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Bert Sprotte
Bert Sprotte (9 December 1870 – 30 December 1949) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 American films between 1918 and 1938. He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, and died in Los Angeles, California 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' .... Selected filmography * '' Selfish Yates'' (1918) * '' The Border Wireless'' (1918) * '' Breed of Men'' (1919) * '' The Shepherd of the Hills'' (1919) * ''Two Moons (film), Two Moons'' (1920) * ''The Golden Trail (1920 film), The Golden Trail'' (1920) * ''Jes' Call Me Jim'' (1920) *''Below the Deadline (1921 film), Below the Deadline'' (1921) * ''The Night Horsemen'' (1921) * ''Guile of Women'' (1921) * ''Trailin''' (1921) * ''The Blazing Trail (1921 film), The Blazing Trail'' (1921) * ''For Big Stakes'' (1922) * ''A Quest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Mix
Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He was Hollywood's first Western star and helped define the genre as it emerged in the early days of the cinema. Early years Thomas Hezikiah Mix was born January 6, 1880, in Mix Run, Pennsylvania, approximately north of State College, to Edwin Elias Mix and Elizabeth Heistand. He grew up in nearby DuBois, where his father, a stable master for a wealthy lumber merchant, taught him to ride and love horses. He spent time working on a local farm owned by John DuBois, a lumber businessman. In April 1898, during the Spanish–American War, Mix enlisted in the Army under the name Thomas E. (Edwin) Mix. His unit never went overseas, and Mix later failed to return for duty after an extended furlough when he married Grace I. Allin on July 18, 1902 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Question Of Honor (1922 Film)
''A Question of Honor'' is a 1922 American drama film directed by Edwin Carewe and written by Josephine Quirk. The film stars Anita Stewart, Guy Edward Hearn, Arthur Stuart Hull, Walt Whitman, Bert Sprotte, and Frank Beal. The film was released on March 11, 1922, by Associated First National Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Anne Wilmot (Stewart) and her aunt Katherine (Farrington) leave Fifth Avenue to go to Arizona and spend a month at her fiance Leon Morse's (Hull) lodge in the mountains near an immense hydroelectric engineering project. Leon is determined to obtain a right-of-way across the site occupied by the dam for his railroad, but Bill Shannon (Hearn), the builder, has other views about it. Anne meets Bill when he rescues her from a perilous position on a rock endangered by the rising waters of a stream. Sheb (Whitman), his right hand man, warns Bill against all women, but he gives Anne some food when she pleads hunger and then makes her wash the dishes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singer Jim McKee
''Singer Jim McKee'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and written by William S. Hart and J.G. Hawks. Starring William S. Hart, Phyllis Haver, J. Gordon Russell, Bert Sprotte, Patsy Ruth Miller, and Edward Coxen, it was released on March 3, 1924, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, disguised as Spanish bandits, miners Singer McKee and Buck Holden hold up a stage coach. Buck is killed in an encounter with the sheriff's men. Jim escapes with Buck's baby, Mary, and rears her to womanhood. Because Mary needs clothes, Jim robs a motor bus. He is caught, but meanwhile he saves Mary from assault by a drunken suitor. Jim serves his sentence. At its expiration, he finds happiness with Mary. Cast Preservation Copies of ''Singer Jim McKee'' are held in the collections of the Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Bill Hickok (film)
''Wild Bill Hickok'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring William S. Hart, Ethel Grey Terry, Kathleen O'Connor, James Farley (actor), James Farley, Jack Gardner, Carl Gerard, and William Dyer (actor), William Dyer. It was written by William S. Hart and J.G. Hawks. The film was released on November 18, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. It was the first film to depict Wyatt Earp, although in a very brief role, and the only film made before he died in 1929 that included his character, until ''Law and Order (1932 film), Law and Order'' was released in 1932. Plot After the America Civil War ends, key military and government leaders meet in Washington D.C. Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (William Hart) goes to Dodge City, Kansas, Dodge City where he hangs up his gun belt and takes over a card table. Local lawmen are unable to rid the town of lawless cowboys. Hickok's arch-enemy and gang leader Jack McQueen (Jim Farley) accu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosita (film)
''Rosita'' is a 1923 American silent historical comedy drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Mary Pickford. The film is based upon an 1872 opera '' Don César de Bazan'' of Adolphe d'Ennery and Philippe Dumanoir. Synopsis The film takes place in Seville, in a period where the city has sunk into the depths of depravity and sin. Shocked by the depths his people have sunk to, the king of Spain (Holbrook Blinn) decides to give the town a visit when a carnaval is organized in order to redeem it. One of its inhabitants is Rosita (Mary Pickford), a beloved street singer praised by the townspeople for her entertainment. Rosita is the only source of income to her poor family, who are always fighting each other. She is fed up with living in extreme poverty, while the king is living in wealth. After being forced to pay taxes, Rosita is enraged and comes up with a song in which she insults the king. Soon, the king is informed with the offensive ballad and visits her anonymous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Of The Beast
