Acting
Lillian Hall-Davis
Born — Died
1898-06-23 — 1933-10-25
Place of birth
Mile End, London, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
32 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films. Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-colour version of I Pagliacci (1923), The Passionate Adventure (1924), Blighty (1927), The Ring (1927), and The Farmer's Wife (1928), the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who at the time considered her his "favourite actress." She had a lead role in a "lavish production" of Quo Vadis (1924), an Italian film directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby. Hal…
Known for
5.6Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.
The Farmer's Wife
1928
5.9Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.
The Ring
1927
NRFour sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Little Women
1918
7.0A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.
Tommy Atkins
1928
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Farmer from Texas
1925
10.0A doctor learns his pregnant patient is engaged to his son.
Should a Doctor Tell?
1923
Film credits
1930s · 3 titles
A woman plans to boost her public profile by getting a divorce. She enlists the help of a male friend to act as co-respondent leading to a series of mix-ups and her eventual decision not to get divorced.
Her Reputation
1931
8.0An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
Many Waters
1931
A jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.
Just for a Song
1930
1920s · 26 titles
5.6Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.
The Farmer's Wife
1928
5.9Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.
The Ring
1927
7.0A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.
Tommy Atkins
1928
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Farmer from Texas
1925
10.0A doctor learns his pregnant patient is engaged to his son.
Should a Doctor Tell?
1923
No synopsis available yet.
Love Maggy
1921
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Nitchevo
1926
10.0aka Maisie's Marriage, based on Marie Stopes book, a fireman falls in love with a daughter from a large family. When she refuses to marry and have children, she is estranged from her family, and after being imprisioned after a failed suicide attempt becomes a maid. Controversial at the time for its views on marriage and birth control.
Married Love
1923
6.3A pilot crashes and a beautiful countess of a castle nearby nurses him to health.
The Prey of the Wind
1927
6.3"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- Re-created for your entertainment in the most colossal drama produced", reads an ad in the Daily Argus of New York. Unione Cinematografica Italiana's lavish production of the oft-told tale stars Emil Jannings as Nero.
Quo Vadis?
1924
A Lord who intervenes to save the mistress of a notorious playboy from a suicide attempt. After rescuing her, he eventually marries her, leading to a dramatic shift in her social standing and life.
The Honeypot
1920
8.0A paralytic dominates his brother and wife until their child reforms him.
The Wonderful Story
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Volga Volga
1928
Silent historical film depicts the significant events of Queen Victoria's reign through the experiences of three young girls.
The Game of Life
1922
8.0A chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.
Blighty
1927
8.0A rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.
The Passionate Adventure
1924
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Love Is Blind
1926
Silent romantic comedy set on a train.
Express Train of Love
1925
An actress thwarts a blackmailer by taking the blame for her sister's compromise. Based on the play The Pillory by Brandon Fleming.
The Eleventh Commandment
1924
A naval captain returns and jilts a socialite to take care of his bastard daughter.
The Faithful Heart
1922
9.0In the Sahara a British Riff chief weds a captured girl to save her from the tribe.
The White Sheik
1928
10.0A colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.
The Unwanted
1924
Lord Ernest Clifton lives with his beautiful wife, Gladys, at Easton Lodge. He has lost immense wealth in the lap of his uncle's death. One day Lord Clifton receives a mysterious package with an even more mysterious letter from his uncle. Three cuckoo clocks that strike only once a month should show him the way to find the second part of the pot of gold buried somewhere. Ernest's thirst for adventure only awakens and waits for the first cuckoo clock to mark the room number of a hotel in Cairo, where the second cuckoo clock hangs.
Adventure Mad
1926
NRIn France, and ex-lieutenant returns to find his sweetheart is caring for a baron's blinded son.
Roses of Picardy
1927
The life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.
Boadicea
1927
Emperor Napoleon divorces his wife to marry an Austrian Queen and have an heir.
A Royal Divorce
1923

