
Acting
Helen Foster
Born 1906-05-23 · Independence, Kansas, USA
Helen Foster was born on May 23, 1906 in Independence, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Primrose Path (1931), The Road to Ruin (1928) and the remade The Road to Ruin (1934). She died on December 25, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Acting credits
6.7Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
6.7In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Call Northside 777
1948
4.3A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.
The Road to Ruin
1934
7.1Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
The Westerner
1940
An Irish grandfather tells his young grandson stories of his roots, his courtship with his grandmother and love of freedom through stories and song.
Irish Fantasy
1929
10.0The Jazz Age rages in this comedy film starring Viola Dana as the madcap title character madly dashing through a series of adventures.
Naughty Nanette
1927
5.4After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a troupe member. At his trial, Hermann, a Scandinavian clown known as Beppo, is the lone juror holding out against conviction and pleading for his innocence and acquittal.
Painted Faces
1929
10.0A reformed gunfighter battles a crooked sheriff who used to be a member of his gang.
Young Blood
1932
6.6Dreamy little comedy as down-on-his-luck Ham looks for work, gets thrown out of his rooming house and tries to make it on the street -- in the best, gag-filled 20s comedy style.
Move Along
1926
When young drifter Sandy Loom finds prospector Jim Perkins dying, he promises to take care of his daughter Myra. Assited by Professor Hawley and "Stills" Manners, he works her father's gold claim. Simeon Coe, a land shark and claim jumper, asks the judge to appoint him the girl's guardian, swearing it was Jim's last request, and though the judge refuses, Coe orders Sandy and his pals off the claim, backed by the sheriff.
Hands Off
1927
8.0The Tourist is a 1925 Comedy short.
The Tourist
1925
8.0A rodeo rider can't face the game after he's almost killed by a wild bronco
The Saddle Buster
1932
6.0A World War I veteran takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation.
The Mating Call
1928
9.0Craig Larrigan's father and his partner own a large cattle ranch that is losing stock to rustlers. Craig, an easterner, heads west but in the disguise of a Mexican bandit. He is eventually thrown in jail with his identity still unknown. His cellmate is one of the rustlers and when they break out, the rustler takes him to the gang and Craig now has a chance to capture them all.
Lucky Larrigan
1932
7.3A controversial, low-budget drama about the life of a young teenage girl that goes on the "road to ruin." Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen who, neglected by her parents, takes up smoking and drinking, engages in affairs with a series of older men, gets arrested by the police during a strip poker game, is sent home only to discover later that she's pregnant, and after getting an illegal abortion, the words "The Wages of Sin is Death" inexpliably appear over her bed in fire.
The Road to Ruin
1928
8.0A ship's captain, believing that his wife has cheated on him, takes their young son and leaves her. he comes back 20 years later. His wife stows away on his ship when he leaves, hoping to see her son, who is aboard. She takes along with her Mary, the daughter of a woman the captain once loved. Complications ensue.
Hellship Bronson
1928
10.0Alice Dunn kills the man who seduced her younger sister and drove her to her death. Charged with murder, she stands trial in a sensational courtroom case that climaxes with her acquittal by the jury.
Should a Girl Marry?
1928
7.0Stern district attorney John Raymond sentences innocent June Lawrence to prison along with her guilty husband Dan. After she dies in prison, her brother, reporter Jerry Heath, vows revenge. He gets his opportunity when he is sent to cover a police raid. His photographer takes a picture of Raymond's daughter Kay dancing on a table in her underwear. Jerry saves her from the raid in order to get her exclusive story for his paper.
Is There Justice?
1931
7.0Nurses parachuting.
Parachute Nurse
1942
9.0While his wife is away, the husband attempts to clean the house which ends up being a disaster. The house is completely destroyed by an overflowing bathtub, fire in the kitchen, feathers from the pillows everywhere, and a dog decides to chase a cat around the house wiping out what the water and fire didn't damage already.
Cleaning Up
1925
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Brotherly Love
1926
1927 silent film.
When a Dog Loves
1927
7.7Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929
7.5After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However, one of the board of trustees takes an interest in the new arrival and begins to investigate the management of the institution.
School for Girls
1934