Douglas MacLean

Let It Rain (1927)

Cast: Boris Karloff Shirley Mason   

Tags: Romance Crime Comedy Military Comedy Romantic Comedy 

Length: 6rlmin

Douglas MacLean, who made his mark during the 1920s as a light comedian, stars as a Marine sergeant in this comedy-drama, which he co-produced with Paramount. The studio must have seen this picture as a sure bet at the box office -- MacLean's first...

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Soft Cushions (1927)

Cast: Russell Powell   

Tags: Comedy Adventure 

Length: 7rlmin

This spoof of Doug Fairbanks' Thief of Bagdad amusingly combines traditional Arabian Nights melodrama with up-to-date "Roaring 20s" irreverence. Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol (later a...

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Introduce Me (1925)

Cast: Lee Shumway   

Tags: Comedy 

Length: 7rlmin

Once he was established as a star, light comedian Douglas MacLean began producing his own films. This was one of a string of entertaining, successful pictures. Jimmy Clark (MacLean) and his pal, Algy Baker (Robert Ober), are American tourists...

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That's My Baby (1926)

Cast: William Beaudine   

Tags: Comedy 

Length: 7rlmin

Likeable Douglas MacLean breezes his way through the tailor-made vehicle That's My Baby. Jilted on his wedding day, Alan Boyd (MacLean) vows never to get involved with a woman ever again. But a promise to oneself is the easiest kind to break, as Boyd...

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Hold That Lion (1926)

Length: 65min

Falling for pretty Marjorie Brand (Constance Howard), young man-about-town Daniel Hastings (Douglas MacLean) follows her home, only to discover that Marjorie is about to embark with her professor father (George C. Pearce) on a hunting expedition to...

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Bell Boy 13 (1923)

Cast: Douglas MacLean Thomas Ince William Seiter   

Tags: Comedy 

Length: 44min

While this Douglas MacLean comedy was pleasant enough, it paled in comparison to his prior film, The Hottentot, which was released right before this one. Ellery Elrod (John Steppling) is fed up with his nephew, Harry (MacLean) -- he wants him to marry...

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Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)

Cast: Ned Sparks   

Tags: Comedy 

Length: 66min

Earl Derr Biggers' novel was made into a play by George M. Cohan and had already come to the screen twice before (once with Cohan himself in the lead role) when this silent version was made. Light comedy star Douglas MacLean was a good choice for the...

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Yankee Consul (1924)

Cast: Lewis Milestone James W. Horne   

Tags: Musical Comedy Musical 

Length: 6rlmin

This farce starring Douglas MacLean was based on an old musical comedy by Henry Blossom, Jr. and Alfred G. Robyn. The wealthy Dudley Ainsworth (MacLean) is bored with life, and when he has an attack of "nerves," his doctor suggests that he needs some...

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Never Say Die (1924)

Tags: Comedy of Errors Comedy Romance 

Length: 6rlmin

Wealthy John Woodbury (Douglas MacLean) is mistaken for a patient by a trio of overeager doctors. After being put through a battery of tests (one of which involves blindfolding Woodbury, who promptly walks out on the ledge of the high rise building),...

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