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Alma Hanlon
Alma Hanlon (April 30, 1890 – October 26, 1977) was an American silent film actress. Hanlon's film career was short, lasting only four years. She appeared in twenty-three films. Her first film role was as Dorothy Dare in ''The Fixer'' (1915) and her last was in ''The Profiteer'' (1919). Biography She was born on April 30, 1890, in New Jersey, the youngest daughter of George Hanlon. Her first husband was former correspondent and theatrical press agent Walter J. Kingsley, from 1905 until their divorce in 1917, with whom she had one child, Dorothy Kingsley (1909–1997). In 1918 she married director Louis Myll (1871–1939), when she had been living at Bayside, Queens for the last two years. She later moved with her daughter to the affluent suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She died on October 26, 1977, in Monterey, California Partial filmography * '' The Fixer'' (1915) * ''The Weakness of Man'' (1916) * ''Gold and the Woman'' (1916) * '' The Whip'' (1917) * ''The Golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by Delaware Bay and the state of Delaware. At , New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area; but with close to 9.3 million residents, it ranks 11th in population and first in population density. The state capital is Trenton, and the most populous city is Newark. With the exception of Warren County, all of the state's 21 counties lie within the combined statistical areas of New York City or Philadelphia. New Jersey was first inhabited by Native Americans for at least 2,800 years, with the Lenape being the dominant group when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century. Dutch and Swedish colonists founded the first European settlements in the state. The British later seized control o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whip (1917 Film)
''The Whip'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur that is based on the play of the same name by Henry Hamilton and Cecil Raleigh. The film stars Alma Hanlon, June Elvidge, and Irving Cummings. It also features Bobby Vernon, Wallace Beery, as well as Gloria Swanson in one of her early film roles. The film survives and has been released on DVD. Plot The movie tells the story of the training of a racehorse, the Whip, of the amnesiac nobleman who loves the horse, and of the villains who attempt to keep it from racing. Cast *Alma Hanlon as Diana Beverley * June Elvidge as Mrs. D'Aquilia *Irving Cummings as Herbert Brancaster *Warren Cook as Judge Beverley *Paul McAllister as Baron Sartoris *Alfred Hemming as Joe Kelly *Dion Titheradge as Harry Anson *Jean Dumas as Myrtle Anson Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The Whip'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required the flashing o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From New York (state)
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From New Jersey
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 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 Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Profiteer (1919 Film)
''The Profiteer'' is a 1919 American silent war drama film directed by John K. Holbrook and starring Jack Sherrill, Alma Hanlon and Robin H. Townley.Connelly p.399 Cast * Jack Sherrill as Tom Merritt * Alma Hanlon * Robin H. Townley * Charles Bowell * F.W. Stewart * Dorothy Kingdon * E.L. Howard * Louise Hotaling Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ... References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Arrow Film Corporation films 1910s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Defender (film)
''Public Defender'' is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Burton L. King with Frank Keenan. Cast *Frank Keenan - Robert Murdock *Alma Hanlon - Mary Reed *Robert Edeson - Arthur Nelson *John St. Polis John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor. Biography St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway ... - David Moulton (*John Sainpolis) *Florence Short - Rose Moulton *Louis Stern - Leslie Morrison (Louis Sterns) *Tex La Grove - Walter Holmes *Harry Kingsley - Arthur Stevens *Helen Conwell - Queenie La Mar *James E. Sullivan - Father O'Malley (James Sullivan) *F. A. Cronin - James Whalon *John O'Keefe - John Hartley *John K. Roberts - 'Billy' Means (J. K. Roberts) Preservation status *A copy of the film is preserved in a foreign archive. References External links 1917 films American silent feature films American black-and-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden God (1917 Film)
''The Golden God'' is a 1917 American film written by Robert Hage and Frederick Rath. The film stars Charles Hutchison, Alma Hanlon, Florence Short Florence Short (May 19, 1893 – July 10, 1946) was an American actress. She had numerous film roles as a supporting actress and was also cast in theatrical productions. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and moved with her family to ..., and Mary Doyle.Larry Langman American Film Cycles: The Silent Era 1998 -- Page 144 0313306575 "Charles Hutchison, content with his happy life in a small town, where he lives with his wife, Alma Hanlon, and little daughter, slowly becomes corrupted by greed in the drama, The Golden God (1917). When Al Steam, a New York millionaire, offers Hutchison a job as his chauffeur, he accepts and soon discovers that most city people are obsessed with getting rich. When he finds his employer's wallet filled with money, he keeps it to speculate ..... It premiered on June 19, 1917. References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold And The Woman
''Gold and the Woman'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent drama film directed by James Vincent and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost film, lost. Plot Dugald Chandos, an early English settler in America, tries to buy a thousand acres of land known as "The Valley of Shadow," from Chief Duskara, of the Wiconicoes. Duskara refuses to sell the land and hides the land grant in a tree. Chandos and his son murder Duskara and then forge the chief's name to a deed transferring the property to the family. The dying wife of Duskara utters a curse against the Chandos family and its descendants, hoping to inflict blindness on them. Generations later, teenager Hester Gray is the descendant of Dugauld, and the heir to "The Valley of Shadow." Lee Duskara, a Harvard student, is the great-great-grandson of the Native American chief. Hester and Lee fall in love. Lee asks Colonel Ernest Dent, Hester's guardian, for permission to marry her. Dent, who was a friend of Hest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monterey, California
Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both Spain (1804–1821) and Mexico (1822–1846). During this period, Monterey hosted California's first theater, public building, public library, publicly-funded school, printing-press, and newspaper. It was originally the only port of entry for all taxable goods in California. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848, the United States Flag was raised over the Customs House. After Mexico ceded California to the U.S. at the end of the war, Monterey hosted California's first constitutional convention in 1849. The city occupies a land area of and the city hall is at above sea level. The 2020 census recorded a population of 30,218. Monterey and the surrounding area have attracted artists since the late 19th-century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weakness Of Man
''The Weakness of Man'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Barry O'Neil. It stars Holbrook Blinn and is based on the 1911 play ''The Living Corpse'' by Leo Tolstoy. It was produced by William A. Brady and distributed by World Film Company.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.112 c.1953 by Daniel Blum Cast *Holbrook Blinn - David Spencer *Eleanor Woodruff - Janice Lane *Richard Wangermann - John Spencer *Charles Mackay - Dr. Stone *Alma Hanlon - Babbie Norris *Walter Greene - Bert Rollins (*as Walter D. Greene) *Teddy Sampson - Estelle *Johnny Hines John F. Hines (July 25, 1895 – October 24, 1970) was an American actor who had numerous film roles during the silent era, including many starring ones. He appeared in more than 50 films and numerous film shorts. But he did not succeed in tran ... - Sam Perkins (*as John Hines) References External links''The Weakness of Man'' at IMDb.com* 1916 films American silent feature films Lost American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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