Betty Compson filmography

Betty Compson, aboard ship 1920s.

This page has most if not all of Betty Compson's known film appearances 1915–48. Films from 1915 to 1919 are shorts, mostly for Al Christie unless otherwise stated. A big breakout came in 1919 with The Miracle Man now lost. In the early-to-mid 1920s Compson was a major player at Paramount with her name above the title of her films. By the end of the decade she was free-lancing and appearing as feature and support with name below the title of the film. Her star definitely took a fall somewhere after marrying director James Cruze, and she would remain a feature support into the sound era for the rest of her film career.

Shorts

Betty with the Al Christie company center, left, circa 1916.

with William Desmond in The Prodigal Liar 1919.

The Devil's Trail lantern slide, 1919

The Terror of the Range, 1919, lobby poster

with Joseph J. Dowling in The Miracle Man, 1919

sheet music cover to The Miracle Man, 1919

on the cover of Shadowland magazine February 1920

Features

Betty Compson, 1921

Betty Compson, 1921

At the End of the World 1921

Photoplay magazine cover June 1922.

Movie Weekly July 29, 1922

The Enemy Sex lobby card, 1924

The Female, lobby card, 1924

Films: 1926–1931

Scarlet Seas, 1928, released with music and sound effects

Virtuous Husband, 1931

Year	Title	Role	Studio	Genre	Notes
1926	The Palace of Pleasure	Lola Montez	Fox	Drama	Lost
1926	The Wise Guy	Hula Kate	First National	Drama
1926	The Belle of Broadway	Marie Duval/The Young Adele	Columbia	Romantic Drama
1927	The Ladybird	Diane Wyman	Chadwick	Crime
1927	Say It with Diamonds	Betty Howard	Chadwick	Drama
1927	Temptations of a Shop Girl	Ruth Harrington	Chadwick	Crime	Lost
1927	Love Me and the World Is Mine	Mitzel	Universal	Romantic Comedy
1927	Cheating Cheaters	Nan Carey	Universal	Comedy	Lost
1928	The Big City	Helen	MGM	Crime	Lost; Trailer survives
1928	The Desert Bride	Diane Duval	Columbia	Action Romance	Lost
1928	The Masked Angel	Betty	Chadwick	Romantic Drama	Lost
1928	Life's Mockery	Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton	Chadwick	Drama
1928	Court Martial	Belle Starr	Columbia	Action adventure
1928	The Docks of New York	Mae	Paramount	Drama
1929	Scarlet Seas	Rose	First National	Romance	Survives. Formerly thought to be lost a print surface in Italy, at Cineteca Italiana archive.
1928	The Barker	Carrie	First National	Drama	part-talkie; Academy Award for Best Actress nomination
1929	Weary River	Alice Gray	First National	Romantic Drama	Part-talkie
1929	On with the Show	Nita	Warner Bros.	Musical	filmed in Technicolor;first all-talking, all-color picture; survives in black and white
1929	The Time, the Place and the Girl	Doris Ward	Warner Bros.	Comedy musical	Lost
1929	Street Girl	Frederika Joyzelle	RKO	Drama	First film made by RKO
1929	Skin Deep	Sadie Rogers	Warner Bros.	Drama	Lost
1929	The Great Gabbo	Mary	Sono Art-World	Drama	Originally contained sequences in Multicolor
1929	Woman to Woman	Deloryce/Lola	Gainsborough	Romantic Drama	Filmed in Britain
1929	The Show of Shows	Herself	Warner Bros.	Musical	Originally shot in Technicolor
1929	Blaze o' Glory	Helen Williams	Sono Art-World	War	Lost; Soundtrack survives
1930	The Case of Sergeant Grischa	Babka	RKO	Drama	Lost
1930	Isle of Escape	Stella	Warner Bros.	Drama	Lost; Fragment totalling 40 seconds survives
1930	Those Who Dance	Kitty	Warner Bros.	Crime
1930	The Czar of Broadway	Connie Colton	Universal	Drama
1930	Midnight Mystery	Sally Wayne	RKO	Mystery
1930	Inside the Lines	Jane Gershon	RKO	Drama
1930	The Spoilers	Cherry Malotte	Paramount	Western
1930	She Got What She Wanted	Mahyna	Tiffany	Comedy	Lost
1930	The Boudoir Diplomat	Helene	Universal	Comedy
1931	The Lady Refuses	June	RKO	Drama
1931	The Virtuous Husband	Inez Wakefield	Universal	Comedy
1931	Three Who Loved	Helga Larson Hanson	RKO	Drama
1931	The Gay Diplomat	Baroness Alma Corri	RKO	Drama

External links

• Betty Compson at IMDb.com