hamlet itself.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Astra Film

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Cast

Esther

Gladys Hulette

Amos Winthrop

J.H. Gilmour

Reverend Timothy Neal

Dan Mason

Roy Winthrop

William Parke Jr.

Allen Stone

Chester Barnett

Jim Barnes

Richard Thornton

Rose Lawlor

Joyce Fair

Mr. Lawlor

Paul Clerget

Rose's Sister

Tula Belle

Mrs. Finn

Inda Palmer

King Arthur

Billy Sullivan

Mike

John Carr

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The Beautiful and Damned

Dec 10, 1922

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Babbitt

Jun 15, 1924

A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.

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Being Respectable

Jul 1, 1924

Wealthy young Charles Carpenter is pressured by his family to marry Suzanne, even though he is really in love with young "flapper" Valerie. He gives in to his family's pressure, however, and marries Suzanne, after which Valerie leaves town. Years later, after Charles and Suzanne have had a child, Valerie comes back to town and Charles realizes he is still in love with her, and she with him. Complications ensue.

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On Thin Ice

Mar 8, 1925

A crook and his gang plan to con a young woman out of a cache of stolen loot they, and the police, believe she's hiding. The situation changes, however, when he falls in love with her and he sets out to save her from being imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit.

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My Wife and I

May 16, 1925

In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son both compete for the affections of a pretty young temptress.

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Schlemihl

Jan 1, 1915

A family's newfound wealth causes problem after problem.

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A Divorce of Convenience

Jan 1, 1921

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The Bells

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Out of the Night

Aug 11, 1918

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More Trouble

Jul 14, 1918

Lemuel Deering's son Harvey graduates from college at the top of his class, then returns home to become a partner in his father's steel business. Because Harvey appears to be an exemplary young man who neither drinks nor smokes, when bills from liquor dealers, tobacconists, and billiard emporia pour in, the proud father is mystified. Harvey stoutly denies having contracted the bills, including one for $25,000, and Lemuel, though puzzled, believes him until the workers threaten to strike and the bank places an attachment on the mill. Lemuel is about to disown his son when Harold Morrowton, Harvey's college roommate, confesses that he forged Harvey's name to the bills because his own father refused to give him spending money, and Harvey adds that because the two were fraternity brothers, he could not betray Harold's trust. Exasperated, Lemuel orders both young men to pay their debts through hard labor in the mill.

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The Panther Woman

Nov 25, 1918

Orphan Patience Sparhawk grows up poor until she becomes the ward of the wealthy Miss Tremont. Eventually out of gratitude Patience marries Miss Tremont's nephew, Beverly Peale, out of gratitude only to discover he is a drug user, making their marriage unhappy. When Beverly is found dead from a drug overdose Patience is accused of murder, put on trial and sentenced to die in the electric chair but is saved at the eleventh hour.

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The Silent Watcher

Oct 5, 1924

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Tongues of Flame

Dec 15, 1924

The Native American Siwash people have been displaced from their land and live on a reservation. The wealthy Mr. Boland attempts to buy the reservation from the Siwash for dubious reasons.