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Charles Willis Lane
Charles Willis Lane (January 25, 1869–October 17, 1945) was an American stage and film actor, active from 1914 to 1929. Like many film performers born before 1900 Lane had extensive prior Broadway stage or regional theatrical experience stretching back to his youth in the 1890s. Lane was born in Madison, Illinois, and can be seen in silent films usually as a silver-haired other man or confidant. Two of his best-known roles are Dr. Lanyon in '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1920) and Dr. Angus McPhail in '' Sadie Thompson'' (1928). Partial filmography * '' The Man from Mexico'' (1914) (* unconfirmed and/or uncredited) * ''Mrs. Black Is Back'' (1914, also in 1904 Broadway play) - Prof. Newton Black * ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' (1918) - Earl of Brinstead * '' Wanted: A Husband'' (1919) - Tom Harmon * '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1920) - Dr. Richard Lanyon * ''Away Goes Prudence'' (1920) - Mr. Thorne * '' Guilty of Love'' (1920) - Goddard Townsend * '' The Branded Woman'' (1920) - Herb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Illinois
Madison is a city in Madison and St. Clair counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 3,891 at the 2010 census. It is home to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway and the first Bulgarian Orthodox church in the United States. History Madison was founded in 1820. There have been three villages named Madison. Geography Madison is located at (38.683700, -90.151047). According to the 2010 census, Madison has a total area of , of which (or 84.69%) is land and (or 15.31%) is water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 4,545 people, 1,881 households, and 1,117 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 2,322 housing units at an average density of . The racial makup of the city was 55.36% White, 42.13% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.92% from other races, and 1.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.96%. Of the 1,881 households 29.8% had children under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Sister (1923 Film)
''The White Sister'' is a 1923 American silent drama film starring Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman, directed by Henry King, and belatedly released by Metro Pictures. It was based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Francis Marion Crawford. It is the second of four adaptations of the novel, preceded by a 1915 production and followed by a 1933 sound film, starring Helen Hayes and Clark Gable, and a 1960 Mexican production. Plot Angela Chiaromonte (Lillian Gish) and Captain Giovanni Severini (Ronald Colman) are deeply in love, but Angela's wealthy father, Prince Chiaromonte, does not know this and arranges her marriage, without her knowledge, to the son of Count del Ferice. However, the prince dies in an accident. While Angela grieves, her older half-sister, the Marchesa di Mola, looks through their late father's papers and secretly burns one of them. No will can be found, so not only does the entire estate go to the Marchesa, but because the prince's second marriage was not r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Winning Of Barbara Worth
''The Winning of Barbara Worth'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Henry King, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky and Gary Cooper (who replaced Monte Blue). Based on Harold Bell Wright's novel ''The Winning of Barbara Worth'', the film is remembered for the climactic flood sequence, depicting the 1905 formation of the Salton Sea. Plot As a child, Barbara is orphaned when her settler parents perish trying to cross a California desert. She is rescued and raised by Jefferson Worth, who dreams of irrigating the desert. Fifteen years later, Willard Holmes, the chief engineer of a company intent on diverting the Colorado River to do just that, arrives and is smitten with Barbara. However, he has a rival for her affections: local cowboy Abe Lee, who realizes, toward the end of the picture, that Barbara's love for him will never be anything more than the love a sister feels for a brother. Willard Holmes's greedy employer, meanwhile, refuses to spend the money to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage License?
''Marriage License?'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Bradley King and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. It is based on the 1925 play ''The Pelican'' by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood. The film stars Alma Rubens, Walter McGrail, Richard Walling, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Lane, and Emily Fitzroy. The film was released on September 5, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Alma Rubens as Wanda Heriot *Walter McGrail as Marcus Heriot * Richard Walling as Robin *Walter Pidgeon as Paul * Charles Lane as Sir John *Emily Fitzroy as Lady Heriot * Langhorn Burton as Cheriton *Edgar Norton as Beadon *George Cowl George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dan'' (1914) * ''The Rack'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The B ... as Amercrombie * Lon Poff as Footman References External links * 1926 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Club
''The Mystery Club'' is a 1926 American silent mystery film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring Matt Moore, Edith Roberts and Mildred Harris.Munden p.535 It was based on a story from Arthur Somers Roche's ''Crimes of the Armchair Club''. Cast * Matt Moore as Dick Bernard * Edith Roberts as Nancy Darrell * Mildred Harris as Mrs. Kate Vandeerveer * Charles Lane as John Cranahan * Warner Oland as Eli Sinsabaugh * Henry Hebert as Scott Glendenning * Charles Puffy as Alonzo * Alphonse Martell as Sengh * Finch Smiles as Wilkins * Earl Metcalfe as Red * Nat Carr as Eric Hudson * Jed Prouty as Amos Herriman * Alfred Allen as Insp. Burke * Sidney Bracey as Detective * Monte Montague Monte Montague (April 23, 1891 – April 6, 1959) was the stage name for Walter H. Montague, an American film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1920 and 1954. He was born in Somerset, Kentucky, and died in Burbank, California ... as Snaky References Bibliograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padlocked
