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Cissy Fitzgerald
Cissy Fitzgerald (born Mary Kate Kipping; 1 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was an English-American vaudeville actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in numerous silent and sound films. Fitzgerald acted in a popular ''Gaiety Girl'' show beginning in 1894 and was filmed in the role in 1896 in a self-titled short film shot by Thomas Edison's film company. She did not appear in films again until 1914 where she signed with the Vitagraph company and was quite popular in feature films and her own series of ''Cissy'' short films. Very little of Fitzgerald's silent material survives except her comic backup role in the 1928 Lon Chaney vehicle ''Laugh, Clown, Laugh''. Fitzgerald claimed to have been the first woman in motion pictures, on 50 feet of film at the Edison labs in New Jersey in 1896. However, Annabelle Whitford had been filmed in 1894 by Edison engineer W. K. L. Dickson and the Lumiere's in France were shooting motion pictures, including men and women coming and going from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovingdean
Ovingdean is a small, formerly agricultural, village in the east of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. Overview It was absorbed into the administrative borough of Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1928, and now forms part of the city of Brighton and Hove. It has expanded through the growth of residential streets on its eastern and southern sides, and now has a population of about 1,200. Some of the current housing replaces earlier shacks of the type once found in neighbouring Woodingdean and Peacehaven, built after the First World War. It almost abuts Rottingdean to the south-east and Woodingdean to the north-east, but still has open downland on its other sides, on which may be found a golf course and Brighton racecourse as well as some residual farmland. The name, which is Old English for 'the valley of people associated with a man called Ōfa', shows that the village has existed since Anglo-Saxon times. Little seems to have disturbed its peace since. It is sometimes sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitagraph
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. It was bought by Warner Bros. in 1925. History In 1896, English émigré Blackton was moonlighting as a reporter/artist for the New York ''Evening World'' when he was sent to interview Thomas Edison about his new film projector. The inventor talked the entrepreneurial reporter into buying a set of films and a projector. A year later, Blackton and business partner Smith founded the American Vitagraph Company in direct competition with Edison. A third partner, distributor William "Pop" Rock, joined in 1899. The company's first studio was located on the rooftop of a building on Nassau Street in Manhattan. Operations were later moved to the Midwoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Danger Girl (1926 Film)
''The Danger Girl'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Edward Dillon and starring Priscilla Dean, John Bowers, and Gustav von Seyffertitz Gustav von Seyffertitz (4 August 1862 – 25 December 1943) was a German film actor and director. He settled in the United States. He was born in Haimhausen, Bavaria, and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 81. Biography Gustav von Seyffertit .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, Wilson and Mortimer Travers, brothers, live in a New York City mansion, the former brother being a jewel collector. The police are investigating a tip that the jewels will be stolen. Marie Duquesne, dressed as a bride, drops in unexpectedly, claiming to have fled from a distasteful marriage. Wilson allows her to remain. There follows a weird series of complications, with the jewels and Marie the chief center of attraction. In the end Marie saves the jewels from the master thief. Wilson's gratitude turns to love for her. Cast Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flames (1926 Film)
''Flames'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Lewis H. Moomaw and starring Eugene O’Brien, Virginia Valli, Jean Hersholt, and Boris Karloff. Its plot follows a railroad laborer who, while working on a bridge in rural Oregon, must face off with a desperado who kidnaps his boss's daughter. One reel of the feature survives at the Library of Congress, though the remaining five are lost. The film was shot on location in Portland, Oregon, as well as Oregon's Cascade Mountain range in the fall of 1925. Though mostly filmed in black and white, the film's climactic sequence, which features a forest fire, was shot in color. Plot Herbert Landis is sent to supervise the construction of a bridge in Oregon by James Travers, a railroad magnate and father of Anne Travers, whom Herbert is secretly in love with. Herbert is dismayed when Anne invites Hilary Fenton, high-society playboy, to accompany them to a rural encampment where the project is headquartered. Anne is attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crown Of Lies
''The Crown of Lies'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Pola Negri. It was produced and financed by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Olga Kriga, a New York boarding house maid, is loved by John Knight, an automobile salesman, asks her to wed him. One day in a delicatessen, she is seen by a foreigner, who immediately hails her as "Queen." He tells her the faithful cabinet is waiting nearby. The foreigner is a servant of the former prime minister and he insists that she is the long lost ruler of Sylvania, a small European country. Olga decides to pose as that lost queen of Sylvania, and travels to that Balkan country accompanied by Knight. Count Mirko, knowing her return will cause usurper troubles, plans to make it appear beneficial to be rid of Olga. However, the people of the country acclaim her as queen and, after a revolt, put her on the throne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The High Flyer
