Viola Dana
One Splendid Hour (1929)
One Splendid Hour is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Cliff Wheeler and starring Viola Dana, George Periolat and Jack Richardson. Dana retired following the film, due to the introduction of sound films.
Starring: Augustus Phillips•Tom Moore•Natalie Kingston
Two Sisters (1929)
Two Sisters is a 1929 American drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is one of the last produced in the sound-on-film process Phonofilm. The film is now considered to be lost.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Allan Forrest•Patricia Palmer
That Certain Thing (1928)
That Certain Thing is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Frank Capra. It was Capra's first film for Harry Cohn's Columbia Pictures.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Wheeler Oakman
Home Struck (1927)
Home Struck is a 1927 American silent film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Viola Dana, Alan Brooks and Tom Gallery.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Bryant Washburn
Lure of the Night Club (1927)
Lure of the Night Club is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Tom Buckingham and starring Viola Dana, Robert Ellis and Jack Dougherty.
Starring: Robert Ellis•Natalie Kingston
Naughty Nanette (1927)
Naughty Nanette is a 1927 American comedy film directed by James Leo Meehan and written by Doris Schroeder. The film stars Viola Dana, Patricia Palmer, Eddie Brownell, Helen Foster, Roger Moore and Sidney De Gray. The film was released on April 15, 1927, by Film Booking Offices of America.
Starring: William Wadsworth•Natalie Kingston
Salvation Jane (1927)
Salvation Jane is a 1927 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Doris Schroeder. The film stars Viola Dana, J. Parks Jones, Fay Holderness and Erville Alderson. The film was released on March 1, 1927, by Film Booking Offices of America.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Tom Forman
Bigger Than Barnum's (1926)
Bigger Than Barnum's is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ralph Lewis, George O'Hara, and Viola Dana.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Claude Gillingwater
Bred in Old Kentucky (1926)
Bred in Old Kentucky is a 1926 American silent sports film directed by Edward Dillon and starring Viola Dana, Jerry Miley and Jed Prouty.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Edward Connelly
The Ice Flood (1926)
The Ice Flood is a 1926 American silent northwoods drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by George Seitz and starred Kenneth Harlan and Viola Dana. A complete, though poor quality copy, exists and has been distributed by the Grapevine company in Arizona.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Wyndham Standing
Kosher Kitty Kelly (1926)
Kosher Kitty Kelly is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film directed by James W. Horne, produced by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (Robertson-Cole), and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America (FBO). Based on the stage musical Kosher Kitty Kelly by Leon De Costa, the film stars Viola Dana.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Howard Hall
The Silent Lover (1926)
The Silent Lover is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Milton Sills, Natalie Kingston and Viola Dana.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Walter Hiers•Irving Cummings
Wild Oats Lane (1926)
Wild Oats Lane is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Viola Dana, Robert Agnew, and John MacSweeney.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Arthur Maude
As Man Desires (1925)
As Man Desires is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Walter Hiers
The Great Love (1925)
, The Great Love is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon his own story, scripted by Benjamin Glazer. The film stars Robert Agnew, Viola Dana, and ZaSu Pitts.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Jack Mulhall•Arthur Maude
The Necessary Evil (1925)
The Necessary Evil is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Ben Lyon, Viola Dana, and Frank Mayo.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Jackie Saunders
Along Came Ruth (1924)
Along Came Ruth is a 1924 American comedy film starring Viola Dana. The film was directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Winifred Dunn, based on Holman Francis Day's play of the same name, itself based on the play La Demoiselle de magasin by Belgians Frantz Fonson and Fernand Wicheler. Viola Dana was one of the top stars of the newly amalgamated...
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Robert Walker
The Beauty Prize (1924)
The Beauty Prize is a lost 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Viola Dana.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Kenneth Harlan
Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924)
Don't Doubt Your Husband is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Allan Forrest and Winifred Bryson.
Starring: Ralph Graves•Natalie Kingston
The Heart Bandit (1924)
The Heart Bandit is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Viola Dana, Milton Sills, and Gertrude Claire.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Walter Hiers
Merton of the Movies (1924)
Merton of the Movies is a 1924 American comedy film directed by James Cruze, written by Walter Woods, and starring Glenn Hunter and Viola Dana. It is based on the George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly 1922 play of the same name, which in turn was based on Harry Leon Wilson's novel, also titled Merton of the Movies.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Edward Jobson
Open All Night (1924)
Open All Night is a 1924 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. Paul Bern, better known as a writer and later husband of Jean Harlow, directed and Viola Dana, Jetta Goudal, and Raymond Griffith starred. The screenplay is based on Paul Morand's 1922 short story collection Open All Night. Acto...
