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William Elmer is a Actor American born on 25 april 1869 at Council Bluffs (USA)

William Elmer

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Nationality USA
Birth 25 april 1869 at Council Bluffs (USA)
Death 24 february 1945 (at 75 years) at Hollywood (USA)

William Elmer (April 25, 1869 – February 24, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 88 films between 1913 and 1942. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died in Hollywood, California.

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Filmography of William Elmer (56 films)

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The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
, 1h28
Directed by Orson Welles, Robert Wise, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins
Roles Servant (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7972953.7972953.7972953.7972953.797295
The Ambersons are by far the wealthiest family in the small midwestern city of Indianapolis. It is the turn of the 20th century, and life is peaceful. Eugene Morgan as a young man courts Isabel Amberson, but she rejects him even though she loves him. Isabel instead marries Wilbur Minafer, a passionless man she does not love. They have a child, George, whom she spoils and who becomes the terror of the town.
The Devil and Miss Jones
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
, 1h32
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Pat Flaherty, Robert Cummings, Edmund Gwenn, Spring Byington
Rating75% 3.797513.797513.797513.797513.79751
Cantankerous tycoon John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn) goes undercover as a shoe clerk at his own New York department store to identify agitators trying to form a union, after seeing a newspaper picture of his employees hanging him in effigy. He befriends fellow clerk Mary Jones (Jean Arthur) and her recently fired boyfriend Joe O'Brien (Robert Cummings), a labor union organizer. Through his firsthand experiences, he grows more sympathetic to the needs of his workers, while finding unexpected love with sweet-natured clerk Elizabeth Ellis (Spring Byington).
Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle (1940)
, 1h48
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli, Doodles Weaver, Ernest Cossart
Roles Neway (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4469553.4469553.4469553.4469553.446955
Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers), a saleswoman in a New York boutique working for Delphine Detaille (Odette Myrtil), faces a life-changing decision: marry doctor Mark Eisen (James Craig) or run away to South America with the man she has loved for many years, the already-married Wyn Strafford (Dennis Morgan). As she wrestles with her decision, the film flashes back to her youth in Philadelphia.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
, 2h9
Directed by Otto Brower, John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Shirley Mills, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan
Roles un migrant
Rating80% 4.0484454.0484454.0484454.0484454.048445
The film opens with Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), released from prison and hitchhiking his way back to his parents' family farm in Oklahoma. Tom finds an itinerant ex-preacher named Jim Casy (John Carradine) sitting under a tree by the side of the road. Casy was the preacher who baptized Tom, but now Casy has "lost the spirit" and his faith (presaging his imminent conversion to communism). Casy goes with Tom to the Joad property only to find it deserted. There, they meet Muley Graves (John Qualen) who is hiding out. In a flashback, he describes how farmers all over the area were forced from their farms by the deed holders of the land. A local boy (Irving Bacon), hired for the purpose, is shown knocking down Muley's house with a Caterpillar tractor. Following this, Tom and Casy move on to find the Joad family at Tom's Uncle John's place. His family is happy to see Tom and explain they have made plans to head for California in search of employment, as their farm has been foreclosed on by the bank. The large Joad family of twelve leaves at daybreak, along with Casy who decides to accompany them. They pack everything into a dilapidated 1926 Hudson "Super Six" sedan adapted to serve as a truck in order to make the long journey to the promised land of California.
Uncharted Channels
Uncharted Channels (1920)

Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors H. B. Warner, Kathryn Adams, Sam De Grasse, Evelyn Selbie, William Elmer, J.P. Lockney
Roles Jim Baker

Timothy Webb est déshérité par son père, qui lui reproche son mode de vie insouciant. En bleu de travail, Tim part travailler dans l'usine que son père a légué à son oncle, et y devient plombier. Il rejoint le syndicat et découvre que Nicholas Schonn, un bolchevik opportuniste qui fait semblant d'être en accord avec les ouvriers, est en train de fomenter une agitation sociale, aidé en cela par la féministe Elsa Smolski. En faisant croire qu'il rejoint leurs rangs, Tim déjoue les plans de Schonn qui voulait escroquer de 50 000 $ l'héritière Sylvia Kingston, et gagne par la même occasion l'amour de Sylvia. Celle-ci lui offre alors le chèque, qui utilise l'argent pour racheter l'usine de son père et, après avoir augmenté tous les employés, prouve son mérite et parvient à rejeter les fauteurs de troubles hors de l'usine.
The Dub
The Dub (1919)
, 50minutes
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Wallace Reid, Ralph Lewis, Raymond Hatton, Charles Ogle, Winter Hall, Nina Byron
Roles Burglar Bill

Maggie Pepper
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
Roles Dud Corey

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.