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Adventures Of Carol
''Adventures of Carol'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Madge Evans, George MacQuarrie and Rosina Henley.Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films. p.11 Cast * Madge Evans as Carol Montgomery * George MacQuarrie as Col. Montgomery * Rosina Henley as Mrs. Montgomery * Carl Axzelle as James * Nick Long Jr. as Beppo * Kate Lester as Mme. Fairfax * Jack Drumier Jack Drumier (1867–1929) was an American film actor of the silent era.Beauchamp p.444 Selected filmography * ''The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot'' (1914) * '' The Beloved Adventuress'' (1917) * '' The Volunteer'' (1917) * '' Easy Money'' (1917 ... as Mr. Fairfax * Frances Miller as Mammy Lou References Bibliography * Gevinson, Alan. ''Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Knoles
Harry Knoles (1880-1936) was a British film director of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Greater Will'' (1915) * ''The Master Hand'' (1915) * ''Bought and Paid For (1916 film), Bought and Paid For'' (1916) * ''His Brother's Wife (1916 film), His Brother's Wife'' (1916) * ''The Devil's Toy'' (1916) * ''The Volunteer (1917 film), The Volunteer'' (1917) * ''The Stolen Paradise'' (1917) * ''The Price of Pride'' (1917) *''Adventures of Carol'' (1917) * ''The Little Duchess'' (1917) * ''A Square Deal'' (1917) * ''The Burglar (1917 film), The Burglar'' (1917) * ''Souls Adrift'' (1917) *''The Page Mystery'' (1917) * ''The Social Leper'' (1917) * ''Bolshevism on Trial'' (1919) * ''Guilty of Love (film), Guilty of Love'' (1920) * ''Half an Hour'' (1920) * ''A Romantic Adventuress'' (1920) * ''The Great Shadow (film), The Great Shadow'' (1920) * ''Carnival (1921 film), Carnival'' (1921) * ''The Bohemian Girl (1922 film), The Bohemian Girl'' (1922) * ''Lew Tyler's Wives'' (1926) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Drumier
Jack Drumier (1867–1929) was an American film actor of the silent era.Beauchamp p.444 Selected filmography * ''The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot'' (1914) * '' The Beloved Adventuress'' (1917) * '' The Volunteer'' (1917) * ''Easy Money'' (1917) * ''The Divorce Game'' (1917) * ''The Marriage Market'' (1917) * ''The False Friend'' (1917) * ''The Little Duchess'' (1917) * '' Darkest Russia'' (1917) * '' Adventures of Carol'' (1917) * ''The Beloved Blackmailer'' (1918) * ''The Road to France'' (1918) * '' By Hook or Crook'' (1918) * ''Stolen Hours'' (1918) * ''The Golden Wall'' (1918) * ''Phil for Short'' (1919) * ''The Black Circle'' (1919) * ''Three Green Eyes'' (1919) * ''Courage for Two'' (1919) * ''You Find It Everywhere'' (1921) * ''The Girl from Porcupine'' (1921) * ''The Splendid Lie'' (1922) * ''The Broken Silence'' (1922) * ''Shadows of the Sea'' (1922) * ''Enemies of Youth ''Enemies of Youth'' is a 1925 American independent film, independent silent film, silent drama fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By Harley Knoles
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent American Drama Films
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American Silent Feature 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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Drama Films
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1917 Films
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood". __TOC__ Events *January – ''Panthea'' is released, the first film from the company that Joseph Schenck formed with his wife, Norma Talmadge, after leaving Loew's Consolidated Enterprises. *February – Buster Keaton first meets Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in New York and is hired as a co-star and gag man. *April 9 – Supreme Court of the United States rule in Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. which ends the Motion Picture Patents Company appeal and results in the end of the company. *April 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Miller
Frances Miller (sometimes credited as Frances Grant or Frances Miller Grant) was an American actress who worked extensively during Hollywood's silent era. Like many black actresses of her time, she was often cast in " mammy" roles. Biography Miller may have been born in Kansas City, Missouri, and she later resided in Manhattan and Atlanta. She began appearing in films around 1911, although she may not have been credited for her earliest appearances. She seems to have retired by the early 1930s. She married Larry Grant in 1918, and had a son (who also appeared in films) named George Washington. Selected filmography * '' Her Unborn Child'' (1930) * ''The Dancer of Paris'' (1926) * '' Scarlet Saint'' (1925) * '' Gentle Julia'' (1923) * '' The Leavenworth Case'' (1923) * '' Sinner or Saint'' (1923) * '' Counterfeit Love'' (1923) * ''Sisters'' (1922) * '' Cousin Kate'' (1921) * ''Babs'' (1920) * ''In Walked Mary'' (1920) * '' Come Out of the Kitchen'' (1919) * '' The Beloved I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Lester
Kate Lester (born Sarah Cody, 12 June 1857 – 12 October 1924) was an American theatrical and silent film actress. Her family, the Suydams of New York, were staying in Britain at the time of her birth.Who Was Who on Screen 3rd edition page 432 by Evelyn Mack Truitt c. 1983 Early life Lester was brought up in New York City and educated in the most exclusive schools. After completing normal school she studied dramatic art, which was the custom of the time. She learned drama from Dion Boucicault Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault (né Boursiquot; 26 December 1820 – 18 September 1890) was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the ..., a famed instructor. Stage and film actress Lester was a beauty of the stage in the late 19th century. Later she began to play maternal characters in films. It was as a ''grand dame'' that she made her debut on the New York stage. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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