Justus D. Barnes
Actor
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The Voice of Conscience
Two girls fall in love with the same man. Out motoring one day they are thrown from the machine and carried to the hospital where one of the girls poisons the other. The story swings into a very pleasant finish. The shackles of studio filming are largely broken in THE VOICE OF...Watch Movie
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The Great Train Robbery
More than a crucial historical artifact, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY reveals the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise. Known for using such innovative filming techniques such as double exposure, cross-cutting and camera...Watch Movie
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The Star of Bethlehem
Biblical tale about the birth of Christ told with a cast of 100's. Thanhouser's ambitious STAR OF BETHLEHEM was one of the first steps toward true feature-length films (more than two reels long). It appeared the year before the Italian epic QUO VADIS? was screened in the U....Watch Movie
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The Farmer's Daughters
The daughters of the farmer do some very good character work fooling young college graduates who are bent on matrimony. Incidental glimpses of American farm life considerably enhance the value of the film. The one-reel light comedy was a specialty of Thanhouser, as were...Watch Movie
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Uncle's Namesakes
A comedy about twin "boys" who deceive their rich English uncle, with Marion and Madeline Fairbanks ("The Twins"). This story of an American family’s innocent deception to earn money from a rich English relative is about as broad as Thanhouser comedy ever got. The Thanhouser...Watch Movie
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When the Studio Burned
The film studio’s worst enemy was fire, thanks to mostly wooden structures and highly flammable negatives, prints and film stock. Fire actually struck the Thanhouser studio on January 13, 1913 and burned the main facility to the ground. Most of the negatives and prints were...Watch Movie
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The Portrait of Lady Anne
In 1770, the beautiful Lady Anne in a jealous fit throws over her lover who goes away to the war and is killed. Fast forward to 1912 where a descendant of Lady Anne is entertaining and much the same happens. A fantasy of romance and jealousy across 200 years. Sets are, in...Watch Movie
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Young Lord Stanley
A nobleman stoops to manual labor when his funds grow low and falls deeply in love with his employer's daughter. Some of Lloyd F. Lonergan’s recurring storytelling themes are the basis for this simple, engaging and unlikely story: indomitable young romance, inheritance,...Watch Movie
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Old Jane of the Gaiety
Old Jane, the wardrobe woman, is an institution at the Gaiety Theatre. She keeps a watchful eye on the younger girls, especially little Nina Fagnant, a serious child with genuine ability. By July 1915 the studio was again benefitting from the management of Edwin Thanhouser. A...Watch Movie
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The Marvelous Marathoner
Thanhouser’s "Falstaff Comedies" was a schedule of one-reel comedies released each Friday beginning in April 1915, later changed to each Tuesday. Looking for a niche, Thanhouser’s short plot-driven comedies stood out from other studios’ trend toward longer offerings and broad...Watch Movie
