Claire McDowell Movies

The manicure lady spurns the barber and dates a rich cad instead.

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation.

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

A crippled girl marries a fisherman, who also has eyes for the town flirt.

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

The little family of husband, wife and infant child are just existing, the wife toiling to make ends meet, while the husband is a worthless scamp....

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

He was one of a league whom society thought honest. The little French lady who became his wife believed him a diplomatic spy for her government, so...

Simon, a young Jewish man emigrating to the US, adopts the daughter of a dying woman on the ship. After he settles in the US, he eventually builds up...

An old man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated...

His mind perverted by the many lies forced upon him, Lang becomes an outcast from the Labor Union. In order to reinstate himself he conceives a plot...

When a mother dies of heart failure in a doctor's office, the physician--feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn't save her--takes an interest in...

A comedy short about a man trying to get a new hat.

A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is...

The speed of lightning; the roar of thunder; the thrills of an earthquake; it's "The midnight flyer".

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...

A penniless artist moves into an abandoned house, but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner.

Blanche Henry, a vivacious young woman, finds what she believes is true love with a handsome young man, but then learns that he has designs on her...

William Baldwin, ruined in business by his partner, John Blaisdell, implores Blaisdell's aid, and receives in answer a five-dollar bill across the...