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Films with the genre "Comedy-drama", sorted by production date
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Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
, 1h25Directed by Marshall Neilan, Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mary Pickford, Mahlon Hamilton, Wharton James, Marshall Neilan, Milla Davenport, Fred Huntley
A police officer finds a baby in a trash can, and Mrs. Lippett, the cruel matron at an orphanage where children are made to work, names her "Jerusha Abbott" (she picks "Abbott" out of a phone book and gets "Jerusha" from a tombstone). The orphan, who comes to be called Judy, does what she can to stand up for the younger children, frequently clashing with both Mrs. Lippett and the cold hearted trustees. At one point she leads a rebellion against being served prunes with every meal and at another, steals a doll from a selfish rich girl to lend to a dying orphan.
The Hoodlum (1919)
, 1h18Directed by Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mary Pickford, Kenneth Harlan, Ralph Lewis, T.D. Crittenden, Aggie Herring, Andrew Arbuckle
Spoiled Amy Burke (Mary Pickford) lives with her doting grandfather, ruthless business magnate Alexander Guthrie (Ralph Lewis), in his Fifth Avenue, New York City mansion. She is initially delighted when he offers to take her with him on a trip to Europe. However, as the day approaches for their departure, she changes her mind and decides to go live with her newly returned father, "sociological writer" John Burke (T. D. Crittenden), at Craigen Street, wherever that is. Unused to having his plans thwarted, Guthrie becomes cold to his beloved granddaughter.
Heart o' the Hills (1919)
, 1h27Directed by Sidney Franklin, Joseph De Grasse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Mary Pickford, Claire McDowell, Harold Goodwin, Fred Huntley, Sam De Grasse, John Gilbert
Jason Honeycutt (Harold Goodwin) is a young boy who lives with his stepfather chief Steve Honeycutt (Sam De Grasse) at the ancestral Honeycutts' home. One day the chief is looking for the 13-year-old mountain girl Mavis Hawn (Mary Pickford), who is shooting bullets in the woods. Mavis desires revenge after a few gang members attacked her home and shot and killed her father. One of her only friends is geologist and school teacher John Burnham (Fred Warren). He suggests she get an education instead of learning to use a gun.
True Heart Susie (1919)
, 1h27Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, George Fawcett, Clarine Seymour, Mae Marsh, Kate Bruce
As described in a film magazine, "True Heart Susie" (Gish) lives with her aunt (O'Connor) and loves stupid William Jenkins (Harron). Her love is so great that she sacrifices the family cow, a pet of hers, and other farm produce so that he can go to college, but the benefaction is a secret one, and he finishes his theological studies without suspecting that she aided him. He has impressed her that she must dress as plainly as possible, and she is so attired when she goes with him for a "sody" on his triumphant return from college, but his eyes wonder to girls giving a more attractive expression of themselves. After he becomes a minister, he cruelly consults Susie about the policy of taking a wife, and almost breaks her heart when he weds gay Bettina "Betty" Hopkins (Seymour), expecting his bride to adopt herself to his colorless life. The young wife fails to satisfy her husband with her cooking, with William finding the dishes Susie makes more to his taste. He begins to regret his marriage, and so does his wife, who escapes the monotony of her marriage by attending a dance at a neighboring house. After she loses her key and gets caught in the rain on the way home, Betty appeals to Susie, who shields her from the consequences as far as the minister is concerned. However, Betty's fright and her soaking bring on a fatal sickness, and it is after her death that her husband learns of her escapade. Although he swears never to marry again, he finds that True Heart Susie has given the one opportunity of his life, and he returns to her with the offering of his hand in marriage.
Anne of Green Gables (1919)
, 1hDirected by William Desmond Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Mary Miles Minter, Paul Kelly, Marcia Harris, Lincoln Stedman, Frederick Burton, Albert Hackett
, 50minutesDirected by Hugh Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Marguerite Clark, Mary Carr, May McAvoy, Gareth Hughes
As described in a film magazine, Lovey Mary (Clark) is an inmate of an orphanage who runs away a little boy with whom she has become strongly attached. She finds refuge on a rainy night with Mrs. Wiggs (Carr), a mother of five who lives in a wretched settlement known as the Cabbage Patch. Mrs. Wiggs feeds and shelters them, and lies to a sheriff looking to return them to the orphanage. There are a series of interactions with the amusing characters that live in the Cabbage Patch with brings about the growth and improvement in Mary. It is through Mary that the child she has been mothering becomes legitimate and the whole family obtains prosperity.
