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Charles Kenyon
Charles Kenyon (November 2, 1880 – June 27, 1961) was an American screenwriter, who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for more than 110 films between 1915 and 1946. He was married to actress Jane Winton from 1927 to 1930. Kenyon was born in San Francisco, California and died in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''Mignon'' (1915) * ''Kindling'' (1915) * ''The Fighting Grin'' (1918) * ''Cupid's Round Up'' (1918) * ''Painted Lips'' (1918) * '' Nobody's Wife'' (1918) * '' The Claim'' (1918) * '' Wings of the Morning'' (1919) * '' The Feud'' (1919) * ''Married in Haste'' (1919) * ''The Wilderness Trail'' (1919) at silentera.com * '' The Penalty'' (1920) * '' |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tale Of Two Worlds
''A Tale of Two Worlds'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Frank Lloyd. The film stars several well-known actors including Leatrice Joy, Wallace Beery, Edythe Chapman, and J. Frank Glendon. The film has been preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' by The American Film Institute, c.1978 Plot Based upon a summary in a film publication, Ah Wing (Warren) saves a white child during the Boxer Rebellion and raises her as Chinese in America as Sui Sen (Joy). Ling Jo (Beery), a tong leader and slave trader, desires Sui Sen and enters a marriage contract with Ah Wing where he will search and give the Scepter of the Mings to Ah Wing in return for the girl. Ah Wing agrees because he does not believe that the scepter can be recovered, but when it is produced, he, while heartbroken, must keep his word. The wedd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Turpin (1925 Film)
''Dick Turpin'' is a 1925 American silent historical adventure film directed by John G. Blystone produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring western hero Tom Mix. Mix departs from his usual western roles to play a British historical figure, the highwayman Dick Turpin (1705-1739). A young Carole Lombard was filmed in several scenes which mostly ended up on the cutting room floor. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, several hundred years ago in England there was a famous highwayman, Dick Turpin (Mix), who preyed upon the rich and helped the poor. One day he encountered Lord Churlton (McCullough) and, a little later, in aiding a coach attacked by ruffians, he finds it contains Lady Brookfield (Myers). She tells him that she must marry Lord Churlton. Dick discloses his identity and offers to aid her. Arriving at the inn, Dick sees Lady Alice dress in men's clothes and sneak out while he escapes after a daring running fight with the guards. They jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of Oak (film)
''Hearts of Oak'' is a 1924 American drama film based upon the play by James A. Herne and directed by John Ford. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Terry Dunnivan * Pauline Starke as Chrystal * Theodore von Eltz as Ned Fairweather * James Gordon as John Owen * Francis Powers as Grandpa Dunnivan * Jennie Lee as Grandma Dunnivan * Francis Ford * Frances Teague as Bridesmaid See also * List of lost films *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ... References External links * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1924 lost films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films American films based on plays Films directed by John Ford Fox Film films Lost American films Lost drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Iron Horse (film)
''The Iron Horse'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and produced by Fox Film. It was a major milestone in Ford's career, and his lifelong connection to the western film genre. It was Ford's first major film, in part because the hastily planned production went over budget, as Fox was making a hurried response to the success of another studio's western. In 2011, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Plot The film is about the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It depicts Irish, Italian, and Chinese immigrants, as well as African Americans, as the men who did the backbreaking work that made this feat possible. The primary villain is an unscrupulous businessman who masquerades as a renegade Cheyenne. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Desert Outlaw
''The Desert Outlaw'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Evelyn Brent. Prints of the film survive in the Czech Film Archive. Cast * Buck Jones as Sam Langdon * Evelyn Brent as May Halloway * DeWitt Jennings as Doc McChesney * William Haines as Tom Halloway * Claude Payton Claude Duval Payton (March 30, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa – March 1, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor in many silent films and other films. On stage, Claude Payton toured with the Spooner Stock Company, which was head ... as Black Loomis * William Gould as The Sheriff References External links * 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edmund Mortimer Fox Film films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Chance
''The Lone Chance'' was a 1924 silent American drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is now considered lost. Cast * John Gilbert as Jack Saunders * Evelyn Brent as Margaret West * John Miljan as Lew Brody * Edwin Booth Tilton as Governor * Harry Todd as Burke * Frank Beal Frank Beal (September 11, 1862 – December 20, 1934) was an American actor and film director of the silent film era. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1862, Beal began acting in 1880 and gained fame as a director and an actor. In 1908, ... as Warden References External links * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1924 lost films Fox Film films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Howard M. Mitchell Lost American films Lost drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoodman Blind
''Hoodman Blind'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John Ford. It is a remake of a 1913 film of the same name directed by James Gordon and a 1916 William Farnum Fox feature titled ''A Man of Sorrow'' and based on the play ''Hoodman Blind''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, John Linden, a victim of wanderlust, jumbles up his life and that of his two daughters. One is a daughter by marriage, the other an offspring of Jessie Walton, a young woman of the village. Noting the resemblance of the two, unscrupulous Mark Lezzard, the sea town's only lawyer, arouses the jealousy of the first daughter's husband Jack Yeulette, the skipper of a fishing smack, hoping to gain her for himself and thereby obtain control over the money John provides for her on a regular basis. After much havoc, happiness is the lot of everyone except Lezzard, whom the crowd "fixes" when they learn of what a wretch he is. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Hoodman Blind'' located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Tiger (1923 Film)
''White Tiger'' is a 1923 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning starring Priscilla Dean and featuring Wallace Beery in a supporting role. Cast Theme In ''White Tiger'', Browning, a former magician, provides an exposé of the “mystifying mechanics” of the famous chess-playing automaton widely exhibited in late 18th and early 19th century Europe and America. The automaton fashioned to represent a Turkish chess master was an often convincing—though entirely fraudulent—representation of artificial intelligence: the device was actually operated by a human chess expert concealed within the cabinet below the chess board. Browning, a great admirer of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ..., combined Poe’s famous 1836 essay on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brass Commandments
''Brass Commandments'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring William Farnum, Wanda Hawley, and Tom Santschi. The novel of the same name by Charles Alden Seltzer that the film is based upon was later filmed as '' Chain Lightning'' (1927). Plot As described in a film magazine, Flash Lanning (Farnum) returns West as the request of the sheriff to put an end to the cattle rustling. In the small hotel he finds a big bully attempting to kiss Gloria Hallowell (Hawley), the young woman at the desk, and he immediately goes to her assistance. She does not recognize him but tells him of her love for Lanning, although she has never met him. Flash does not tell her that he is that man, and when she finds out later, she changes her feelings in the matter. Flash is attacked by Campan (Santschi), the leader of the local gang, but he overpowers him and tells the man to leave town. Ellen Bosworth (Adams), returning to her ranch, overhears that supposed frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroaded (film)
''Railroaded'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Esther Ralston and David Torrence.Munden p.630 Synopsis In England Richard Ragland, the son of a prominent judge, is sent to prison on false evidence. After escaping he changes his name and vows vengeance on the man who put him there. Cast * Herbert Rawlinson as Richard Ragland * Esther Ralston as Joan Dunster * Alfred Fisher as Hugh Dunster * David Torrence as Judge Garbin * Lionel Belmore as Foster * Mike Donlin as Corton * Herbert Fortier Herbert Fortier (1867 – 16 February 1949) was a Canadian actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in Toronto and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1913 he lived with his wife Franc ... as Bishop Selby References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Hand Love
''Second Hand Love'' is a 1923 American film directed by William A. Wellman. Cast *Buck Jones as Andy Hanks (*as Charles Jones) * Ruth Dwyer as Angela Trent * Charles Coleman as Dugg * Harvey Clark as Scratch, The Detective *Frank Weed as Deacon Seth Poggins *James Quinn as Dugg's Partner *Gus Leonard Gus "Pop" Leonard (February 4, 1859 – March 27, 1939) was an American film actor. Biography The French-born actor began his long career on the stage in San Francisco, California, while he was still a child in the 1860s. In later years, h ... as The Constable References External links * * Films directed by William A. Wellman 1923 films 1923 drama films Silent American drama films Fox Film films American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
