|
Albert MacQuarrie
Albert MacQuarrie (January 8, 1882, San Francisco – February 17, 1950, California) was an American silent film actor. He was signed in 1912 and starred in about 70 films before his retirement. He starred with William Garwood in films such as ''Lord John in New York'' and ''The Grey Sisterhood'' and also starred regularly with Douglas Fairbanks. Filmography * ''Safety First'' (1915) * ''The Prayer of a Horse or: His Life Story Told by Himself'' (1915) * ''Things in the Bottom Drawer'' (1915) * ''The Whirling Disk'' (1915) * ''At the Banquet Table'' (1915) * ''The Smuggler's Lass'' (1915) * ''A Harmless Flirtation'' (1915) * ''The Ulster Lass'' (1915) * ''A Little Brother of the Rich'' (1915) as Muriel's Husband * ''A Pure Gold Partner'' (1915) * ''The Frame-Up'' (1915) as Ned Harter * ''Colorado'' (1915) as Mr. Staples * ''Lord John in New York'' (1915) as Doctor Ramese * ''The Grey Sisterhood'' (1916) as Doctor Ramese * ''Three Fingered Jenny'' (1916) as Doctor Ramese * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Q, Son Of Zorro
''Don Q, Son of Zorro'' is a 1925 American silent swashbuckler romance film and a sequel to the 1920 silent film '' The Mark of Zorro''. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel ''Don Q.'s Love Story'', written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard. The story was reworked in 1925 (after Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard's death) into a vehicle for the Johnston McCulley character Zorro. The film adaptation was made by screenwriters Jack Cunningham and Lotta Woods for United Artists studios. Douglas Fairbanks both produced the film and starred as its lead character. It was directed by Donald Crisp, who also played the villain Don Sebastian. The film was well-received: the ''New York Times'' rated it one of its top ten films of 1925. Plot Don Diego de la Vega (Zorro)'s son, Cesar (Douglas Fairbanks), is in Spain finishing his education. While Cesar is showing off to friends his remarkable prowess with the whip, he accidentally clips off the feather shako on the hat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Speed (1917 Film)
''High Speed'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by George L. Sargent and Elmer Clifton and starring Jack Mulhall, Fritzi Ridgeway and Harry L. Rattenberry.Connelly p.108 Cast * Jack Mulhall as 'Speed' Cannon * Fritzi Ridgeway as Susan * Harry L. Rattenberry as Father * Lydia Yeamans Titus as Mother * Albert MacQuarrie as Count Englantine * J. Morris Foster J. Morris Foster (September 9, 1881 – April 24, 1966) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1923. He was born in Foxbert, Pennsylvania and died in Burbank, California. Selected filmogr ... as Count's Friend References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mark Of Zorro (1920 Film)
''The Mark of Zorro'' is a 1920 American silent Western romance film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery Sr. This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of ''The Mark of Zorro''. Based on the 1919 story ''The Curse of Capistrano'' by Johnston McCulley, which introduced the masked hero, Zorro, the screenplay was adapted by Fairbanks (as "Elton Thomas") and Eugene Miller. The film was produced by Fairbanks for his own production company, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation, and was the first film released through United Artists, the company formed by Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith. Noah Beery Jr. makes his first of many dozens of screen appearance spanning six decades. He portrayed a young child; his father began sporadically billing himself as Noah Beery Sr. as a result. The film has been remade twice, once in 1940 (starring Tyrone Power) and again in 1974 (starring Frank Langella). In 2015, the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mollycoddle
''The Mollycoddle'' is a 1920 American film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, and directed by Victor Fleming.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Mollycoddle'' at silentera.com Beery plays an ice-cold villain brawling with Fairbanks' character all the way down the side of a steep mountain in one sequence. A copy of the film is in the and in other film collections. Plot As described in a , Richard Marshall (Fairbanks), nicknamed The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moon Riders (serial)
''The Moon Riders'' is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason and Theodore Wharton. The serial is considered lost. It ran for 18 episodes. Cast * Art Acord as Buck Ravelle, a Ranger * Charles Newton as Arizona Baldwin * Mildred Moore as Anna Baldwin, Arizona's Daughter * George Field as Egbert, Leader of the Moon Riders * Beatrice Dominguez as Rosa, Housekeeper's Daughter * Tote Du Crow as Warpee, the Indian Chief * Albert MacQuarrie as Gant, a crooked attorney Reception ''The Moon Riders'' is considered to be one of the more successful serials of the silent film era and it established Art Acord as a western star. Chapter titles # ''Over the Precipice '' # ''The Masked Marauders'' # ''The Red Rage of Jealousy'' # ''Vultures of the Hills'' # ''The Death Trap'' # ''Caves of Mystery'' # ''The Menacing Monster'' # ''The Moon Rider's Bride'' # ''Death's Door'' # ''The Pit of Fire'' # ''The House of Doom'' # ''Unmasked'' # ''His Hour of Torture'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Majesty, The American
