01 Marian Nixon features in this silent drama about a hotel elevator operator and a maid whose budding romance offers hope amid their dreary working-class lives.
Directed by Frank Lloyd · 1h 05m
6 Best Marian Nixon Movies
By Vlad Zakh · May 16, 2026
Marian Nixon brought a charming, versatile presence to Hollywood across the silent and sound eras and appeared in dozens of Westerns, dramas and comedies. Hands Up! has a Confederate spy outwitting Union soldiers to keep gold from the enemy, Spangles pits a circus performer’s loyalty against a wealthy outsider’s romance, Jazz Mad clashes symphonic ambitions with popular jazz, and Young Nowheres brightens a hotel elevator operator and a maid’s romance. Riders of the Purple Sage and Rosita round out the list.
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02 Marian Nixon features in this silent drama about a struggling immigrant composer whose symphonic ambitions clash with the demands of popular jazz music.
Directed by F. Harmon Weight · 1h 10m · Rated NR
03 Marian Nixon is in this silent drama about a circus performer whose romance with a wealthy outsider is complicated by her loyalty to the travelling show.
Directed by Frank O'Connor · 1h 17m · Rated NR
04 Marian Nixon is in this silent Civil War comedy about a charming Confederate spy who must outwit Union soldiers to prevent gold from reaching enemy hands.
Directed by Clarence G. Badger · 1h 10m
05 Marian Nixon features in this silent western about a gunslinger whose search for his kidnapped sister leads him into a dangerous conflict in Utah cattle country.
Directed by Lynn Reynolds · 0h 56m · Rated NR
06 Marian Nixon features in this Mary Pickford and Lubitsch silent about a Spanish street singer whose defiance of a corrupt king leads to danger, imprisonment and unexpected romance.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 30m · Rated NR
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