Tully Marshall Movies

A couple of old-timers -- character actor Tully Marshall and director Gilbert M. "Bronco Billy" Anderson --bring out the best in this corny crime drama. While Jim Barlow (Robert Edeson) is hiding from the cops, his wife Ann (Lilie Leslie) goes to a mission The minister, Reverend John Matthews (Gordon Sackville), gives her the address of a good Samaritan, Dr. LeRoy Clifford (William Courtleigh). When her child is hit by an automobile, she takes him to Clifford, who proceeds to operate right at his house. Meanwhile, one of Barlow's former associates, known as the Weasel (Marshall) tracks him down and convinces him to come on a job. The home they break into is Clifford's, while he is in the middle of working on Barlow's little boy. Barlow helps the doctor by holding a spotlight so he can complete the operation. As a result of this incident, the crooks seek redemption. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

This drama was a rare directing effort from screenwriter Marion Fairfax. Sam Clairborne Sr. (Charles Mailes) wills his estate to his foster son, Bill O'Hara (Pat O'Malley), because his own son, Sam Clairborne Jr. (George Dromgold), has proven to be a drug fiend and unworthy. Part of the Clairborne estate is a dying newspaper, and O'Hara struggles to keep it alive. Although O'Hara loves Sue DeMuidde (Marjorie Daw), he still exposes her father (Noah Beery) in the paper as someone who rents out his property to drug smugglers. Other than that, there's very little news to be had and the paper is about to fold when O'Hara decides to fake a murder to drum up some excitement. The endeavor is a fiasco, and when a dead body is found in the river, Mr. DeMuidde encourages the townsfolk to believe that O'Hara is the killer. It turns out that the dead man is Sam Jr., and he committed suicide. The truth is revealed just in time to save O'Hara. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

The Beautiful and Damned is one of the earliest cinemazations of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Kenneth Harlan and Marie Prevost play a jazz-age married couple who go through money like water. The least responsible of the two is Prevost, but Harlan isn't far behind. Things are okay so long as Harlan's wealthy grandfather Tully Marshall is around to foot the bills. But when Marshall dies, the profligate duo are forced to (horrors!) look for work. Once they've fattened their bank account, the couple goes back to their old hedonistic lifestyle, but a close brush with death brings them to their senses. Harry Myers and Louise Fazenda provide expert comedy relief to this cautionary fable. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This melodrama, with all its standard trappings, was adapted the stage play by Pierce Kingsley, which in turn was based on Grace Miller's novel. Bessie Love stars as orphaned country girl Anna Moore, who, along with her brother, Tommy (Frankie Lee), is being raised by hypocritical Squire Simpson (Tully Marshall). Anna is due to come into an inheritance, and Simpson and his son plot to get their hands on the money. Anna falls in love with Bob Crandall, a visitor from the city (William Scott), and they plan to marry. But the ceremony is interrupted by the appearance of a woman (Barbara Tennant) with a baby, who accuses Crandall of betraying her. Anna returns home, brokenhearted and ready to marry Simpson's son. But the Squire overplays his hand by insisting that Crandall be run out of town. This sets into motion a series of events that wind up proving his innocence. The woman confesses that it is the Squire's son, not Crandall, who is the baby's father, and Crandall and Anna are finally united. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

While no one could ever call the cast to this melodrama "all star," it certainly features some of the best second-stringers and character actors who were around in 1923. James Watkins (Willard Louis), who owns a department store, is even more wicked than your average womanizer. He has Danny Mulvey (William Scott) sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit just so that he can woo his sister Mame (Estelle Taylor). When he is released, Mulvey finds out that Watkins is also after his own sweetheart, Josie (Mae Busch), who is a clerk at the store. Mulvey, Mrs. Watkins (Claire Dubrey) and Mame all decide to catch Watkins at his game, so Josie agrees to meet him at the store one night. He doesn't realize that the others are hiding and watching him. When he tries to embrace Josie she threatens to kill him, and he turns out the lights. When they come back on he is dead. Josie is arrested for his murder, but Mulvey confesses to save her. The truth is that both of them are innocent. When Mulvey's home catches on fire, Mame is badly burned while saving a little girl (Josephine Adair). Mame doesn't survive her injuries, but before she dies, she confesses that it was she who killed Watkins. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

Velma (Eva Novak) is unhappily married to Sam (Leonard Shumway), a user of demon alcohol and a notorious womanizer. He invites Velma and his mistress to take an afternoon trip on his sailboat. Sam tries to force Velma to drink a cocktail, and the virtuous Velma recoils in horror. Sam suffers a debilitating stroke after a booze binge, and a sudden storm puts Velma on a remote island all alone. A plane piloted by Lieutenant Paul Mack (Jack Perrin) makes an emergency landing for fuel. Velma and Paul fall in love with each other but are captured by a gang of vicious bootleggers led by Red Calvin (Jack Curtis). The duo manages to escape, and Paul brings Velma back home. They arrive to discover Sam has survived but is confined to a wheelchair. Velma vows to stand by her man, but Sam kills himself with a final, fatal swallow of whiskey. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Lady Tsen Mei played Moy Tai, whose father Quon Foo (Tully Marshall) shelters a clockmaker accused of witchcraft by the emperor. Years later, the village's sacred bell cracks and Quon is ordered to cast a new one. The metals, alas, refuse to mingle and Quon is sentenced to death. Just then, the Tartars attack and Quon is killed. Having promised to finish her father's project, Moy learns from the clockmaker that the metals will fuse only with the addition of human sacrifice. In the honor of her late father, Moy sacrifices herself. Playing the Tartar chief, Noah Beery headed a predominantly Asian supporting cast that included Jack Abbe as Moy's romantic interest, Chow Young as a lady of easy virtue, and Goro Kino as the emperor. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

