Movies by Marian Nixon

We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again

A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.

Out of the Ruins

Out of the Ruins

He hid from life in the ruins -he came out of the ruins to death! A man condemned to live in the shadow of a great love-never to realize it until he makes the supreme sacrifice.

The Lash

The Lash

A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.

Courage

Courage

Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage. Bennett, who is unversed in financial matters, soon faces poverty for herself and her children. She takes out a loan from an unscrupulous lender (played by Richard Tucker), who is so impressed by the charm and valiant spirit of Bennett than he neglects to ask her for collateral. Bennett, however, is only able to partially pay her cr...

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.

I'll Show You the Town

I'll Show You the Town

British comedian Reginald Denny plays a professor who is escorting three different women and needs to make a choice.

The Vagabond Trail

The Vagabond Trail

Searching for his wayward brother, saddle tramp Donnegan (Buck Jones) gets in trouble with a bully and is thrown off a freight train

Ex-Flame

Ex-Flame

A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from her.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

A young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a doctor. Adapted from Kate Douglas Wiggin's famous novel.

After Tomorrow

After Tomorrow

In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney's is cold, Pete's is clingy. Sidney's mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete's mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. "After Tomorrow" is Pete and Sidney's favorite song, but with illness, poverty,...

Where Was I?

Where Was I?

A young man gets engaged to a business competitor's daughter.

Face in the Sky

Face in the Sky

Joe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one side. The meet Madge, who is cruelly treated by a her father who plans to marry her off to someone she despises.

Rolling Home

Rolling Home

Nat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his way back to his small hometown, where he is believed to be a millionaire. To keep the belief alive he has his pal drive him there in the businessman's automobile. Complications arise quickly.

The Pay-Off

The Pay-Off

A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss, but when he is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their attention on the young couple.

By Your Leave

By Your Leave

A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.

The Fourflusher

The Fourflusher

Young and ambitious but so far unsuccessful shoe clerk Andy Whittaker meets June Allen and tries to impress her by pretending to be an important businessman, she discovers his deception but before too long because of complications and luck good fortune finds its way to the pair.

Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite

A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

The Chinese Parrot

The Chinese Parrot

The plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its owners. The second screen appearance of detective Charlie Chan

Captain Calamity

Captain Calamity

A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.

Devil's Island

Devil's Island

A wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.