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Caroline Harris
Caroline E. Harris (November 11, 1867 – April 23, 1937) was an American actress. She appeared in 12 films between 1909 and 1917. Her last film was ''The Gulf Between'', the first film released in the Technicolor process. Harris was the mother of the American film actor Richard Barthelmess.''Silent Film Necrology'', p.229 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana .. She died in New York, New York. Partial filmography * ''To Save Her Soul'' (1909) * ''Madame Butterfly'' (1915) * ''Gold and the Woman'' (1916) * ''The Ragged Princess'' (1916) * ''The Eternal Sapho'' (1916) * ''The Gulf Between ''The Gulf Between'' is a 1917 American comedy-drama film that was the first motion picture made in Technicolor, the fourth feature-length color film, and the first feature-length color film produced in the United States. The film was destroyed ...'' (1917) * '' The Boy Girl'' (1917) References External links * 1867 births 1937 deaths American film actresses American silent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gulf Between
''The Gulf Between'' is a 1917 American comedy-drama film that was the first motion picture made in Technicolor, the fourth feature-length color film, and the first feature-length color film produced in the United States. The film was destroyed in a fire on 25 March 1961. Today, the film is considered a lost film, with only very short fragments known to survive. These fragments are in the collections of the Margaret Herrick Library, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photographic History Collection. ''The Gulf Between'', which had a running time of approximately 58 minutes, was directed by Wray Physioc. The lead roles were played by Grace Darmond and Niles Welch. Plot As described in the film magazine '' Exhibitors Herald'', little Marie Farrell (Axzelle), through the carelessness of her nurse, is lost and believed drowned. She has wandered upon the ship of the smuggler Captain Flagg (Brandt), who finds her and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technicolor
Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films running through a special camera (3-strip Technicolor or Process 4) started in the early 1930s and continued through to the mid-1950s when the 3-strip camera was replaced by a standard camera loaded with single strip 'monopack' color negative film. Technicolor Laboratories were still able to produce Technicolor prints by creating three black and white matrices from the Eastmancolor negative (Process 5). Process 4 was the second major color process, after Britain's Kinemacolor (used between 1908 and 1914), and the most widely used color process in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Technicolor's #Process 4: Development and introduction, three-color process became known and celebrated for its highly s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Barthelmess
Richard Semler Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's '' Broken Blossoms'' (1919) and ''Way Down East'' (1920) and was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. The following year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for two films: ''The Patent Leather Kid'' and '' The Noose''. Early life Barthelmess was born in New York City, the son of Caroline W. Harris, a stage actress, and Alfred W. Barthelmess. His father died when he was a year old. Through his mother, he grew up in the theatre, doing "walk-ons" from an early age. In contrast to that, he was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack, New York and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut. He did some acting in college and other amateur productions. By 1919 he had five years in stock company experience. Career Russian actress Alla N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Save Her Soul
''To Save Her Soul'' is a 1909 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many of the early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century. Cast * Arthur V. Johnson - Paul Redmond * Mary Pickford - Agnes Hailey * W. Chrystie Miller - Church Organist * George Nichols - Manager * Kate Bruce - Housekeeper * Linda Arvidson - In Audience * William Beaudine * Charles Craig - Bumpkin * Frank Evans - Stage Manager * Robert Harron - Stagehand / Usher * Ruth Hart - At Party * James Kirkwood - Backstage at Debut / At Party * Henry Lehrman - In Audience * Jeanie MacPherson - In Audience * Owen Moore - At Party * Jack Pickford - Stagehand * Lottie Pickford * Billy Quirk * Gertrude Robinson - In Audience * Paul Scardon - In Audience * Mack Sennett - Backstage at Debut * Blanche Sweet - Backstage at Debut / At Party * Dorothy West - A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Butterfly (1915 Film)
''Madame Butterfly'' is a 1915 silent film directed by Sidney Olcott. The film is based on the 1898 short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long and the opera '' Madama Butterfly''. Production Reportedly, leading actress Mary Pickford fought constantly with Sidney Olcott about the character. Olcott wanted Pickford to be more reserved and thought she was "too Americanized to play a Japanese". Plot The film takes place in Japan in 1904. Lieutenant Pinkerton ( Marshall Neilan) marries Cho-Cho-San 'Butterfly' (Mary Pickford), a 15-year-old Japanese geisha. Cho-Cho-San is lucky with her new husband and takes the marriage very seriously. Pinkterton, however, regards it as entertainment. He is not in love with her and plans to break off the wedding in a month. The American Consul (William T. Carleton) begs him to break off the wedding as soon as possible, to avoid hurting her feelings. The lieutenant laughs him off. After Pinkerton forces Cho-Cho-San to end their wedding rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold And The Woman