This picturesque silent adventure was produced by Thomas Ince. Roy Bradley (Niles Welch) grows up in the United States, completely unaware that his father is notorious pearl smuggler "Bully" Brand (Hobart Bosworth). When the young man finishes his education, Brand sends for him but pretends to be his "father's best friend." Brand lives next door to Chan Chang (Tully Marshall), a wealthy dealer who purchases his pearls. Chang's adopted daughter is Pain (Madge Bellamy), a pretty white girl who was orphaned in Singapore at the age of six. Bradley falls in love with Pain, but Chang is determined that she shall not marry one of her race. To get Bradley out of the way, he manipulates him into fighting in a dark room with Brand. During the battle, Brand nearly kills his son before they break though a wall into the light. When he sees that his opponent is his own son, he attacks Chang and makes him promise that Pain will become the boy's wife. He then leaves for parts unknown without revealing his true identity to his son. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

Reginald Jay (Wallace Reid) has taken to his bed to avoid testifying in a divorce case. He decides that feigning illness isn't such a bad thing when he gets Bebe Daniels as a nurse. The court figures out that he's faking, so they send a doctor to check him out, but with the help of his nurse (she kisses him while his heart is being checked), he proves to be as ill as he claims to be. The battling couple (John Steppling and Winifred Greenwood) eventually resolve their differences, so Jay is able to rise from his sickbed and wed his nurse. This farce was based on a Broadway play by Ethel W. Mumford. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

Given the title, the star -- the delightful Mae Marsh -- and the fact that one of her co-stars is a dog, there's not much else that needs to be said about this too-cute picture. But for what it's worth, here's the story: Cecelia Carne (Marsh) moves into a small cabin in the woods with her beloved bulldog and keeps to herself as much as possible. But one day she meets Saxon Graves (Charles Meredith), a neighbor's brother, and he finds out she is an artist. Judge Carteret (Herbert Prior), her landlord, asks her to decorate his home and through this job, she hears that he is working on a case involving the mysterious Giron (Tully Marshall). Giron, it turns out, is her father, a devious character from whom she has been hiding. He shows up but eventually he shoots himself and Cecelia is able to relax and have a romance with Graves. This picture was adapted from the novel, The Girl Who Lived in the Woods, by Marjorie Benton Cooke. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

This light comedy, based on the French farce La Veglione by Alexandre Bisson and Albert Carre, should have been funnier than it actually turned out to be -- especially with players like Wanda Hawley, Harrison Ford, and famed character actor Tully Marshall. Martinot, a French lawyer (Ford) falls for Susanne Bergomat (Hawley), but has to go on a business trip before he can find out much about her. So he asks his friend, Paul Blythe (Ramsey Wallace), to look into her background for him, and to propose on his behalf. Blythe winds up falling in love with her himself, so he tells Martinot that her father's a drunkard, her mother's a cabaret singer, and that she has inherited the worst traits of both. Martinot writes her off and Blythe marries her. A year later, the young lawyer wants to visit his friend, which sends Blythe into a panic. To hide Susanne's presence, he sends her off with his business partner, Dr. Poulard (Marshall), to visit her parents. But first, they make a stop in Nice to see the Carnival, during which Dr. Poulard gets drunk and passes out -- so Susanne goes off on her own. She runs into Martinot and discovers that he wanted to marry her. She's mad at being duped, so she decides to trick her husband into believing she is all the things he claimed she was, and worse. Mrs. Poulard (Lillian Leighton) helps in this regard when she accuses Susanne of having an affair with her husband. When Blythe has finally been utterly destroyed by Susanne's scandalous behavior, she lets him know it was all a hoax. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

Even though he's a lazy, worthless bum, Hutch (Will Rogers) is a truly likable guy -- maybe that's why his wife Sary (Mary Alden) is willing to support him and their six kids. When he finds fifty thousand dollars, he knows he can't spend a cent of it without drawing suspicion (being permanently jobless, Hutch never has a cent on him). So he decides to go to work for the first time in his life. And since the money he found is in thousand dollar bills, he has to do something big, so he offers to turn around a failing farm. The money, of course, turns out to be from a bank robbery and the crook finally comes around and steals it back. But by then it doesn't matter because Hutch has become a productive member of society and found that he rather likes it that way. Will Rogers had great support in this earthy comedy -- others in the cast include the always-excellent Tully Marshall and Nick Cogley. It was based on a Saturday Evening Post story, "Old Hutch Lives Up to It," by Garret Smith. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide