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Bob Reeves (actor)
Robert Reeves (January 28, 1892 – April 12, 1960) was an American Western movie actor. Early years Robert Jasper Reeves was born in Marlin, Texas, the son of George Patton Reeves and Frances Luella Garrett, in 1892. He attended Marlin High School and Texas A&M University. During World War I he served in the United States Army in the Coast Artillery in California, and was discharged in December, 1918. Career Reeves won championships in rodeo competition and worked as a stunt double for Universal before he became an actor. His film career began as early as 1919, when he starred in an 18-chapter serial, ''The Great Radium Mystery''. He appeared in a number of silent films and sixteen sound films. In 1921 he was teamed with Marion Aye in a series of 18 Cactus Features directed by Albert S. Rogell. He worked through the 1940s and 1950s, including an appearance as an extra in ''Miracle on 34th Street'' in 1947. In the 1950s he appeared in television westerns including episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlin, Texas
Marlin is a city in Falls County, Texas, Falls County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,462 at the 2020 census. Since 1851, it has been the county seat of Falls County. Marlin has been given the nickname "The Hot Mineral Water City of Texas" by the 76th Texas State Legislature. Mineral water was discovered there in 1892. History Establishment and Antebellum Era (1851–1861) The city of Marlin is located east of the Brazos River, which runs through the center of the county. The low falls on the river southwest of present-day Marlin was the site of Sarahville de Viesca, Texas, Sarahville de Viesca, established in 1834 by Sterling C. Robertson. The act of the state legislature creating Falls County that passed on January 28, 1850 established Viesca (renamed Fort Milam) as the county seat. Citizens petitioned to choose their own location and a vote was held on January 21, 1851 that established the county seat at Adams, near the home of Dr. Allensworth Adams. On Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Booking Offices Of America
Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), registered as FBO Pictures Corp., was an American film studio of the Silent film, silent era, a midsize producer and distributor of mostly low-budget films. The business began in 1918 as Robertson-Cole, an Anglo-American import-export company. Robertson-Cole began distributing films in the United States that December and opened a Los Angeles production facility in 1920. Late that year, R-C entered into a working relationship with East Coast financier Joseph P. Kennedy. A business reorganization in 1922 led to the company's assumption of the new FBO name. Two years later, the studio contracted with Western (genre), Western leading man Fred Thomson, who within a couple years was one of Cinema of the United States#Rise of Hollywood, Hollywood's most popular stars. Thomson was just one of several silent screen cowboys with whom FBO became identified. The studio, whose core market was America's small towns, also put out many romantic melodramas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cherokee Kid (1927 Film)
''The Cherokee Kid'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey and starring Tom Tyler, Sharon Lynn and Jerry Pembroke. Cast * Tom Tyler as Bill Duncan * Sharon Lynn as Helen Flynne * Jerry Pembroke as Rolphe McPherson * Bob Burns as Sheriff * Bob Reeves as Seth Daggart * Ray Childs as Joe Gault * James Van Horn as Red Flynne * Carol Holloway Carol Holloway (April 30, 1892 – January 3, 1979) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1941. She was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts and died in California. Partial fi ... as Rose References External links * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert De Lacey 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Trouble (film)
''Heart Trouble'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film starring Harry Langdon and Doris Dawson. It is Langdon's final silent film and his last feature-length one. First National Pictures was preparing to fire Langdon. Reportedly less than a hundred prints were made and it went into only limited release, even though the reviews were good. It is presumed to be lost. Plot A young man tries to enlist in the United States Army for World War I, but is rejected as physically unfit. Cast * Harry Langdon as Harry Van Housen * Doris Dawson as The Girl * Lionel Belmore as Adolph Van Housen * Madge Hunt as Mrs. Adolph van Housen * Bud Jamison as Contractor * Mark Hamilton as Conductor * Nelson McDowell as Conductor * Edythe Chapman * Clark Comstock * Jack Pratt Jack Pratt, born John Harold Pratt, (1878–1938) was a Canadian film director and actor. He directed several films and acted in dozens more. As a director, his work included screen adaptations of novels. Known as Smiling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Luck
