Thomas R. Mills(1878-1953), billed as Tom Mills, was an actor and director of silent films. He was a theater actor until he joined
Vitagraph
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907 ...
to make films.
He was born in
Headcorn
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Kent
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England
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Filmography
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The Making Over of Geoffrey Manning
''The Making Over of Geoffrey Manning'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William P. S. Earle and starring Harry T. Morey, L. Rogers Lytton, Belle Bruce, Ned Finley, and Logan Paul. The film was released by V-L-S-E on December 27 ...
'' (1915)
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The Man Who Couldn't Beat God
''The Man Who Couldn't Beat God'' is a 1915 American silent film, silent film written by Harold Gilmore Calhoun and directed by Maurice Costello and Robert Gaillard. It stars Maurice Costello, Robert Gaillard, and Mary Charleson.
Plot
Martin H ...
The Star Dust Trail
''The Star Dust Trail'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Shirley Mason, Bryant Washburn and Thomas R. Mills. It was produced on a budget of $40,000, but its worldwide box office was disappointing le ...
The Kiss Barrier
''The Kiss Barrier'' is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Eugenie Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Claire Adams, Diana Miller, Marion Harlan, Thomas R. Mills, and Charles Clary. The ...
'' (1925)
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Tides of Passion Tides of Passion may refer to:
* Tides of Passion (1925 film), an American silent drama film
* Tides of Passion (1956 film)
''Tides of Passion'' (French: ''La foire aux femmes'') is a 1956 French-Italian romantic drama film directed by Jean Ste ...
'' (1925)
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The Gilded Highway
''The Gilded Highway'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Dorothy Devore, John Harron, and Macklyn Arbuckle.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, a rich uncle dies and leaves money to ...
It's Love I'm After
''It's Love I'm After'' is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the story "Gentlemen After Midnight" by Maurice Hanline, with a screenplay by Cas ...
'' (1937)
Director
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The Duplicity of Hargraves
"The Duplicity of Hargraves" is a short story by the American writer William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry. The story was featured in ''The Junior Munsey'', February 1902, and republished in the volume ''Sixes and Sevens' ...
'' (1917), film adaptation
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A Night in New Arabia
''A Night in New Arabia'' is a lost 1917 four-reel silent film, directed by Thomas Mills. It is based on the short story "A Night in New Arabia" from ''Strictly Business'', a collection of 23 short stories by O. Henry published in 1910. The m ...
A Girl at Bay
''A Girl at Bay'' is a lost 1919 silent film drama directed by Tom Mills and starring Corinne Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. Katherine S. Reed wrote the screenplay.Wlaschin, Ken. ''Silent Mystery ...
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Duds
A dud is in general something that fails to function in the way it is intended to. In a military context the word is often used to refer to an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate as expected. Poorly designed devices ( ...