Based on the 1911 novel by Cynthia Stockley, this is the story of Dierdre Saurin, whose infatuation with Major Kinsella takes her to Africa where native uprisings and the jealous connivings of Maurice Stair await her.
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Norman Kerry as Maurice Stair
Claire Windsor as Dierdre Saurin
Arthur Edmund Carewe as Major Anthony Kinsella
Tom Guise as Marquis of Stair
Helene Sullivan as Judy Saurin
Nelson McDowell as Scout Mac Bourney
Larry Steers as Captain Rockwood
J. Gordon Russell as Wagondriver
Myrta Bonillas as Saba Rockwood
Jacques D'Auray as Richard Saurin
Pauline Neff as Nonie Valetta
Bertram Johns as Dr. Harriatt
Billie Bennett as Mrs. Harriatt
Annie Ryan as Mrs. Mac Bourney
Dick Sutherland as Chief Logenbuela
Sidney Olcott Director
Charles Logue Writer
John Stumar Director of Photography
Cynthia Stockley Novel
United States 08 May 1927
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02 January 1927
ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life.
17 November 1927
The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor.
15 January 1927
Lane plays two roles: Grand Duke Algy Horseradish De Ketchup of Worcestershire and Newsboy White. The newsboy is hired by Elmer Éclair (played by Lane's younger brother, Walter Lupino) to impersonate the Duke for unstated reasons, and to attend a house party at the Smalls (a last name that leads to several puns) in the Duke's stead.
05 June 1927
The film was created as a compilation of footage that was, in some cases, nearly fifteen years old, and included stock footage such as medical reels containing footage of venereal diseases and films depicting white slavery.
13 February 1927
At a magic show put on by Blondini the magician, a member of the audience is invited up to participate.
03 March 1927
The film starts with Lantz in person slapping some paint on the bottom of a canvas, turning it over and the paint drips down to create a forest that his dog pal can live in.
28 February 1927
A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his lawyer.
18 June 1927
The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
12 November 1927
A pair of gold prospectors (Max Davidson, Oliver Hardy) try to make their way in the big city. *Only reconstructed fragments exists.
19 March 1927
Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to.
02 October 1927
Fired for crashing his aeroplane into his employer's ranch, Tom Mix is elected sheriff in a town with, as a title stated, "a high mortality rate among sheriffs.
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