Dorothy Mackaill

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Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a British-American actress, most notably of the silent-film era and into the early 1930s.

Most Popular Dorothy Mackaill Trailers

Total trailers found: 63

Bright Lights Trailer (1930)

21 September 1930

A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.

Complicated Women Trailer (2003)

06 May 2003

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content.

The Whip Trailer (1928)

16 September 1928

Lord Brancaster, a decent and upright British nobleman, loses his memory in an accident. While in this amnesiac condition, he becomes involved with the training of a horse, the Whip, for racing at Ascot.

Joanna Trailer (1925)

14 December 1925

Joanna Manners is a flapper with a million-dollar figure, million-dollar looks, and a million dollars in cash.

Subway Sadie Trailer (1926)

12 September 1926

A New York fur saleswoman falls for a man she meets on the subway and must decide if she wants to accept a much dreamed for work transfer to Paris, or stay and get married.

Bulldog Drummond at Bay Trailer (1937)

01 May 1937

Drummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.

The Next Corner Trailer (1924)

18 February 1924

While honeymooning in Paris Elsie is rescued from attentions of a man.Her hero is Don Arturo who takes her to Countess Longueval after her husband must go for work to Argentine.

The Streets of New York Trailer (1922)

15 November 1922

Badger, a clerk at a Wall Street brokerage, discovers that his boss Gideon Bloodgood has swindled an investor, Fairweather, out of his money.

Two Weeks Off Trailer (1929)

11 May 1929

Frances, a salesgirl, is planning a summer vacation at the beach with a girlfriend, who also works at her store.

His Captive Woman Trailer (1929)

03 February 1929

Cabaret dancer Anna Janssen kills her sugardaddy and escapes to a South Seas island on the yacht of a wealthy admirer.

Life in Hollywood No. 7 Trailer (1927)

25 August 1927

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

Cheaters Trailer (1934)

11 May 1934

A criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of getting him to marry her, then getting a healthy settlement after a quick divorce.

The Great Divide Trailer (1929)

15 September 1929

Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, falls in love with Ruth Jordan, an arrogant girl from the East, unaware that she is the daughter of his dead partner.

Man Trouble Trailer (1930)

24 August 1930

A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.

Chickie Trailer (1925)

10 May 1925

Young stenographer Chickie Bryce dreams of marrying a millionaire. Until then, though, she is content to carry on with Barry, a lawyer from a nearby office.

Picture Brides Trailer (1934)

23 April 1934

Four "Picture Brides", from New Orleans, arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought there to marry workers at Lottagrasso, a remote mining site of the Standard Diamond Mines.

A Woman's Woman Trailer (1922)

24 September 1922

A woman finds herself being a unpaid skivvy to her husband, two daughters and her son.

The Office Wife Trailer (1930)

23 August 1930

Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of his wife.

Children of the Ritz Trailer (1928)

17 February 1928

A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack.

Party Husband Trailer (1931)

06 June 1931

Party Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern marriage” whose openness threatens to bring about its premature end.

The Reckless Hour Trailer (1931)

15 August 1931

Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to detest the male race in general until befriended by a warm-hearted artist-type who shows her that life -- and men -- ain't so bad in this early talkie drama.

Mighty Lak' a Rose Trailer (1923)

12 February 1923

A blind orphan, Rose Duncan, who has a special talent with the violin. Jerome Trevor, a famed pianist, hears her playing and sends her to an uncle in New York so she can become educated.

Hard to Get Trailer (1929)

04 August 1929

A dress shop employee falls in love with a millionaire.

Kept Husbands Trailer (1931)

22 February 1931

A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls in love with the mill owner's wealthy, very spoiled daughter.

Convoy Trailer (1927)

24 April 1927

A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent

The Mine with the Iron Door Trailer (1924)

02 October 1924

This epic Western-melodrama was based on the popular novel by Harold Bell Wright. Two old prospectors, Thad Grove and Bob Hill find an infant in the cabin belonging to Sonora Jack, a notorious bandit.

Curtain at Eight Trailer (1933)

01 October 1933

An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee?

Just Another Blonde Trailer (1926)

13 December 1926

Jimmy O'Connor and Scotty are a couple of New York City gamblers and sharpies who decide to go straight and, since they are such good friends, split 50-50 "even steven" on anything they get or do.

Ranson's Folly Trailer (1926)

30 May 1926

U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boasts to his fellow officers that he could hold up a stagecoach with a pair of scissors.

Once a Sinner Trailer (1931)

25 January 1931

As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered financial assistance from her ex-lover Dick Kent, who still has a thing for her.

The Chief Trailer (1933)

03 November 1933

The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.

