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Claire Whitney
Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – August 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in 111 films between 1912 and 1949. Only 21 of these films survive, as most have been lost. Whitney gained early acting experience with a stock theater company in Massachusetts, following which she toured the United States in a vaudeville production of ''Little Mother''. Whitney made her first film in 1913 for Solax and continued making films until 1921, mainly for Fox Film Corporation. Whitney came back to films in 1926 with a role in ''The Great Gatsby'' which would be her final silent film. She continued working in film between 1931 and 1949 when she retired. Whitney's Broadway credits include ''Broadway Interlude'' (1934), ''Page Pygmalion'' (1932), ''An Innocent Idea'' (1920), and ''The Net'' (1919). On March 20, 1920, Whitney's marriage to Jan von Hoegarden, an actor also known as John Sunderland, was annulled after he admitted having a wife and children in Belg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jealousy (1916 Film)
''Jealousy'' is a 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by Will S. Davis. The film starred Valeska Suratt in another popular vamp role. The film is now considered lost. Cast * Valeska Suratt - Anne Baxter * Lew Walter - Peter Martin * Charline Mayfield - Agnes Maynard * Curtis Benton - Roland Carney * Joseph Granby - Randolph Parsons * George M. Adams - George Baxter * John Charles (uncredited) * Herbert Heyes (uncredited) * Claire Whitney Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – August 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in 111 films between 1912 and 1949. Only 21 of these films survive, as most have been lost. Whitney gained early acting experience with a ... (uncredited) References External links * * * still fro ''Jealousy''with Joe Granby(or Curtis Benton) and Valeska Suratt 1916 films 1916 drama films Fox Film films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of A Nurse
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with Transparency (social), social transparency. Secrecy can exist in a number of different ways: encoding or encryption (where mathematical and technical strategies are used to hide messages), true secrecy (where restrictions are put upon those who take part of the message, such as through Classified information, government security classification) and obfuscation, where secrets are hidd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enlighten Thy Daughter (1934 Film)
''Enlighten Thy Daughter'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Varley and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Eaton and Claire Whitney. It was shot at the Photocolor Studios in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. It is a remake of the 1917 silent film of the same title by Ivan Abramson.Soister, Nicolella, & Joyce p.267 Cast * Herbert Rawlinson as Dr. Richard Stevens * Beth Barton as Ruth Stevens * Charles Eaton as David Stevens * Claire Whitney as Alice Stevens * Edmund MacDonald as Gerald Winthrop * Russell Hicks as Daniel Stevens * Ara Gerald as Ethel Stevens * Miriam Battista as Lillian Stevens * Vinton Hayworth as Stanley Jordan * Eunice Reed as Margie * Wesley Barry as Wes * Audrey Maple as Mrs. Crosby * Lillian Walker as Mrs. Grainger * Robert Emmett Keane Robert Emmett Keane (March 4, 1883 – July 2, 1981) was an American actor of both the stage and screen. Biography Keane began on stage in the 1910s, his first Broadway appearance being in the product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Free Soul
''A Free Soul'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film that tells the story of an alcoholic San Francisco defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with, who he had previously gotten an acquittal for on a murder charge. Directed by Clarence Brown it stars Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, and Clark Gable. ''A Free Soul'' became famous for Barrymore's climactic courtroom monologue that is said to be the main reason he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 4th Academy Awards that year."A Free Soul" . Retrieved March 5, 2014. Gable made such an impression in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fine Feathers (1921 Film)
''Fine Feathers'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Fred Sittenham and starring Eugene Pallette, Claire Whitney, Thomas W. Ross, Warburton Gamble and June Elvidge, produced and distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. The library of Congress shows a release date of June 20, 1921 but there is evidence that Fine Feathers was being screened on June 18 at the Rose Theater in Santa Rosa California and as early as June 17 at the Star Theater in Monterey California. This production is the second movie adaptation of Eugene Walter's 1912 play of the same name. Three complete 35 mm copies were donated by M.G.M. to the U.S. Archive. A nitrate picture negative, an acetate positive print and an acetate fine grain master, all kept at the Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY. Synopsis Bob Reynolds is a young construction engineer, living with his pretty wife Jane in an old bungalow on Staten Island. He has become bitter because of his failure to get ahead and the fact that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leech (1921 Film)
