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Charles Schoenbaum
Charles Edgar Schoenbaum (April 28, 1893 – January 23, 1951) was an American cinematographer whose career began in 1917 and ended with his death in 1951. Schoenbaum worked on over 100 films, including several of the ''Lassie'' films in the late 1940s. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1949 for his work on ''Little Women''. Partial filmography *''The Woman God Forgot'' (1917) *''Love Insurance'' (1919) *''Hawthorne of the U.S.A.'' (1919) *''Too Much Johnson'' (1919) *''The Six Best Cellars'' (1920) *'' Held by the Enemy'' (1920) *'' Always Audacious'' (1920) *'' The Charm School'' (1921) *'' The Love Special'' (1921) *''Too Much Speed'' (1921) *''The Hell Diggers'' (1921) *''Exit the Vamp'' (1921) *'' Rent Free'' (1922) *''The World's Champion'' (1922) *''Across the Continent'' (1922) *''On the High Seas'' (1922) *''The Heart Raider'' (1923) *''Empty Hands'' (1924) *''Code of the Sea'' (1924) *''Adventure'' (1925) *''The Devil's Cargo'' (1925) *''A Son of His Father'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Holt (actor)
Charles John Holt, Jr. (May 31, 1888 – January 18, 1951) was an American motion picture actor who was prominent in both silent and sound movies, particularly Westerns. Early life Holt was born in 1888 in the Fordham section of The Bronx, New York, the son of an Episcopal priest at St. James Church. When in Manhattan, he attended Trinity School. He was accepted into the Virginia Military Institute in 1909, but expelled for misbehavior in his second semester there. Following Holt's father's death, the family moved to New York City, where Jack, his mother, and brother Marshall lived with his married sister, Frances. Holt worked at various jobs including construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad's tunnel under the Hudson River and being a "surveyor, laborer, prospector, trapper, and stagecoach driver, among many other jobs" during an almost six-year stay in Alaska. Military service Holt was prevented from serving in World War I because of "chronic foot problems" that resulte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Six Best Cellars
''The Six Best Cellars'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn and Wanda Hawley. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was based on the 1919 nove''The Six Best Cellars''by Holworthy Hall, the pseudonym of Harold Everett Porter. The film was released just after prohibition in the United States went into effect on January 17, 1920. Plot As described in a film magazine, Henry Carpenter (Washburn) finds his supply of liquor getting low and the price far too prohibitive once national prohibition goes into effect. At the same time, the social set to which he and his wife Millicent (Hawley) belong find liquor indispensable at dinner. An experiment in home brewing meets little success and the Carpenters are in danger of losing their social position when their set picks up with an ex-saloon keeper, who has a cellar full of choice liquors. Millicent's aunt finds four cases of what a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empty Hands
''Empty Hands'' is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Jack Holt and Norma Shearer. The film was produced by the Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Empty Hands'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References External links * *Stillat silentfilmstillarchive.comStillsat normashearer.com 1924 films 1924 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Victor Fleming Paramount Pictures films Lost American films 1924 lost films Lost romantic drama films 1920s American films Silent romantic drama films Sile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Raider
''The Heart Raider'' is a 1923 silent film romantic comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on an original story for the screen and was directed by Wesley Ruggles and starred Agnes Ayres and Mahlon Hamilton. A Czech release print survives at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. Brothers Charles and Wesley Ruggles on a rare occasion work here on the same film. Future torch singer Helen Morgan has an uncredited extra part. Cast *Agnes Ayres - Muriel Gray *Mahlon Hamilton - John Dennis *Charles Ruggles - Gaspard McMahon *Marie Burke - Mrs. Dennis *Charles Riegel - Jeremiah Wiggins ''uncredited'' *Fraser Coalter - Reginald Gray *Helen Morgan Helen Morgan may refer to: *Helen Morgan (singer) Helen Morgan (née Riggins; August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in ... - Extra References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The High Seas
''On the High Seas'' is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Edward Sheldon and E. Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt, Mitchell Lewis, Winter Hall, Michael Dark, Otto Brower, and William Boyd. The film was released on September 17, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, while returning from East Asia, the ship S.S. ''Andren'' catches fire. Leone Deveraux is rescued by stokers Jim Dorn and Joe Polack, and the three cast off in a small boat. After three days, they sight a plague ship derelict, throw the corpses overboard, and make themselves at home. Joe desires Leone and one night during a storm attacks her, but she is rescued by Jim with whom she has fallen in love. Joe is then killed by a falling mast. The two lovers are rescued by a battleship and taken home. Leone, who is engaged to be married, loses trace of Jim until, on a day when she is on the way to the church, she is ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across The Continent
