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Charles Maigne
Charles Maigne (November 11, 1879 – November 28, 1929) was an American screenwriter and film director of the silent film, silent era. He wrote for 32 films between 1916 and 1928. He also directed 18 films between 1918 and 1923. He was born in Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia and died in San Francisco, California, San Francisco, California. Partial filmography * ''The Brand of Cowardice'' (1916) (writer) * ''Barbary Sheep (1917 film), Barbary Sheep'' (1917) (writer) * ''The Rise of Jennie Cushing'' (1917) (writer) * ''Prunella (1918 film), Prunella'' (1918) (writer) * ''A Doll's House (1918 film), A Doll's House'' (1918) (writer) * ''Rose of the World (1918 film), Rose of the World'' (1918) * ''The Song of Songs (1918 film), The Song of Songs'' (1918) (writer) * ''The Firing Line'' (1919) (director) * ''Redhead (1919 film), Redhead'' (1919) (director) * ''The Indestructible Wife'' (1919) (director) * ''The Copperhead (1920 film), The Copperhead'' (1920) (director) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Miles Minter
Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902Louisiana Birth Certificate, Caddo Parish, No. 119, Book A, Page 97, Birth Date: April 25, 1902, Name: Mary M. Reilly ic – Original Caddo birth record was recorded as "J.H. Riley's Child" Sex: Female, Place of Birth: Shreveport, Father: J. Homer Reilly ic – Original Caddo birth record recorded his name as "J.H. Riley" Born: Texas, Age: 25, Mother: Pearl Miles, Born: Louisiana, Age: 23.SSDI: Name: Mary O. Hildebrandt, Birth: April 25, 1902, Issued: California, Death: August 1984– August 4, 1984) was an American actress. She appeared in 53 silent films from 1912 to 1923. In 1922, Minter was involved in a scandal surrounding the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, for whom she professed her love. Although gossip implicated her mother, former actress Charlotte Shelby, as the murderer, Minter's reputation was tarnished, and she gave up her film career in 1923. Early life Minter was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redhead (1919 Film)
''Redhead'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Alice Brady, Conrad Nagel and Robert Schable. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Cameron Menzies. Cast * Alice Brady as Dazil Mellows * Conrad Nagel as Matthew Thurlow * Robert Schable as Roland Gard * Charles A. Stevenson as Parker Thurlow * Charles Eldridge Charles Eldridge (September 25, 1854 – October 29, 1922) was an American stage and screen actor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He appeared in over 100 films, although the majority of those were film shorts. He began on the stage ... as Mr. Mellows * May Brettone as Mrs. Mellow References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films Silent American drama films Lost American drama films Films directed by Charles Maigne American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Paint (1926 Film)
''War Paint'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The film stars Tim McCoy. Louis B. Mayer observed the profits made by other studios with western franchises such as Tom Mix, Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson. He selected a genuine army officer who had lived with Indian tribes to come to Hollywood as an advisor on 1922's ''The Covered Wagon'': Colonel Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy. His debut as Tim McCoy in ''War Paint'' was announced under the banner "He's the real McCoy!" In order to maximize the economics, the film was shot simultaneously on location with another film, ''Winners of the Wilderness''. The film is considered lost. A trailer however is preserved at the Library of Congress. Synopsis An Indian chief of the Arapahoe escapes the reservation where he has been living and takes along some of his warriors. The cavalry is sent out for them. Cast * Tim McCoy as Lt. Tim Marshall * Pauline Starke as Polly Hopkins * Charles K. French as Maj. Hopkins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (1923 Film)
''The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter. It was adapted by Will M. Ritchey from the play and novel of the same name by John Fox Jr. This was the second time that Maigne had directed Minter in an adaptation of a Fox novel, the first being 1920's A Cumberland Romance. This was Minter's final film; her contract with Paramount Pictures was not renewed, and she stated that she was "through" with films. As with many of Minter's features, ''The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described in various film magazine reviews, June Tolliver (Minter) is a girl of the Kentucky mountains, whose clan has been feuding with the Falins for generations. When engineer John Hale (Moreno) comes to the mountains to aid in the development of the coal and iron industries, June falls in love with the handsome "furriner." Hale sends June away to the city, funding her education with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Isle Of Lost Ships (1923 Film)
(''For the 1929 talkie see The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film)'') ''The Isle of Lost Ships'' is a 1923 American silent adventure/melodrama film directed and produced by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by Associated First National Pictures. The film is based on Crittenden Marriott's novel The Isle of Dead Ships' c.1909. The story was re-filmed in 1929 by director Irvin Willat. Tourneur himself made a different story with similar theme called ''The Ship of Lost Souls'' (1929) which had a young German actress, Marlene Dietrich, in the cast. The 1923 film has long since been thought to be lost. Cast *Anna Q. Nilsson as Dorothy Fairfax *Milton Sills as Frank Howard *Frank Campeau as Detective Jackson * Walter Long as Peter Forbes *Bert Woodruff as Patrick Joyce *Aggie Herring as Mother Joyce *Herschel Mayall as Captain Clark Story People and ships trapped in seaweed infested section of the southern Atlantic Ocean known as the Sargasso Sea. See also *List of lost films * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Partner (1923 Film)
