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Bigelow Cooper
Jackson Bigelow Cooper (December 21, 1867 – 1953) was an American stage and screen character actor prominent in the silent film era. Biography Born in Springfield, Ohio in 1867, Cooper's early acting experience came in stock theater, including acting with the first stock company at the Murray Hill Theater in New York City. He began in films in 1911 and worked for such companies as Edison and Vitagraph. In 1915 Cooper and a friend were nearly killed in a road accident when their car overturned trapping them underneath. They were evidently not seriously hurt.''Silent Film Necrology'' p. 104 2nd edition c. 2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana (quoting from defunct ''New York Daily Mirror'' of September 22, 1915) Selected filmography * ''What Happened to Mary'' (1912) * '' Helping John'' (1912) * '' The Land Beyond the Sunset'' (1912) * ''On the Broad Stairway'' (1914) * '' Vanity Fair'' (1915) * ''Eugene Aram'' (1915) * ''When Love Is King'' (1916) * ''The Heart of the Hills'' (1916) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Ohio
Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County, Ohio, Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River (Ohio), Mad River, Buck Creek, and Beaver Creek, approximately west of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus and northeast of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton. Springfield is home to Wittenberg University, a liberal arts college. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the city had a total population of 58,662, The Springfield, Ohio metropolitan area#Springfield MSA, Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 136,001 residents. The Little Miami Scenic Trail, a paved rail-trail that is nearly 80 miles long, extends from the Buck Creek Scenic Trail head in Springfield south to Newtown, Ohio (near Cincinnati). It has become popular with hikers and cyclists. In 1983, ''Newsweek'' magazine featured Springfield in its 50th-anniversary issue, entitled, "The American Dream." It chronicled the eff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light In Darkness
''The Light in Darkness'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Shirley Mason, Frank Morgan and William H. Tooker.Goble p.838 Cast * Shirley Mason as Hilary Kenyon * Frank Morgan as Ramsey Latham * William H. Tooker as Sheriff Brad Milligan * J. Frank Glendon as J. Arthur Converse * George S. Trimble as Governor of California * Bigelow Cooper Jackson Bigelow Cooper (December 21, 1867 – 1953) was an American stage and screen character actor prominent in the silent film era. Biography Born in Springfield, Ohio in 1867, Cooper's early acting experience came in stock theater, including ... as DeWitt Pierce * William Wadsworth as Sheriff Len Moody * Samuel N. Niblack as State Bank Examiner * Charles Martin as The Bank Teller References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films Silent American drama films Films di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Mice (film)
''White Mice'' is a 1926 American silent drama film filmed in color with the Kelley Color Process (Wilson-Wetherald Color Process). It was directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Jacqueline Logan, William Powell, and Ernest Hilliard. It is based upon the novel of the same name by Richard Harding Davis Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First .... at silentera.com Plot As described in a film magazine review, Roddy Forrester and Peter de Peyster form the White Mice club for the purpose of aiding humans in distress. W ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Company (1925 Film)
''Bad Company'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith, based on a story by John C. Brownell. It stars Madge Kennedy, Conway Tearle, and Bigelow Cooper. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, James Hamilton (Tearle) and his friend Peter Ewing (Cooper) aid a poorly dressed young woman who faints from exhaustion. They are then surprised when she holds them up and robs the safe. At a reception, one of the guests is Gloria Waring (Kennedy), a musical comedy star, and James, struck by her resemblance to the woman who robbed them, finds part of the costume in her automobile and confronts her. She confesses that she adopted this method to obtain her father's will in a desperate effort to prevent the fortune that was left to her brother from falling into the hands of an adventuress named Teddy. James, who has fallen in love with Gloria, offers to help her, discovers that Teddy is the young woman with whom he once had an affair. Just as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Scandal
''Another Scandal'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and distributed by W. W. Hodkinson. Based on a 1923 novel ''Another Scandal'' by Cosmo Hamilton, the film stars Lois Wilson and Holmes Herbert. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Beatrice Vanderdyke (Wilson) is found in the bedroom of a total stranger and, to avoid a scandal, she agrees to marry Pelham Franklin (Herbert). To bring her to a realization of her position, the husband makes her believe he will force her to live up to her part of the marital contract. A year later finds them happy, the wife expecting the birth of a baby. Pel is so nervous that Bee persuades him to go on a cruise on a yacht. May Beamish (le Breton), a pretty grass widow (a divorced woman or former mistress), uses all her wiles to vamp him but fails. Bee is jealous and, after the birth of the baby, she decides to make Pel jealous by going out with a former suitor, Alec Greenwood (Simpson). Pel becomes e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exciters (film)
