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Charles G. Clarke
Charles G. Clarke ASC (March 10, 1899 – July 1, 1983) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood for over 40 years and was treasurer and president (twice: 1948–50 and 1951–53) of the American Society of Cinematographers. Career Clarke started his career as an assistant cameraman to Allen Siegler at Universal Pictures in 1915. After serving overseas with the U.S. Army during World War I, he returned to work as an assistant cameraman with the National Film Company and Oliver Morosco Company. Subsequently promoted to cinematographer on the 15-part silent film serial ''The Son of Tarzan'' (1920), he worked across a broad spectrum of film, including standard film serials at the independents, to showcase musicals and major studio epics. From 1927 to 1933, he was first cameraman at the Jesse Lasky Company. He was responsible for all of the China location footage and much of the studio work for MGM's ''The Good Earth'' (1937) but was uncredited. After working o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potter Valley
Potter Valley is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located north-northeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of at the headwaters of the East Fork Russian River. The CDP population was 665 at the 2020 census. History In 1852, when William and Thomas Potter and Mose Briggs first entered what would become known as Potter Valley, they were searching for the headwaters of the Russian River from their base in Sonoma County. The Pomo people called it ''Ba-lo Kai''. They found three Pomo villages (each about 500 people strong), the Russian headwaters, and a lush valley with wild oats "stirrup high". Eventually the Potters returned to settle there, and the valley became known by the American ranchers' name. The post office opened in 1870. Painter Grace Hudson was born in Potter Valley in 1865. In addition to his famous Ridgewood Ranch, Charles S. Howard, owner of the racehorse Seabiscuit, owned a ranch in Potter Valley where he ran cattle. Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CinemaScope
CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 to 1967, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter. Its creation in 1953 by Spyros P. Skouras, the president of 20th Century Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal 2.55:1, almost twice as wide as the previously common Academy format's 1.37:1 ratio. Although the technology behind the CinemaScope lens system was made obsolete by later developments, primarily advanced by Panavision, CinemaScope's anamorphic format has continued to this day. In film-industry jargon, the shortened form, 'Scope, is still widely used by both filmmakers and projectionists, although today it generally refers to any 2.35:1, 2.39:1, 2.40:1, or 2.55:1 presentation or, sometimes, the use of anamorphic lensing or projection in general. Bausch & Lomb won a 1954 Oscar for its development of the CinemaScope l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loves Of Carmen (1927 Film)
''The Loves of Carmen'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh. The film, based on the novella ''Carmen'' by Prosper Mérimée, stars Dolores del Río in the title role, and Don Alvarado as Jose. The film was restored by the Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation. Cast * Dolores del Río as Carmen * Don Alvarado as Jose * Victor McLaglen as Escamillo * Mathilde Comont as Emilia * Fred Kohler Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. ... as Gypsy Chief * Nancy Nash as Michaela * Jack Baston as Morales * Carmen Costello as Teresa * Rafael Valverde as Miguel External links * * 1927 films 1927 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on short f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upstream (film)
''Upstream'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by John Ford. A "backstage drama", the film is about a Shakespearean actor and a woman from a knife-throwing act. The film was considered to be a lost film, but in 2009 a print was discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive. It is considered to be the first Ford film to show some influence of German director F. W. Murnau, who began working at Fox Studios in 1926. From Murnau, Ford learned how to use forced perspectives and chiaroscuro lighting, which the American director then integrated into his own more naturalistic and direct filmmaking style. Cast * Nancy Nash as Gertie Ryan * Earle Foxe as Eric Brasingham * Grant Withers as Jack La Velle * Lydia Yeamans Titus as Miss Hattie Breckenbridge * Raymond Hitchcock as Star Boarder * Emile Chautard as Campbell Mandare * Ted McNamara as Callahan and Callahan * Sammy Cohen as Callahan and Callahan * Judy King as Sister Team * Lillian Worth as Sister Team * Jane Winton as Soubrette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singed (1927 Film)
''Singed'' is a 1927 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. The film was directed by John Griffith Wray and stars Blanche Sweet. ''Singed'' is based on Adela Rogers St. Johns's story "Love o' Women". A print is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. With Czech intertitles. Cast *Blanche Sweet as Dolly Wall *Warner Baxter as Royce Wingate *James Wang as Wong * Alfred Allen as Jim *Clark Comstock as Wes Adams *Howard Truesdale as Indian Agent *Claude King as Ben Grimes *Ida Darling as Mrs. Eleanor Cardigan *Mary McAllister as Amy Cardigan *Edwards Davis as Howard Halliday *Edgar Norton as Ernie Whitehead See also *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 External links * * Lobby po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Crooked
