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Barbara Tennant
Barbara Tennant (19 May 1892 – 18 March 1982) was an English actress. She appeared in over a hundred silent films between 1912 and 1928. Early life Barbara Tennant was born in London, and began performing there. She moved to North America as a young actress and dancer with the Ben Greet company, and lived in Montreal while touring in various theatrical productions. Film career Tennant appeared in over a hundred silent films, many of them short productions, between 1912 and 1928. Her first film was ''Chamber of Forgetfulness'' (1912), and her last film credit was in ''A Jim Jam Janitor'' (1928). Other notable appearances were as Maid Marian in an adaptation of ''Robin Hood'' (1912) with Alec B. Francis and George Larkin; in ''Into the Wilderness'' (1914) and ''The Price of Malice'' (1916), both directed by Oscar A. C. Lund; as the title character in ''M'Liss'' (1915), based on a story by Bret Harte; ''The Better Wife'' (1919), starring Clara Kimball Young; in ''Captain Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Babbie
''Lady Babbie'' is a lost 1913 American silent drama film produced by the United States division of the French film company Eclair. The featurette was written and directed by Oscar A. C. Lund, a native of Sweden, who also costarred in the three-reeler opposite Barbara Tennant as Lady Babbie. That role was loosely based on a popular character originally performed by American actress Maude Adams in the 1897 Broadway production ''The Little Minister'', a play adapted from the 1891 novel of the same title by Scottish writer J. M. Barrie."The Little Minister" 1897-1898, (IBDB), The Broadway League, New York, N.Y. Retrieved Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Greet
Sir Philip Barling Greet (24 September 1857 – 17 May 1936), known professionally as Ben Greet, was a Shakespearean actor, director, impresario and actor-manager. Early life The younger son of Captain William Greet RN and his wife, Sarah Barling, Greet was born on board , a Royal Navy recruiting ship tied up at the Tower of London. He was the youngest of five sisters and two brothers. He was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross. His parents planned to for him to be a naval officer or a clergyman, but instead he became a schoolmaster at a private school at Worthing. His brother, William Greet, was a theatre manager while his other brother Thomas was the only sibling to go on to have a career in the Royal Navy. Ben Greet would visit the Greenwich and Woolwich theatres frequently to watch the exciting productions of Victorian melodrama, Shakespearean plays, farces and pantomimes. Some of the productions he might have seen as a young child were ''Light in the Dark'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Days
''Circus Days'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film starring child actor Jackie Coogan, directed by Eddie Cline, produced by Sol Lesser and Jackie Coogan's own production company, and distributed through Associated First National Pictures. Preservation status ''Circus Days'' had been considered a lost film, but a print survived in Russia. It was digitally presented to the Library of Congress from Russian archive Godmosfilm in 2010 along with several other lost silent films. Cast *Jackie Coogan as Toby Tyler *Barbara Tennant as Ann Tyler * Russell Simpson as Eben Holt *Claire McDowell as Martha *Cesare Gravina as Luigi, the Clown *Peaches Jackson as Jeannette *Sam De Grasse as Lord the Concessionaire *DeWitt Jennings DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway theatre, Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in more than 150 films between 1915 and 1937. Biography He was born ... as Daly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma (1922 Film)
''Thelma'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Jane Novak, Barbara Tennant and Gordon Mullen. It is based on the 1887 novel of the same title by the British writer Marie Corelli. A Norwegian woman falls in love with an Englishman and moves to London to live with him. However his jealous friends plot to drive them apart. Thelma as a child was played by Jane Novak's four-year-old daughter Virginia. Cast * Jane Novak as Thelma Guildmar * Barbara Tennant as Britta * Gordon Mullen as Lovissa * Bert Sprotte as Olaf Guildmar * Vernon Steele as Sir Phillip Errington * Peter Burke as Lorimer * Jack Rollens as Sigurd * Harvey Clark as Dyceworthy * June Elvidge as Lady Clara Winsleigh * Wedgwood Nowell as Lennox * Virginia Novak as Little Thelma * Harry Lonsdale Harold K. Lonsdale (January 19, 1932 – November 11, 2014) was an American scientist, businessman, and politician. A Democrat, he ran for United States Senate in the U.S. state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Gambler
''The Love Gambler'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Joseph Franz and written by Jules Furthman. The film stars John Gilbert, Carmel Myers, Bruce Gordon, C.E. Anderson, W. E. Lawrence and James Gordon. The film was released on November 12, 1922, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot summary Cast * John Gilbert as Dick Manners * Carmel Myers as Jean McClelland * Bruce Gordon as Joe McClelland * C.E. Anderson as Curt Evans * W. E. Lawrence as Tom Gould * James Gordon as Colonel Angus McClelland * Mrs Cohen as Mrs McClelland * Barbara Tennant as Kate * Edward Cecil as Cameo Colby * Doreen Turner as Ricardo Preservation With no prints of ''The Love Gambler'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Courage (1922 Film)
