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Billy's Adventure
''Billy's Adventure'' is a single-reel American silent comedy film released in 1913. It was one of the last in a series of films made by actors Billy Quirk Billy Quirk (born William Andrew Quirk; March 27, 1873April 20, 1926) was an American stage and silent-film actor. He performed in more than 180 films between 1909 and 1924. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he died in Los Angeles, California. ... and Violet Horner for the Gem Motion Picture Company. Plot The titular character disguises himself as a pupil at a girls' boarding school, and later a prince, to win his future father-in-law's approval. Release ''Billy's Adventure'' was released on May 13, 1913 in the United States, and in England on September 8, 1913. References External links * 1913 films 1913 comedy films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films American silent short films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Quirk
Billy Quirk (born William Andrew Quirk; March 27, 1873April 20, 1926) was an American stage and silent-film actor. He performed in more than 180 films between 1909 and 1924. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he died in Los Angeles, California. Gem Motion Picture Company produced a series of "Billy"-titled pictures starring Quirk. Partial filmography *'' A Sound Sleeper'' (1909, Short) - uncredited *'' The Hessian Renegades'' (1909, Short) - Hessian *'' Pippa Passes'' (1909, Short) - In Studio *'' Nursing a Viper'' (1909, Short) - Fleeing Aristocrat *'' The Red Man's View'' (1909, Short) - Conqueror (uncredited) *'' In Little Italy'' (1909, Short) - At the Ball *'' To Save Her Soul'' (1909, Short) *'' Choosing a Husband'' (1909, Short) - 2nd Bachelor *'' The Woman from Mellon's'' (1910, Short) - Harry Townsend *'' The Two Brothers'' (1910, Short) - Mexican *'' The Lucky Toothache'' (1910, Short) *''How Rastus Gets His Turkey'' (1910, Short) - Rastus *''Algie the Miner'' (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Horner
Violet Horner (1892 – 1970) was an American silent film actress. She had several starring roles including in one of the Lena Rivers films (based on the Mary Jane Holmes novel) released in 1914 and a series of films made with Billy Quirk for Gem Motion Picture Company including '' Billy's Adventure''. Her father was an engineer and she spent some of her youth living with him in Brazil. She began her career in theater.https://books.google.com/books?id=5jAXAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA125&dq=%22violet+horner%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN1JqOuuvnAhVBmeAKHXTyBrAQ6AEIUTAF#v=onepage&q=%22violet%20horner%22&f=false pages 144, 150, and 166 She worked for IMP and Fox Film studios. Filmography *''How Ned Got the Raise'' (1912), an extant film *'' The Man from the West'' (1912) *''The Bald Headed Club'' (1912) *'' A Cave Man Wooing'' (1912) *''The Castaway (1912 film)'' *'' The Bridal Room'' (1912), as Mary Carter *''Damages in Full'' (1913) *'' Billy's Adventure'' (1913), one in a series of films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gem Motion Picture Company
Gem Motion Picture Company was an American silent-era film studio. It was co-founded by filmmaker Stanner E.V. Taylor and his wife, actress Marion Leonard in 1911. After management issues, the company evolved to primarily act as a producer of short comedies starring Billy Quirk. Distribution Gem film properties produced by Taylor and Leonard were sold to the Rex Motion Picture Company, which released them in 1912 under their own banner. The company's films were released by Universal in 1913.''Exhibitors' Times''. Volume I. No. 2. 24 May 1913. p 31. Accessed 8 October 2015 Partial filmography * ''The Defender of the Name'' (1912) * ''Under Her Wing'' (1912) * ''White Dove's Sacrifice White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...'' (1912) * ''Absinthe'' (1913) * ''Against the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Films
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United States Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Comedy Films
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Josip Broz Tito, Tito alongside Alban Berg, Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent American Comedy Films
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American Black-and-white Films
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American Silent Short Films
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 * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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