List of the best Claire McDowell movies: The Big Parade(1925), Love Never Dies(1921), Ben-Hur(1925), Heart o' the Hills(1919), The Shamrock Handicap(1926), August Week-end(1936), The Mark of Zorro(1920), Central Airport(1933), Cornered(1932), The Jack-Knife Man(1920), Murder by Television(1935), The Big House(1930) ... ...
War
USA
1925
126 Minutes
Mrs. Apperson
John Gilbert Renée Adorée Hobart Bosworth Claire McDowell Claire Adams Karl Dane Robert Ober Tom O'Brien Rosita Marstini
soldier father mother ingénue brother girlfriend emotional melodramatic france battlefield countryside family home farm world war i horrors of war young love family growing up love quest
A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.
Drama
USA
1921
80 Minutes
Liz Trott
Lloyd Hughes Madge Bellamy Joseph Bennett Claire McDowell Winifred Greenwood Frank Brownlee Julia Brown Lillian Leighton
husband wife father rival mother melodramatic uneasy north carolina small town city household river reputation deception father/daughter relationship false accusations small-town life schemes rivalry transformation
John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him,... See full summary »
Drama, History
1925
145 Minutes
Princess of Hur
Ramon Novarro Francis X. Bushman May McAvoy Claire McDowell Betty Bronson Carmel Myers Nigel de Brulier Mitchell Lewis Leo White Frank Currier Charles Belcher
hero villain mentor jesus engaging spirited jerusalem betrayal revenge competition friendship adventure quest revenge 1st century
An enslaved Jewish prince (Ramon Novarro) meets his Roman betrayer (Francis X. Bushman) in a chariot race.
Drama, Romance
1919
87 Minutes
Martha Hawn
Mary Pickford Sidney Franklin Harold Goodwin A.D. Sears Claire McDowell Sam De Grasse W.H. Bainbridge John Gilbert Betty Bouton Fred Warren Fred Huntley
An outsider trying to exploit the area for its coal inflames tensions among rival families in the Kentucky hills.
Drama
USA
1926
66 Minutes
Molly O'Shea
Janet Gaynor Leslie Fenton Willard Louis J. Farrell MacDonald Claire McDowell Louis Payne Georgie Harris
The story of Sir Miles O'Hara and his daughter, who rent out living quarters to a poor family, the O'Sheas, who cannot pay rent on time.
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Alma Washburne
Valerie Hobson G.P. Huntley Jr. Paul Harvey Betty Compson Claire McDowell Frank Melton Dorothea Kent Maynard Holmes Edgar Norton Gigi Parrish Howard C. Hickman
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy man.
Adventure
USA
1920
90 Minutes
Doña Catalina Pulido
Douglas Fairbanks Marguerite De La Motte Noah Beery Robert McKim Charles Hill Mailes Claire McDowell George Periolat Walt Whitman Charles Stevens Noah Beery Jr. Snitz Edwards
vigilante captain love interest damsel in distress governor zorro playful charming california mansion prison heroism rebellion corruption identity love rescue revenge quest 19th century
A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.
Action
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Mrs. Blaine
Richard Barthelmess Sally Eilers Tom Brown Grant Mitchell James Murray Claire McDowell Willard Robertson John Wayne Arthur Vinton Charles Sellon
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
Western
1932
58 Minutes
Jane's Aunt
Tim McCoy Shirley Grey Niles Welch Raymond Hatton Lloyd Ingram Claire McDowell Charles King John Eberts Walter Long Bob Kortman Art Mix
Drama
USA
1920
60 Minutes
Lize Merdin
Fred Turner Harry Todd Bobby Kelso Willis Marks Lillian Leighton James Corrigan Claire McDowell Charles Arling Florence Vidor Irene Yeager Carol Marshall
A lonely old riverboat man is left a child by a dying mother. The old man and the boy grow to love one another. The village snoop feels the child would be better off in an orphanage and the... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Mrs. Houghland
Bela Lugosi June Collyer Huntley Gordon George Meeker Henry Mowbray Charles Hill Mailes Charles French Claire McDowell Larry Francis Hattie McDaniel Henry Hall
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.