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Arda La Croix
Arda La Croix was an American stage actor, screen actor, and author. He wrote novels based on popular plays including ''Billy the Kid''. La Croix appeared in several theatrical productions including with John Dillon Company. He was in the play '' In a Woman's Power'' in 1901. Dorothy La Croix was his sister. His movie roles included ''Courage for Two'' as Hubert (credited as Arda Lacroix) in 1919, '' The Grouch'' with Montagu Love and Dorothy Green in 1918 (as Curé), Chaupin in '' Her Silent Sacrifice'' in 1917, and Donald MacGregor in the 1916 film ''The Daughter of MacGregor''. He wrote a pulp fiction version of Billy the Kid published by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co. in 1907. He also wrote an adaptation of Joseph Stanley's play ''Lucky Jim'' and James Kyrle MacCurdy's Yankee Doodle Detective. Filmography *'' Her Silent Sacrifice'' (1917) *''The Belgian'' (1917) * ''Courage for Two ''Courage for Two'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Dell Henderson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dillon (comedian)
John Dillon (born John Daily Marum; October 2, 1831 – April 22, 1913) was an Irish-American comedian based in Chicago and popular in the central part of the United States in the late 19th century. Dillon was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, on October 2, 1831, and came to the United States at age 17 in 1848.Sherman, Robert LoweryActors and authors with composers and managers who helped make them famous; a chronological record and brief biography of theatrical celebrities from 1750 to 1950, p. 163 (1951) Making his way from New York City to Buffalo, and then to Chicago, he started doing factory work. He later began playing small theater roles, debuting in Milwaukee in May 1854.(12 November 1898)Professional Doings ''New York Dramatic Mirror'', p. 15 He later went back in Chicago, where he joined the McVicker's Theatre company. After a few years, Dillon went to New York and joined Laura Keene's company in 1862, and gained attention for his comedic skills.(18 November 1879)J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Jim
''Lucky Jim'' is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first novel and won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. The novel follows the exploits of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctant lecturer at an unnamed provincial English university. Amis arrived at Dixon's surname from 12 Dixon Drive, Leicester, the address of Philip Larkin from 1948 to 1950, while he was a librarian at the university there. ''Lucky Jim'' is dedicated to Larkin, who helped to inspire the main character and contributed significantly to the structure of the novel. ''Time'' magazine included ''Lucky Jim'' in its ''TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005''. Plot Jim Dixon is a lecturer in medieval history at a red brick university in the English Midlands. He has made an unsure start and, towards the end of the academic year, is concerned about losing his probationary position in the department. In his attempt to be awarded a permane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulp Fiction Writers
Pulp may refer to: * Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit Engineering * Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture * Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper * Molded pulp, a packaging material * Ore pulp, a mixture of finely ground ore, water, and chemicals used in the froth flotation process for mineral processing. Biology and medics * Pulp (finger) * Pulp (spleen) * Pulp (tooth) * The inner part of a fruit or vegetable * Beet pulp, a byproduct from the processing of sugar beet which is used as fodder * Citrus pulp, the juice vesicles of a citrus fruit Film * ''Pulp'' (1972 film), a 1972 British comedy thriller film, directed by Mike Hodges * ''Pulp'' (2012 film), a British comedy film directed by Adam Hamdy and Shaun Magher Publications * Pulp magazine (or pulp fiction), inexpensive fiction magazines, published from 1896 to 1950s * ''Pulp'' (Filipino music magazine) * ''Pulp'' (manga magazine), a monthly manga antholo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Silent Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the United States, most widely spoken lan ..., the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Stage Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Belgian
''The Belgian'' is a 1917 American silent film directed by Sidney Olcott and produced by Sidney Olcott Players with Valentine Grant and Walker Whiteside in the leading roles. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, two simple Belgian folk, Jeanne (Grant) and Victor (Whiteside), love each other. Victor is a gifted sculptor and is taken to Paris for training. There he meets Countess de Vries (Crute) and becomes infatuated. She is a German spy and meets many military men through him. Berger (Randolf), the postmaster in Belgium who is also a German spy, wants Jeanne for his wife. She resists him and goes to the church for protection. The machinations of the German secret service include every possible torment for those oppressed by their power, and when war is declared Jeanne would have suffered greatly had not Berger been killed when Victor was wounded. Jeanne nurses Victor back to health and over his heartbreak for the countess. Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Doodle Detective
The term ''Yankee'' and its contracted form ''Yank'' have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Its various senses depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, residents of the Northern United States, or Americans in general. According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', it is "a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England, or, more widely, of the northern States generally". Outside the United States, ''Yank'' is used informally to refer to an American person or thing. It has been especially popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand where it may be used variously with uncomplimentary overtones or cordially. In the Southern United States, ''Yankee'' is a derisive term which refers to all Northerners, and during the American Civil War was applied by Confederates to soldiers of the Union army in general. Elsewhere in the United States, it largely refers to people from the Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kyrle MacCurdy
James Kyrle MacCurdy, born James Kyrle McCurdy (May 20, 1875 – December 5, 1923) was a theater actor and playwright. He married actress Kate Woods Fiske (who also wrote under the pen name Katharine Wald) and lived in Brentwood, New York. In 1907 he wrote ''Yankee Doodle Detective''. He wrote the 1915 play ''A Little Girl in the Big City'' that was made into the 1925 silent film ''A Little Girl in a Big City''. He also wrote the 1917 play Broken Hearts of Broadway that was made into the 1923 silent film ''Broken Hearts of Broadway'' produced and directed by Irving Cummings and starring Colleen Moore. He also wrote the Old Clothes Man 1918. He also wrote and performed in ''Pedro, the Italian''. He was born in Stockton, California. He acted for stock companies on the west coast then moved east and performed as the principal actor in Augustin Daly's comedy '' A Night Off''. He then worked for the Thanhouser Company The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Stanley
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled ''Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Woman's Power (play)
''In a Woman's Power'' is a 1913 Comedy film directed by Herbert Brenon. It was featured amongst a slate of filmed entertainment in 1913. Jean Acker Jean Acker (born Harriet Ackers; October 23, 1892 – August 16, 1978) was an American actress with a career dating from the silent film era through the 1950s. She was perhaps best known as the estranged wife of silent film star Rudolph Valenti ... was in the film. Cast References External links * 1913 films American silent short films American black-and-white films Silent American comedy films 1913 comedy films 1913 short films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulp Magazine
Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term "pulp" derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazines printed on higher-quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". The typical pulp magazine had 128 pages; it was wide by high, and thick, with ragged, untrimmed edges. The pulps gave rise to the term pulp fiction in reference to run-of-the-mill, low-quality literature. Pulps were the successors to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short-fiction magazines of the 19th century. Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines were best known for their lurid, exploitative, and sensational subject matter, even though this was but a small part of what existed in the pulps. Successors of pulps include paperback books, digest magazines, and men's adventure magazines. Modern superhero comic books are sometimes considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