''Bulldog Courage'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Edward A. Kull, and starring George Larkin and Bessie Love. It was written by Larkin and his wife Ollie Kirkby, with a screenplay by Jeanne Poe. It was produced by Russell Productions and distributed by State Rights. The film is preserved in the collection of the British Film Institute. Plot College athlete Jimmy Brent (Larkin) is sent to Wyoming to beat up Big Bob Phillips, his uncle's rival for the hand of Mary Allen. When Jimmy arrives in Wyoming, he falls in love with Gloria Phillips (Love), and decides not to beat up Phillips. When Phillips mistakenly thinks that Jimmy is the cause of cattle rustling, Jimmy fights Phillips, catches the actual cattle rustlers, and gets the girl. Cast * George Larkin as Jimmy Brent * Bessie Love as Gloria Phillips * Albert MacQuarrie as John Morton * Karl Silvera as Smokey Evans * Frank Whitman as Big Bob Phillips * Bill Patton as Sheriff Webber * Barbara Tennant as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Masquerader (1922 Film)
''The Masquerader'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by James Young and starring Guy Bates Post, Ruth Cummings, and Edward Kimball.Goble p.861 A jaded British politician arranges for his place to be taken by his doppelganger cousin. The film was based on the 1904 novel '' The Masquerader'' by Katherine Cecil Thurston. It was remade in 1933 with Ronald Colman in the lead roles. This film is now considered lost Cast * Guy Bates Post as John Chilcote M.P. / John Loder * Ruth Cummings as Eve Chilcote * Edward Kimball as Brock * Herbert Standing as Herbert Fraide * Lawson Butt as Mr. Lakely * Marcia Manon as Lady Lillian Astrupp * Barbara Tennant Barbara Tennant (19 May 1892 – 18 March 1982) was an English actress. She appeared in over a hundred silent films between 1912 and 1928. Early life Barbara Tennant was born in London, and began performing there. She moved to North America a ... as Bobby Blessington References Bibliography * Goble, Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Infidel (1922 Film)
''The Infidel'' is a 1922 American silent drama film written and directed by James Young and featuring Katherine MacDonald, Robert Ellis, Joseph Dowling and Boris Karloff. Young wrote the screenplay based on a story by Charles A. Logue. The film is considered to be lost. The film's tagline was "Man-Bait! Sent out, willingly, to a Pacific Paradise where the world forgets. Sent there to wreck a two-fisted, fighting gentleman with her faithlessness... And instead wrecking her own heart with her own love." (Print Ad in the Flushing Daily Times, ((Flushing, NY)) 30 December 1922). Plot Lola Daintry (MacDonald), an unemployed actress and infidel hired to play a part in a scheme by Australian "Bully" Haynes (MacDowell) and a sailor named Chunky (Force) are cast upon the South Sea island of Menang, where are found Cyrus Flint (Ellis), who owns the copra produced from coconuts, and a missionary named Reverend Mead (Dowling). Cyrus is attracted to the young woman and shields her from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Gallows
''The Golden Gallows'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Miss DuPont. It was produced and distributed by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Golden Gallows'' at silentera.com It is not known whether the film currently survives. /ref> Plot As described in a < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolves Of The North (1921 Film)
''Wolves of the North'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Norman Dawn and starring Herbert Heyes, Percy Challenger and Eva Novak. Cast *Herbert Heyes as 'Wiki' Jack Horn *Percy Challenger as Professor Norris *Eva Novak as Aurora Norris *Starke Patteson as David Waters *Barbara Tennant Barbara Tennant (19 May 1892 – 18 March 1982) was an English actress. She appeared in over a hundred silent films between 1912 and 1928. Early life Barbara Tennant was born in London, and began performing there. She moved to North America a ... as Jenfau Jen *Eagle Eye as Massakee *Clyde Tracy as Lech *Millie Impolito as Rose of Spain References Bibliography * External links * 1921 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American Western (genre) films Films directed by Norman Dawn American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Love Will Do
''What Love Will Do'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edna Murphy, Johnnie Walker and Barbara Tennant.Solomon p.272 Cast * Edna Murphy as Mary Douglas * Johnnie Walker as Johnny Rowan * Glen Cavender as Abner Rowan * Barbara Tennant as Goldie Rowan * Richard Tucker Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913January 8, 1975) was an American operatic tenor and cantor. Long associated with the Metropolitan Opera, Tucker's career was primarily centered in the United States. Early life Tucker was born Rivn (Rubin) Ticker ... as Herbert Dawson * Edwin B. Tilton as Reverend Douglas References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows Of Conscience
''Shadows of Conscience'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Russell Simpson, Barbara Tennant and Gertrude Olmstead.Connelly, p. 250. Cast * Russell Simpson as Jim Logan * Landers Stevens as Wade Curry * Barbara Tennant as Alice * Bradley Ward as Pedro (the halfbreed) * Nelson McDowell as Wesley Coburn * Edward Cooper as Judson Craft * Ida Mae McKenzie as Winnie Coburn * Fred Burns Frederick D. Burns (born September 6, 1889, in Nevada, Missouri; died December 22, 1971, in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an important figure in Midwest amateur tennis in the early part of the 20th century. Burns was a journalist by profession from 1911 ... as Sheriff Bowers * Gertrude Olmstead as Winifred Coburn References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
