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William L. Thorne is a Actor American born on 14 october 1878 at Fresno (USA)
William L. Thorne (October 14, 1878 Fresno, California – March 10, 1948 Fresno, Ca.) American
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Bank Alarm (1937)
, 1h1Directed by Louis Gasnier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett, Wheeler Oakman, Nat Carr, Marlo Dwyer
Roles Macy
Rating53%
Un enquêteur est à la recherche d'un gang qui dévalise des banques. Il ignore que sa propre sœur est l'amie du chef du gang.
Paradise Express (1937)
, 1hDirected by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Grant Withers, Dorothy Appleby, Arthur Hoyt, Maude Eburne, Harry Davenport, Donald Kirke
Roles Farmer at Meeting (uncredited)
Rating57%
The "Moon Valley Short line" Railroad is losing money to the "Armstrong Trucking Company". When the railroad goes into receivership, the railroad is forced to lay off several people. The president of the railroad, Jed Carson, has acquired a hatred for the new receiver, Lawrence 'Larry' Doyle. His granddaughter, Kay Carson, also does not like Doyle. After getting himself acquainted with both Jed Carson and Kay Carson, Doyle goes and wins back some business. Kay starts take a liking to Doyle, but her grandfather still hates him. When the new customer's freight is damaged, Doyle knows it is the Armstrong Trucking Company. After talking to Doyle it is revealed that the owner of the Armstrong Trucking corp, Mr. Armstrong, had Doyle appointed as the receiver, thinking it would benefit him. However, Doyle has no plans to help the Armstrong Trucking Company. Now that the railroad has won some business back, it must work on its speed, to attract more business. Doyle asks a former railroad employee to run a fast freight to beat the trucking company's schedule. When the train is mysteriously wrecked, the town blames Doyle. However, Jed Carson does research and finds that the wreck was not Doyle's fault, and reveals it to the people of the town. Before the wreck occurred, the train beat the trucking company's schedule. When the trucking company challenges the railroad to a race for a contract, the railroad starts to win, but is sabotaged by the trucking company, which has been sabotaging the railroad all along. With no water in the water tank, the engine cannot run, but Doyle thinks up the idea to use the ice in the refrigerator cars. Cutting it close, the railroad wins, and Armstrong and his henchmen are convicted when one of the trucking company's employees writes a confession. The film ends with Kay embracing Doyle, for she has fallen for him.
The Roaring West (1935)
Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Frank McGlynn Sr., Walter Miller, Fred Santley, William Desmond
Roles Marco Brett
Rating60%
Pirate Treasure (1934)
Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Richard Talmadge, Lucille Lund, Walter Miller, Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Ethan Allen Laidlaw, William Desmond
Roles Drake
Rating56%
Aviator Dick Moreland uses his winnings from a recent flight to fund an expedition to recover treasure buried his pirate ancestor. However, Stanley Brasset, another member of Moreland's club, steals his map and sets out to find the treasure for himself. Dorothy Craig becomes involved when Dick needs her car to chase Brasset's henchmen and recover the map, which results in Dorothy being kidnapped and requiring rescue by Dick. When told of the treasure, Dorothy offers her father's yacht to take them to the island. Unable to retain the map, Brasset joins the expedition (his identity as the villain unknown to the protagonists) with henchmen hidden aboard. The henchmen are discovered and attempt to take over the ship en route to the Caribbean but this fails. Brasset releases them again after arrival to stop Dick from recovering the treasure. The treasure chest itself is empty and the search by the two parties continues on the island. Island natives eventually capture Brasset and his henchmen and plan to sacrifice them. Dick intervenes and they are brought back to America as prisoners.
Clancy of the Mounted (1933)
Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Actors Tom Tyler, Julie Bishop, William Desmond, Francis Ford, Tom London, Edmund F. Cobb
Roles "Black" McDougal, outlaw and claim jumper
Rating44%
Sergeant Tom Clancy, of the North-West Mounted Police, is assigned to arrest his brother Steve, who has been framed for murder by "Black" McDougal and Pierre LaRue.
The Rainbow Trail (1932)
Directed by David Howard
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Minna Gombell, Roscoe Ates, James Kirkwood Sr., William L. Thorne
Roles King Dyer
Rating63%
Danger Island (serial) (1931)
Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Actors Kenneth Harlan, Lucile Browne, Tom Ricketts, Walter Miller, William L. Thorne, Andy Devine
Roles Bull Black
Bonnie Adams is told by her father on his death bed of his discovery of a radium deposit on an island off the coast of Africa. Ben Arnold and his girlfriend Aileen Chandos want the radium for themselves and befriend Bonnie for that purpose. The captain of the boat taking them to their destination, Harry Drake, falls in love with Bonnie en route.
