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Ralph Ince (January 16, 1887 – April 10, 1937) was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John Ince and Thomas H. Ince. Ralph Waldo Ince was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the younger of three sons and a daughter raised by English immigrants, John and Emma Ince. Sometime after his birth Ince moved to Manhattan where his entire family was engaged in theater work; his father as a musical agent and mother, sister Bertha and brothers, John and Thomas as actors. Ralph Ince studied art with cartoonist Dan McCarthy and for a while worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the New York World and later magazine illustrator for the New York Mirror and The Evening Telegram. At times over his acting and directing career Ince would continue to contribute cartoons to popular magazines of the day. Early on in his career Ince, who had done some stage acting as a child, was a member of Richard Mansfield's stock company playing parts in The College Widow and Ben Hur.
Around 1906 Ince became an animator in the fledgling film industry working for Winsor McCay, but soon turned to acting and joined Vitagraph Studios where he became known for his portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in a series of one reel films. Ince began directing at Vitagraph around 1910 and was officially advanced to the director’s chair in 1912, though he still continued to act in many of his films and throughout his career. Ince would go on to direct some 171 films between 1910 and 1937 and appear in approximately 110 films over nearly the same time period.
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08 October 1912
Everything is arranged by Dick and his college chums to have their sweethearts from the city, with their chaperone, visit them to spend the day.
18 September 1916
Muriel Flemming secretly marries Graydon Burton before he heads West to make his fortune. Later, when he is about to board a train to return to his wife, he is accused of a murder that was actually committed by crooked attorney Herman Slade.
23 October 1921
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, The Drifter, young and educated, and The Seeker, old and feeble-minded, meet and form a partnership.
12 March 1932
When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director.
23 May 1932
Calvin Jones is a cowboy who wants to invest in a Broadway play. Joe Lehman's secretary Ruth learns that her boss is attempting to swindle Jones and pulls a successful coup d'etat producing a play that she stars in.
18 November 1933
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
19 July 1932
Philip Wells and his wife Helen argue a lot about the attention that Philip thinks Helen and his best friend, Dave Burton, are giving each other, but they all sail off together on Philips yacht, until "Gorilla"Larsen and his motley crew show up, scuttle the yacht, and marital-strife is no longer the issue of the day.
29 July 1923
A group of seven people find themselves on a ship in the middle of an endless ocean, with no recollection of how they got there.
12 June 1912
Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian maiden whenever he chances to meet her, until she longs and looks for his coming and going, and finds that he has made himself part of her life.
22 August 1931
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.
28 September 1932
Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
01 August 1935
A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves.
01 April 1914
Agnes Belgradin is in love with a young doctor, Loring Brent. When Agnes' father dies, her mother takes her on a trip abroad.
01 March 1935
The owner of a small Italian restaurant in central London is left a million pound inheritance, the only stipulation to the will being that he cannot speak or write anything for a period of one month.
13 August 1912
Esmeralda Foster, an attractive girl, is very much impressed with Duncan Miller, a crafty country swain, who makes love to Esmeralda because of her father's wealth.
12 October 1924
Gladstone Smith, a fearful young reporter, gets on the wrong side of a murderous criminal and flees to Alaska, along with the killer's wife, who is equally frightened of her husband.
17 November 1915
The lovely and wealthy Gladys Barnes is pursued by many young men though she favors the persistent Earle.
13 January 1928
Tammany Burke, young owner of a giant roller coaster, is fighting heavy odds against a syndicate led by financial baron Hughey Cooper.
19 July 1937
An amateur detective tracks down a gang of diamond thieves to Chinatown.
03 February 1933
Two Hollywood stuntmen compete for the same pretty extra.
31 March 1932
A Kentucky horse owner hires an ex-jockey, who is now working as a waiter, to train his thoroughbred race horse for an upcoming race.
08 April 1935
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.
15 July 1911
One glance at the poor and disordered home of the Tunisons shows us there is something still lacking.
28 November 1911
Tom Ennis, a stalwart, sturdy fellow, is apprenticed to John Matthews, the village blacksmith, whose daughter is a likable girl.
16 November 1919
Frank Prentiss, a multi-millionaire who hates and distrusts women, convinces his adopted son, Jack, that they are detrimental to a man's success.
01 January 1936
The Foreman of an Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case.
11 June 1913
Ira and his son-in-law Harry pretend to enlist in the 13th regiment where they have "drills" every Friday night.
15 December 1931
A sadistic, evil ship captain lusts after a beautiful young girl he spots in town. It turns out that she's the girlfriend of a young man whose father the captain had blinded and cast adrift on the ocean many years before.
30 September 1936
“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave.
03 November 1932
The owner of a pearl bed falls in love with a bitter young girl who had been taken advantage of by an unscrupulous ex-boyfriend.
20 May 1932
Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases.
09 December 1935
A sacked engineer stows away on another vessel
25 January 1931
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
01 December 1935
British sports film directed by Ralph Ince.
15 January 1932
A café dancer bluffs a Mexican landowner to save her lover.
07 March 1931
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
17 October 1932
After suffering a traumatic injury, a policeman resigns from the force and, after he's saved from a suicide attempt, goes to work at a café frequented by gangsters.
21 December 1919
Flotsam (Thomas) is the daughter and helper of crusty old lighthouse keeper Joe Clark (Edward Ellis, in fine form).
11 May 1930
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.
31 December 1931
A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.
04 September 1931
A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the one-year suicide clause has elapsed.
05 August 1932
Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the audience to solve.
25 November 1932
Bank robbers and killers cause mayhem in a small western town.
26 December 1931
A gambler falls for a fake countess.
01 December 1929
A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H.
25 November 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.
20 February 1911
An early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
01 May 1931
Lane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be torn apart by an old book of magic.
26 July 1926
Captain "Wolf" Larsen, the absolute master of a seal schooner, is a mystic and philosopher, though he rules his men with an iron hand.
27 January 1932
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.
08 September 1918
A wealthy woman moves to Appalachia to educate illiterate mountaineers, but gets caught up between two feuding families.
04 April 1932
Frank McHugh appears with Mae Busch, Jerry Mandy and others in this prohibition-time RKO Pathe short directed by Harry Sweet.
01 January 1935
A professor comes up with a system to win at roulette, and goes to the famous casino at Monte Carlo to try it out.
21 June 1930
Spanish-language version of The Big Fight (1930).
30 March 1922
A cautionary tale for aspiring flappers. Five of six reels survive.
15 April 1912
After her father dies, Chloe, played by Edith Storey, is left alone in the world. She is discovered and taken home to their cave by brothers Dagban and Eric, who vie for her affection in an allegory about “brain vs.
10 May 1921
At a reception given at the Rogers mansion in his honor, Somerset Carroll surprises the guests by saying he would aid a female convict reported to have escaped.
25 February 1923
The often-told film story of a drunken actor hitting the skids, making a comeback, and helping his grown daughter in the bargain.
