Claire McDowell Movies

Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce...

Disgusted with his son Harvey's attitude since his return from college, wealthy William Ogden turns the boy out to make his own way in the world....

The plot, old-hat though it is, does provide an opportunity for that wonderfully seedy villain, David Dirby, to do his dirty work and more...

Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

In this picture it is shown how a convict's life still remains under the ban of the law, even after the expiration of his term. With the detective...

After conducting a raid on a Rebel camp, a Czarist officer discovers that his wife has joined the revolutionaries. Out of loyalty to his wife, the...

A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.

The young lawyer took the cracksman's part when he was falsely accused. Later, the chemist, in revenge for his fancied wrong, refused the lawyer's...

Marriage by Contract is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by James Flood.

A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.

Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where...

A poor man steals a loaf of bread to feed his family, not knowing there's a stolen diamond hidden inside.

After all, the young chemist proves himself quite human. He would have ended his life because he had not the money to spend on his desired research...

Prudence's ( Olive Thomas ) parents send her from their Pennsylvania Quaker colony to a fashionable girls seminary, hoping she can learn about the...

A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later, he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime, a group of...

A sweetheart at every port has ever characterized the sailor, but it is believed that the sailor in this comedy carries the tradition a trifle...

In this historical adventure based on traditional legend concerning Leif Ericsson and the first Viking settlers to reach North America by sea, Norse...

The waif came to live with the unsuspecting old shoemaker. Then a homeless newsboy followed. One friendly heart bred another. That was too much for...

From his hard and lonely life with his foster father, the adopted son finds solace in Cynthia, the neighbor's daughter. Father promises to give them...

An old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England when she married a suitor over the objections of her...