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Carl Miller (actor)
Carl Miller (August 9, 1894 – January 20, 1979), was an American film actor. He appeared in 48 films between 1917 and 1942 and remains perhaps best known for his roles in two Charlie Chaplin films, ''The Kid'' (1921) and ''A Woman of Paris'' (1923). He was born in Wichita County, Texas, and died in Honolulu, Hawaii. Selected filmography * '' The Doctor and the Woman'' (1918) * ''The Kid'' (1921) * ''Cinderella of the Hills'' (1921) * ''Condemned'' (1923) * ''A Woman of Paris'' (1923) * ''Jealous Husbands'' (1923) * ''The Lover of Camille'' (1924) * '' The Redeeming Sin'' (1925) * ''The Red Kimona'' (1925) * '' The Wall Street Whiz'' (1925) * ''The Great K & A Train Robbery'' (1926) * ''Raggedy Rose ''Raggedy Rose'' is a 1926 film American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand. The film was co-written by Stan Laurel, and directed by Richard Wallace. Cast * Mabel Normand as Raggedy Rose * Carl Miller as Ted Tudor * Max Davidson as Mo ...'' (1926) * ''The Power of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kid (1921 Film)
''The Kid '' is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length film as a director (he had been a co-star in 1914's '' Tillie's Punctured Romance''). It was a huge success, and was the second-highest-grossing film in 1921, behind '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse''. In 2011, ''The Kid'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot With much anguish, an unwed Mother abandons her child, placing him in an expensive automobile with a handwritten note: "Please love and care for this orphan child". Two thieves steal the car and leave the baby in an alley, where he is found by The Tramp. After some attempts to hand off the child on to various passers-by, he finds the note and his heart melt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispering Sage
''Whispering Sage'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and written by Harold Shumate. It is based on the 1922 novel ''Whispering Sage'' by Harry Sinclair Drago and Joseph Noel. The film stars Buck Jones, Natalie Joyce, Émile Chautard, Carl Miller, Albert J. Smith and Joseph W. Girard. The film was released on March 20, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Buck Jones as Buck Kildare * Natalie Joyce as Mercedes * Émile Chautard as José Arastrade * Carl Miller as Esteban Bengoa * Albert J. Smith as Ed Fallows * Joseph W. Girard as Hugh Acklin * William Steele as Tom Kildare * Ellen Winston as Mrs. Kildare * 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 ... as Mercedes' Friend * Enrique Acosta as Old Pedro References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Film Actors
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1979 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890s Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Old California (1942 Film)
''In Old California'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by William C. McGann starring John Wayne, Binnie Barnes and Albert Dekker. Wayne plays Tom Craig, a Boston pharmacist who relocates to Sacramento during the Gold Rush. Plot Tom Craig (John Wayne), a pharmacist, arrives in Sacramento and gets into trouble with Britt Dawson (Albert Dekker) for carrying Lacey Miller (Binnie Barnes) across a mud puddle. Tom teams up with Kegs (Edgar Kennedy) and they are thrown off the river boat by Britt’s henchmen. Tom strikes a deal with Lacey to sell his pharmaceuticals in her store. Ellen Sanford (Helen Parrish) and Tom begin a romance. Tom and Kegs organize the settlers to stop Dawson’s land-grabbing gang. Tom proposes to Ellen as she leaves for San Francisco. Helga (Patsy Kelly), Lacey's lady's maid, gun in hand, marches Kegs off to get married. Whitey (Emmett Lynn), the town drunk, drinks Tom’s elixir tonic, which Dawson has poisoned, and dies in Tom’s store. The towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawless Valley (1938 Film)