''Going Crooked'' is a 1926 American silent crime film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by George Melford and stars Bessie Love. The film is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman House, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Plot Mordaunt (von Seyffertitz) and his gang use Marie (Love) as an unwitting accomplice in the theft of the acclaimed Rajah diamond. During the heist, a man is killed, and innocent Rogers (Fenton) is later sentenced to death for the murder. Marie works with District Attorney Banning (Shaw) to get Mordaunt to confess, just in time to save Rogers from the electric chair. Marie and Shaw are married. Cast Production For authenticity, some scenes were filmed on Ferguson Alley in Chinatown, Los Angeles Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes resta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendly Enemies (1925 Film)
''Friendly Enemies'' is a 1925 American silent comedy thriller film directed by George Melford and starring Joe Weber, Lew Fields and Virginia Brown Faire. It is based on a 1918 play of the same title, and was part of a cluster of World War I-themed films released during the mid-1920s. It was remade as a sound film '' Friendly Enemies'' in 1942. Plot Two German immigrants have grown prosperous in the United States. However, when World War I breaks out Carl Pfeiffer remains sympathetic to the German Empire, even after America has entered the war. While his friend is steadfastly loyal to America, Pfeiffer provides funds and assistance to a German espionage ring. He unwittingly helps them plan to sabotage a troopship on which his own son is travelling to Europe to fight the Western Front. Pfeiffer has a dramatic change of heart and with the help of his friend and the American intelligence services he thwarts the plan and rounds up the enemy spy ring. Cast Preservation With no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Mercy (film)
''Without Mercy'' is a 1925 American silent melodrama film directed by George Melford and starring Dorothy Phillips and Vera Reynolds. It was distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, Sir Melmoth Craven, a British political leader, seeks to borrow a huge amount of money to defray the expense of his election to Parliament. He is turned down by Garth and Garth, Ltd., and obtains the money from Madame Gordon, an underworld moneylender, at usurious rates. Mrs. Enid Garth, head of the former house, learns of the deal. Trouble arises when Sir Melmoth and Margaret Garth, daughter of the woman, become involved in each other. John Orme, Margaret's fiancé and also a Member of Parliament, becomes disgruntled. Mrs. Garth enters the scene and orders Melmoth to leave. When she learns of her daughter's infatuation with Melmoth, she proves to Margaret that Melmoth is a beast by showing her shoulders, which bear the scars made by Melmoth twe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light That Failed (1923 Film)
''The Light That Failed'' is a 1923 American silent drama film that was directed by George Melford and written by Jack Cunningham and F. McGrew Willis based on the 1891 novelette of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. The film stars Jacqueline Logan, Percy Marmont, David Torrence, Sigrid Holmquist, Mabel Van Buren, Luke Cosgrave, and Peggy Schaffer. The film was released on October 25, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. It was remade in 1939 as a sound film ''The Light That Failed'' starring Ronald Colman. Plot As described in a film magazine review, artist Dick Heldar returns to London from the Sudan and wins fame through his war sketches. He meets his old sweetheart, Maisie Wells. Bessie Broke, the model for his masterpiece painting, causes a quarrel between the lovers. Dick goes blind and Bessie destroys the painting, which Dick had worked on during his last moments of sight. Later, Bessie relents and brings the two lovers back together again just as Dick's friend Topenhow leaves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Java Head (1923 Film)
''Java Head'' is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by George Melford and starring Leatrice Joy, Jacqueline Logan, Frederick Strong, Alan Roscoe, and Betty Bronson in a bit part. It is based on a popular novel of the same name by Joseph Hergesheimer,Progressive Silent Film List: ''Java Head'' at silentera.com which in turn is named after the . ''Java Head'' was remade in a 1934 British sound film starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slippy McGee (1923 Film)
''Slippy McGee'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and based on the book ''Slippy McGee: Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man'' by Marie Conway Oemler that was published in 1917. The film was an Oliver Morosco Production released by First National Pictures, Associated First National and featured actress Colleen Moore as Mary Virginia. It is not known whether the film survives. Plot The title is also the moniker of a renowned safe-cracker, Slippy McGee, who has always managed to evade capture until his latest job, when he is wounded. He escapes aboard a freight train, bound for parts unknown, and finds himself in the town of Appleborro. There, he is discovered and cared for by Father De Rance and Mary Virginia. His leg is amputated, and during his recovery in Appleborro, the town's influence causes him to reform. He becomes interested in the local butterflies, De Rance's hobby, and becomes so knowledgeable in them that he becomes a publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Half Breed (1922 Film)
''The Half Breed'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Charles A. Taylor and starring Wheeler Oakman, Ann May and Mary Anderson.Langman, p. 293 Cast * Wheeler Oakman as Delmar Spavinaw, the halfbreed * Ann May as Doll Pardeau * Mary Anderson as Evelyn Huntington * Hugh Thompson as Ross Kennion * King Evers as Dick Kennion * Joseph J. Dowling as Judge Huntington * Lew Harvey as The Snake * Herbert Prior as Ned Greenwood * Sidney De Gray as Leon Pardeau * Nick De Ruiz as Juan Del Rey * Leela Lane as Isabelle Pardeau * Eugenia Gilbert as Marianne * Carl Stockdale as John Spavinaw * Evelyn Selbie as Mary * Doris Deane as Nanette * Albert S. Lloyd as Hops * George Kuwa George Kuwa (born Keichii Kuwahara) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1931. He was the first actor to portray Charlie Chan on-screen in the 19 ... as Kito References Bibliography * Langma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
