Cast: Betty Compson
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Betty Compson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 46
The Docks of New York
1928 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Josef von Sternberg
Cast George Bancroft · Betty Compson · Olga Baclanova · Clyde Cook
Synopsis The ship on which Bill Roberts is a stoker has just put into port, giving the crew one night ashore. The ship's bad-tempered third engineer orders the stokers to clean up, while the engineer heads for a dockside bar, where...
7.3
795 votes
7.3
795 votes
The White Shadow
1924 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Cutts
Cast Betty Compson · Clive Brook · Henry Victor · A.B. Imeson
Synopsis The plot concerns twin sisters, one good, the other evil. The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked on it as assistant director...
6.0
21 votes
6.0
21 votes
The Great Gabbo
1929 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Erich von Stroheim · James Cruze
Cast Erich von Stroheim · Betty Compson · Donald Douglas · Marjorie Kane
Synopsis An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
6.0
120 votes
6.0
120 votes
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
1941 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Carole Lombard · Robert Montgomery · Gene Raymond · Jack Carson
Synopsis Sophisticated New York couple David and Annie Smith have an unusual marriage with an inordinate number of rules and regulations. One rule entitles them to ask each other one question per month which the other must answer completely honestly. Annie...
5.9
2K votes
5.9
2K votes
Invisible Ghost
1941 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Joseph H. Lewis
Cast Bela Lugosi · Polly Ann Young · John McGuire · Clarence Muse
Synopsis The town's leading citizen becomes a homocidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
4.8
244 votes
4.8
244 votes
The Royal Oak
1923 · Movie · United Kingdom
Direction Maurice Elvey
Cast Betty Compson · Henry Ainley · Henry Victor · Thurston Hall
Synopsis A royalist lady poses as the king to help him escape.
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Chester Morris · Betty Compson · Alec B. Francis · Gustav von Seyffertitz
Synopsis Grischa Paprotkin is a simple sergeant in the Russian Army, who has been captured by the Germans during World War I, and who sits in a Prisoner-of-war camp camp. When his chance comes to escape, he takes it, ending up...
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The Belle of Broadway
1926 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Harry O. Hoyt
Cast Betty Compson · Herbert Rawlinson · Edith Yorke · Armand Kaliz
Synopsis Madame Adele, once a great star of the Paris theatre, has fallen upon hard times. But she allows a young American performer, Marie Duval, to perform as the Madame Adele of old, and both become the darlings of Paris, one...
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Say It with Diamonds
1927 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Gregor · Jack Nelson
Cast Betty Compson · Earle Williams · Jocelyn Lee · Armand Kaliz
Synopsis American silent drama film following an early Vitagraph leading man and matinee idol. Prints of the film are held at the Library of Congress and George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.
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Hubby's Night Out (S)
1917 · Movie · 12 min. · United States
Direction Al Christie
Cast Betty Compson · Neal Burns · Eddie Barry · Harry Ham
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Woman to Woman
1929 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Victor Saville
Cast Betty Compson · George Barraud · Juliette Compton · Margaret Chambers
Synopsis An amnesiac officer weds a barren socialite and adopts his son by a French ballerina.
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The Boudoir Diplomat
1930 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Malcolm St. Clair
Cast Betty Compson · Ian Keith · Mary Duncan · Jeannette Loff
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The Lady Refuses
1931 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction George Archainbaud
Cast Betty Compson · John Darrow · Gilbert Emery · Margaret Livingston
Synopsis A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young girl to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the girl and the father begin to fall for each other, and things get even more complicated...
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Kick In
1922 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction George Fitzmaurice
Cast Betty Compson · Bert Lytell · May McAvoy · Gareth Hughes
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Laughing at Danger
1940 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Howard Bretherton
Cast Frankie Darro · Joy Hodges · George Houston · Mantan Moreland
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The Silver Lining
1932 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Alan Crosland
Cast Maureen O'Sullivan · Betty Compson · John Warburton · Montagu Love
Synopsis A rich girls gets her lesson, being sent to prison and getting to know a few people effected by her negligence.
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News Is Made at Night
1939 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Alfred L. Werker
Cast Preston Foster · Lynn Bari · Russell Gleason · George Barbier
Synopsis Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
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Inside the Lines
1930 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Roy Pomeroy
Cast Betty Compson · Ralph Forbes · Montagu Love · Ivan Simpson
Synopsis During World War 1, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
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The Desert Bride
1928 · Movie · 56 min. · United States
Direction Walter Lang
Cast Betty Compson · Allan Forrest · Edward Martindel · Otto Matieson
Synopsis Captain Maurice de Florimont, a French Army intelligence officer, is captured by Arab nationalists while on an espionage mission. His sweetheart Diane Duval is also taken prisoner. Both are tortured by Kassim Ben Ali, leader of the Arab nationalists, but...
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Paths to Paradise
1925 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Clarence G. Badger
Cast Betty Compson · Raymond Griffith · Tom Santschi · Bert Woodruff
Synopsis A con-woman has a nice business going in fleecing gullible tourists who want a genuine 'underworld' experience -- but the tables are turned when one of her victims turns out to be less innocent than he looks! Dodging the city...
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