''Lawless Valley'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by David Howard from a screenplay by Oliver Drake, based on the short story "No Law in Shadow Valley" by W. C. Tuttle. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it opened on November 4, 1937. The film stars George O'Brien and Kay Sutton. Plot Framed for a robbery, Larry Rhodes gets out of prison and returns to Lawless Valley to seek the killer of his father. Cast * George O'Brien as Larry Rhodes * Kay Sutton as Norma Rogers * Walter Miller as Bob North * Fred Kohler as Tom Marsh (credited as Fred Kohler Sr.) * Fred Kohler Jr. as Jeff Marsh * Lew Kelly as Fresno * George MacQuarrie as Tim Wade * Earle Hodgins as Sheriff Heck Hampton * Chill Wills as Deputy Speedy McGow * Dot Farley as Anna * Victor Adamson as Townsman (uncredited) * George Chesebro as Ranch Hand (uncredited) * Ben Corbett as Short Ranch Hand (uncredited) * The Four Tunes as Boxcar Singers (uncredited) * Kirby Grant as Ranch Hand (uncredited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plainsman
''The Plainsman'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, and General George Custer, with a gun-runner named Lattimer (Charles Bickford) as the main villain. The film is notorious for mixing timelines and even has an opening scene with Abraham Lincoln setting the stage for Hickok's adventures. Anthony Quinn has an early acting role as an Indian. A remake using the same title was released in 1966. Plot With the end of the American Civil War, military industrialists are left with an oversupply of weapons. Some of the more unscrupulous ones view the Indians as possible new customers. Wild Bill Hickok has just been discharged from the Union Army and is making his way back west. On a paddle steamer, he bumps into his old army scout colleague, Buffalo Bill Cody and his new bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Ransom
No Ransom is a 1934 American film directed by Frec C. Newmeyer. Cast *Leila Hymas as Barbra Winfield *Phillips Holmes as Tom Wilson *Jack La Rue as Larry Romero *Robert McWade as John Winfield *Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Winfield *Vince Barnett as Bullet *Edward Nugent as Eddie Winfield * Carl Miller as Ashton Woolcott *Garry Owen as Archie DeWitt *Irving Bacon as Heinie *Arthur Hoyt Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films. Career Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt ma ... as Grant References 1934 films Films directed by Fred C. Newmeyer 1930s English-language films American comedy films 1930s American films {{1930s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegades Of The West
''Renegades of the West'' is a 1932 American Western film directed by Casey Robinson and written by Albert S. Le Vino. The film stars Tom Keene, Roscoe Ates, Betty Furness, James Mason and Carl Miller. The film was released on November 25, 1932, by RKO Pictures. Plot After learning of his father's killer in prison, Tom Bagby goes undercover to prove Curly Bogard, whom he believes did it, is guilty. Tom gets a job on Curly's ranch and tries to get evidence against him, but his plans are foiled when the plot twists and his cellmate comes and exposes his identity. Cast * Tom Keene as Tom Bagby *Roscoe Ates as Dr. Henry Fawcett *Betty Furness as Mary Fawcett * James Mason as Blackie * Carl Miller as Banker Rankin *Max Wagner as Bob *Rockliffe Fellowes as Curly Bogard *Roland Southern as Abandoned Baby *Jules Cowles as Marshal * Joseph W. Girard as James Dowling (as Joe Girard) *Jack Pennick Ronald Jack Pennick (December 7, 1895 – August 16, 1964) was an American film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honor Of The Family
''Honor of the Family'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It was based on the play by Emil Fabre, from the Honoré de Balzac novel, ''La Rabouilleuse''. This was the talkie debut for Warren William who would become one of the major stars for Warner Brothers over the next five years. It also marked Dita Parlo's first English-speaking role. Cast *Bebe Daniels – Laura *Warren William – Captain Boris Barony *Alan Mowbray – Tony Revere *Blanche Friderici – Madame Boris *Frederick Kerr – Paul Barony *Dita Parlo – Roszi *Allan Lane – Joseph *Harry Cording – Kouski *Murray Kinnell – Captain Elek * C. Henry Gordon – Renard * Carl Miller – Lieutenant Kolman Preservation status The film is now considered to be a lost film, with no film elements known to exist. The soundtrack, recorded separately on Vitaphone disks, survives. See also *List of lost film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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