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...

A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.

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

A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for...

After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected...

A young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day she meets a wily artist painting on the beach, he...

The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.

It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles-- namely shyness, and the temerity of other suitors-- place themselves in the way of his love....

A dying mother left his child with an old man, but the village people want to take the child away from him because he is too old.

Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs...

James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process...

Shortly after Moody Pierson saves Sheriff Tim's life, Moody is arrested for murder. Tim doesn't believe he did it and lets him get away. Kicked out...

An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered too old. On his way home from the...

Tillie is a secretary always dressed in the height of fashion who tries to capture a millionaire named Pennington Fish. Once she gets a stenographic...

Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious and sadistic Danny Williams, who has led a life...

Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and...

A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three...

A southern girl tries her luck as a dancer in New York City.

A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.

Quincy Adams Sawyer is a young attorney who one day meets a girl in the park and is immediately smitten with her.