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Andrew Soutar
Andrew Soutar (1879 – 1941) was a British novelist and journalist. Biography Born Edward Andrew Stagg, Soutar married Elspeth Soutar Swinton in 1907 at Prestwich, Lancashire adopting the name Soutar shortly after. Soutar was a correspondent, but is better known today for his novels, which were often serialized in newspapers. He also wrote pulp adventure stories for magazines.Brooker and Thacker p. 201 Soutar's stories proved very popular with filmmakers, with a number being made into films during the silent era. Selected novels *''Back From the Dead'' (London, 1920) was made into a 1925 film ''Back to Life'' Filmography * ''The Black Night'', directed by Harold Weston (UK, 1916, based on the novel ''The Black Night'') * ''The Green Orchard'', directed by Harold Weston (UK, 1916, based on the novel ''The Green Orchard'') * ''The Streets of Illusion'', directed by William Parke (1917, based on a story by Andrew Soutar) * '' Souls Adrift'', directed by Harley Knoles (1917, bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swindon
Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon unitary authority area had a population of 233,410 as of 2021. Located in South West England, the town lies between Bristol, 35 miles (56 kilometres) to its west, and Reading, Berkshire, Reading, equidistant to its east. Recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Suindune'', it was a small market town until the mid-19th century, when it was selected as the principal site for the Great Western Railway's repair and maintenance Swindon Works, works, leading to a marked increase in its population. The new town constructed for the railway workers produced forward-looking amenities such as the UK’s first lending library and a ‘cradle-to-grave' health care centre that was later used as a blueprint for the National Health Service, NHS. After the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hoyt
Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films. Career Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt made his Broadway debut in 1905 in ''The Prince Consort''. He also appeared in Ferenc Molnár's ''The Devil'' in 1908, and made his final Broadway appearance in ''The Great Name'' in 1911. Hoyt made the silent comedy short ''The Scrub Lady'' in 1914, but his film acting career did not begin in earnest until 1916 when he appeared in another short, ''The Heart of a Show Girl''. From that time until 1944, each year a film was released in which Hoyt had acted – and frequently up to a dozen or so. Hoyt had large roles in such silent films as '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921), '' Souls for Sale'' (1923), and '' The Lost World'' (1925). He also directed two silent features, '' Station Content'' starring Gloria Swanson and ''Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Was She Justified?
''Was She Justified?'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Florence Turner, Ivy Close and Lewis Gilbert.Low p.474 Cast * Florence Turner as Joan Crossby * Ivy Close * Lewis Gilbert as John Crossby * Arthur Walcott as Robert Quidman * George Bellamy * Jeff Barlow Jeff Barlow was a British actor who was born in Lancashire in 1871. Selected filmography * ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915) * ''The Man Who Bought London'' (1916) * '' Trouble for Nothing'' (1916) * '' Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917) * '' The Happy Wa ... * Gwen Dickens * John Reid * Leonard Upton References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Walter West Films set in England British black-and-white films British films based on plays 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Parker (director)
Albert Parker (May 11, 1885 – August 10, 1974) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He directed 36 films between 1917 and 1938. In the early 1930s Parker left Hollywood for England where he continued to direct films and also opened an actors' agency office. One of his later clients in the 1960s was actress Helen Mirren. He was born in New York, USA, and died in London, England. Selected filmography * ''American Aristocracy'' (1916) (as actor) * ''In Again, Out Again'' (1917) (as actor) * '' For Valour'' (1917) * ''Her Excellency, the Governor'' (1917) * '' The Haunted House'' (1917) * ''The Man Hater'' (1917) * ''Shifting Sands'' (1918) * '' The Secret Code'' (1918) * ''Arizona'' (1918) * ''Annexing Bill'' (1918) * ''From Two to Six'' (1918) * '' The Other Woman'' (1918) * '' Waifs'' (1918) * ''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' (1919) * ''Eyes of Youth'' (1919) * '' The Branded Woman'' (1920) * ''Sherlock Holmes'' (1922) * '' Second Youth'' (1924) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Redemption
''Love's Redemption'' is a 1921 American silent adventure drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Norma Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and Montagu Love. The film is presumed to be lost.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Love's Redemption'' at silentera.com Plot As described in a , Ginger (Talmadge), a young Jamaican woman, secures a position as a housekeeper for Englishman Clifford Standish (Ford), a wealthy plantation owner, when Captain Bill Hennessey (Barnes), with whom she had lived for several years, sails away for England. Clifford struggles as he is addicted to drink. Ginger saves Clifford f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Imperfect Lover
''The Imperfect Lover'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome and Cameron Carr. Cast * Violet Hopson - Noreen Grene * Stewart Rome - Robert Lawne * Cameron Carr - Captain Sterne * Simeon Stuart - Mr. Grene * Dennis Esmond - Conrad Grene * Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), also known by her Mohawk stage name ''Tekahionwake'' (pronounced ''dageh-eeon-wageh'', ), was a Canadian poet, author, and performer who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centu ... -Barbara Grene References External links * 1921 films British silent feature films 1921 drama films British drama films 1920s English-language films Broadwest films Films directed by Walter West British black-and-white films Films based on British novels 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Franklin (director)
Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer. Franklin, like William C. deMille, specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays. His brother Chester Franklin (1889–1954) also became a director during the silent film era best known for directing the early Technicolor film ''The Toll of the Sea''. Partial filmography Director *''Gretchen the Greenhorn'' (1916) co-directed with brother Chester *'' A Sister of Six'' (1916) co-directed with brother Chester * ''The Little School Ma'am'' (1916) * ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1917) co-directed with brother Chester * ''The Babes in the Woods'' (1917) co-directed with brother Chester *''Treasure Island'' (1918) co-directed with Chester *''The Safety Curtain'' (1918) *''Her Only Way'' (1918) *''The Forbidden City'' (1918) *'' The Hoodlum'' (1919) *''A Virtuous Vamp'' (1919) assistant director with David Kirkland * ''Courage'' (1921) * '' Not Guilty'' (1921) *'' Smilin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courage (1921 Film)
''Courage'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Naomi Childers, Sam De Grasse and Adolphe Menjou.Munden p.148 It was distributed by First National Pictures. Synopsis In Scotland, a young inventor goes to visit a man who owes him some money only to find him murdered. He is arrested and imprisoned for the crime, while his wife faithfully continues to support him and perfect his invention. Eventually the real culprit is exposed and he is freed to return to her. Cast *Naomi Childers as Jean Blackmoore * Sam De Grasse as Stephan Blackmoore * Lionel Belmore as Angus Ferguson * Adolphe Menjou as Bruce Ferguson * Lloyd Whitlock as 'Speedy' Chester * Alec B. Francis as McIntyre * Ray Howard as Stephan Blackmoore Jr * Gloria Hope as Eve Hamish * Charles Hill Mailes Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of the silent era. Biography Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1870, Mailes appeared in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Lewis (director)
Edgar Lewis (July 22, 1869 – May 21, 1938) was an American director. Career He began his career as a stage actor and entered the film industry in 1911 as an actor, making his directorial debut two years later. Specializing in action-adventure films and westerns, he directed dozens of pictures between 1913 and 1930, when he left directing and returned to his first love, acting. Most of his films during the sound era were in bit parts or uncredited roles. He appeared in his final film, '' Riding Wild'' in 1935 and retired. He died in Los Angeles in 1938. Partial filmography * '' The Thief'' (1914) * '' The Governor'' (1915) * ''Samson'' (1915) * '' The Plunderer'' (1915) * ''The Bondman'' (1916) * ''Sherry'' (1920) * '' Lahoma'' (1920) * '' A Beggar in Purple'' (1920) * '' Other Men's Shoes'' (1920) * ''The Sage Hen'' (1921) * ''Strength of the Pines'' (1922) * ''You Are Guilty'' (1923) * '' The Right of the Strongest'' (1924) * '' Red Love'' (1925) * '' A Made-To-Order Hero' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Other Men's Shoes
''Other Men's Shoes'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring Crauford Kent, Irene Boyle, and Stephen Grattan.Goble p. 898 Cast * Crauford Kent as Stephen Browning * Irene Boyle as Irene Manton * Stephen Grattan as Dr. Manton * Jean Armour as Marion Browning * Harold Foshay as Jacob Dreener * John P. Wade as Raphael Creeke * Phil Sanford Phil may refer to: * Phil (given name), a shortened version of masculine and feminine names * Phill, a given name also spelled "Phil" * Phil, Kentucky, United States * ''Phil'' (film), a 2019 film * -phil-, a lexical fragment, used as a root term ... as Paget * Bobby Connelly as 'Doady' References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * * 1920 films 1920 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Edgar Lewis American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Pathé Exchange films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter West (director)
Walter Alabaster West (9 November 1885 – 3 July 1958) was an English people, English film director and Film producer, producer. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films. Early life Walter West was born in Cookham, Berkshire on 11 September 1885. His early silent films, some of which are in the collection of the BFI National Archive, include ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1915). He owned extensive film studios, one of the largest being the glass studios at Walthamstow, London, purchased from Cunard Films. With George Broadbridge (later Lord Broadbridge), he formed the Broadwest Films Company. Films made by Broadwest were not only shown in the UK but exported internationally, including India, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the US. In her book, ''British Film Studios: An Illustrated History'', Patricia Warren writes: "In 1916, Broadwest, who ranked alongside film companies of the day such as Hepworth, Barker and British and Colonial, bought the studio a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow In The Desert
''Snow in the Desert'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome and Poppy Wyndham. The film featured an early performance from Ronald Colman before he went to Hollywood. It was based on a serialized story in the '' Daily Sketch'' by Andrew Soutar.Low p.453 Premise A business tycoon's wife runs off with a poet, but returns to help run the company when her husband falls ill. Cast * Violet Hopson as Felice Beste * Stewart Rome as William B. Jackson * Poppy Wyndham * Simeon Stuart Simeon Stuart (15 May 1864 – 25 November 1939) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Snow in the Desert'' (1919) * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) * '' The Face at the Window'' (1920) * ''Inheritance'' (1920) * '' ... as Sir Michael Beste * Ronald Colman as Rupert Sylvester * Mary Masters * A.B. Caldwell References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
