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Charles Gunn (actor)
Charles E. Gunn (July 31, 1883 – December 6, 1918) was an American silent film actor with the Vitagraph Company of America. Gunn was born in Wisconsin but was educated in San Francisco after his family moved to California. After debuting in a bit part in a play in San Francisco, Gunn acted on stage with the Harry Davis, Morosco, and Alcazar stock theater troupes, and was the leading man for theatrical companies in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh. He also toured in productions of ''St. Elmo'' and ''The Conspiracy''. On December 6, 1918, Gunn died in Los Angeles in the Spanish flu pandemic. Selected filmography *''Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four'' (1913) *short *''The Best Man's Bride'' (1916) *short * ''The Eagle's Wings'' (1916) * ''Blood Will Tell'' (1917) * ''Sweetheart of the Doomed'' (1917) * ''The Snarl'' (1917) *''Happiness'' (1917) * ''Love or Justice'' (1917) *'' Madcap Madge'' (1917) *''Chicken Casey'' (1917) *''An Even Break'' (1917) *'' Mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Rubens
Alma Rubens (born Alma Genevieve Reubens; February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer. Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas Fairbanks in ''The Half-Breed''. For the remainder of the decade, she appeared in supporting roles in comedies and drama. In the 1920s, Rubens developed a drug addiction which eventually ended her career. She died of lobar pneumonia and bronchitis shortly after being arrested for cocaine possession in January 1931. Early life Alma Genevieve Reubens was born on February 19, 1897, to John B. and Theresa (née Hayes) Reubens in San Francisco, California. Her father, John Reubens, born in 1857 in Germany, was Jewish, and emigrated to the United States in 1890. Alma vehemently denied any Jewish heritage throughout her lifetime however. Her mother was of Irish Catholic descent. She and her elder sister, Hazel (born 1893) were raised in their mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madcap Madge
''Madcap Madge'' is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Raymond B. West and starring Olive Thomas, Charles Gunn, Dorcas Matthews, Aggie Herring, and Jack Livingston. The film was released by Triangle Film Corporation on June 24, 1917. Plot Cast *Olive Thomas as Madge Flower * Charles Gunn as Earl Denham *Dorcas Matthews as Julia Flower * Aggie Herring as Mrs. Flower *Jack Livingston as Charles Lunkin *J. Barney Sherry as Earl of Larsdale *J. Frank Burke as Mr. Flower *Gertrude Claire as Letitia Jane Adams Preservation The print of ''Madcap Madge'' is held by the George Eastman Museum The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in .... References External links * 1917 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films 1917 films American silent feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male Actors From Wisconsin
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Deaths From The Spanish Flu Pandemic In California
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1918 Deaths
This year is noted for the end of the World War I, First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui people, Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened In Paris (1919 Film)
''It Happened in Paris'', is a 1919 American silent drama crime film, directed by David Hartford and Richard Gordon Matzene. There are no known archival holdings of the film, so it is presumably a lost film. The film was a commercial failure. Cast list * Madame Yorska as Juliette / Yvonne Dupré * Lawson Butt as Romildo, the Gypsy * Rose Dione as Creota * Charles Gunn as Dick Gray * Hayward Mack as Leon Naisson * Sarah Bernhardt as herself * David Hartford David Hartford (1873–1932) was an American actor and film director best known for directing the movie '' Back to God's Country'' (1919). Selected filmography *''The Dead End'' (1914) *'' Tess of the Storm Country'' (1914) * '' The Bride of Hat ... as himself References External links * * 1919 drama films 1919 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Stage
''The Midnight Stage'' is a 1919 silent film western directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring Frank Keenan. It was distributed by the Pathé Exchange company. Cast * Frank Keenan as John Lynch/Bige Rivers * Mignon Anderson as Mary Lynch * Charles Gunn as Harvey James * Maude George as Nita * Ernest C. Warde as 'Rat' McGrough * Dick La Reno as Boggs (* Richard La Reno) * Arthur Allardt as Pasquale * Tom Guise as Elias Lynch (* Thomas Guise) * Joseph J. Dowling as Twisted Tuttle * Wadsworth Harris Wadsworth Harris (October 9, 1864 – November 1, 1942) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1911 and 1936. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Los Angeles, California from pneumo ... as Joe Statler Preservation status This film is preserved in the Cinematheque Francais. References External links * * 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ernest C. Warde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotism (1918 Film)
''Patriotism'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Raymond B. West and starring Bessie Barriscale, Charles Gunn and Herschel Mayall.Edwards p.162 It is set in a Scottish nursing hospital during World War I. Cast * Bessie Barriscale as Robin Cameron * Charles Gunn as John Hamilton * Herschel Mayall as Sidney Carson * Arthur Allardt as Dr. Hyde * Joseph J. Dowling as Sir Angus Cameron * Mary Jane Irving Mary Jane Irving (October 20, 1913 – July 17, 1983) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1917 and 1938. Biography Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Irving began her career as a child actor in silent films. A popular c ... as Mimi * Ida Lewis as Mrs. MacTavish * Clifford Alexander as Donald Cameron References Bibliography * Paul M. Edwards. ''World War I on Film: English Language Releases through 2014''. McFarland, 2016. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Of His Soul
''Captain of His Soul'' is a 1918 film directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton for Triangle Film Corporation Triangle Film Corporation (also known as Triangle Motion Picture Company) was a major American motion-picture studio, founded in July 1915 in Culver City, California and terminated 7 years later in 1922. History The studio was founded in July 1 .... The scenario was adapted by Lillian Ducey from an Eleanor Talbot Kinkead magazine story, "Shackles." Plot An aging man turns his pistol factory over to a new owner at the urging of his sons. Soon, however, he notices the new owner's corruption; the shock of this revelation triggers a heart attack, and the old man dies. Soon afterward, his sons suspect one another of murder. Cast * William Desmond as Horace * Claire McDowall as Annette * Charles Gunn as Henry * Jack Richardson as Martin References 1918 films American drama films 1918 drama films Films directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Dew (film)
''Mountain Dew'' is a lost 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Margery Wilson. It was produced and distributed by the Triangle Film Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, J. Hamilton Vance (Gunn) goes to the mountains to find new material for a novel. He becomes a school teacher and becomes infatuated with Roxie Bradley (Wilson), the daughter of Squire Bradley (Filson), who does not approve of his daughter's learning. Vance is successful in teaching the girl to read and write and, although he is suspected of being a revenue agent, he manages to make a few friendships. However, a stray piece of paper upon which he has begun his novel flies away and is picked up by some of the moonshiners, who then attack him. He marries Roxie and by promising to become a partner in their distillery of illicit liquor, he is allowed to continue on his way unharmed. Cast *Margery Wilson - Roxie Bradley * Charles Gunn - J. Hamilton Vance *Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
