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Anthony J. Xydias
Anthony J. Xydias (May 22, 1882 – October 27, 1952) was a film producer for such films as '' Heroes of the Alamo'' (1937), '' Devil's Canyon'' (1935), and '' Five Bad Men'' (1935). His career took off after he opened a theater in Dallas, Texas, in 1906. From this came a chain of successful theaters. He founded the film production company Sunset Pictures in 1922. Career A Greek-born American film executive, Anthony J. Xydias became a successful film exhibitor before founding Sunset Pictures in 1922. He wanted to produce inexpensive Westerns starring former rodeo rider Jack Hoxie beginning with ''Barb Wire'' (1922). Despite their meager budgets, the Hoxie oaters proved well above par for the period, but Xydias found himself without a star when Hoxie left Sunset Pictures in favor of Universal Pictures. Kenneth MacDonald, whom Xydias chose from the ranks of supporting players, did not fill the bill and was quickly replaced by J. B. Warner, a lanky cowboy from Nebraska. Warner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinos
Tinos ( el, Τήνος ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It is located in the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2011 census population of 8,636 inhabitants. Tinos is famous amongst Greeks for the Church of Panagia Evangelistria, its 80 or so windmills, about 1,000 artistic dovecotes, 50 active villages and its Venetian fortifications at the mountain, Exomvourgo. On Tinos, both Greek Orthodox and Catholic populations co-exist, and the island is also well known for its sculptors and painters, such as Nikolaos Gysis, Yannoulis Chalepas and Nikiforos Lytras. The island is located near the geographical center of the Cyclades island complex, and because of the Panagia Evangelistria church, with its reputedly miraculous icon of Virgin Mary that it holds, Tinos is also the center of a yearly pilgrimage that takes place on the date of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (15 August, ''Dekapentavgoustos'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Tomas Internment Camp
Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as the Manila Internment Camp, was the largest of several camps in the Philippines in which the Japanese interned enemy civilians, mostly Americans, in World War II. The campus of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila was utilized for the camp, which housed more than 3,000 internees from January 1942 until February 1945. Conditions for the internees deteriorated during the war and by the time of the liberation of the camp by the U.S. Army many of the internees were near death from lack of food. Background Japan attacked the Philippines on December 8, 1941, the same day as its raid on Pearl Harbor (on the Asian side of the International Date Line). American fighter aircraft were on patrol to meet an expected attack, but ground fog delayed the Japanese aircraft on Formosa. When the attack finally came, most of the American air force was caught on the ground, and destroyed by Japanese bombers. On the same day, the Japanese invaded several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanted By The Law
''Wanted by the Law'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring J.B. Warner, Jay Morley and William McCall.Langman, p. 490 Cast * J.B. Warner as Jim Loraine * Jay Morley as Bill Baxter * William McCall as Henchman Bush McGraw * Frank Rice as Jerry Hawkins * Thomas G. Lingham as Sheriff Rufe Matlock * Dorothy Wood as Jessie Walton * Jay Hunt as Sandy Walton * Billie Bennett as Mrs. Loraine * Ralph McCullough as Bud Loraine * Jack Waltemeyer Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ... as Idaho Sheriff References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. External links * 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind Two Guns
''Behind Two Guns'' is a 1924 American silent Western film, directed by Robert North Bradbury. It stars J. B. Warner ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ..., Hazel Newman, and Marin Sais, and was released on May 15, 1924. Plot Dr. Elijah Cutter (J.B. Warner) and his Indian assistant Eagle Slowfoot (Guillermo Calles) are called upon to investigate a series of stagecoach robberies. The stages arrive at their destination never having been held up, but when the locked cashbox is opened, all of the money is missing. Dr. Betz (Otto Lederer) is a hypnotist. He has been hypnotizing Myrtle Baxter (Marin Sais) and using her to commit the crimes. Jessie Nash (Hazel Newman) asks Cutter to help prove that her grandfather, who is accused of the crime, is innocent. Cutter w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Covered Trail
''The Covered Trail'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson and starring J.B. Warner, Robert McKenzie and Ruth Dwyer. Cast * J.B. Warner as Bill Keats * Robert McKenzie as Sheriff * Ruth Dwyer * Milburn Morante Milburn Morante (April 6, 1887 – January 28, 1964) was an American actor, film director and makeup artist.Katchmer p. 267 Partial filmography * '' The Covered Trail'' (1924) * ''Battling Mason'' (1924) * ''The Terror of Pueblo'' (1924) * '' A ... References External links * 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Jack Nelson Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After A Million