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Hardee Kirkland•ZaSu Pitts
Revelation (1924)
Revelation is a 1924 film starring Viola Dana, Monte Blue, and Lew Cody. The film was directed and written by George D. Baker and based upon a popular novel, The Rosebud of a Thousand Years. Dana was one of the top stars of the newly amalgamated MGM, a lively comedian who enjoyed a long career that faded with the emergence of the talkies. In 1918, ...
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Tom Blake
Crinoline and Romance (1923)
Crinoline and Romance is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Claude Gillingwater, and John Bowers.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Kathleen O'Connor•Hale Hamilton
Her Fatal Millions (1923)
Her Fatal Millions is a 1923 American Metro Pictures silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. It stars Viola Dana, Huntley Gordon, and Allan Forrest. It is not known if the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film.
Starring: Ralph Graves•Natalie Kingston•David Butler
In Search of a Thrill (1923)
In Search of a Thrill is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Viola Dana, Warner Baxter, and Mabel Van Buren.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Eva Novak
A Noise in Newboro (1923)
A Noise in Newboro is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, David Butler and Eva Novak.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Gaston Glass•Ben Lyon
Rouged Lips (1923)
Rouged Lips is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Viola Dana, Tom Moore, and Nola Luxford. It is based in the story Upstage by Rita Weiman which appeared in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Starring: Jack Perrin•Natalie Kingston
The Social Code (1923)
The Social Code is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. Dana's older sister, Edna Flugrath, also features in the film.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Glenn Hunter•Warner Baxter
The Five Dollar Baby (1922)
The Five Dollar Baby is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Ralph Lewis and Otto Hoffman. A family hock their baby to a pawnbroker for five dollars.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Claude Gillingwater
The Fourteenth Lover (1922)
The Fourteenth Lover is a surviving 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Raymond Griffith•Edna Flugrath
Glass Houses (1922)
Glass Houses is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Gaston Glass and Mayme Kelso.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Jed Prouty
June Madness (1922)
June Madness is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Bryant Washburn, and Gerald Pring.
Starring: Rex Lease•Natalie Kingston•J. Parks Jones
Love in the Dark (1922)
Love in the Dark is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Cullen Landis and Arline Pretty.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Augustus Phillips
Seeing's Believing (1922)
Seeing's Believing is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Allan Forrest, and Gertrude Astor.
Starring: Ralph Graves•Natalie Kingston•Charles Sutton
They Like 'Em Rough (1922)
They Like 'Em Rough is a 1922 silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, W.E. Lawrence and Hardee Kirkland.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Wheeler Oakman
Home Stuff (1921)
Home Stuff is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Albert H. Kelley and starring Viola Dana, Tom Gallery and Josephine Crowell.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Bryant Washburn•Clifford Bruce
Life's Darn Funny (1921)
Life's Darn Funny is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Viola Dana, Gareth Hughes, and Eva Gordon.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Henry Kolker•Antrim Short
The Match-Breaker (1921)
The Match-Breaker is a lost 1921 American silent romantic comedy film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. It was directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starred Viola Dana.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Edward Connelly•Duncan McRae
The Off-Shore Pirate (1921)
The Off-Shore Pirate is a 1921 American silent romantic comedy film produced and released by Metro Pictures and directed by Dallas Fitzgerald. The film was based on the short story "The Offshore Pirate" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, of no relation to the director, that was published in The Saturday Evening Post. Viola Dana and Jack Mulhall star in the fi...