''Fighting Luck'' is a 1925 American silent western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Reeves, Ione Reed and Lew Meehan.Munden p.242 Cast * Bob Reeves as Tiger Slauson * Ione Reed as Texas Houston * William Ryno as Silver Houston * Lew Meehan as Dude Slade (The Coyote) * Eddie Barry as Cousin Oswald aka Wilkdcat * J.P. McGowan John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directo ... as Gang Leader 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 * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films 1920s American films Silent American Western (genre) films Films directed by J. P. McGowan American silent feature films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Stranger (1924 Film)
''The Silent Stranger'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fred Thomson, Hazel Keener, and Frank Hagney. at silentera.com Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jack Taylor, a supposeddeaf-mute
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The No-Gun Man
''The No-Gun Man'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, William Quinn, and Gloria Grey. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, following the robbery of a suburban bank, the small town of Red Rock is terrorized by the appearance of a gang led by Bill Kilgore (Quinn). After failing to impress Carmen Harroway (Grey), who runs a small store, he will not allow the townspeople to trade with her. Bob Vincent (Flynn), a stranger to town, wins the friendship of Carmen and shows that he does not fear Bill. The populace is mystified when Bob becomes friendly with Bill and joins the Kilgore gang. Bill plans the robbery of the train and kidnapping of Carmen. Bob saves her, but she does not trust him, which makes his job more difficult. The townspeople finally arise and defeat the Kilgore gang, and Bob, who is knocked out and left on the railroad track, saves himself and the train. It is revealed that Bob is the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galloping Gallagher
''Galloping Gallagher'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fred Thomson, Hazel Keener, and Frank Hagney. The film was originally five reels A reel is an object around which a length of another material (usually long and flexible) is wound for storage (usually hose are wound around a reel). Generally a reel has a cylindrical core (known as a '' spool'') with flanges around the ends ... long, only 29 minutes of which survive today. Plot As described in a film magazine review, with the help of his horse Silver King, Bill Gallagher captures a couple of bandits who are terrorizing the town of Tombstone and is made sheriff. Evelyn Churchhill, a young woman evangelist, is kidnapped by outlaws. Burke, the Tombstone Bank president, is the secret leader of the gang. After Bill rescues Evelyn, Burke manages to have him arrested. Bill's horse brings the jail keys to his master. Bill gets loose, whips and exposes Burke, and wins the affect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mask Of Lopez
''The Mask of Lopez'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell, and starring Fred Thomson, Wilfred Lucas, and Hazel Keener Hazel Keener (October 22, 1904 – August 7, 1979) was a motion picture actress from Fairbury, Illinois. She was raised in Davenport, Iowa. Keener won a national beauty contest sponsored by the Chicago Tribune and used her success to begi ....Munden, p. 497. Cast 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 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell Film Booking Offices of America films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thrill Chaser
''The Thrill Chaser'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson. Plot As described in a film magazine, Omar K. Jenkins' (Gibson) only inheritance from an eccentric father is a copy of the ''Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam''. Only one of the verses conveys any meaning to him: “A book of verses underneath a bough, a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou.” He is reading it under a tree when he finds himself face to face with the “thou" of his dreams. They strike up an immediate friendship over the book of poems, when suddenly the whistle from the locomotive warns them her train is about to start. He aids her in making the train, riding alongside the moving cars and passing her from his horse to the platform. He has forgotten to get her name. Omar goes to Los Angeles and begins to haunt the film studios. At Universal City he finally gets within the gates as an extra man. Here he meets all the celebrated stars and directors on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flaming Disc
''The Flaming Disc'' is a 1920 American silent adventure film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The first episode of the series, "Rails of Death", opened on November 21, 1920. A total of 18 film episodes were produced. ''The Flaming Disc'' is now presumed to be a lost film. Cast * Elmo Lincoln as Elmo Gray / Jim Gray * Louise Lorraine as Helen * Monte Montague as Bat * Lee Kohlmar as Prof. Wade * George B. Williams as Stanley Barrows (credited as George Williams) * Jenks Harris as Con * Ray Watson as Rodney Stanton * Fred Hamer as Briggs * Fay Holderness * Bob Reeves Episode titles # "Rails of Death" # "Span of Life" # "Perilous Leap" # "Fires of Hate" # "Vanishing Floor" # "Pool of Mystery" # "Circle of Fire" # "Through Walls of Steel" # "The Floating Mine" # "Spiked Death" # "The Dynamite Trail" # "The Tunnel of Flame" # "Caged In" # "The Purple Rays" # "Poisoned Waters" # "Running Wild" # "Rails of Destruction" # "End of the Trail" See also * List of Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