The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
, 1h3Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mae Murray, Rudolph Valentino, Richard Cummings, William V. Mong, Harry L. Rattenberry, Bert Woodruff
Mary McGuire (Mae Murray) is a working-class young girl who lives in a New York tenement and supports her mother and her shiftless father and uncle.
The Climbers (1919)
Directed by Tom Terriss
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Corinne Griffith, Percy Marmont, Emily Fitzroy, Josephine Whittell, Charles Halton
A Yankee Princess (1919)
Directed by David Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Bessie Love, George C. Pearce, Aggie Herring, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Katherine Griffith
Maggie Pepper (1919)
Directed by Chester Withey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ethel Clayton, Elliott Dexter, Winifred Greenwood, Tully Marshall, Edna Mae Wilson, Raymond Hatton
As described in a film magazine, Maggie Pepper (Clayton) is a self-reliant and snappy saleswoman who supports a young girl Claire (Wilson), the daughter of her sister-in-law Ada (Greenwood), who is in jail for shoplifting. Maggie is being courted by Jake Rothschild (Hatton) and has just rejected him when the young owner of the store, Joe Holbrook (Dexter), comes upon them. She mistakes Joe for a job seeker and advises him to stay away from a concern that is dying painlessly. Joe becomes interested and finds that the peppery young woman has ideas and vision. He is already engaged, but finds that the comparison of the women favors Maggie. Maggie, the victim of envy, is discharged. Her sister-in-law Ada, now released and led back to crime by a second husband Sam (Marshall), plans to do shoplifting at the Holbrook store. Maggie only wants the child to be free from bad influences, and accepts a job offer in Pittsburgh to get a better environment. There is a sensational attempt to steal the child, which brings Holbrook to the rescue. He feigns injury to keep a hold on Maggie, and ends up winning her.
Come Again Smith (1919)
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Henry Arthur Barrows, William Conklin, Winifred Greenwood, Charles K. French
The Probation Wife (1919)
, 1hDirected by Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Norma Talmadge, Thomas Meighan, Alec B. Francis, Amelia Summerville
All the World to Nothing (1918)
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Winifred Westover, William Russell
Richard Chester, un célibataire qui a tout perdu au poker, déboule dans l'appartement de Nora Ellis, qui vient d'hériter d'une fortune à condition qu'elle se marie immédiatement. Se faisant appeler Chester Dick, Richard épouse Nora et s'en va. Alors qu'il n'est pas au courant de ce mariage, Charles Renalls, un prétendant de Nora, pense que la richesse de celle-ci est le seul obstacle à leur union et cherche à la ruiner à la bourse. Apprenant cela, Richard ruine Charles. Nora tombe amoureuse de Richard, sans le reconnaître comme son mari d'un soir. Espérant ruiner les chances de Richard auprès de Nora, Charles dit à celle-ci que Richard est déjà marié et même qu'il a la photographie de sa femme dans sa poche. À sa surprise, Nora découvre qu'il s'agit de sa propre photo et que Richard est déjà son mari.
Au-dessus des lois (1918)
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors William Desmond, Ann Forrest
Benny Boggs, un vagabond, est réformé lorsqu'il veut entrer dans l'U.S. Army. En arrivant chez Old Man Cushing, il décide de surmonter son aversion pour le travail et aide le vieux fermier pendant quelques jours. Cushing tombe sérieusement malade et, croyant que sa fin est proche, il demande à Benny de délivrer un paquet à sa fille Ruby, qui a fui la maison pour poursuivre une carrière d'actrice. Benny découvre bientôt que le paquet contient 50 000 $ mais se résout malgré sa pauvreté à respecter la confiance que le vieil homme a mis en lui. En ville, Benny sauve Beatrice Burnett d'un assaillant, et ils deviennent amis. Plus tard Beatrice emmène Benny rendre visite à une amie souffrante, qui s'avère être la fille disparue de Old Man Cushing. Après avoir donné l'argent à Ruby, Benny l'accompagne à la ferme, où Cushing, maintenant rétabli, les reçoit avec joie. L'armée accepte finalement Benny, et Ruby promet de se marier avec lui lorsqu'il reviendra.