''The Exciters'' is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1922 Broadway play of the same name by Martin Brown. This film was directed by Maurice Campbell and stars Bebe Daniels, then a popular Paramount contract star. On the Broadway stage, Bebe Daniels's role of Ronnie Rand was played by Tallulah Bankhead. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Ronnie Rand, a young woman who loves excitement of all kinds and whose watchword is speed, is obliged to marry by a certain day or lose a rich inheritance. Through dramatic circumstances, she meets Pierre Martel, a member of a band of crooks. Thinking that he is a man's man, Ronnie marries him. Martel's confederates seek to blackmail Ronnie and when she refuses to sign a check, they attempt to kill Martel, but he is saved by the police. It then develops that Martel is no crook at all, but is a United States Secret Service agent who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prophet's Paradise (film)
''The Prophet's Paradise'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Eugene O'Brien, Sigrid Holmquist, and Arthur Housman.Monaco p. 139 Synopsis A young American in Istanbul meets the daughter of an archaeologist examining Byzantium ruins, and rescues her from a gang of slavers who have kidnapped her. Cast * Eugene O'Brien as Howard Anderson * Sigrid Holmquist as Mary Talbot * Bigelow Cooper as Hassard * Arthur Housman Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Housman was one of the first screen comedians known to the public by name, and on ... as Kadir * Nora Booth as Nelda * Joseph Burke as John Talbot * Jack Hopkins as Krand References Bibliography * Monaco, James. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991. External links * * 1922 films 1922 drama films Silent American drama films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows Of Suspicion
''Shadows of Suspicion'' is a 1919 American silent thriller film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Harold Lockwood, Naomi Childers, and Helen Lindroth.Goble p. 949. It is based on the 1915 novel ''The Yellow Dove'' by George Fort Gibbs, which was later remade as the 1926 film ''The Great Deception''. Lockwood died in the 1918 flu pandemic while filming was ongoing, and a body double was required to complete the film. Synopsis After refusing to join the army on the outbreak of World War I, Cyril Hammersley is suspected of being a coward or worse a German spy. In fact he is working for the British secret service to tackle a German spy ring and thwart a plan to blow up London. Cast * Harold Lockwood as Cyril Hammersley * Naomi Childers as Doris Mathers * Helen Lindroth as Lady Betty Heathcote * Kenneth Keating as Geoffrey Mathers * William Bailey as Captain Walter Byfield * Bigelow Cooper as Sir John Rizzio * Leslie T. Peacocke Captain Leslie Tufnell Peacocke (1872 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Country Cousin (1919 Film)
''The Country Cousin'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Elaine Hammerstein, Genevieve Tobin and Lumsden Hare.Goble p.772 Cast * Elaine Hammerstein as Nancy Price * Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Howitt * Lumsden Hare as Archie Gore * Genevieve Tobin as Eleanor Howitt * Reginald Sheffield as Sammy Wilson * Walter McGrail as George Tewksbury Reynolds III * Bigelow Cooper as Mr. Howitt * Helen Montrose as Maude Howitt * Gilbert Rooney Gilbert may refer to: People and fictional characters *Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Gilbert (surname), including a list of people Places Australia * Gilbert River (Queensland) * Gilbert River (South A ... as Cyril Kinney References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Alan Crosland American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Test Of Honor
''The Test of Honor'' (1919) was an American silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount, directed by John S. Robertson, and starring John Barrymore. Considered the actor's first drama movie role after years of doing film comedies and farces. It is based on author E. Phillips Oppenheim 1906 novel ''The Malefactor''. The film was made at Famous Players' East Coast facility and released prior to Robertson and Barrymore's famous ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1920). Plot Martin Wingrave(Barrymore) is arrested and sent to prison for seven years for a crime he didn't commit. While incarcerated he learns that his girlfriend and her male accomplice framed him for the crime. When Wingrave is released he plots revenge against his former girl and her man(Manon, Schable). However he begins a romance with his neighbor, a young woman(Binney) who truly loves him and warms his heart. Cast *John Barrymore - Martin Wingrave * Constance Binney - Juliet Hollis *Marci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Make-Believe Wife
''The Make-Believe Wife'' is a lost 1918 American silent comedy film starring Billie Burke and directed by John S. Robertson. Based on an original story for the screen, it was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Billie Burke as Phyllis Ashbrook *Alfred Hickman as Roger Mason *Ida Darling as Mrs. Ashbrook * David Powell as John Manning *Wray Page as Anita Webb *Isabel O'Madigan as Mrs. Harbury *Frances Kaye as Eileen Harbury *Bigelow Cooper as Mr. Ashbrook *Howard Johnson as Donald Ashbrook *F. Gatenbery Bell as Mr. Harbury Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The Make-Believe Wife'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors The Chicago Board of Censors was a film censorship committee based in Chicago that was founded in 1907 as the Police Censor Board, and operated until 1984. It was the first film censorship board in the United States. The board had great influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Primrose
''Wild Primrose'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring Gladys Leslie, Richard Barthelmess, Eulalie Jensen, Charles Kent, and Claude Gillingwater. The film was released by V-L-S-E, Incorporated on August 12, 1918. Plot Cast *Gladys Leslie as Primrose Standish *Richard Barthelmess as Jack Wilton *Eulalie Jensen as Marie * Charles Kent as Williams *Claude Gillingwater as Standish *Ann Warrington as Emily *Arthur Lewis as Griff *Bigelow Cooper as Newton *Gladys Valerie Preservation The film is now considered lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee .... References External links * 1918 drama films Silent American drama films 1918 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Vitagraph Studios fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
