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A Son Of Erin
''A Son of Erin'' is an extant 1916 silent film comedy drama directed by Julia Crawford Ivers. It was produced by Pallas Pictures and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures. Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston (real life husband and wife) star.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.170 by The American Film Institute, c.1978 Cast * Dustin Farnum - Dennis O'Harhar *Winifred Kingston - Katie O'Grady *Tom Bates - Patrick O'Grady *Jack Livingston Jack Livingston (born Harold Antill Livingston; November 29, 1885 – February 27, 1944) was a film actor in the United States. He starred in several films including alongside Jane Novak in '' The Golden Trail''. He appeared in at least 44 feat ... - Brian Trelawney *Wilfred McDonald - Terence *Wallace Pyke - Dan O'Keefe *Lee Willard - George Harding *Mabel Wiles - Florence Harding *Hugo B. Koch - John D. Haynes (as Hugh B. Koch) Re ...
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Julia Crawford Ivers
Julia Crawford Ivers (October 3, 1869 – May 8, 1930) was an American motion picture pioneer. Biography Born in Boonville, Missouri, in 1869, her family arrived a year later in Los Angeles. Her father was a dentist. Her mother died in 1876, when Julia was seven years old. Julia's sister, Grace, died at age 14. Ivers watched the film industry come into existence and establish itself in southern California. She participated in the new industry as writer, producer and director. She and her husband, Franklin S. Van Trees (aka Frank Van Trees 1866 – 1914), a famed "society" architect best known for his mansions in the Pacific Heights area of San Francisco, had a son, James Van Trees (1890 – 1973), who became a popular cinematographer for Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. and shot some of his mother's films. Ivers later worked with director William Desmond Taylor and was reportedly a part of his inner circle before his murder. Her extremely wealthy second husband was Oliver Iver ...
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Pallas Pictures
Pallas Pictures was a film studio in the U.S. headed by Frank A. Garbutt. In 1913 the film production company Bosworth Incorporated was founded to release film adaptations of Jack London's stories. Hobart Bosworth was President of the company but as Jack London wrote, "Mr. Garbutt has absolute charge of the entire business of Bosworth, Inc." The company rented studio space until September 1914 when Bosworth Inc. constructed its own studio at 211 N. Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles. When Hobart Bosworth left in 1915 Garbutt assumed full control of Bosworth Inc. Several months later the company was renamed Pallas Pictures, with Melodile Garbutt (Frank A. Garbutt's daughter) listed as president of Pallas Pictures. The Pallas logo was a capital "P" with an owl on a branch. Pallas and the Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company were associated and produced films at the same studio, with completed films distributed and advertised by Paramount Pictures. In 1916 Pallas and Morosco became part o ...
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Dustin Farnum
Dustin Lancy Farnum (May 27, 1874 – July 3, 1929) was an American singer, dancer, and actor on the stage and in silent films. Although he played a wide variety of roles, he tended toward westerns and became one of the biggest stars of the genre. Biography He was born the eldest of three boys on May 27, 1874 in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, the older brother of actor William Farnum, whom he closely resembled, and the lesser known silent film director Marshall Farnum (died 1917). He married Mary Cromwell in 1909 and they divorced in 1924. He then married Winifred Kingston. Winifred Kingston and he were the parents of radio actress Estelle "Dustine" Runyon (1925–1983). After great success in a number of stage roles, Farnum landed his first film role in 1914 in the movie ''Soldiers of Fortune'', and later in Cecil B. DeMille's '' The Squaw Man''. Death He died of kidney failure on July 3, 1929 at Post Graduate Hospital in Manhattan, aged 55. Filmography *''Soldiers of Fortune' ...
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Winifred Kingston
Winifred Kingston (11 November 1894 – 3 February 1967) was a British-born American silent film actress. Kingston was educated in Scotland and Belgium. She acted on stage in England before she began acting in the United States. On Broadway, Kingston portrayed Crobyle in ''Thais'' (1911), Juliette Corton in ''The Matrimonial Bed'' (1927), and Helen Farquhar in ''Caste'' (1927). She married actor Dustin Farnum on August 24, 1924, in Los Angeles, and they had a daughter, Estelle. Kingston appeared with her husband often onscreen most notably in ''The Squaw Man'' and ''The Virginian''. After Farnum's death in 1929, she was married to oil executive Carman R. Runyon. On February 3, 1967, Kingston died at her home in La Jolla. Filmography *''Soldiers of Fortune'' (1914) *'' The Squaw Man'' (1914) *'' Brewster's Millions'' (1914) *'' The Call of the North'' (1914) *'' The Virginian'' (1914) *''Where the Trail Divides'' (1914) *'' Cameo Kirby'' (1914) *''The Love Route'' (1915) *' ...
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Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures), and the sole member of the Major film studio, "Big Five" film studios located within the city limits of Los Angeles. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor put 24 actors and actresses under contract and honored each with a star on the logo. In 1967, the number of stars was reduced to 22 and their hidden meaning was dropped. In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. The company's headquarters and studios are located at 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California. Paramount Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America, Motion Picture Associ ...
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Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company. The deal, guided by president Zukor, eventually resulted in the incorporation of eight film production companies, making the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation one of the biggest players of the silent film era. Famous Players-Lasky, under the direction of Zukor, is perhaps best known for its vertical integration of the film industry and block booking practices. On April 1, 1927, the company name was changed to Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. In September 1927, the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation studio in Astoria (New York City) was temporarily closed with the objective of equipping it with the technology for the production of sound films. The Balaban and Katz Historical Foundation now owns t ...
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Jack Livingston
Jack Livingston (born Harold Antill Livingston; November 29, 1885 – February 27, 1944) was a film actor in the United States. He starred in several films including alongside Jane Novak in '' The Golden Trail''. He appeared in at least 44 feature films. His great-grandfather Philip Livingston signed the Declaration of Independence and he was also related to Robert Livingston who helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase. In 1916 he was identified as Myrtle Stedman's new leading man at Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company. Selected filmography *'' Captivating Mary'' (1915) *'' The Stranger Love'' (1916) *'' Flying Colors'' (1917) *'' Ashes of Hope'' (1917) *'' Because of a Woman'' (1917) * '' Wooden Shoes'' (1917) *'' Madcap Madge'' (1917) * ''The Stainless Barrier'' (1917) *''The Desert Man'' (1917) * '' The Dark Road'' (1917) * '' Ten of Diamonds'' (1917) *'' The Eyes of the World'' (1917) *'' His Enemy, the Law'' (1918) *'' Who Is to Blame?'' (1918) *'' The Price of Applause'' ...
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1916 Films
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Film for a salary of $10,000 a week and a signing on fee of $150,000, making him one of the highest-paid people in the United States. * June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year. * July 19 – Famous Players-Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures. * August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film ''The Battle of the Somme'' is premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release (from 20 August) 20 million people view it. * September 5 – Release of D. W. Griffith's epic film '' Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages'', starring Lillian Gish (as "The Eternal Motherhood") and Constance Talmadge (in two ro ...
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American Silent Feature Films
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1916 Comedy-drama Films
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign: The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive: Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in present-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi (1916), Battle of Wadi: Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German Empire, German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. February * ...
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1910s English-language Films
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the Ha ...
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American Black-and-white Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ...
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