Mary Carr

Acting

Mary Carr

Born — Died

1874-03-13 — 1973-06-24

Place of birth

Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Mary Carr (14 March 1874 – 24 June 1973) was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr (1866–1937). She appeared in 144 films between 1915 and 1956.

Known for

Friendly Persuasion poster
6.7

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

Friendly Persuasion

1956

The Shop Around the Corner poster
8.1

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

The Shop Around the Corner

1940

Pack Up Your Troubles poster
6.8

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

The Wizard of Oz poster
5.5

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

The Wizard of Oz

1925

Kept Husbands poster
5.3

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.

Kept Husbands

1931

The Barrier poster
NR

When a cruel sea-captain named Bennett murders the mother of his child, the little girl is rescued and raised by Gale, a storekeeper. Years later, when the girl Necia has grown to womanhood, Bennett shows up in her Alaskan village, determined to have his vengeance on Gale and to retrieve Necia by force.

The Barrier

1917

Film credits

1930s · 25 titles

Pack Up Your Troubles poster
6.8

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

Kept Husbands poster
5.3

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.

Kept Husbands

1931

Music for Madame poster
6.3

An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.

Music for Madame

1937

One Good Turn poster
6.9

Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.

One Good Turn

1931

The Power and the Glory poster
5.9

A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was already too late.

The Power and the Glory

1933

Hot Curves poster
6.8

The star pitcher on the Pittsburgh ball team gets into trouble with a gold-digging groupie and his catcher helps him get back into the game.

Hot Curves

1930

The Country Doctor poster
6.5

A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.

The Country Doctor

1936

East Side of Heaven poster
7.4

A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.

East Side of Heaven

1939

Second Wife poster
7.0

A man's pregnant second wife gets upset when he decides to go overseas to his young son, who may be dying of typhoid fever.

Second Wife

1930

Go Into Your Dance poster
7.2

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

Go Into Your Dance

1935

Young Blood poster
10.0

A reformed gunfighter battles a crooked sheriff who used to be a member of his gang.

Young Blood

1932

Postal Inspector poster
7.0

Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.

Postal Inspector

1936

The Law of the Tong poster
7.5

A young girl working as a dance-hall hostess gets mixed up in a scheme that smuggles illegal Chinese aliens into the country.

The Law of the Tong

1931

Whom the Gods Destroy poster
6.0

Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.

Whom the Gods Destroy

1934

Change of Heart poster
6.3

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

Change of Heart

1934

The Loudspeaker poster
8.0

A young man from a small town hits New York City, bound and determined to become a radio star. Amazingly, he achieves his ambition, but in the process alienates everyone around him with his arrogance and egomania.

The Loudspeaker

1934

Flying Devils poster
4.6

A trio of veteran pilots joins an aerial circus.

Flying Devils

1933

Honeymoon Lane poster
8.0

Based on Dowling's 1925 stage vehicle of the same name, the story is set in motion when the king of the mythical European nation of Bulgravia visits an American health resort. Hero Tim Dugan appoints himself the king's unofficial protector, saving him from the larcenous designs of crooked gambler Arnold Bookstein.

Honeymoon Lane

1931

Land of Liberty poster
9.0

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

Land of Liberty

1939

The Utah Kid poster
4.7

The Utah Kid eludes a sheriff's posse and takes refuge in Robber's Roost, a hideout for outlaws running from the law where he meets and falls for a waylaid school teacher.

The Utah Kid

1930

No artwork available
5.0

Amnesiac can't find the other half of his winning sweepstakes ticket.

I Don't Remember

1935

Bedside poster
5.6

Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.

Bedside

1934

No artwork available
9.0

Running Hollywood is a comedy short.

Running Hollywood

1932

Beyond Victory poster
9.0

Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.

Beyond Victory

1931

The World Accuses poster
6.5

When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.

The World Accuses

1934

1920s · 25 titles

The Wizard of Oz poster
5.5

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

The Wizard of Oz

1925

A Slave of Fashion poster
6.0

Katherine Emerson, an Iowa girl hungry for the good things in life, leaves her small hometown and sets out for New York. En route, she is involved in a train wreck in which another woman is killed. Katherine finds the woman's purse and, among its contents, discovers an invitation for the woman to spend 6 months in an unoccupied luxury apartment in Manhattan. Katherine seizes this opportunity and sets up housekeeping in the elegant suite, living well and dressing in the newest fashions.

A Slave of Fashion

1925

Some Mother's Boy poster
10.0

When two young tearaways are fleeing from the scene of a crime one is shot and the other escapes. He makes his way to the home of his companion's mother, who recognizes him as the son she has been separated from for fifteen years.

Some Mother's Boy

1929

Three Women poster
4.2

A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving the young boyfriend crushed.

Three Women

1924

Lights of New York poster
5.4

Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.

Lights of New York

1928

Painted People poster
10.0

Ellie Byrne and Don Lane, chums, living in the poor section of a factory town, go away to make their fortunes. Ellie wishes to become a lady so that she can marry Preston Dutton, a society chap, and Don becoming infatuated with Stephanie Parrish, daughter of a wealthy man. Ellie becomes a leading actress and Don the author of her first play. Ellie refuses Dutton’s suit when she learns he is after her money, and Stephanie returns Don’s engagement ring. Ellie and Don go back to the factory town disillusioned. They realize that they love each other and in reality had not bettered themselves for someone else but for each other. A lost film.