''Across the Continent'' is a lost at silentera.com released by in June 1922, and was one of star 's last performances. This film was also the opening night film of the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World's Champion
''The World's Champion'' is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The movie is based on the play ''The Champion'' by Thomas Louden and A.E. Thomas that was produced on Broadway in 1921. The film was directed by Phil Rosen and starred Wallace Reid. This film survives in an incomplete form at the Library of Congress. Plot As described in a film magazine, William Burroughs (Reid) is the youngest son of an ambitious middle class English grocer trying to climb to a higher social plane. His two brothers are chips off the old block, but William has always been a thorn in his father's side. The story opens with William fighting on the estate of Lord Brockington (Sandford), a portly member of the aristocracy. The Lord's pretty cousin Lady Elizabeth (Wilson) gets her fishing line entangled with that of the grocer's son, and they are making fast headway towards friendship when Brockington discovers them. Having an eye on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rent Free
''Rent Free'' is a 1922 American silent comedy feature film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film starred Wallace Reid and his current regular co-star Lila Lee. It was directed by Howard Higgin and adapted by Elmer Rice from a story written directly for the screen by Izola Forrester and Mann Page. Currently this film is lost. Reid plays the part of a young painter who moves into an abandoned house but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner. In real life Reid was a talented painter. This was Higgin's first film as a director. Plot As described in a film magazine, Buell Arnister Jr. (Reid) is a New York City artist cast off by his father Buell Arnister Sr. (Barrows) who had planned a legal career for him. Facing poverty and dispossessed by an irate landlady (Leighton), he moves his belongings including his dog to the roof of a 68th Street apartment building, and then becomes a squatter in a mansion that had a door to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exit The Vamp
lobby card ''Exit the Vamp'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Urson and written by Clara Beranger. The film stars Ethel Clayton, T. Roy Barnes, Fontaine La Rue, Theodore Roberts, William Boyd, and Michael D. Moore. The film was released on November 6, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, successful lawyer John Shipley (Barnes) becomes fascinated by a vampire (La Rue) of the accepted type. His wife Marion (Clayton) becomes aware of the infatuation and adopts the ways of her opponent, pretending incidentally an affection for a World War I veteran (Boyd) whom she knew in France. At a house party to which Marion had invited the other woman, her husband discovers his mistake in his judgment of womanly values and the wife emerges from the conflict victorious. Cast *Ethel Clayton as Marion Shipley * T. Roy Barnes as John Shipley * Fontaine La Rue as Mrs. Willy Strong *Theodore Roberts Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hell Diggers
''The Hell Diggers'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Frank Urson from a short story, ''The Hell Diggers'', by Byron Morgan. Wallace Reid and Lois Wilson star. Like most silent films of that time, it is in the public domain and is lost. Cast *Wallace Reid as Teddy Darman * Lois Wilson as Dora Wade *Alexander Brown as John Wade *Frank Geldert as Calthorpe Masters *Lucien Littlefield as Silas Hoskins *Clarence Geldart as Silverby Rennie *Buddy Post as The Fat Farmer See also *Wallace Reid filmography This is a comprehensive listing of Wallace Reid's (1891–1923) silent film, silent film output. Reid often played a clean-cut, well-groomed American go-getter on screen, which is how he is best remembered, but he could alternate with character rol ... References External links * *truck advertising ''The Hell Diggers'' 1921 films American silent feature films Lost Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Much Speed
''Too Much Speed'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Frank Urson, written by Byron Morgan, and starring Wallace Reid, Agnes Ayres, Theodore Roberts, Jack Richardson, Lucien Littlefield, and Guy Oliver. It was released on June 5, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. at silent.era Premise Egotistical race-car driver Dusty Rhoades (Reid) learns that humility pays off even better than acclaim.Cast * as 'Dusty' Rhoades * |
The Love Special
''The Love Special'' is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by Frank Urson and written by Eugene B. Lewis and Frank H. Spearman. The film stars Wallace Reid, Agnes Ayres, Theodore Roberts, Lloyd Whitlock, Sylvia Ashton, and William Gaden. The film was released on March 20, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Wallace Reid as Jim Glover *Agnes Ayres as Laura Gage *Theodore Roberts as President Gage *Lloyd Whitlock as Allen Harrison *Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Whitney *William Gaden as William Bucks *Clarence Burton as Morris Blood *Snitz Edwards as Zeka Logan *Ernest Butterworth as 'Gloomy' *Zelma Maja as Stenographer Preservation status ''The Love Special'' is preserved at the Library of Congress and UCLA Film & Television Archive.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.108 c.1978 by The American Film Institute See also * |
