Betty Compson filmography

This page has most if not all of Betty Compson's (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) 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.

Betty Compson, aboard ship 1920s.

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
Year Title Role Notes
1915 Wanted: A Leading Lady The Leading Lady
1915 Their Quiet Honeymoon Betty – 1st Newlywed
1915 Where the Heather Blooms Lady Mary
1915 Love and a Savage Betty
1915 Some Chaperone Betty – the 1st Daughter
1916 Jed's Trip to the Fair Lizzie
1916 Mingling Spirits Mrs. Newlywed
1916 Her Steady Carfare Betty
1916 A Quiet Supper for Four Mrs. Newlywed
1916 When the Losers Won Mrs. Newlywed
1916 Her Friend, the Doctor Mary West
1916 Cupid Trims his Lordship Betty – the Daughter
1916 When Lizzie Disappeared
1916 The Deacon's Waterloo Betty – the Girl
1916 Love and Vaccination The Doctor's Sister
1916 A Friend, But a Star Boarder (unconfirmed)
1916 The Janitor's Busy Day Betty Hammond
1916 He Almost Eloped Betty – Billie's Roommate
1916 A Leap Year Tangle Betty – One of the Girls – Eddie's Sweetheart
1916 Eddie's Night Out Betty Newlywed
1916 The Newlyweds' Mix-Up Mrs. Newlywed
1916 Lem's College Career Mary
1916 Potts Bungles Again Betty
1916 He's a Devil Betty – Eddie's Sweetheart
1916 The Wooing of Aunt Jemima Betty
1916 Her Celluloid Hero Betty – the Actor's Sweetheart
1916 All Over a Stocking The Stenographer
1916 Wanted: A Husband The Wife
1916 Almost a Widow Mrs. Gordon
1916 The Browns See the Fair The Train Passenger
1916 His Baby Betty – the Peach
1916 Inoculating Hubby Wifie
1916 Those Primitive Days Heela Hoola
1916 The Making Over of Mother Mrs. Newlywed
1916 He Wouldn't Tip The Pippin
1916 That Doggone Bab Wifie Parker
1916 He Loved the Ladies Mrs. Gordon
1916 When Clubs Were Trumps Wifie Parker
1916 Dad's Masterpiece Betty Morton
1916 Nearly a Hero Betty – the Sheriff's Daughter
1916 A Brass-Buttoned Romance
1916 Her Sun-Kissed Hero The Peach
1916 Some Kid
1916 Sea Nymphs Betty – the Wife
1916 Hist! At Six O'Clock Tillie de Vamp
1916 Cupid's Uppercut Betty
1916 Lovers and Lunatics Betty Grey
1917 Her Crooked Career The Girl
1917 Her Friend, the Chauffeur The Girl
1917 Small Change The Girl
1917 Hubby's Night Out Wifey
1917 Out for the Coin
1917 As Luck Would Have It
1917 Sauce for the Goose
1917 Suspended Sentence
1917 Father's Bright Idea
1917 His Last Pill
1917 Those Wedding Bells
1917 Almost a Scandal
1917 A Bold, Bad Knight
1917 Five Little Widows Betty Morgan
1917 Down by the Sea
1917 Won in a Cabaret
1917 A Smoky Love Affair
1917 Crazy by Proxy
1917 Betty's Big Idea
1917 Almost a Bigamist
1917 Love and Locksmiths
1917 Nearly a Papa Mrs. Gordon
1917 Almost Divorced
1917 Betty Wakes Up Sally
1917 Their Seaside Tangle
1917 Help! Help! Police!
1917 Cupid's Camouflage Betty
1918 Many a Slip
1918 Whose Wife?
1918 Circumstantial Evidence
1918 Here Comes the Groom (unconfirmed)
1918 Somebody's Baby
1918 Betty's Adventure Betty
1918 Never Surprise Your Wife
1918 All Dressed Up
1918 The Sheriff School teacher
1922 A Trip to Paramountown Herself
1931 Hollywood Halfbacks Herself
1934 No Sleep on the Deep Mrs. Eldridge
1934 The Watchman Takes a Wife Molly Clyde

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 Rustle of Silk 1923
The Enemy Sex lobby card, 1924
The Female, lobby card, 1924