''The High Flyer'' is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Ethel Shannon and Paul Panzer.Munden p.348 It was distributed by the independent Rayart Pictures, the forerunner of Monogram Pictures. Synopsis Jim, a World War I veteran and airplane designer has his plans for a new model stolen by his associate Dick, who wants to sell them to a wealthy manufacturer while wooing his daughter Winnie. Cast * Reed Howes as Jim * Ethel Shannon as Winnie * James Bradbury Sr. as Dick * Ray Hallor as Tom * Paul Panzer as McGrew * Josef Swickard * Cissy Fitzgerald * Ernest Hilliard * Earl Metcalfe * Joseph W. Girard Joseph W. Girard (April 2, 1871 – August 21, 1949) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Before he became an ... References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redheads Preferred
''Redheads Preferred'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Allen Dale and starring Raymond Hitchcock, Marjorie Daw and Theodore von Eltz.Slide p.242 It was produced by the independent studio Tiffany Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis. Synopsis In order to secure a business contract, loyal husband John Morgan drinks heavily and agrees to accompany a mysterious read-headed woman to a dance. Discover what is going on his wife dresses up in a red wig and turns up as his escort for the night. At first very jealous, after a series of misunderstandings she comes to understand her husband's intentions and helps his secure the contract while keeping her identity secret. Cast * Raymond Hitchcock as Henry Carter * Marjorie Daw as Angela Morgan * Theodore von Eltz as John Morgan * Cissy Fitzgerald as Mrs. Henry Carter * Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Bill Williams * Charles A. Post as Bill Williams * Leon Holmes as Office Boy * Gerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Show You The Town
''I'll Show You the Town'' is a 1925 American comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and written by Raymond L. Schrock and Harvey F. Thew. It is based on the 1924 novel ''I'll Show You the Town'' by Elmer Davis. The film stars Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, Edward Kimball, Lilyan Tashman, Hayden Stevenson, and Cissy Fitzgerald. The film was released on June 7, 1925, by Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, a bothersome neighbor (Stevenson) tries to palm his wife off on professor Alec Dupree (Denny), who has a reputation for being "safe and dependable," for an evening at the Hanging Gardens Cafe. He objects on the grounds that he is writing a book, but the neighbor leaves, assuming his assent. The Dean of Wyndham College, which was founded by an ancestor of Dupree, is distressed over the financial plight of the school, and goes to the young professor for aid. He tells him that Agnes Clevenger, a wealthy widow who makes annual gifts to the college, is being l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If Marriage Fails
''If Marriage Fails'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Ince and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Eleanor prefers the company of the unpopular Gene Deering to that of her wealthy husband, Joe Woodbury, who has fallen in love with the fortune teller Nadia. Becoming jealous, Eleanor tells Nadia that she is about to become a mother, and Nadia promises that she will not see Joe again. Eleanor and Deering are picked up following a roadhouse raid by Nadia and Dr. Mallini, who attends Eleanor when she is slightly injured. The doctor tells Nadia that Eleanor has lied about any approaching motherhood. Joe learns of the roadhouse affair, divorces Eleanor, and wins Nadia as a wife. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''If Marriage Fails'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babbitt (1924 Film)
''Babbitt'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Willard Louis, Mary Alden, and Carmel Myers.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Babbitt'' at silentera.com It is based on the 1922 novel of the same title by , later also adapted into a 1934 . Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Babbitt'' located in any film archives,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daring Love
''Daring Love'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Rowland G. Edwards and starring Elaine Hammerstein, Huntley Gordon and Walter Long.Munden p.170 Cast * Elaine Hammerstein as Bob * Huntley Gordon as Jaohn Stedman * Walter Long as Red Bishop * Gertrude Astor as Music * Cissy Fitzgerald as Queenie * Morgan Wallace as Jerry Hayden * Johnny Arthur Johnny Arthur (born John Lennox Arthur Williams; May 20, 1883 – December 31, 1951) was an American stage and motion picture actor. Early years Born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, Arthur was a veteran of twenty-five years on stage before he made ... 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 * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1920s American f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity's Price
''Vanity's Price'' is a lost 1924 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by the Gothic Productions company and released by FBO. at silentera.com Cast * as Vanna Du Maurier * as Henri De Greve * as Richard Dowling *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