The Barker Trailer (1928)

02 October 1928

A successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay far from the carnival world, his son's entanglement with a showgirl, and his own jealous mistress.

Safe in Hell Trailer (1931)

12 December 1931

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum.

Shore Leave Trailer (1925)

05 September 1925

"Bilge" Smith (Richard Barthelmess), a tough sailor, meets Connie Martin (Dorothy Mackaill), a seamstress in a small harbor who has never had a boyfriend.

Their Mad Moment Trailer (1931)

12 July 1931

Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir Harry Congers, but in love with Basque peasant Esteban Cristera.

No Man of Her Own Trailer (1932)

30 December 1932

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

The Making of O'Malley Trailer (1925)

28 June 1925

A policeman falls for a teacher, and befriends her students. A gang of bootleggers threatens his newfound joys.

The Love Racket Trailer (1929)

08 December 1929

A beautiful girl exposes her shameful past to save the life of a girl she has never met.

Smile, Brother, Smile Trailer (1927)

11 September 1927

A hot young salesman at a cosmetics company finds out that, because the company is losing a lot of money, he may soon be out of a job.

The Man Who Came Back Trailer (1924)

17 August 1924

Henry Potter is the irresponsible playboy son of a New York millionaire. Fearing he will disgrace the family name if he stays in New York, the father sends him to San Francisco to work in the family shipyards and, to make a man out of him, he is told he will have to start at the bottom and work his way up.

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath Trailer (1928)

31 March 1928

Ma and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's packaging design, and pretty daughter Helen's salesmanship), and move 'uptown' to live the life of the idle rich on the proceeds.

Torchy's Millions Trailer (1920)

03 October 1920

A 1920 silent comedy short.

Lady Be Good Trailer (1928)

06 May 1928

Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.

The Dancer of Paris Trailer (1926)

28 February 1926

Love Affair Trailer (1932)

17 March 1932

Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.

The Broken Violin Trailer (1923)

10 May 1923

Elderly Jeremy Ellsworth decides to settle his fortune on John and Beatrice, the children of his disinherited son.

Strictly Modern Trailer (1930)

02 March 1930

Strictly Modern is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Sidney Blackmer.

The Painted Lady Trailer (1924)

28 September 1924

After being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to become a woman of easy virtue, and on an excursion to a South Sea isle she meets Luther Smith, a sailor seeking vengeance for the death of his sister.

The Lunatic at Large Trailer (1927)

02 January 1927

Offering a ride to a millionaire, Sam Smith (Leon Errol) agrees to trade places with his passenger for financial reasons.

The Crystal Cup Trailer (1927)

16 October 1927

A beautiful young girl has been raised by her bitter mother to hate all men, but her beauty means that men are constantly after her.

The Fighting Blade Trailer (1923)

10 September 1923

In the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and sword-for-hire, stands ready to defend his lady-love, the fair Thomsine Musgrove, and prove his nettle, and that his blade is made of the finest metal.

His Children's Children Trailer (1923)

04 November 1923

Follows three generations of the Mayne family through the year 1921-22. The 81-year-old patriarch reminisces about his rough beginnings in post-Civil War railroading, son Rufus rides rough waters as a wealthy financier, and his wife and three daughters muddle through their New York high society life.

Waterfront Trailer (1928)

16 September 1928

Waterfront is a 1928 silent film released with sound effects and music, produced and released by First National Pictures.

One Year to Live Trailer (1925)

15 March 1925

Young Elsie Duchanier, maid of the star dancer in the French Brunel's Follies, is deceived by a lascivious doctor into believing she has only one year to leave in his effort to seduce her.

The Flirting Widow Trailer (1930)

11 May 1930

An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.

The Inner Man Trailer (1922)

03 December 1922

Thurlow Michael Barclay Jr., a bookish mathematics professor, is asked by his father to inspect his mine in Kentucky to determine why it's failing.

The Fair Cheat Trailer (1923)

16 September 1923

Camilla Van Dam is in love with her rich father's poor employee, John Hamilton. Van Dam is against their marriage but proposes an arrangement to which Camilla agrees.

Man Crazy Trailer (1927)

27 November 1927

A spoiled heiress is bored by her high-society crowd, and falls for a young truck driver. Her family plans to marry her off to a wealthy young man, but she wants no part of that and she and her lover decide to elope.

What Shall I Do? Trailer (1924)

11 May 1924

Under the name of Jack Nelson, Don McLean goes to work in his father's factory. He meets a restaurant cashier, Jeanie; they are married and have a child.

Neighbors' Wives Trailer (1933)

20 September 1933

A young woman tries to break up a budding romance between her sweet but naive young sister-in-law and a man she regards as a no-account bum.