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Casson Ferguson
Casson Ferguson (May 29, 1891 – February 12, 1929) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1917 and 1928. His father was John J. Ferguson, a jeweler in Alexandria, Louisiana. Early in his career Casson was a member of the Mantel Shakespeare Players in New Orleans before moving to California to pursue a movie career, first with the Seelig Company, then as a leading man. In 1928 he toured Europe and performed as a singer and actor in London and Paris. Returning to California, he married Catherine Mallon. Not long after he died of pneumonia at the age of 38; two days later his wife Catherine also died of pneumonia, and her mother soon died of pneumonia. Partial filmography * '' The Mystery of No. 47'' (1917) - Buffington * '' Face Value'' (1918) - Louis Maguire * '' The Shuttle'' (1918) - G. Selden * '' Unclaimed Goods'' (1918) - Cocopah Kid * '' Mile-a-Minute Kendall'' (1918) - Eddie Semper * '' The Only Road'' (1918) - Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area (population 153,922) which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes. Its neighboring city is Pineville. In 2010, the population was 47,723, an increase of 3 percent from the 2000 census. History Located along the Red River, the city of Alexandria was originally home to a community which supported activities of the adjacent French trader outpost of ''Post du Rapides''. The area developed as an assemblage of traders, Caddo people, and merchants in the agricultural lands bordering the mostly unsettled areas to the north and providing a link from the south to the El Camino Real and then larger settlement of Natchitoches, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase. Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Service (1919 Film)
''Secret Service'' is a lost 1919 American silent American Civil War drama film starring Robert Warwick and directed by Hugh Ford. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. at silentera.com Based on the play ''Secret Service'' by (New York, 5 Oct 1896), it was remade as a talking picture by in 1931. One of the story’s chief plot twists is referenced in the 1923 short story "Devil Cat", featuring [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truthful Liar
''The Truthful Liar'' is a lost 1922 American mystery silent film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Percy Heath and Will J. Payne. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Guy Edward Hearn, Charles A. Stevenson, Casson Ferguson, Lloyd Whitlock, George Siegmann, and E. Alyn Warren. The film was released on April 23, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Tess Haggard (Hawley) plunges Arthur Sinclair (Ferguson) into despair after she marries the sturdy David Haggard (Hearn), a rising engineer. While her husband is away on "location," she visits an illegal gambling house with Arthur and other friends. While there the place is first robbed by crooks and then raided by the police, and she loses her rings, lies to her husband but is detected, writes a silly letter and is blackmailed, and is briefly charged with murder. Her troubles are resolved when a Peteer Vanetti (Warren) confesses to the crime and all of the deceptions by Tess are laid bare and forgiven. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law And The Woman
''The Law and the Woman'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Penrhyn Stanlaws and starring Betty Compson. This film is a version of Clyde Fitch's play '' The Woman in the Case'' and a remake of a 1916 silent version '' The Woman in the Case'' starring Pauline Frederick. Jesse Lasky produced. Plot As described in a film magazine, Phil Long (Ferguson) returns from Paris after becoming engaged to the notorious vampire Clara Foster (Ridgely). She had previously ensnared Julian Rolfe (Carleton), who is now happily married to Margaret (Compson). Phil is Julian's ward and, because he is wealthy, Clara is determined to marry him. Phil and Julian quarrel over the matter in Clara's apartment and later Phil is found dead in one of the rooms. Julian is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. By assuming the character of a woman of Clara Foster's type, Margaret secures a confession from Clara, who turns out to be the actual murderer. In dramatic fashion, Julian is saved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Virginia Courtship
''A Virginia Courtship'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and written by Edfrid A. Bingham based upon the play of the same name by Eugene Wiley Presbrey. The film stars May McAvoy, Alec B. Francis, Jane Keckley, L. M. Wells, Casson Ferguson, Kathlyn Williams, and Richard Tucker. The film was released in December 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Prudence Fairfax (McAvoy) is the ward of Colonel Fairfax (Francis), a lovable old Southern gentleman who has remained single because of a misunderstanding, some fifteen years previous, with his next door neighbor and childhood sweetheart Constance Llewellyn (Williams). While staging a chariot race she had seen on a poster, Pru is thrown from a runaway horse into a stream running through the Llewellyn estate and is rescued by Constance. They become fast friends. When the Fairfax Manor is about to be sold for a debt, Pru buys it through her broker Robin which almost precipita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The End Of The World
''At the End of the World'' is a 1921 American silent action drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the play ''At the End of the World'' by and starred Betty Compson and Milton Sills. Cast *Betty Compson as Cherry O'Day *Milton Sills as Gordon Deane * Mitchell Lewis as Donald MacGregor *Casson Ferguson as Harvey Gates *Spottiswoode Aitken as Terence O'Day *Joseph Kilgour as William Blaine * Goro Kino as Uang Preservation A copy of ''At the End of the World'' is held at the Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It is a state cultural institution — curator of films collection and othe ... Russian State Archive. References External links * *at silenthollywood.com 1921 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Paramount Pictures films Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's A Wife Worth?
