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Ernest Shields is a Actor American born on 5 august 1884 at Chicago (USA)

Ernest Shields

Ernest Shields
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Nationality USA
Birth 5 august 1884 at Chicago (USA)
Death 13 december 1944 (at 60 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Ernest Shields (5 August 1884 – 13 December 1944) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 113 films between 1914 and 1944. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California.

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Francis Ford
Francis Ford
(3 films)
Lee Shumway
Lee Shumway
(6 films)
Grace Cunard
Grace Cunard
(3 films)
Lee Phelps
Lee Phelps
(4 films)
Cyril Ring
Cyril Ring
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ernest Shields (17 films)

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I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch (1942)
, 1h17
Directed by René Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Witches in film
Actors Veronica Lake, Fredric March, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway, Robert Benchley, Elizabeth Patterson
Rating70% 3.5462653.5462653.5462653.5462653.546265
Two witches in colonial Salem, Jennifer (Veronica Lake) and her father Daniel (Cecil Kellaway), are burned at the stake after being denounced by Puritan Jonathan Wooley (Fredric March) and their ashes buried beneath a tree to imprison their evil spirits. In revenge, Jennifer curses Wooley and all his male descendants, dooming them always to marry the wrong woman.
Let Us Live
Let Us Live (1939)
, 1h8
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter, Stanley Ridges, Henry Kolker
Roles Undetermined Role
Rating66% 3.342513.342513.342513.342513.34251
On the eve of his marriage to waitress Mary Roberts (O'Sullivan), taxi driver "Brick" Tennant is questioned as a murder suspect along with 120 other drivers, because a taxi served as the getaway car in a theater robbery in which a man was killed. When one of the witnesses swears that Brick and his friend Joe Linden (Baxter) were the killers, the district attorney (Ridges), eager for a conviction, brings the taxi drivers to trial even though Brick and Mary were in a church when the robbery took place. Although innocent, Brick and Joe are found guilty and sentenced to die on the electric chair. Mary, however, refuses to give up hope, and when she unearths a bullet from another robbery that was shot from the murder weapon, she convinces Police Lieutenant Everett (Bellamy) that the wrong men have been convicted. To prove Brick and Joe's innocence Everett and Mary search for the real culprits . As the time of his execution approaches, Brick is transformed from an idealistic youth into a man whose faith in the system has been shattered. On the day of the execution, Mary and Everett finally find the real culprits. The governor then pardons Brick, but although his life has been spared, his faith can never be repaired.
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
, 2h6
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller
Roles Man (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8974953.8974953.8974953.8974953.897495
Successful banker Anthony P. Kirby (Edward Arnold) has just returned from Washington, D.C., where he was effectively granted a government-sanctioned munitions monopoly, which will make him very rich. He intends to buy up a 12-block radius around a competitor's factory to put him out of business, but there is one house that is a holdout to selling. Kirby instructs his real estate broker, John Blakely (Clarence Wilson), to offer a huge sum for the house, and if that is not accepted, to cause trouble for the family.
The Toast of New York
The Toast of New York (1937)
, 1h49
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie, Donald Meek, Thelma Leeds
Rating62% 3.1474153.1474153.1474153.1474153.147415
In post-Civil War America, unscrupulous, ambitious partners Jim Fisk (Arnold) and Nick Boyd (Grant) talk tight-fisted businessman Daniel Drew (Donald Meek) into selling them his shipping company, paying with worthless Confederate bonds. Later, worried that his longtime rival, Cornelius Vanderbilt (Clarence Kolb), is trying to take control of his railroad, Drew seeks help from Fisk, only to have him turn the situation to his own advantage. Fisk and Boyd eventually become powers to be reckoned with on Wall Street.
