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Ernest Joy is a Actor American born on 20 january 1878 at Iowa (USA)

Ernest Joy

Ernest Joy
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 january 1878 at Iowa (USA)
Death 12 february 1924 (at 46 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Ernest Joy (January 20, 1878 – February 12, 1924) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1911 and 1920. He was born in Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ernest Joy (43 films)

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Actor

The Dancin' Fool
The Dancin' Fool (1920)
, 50minutes
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels, Raymond Hatton, Lillian Leighton, Tully Marshall, Ernest Joy
Roles Tom Reed
Rating44% 2.238742.238742.238742.238742.23874
As described in a film publication, Sylvester Tibble (Reid), a country yokel, comes to New York City to work at his uncle Enoch Jones's (Hatton) jug business for $6 per week and earns extra money dancing at a jazz cabaret. He becomes the dance partner of Junie Budd (Daniels). They soon find romance while performing Apache dance routines. Sylvester also makes a success of his uncle's business by introducing modern business methods.
The Firefly of France
The Firefly of France (1918)
, 50minutes
Directed by Donald Crisp
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Raymond Hatton, Charles Ogle, Winter Hall, Ernest Joy
Roles Aide to Von Blenheim

Jules of the Strong Heart
Jules of the Strong Heart (1918)
, 50minutes
Directed by Donald Crisp
Origin USA
Actors George Beban, Helen Jerome Eddy, Raymond Hatton, Charles Ogle, Guy Oliver, Ernest Joy
Roles Jack Liggitt

As described in a film magazine, Jules Lemaire (Beban) comes to the lumbering country with an infant. He secures a position logging and the interest of Joy Farnsworth (Eddy), daughter of foreman Tom Farnsworth (Ogle). Big Jim Burgess (Oliver) becomes jealous of Jules and spreads false stories regarding the baby. A storm prevents the foreman from going to get the pay. This arouses the men and some want to attack Farnsworth. Jules offers to go get the money and Burgess goes along. Burgess leads Jules astray, and demands the note for the money, but Jules refuses to give it up. Burgess then tortures Jules, but is interrupted by the arrival of Joy and Herbert Sommerville (Neill), the latter having come for his baby. Burgess is captured, the money needed for the pay is secured, and the trio arrive just in time to save Farnsworth and his assistant from the wrath of the men. Sommerville takes his baby with him and Joy declares her love for Jules.
The Devil Stone
The Devil Stone (1917)
, 1h
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Hobart Bosworth, Tully Marshall, James Neill, Mabel Van Buren
Rating69% 3.483383.483383.483383.483383.48338
As described in a film magazine, Silas Martin (Marshall), a miser, marries Marcia Manot (Farrar) in order to gain possession of a valuable emerald she owns that once belonged to a Norse queen and is now cursed. After the wedding Marcia learns the true side of her husband and realizes that the marriage was a mistake. Silas steals the stone and places Marcia and Guy Sterling (Reid), his business partner, in a false light in order to get a divorce. Marcia sneaks in one night and discovers that Silas has the stone. She gains possession of it, but Silas attempts to regain it. They struggle, and Marcia kills him in self-defense. Sterling is accused of the murder, but the evidence clears him and the crime remains a mystery. Sterling marries Marcia and has an expert criminologist investigate the murder. He traces the crime to Marcia and, when confronted, she confesses. He gives her one month's leave of absence, after which she is to turn herself into the law. Marcia returns to her old home and gives the priest the emerald so he can make provision for homeless orphans. She returns and gives herself up to the criminologist. However, finding that her good deed has redeemed her, the criminologist does not turn her over to the law, and she and Sterling are happily reunited.
Nan of Music Mountain
Nan of Music Mountain (1917)
, 50minutes
Directed by George Melford, Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Theodore Roberts, James Cruze, Charles Ogle, Raymond Hatton
Roles Lefever
Rating17% 0.865280.865280.865280.865280.86528
As described in a film magazine, Henry de Spain (Reid) is determined to find the man who murdered his father. He becomes sort of an outsider with Duke Morgan's (Roberts) gang, cattlemen, and outlaws. Nan (Little), daughter of the head of the clan, secretly loves Henry and when he is wounded in a fight with the Morgan clan, she helps him escape. This angers her father and he declares that she shall marry her cousin. Nan dispatches a message to Henry for assistance and he brings her safely to his clan. Nan then learns that her father was the murder of Henry's father. She returns to her father to learn the truth and together they go to Henry and reveal the murder's name. After a thorough understanding and forgiving, Henry and Nan are married.
The Call of the East
The Call of the East (1917)
, 50minutes
Directed by George Melford
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki (青木 鶴子), Jack Holt, James Cruze, Ernest Joy, Guy Oliver
Roles Col. Bassett

As described in a film magazine, Sheila Hepburn (Loomis), the half-sister of Alan Hepburn (Holt), is the daughter of a Japanese mother. While visiting Alan, who works in Tokyo, she attends a festival with her Japanese maid while wearing a Japanese kimono. There she meets the wealthy Arai Takada (Hayakawa), who is taken by the mysterious woman. Alan has dishonored and betrayed O'Mitsu (Aoki), and her brother Arai plans a terrible revenge. Alan looses heavily at cards to Arai and, to forget his losses, accompanies Arai to his country home. There Alan is about to be thrust into a pool of quicksand to die when Sheila appears, having been warned of Arai's plans. Dismayed that the woman he met at the festival is Alan's sister, Arai sees that she and Alan do not meet, but later agrees to release her brother as Sheila wins Arai's love and respect. At that moment Alan appears, having escaped from his prison, and strikes Arai down. Sheila bursts into tears and runs to the fallen man, and Alan, seeing his sister responding to the "call of the east," departs.
Little Miss Optimist
Little Miss Optimist (1917)
, 50minutes
Directed by Robert Thornby
Origin USA
Actors Vivian Martin, Tom Moore, Charles West, Ernest Joy, Charles K. Gerrard, Helen Bray
Roles John West

As described in a film magazine, when the foster mother of Mazie-Rosie Carden (Martin) marries, she is forced to find another home. She is sent to Hope Mission where she is given a place to stay. A millionaire named West (Joy) is murdered in his home, and Mazie's brother Ben (West) is accused of the crime. Fear of the police drives Mazie to flee to a church where she hides for several days. On Sunday, she is forced to hide in the pulpit and from here she is able to identify the killer through a much damaged coin West had on his person at the time of his murder. With the real murderer brought to justice and her brother free, Mazie is happy. She discovers that she is loved by a young man whom she befriended when he first came to the town, and like a fairy tale they live happily ever after.