''What's a Wife Worth?'' is a 1921 silent American melodrama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Casson Ferguson, Ruth Renick, and Cora Drew. It was released on March 27, 1921. Cast list * Casson Ferguson as Bruce Morrison * Ruth Renick as Rose Kendall * Cora Drew as Her aunt * Virginia Caldwell as Jane Penfield * Alec B. Francis as James Morrison * Howard Gaye as Henry Burton * Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Penfield * Maxfield Stanley as Murray Penfield * Charles Wyngate as Dr. Durant * Helen Lynch Helen Lynch (April 6, 1900 – March 2, 1965) was an American silent film actress, mainly known for her roles playing gun molls and other morally dubious characters. Biography Lynch was born in 1900 in Billings, Montana, where she was also rai ... as Girl in the Retrospect References External links * * * Films directed by Christy Cabanne Film Booking Offices of America films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Wife
''The Unknown Wife'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and starring Edith Roberts, Spottiswoode Aitken and Casson Ferguson. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Three at the Table''.Munden p.803 Cast * Edith Roberts as Helen Wilburton * Spottiswoode Aitken as Henry Wilburton * Casson Ferguson as Donald Grant * Joe Quinn as 'Lefty' Mayes * Joe Neary as 'Slim' Curry * Augustus Phillips as John Mayberry * Bertram Frank as Thomas Gregory * Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Stanwood Kent * Jessie Pratt as Mrs. Dalton * Edith Stayart Tom London (born Leonard T. Clapman; August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to ''The Guinness Book of Movie Records'', London is credited with appearing in the most films in ... as Doris Dalton * Hal Wilson as Brooks References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunty Pulls The Strings
''Bunty Pulls the Strings'' is a lost film, lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Leatrice Joy. It is based on a Broadway play by Graham Moffat. On stage the part of Bunty was played and made famous by Molly Pearson. The film was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. at silentera.com Cast *Leatrice Joy as Bunty *Russell Simpson (actor), Russell Simpson as Tammas Biggar *Raymond Hatton as Weelum *Cullen Landis as Rab *Casson Ferguson as Jeemy *Josephine Crowell as Susie Simpson *Edythe Chapman as Eelen Dunlap *Roland Rushton as Minister *Georgia Woodthorpe as Mrs. Drummon *Sadie Gordon as Maggie *Otto Hoffman as BeadleReferences ...
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The Mutiny Of The Elsinore (1920 Film)
''The Mutiny of the Elisnore'' is a 1920 American silent action-adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Mitchell Lewis, Helen Ferguson, and Noah Beery Sr. It is an adaptation of the 1914 Jack London novel '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore''. An incomplete copy of the film survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, during a cruise of the ''Elsinore'', Captain Nathaniel Somers (MacGregor) is assassinated and John Pike (Lewis) takes control of the schooner to provide an income for the skipper's son Dick (Casson Ferguson). The latter dislikes the sea, but Pike insists that he make the voyage to keep his obligations to Margaret West (Helen Ferguson), daughter of a former half-owner of the ship. Members of the crew are cut-throats, and mutiny at the earliest opportunity, giving Pike the fight for his life. Cast * Mitchell Lewis as John Pike * Helen Ferguson as Margaret West * Noah Beery Sr. as Andreas Mellaire * Casson Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame X (1920 Film)
''Madame X'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Pauline Frederick. The film is based on the 1908 play '' Madame X'', by French playwright Alexandre Bisson, and was adapted for the screen by J.E. Nash and Frank Lloyd. A copy of this film survives in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. The play was previously adapted for the screen in 1910 and in 1916. The play has been subsequently remade several times. Plot As described in a film magazine, jealous husband Louis Floriot (Courtleigh), refusing to forgive his wife Jacqueline (Frederick) for fleeing from his wrath and living with the friend who presses his attentions on her, forces her into the life of a derelict. Twenty years later she returns to France from Buenos Aires believing that her son Raymond has died. Laroque (Ainsworth), a crook who aids her in her return to France, learns that she is married to a man of wealth, and tries, with the help of his two associates M. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
