By Vlad Zakh · July 30, 2026
Hobart Bosworth built one of early Hollywood’s longest careers, becoming a pioneering silent film star before moving into a respected character career for decades. Lady for a Day draws a community into a street vendor’s lie, Million Dollar Legs sends a bankrupt country to the Olympics, The Big Parade and Behind the Door are other highlights, Hangman’s House carries out a judge’s dying wish, and Annie Laurie threatens a clan romance with the Massacre of Glencoe.
01 A poor street vendor's desperate lie to impress her visiting daughter draws in an unlikely group of helpers.
Directed by Frank Capra · 1h 36m · Rated NR
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02 Hobart Bosworth features in this comedy about a bankrupt small country that enters the Olympics, hoping their eccentric leader's athletic prowess will save their economy.
Directed by Edward F. Cline · 1h 04m · Rated NR
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03 Hobart Bosworth features in this John Ford silent about an Irish judge whose dying wish for his daughter's marriage sets off a chain of rebellious events.
Directed by John Ford · 1h 11m · Rated NR
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04 Hobart Bosworth features in this silent drama where a Scottish clan feud threatens a forbidden romance amid the tragic Massacre of Glencoe.
Directed by John S. Robertson · 1h 33m
05 Hobart Bosworth appears in this King Vidor silent about a wealthy young man whose enlistment in the First World War transforms him through combat, friendship and love.
Directed by King Vidor · 2h 31m · Rated NR
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06 A sea captain's wife is captured by a German U-boat crew, setting him on a harrowing path of revenge.
Directed by Irvin Willat · 1h 13m · Rated NR
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