''Soul of the Beast'' is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring Madge Bellamy, Cullen Landis, and Noah Beery Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of prominen .... at silentera.com Cast 
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The Miracle Baby
''The Miracle Baby'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Val Paul and starring Harry Carey. With no prints of ''The Miracle Baby'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. Cast * Harry Carey as Neil Allison * Margaret Landis as Judy Stanton * Charles J.L. Mayne as 'Hopeful' Mason * Edward Hearn as Hal Norton * Hedda Nova as Violet * Edmund Cobb as Jim Starke * Alfred Allen as Dr. Amos Stanton * Bert Sprotte as Sam Brodford Production Location scenes with snow were filmed at Truckee, California Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 16,180, reflecting an increase of 2,316 from the 13,864 counted in the 2000 Census and having the 316th highe .... in the AFI Catalog See also [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowdrift (film)
''Snowdrift'' is a 1923 American action film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and written by John Stone. It is based on the 1922 novel ''Snowdrift'' by James Hendryx. The film stars Buck Jones, Bert Sprotte, Gertrude Ryan, Colin Chase, Evelyn Selbie and Annette Jean. The film was released on April 22, 1923, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Buck Jones as Carter Brent *Bert Sprotte as Jean McLaire *Gertrude Ryan as Margot McFarlane *Colin Chase as Murdo McFarlane *Evelyn Selbie as Wananebish *Annette Jean as Little Jean *Irene Rich as Kitty *G. Raymond Nye as Johnnie Claw *Dorothy Manners as Snowdrift *Lalo Encinas as Joe Pete *Lee Shumway Lee Shumway (March 4, 1884 – January 4, 1959), born Leonard Charles Shumway, was an American actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1909 and 1953. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Los Angeles, California. Select ... as John Reeves *C.E. Anderson as Trapper References External links * {{IMDb ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trimmed In Scarlet
''Trimmed in Scarlet'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based on the 1920 Broadway play, ''Trimmed in Scarlet'', by William Hurlbut and starring Broadway's Maxine Elliott. This play marked the last time Maxine Elliott appeared on Broadway. Her role in the film is played by veteran cinema star Kathlyn Williams. All prints of this film are believed lost. Cast *Kathlyn Williams as Cordelia Ebbing / Madame de la Fleur *Roy Stewart as Revere Wayne *Lucille Ricksen as Faith Ebbing (credited as Lucille Rickson) *Robert Agnew as David Pierce * David Torrence as Charles Knight *Phillips Smalley as Peter Ebbing *Eve Southern as Fifi Barclay * Bert Sprotte as Duroc *Grace Carlyle as Molly Todd *Gerard Alexander as Ruth Kipp (credited as Gerard Grassby) *Raymond Hatton as Mr. Kipp *Philo McCullough Philo McCullough (June 16, 1893 – June 5, 1981) was an American actor. He appeared in more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Purple Dawn
''The Purple Dawn''All contemporaneous reviews and advertising for the film include "The" in the title. is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film that was produced, written, and directed by Charles R. Seeling. It stars Bessie Love, Bert Sprotte, and William E. Aldrich. The film is presumed lost. Plot In San Francisco's Chinatown, Mui Far (Love), a Chinese American girl, falls in love with a young white sailor (Aldrich), who is robbed when he attempts to deliver a package of opium. The sailor meets a white girl in the country, and falls in love with her. The original owners of the opium think that the sailor stole the opium, and kidnap him and his new sweetheart. Mui Far is heartbroken, but rescues the sailor and his new sweetheart. She then commits suicide by walking into San Francisco Bay at dawn. Cast Production Per the film's title, the final 100 feet of film were tinted light purple for dramatic effect. Reception The film received good reviews, although the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner (1923 Film)
''The Prisoner'' is a 1923 American silent drama film set in a fictional kingdom, directed by Jack Conway and featuring Herbert Rawlinson, Eileen Percy, June Elvidge, George Cowl and Boris Karloff. Karloff was paid $150.00 a week salary for working on this film. The screenplay was written by Edward T. Lowe Jr., based on a novel called ''Castle Craneycrow'' by George Barr McCutcheon. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Herbert Rawlinson as Philip Quentin * Eileen Percy as Dorothy Garrison * George Cowl as Lord Bob * June Elvidge as Lady Francis * Lincoln Stedman as Dickey Savage * Gertrude Short as Lady Jane * Bertram Grassby as Prince Ugo Ravorelli * Mario Carillo as Count Sallonica * Hayford Hobbs as Duke Laselli * Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Garrison * Bert Sprotte as Courant * Boris Karloff as Prince Kapolski * Esther Ralston as Marie * J. P. Lockney John P. Lockney (March 17, 1867, date of death unknown) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in mo ... [...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] |
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