''His Majesty, the American'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It was the first film produced by United Artists. It was released in the U.K. as ''One of the Blood''. Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) 35mm positive in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library 16mm reduction positive and in private film collections 16mm reduction positives This was one of Boris Karloff's earliest acting jobs in the movie industry. He can be spotted in the scene where Sarzeau's men storm the inn where Bill Brooks is staying. Karloff is at the front of the crowd, wearing a thick mustache and a cloth cap. He can also be seen on the staircase as the men race up the stairs to Bill Brooks's room. Plot As described in a film magazine, Bill (Fairbanks), whose hair raising antics have made him the talk of New York City, decides to leave the metropolis after a new district attorney starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Diplomat
''The Little Diplomat'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Marie Osborne, Lydia Knott and William Welsh.Connelly p.376 Cast * Marie Osborne as Little Marie * Lydia Knott as Mrs. Bradley West * William Welsh as Bradley West * Jack Connolly as Trent Gordon * Murdock MacQuarrie as Raymond Brownleigh * Velma Clay as Hulda * Albert MacQuarrie as Kendall * Betty Compson as Phyllis Dare * Ernest Morrison Ernest Fredric Morrison (December 20, 1912 – July 24, 1989) was an American child actor, comedian, vaudevillian and dancer who also performed under the stage name Sunshine Sammy Morrison and was the only black member of the ''East Side Ki ... as George Washington Jones Jr. References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1919 films 1919 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Sile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western/romantic comedy film directed by Albert Parker (director), Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas) and produced the film.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' at silentera.com ''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' is now considered lost film, lost. Synopsis Fairbanks plays a hedonistic New York City aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to Sonora, Texas to carry out a campaign of altruism. Along the way, he is mistaken for a Mexican people, Mexican bandit and is pursued by a corrupt sheriff who is in pursuit of the bandit's hidden fortune. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona (1918 Film)
''Arizona'' is a 1918 American silent melodrama film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and released by Famous Players-Lasky under its Artcraft Pictures banner. Based on the successful 1899 play of the same name by Augustus Thomas, the film was directed by Albert Parker. Despite mixed reviews and its release near the end of the Spanish flu epidemic, the film prospered at the box office largely on the strength of its star's drawing power. ''Arizona'' is presumed lost. Plot Denton (Fairbanks) is a lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry regiment commaded by Colonel Benham (Frederick Burton). Benham is married to the much younger Estrella (Kathleen Kirkham), the daughter of wealthy rancher Canby (Theodore Roberts). Estrella has a sister, Bonita (Marjorie Daw), with whom Denton falls in love. Denton discovers an affair between Estrella and Captain Hodgeman (Harry Northrup). In his effort to break up the affair, Denton follows Estrella to her room where Benham catches them and misu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Comes Up Smiling
''He Comes Up Smiling'' is a 1918 American comedy film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dwan. This film was based on a novel of the same title by Charles Sherman, which was adapted into a 1914 play of the same name by Byron Ongley and Emil Nyitray. Fairbanks starred in the play with Patricia Collinge as the female lead. This film "survives incomplete". Plot As described in a film magazine, the principal duty of bank clerk Jerry Martin is to care for the bank president's pet canary. The bird escapes and Jerry starts in pursuit. In a chase that takes him far afield, Jerry meets a hobo and decides to give up his bank job. Baron Bean (Montana), another hobo, becomes his valet, but they desert Jerry when he is taking a bath and steal his clothes. He finds a suit belonging to William Batchelor (MacQuarrie), a broker who is cooling off at a pool, and with the broker's business cards he passes himself off as Batchelor. He meets John Bartlett (Campeau) and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bound In Morocco
''Bound in Morocco'' is a 1918 American silent action romantic comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks. Fairbanks produced and wrote the film's story and screenplay (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas), and Allan Dwan directed. The film was produced by Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky / Artcraft Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, George Travelwell (Fairbanks), an American youth motoring in Morocco, discovers that the governor of El Harib (Campeau) has seized a young American woman for his harem. Disguised as an inmate of the harem, George nearly wrecks the place while he rescues her. One thrilling incident follows upon the heels of another in their attempts to get away, and it ends with him setting one tribe against another, leaving them free to peacefully ride away. Cast *Douglas Fairbanks as George Travelwell *Pauline Curley as Ysail *Edythe Chapman as Ysail's mother *Tully Marshall as Ali Pah Shush *Frank Campeau as Bash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
