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Leila Hyams
Leila Hyams was an American actress known for her work in the silent film era and later as a character actress in the 1930s. She starred in horror classics such as "Freaks" and "Island of Lost Souls." Hyams retired from acting in 1936 and lived a private life until her death in 1977.
Titles credited to Leila Hyams
Freaks
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
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Ruggles of Red Gap
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. R...
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The Big House
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
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Red-Headed Woman
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.
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Spite Marriage
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' o...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Sing, Sinner, Sing
A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.
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The Idle Rich
Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan...
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Stepping Out
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
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