''Gold and the Woman'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent drama film directed by James Vincent and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost film, lost. Plot Dugald Chandos, an early English settler in America, tries to buy a thousand acres of land known as "The Valley of Shadow," from Chief Duskara, of the Wiconicoes. Duskara refuses to sell the land and hides the land grant in a tree. Chandos and his son murder Duskara and then forge the chief's name to a deed transferring the property to the family. The dying wife of Duskara utters a curse against the Chandos family and its descendants, hoping to inflict blindness on them. Generations later, teenager Hester Gray is the descendant of Dugauld, and the heir to "The Valley of Shadow." Lee Duskara, a Harvard student, is the great-great-grandson of the Native American chief. Hester and Lee fall in love. Lee asks Colonel Ernest Dent, Hester's guardian, for permission to marry her. Dent, who was a friend of Hest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ragged Princess
''The Ragged Princess'' is a 1916 American silent comedy drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Harry Hilliard, and Richard Neill.Solomon p. 236 Cast * June Caprice as Alicia Jones * Harry Hilliard as Harry Deigan * Richard Neill as Thomas Deigan * Tom Burrough as Dr. Halpern * Florence Ashbrooke as Mrs. Langford * Sidney Bracey Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. After a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain, he performed in more than 320 films between 1909 and 1942. Early li ... as Toby Rice * Caroline Harris as Housekeeper * Jane Lee as Little Jane * Katherine Lee as Little Katherine References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1916 films 1916 comedy-drama films American silent feature films Films directed by John G. Adolfi Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eternal Sapho
''The Eternal Sapho'' (also known as ''A Modern Sapho'' and ''The Eternal Sappho'') is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Theda Bara. The film was loosely based on the 1881 French novel ''Sapho'', by Alphonse Daudet. The film is now considered lost. ''The Eternal Sapho'' was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Some filming took place at the Marble House, a mansion located on a hill above 215th Street in New York."'On Location' -- East Coast and Metropolitan." ''Photoplay Magazine'', Dec. 1916, Vol. XI, No. 1, pp 36-42. Accessed: August 1, 2018. Cast * Theda Bara as Laura Bruffins * James Cooley as Billy Malvin * Walter Lewis as Mr. Marvin, Sr. * Hattie Delaro as Mrs. Marvin, Sr. * Einar Linden as John Drummond * Mary Martin as Mrs. Drummond * Kittens Reichert as Drummond Child * George MacQuarrie as Jack McCullough * Warner Oland as H. Coudal * Frank Norcross as Grubbins * Caroline Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gulf Between (1917 Film)
''The Gulf Between'' is a 1917 American comedy-drama film that was the first motion picture made in Technicolor, the fourth feature-length color film, and the first feature-length color film produced in the United States. The film was destroyed in a fire on 25 March 1961. Today, the film is considered a lost film, with only very short fragments known to survive. These fragments are in the collections of the Margaret Herrick Library, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photographic History Collection. ''The Gulf Between'', which had a running time of approximately 58 minutes, was directed by Wray Physioc. The lead roles were played by Grace Darmond and Niles Welch. Plot As described in the film magazine '' Exhibitors Herald'', little Marie Farrell (Axzelle), through the carelessness of her nurse, is lost and believed drowned. She has wandered upon the ship of the smuggler Captain Flagg (Brandt), who finds her and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy Girl
''The Boy Girl'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Edwin Stevens (actor), Edwin Stevens and starring Violet Mersereau, Sidney Mason and Florida Kingsley. Merserau portrays a tomboy who is controlled by two aunts after her father dies and leaves her an inheritance. The love story finds her escaping and heroically aiding her mate. Plot summary Channing her name affectionately shortened to "Jack," is the daughter of King Channing. Jack's mother died when the girl was born. King Channing desired a son when Jack arrived, he accordingly raised his daughter as a boy. At 16, she still continued to be dressed in boy's clothes. One day she met Bob Ridgeway, son of Channing's aristocratic neighbors. Shortly after King Channing died. His will bequeathed his fortune to Jack, to be held in trust, with her two maiden aunts as guardians of the girl, until she shall become of legal age or shall marry. Life with Jack's maiden aunts is almost unbearable. They decide that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
