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Classmates (1914 Film)
''Classmates'' is a 1914 silent film directed by James Kirkwood for the Biograph Company. It is based on the 1907 stage play ''Classmates'' by Margaret Turnbull and William C. deMille. It was shot in Jacksonville, Florida at the end of 1913. The film is extant today as the result of a paper print in the Library of Congress. It was shown at Cinefest 2012. Cast *Blanche Sweet – Sylvia Randolph *Henry B. Walthall – Duncan Irving *Marshall Neilan – Bert Stafford *Gertrude Robinson – Phyllis Stafford * Augusta Anderson – Mrs. Stafford *Lionel Barrymore – Dumble *Thomas Jefferson – Mr. Irving ''unbilled'' *Dorothy Bernard – Bit *Jack Mulhall – Man See also *Blanche Sweet filmography *Lionel Barrymore filmography Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; 1878–1954) was an American actor of stage, screen, and radio. He also directed several films, wrote scripts, created etchings, sketches, and composed music. He was the eldest child of the actors Mauri ... Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kirkwood, Sr
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Thomas Jefferson (actor)
Thomas Lockyer Jefferson (September 10, 1856 – April 2, 1932) was an American film and stage actor in mostly silent films. Biography He was born to Margaret Clements Lockyer (died 1861) and actor Joseph Jefferson. The '' Burns Mantle Yearbook'' reported that he was sixth in a line of famous Jeffersons. He had leading roles in several films including ''The Grim Game'' (1919) with Harry Houdini. He also starred in two film adaptations of Rip Van Winkle as the title character, a role his father had performed on stage. He toured the U.S. performing a starring role in the play '' Lightnin'.'' He married actress Daisy Jefferson and had three daughters from an earlier marriage. Selected filmography *''The Sable Lorcha'' (1915) *''Only a Tramp'' (1915) *'' Under the Gaslight'' (1914) *''The Seats of the Mighty'' (1914) *''Rip Van Winkle'' (1914) *''Classmates'' (1914) *'' No Place for Father'' (1913) *'' Olaf—An Atom'' (1913) * '' The Mainspring'' (1916) * ''Little Eve Edgarton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Short Films
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Drama Films
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan begins to erupt, becoming effusive after a very large earthquak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent American Drama Films
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American Films Based On Plays
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Biograph Company Films
Biograph may refer to: * Biograph Company, a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916 * An early form of the cinematograph, made by the Biograph Company * Biograph girl, a nickname given to some early silent film actresses featured in films of the Biograph Company * Biograph Studios, a studio facility and film laboratory complex built in 1912 by the Biograph Company in the Bronx, New York * Biograph Theater, a historic Chicago movie theater * Biograph Records Biograph Records is a record label founded in 1967 by Arnold S. Caplin that specialized in early American ragtime, jazz, and blues music. Its reissues includes Bunny Berigan, Bing Crosby, The California Ramblers, Ruth Etting, Benny Goodman, Ear ..., a record label founded in 1967 that specialized in American ragtime, jazz, and blues * ''Biograph'' (album), a 1985 box set compiling music by Bob Dylan * The Biograph, a former movie theatre in Washington, D.C. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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American Silent Short Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Films
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.Birchard, Robert S. (2004). ''Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood''. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 1-13, __TOC__ Events * February 2 – Charlie Chaplin's first film, ''Making a Living'' is released. * February 7 – Release of Charlie Chaplin's second film, the Keystone comedy '' Kid Auto Races at Venice'', in which his character of The Tramp is introduced to audiences (although first filmed in ''Mabel's Strange Predicament'', released two days later). * February 8 – Winsor McCay's ''Gertie the Dinosaur'' greatly advances filmed animation movement techniques. * February 10 – Release of the film '' Hearts Adrift''; the name of Mary Pickford, the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees. * February – Lewis J. Selznick and Arthur Spiegel organize the World Film Corporation, a distributor of independently produced films located in For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Barrymore Filmography
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; 1878–1954) was an American actor of stage, screen, and radio. He also directed several films, wrote scripts, created etchings, sketches, and composed music. He was the eldest child of the actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore, and his two siblings were John and Ethel; these and other family members were part of an acting dynasty. Reluctant to follow his parents' career, Barrymore appeared together with his grandmother Louisa Lane Drew in a stage production of ''The Rivals'' at the age of 15. He soon found success on stage in character roles. Although he took a break from acting in 1906–1909 to train in Paris as a painter, he was not successful as an artist, and returned to the US and acting. He also joined his family troupe, from 1910, in their vaudeville act. Barrymore began his film career in 1911, appearing in numerous silent films, many of which have subsequently been lost. In 1911, he signed a contract with the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Sweet Filmography
__NOTOC__ This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959. ---- 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1919 - Later films - References ---- 1909 * ''A Man with Three Wives'' (lost) * ''A Corner in Wheat'' * ''In Little Italy'' * ''To Save Her Soul'' * ''The Day After'' * ''Choosing a Husband'' 1910 * ''The Rocky Road'' * ''All on Account of the Milk'' * ''A Romance of the Western Hills'' * ''The Kid'' * '' A Flash of Light'' * '' Love in Quarantine'' 1911 * '' The Two Paths'' * ''Heart Beats of Long Ago'' * ''His Daughter'' * ''The Lily of the Tenements'' * '' A Decree of Destiny'' * ''Was He a Coward?'' * ''The Lonedale Operator'' * ''Priscilla's April Fool Joke'' * ''The Spanish Gypsy'' * ''Priscilla and the Umbrella'' * '' The Broken Cross'' * ''How She Triumphed'' (lost) * ''The Country Lovers'' * ''The New Dress'' * ''The Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