''The Leech'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Hancock and starring Alexander Hall and Claire Whitney.Connelly p.147 Cast * Ray Howard as Teddy * Alexander Hall as Bill * Claire Whitney Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – August 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in 111 films between 1912 and 1949. Only 21 of these films survive, as most have been lost. Whitney gained early acting experience with a ... as Dorothy * Katherine Leon as Ruth * Ren Gennard as Joe Turner References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * 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 * 1921 films 1921 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passionate Pilgrim (1921 Film)
''The Passionate Pilgrim'' is a 1921 American drama silent film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Samuel Merwin and George DuBois Proctor. The film stars Matt Moore, Mary Newcomb, Julia Swayne Gordon, Tom Guise, Frankie Mann, Rubye De Remer and Claire Whitney. The film was released on January 2, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot The character of Henry Calverly goes to prison in order to protect his mother who killed her husband. Cast * Matt Moore as Henry Calverly * Mary Newcomb as Cecily *Julia Swayne Gordon as Madame Watt *Tom Guise as Senator Watt * Frankie Mann as Marjorie Daw *Rubye De Remer as Miriam Calverly *Claire Whitney as Esther *Van Dyke Brooke as Hitt * Charles K. Gerrard as Qualters *Sam J. Ryan as Major McIntyre *Arthur Donaldson as O'Rell *Albert Roccardi as Amme *Bernard A. Reinold as Listerly *Charles Brook as Trent *Helen Lindroth Helen Lindroth (December 3, 1874 – October 5, 1956) was a Swedish-born American screen and stage actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love, Honor And Obey
''Love, Honor and Obey'' is a 1920 American silent drama film. Directed by Leander de Cordova, the film stars Wilda Bennett, Claire Whitney, and Henry Harmon. It was released on September 6, 1920. Cast list * Wilda Bennett as Conscience Williams * Claire Whitney as Marion Holbury * Henry Harmon as William Williams * Kenneth Harlan as Stuart Emmett * George Cowl George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dan'' (1914) * ''The Rack'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The B ... as Eben Tollman * E. J. Radcliffe as Jack Holbury (credited as E. J. Ratcliffe) References External links * * American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1920 drama films Metro Pictures films 1920s English-language films 1920 films Films based on American novels Films directed by Leander de Cordova 1920s America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Women Sin
''Why Women Sin'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Anna Luther, Charles K. Gerrard and Claire Whitney.Munden p.226 Cast * Anna Luther as Dorothy Pemberton * E.J. Ratcliffe as Philip Pemberton * Baby Ivy Ward as Little Grace * Claire Whitney as Baroness de Ville * Charles K. Gerrard as Baron de Ville * Al Hart Al Hart (c. 1927 – January 14, 2016) was a radio broadcaster. He began his career at WOBT WOBT is a radio station in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. It airs a sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that a ... as Horton * Jack W. Johnston as Captain Morelake 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 * 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Stayed At Home (1919 Film)
''The Man Who Stayed at Home'' is a 1919 American silent adventure drama film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring King Baggot, Claire Whitney. It was based on the play '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' by J. E. Harold Terry and Lechmere Worrall. Plot Set in Virginia 1918, German spies passing information on American coastal defences are thwarted by Christopher Brent (Baggot) who is working for the secret service. Cast * King Baggot as Christopher Brent * Claire Whitney as Molly Preston * Robert Whittier as Fritz * A.J. Herbert as Norman Preston * Lila Leslie as Miriam Lee * Frank Bennett as Carl Sanderson * Ricca Allen as Miss Myrtle * Robert Paton Gibbs as Judge Preston * Julia Calhoun as Fraulein Schroder * Ida Darling Ida Darling (February 23, 1880 – June 5, 1936) was an American actress of the stage and in silent motion pictures. Biography Darling was born in New York City. She performed on the New York stage for 40 years. During the 10 years she re ... a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruling Passions
''Ruling Passions'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film produced, written, and directed by Abraham S. Schomer and starring Julia Dean. It was released on State Rights basis. Cast * Julia Dean as Eveline Roland *Edwin Arden as John Walton *Claire Whitney Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – August 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in 111 films between 1912 and 1949. Only 21 of these films survive, as most have been lost. Whitney gained early acting experience with a ... as Louise Palmer *Earl Schenck as Alexander Vernon *Doan Borrup as Lew References External links * * 1918 films American silent feature films Lost American films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