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo (1937)
, 1h55
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Historical, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan, Bob Burns, Henry O'Neill, Mary Nash
Roles Minor Role
Rating63% 3.191153.191153.191153.191153.19115
In the early 1840s, Wells & Fargo employee Ramsay MacKay (Joel McCrea) comes upon a broken down carriage in the countryside and gives belle Justine Pryor (Frances Dee) and her mother (Mary Nash) a lift into Buffalo, New York, though he warns them he is in a hurry to make a delivery of fresh oysters. The ladies endure a very bumpy ride, and he arrives in time to enable his employer, Henry Wells (Henry O'Neill), to impress some bankers with the speed of his service.
Wedding Present
Wedding Present (1936)
, 1h21
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Joan Bennett, Edward Brophy, Cary Grant, Purnell Pratt, George Bancroft, George Meeker
Rating62% 3.1001653.1001653.1001653.1001653.100165
Monica "Rusty" Fleming et Charlie Mason sont deux journalistes de Chicago, dont les méthodes fort peu conventionnelles viennent à bout de la patience de leur rédacteur en chef Pete Stagg, qui démissionne. Rusty voudrait bien que Charlie l'épouse, mais lui repousse toujours cette éventualité. Alors que Rusty est en vacances, Charlie est nommé à la place de Stagg, mais il s'avère être un véritable tyran. Lorsqu'elle revient, elle ne peut supporter ce changement d'attitude et part pour New York. Elle y rencontre Roger Dodacker, un auteur, qui va la demander en mariage. En apprenant cela, Charlie va essayer de ruiner la cérémonie.
Wives Never Know
Wives Never Know (1936)
, 1h15
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Adolphe Menjou, Vivienne Osborne, Claude Gillingwater, Fay Holden
Roles Drunk
Rating63% 3.173923.173923.173923.173923.17392
Homer (Charles Ruggles) and Marcia Bigelow (Mary Boland) are a happily married couple. Visiting novelist J. Hugh Ramsey (Adolphe Menjou) considers himself both too wise to ever marry and, through hubris, qualified to offer his own wild theories on what constitutes a happy marriage. He had thus written a best selling novel titled Marriage, the Living Death. Ramsey decides that the Bigelow marriage could not possibly be as perfect as it appears, and convinces Homer that his wife must be secretly unhappy because she had never had the opportunity to forgive the morally spotless Homer for any misdeed. Wishing to please, Homer decides to involve himself in a trist so that Marcia would then have something for which she could forgive him. He chooses French actress Renée La Journée (Vivienne Osborne) who is performing nearby. Ramsey learns of the affair and discovers that the La Journée turns out to be the one love of his life that he had lost years earlier.
Stolen Harmony
Stolen Harmony (1935)
, 1h20
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Crime
Themes Musical films
Actors George Raft, Ben Bernie, Grace Bradley, Iris Adrian, Lloyd Nolan, Goodee Montgomery
Roles Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.226923.226923.226923.226923.22692
Music Is Magic
Music Is Magic (1935)
, 1h6
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Alice Faye, Bebe Daniels, Ray Walker, Frank Mitchell, Rosina Lawrence, Andrew Tombes
Roles Photographer (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0942653.0942653.0942653.0942653.094265
Diane De Valle (Bebe Daniels) is an aging theatre actress who can't deal with getting older. Trying to hide it, she has to come to terms she is being replaced by a younger actress. She has to defeat the much younger Peggy Harper (Alice Faye) for a role of a young woman in an upcoming stage production.
Behind the Lines
Behind the Lines (1916)

Directed by Henry MacRae
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Harry Carey, Edith Johnson, Ruth Clifford, Mark Fenton, Lee Shumway, Edwin Wallock
Roles Bit Role (uncredited)
Rating56% 2.8476152.8476152.8476152.8476152.847615
The Broken Coin
The Broken Coin (1915)
, 7h20
Directed by Francis Ford
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Actors Grace Cunard, Francis Ford, Eddie Polo, Harry Schumm, Ernest Shields, John Ford
Roles Count Sacchio
Rating63% 3.190723.190723.190723.190723.19072