Painted People

1924

The Night Patrol poster
8.0

Los Angeles cop goes undercover to catch a gang of murderous thieves.

The Night Patrol

1926

A Million for Love poster
10.0

Danny Eagan is accused of killing a gang leader named Pete. To protect the reputation and honor of the woman he loves, Danny refuses to offer any defense for himself, choosing instead to face the consequences of the charge.

A Million for Love

1928

Drusilla with a Million poster
8.0

Drusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars. Someone leaves a baby on the porch. And someone else leaves another, and soon Drusilla, who always wanted a child of her, in now in charge of a large brood of children, and very happy about it. But there may be a problem; the real heir to the money shows up.

Drusilla with a Million

1925

His Master's Voice poster
7.5

A loyal German Shepherd dog follows his master to the French front in World War One.

His Master's Voice

1925

Over the Hill to the Poorhouse poster
9.0

The mother of a large family is abandoned by her children and faces consignment to the poorhouse. But one of her offspring, the one no one had faith in, returns to rescue her.

Over the Hill to the Poorhouse

1920

Go Straight! poster
7.0

Gilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to Hollywood to begin anew but the old gang follows behind. Can she stop them from ruining her new life?

Go Straight!

1925

The Wise Guy poster
7.0

A carnival huckster who decides to turn pennies into dollars by passing himself off as a hellfire-and-brimstone evangelist.

The Wise Guy

1926

Why Men Leave Home poster
3.0

John and Irene Emerson's marriage begins well enough, but it is not long before John becomes less attentive. Feeling neglected, Irene spends more time with her girl friends, and John, consequently, falls prey to the vamping wiles of his secretary, Jean Ralston. When John comes home from the theater smelling of Jean's perfume, Irene procures a divorce; John then marries Jean.

Why Men Leave Home

1924

The Spirit of the USA poster
10.0

Johnnie Gains, son of a farming couple, is industrious and imbued with a spirit of sacrifice. Rejected for military service because of an eye injury, he enlists in the Salvation Army.

The Spirit of the USA

1924

On the Banks of the Wabash poster
7.0

An inventor, David Hammond is the son of a ship's captain. He leaves his sweetheart, Lisbeth Bixler, and goes to the city to promote his invention. Lisbeth's father, an unsuccessful artist, deserts his family, secretly intending to commit suicide.

On the Banks of the Wabash

1923

The Red Kimona poster
5.8

A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.

The Red Kimona

1925

On the Stroke of Three poster
7.0

Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land. Among the resentful villagers is Judson Forrest (Harlan), who wants to be an inventor. Mary Jordan (Bellamy), daughter of the financier, is hurt and spends a night at his home. Learning of his attitude toward her father, she poses as a domestic at the Jordan home. Later, in New York, Judson looks her up. He is trying to sell his invention and, to get funds, he mortgages his home. The village banker, in league with Jordan, sells the financier the mortgage, and a foreclosure threatens when Jordan's business agent Henry Mogridge (Miljan) double-crosses Judson. The youth thinks Mary working against him. Friends come to Judson's aid and he pays off the mortgage in the nick of time. He learns that Jordan knew nothing of the methods employed by his agent and that Mary loves him.

On the Stroke of Three

1924

Jesse James poster
7.0

A light approach on the life of Jesse James.

Jesse James

1927

Three O'Clock in the Morning poster
7.0

Impulsive flapper Elizabeth Winthrop, rebels against her parents and moves to New York after breaking with her fiance, Clayton Webster. Hugo Von Strohm, a wealthy playboy, procures Elizabeth a job as a chorus dancer and secretly pays her salary. After he tries to seduce her, Elizabeth sees through his kindnesses and returns to her parents and Clayton.

Three O'Clock in the Morning

1923

Love Over Night poster
7.0

Richard Hill is a subway ticket taker who believes beautiful Jeanette Stewart is involved in a robbery, but he still falls in love with her and tries to stop her wedding.

Love Over Night

1928

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent poster
7.0

To support a demanding wife, bank clerk Brian Kent embezzles a large sum of money and, overcome with remorse, attempts to commit suicide by casting himself adrift in a small boat on a rough river. The boat is caught in willows, however, and Brian meets Judy, a little maidservant who introduces him to her mistress, Auntie Sue, a schoolteacher. Under Auntie Sue's benign influence, Brian reforms and writes a book. Falling in love with Betty Jo, Brian incurs the enmity of Judy, who tells her father of Brian's unsavory past. Judy's father starts out for the bank, but Auntie Sue gets there first and persuades the bank president (a former pupil of hers) not to prosecute Brian. Brian's wife attempts to visit him and is drowned. Brian finds happiness with Betty Jo.

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

1925

Frau Sorge poster
7.0

Young peasant Paul's life is one of poverty and hardship from an early age. His lifelong struggle as he is forced to take on the responsibility of caring for his dysfunctional relatives prevents him from experiencing personal happiness, love, or a life for himself.

Frau Sorge

1928

No artwork available
10.0

Cullen Landis stars as rookie fireman Danny Grogan. Though well-liked by his colleagues, Danny is openly despised by one of the smoke-eaters, who has a yen for our hero's sweetheart.

Frenzied Flames

1926

Blonde or Brunette poster
10.0

Adolphe Menjou stars in a Roaring Twenties comedy of remarriage.

Blonde or Brunette

1927

1910s · 5 titles