Finger Prints (serial) (1931)
Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Kenneth Harlan, Edna Murphy, Gayne Whitman, Gertrude Astor, William Worthington, William L. Thorne
Roles Joe Burke, Mackey's partner in the River Gang
Rating39%
Secret Service agent Gary Gordon is working on shutting down the River Gang, a smuggling ring that his girlfriend's father is secretly a member. Soon after, events are complicated when Kent Martin blackmails the father unsuccessfully for the hand of his daughter in marriage.
The Montana Kid (1931)
, 1hDirected by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Bill Cody, Paul Gross, Doris Hill, William L. Thorne, Gordon De Main, Paul Panzer
Roles Chuck Larson
Rating55%
Un cowboy dont l'ami a été escroqué hors de son ranch puis assassiné doit s'occuper du fils de l'homme, puis il s'en prend aux tueurs.
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
, 1h37Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Kay Hammond, Lucille La Verne, Otto Hoffman
Roles Tom Lincoln
Rating56%
The first act of the film covers Lincoln's early life as a storekeeper and rail-splitter in New Salem and his early romance with Ann Rutledge, and his early years as a lawyer and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd in Springfield. The majority of the film deals with Lincoln's presidency during the American Civil War and culminates with Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre.
The Lash (1930)
, 1h17Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, Fred Kohler, Marian Nixon, James Rennie, Robert Edeson
Roles Bella Union cantina landlord
Rating54%
When Richard Barthelmess goes off to study for four years at a university in Mexico, his home in California is a part of Mexico. By the time he returns (around the year 1850), however, California has been overrun by Americans. Barthelmess finds his family living in fear of unscrupulous Americans and he finds the family estate is in shambles. Although the land deeds granted by the Spanish throne are supposed to be recognized by the United States government as proof of ownership, some crooked California land commissioners are attempting to rook the old owners. Barthelmess becomes embroiled in an argument with a federal official. He has brought 3000 head of cattle from his uncle to deliver to this official, played by Fred Kohler. Barthelmess flirts with a girl that Kohler considers to be his girlfriend and this leads the official to try up Barthelmess and lash him across the face. Barthelmess is eventually saved from further assault by the sheriff, played by James Rennie.
Peacock Alley (1930)
, 1h3Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Mae Murray, Jason Robards Sr., Richard Tucker, William L. Thorne, Phillips Smalley, E. H. Calvert
Roles Dugan
Rating47%
Claire Tree, une danseuse de revue, est amoureuse depuis longtemps de Clayton, millionnaire local. Elle le rencontre à l'hôtel Peacock Alley à New York. Lorsqu'il refuse à nouveau de l'épouser, elle annonce qu'elle épouse Jim Bradbury, son amour d'enfance du Texas. Jim, un jeune avocat ambitieux, arrive à New York et ils se marient. Mais quand il oublie de l'inscrire à l'hôtel, Dugan, le détective de la maison, leur refuse l'entrée de la chambre, insistant sur le fait que Claire y a passé la nuit précédente avec un autre homme. Jim insiste pour affronter Clayton, mais Claire est indignée qu'il ait si peu confiance en elle, et il la quitte finalement. Désillusionnée, Claire se lance dans un nouveau spectacle, mais lors de sa première, Clayton affirme qu'il croit maintenant au mariage, et Claire l'accepte.
Fighting Thru (1930)
, 1h1Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Ken Maynard, Wallace MacDonald, Jeanette Loff, Carmelita Geraghty, William L. Thorne, Charles King
Roles Ace Brady
Rating57%
Dan Barton, un des participants de la ruée vers l'or de 1849, revient à sa cabane. Son partenaire, Tennessee Malden, vient de partir pour rencontrer sa sœur Alice. Il se rend en ville pour le stopper. Il le trouve en train de jouer aux cartes avec Fox Tyson, un joueur, Queenie, une fille du saloon, et Ace Brady, le patron du saloon, qui sont en train de le plumer.
Thunderbolt (1929)
, 1h25Directed by William Wyler, Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Fay Wray, George Bancroft, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer, George Irving
Roles Police Inspector
Rating64%
Thunderbolt Jim Lang, wanted on robbery and murder charges, ventures out with his girl, "Ritzy," to a Harlem nightclub, where she informs him that she is going straight. During a raid on the club, Thunderbolt escapes. His gang shadows Ritzy and reports that she is living with Mrs. Morgan, whose son, Bob, a bank clerk, is in love with Ritzy. Fearing for Bob's safety, Ritzy engineers a police trap for Thunderbolt; he escapes but is later captured, tried, and sentenced to be executed at Sing Sing. From the death house, he successfully plots to frame Bob in a bank robbery and killing. Bob is placed in the facing cell, and guards frustrate Thunderbolt's attempts to get to his rival. When Ritzy marries Bob in the death house, Thunderbolt confesses his part in Bob's conviction. He plots to kill the boy on the night of his execution, but instead at the last minute his hand falls on Bob's shoulder in a gesture of friendship.