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Betty Compson is a Actor, Writer and Producer American born on 17 march 1897 at Beaver (USA)

Betty Compson

Betty Compson
Betty Compson participated to 107 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 2 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actress

The Case of Sergeant Grischa, 1h22
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Chester Morris, Betty Compson, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Alec B. Francis, Jean Hersholt, Leyland Hodgson
Roles Babka
Rating71% 3.5856853.5856853.5856853.5856853.585685
Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin of the Imperial Russian Army has been captured by the Imperial German Army during World War I, and is interned in a Prisoner-of-war camp. When his chance comes to escape, he takes it, ending up staying with a young Russian refugee, Babka. However, after a time, he longs to return to his home in Russia. Babka, even though she has fallen in love with him, agrees to help him. Since he cannot travel under his real name, being an escaped POW, Babka obtains the credentials of a dead Russian soldier, Bjuscheff.
The Barker
The Barker (1928)
, 1h20
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, George Cooper, Betty Compson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Sylvia Ashton
Roles Carrie
Rating70% 3.5108453.5108453.5108453.5108453.510845
The film tells the story of a woman (Dorothy Mackaill) who comes between a man (Milton Sills) and his estranged son (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) Sills is a carnival barker who is in love with a dancing girl and is ambitious to have his son, Fairbanks, become a lawyer. Fairbanks has other ideas and during his vacation he hops a freight, joins the carnival, and weds a dancing girl (Mackaill). Eventually, Fairbanks fulfills the ambition his father had for him.