''The Silent Partner'' is a 1923 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was based on a series of articles from the ''Saturday Evening Post'' by Maximilian Foster and directed by Charles Maigne. Leatrice Joy and Owen Moore star in the feature. The film is a remake of the 1917 film of the same name. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Lisa Coburn is a young wife who has seen the folly of living on all that her husband earns when he is on Wall Street. She determines, unknown to her husband George, to prepare against any coming disaster. The husband's employee is infatuated with the young wife and plans to ruin the husband and obtain her. His plans succeed, but he fails to win the wife. Instead, she goes to the husband, who has left her in anger and haste, and wins him back by convincing him of the truth of her story. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Silent Partner'' located in any film archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drums Of Fate
''Drums of Fate'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter. It was adapted by Will M. Ritchey from the novel "Sacrifice" by Stephen French Whitman. It was also referred to as "Drums of Destiny" in some promotional material. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described in various film magazine reviews, Carol Dolliver (Minter), a young society girl, rejects her guardian's (Fawcett) choice of a suitor in favour of the dashing explorer Laurence "Larry" Teck (Flynn). After their wedding, Larry returns to Africa without Carol, where he is captured by a band of native warriors. News reaches Carol that her husband has been slain, and so, to please her guardian, she weds the crippled musician David Verne (Ferguson), although she does not love him. Meanwhile Larry has befriended the native king (Johnson) and eventually manages to escape and return to Carol. Having believed him to be dead, Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cowboy And The Lady (1922 Film)
''The Cowboy and the Lady'' is a 1922 American Silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter and Tom Moore (actor), Tom Moore. It was adapted by Julien Josephson from the 1908 play of the same name by Clyde Fitch, and was shot on location at Jackson Hole in Wyoming. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot summary As described in various film magazine reviews, Jessica Weston (Minter), unhappy in her marriage to her feckless husband (Schable), travels to her ranch in Wyoming. Her husband accompanies her, but is more interested in Molly (Daniel), proprietress of the local saloon, than he is in Jessica. This incurs the wrath of ranch hand Ross (Oliver), who is in love with Molly. Meanwhile Jessica is rescued by neighbouring ranch owner Teddy North (Moore) when her horse abandons her on an island; an attraction develops between them which deepens when Teddy again saves Jessica, this time fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Received Payment
''Received Payment'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Corinne Griffith, Kenneth Harlan, and David Torrence.Munden p.636 Cast * Corinne Griffith as Celia Hughes * Kenneth Harlan as Cary Grant * David Torrence as Daniel Milton * William David as Dunbar * Charles Hammond as Andrew Ferris * Henry Sedley as Roger Dayne * Regina Quinn as Felice Huxley * Dorothy Walters as Mrs. Starr * Dan Duffy Dan Duffy (born March 11, 1966) is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate. He represents the 26th Senate District which includes Barrington, Barrington Hills, North Barrington, Libertyville, Mundelein, Lake Zurich, Fox River Grove, Lak ... as Starr 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 * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hush Money (1921 Film)
''Hush Money'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and written by Charles Maigne and Samuel Merwin. The film stars Alice Brady, George Fawcett, Larry Wheat, Harry Benham, and Jerry Devine. The film was released in November 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Evelyn Murray (Brady), daughter of powerful New York financier Alexander Murray (Fawcett), runs down a poor boy with her car, and her fiance persuades her to flee before determining the extent of his injuries. Her father pays hush money to the only witness of the accident to thwart her determination to admit her connection. Conscience stricken, Evelyn breaks her engagement, leaves home, and takes up charity work under the supervision of the young Bishop Deems (Benham). Eventually she is victorious in the ensuing conflict of wills and brings about her father's reformation and the renewal of her engagement. Cast *Alice Brady as Evelyn Murray *George Fawcett as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kentuckians
''The Kentuckians'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and written by Frank Tuttle based upon the novel of the same name by John Fox, Jr. The film stars Monte Blue, Wilfred Lytell, Diana Allen, Francis Joyner, J.H. Gilmour, John Miltern, and Thomas S. Brown. The film was released on February 20, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Monte Blue as Boone Stallard *Wilfred Lytell as Randolph Marshall *Diana Allen as Anne Bruce *Francis Joyner as Mace Keaton *J.H. Gilmour as Governor *John Miltern John Miltern (1870-1937) was an actor in theater and films in the United States. He was in the Broadway play ''Yellow Jack''. He was also in Channing Pollock's play ''Roads of Destiny''. Another of his stage performances was described as manly a ... as Colton *Thomas S. Brown as Jake Stallard * J. W. Johnston as Boone's Brother *Russell Parker as Constable *John Carr as Young Keaton *Albert Hewitt as Young Stallard *Eugenie Woodward as Ma Stallard * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Cumberland Romance
''A Cumberland Romance'' is a 1920 American silent drama film written and directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter and Monte Blue, based on the 1899 novel ''A Mountain Europa'' by John Fox Jr. It is one of approximately a dozen of Minter's features still known to survive today. Plot As described in film magazine reviews, Easter Hicks (Minter), a mountain girl, meets Clayton (Bowers), an engineer from the city, when she is on her way to market. Easter is fascinated by the "furriner" from the city, and despite her crude dress and rough mannerisms, Clayton is equally taken with her. Sherd Raines (Blue), a young circuit rider of the mountains, is also in love with Easter. "Pap" Hicks (Oliver), Easter's drunkard father, sees Clayton with Easter and vows to shoot the city man, but Sherd overpowers him. Later, Sherd wrestles with his own jealousy and contemplates shooting Clayton, but his faith will not allow him to take a human life. The next day, when Clayton is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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