Directing

Albert Parker

Born 1885-05-11 · New York City, United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Albert Parker (11 May 1885, New York City – 10 August 1974, London) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He directed 36 films between 1917 and 1938. In the early 1930s Parker left Hollywood for England where he continued to direct films and also opened an actors' agency office. One of his later clients in the 1960s was a young actress named Helen Mirren. He was born in New York, New York and died in London, England. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Parker(director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Black Pirate poster
6.7

A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.

The Black Pirate

1926

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NR

James Barclay is elected to the office of governor on the machine ticket. Sylvia Marlowe, a lawyer whom Barclay has loved for years, refuses to marry him because she fears that Barclay's ambition is causing him to disregard ethics and justice. When he is persuaded by the political boss to veto a child labor measure, Sylvia determines to run for the office of lieutenant governor and is elected.

Her Excellency, the Governor

1917

For Valour poster
NR

Melia Nobbs, a young Canadian woman, supports both her invalid father Ambrose and brother Henry. When Henry faces arrest for helping himself to his employer's cash, Melia steals the amount from the star of the theater where she has been dancing and offers it to her brother if he will enlist in the army. Henry agrees and goes off to war, making Ambrose proud of his son, but when Ambrose learns that his daughter has been arrested for theft, he disowns her. Melia does not reveal the reason for taking the money and is sent to prison. Meanwhile, Henry fights bravely in France and returns home minus an arm but wearing the Victoria Cross. He finds his sister, weak and worn from overwork, in the prison hospital. Seeing her brother with his medals, Melia realizes that her sacrifices for him and her country have not been in vain, and that in her own way, she has served her country.

For Valour

1917

Shifting Sands poster
5.8

Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well.

Shifting Sands

1918

The Food Gamblers poster
NR

Designated to write an article on the high price of food, reporter June Justice visits the tenement districts where there have been food riots and where the women of the neighborhood have rebelled against the food retailers, thinking that they are to blame for high food prices. June then visits the retailers, the middlemen, and finally interviews Henry Havens, the leader of the ring of food speculators. Havens attempts to bribe June to slant her story, but finds himself falling in love with her instead. Under June's influence, Havens sees the hardship that his policies have wrought, and finally joins her in her push for legislation which would dissolve the food trust.

The Food Gamblers

1917

Love's Redemption poster
10.0

On the island of Jamaica, a young man of promise, Clifford Standish, is slowly sinking into an alcoholic debauchery. He meets a good-hearted woman called Ginger who leads him back to sobriety and society. But when they return to England together, they find society not worth living with. A lost film.

Love's Redemption

1921

The Riverside Murder poster
5.5

Investor Robert Norman murdered before meeting. Police investigate. Journalist Claire Haines pursues story to impress editor. Intertwining narratives of crime solving and reporting unfold.

The Riverside Murder

1935

The Riverside Murder poster
5.5

Investor Robert Norman murdered before meeting. Police investigate. Journalist Claire Haines pursues story to impress editor. Intertwining narratives of crime solving and reporting unfold.

The Riverside Murder

1935

Sherlock Holmes poster
6.1

Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. As the famed detective investigates an alleged theft, he’s brought face to face with his most devious adversary yet — Professor Moriarty.

Sherlock Holmes

1922

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo poster
7.0

A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fifth Avenue club for playing practical jokes and other rambunctious antics. He decides to reform his selfish ways and boards a train heading heading for the Southwest.

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

1919

The Love of Sunya poster
7.4

A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.

The Love of Sunya

1927

From Two to Six poster
7.0

During World War I, John Stevens invents an anti-submarine device, but the plans are stolen by two German spies, the Baron von Wiederholtz and Madame Elsa, who flee to a New York hotel. Stevens' daughter Alice pursues the spies hoping to retrieve the plans.

From Two to Six

1918

Eyes of Youth poster
5.9

A young woman, confronted by four options for proceeding in her life, is granted the ability to see what results would come from her choice of of the options. After she sees her future along three of the roads, she makes her choice.

Eyes of Youth

1919

Eyes of Youth poster
5.9

A young woman, confronted by four options for proceeding in her life, is granted the ability to see what results would come from her choice of of the options. After she sees her future along three of the roads, she makes her choice.

Eyes of Youth

1919

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9.0

After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.

Murder in the Family

1938

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10.0

James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, 'Late Extra'. He plays a government agent (John Merriman) who makes a few enquiries and follows leads. Cherill plays June Elkhardt.

Troubled Waters

1936

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9.0

Doctors perform brain surgery to reform a hardened criminal

Strange Experiment

1937

Second Youth poster
10.0

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Second Youth

1924

Late Extra poster
6.3

A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.

Late Extra

1935

The Branded Woman poster
8.0

A 1920 film directed by Albert Parker.

The Branded Woman

1920

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10.0

An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barber.

Rolling in Money

1934

Second Thoughts poster
NR

A chemist is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.

Second Thoughts

1938

Arizona poster
NR

A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.

Arizona

1918

Arizona poster
NR

A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.

Arizona

1918