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Alma Rayford
Alma Rayford (March 24, 1903 – February 14, 1987) was an American film actress of the silent era. Rayford specialized in western films, appearing in 18 features and a number of two-reel films. Selected filmography * '' The Passing of Wolf MacLean'' (1924) * ''Romance of the Wasteland'' (1924) * ''The Terror of Pueblo'' (1924) * '' The Demon Rider'' (1925) * ''Ace of Action'' (1926) * ''Deuce High'' (1926) * ''Vanishing Hoofs'' (1926) * ''The Haunted Range'' (1926) aka ''The Haunted Ranch''Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p.300. . * ''The Phantom Buster'' (1927) * ''Between Dangers'' (1927) * ''The Valley of Hunted Men ''The Valley of Hunted Men'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jay Wilsey, Oscar Apfel and Kathleen Collins.Langman, p. 483 Cast * Jay Wilsey as Tom Mallory * Oscar Apfel as Dan Phillips * Kathle ...'' (1928) *'' Young Whirlwind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Muskogee () is the thirteenth-largest city in Oklahoma and the county seat of Muskogee County. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately southeast of Tulsa. The population of the city was 36,878 as of the 2020 census, a 6.0 percent decrease from 39,223 in 2010. History French fur traders were believed to have established a temporary village near the future Muskogee in 1806, but the first permanent European-American settlement was established in 1817 on the south bank of the Verdigris River, north of present-day Muskogee. After the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 under President Andrew Jackson, the Muscogee Creek Indians were one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" forced out of the American Southeast to Indian Territory. They were accompanied by their slaves. The Indian Agency, a two-story stone building, was built here in Muskogee. It was a site for meetings among the leaders of the Five Civilized Tribes. Today it serves as a museum. At the top of what is known as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Buster
''The Phantom Buster'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by William Bertram and featuring Boris Karloff in a supporting role. Plot Bill Turner, a construction worker, steals from the corporate payroll for a gang and frames his lookalike Jeff McCloud for the crime. After Turner gets killed in an armed robbery by Jim Breed, Jeff escapes from prison and takes Turner's place in the gang, which is smuggling firearms across the Mexico–United States border. After an ambush McCloud is cared for by Babs, who was betrothed to Turner by her grandfather. Breed appears and reveals Jeff's ruse, but he and Babs are rescued by law enforcement. Cast * Buddy Roosevelt as Jeff McCloud / Bill Turner * Alma Rayford as Babs * Slim Whitaker as Cassidy (as Charles Whitaker) * Boris Karloff as Ramon * John Junior as Jim * Walter Maly as Jack * Lawrence Underwood as Sheriff See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Muskogee, Oklahoma
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Actresses
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Key to entries: : born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth : ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life : a range is ''birth''–''death'' years : if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly A * Beverly Aadland 1942–2010 *Mariann Aalda born *Caroline Aaron born *Diahnne Abbott born *Rose Abdoo born * Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Whitney Able born *Candice Accola born *Amy Acker born *Jean Acker 1893–1978 *Bettye Ackerman 1924–2006 *Amy Adams born (born in Italy) * Brooke Adams born *Edie Adams 1927–2008 * Jane Adams born *Joey Lauren Adams born *Julie Adams 1926–2019 *Lillian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Deaths
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator Flashover, flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina (1987), Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is USS Stark incident, struck by Iraq, Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; President of the United States, U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous Tear down this wall!, speech, demanding that Soviet Union, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Whirlwind
''Young Whirlwind'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Edmund Cobb and Frank Rice.Darby p.380 Cast * Buzz Barton as David 'Red' Hepner * Edmund Cobb as Jack * Frank Rice as Hank * Alma Rayford as Molly * Thomas G. Lingham as Sheriff * Eddy Chandler as Johnson * Bill Patton as Bart * Tex Phelps Tex may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname * Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer Joseph Arrington Jr. Entertainment * ''Tex'', the Italian ... as Bandit References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991. External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Louis King Film Booking Offices of America films Silent Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Valley Of Hunted Men
''The Valley of Hunted Men'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Biography Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, Richard Thorpe began his en ... and starring Jay Wilsey, Oscar Apfel and Kathleen Collins.Langman, p. 483 Cast * Jay Wilsey as Tom Mallory * Oscar Apfel as Dan Phillips * Kathleen Collins as Betty Phillips * Jack Ganzhorn as 'Frenchy' Durant * Alma Rayford as Valita * Frank Griffith as 'Yucca' Jake * Frank Ellis as Henchman * Adrienne Dore (uncredited) References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Richard Thorpe American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Silent Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Dangers
''Between Dangers'' is a 1927 American silent Western film. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Alma Rayford, and Rennie Young. It was released on February 13, 1927. Plot When Tom Rawlins inherits a ranch, he heads out to take possession. On the way he is waylaid by three crooks in a saloon who knock him out and take the ownership papers to the ranch. When he wakes up, he hitches a ride on a freight train which drops him off in Cactus City, the nearest town to his ranch. Shortly after his arrival, the local bank is robbed and one of the citizens is killed. Santine, the foreman at the Cross P Ranch, Rawlins' inheritance, incites the citizenry to believe that Rawlins is the culprit in the bank robbery, and he is arrested. However, while in jail he convinces the sheriff and the sheriff's daughter, Sue Conway, that he is innocent. Meanwhile, Santine gets one of his henchmen, Charlie, to pose as Rawlins in order to claim possession of the ranch. Santine has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanishing Hoofs
''Vanishing Hoofs'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and written by Betty Burbridge and L. V. Jefferson.Vanishing Hoofs . Retrieved June 22, 2021. Cast * Hal Taliaferro as Wally Marsh * Alma Rayford as Lucy Bowers * William Ryno as Colonel Bowers * Haz ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso, Texas
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of United States cities by population, 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the List of cities in Texas by population, sixth-largest city in Texas, and the second-largest city in the Southwestern United States behind Phoenix, Arizona. The city is also List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations, the second-largest majority-Hispanic city in the U.S., with 81% of its population being Hispanic. Its metropolitan statistical area covers all of El Paso and Hudspeth County, Texas, Hudspeth counties in Texas, and had a population of 868,859 in 2020. El Paso has consistently been ranked as one of the safest large cities in America. El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciuda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deuce High
''Deuce High'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Buffalo Bill Jr. (a.k.a. Jay Wilsey). Preserved in the UCLA, Library of Congress and Cinematheque Royale (Brussels) archives.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, p.43 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Jay Wilsey - Ted Crawford (* aka Buffalo Bill Jr.) * Alma Rayford - Neil Clifton * Robert Walker - Ranger McLeod * J. P. Lockney John P. Lockney (March 17, 1867, date of death unknown) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Partial filmography * ''The Bride of Hat ... - Mandell Armstrong * Harry Lord - Jim Blake References External links ''Deuce High'' at IMDb.com* 1926 films Films directed by Richard Thorpe 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Silent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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