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Edna Flugrath•Edward Connelly
Puppets of Fate (1921)
Puppets of Fate is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Viola Dana, Francis McDonald, and Jackie Saunders.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Wyndham Standing•Howard Hall
There Are No Villains (1921)
There Are No Villains is a lost 1921 American silent crime melodrama film starring Viola Dana and produced and directed by Bayard Veiller.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Frank Farrington•Jed Prouty
Blackmail (1920)
Blackmail is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Viola Dana, Alfred Allen, and Wyndham Standing. The film reverses the typical vampire plot of the early silent film period by having the seductive woman, after her marriage, being blackmailed by the rich men she formerly preyed upon.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Irving Cummings
The Chorus Girl's Romance (1920)
The Chorus Girl's Romance is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by William C. Dowlan and starring Viola Dana, Gareth Hughes and William Quinn. It is based on the 1920 short story "Head and Shoulders" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Antrim Short
Cinderella's Twin (1920)
Cinderella's Twin is a lost 1920 silent film comedy directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures to poor audience reception.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Edward Earle
Dangerous to Men (1920)
Dangerous to Men is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by William C. Dowland and starring Viola Dana. It was distributed through Metro Pictures. The working title was "Eliza Comes to Stay".
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Walter Hiers
The Willow Tree (1920)
The Willow Tree is a surviving 1920 American silent film directed by Henry Otto and distributed by Metro Pictures. The film is based on a Broadway play, The Willow Tree, by J. H. Benrimo and Harrison Rhodes. Fay Bainter starred in the Broadway play in 1917. The film stars Viola Dana and is preserved in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collec...
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Hayward Mack
False Evidence (1919)
False Evidence, originally titled Madelon of the Redwoods, is a 1919 American silent drama film that was directed by Edwin Carewe. It stars Viola Dana, Wheeler Oakman, and Joseph King, and was released on April 21, 1919.
Starring: Cullen Landis•Natalie Kingston
The Gold Cure (1919)
The Gold Cure is a 1919 American silent comedy film, directed by John H. Collins. It stars Viola Dana, John McGowan, and Elsie MacLeod, and was released on January 6, 1919.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Arthur Maude
The Microbe (1919)
The Microbe is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film, directed by Henry Otto. It stars Viola Dana, Kenneth Harlan, and Arthur Maude, and was released on July 21, 1919.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•DeWitt Jennings•Wyndham Standing
The Parisian Tigress (1919)
The Parisian Tigress, also known by its working title Jeanne of the Gutter, is a 1919 American silent drama film, directed by Herbert Blaché. It stars Viola Dana, Darrell Foss, and Henry Kolker, and was released on March 31, 1919.
Starring: Jackie Saunders•Natalie Kingston
Please Get Married (1919)
Please Get Married is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by John Ince and starring Viola Dana, Antrim Short and Margaret Campbell. It was based on the Broadway play of the same title by Lewis Allen Browne and James F. Cullen.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Wallace MacDonald
Satan Junior (1919)
Satan Junior is a 1919 American silent comedy film, directed by Herbert Blaché and John H. Collins. It was Collins' final involvement in film. Collins began directing the film, production of which had to be suspended due to the flu epidemic of 1918. Collins contracted the flu and died in 1918. When production resumed, Blaché took over directing dut...
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Walter Hiers
Some Bride (1919)
Some Bride is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Otto and produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. It stars Viola Dana.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Robert Walker
Breakers Ahead (1918)
Breakers Ahead is a 1918 American silent drama film, directed by Charles Brabin. It stars Viola Dana, Clifford Bruce, and Mabel Van Buren, and was released on March 25, 1918.
Starring: Kathleen O'Connor•Natalie Kingston•Francis McDonald
Flower of the Dusk (1918)
Flower of the Dusk is a surviving 1918 silent film directed by John H. Collins and starring his wife Viola Dana. It was produced by Maxwell Karger and distributed by Metro Pictures. The film is based on the 1908 novel by Myrtle Reed.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Robert D. Walker
The Only Road (1918)
The Only Road is a 1918 American silent Western film starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Frank Reicher.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Gertrude Astor
Opportunity (1918)
Opportunity is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film, directed by John H. Collins. It stars Viola Dana, Hale Hamilton, and Frank Currier, and was released on July 1, 1918.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Edward Jobson
Riders of the Night (1918)
Riders of the Night is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by John H. Collins and starred his wife Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by the Metro Pictures company.
Starring: Kathleen O'Connor•Natalie Kingston
A Weaver of Dreams (1918)
A Weaver of Dreams is a lost silent film directed by Edison's John H. Collins and released under Metro Films February 18, 1918, at the height of Mr. Collins' career. It was the 36th of 41 films credited to his direction. The young director succumbed to Spanish Influenza and died later that year; October 23, 1918, at the age of 28. The film stars hi...
