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Briton And Boer
Briton and Boer is a 1909 American silent film produced and distributed by Selig Polyscope Company. Plot The film is set at the outset of the Boer War, beginning at the farm of Jobe De Larey, a Boer, and his family. His oldest daughter Gretchen and falls in love with Englishman Allen Hornby, superintendent of the mines, while attending an English school at Kimberly. Allen asks Jobe for consent to marry Gretchen and he refuses. Gretchen overhears Jobe and Piet Cronje planning for war and intentions to seize the mines. She then sees Hans, a young Boer whom Jobe wanted her to marry, receive a message to seize the mines and capture Allen. Gretchen steals the message and Han's horse and rides to Kimberley to warn Allen. Gretchen is pursued after the message and horse are found missing, where at the bottom of the mine she refuses to leave and stays with Allen. Three months pass when Piet captures a dispatch and learns the movements of a group of men Allen has organized against the Boer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Boggs
Francis Winter Boggs (March 1870 – October 27, 1911) was an American stage actor and pioneer silent film film director, director. He was one of the first to direct a film in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood. Biography He was born in Santa Rosa, California to George W. Boggs and Alabama McMeans. While in his teens he began acting with the Alcazar stock company in San Francisco and toured the Southwestern United States, American southwest. In 1900, he moved to Los Angeles, but in 1902, he went to Chicago, where he continued to work in theatre. There, he met William Nicholas Selig and in 1907 became involved with the making of motion pictures at Selig's Selig Polyscope Company, Polyscope studios in Chicago. With cameraman and jack of all trades Thomas Persons, Boggs made one of his earliest films, ''Monte Cristo''. He completed the interior shots at the Chicago studio, but shot the scenes of Edmond Dantès emerging from the sea at the beach near Los Angeles. In Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
