The best Eileen Percy’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Eileen Percy’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Eileen Percy.
The Flapper
6.4/10
A Southern teen at a ritzy boarding school gets into mischief while acting the sophisticated grownup to impress a suave gentleman and match wits with a pair of jewel thieves.
Wicked
6/10
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
Within the Law
6.4/10
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.
East Side - West Side
6.1/10
Poor, decent young woman Lory (Percy) avoids moral pratfalls after she is employed by a rich family. She falls in love with the son (Harlan) but the couple is separated by his cruel, class-conscious mother. Lory stays true to her spirit and does not compromise her integrity when the mother attempts to pay her off. Later, a tragedy might open the door the broken hearted young woman to find happiness.
Backstage
Wild and Woolly
6.4/10
A rich Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. Unknown to him, the town's "wild" days are long gone and it is an orderly and civilized place now. The townsmen, not wanting to lose a rich potential resident, contrive to make over the town to suit the young man's fantasy.
The Flirt
Treats of the average, smalltown, middle class family life. Flirtatious Cora Madison is engaged to Richard Lindley but is attracted to Val Corliss, who has come to town to promote oil stock. When Cora's father refuses to become involved, she forges his name on some papers, thus enabling Corliss to sell many shares.
Spring Fever
6.5/10
Kelly's employer, Waters, is such a keen golfer that he asks Kelly to help him improve his game at an exclusive country club.
Reaching for the Moon
6.1/10
A factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.
Days of Thrills and Laughter
7.1/10
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
Panthea
A woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
First Aid
6/10
This Pete Smith Specialty is a semihumorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around the house. It was produced in cooperation with the Beverly Hills First Aid Unit of the American Red Cross Disaster Service. —David Glagovsky
Cobra
6.4/10
An impoverished Italian nobleman (Rudolph Valentino) takes a job with a New York antique dealer and falls in love with the secretary. Complications arise when he makes a date with the antique dealer's wife who mysteriously is murdered at the appointed meeting place.
The Secret of Madame Blanche
6.5/10
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
6.1/10
The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
Brass Buttons
The Man from Painted Post
6.3/10
In order to find out who's behind a cattle rustling operation that's hurting ranchers, a detective for the Cattleman's Protective Association pretends to be a tenderfoot from back east who's just arrived in the area and doesn't know how to ride, rope or shoot.
Fine Clothes
The owner of a London clothing store is driven out of business, but later makes a triumphant return.
Twelve Miles Out
5.8/10
Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she tries to turn him in, he kidnaps her and her fiance John. Jane, now in love with Jerry, must watch as Jerry and Red shoot it out on board Jerry's boat.
Burnt Fingers
Burnt Fingers (1927)