Starring: Kathleen O'Connor•Natalie Kingston•Tom Blake
The Winding Trail (1918)
The Winding Trail, also known by its working title of The Tiger Cat is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by John H. Collins and starring Viola Dana, Clifford Bruce, and Hayward Mack. It was released on January 14, 1918.
Starring: Kathleen O'Connor•Natalie Kingston•Hale Hamilton
Aladdin's Other Lamp (1917)
Aladdin's Other Lamp is a 1917 American fantasy-comedy silent film based on the play, The Dream Girl by Willard Mack. It was adapted for the screen by June Mathis and directed by John H. Collins. The film stars Viola Dana and Robert Walker, and was distributed by Metro Pictures Corp., a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is not known whether the...
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Jack Perrin
Blue Jeans (1917)
Blue Jeans is a 1917 American silent drama film, based on the 1890 play Blue Jeans by Joseph Arthur that opened in New York City to great popularity. The sensation of the play was a dramatic scene where the unconscious hero is placed on a board approaching a huge buzz saw in a sawmill, later imitated to the point of cliché.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Josephine Crowell
The Girl Without a Soul (1917)
The Girl Without a Soul is a 1917 American silent feature film featuring Viola Dana in a dual role as sisters.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Jack Perrin
God's Law and Man's (1917)
God's Law and Man's is a lost 1917 silent film drama direct by John H. Collins and distributed by Metro Pictures. It starred Collins's wife Viola Dana. The story comes from a novel by Paul Trent, A Wife by Purchase.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Jack Perrin
Lady Barnacle (1917)
Lady Barnacle is a 1917 American silent comedy film, directed by John H. Collins. It stars Viola Dana, Robert Walker, and Augustus Phillips, and was released on June 4, 1917.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Josephine Crowell
The Mortal Sin (1917)
The Mortal Sin is a lost 1917 silent film drama directed by John H. Collins and distributed by Metro Pictures. Viola Dana, at the time Collins's wife, stars in the picture.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Josephine Crowell
Rosie O'Grady (1917)
Rosie O'Grady is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John H. Collins and starring Viola Dana, Tom Blake and James Harris.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Augustus Phillips
Threads of Fate (1917)
Threads of Fate is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Eugene Nowland and starring Viola Dana, Augustus Phillips and Richard Tucker.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Charles Sutton
The Cossack Whip (1916)
The Cossack Whip is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by John H. Collins and starring Viola Dana, Richard Tucker and Robert Walker.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•William Wadsworth
The Flower of No Man's Land (1916)
The Flower of No Man's Land is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by John H. Collins and starring Viola Dana. It was distributed by Metro Pictures.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Duncan McRae
The Gates of Eden (1916)
The Gates of Eden is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by John H. Collins and starring his wife Viola Dana. The Columbia Pictures Corporation, not related to the Hollywood studio, produced with release through Metro Pictures.
Starring: Edward Earle•Natalie Kingston
The Innocence of Ruth (1916)
The Innocence of Ruth is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by John H. Collins and starring Edward Earle, Viola Dana and Augustus Phillips.
Starring: Edward Earle•Natalie Kingston•Tom Blake
The Light of Happiness (1916)
The Light of Happiness is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by John H. Collins and starring Viola Dana.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Tom Blake
Cohen's Luck (1915)
Cohen's Luck is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed by John H. Collins and starring William Wadsworth, Lillian Devere and Viola Dana.
Starring: Charles Sutton•Natalie Kingston
Gladiola (1915)
Gladiola is a three-reel American silent drama produced by the Edison Company. The script, by Mary Rider, was written specifically as a vehicle for Viola Dana.
Starring: William Wadsworth•Natalie Kingston
The House of the Lost Court (1915)
The House of the Lost Court is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by Charles Brabin and written by A.M. Williamson. The film stars Robert Conness, Duncan McRae, Helen Strickland, Sally Crute, Viola Dana and Margery Bonney. The film was released on May 6, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Duncan McRae
On Dangerous Paths (1915)
On Dangerous Paths is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by John H. Collins and starring Viola Dana, Helen Strickland and Pat O'Malley.
Starring: Natalie Kingston•Kenneth Harlan