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Bernard Siegel (actor)
Bernard Siegel (April 19, 1868 – July 9, 1940) was an Austro-Hungarian born American character actor, whose career spanned both the silent film era, as well as carrying over into the beginning of sound pictures. His career spanned over 25 years, during which time he performed in over 50 films. Life and career Siegel was born in the city of Lemberg (today known as Lviv, Ukraine), in the province of Galicia in the Austria-Hungarian Empire on April 19, 1868. His film career began with a small featured role in the 1913 silent film, ''The Third Degree'' (which would be remade in 1919, and again in 1926, the latter film being the first film directed by Michael Curtiz). Over the next 26 years he would appear in almost 70 films, most of those films taking place during the silent era. He would only act in thirteen sound films. In 1940 Siegel, age 72, died of a heart attack in Los Angeles. Selected filmography (Filmography based on the AFI AFI may refer to: * ''Address-family ident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemberg
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main Ukrainian culture, cultural centres of Ukraine. It was named in honour of Leo I of Galicia, Leo, the eldest son of Daniel of Galicia, Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great of Poland. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Man
''Grayson Perry: All Man'' is a 2016 British television miniseries about masculinity presented by Grayson Perry. Episode 1: Hard Man *Air date 5 May 2016 Perry meets cage fighters. Episode 2: Top Man *Air date 12 May 2016 Perry meets the police and underclass people in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Episode 3: Rational Man *Air date 19 May 2016 Perry meets men who work in finance in the City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London fr .... References External links *Channel 4 2016 British television series debuts 2016 British television series endings Channel 4 documentaries English-language television shows {{UK-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Divine Sinner
''The Divine Sinner'' is a 1928 American silent film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Vera Reynolds, Nigel De Brulier and Bernard Siegel. This film is now lost. Cast * Vera Reynolds as Lillia Ludwig * Nigel De Brulier as Minister of Police * Bernard Siegel as Johan Ludwig * Ernest Hilliard as Prince Josef Miguel * Hans Joby as Luque Bernstorff * Carole Lombard as Millie Claudert * Harry Northrup as Amb. D'Ray * James Ford as Heinrich * 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 ... as Paul Coudert References Bibliography * Wes D. Gehring. ''Carole Lombard, the Hoosier Tornado''. Indiana Historical Society Press, 2003. External links * * 1928 films Films directed by Scott Pembroke American silent feature films American black-and-wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand And Deliver (1928 Film)
''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1928 silent film starring Rod La Rocque and Lupe Vélez and directed by Donald Crisp. Cecil B. DeMille produced the picture with release through Pathé Exchange. Cast *Rod La Rocque - Roger Norman *Lupe Vélez - Jania, a Peasant Girl *Warner Oland - Ghika, Bandit Leader *Louis Natheaux - Captain Dargia *Clarence Burton - Captain Melok * Charles Stevens - Pietro *James Dime - Patch Eye *Frank Lanning - *Alexander Palasthy - Juja * Bernard Siegel - Blind Operator *Donald Crisp - London Club Member Preservation status Prints of the film are preserved at George Eastman House and the UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the archiv .... References External links * * 1928 films American silent feature films Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
''Laugh, Clown, Laugh'' is a 1928 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney and Loretta Young (her film debut). The movie was directed by Herbert Brenon and produced by Irving G. Thalberg for MGM Pictures. The film was written by Elizabeth Meehan, based on the 1923 Broadway stage production ''Laugh, Clown, Laugh,'' by David Belasco and Tom Cushing, which in turn was based on a 1919 play ''Ridi, Pagliaccio'' by . The theme song "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" was composed by Ted Fiorito (music) and Lewis and Young (lyrics). Stills exist that show Chaney in his clown make-up. The sets were designed by Cedric Gibbons. The film was in production from December 19, 1927, to February 2, 1928, and cost $293,000 to make. The worldwide box office gross was $1,102,000. "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" is readily available today on DVD. The existing print, however, is not 100% complete; it is missing reel #4, but the missing footage does not severely impact the story. An alternate happy ending wherein T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Crooked
