The best Louise Emmons’s drama movies

Louise Emmons

Louise Emmons

01/01/1858- 06/03/1935
Today we present the best Louise Emmons’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Louise Emmons’s movies.
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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/11/1923
  • Character: Elderly Israelite (uncredited)
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.

The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs
7.6/10
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 04/09/1931
  • Character: Passerby in Front of Theatre (uncredited)
In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.

Three Ages

Three Ages
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 24/09/1923
  • Character: Old Fortune Teller
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.

Foolish Wives

Foolish Wives
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/01/1922
  • Character: Mother Garoupe
“Count” Karamzin, a Don Juan, lives off the money he scams from rich ladies who are attracted by his charms and his title. Having set up shop in Monte Carlo, he and his partners in crime pick their next target: the wife of an American diplomat.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 06/03/1921
  • Character: French Mother Bidding Farewell (uncredited)
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.

The Unknown

The Unknown
7.7/10
A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 05/08/1922
  • Character: Old Woman
Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and takes his childhood sweetheart Carmen as his bride. He meets the Marquis' daughter Doña Sol and finds himself in the awkward position of being in love with two women, which threatens the stability of his family and his position in society. He finds interesting parallels in the life of the infamous bandit Plumitas when they eventually meet by chance.

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 24/11/1928
  • Character: Old Woman on Street (uncredited)
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

True Heart Susie

True Heart Susie
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/06/1919
  • Character: la bigote
Susie secretly loves her neighbor, William Jenkins, but neither, it seems, can confess their feelings for each other.

The Enemy

The Enemy
7.5/10
Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.

My Best Girl

My Best Girl
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 31/10/1927
  • Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryRomance
  • Release: 26/03/1932
  • Character: Cackling Hag in New York City Bar (uncredited)
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.

Polly Redhead

Polly Redhead
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 09/02/1917
  • Character: Mrs. Meekin
Aside from the fact that Polly had red hair in abundance, she was not otherwise an exceptional child, save for one thing. She was willing to work and slave, if need be, to keep her baby brother, affectionately termed "The Lump," from being sent to the poor house. So she did housework and prepared breakfasts for John Ruffin, an attorney, and Hon. Gedge-Tompkins. John Ruffin's sister, Lady Osterly, has separated from her husband, and he holds their child. When Lady Osterly calls on Ruffin she is struck with the remarkable resemblance Polly bears to her own child. Ruffin and Lady Osterly formulate a plan to come into possession of her daughter, by using Polly as a substitute. A complete copy exists at the Museum Of Modern Art.

Hearts of the World

Hearts of the World
6.6/10
A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.

The Conquering Power

The Conquering Power
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 08/07/1921
  • Character: Washerwoman (uncredited)
Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fortune. He and his cousin Eugenie fall in love, but his uncle sends him away and tries to arrange a marriage more to his liking (and profit!). Will true love triumph?

The Bride's Play

The Bride's Play
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 22/01/1922
  • Character: Peasant Woman (uncredited)
A sweet-natured young Irish woman is courted by a romantic poet and a local country gentleman. Which man will she choose?

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/12/1931
  • Character: Maggie
A young boy finds out that the man he thought was his father actually killed his real father, then adopted him.

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