''After a Million'' is a 1924 silent film comedy starring Kenneth McDonalds and Ruth Dwyer and was directed by Jack Nelson. This film survives in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', page 2 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Kenneth MacDonald - Gregory Maxim * Ruth Dwyer - Countess Olga * Alphonse Martell Alphonse Martell (1890 - 1976) was a French actor who wrote and directed ''Gigolettes of Paris'' (1933). He portrayed a director in the 1934 film '' I'll Be Suing You''. He often portrayed a waiter as in the 1946 film '' Falcon's Alibi'', in which ... - Ivan Senine * Joe Girard - * Hal Craig - * Jay Hunt- * S.J. Bingham - (*as Stanley Bingham) * Ada Bell - * Victor Metzetti - * Otto Metzetti - * Stella Nova - * Paul Gerson - * Martin Turner - * Jack Waltemeyer - References External links * * 1924 films American silent feature films American b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slow As Lightning
''Slow as Lightning'' is a 1923 American silent action film directed by Grover Jones and starring Kenneth MacDonald, Billy 'Red' Jones and Edna Pennington.Munden p.733 Cast * Kenneth MacDonald as Jimmie March * Billy 'Red' Jones as Jimmie March - as a Child * Edna Pennington as Eleanor Philips * Gordon Sackville as E.J. Philips * William Lester as Mortimer Fenton * William Malan as Pat Mc Guire - the Irishman * Joe Bonner as Tony Guasti - the Italian * Max Asher as Isaac Cohen - the Hebrew * Otto Metzetti Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ... as Chief of Crooks References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Tracks (1923 Film)
''Wolf Tracks'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Hoxie, Andrée Tourneur and Marin Sais.Langman, p. 520 Cast * Jack Hoxie as John Hastings * Andrée Tourneur as Jean Meredith * Marin Sais as Rose Romaine * Jim Welch as Bob Meredith * Albert J. Smith as 'Wolf' Santell * Thomas G. Lingham as Lemuel Blatherwick * William Berke William A. Berke (born October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – died February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a ... as Laroque * Kate Price as Kitty Blatherwick References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. External links * 1923 films 1923 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury Silent American Western (genre) fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Fighter
''Lone Fighter'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Albert Russell and starring J.B. Warner, Vester Pegg, and Josephine Hill. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Certain Lee, a Texas Ranger, is trailing an outlaw band headed by Macklyn Vance. Lee falls in love with Rose Trimball. She is convinced by Vance that Lee is responsible for the jailing of Harvey Bates, the man she had promised to marry. Rose betrays Lee into the hands of the gang. He escapes after his horse assists in untying his bonds. Bates breaks out of jail and tells Rose that Vance is his enemy. Bates and Vance meet, fight at the edge of a cliff, fall over and are killed. Lee then wins the affections of Rose. Cast * J.B. Warner as Certain Lee * Vester Pegg as Harvey Bates * Josephine Hill as Rose Trimball * Joe Ryan as Macklyn Vance * Jim Gamble James Gamble, KPM, is a former police officer and head of Belfast region for the now disbanded RUC Special Branch. Gamble was the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Rider
''Desert Rider'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Hoxie, Frank Rice and Evelyn Nelson. Cast * Jack Hoxie as Jack Sutherland * Frank Rice as Toby Jones * Evelyn Nelson as Carolyn Grey * Claude Payton as Rufe Kinkaid * Thomas G. Lingham Thomas G. Lingham (April 7, 1870 – February 19, 1950; also credited as Thomas Lingham, Tom Lingham, and as T. G. Lingham) was an American stage performer and then a film actor during both the silent and early sound eras. He appeared in mo ... as Dan Baird * Walter Wilkinson as Mickey Baird References External links * 1923 films 1923 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallopin' Through
''Gallopin' Through'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury Robert North Bradbury (March 23, 1886 – November 24, 1949) (born Ronald E. Bradbury) was an American film actor, director, and screenwriter. He directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941, and is best known for directing early "Poverty Row"-produc ... and starring Jack Hoxie, Priscilla Bonner and Doreen Turner. Cast * Jack Hoxie as Jack Hoxie * Priscilla Bonner as Bert Wayne's Wife * Doreen Turner as Bert Wayne's Child * Scout the Horse as Scout - Jack's Horse * Bunk the Dog as Bunk - Jack's Dog References External links * 1923 films 1923 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crow's Nest (film)
''The Crow's Nest'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Jack Hoxie, Rudd Weatherwax and Evelyn Nelson. Cast * Jack Hoxie as Esteban * Rudd Weatherwax as Esteban, as a boy * Evelyn Nelson as Patricia Benton * Thomas G. Lingham as Beaugard * William Berke as Pecos * William Dyer as Timberline * Mary Bruce as Margarita * Bert Lindley Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert * Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a S ... as John Benton * Augustina López as The Squaw References External links * 1922 films 1922 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Paul Hurst Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