''Going Crooked'' is a 1926 American silent crime film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by George Melford and stars Bessie Love. The film is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman House, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Plot Mordaunt (von Seyffertitz) and his gang use Marie (Love) as an unwitting accomplice in the theft of the acclaimed Rajah diamond. During the heist, a man is killed, and innocent Rogers (Fenton) is later sentenced to death for the murder. Marie works with District Attorney Banning (Shaw) to get Mordaunt to confess, just in time to save Rogers from the electric chair. Marie and Shaw are married. Cast Production For authenticity, some scenes were filmed on Ferguson Alley in Chinatown, Los Angeles Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes resta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Horse Mesa (1925 Film)
''Wild Horse Mesa'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery Sr., Billie Dove, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Based on the novel ''Wild Horse Mesa'' by Zane Grey, the film is about a rancher who, desperate for money, decides to trap and sell wild horses using barbed wire. The local Navajo tribe tries to persuade him not to do it. The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes .... ''Wild Horse Mesa'' was filmed on location in Colorado. Prints of the film have survived. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, Lige Melberne and his men plan to corral a herd of wild horses by driving them into a barbed wire trap in the canyon of Wild Hors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Ranch
''Romance Ranch'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell and starring John Gilbert, Virginia Brown Faire and John Miljan.Munden p.664 Cast * John Gilbert as Carlos Brent * Virginia Brown Faire as Carmen Hendley * John Miljan as Clifton Venable * Bernard Siegel as Felipe Varillo * Evelyn Selbie Evelyn Selbie (July 6, 1871 – December 7, 1950) was an American stage actress and performer in both silent and sound films. Biography Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as a young woman Selbie was a sidesaddle rider. She had a career which last ... as Tessa 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 * 1924 films 1924 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Howard M. Mitchell American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Fox Film films American black-and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Against All Odds (1924 Film)
''Against All Odds'' is a lost 1924 American silent Western film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Buck Jones. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Buck Jones as Chick Newton * Dolores Rousse as Judy Malone * Ben Hendricks Jr. as Jim Sawyer * William Scott as Bill Warner * Thais Valdemar as Olivetta * William N. Bailey as Tom Curtis * Bernard Siegel as Lewis * Jack McDonald as Warner's Uncle See also * 1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ... References External links Against All Odds at IMDb.com* 1924 films Films based on short fiction English-language Western (genre) films Films directed by Edmund Mortimer Fox Film films 1924 Western (genre) films Lost American Western (genre) films 1924 lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Is This West?
''Where is This West?'' is a 1923 American silent comedy Western film directed by George Marshall and written by George Hively and George C. Hull. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Mary Philbin, and Bob McKenzie. Plot As described in a film magazine Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ..., John Harley (Hoxie) has a job juggling milk cans for a big milk company in a small Eastern town, but he is not exactly stuck on it and, with his friend Bimbo McGurk (McKenzie), makes it as light as he can by getting what fun there is out of it. Sally Summers (Philbin) is unhappily working out her salvation in a lunch room in the same town, juggling plates of various sizes and hollering out her orders to the tune of banging dishes and rattling silver. One fine day along comes an announcem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidewalks Of New York (1923 Film)
''Sidewalks of New York'' is a 1923 American silent melodrama film directed by Lester Park and written by Willard King Bradley, based on the song by James W. Blake and Charles B. Lawlor. The film stars Hanna Lee, Bernard Siegel, and Templar Saxe Templar Saxe (born Templer William Edward Edevein; August 22, 1865 – April 17, 1935) was a British-born stage actor, opera singer and silent film actor. In films, he usually was a character actor as his singing voice could not be used in silent .... Cast list References {{Reflist Melodrama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films Silent American drama films English-language drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
None So Blind (film)
''None So Blind'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and written by Leota Morgan and Kathleen Kerrigan. The film stars Dore Davidson, Zena Keefe Zena Virginia Keefe (June 26, 1896 – November 16, 1977) was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s.Vazzana, Eugene MichaelSilent film necrology: births and deaths of over 9000 performers, directors, producers, and oth ..., and Anders Randolph. Cast list References {{Burton L. King 1923 films 1920s English-language films 1923 drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Burton L. King Arrow Film Corporation films 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