Silent Films: 1918–1929

Year Title Role Studio Notes
1918The Border RaidersRose HardyPathé
1919 Terror of the RangeThelma GrantPathéFilm serial
Lost
The Prodigal LiarHope DeeringLost
The Light of VictoryJane RavensleeLost
The Little DiplomatPhyllis DareLost
The Devil's TrailRoseWorld FilmLost
The Miracle ManRoseParamountMajority lost; two fragments survive
1921 Prisoners of LoveBlanche DavisGoldwynLost
Also produced
For Those We LoveBernice ArnoldGoldwynLost
Also produced
At the End of the WorldCherry O'DayParamount
Ladies Must LiveChristine BleekerParamountLost film
The Little MinisterLady BabbieParamount
1922 The Law and the WomanMargaret RolfeParamountLost
The Green TemptationGenelle/Coralyn/Joan ParkerParamountLost
Over the BorderJen GalbriathParamountLost
Always the WomanCelia ThaxterGoldwynIncomplete
The Bonded WomanAngela GaskellParamount
To Have and to HoldLady Jocelyn LeighParamountLost
Kick InMolly BrandonParamount
1923 The White FlowerKonia MarkhamParamountLost
The Rustle of SilkLala De BreezeParamountLost
The Woman With Four FacesElizabeth WestParamountLost
HollywoodHerselfParamountLost film
Woman to WomanLouise Boucher/DeloryseWoolf & FreedmanLost
Uncredited assistant director Alfred Hitchcock
The Royal OakLady Mildred CholmondeleyStollLost
1924 The StrangerPeggy BowlinParamountLost
MiamiJoan BruceW. W. HodkinsonLost
Dangerous VirtueScreenplay by Alfred Hitchcock
The White ShadowNancy Brent/Georgina BrentWoolf & FreedmanIncomplete
Uncredited assistant director Alfred Hitchcock
The Enemy SexDodo BaxterParamountMarried director James Cruze
The FemaleDallaParamountLost
Ramshackle HousePen BroomePDCLost
The Fast SetMargaret StoneParamountLost
The Garden of WeedsDorothy DelbridgeParamountLost
1925 Locked DoorsMrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' CarterParamountLost
New Lives for OldOlympeParamountLost
Eve's SecretEveParamount
Beggar on HorsebackPrincess in PantomimeParamountIncomplete
Paths to ParadiseMollyParamount
The Pony ExpressMolly JonesParamount
Counsel for the DefenseKatherine WestAssociated ExhibitionsLost
1926 The Palace of PleasureLola MontezFoxLost
The Wise GuyHula KateFirst National
The Belle of BroadwayMarie Duval/The Young AdeleColumbia
1927 The LadybirdDiane WymanChadwick
Say It with DiamondsBetty HowardChadwick
Temptations of a Shop GirlRuth HarringtonChadwickLost
Love Me and the World Is MineMitzelUniversal
Cheating CheatersNan CareyUniversalLost
1928 The Big CityHelenMGMLost; Trailer survives
The Desert BrideDiane DuvalColumbiaLost
The Masked AngelBettyChadwickLost
Life's MockeryKit Miller/Isabelle FullertonChadwick
Court MartialBelle StarrColumbia
The Docks of New YorkMaeParamount
1929Scarlet SeasRoseFirst National

Sound Films: 1928–1931

Scarlet Seas, 1928, released with music and sound effects
Virtuous Husband, 1931
Year Title Role Studio Notes
1928The BarkerCarrieFirst NationalPart-talkie; Nomination—Academy Award for Best Actress
1929 Weary RiverAlice GrayFirst NationalPart-talkie
On with the ShowNitaWarner Bros.Filmed in Technicolor;first all-talking, all-color picture; survives in black and white
The Time, the Place and the GirlDoris WardWarner Bros.Lost
Street GirlFrederika JoyzelleRKOFirst film made by RKO
Skin DeepSadie RogersWarner Bros.Lost
The Great GabboMarySono Art-WorldOriginally contained sequences in Multicolor
Woman to WomanDeloryce/LolaGainsborough
The Show of ShowsHerselfWarner Bros.Originally shot in Technicolor
Blaze o' GloryHelen WilliamsSono Art-WorldLost; Soundtrack survives
1930 The Case of Sergeant GrischaBabkaRKOLost
Isle of EscapeStellaWarner Bros.Lost; Fragment totalling 40 seconds survives
Those Who DanceKittyWarner Bros.
The Czar of BroadwayConnie ColtonUniversal
Midnight MysterySally WayneRKO
Inside the LinesJane GershonRKO
The SpoilersCherry MalotteParamount
She Got What She WantedMahynaTiffanyLost
The Boudoir DiplomatHeleneUniversal
1931 The Lady RefusesJuneRKO
The Virtuous HusbandInez WakefieldUniversal
Three Who LovedHelga Larson HansonRKO
The Gay DiplomatBaroness Alma CorriRKO

Films 1932–1948

Year Title Role Notes
1932 The Silver Lining Kate Flynn
Guilty or Not Guilty Maizie Lost
1933 West of Singapore Lou Lost
Destination Unknown Ruby Smith
Notorious But Nice Millie Sprague
1935 Manhattan Butterfly
False Pretenses Clarissa Stanhope
1936 August Weekend Ethel Ames
Laughing Irish Eyes Molly
The Millionaire Kid Gloria Neville
The Drag-Net Mollie Cole
Hollywood Boulevard Betty
Bulldog Edition Billie Blake aka Aggie
Killer at Large Kate
Two Minutes to Play 'Fluff' Harding
1937 Circus Girl Carlotta
God's Country and the Man Roxey Moore
Federal Bullets Sue, Gang Moll
1938 Blondes at Work Blanche Revelle
The Port of Missing Girls Chicago
A Slight Case of Murder Loretta
Torchy Blane in Panama Kitty
Two Gun Justice Kate
The Beloved Brat Eleanor Sparks uncredited
Religious Racketeers Ada Bernard
Under the Big Top Marie
1939 Hotel Imperial Soubrette uncredited
News Is Made at Night Kitty Truman
Cowboys from Texas Belle Starkey
1940 Cafe Hostess Cafe Hostess Uncredited
Strange Cargo Suzanne Uncredited
Mad Youth Lucy Morgan
Laughing at Danger Mrs. Van Horn
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Gertie
Roar of the Press Mrs. Thelma Tate
Invisible Ghost Mrs. Kessler
Zis Boom Bah Mame Uncredited
Escort Girl Ruth Ashley
1943 Danger! Women at Work Madame Sappho
1946 Claudia and David Uncredited
Her Adventurous Night Miss Spencer
1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney Selena Webster
Second Chance Mrs. Davenport
1948 Here Comes Trouble Martha Blake
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