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From Wikipedia
Gertrude Olmstead (November 13, 1897 – January 18, 1975) was
an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920
and 1929.
Olmstead was born in Chicago, Illinois, and appeared in her
first credited film role in the 1921 film The Fox. She obtained several more
roles that same year, appearing in nine films in 1921, and another five in
1922. She would appear in seventeen more films by the time she received what is
today her best-known role, opposite Rudolph Valentino in the 1925 film Cobra.
Throughout the silent film era her career thrived. From 1925
through 1929 she appeared in twenty eight films, most often portraying the
heroine. With the advent of sound film her career stalled, and she retired from
acting in 1929.
In 1926 she met MGM director Robert Z. Leonard and they were
married June 8 of that year. Leonard and Olmstead remained married until his
death in 1968.
After Leonard's death, Olmstead remained in the Los Angeles
area, and died in Beverly Hills on January 18, 1975.
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28 August 1928
When his buddy is murdered a dedicated cop, goes after the gang responsible.
18 June 1927
The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
10 August 1924
Silent film comedy drama...
01 March 1926
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newspaper, which sends along its ace reporter Bancroft as their "chaperone".
25 August 1927
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
18 March 1928
The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter.
20 October 1923
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.
16 March 1925
A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum.
20 June 1926
Nicola Riccobini, a puppet master in New York's Italian quarter, is an energetic and domineering man in the family, in contrast to his dreamy, poetic cousin Bruno.
26 March 1927
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
27 December 1926
A young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.
19 April 1921
While riding over the plains Hoot encounters some officers searching for two escaped lunatics. Later he reaches a camp where two girls are on vacation.
09 April 1925
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
27 March 1922
An 18-part silent American adventure film serial now considered to be lost. Chapter Titles: 1. The Sea Raiders 2.
07 July 1929
A musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player whose swollen head is deflated when, after graduating , he takes a job as a Wall Street stock salesman.
14 August 1922
Bert Lyons returns to the Grainger spread from the "outside world" to find his former employer dead and the ranch in the possession of Calvert, a narcotics smuggler, and Blackie Lopez, a rustler who has his eyes on Molly Grainger, Lyons' sweetheart.
11 February 1928
Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in hopes of making a few sales.
18 April 1929
Sonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister into kidnapping him because she is terrified that her husband will take the boy out of the country after the divorce.
12 September 1925
Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his wedding day.
15 June 1924
A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.
18 February 1929
Michael Lanyard, a reformed cracks-man, adopts Adrienne, the daughter of an old friend, and goes to Southampton to attend a party celebrating her engagement to Bobby Crenshaw, the son of a wealthy society couple.
26 March 1921
A slicker sells a fake oil lease to Gertrude's father. Later the villain discovers that the lease is valuable, and to get it back he kidnaps the girl.
13 June 1921
Andrew Forsdale bets his friend Ned Randolph $10,000 that Ned will fall in love with one of three girls within 30 days.
13 January 1921
Hoot is the only cattleman in the neighborhood and he is about to be run off the range by the wealthiest sheep man in the district.
14 January 1926
A shy and sensitive young man is disregarded by his parents and his older brother. Bill becomes jealous and schemes to send his brother away when Ben wins the affections of pretty neighbor Adeline.
17 May 1926
To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.
05 February 1921
A villain robs a safe in the town bank and leaves evidence to convict the hero.
21 November 1929
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin.
27 November 1920
Ranchmen try to play a joke on one of their associates by signing his name to a letter addressed to Sarah Smith, who has advertised in a matrimonial journal.
21 February 1926
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them.
17 August 1924
Claire Endicott throws a wild party and her father walks in to find her flirting with the very married Milt Bisnet.
02 January 1925
Rodrigo, an impoverished Italian nobleman takes a job with a New York antique dealer he met overseas.
01 April 1921
Patches, a kind-hearted orphan of the slums, finds life unbearable under the cruel abuse of his stepfather, Old Whiskers, for whose support he is forced to steal.
29 July 1923
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
22 January 1921
Hoot is a cowpuncher, somewhat addicted to liquor (when he can get it). His sweetheart, the rancher's daughter, tells him that if he ever takes another drink, their engagement is at an end.
28 May 1923
13th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
02 February 1924
A senator is trying to get his niece to marry a foreign count. The senator's teenage son finds out that the count is not only a phony but an international criminal.
28 April 1924
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A Girl of the Limberlost is a 1924 American silent film, produced by Gene Stratton-Porter and directed by James Leo Meehan.
01 January 1928
A Woman Against the World is a 1928 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Harrison Ford, Georgia Hale, and Lee Moran.
24 December 1927
Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell him that his wife is cheating on him with other members of the crew.
03 February 1924
While traveling through the prarie, an elderly and cantankerous lady loses control of her car. One of the locals, Tom Faxton (Mix), comes to her rescue.
28 September 1924
Jack Donovan, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, refuses to throw a game for gambler Mike Moran. Moran retaliates by breaking up Donovan's family.
12 November 1927
Rebecca (Sally O'Neil) is a salesgirl who gets a chance at a Broadway show; there, she attracts and is ultimately rejected by a society playboy.
24 July 1921
Santa Fe, a tramp, is saved from a jeering mob in the desert town of Caliente by Annette, the sheriff's daughter; and after adopting Pard he gets a job as a porter in the bank.
22 December 1928
String Whalen, a carnival wheel-of-fortune operator, is greatly attracted to Lutie and gains her gratitude when he recovers her purse from a pickpocket.
21 March 1924
The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick O'Farrell) arriving in Los Angeles to meet with Universal's advertising manager.
10 June 1928
Young college student Del Roberts is enjoying his studies when his father suddenly suffers financial ruin and goes completely bankrupt.
08 January 1921
A "drifting" cowpuncher tries to find a place where he can be happy, but never actually succeeding.
08 November 1925
Nora Dakon, bored with the dullness of her life in a small New Jersey town, leaves her husband and small daughter to run off with Larry Brundage, a wealthy New York City sportsman.
08 July 1928
For fifteen years, vaudeville comedian "Twisty" has struggled for his big break, holding onto nothing but faith—and a small ivory elephant charm he believes brings him luck.
01 January 1923
An adventuress traps Norroy into her apartment, then, with the aid of several men, gets the new secret code from him.
06 February 1922
Malloy, a young Irish construction engineer just out of college, is assigned to a project and immediately falls in love with the contractor's daughter, Eileen.