''Padlocked'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Rex Beach, Becky Gardiner, and James Shelley Hamilton. The film stars Lois Moran, Noah Beery Sr., Louise Dresser, Helen Jerome Eddy, Allan Simpson, Florence Turner, and Richard Arlen. The film was released on August 2, 1926, by Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes .... Cast Preservation status A surviving print of ''Padlocked'' is in a foreign archive, the Narodni Film Archive. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blind Goddess (1926 Film)
''The Blind Goddess'' is a lost 1926 American silent mystery film directed by Victor Fleming. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the novel ''The Blind Goddess'' by Arthur Cheney Train. Cast * Jack Holt as Hugh Dillon *Esther Ralston as Moira Devens *Ernest Torrence as 'Big Bill' Devens *Louise Dresser as Mrs. Eileen Clayton *Ward Crane as Tracy Redmond *Richard Tucker as Henry Kelling *Louis Payne as Taylor *Charles Clary as District Attorney *Erwin Connelly as chief of detectives * Charles Lane as Judge *Vondell Darr Vondell Darr Wilson (April 18, 1919 – September 10, 2012) was an American actress. She achieved success in the late 1920s as a child actor and later played bit parts in her adult years. Her last role was in ''The Chocolate Soldier'' in 1941. ... References External links * *Stillsat silenthollywood.com 1926 films 1920s mystery drama films American silent feature films Films directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outsider (1926 Film)
''The Outsider'' is a 1926 American 60-minute silent drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Jacqueline Logan, Lou Tellegen and Walter Pidgeon. It was based on the 1923 play '' The Outsider'' by Dorothy Brandon. The screenplay is set in London and concerns an unorthodox doctor who cures a patient with whom he is in love. The film was remade as a British sound film in 1931, which was released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Cast * Jacqueline Logan as Leontine Sturdee * Lou Tellegen as Anton Ragatzy * Walter Pidgeon as Basil Owen * Roy Atwell as Jerry Sidon * Charles Willis Lane as Sir Jasper Sturdee * Joan Standing as Pritchard * Gibson Gowland as Shadow * Bertram Marburgh as Dr. Talley * Crauford Kent as Dr. Ladd * Louis Payne as Dr. Helmore See also *1937 Fox vault fire Preservation status The film is now lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Of Love
''Pearl of Love'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Leon Danmun and starring Betty Balfour, Gladys Leslie, and Burr McIntosh. It is based upon a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Plot As described in a film magazine review, little Mara finds a boy and his mother lashed to a raft. Mara's grandfather adopts the boy, who later growsup and comes to love Mara and becomes a shipbuilder. When he turns to smuggling, he later is converted by his love of Mara to go straight. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Pearl of Love'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... References Bibliography * Ken Wlaschin. ''The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Dallas (1925 Film)
''Stella Dallas'' is a 1925 American silent drama film that was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, adapted by Frances Marion, and directed by Henry King. The film stars Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Prints of the film survive in several film archives. This was the first feature film adaptation of the 1923 novel '' Stella Dallas'' by Olive Higgins Prouty Olive Higgins Prouty (10 January 1882 – 24 March 1974) was an American novelist and poet, best known for her 1923 novel '' Stella Dallas'' and her pioneering consideration of psychotherapy in her 1941 novel ''Now, Voyager''. Life and influ .... Subsequent film versions were '' Stella Dallas'' (1937) and '' Stella'' (1990). Plot As described in a review in a 1925 film magazine, upon the suicide of his father who has embezzled funds, Stephen Dallas (Colman), reared in luxury, forsakes his sweetheart Helen (Joyce) and hides in a mill town. Lonely, he succumbs t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Angel (1925 Film)
''The Dark Angel'' is a 1925 American silent drama film, based on the play ''The Dark Angel, a Play of Yesterday and To-day'' by H. B. Trevelyan, released by First National Pictures, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky (in her first American film), and Wyndham Standing. Plot During the First World War, Captain Alan Trent, while on leave in England with his fiancée Kitty Vane, is suddenly recalled to the front before being able to get a marriage license. Alan and Kitty spend a night of love at a country inn "without benefit of clergy" and he sets off. At the front things go badly for Alan, who is blinded and becomes a Prisoner of War after being captured by the Germans. He is reported dead, and his friend, Captain Gerald Shannon, discreetly woos Kitty, seeking to soothe her grief with his gentle love. After the war, however, Gerald discovers that Alan is still alive, in a remote corner of England, writing children's stories for a living. Loyal to his former comrade in arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage Whirl
''The Marriage Whirl'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Bradley King. It is based on the 1922 play ''The National Anthem'' by J. Hartley Manners. The film stars Corinne Griffith, Kenneth Harlan, Harrison Ford, E. J. Ratcliffe, Charles Willis Lane, Edgar Norton, and Nita Naldi. The film was released on July 19, 1925, by First National Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Marian Hale marries Arthur Carleton, the "life of many parties," to reform him. He behaves until his friends surprise him at his home one night a little party where both he and his bride are affected with liquor. A good friend of hers is Tom Carrol. Marion and Arthur go to a monotonous little French town where they stay for a few weeks. He then persuades her to move to Paris. There they are thrown among a continuous round of drinking parties. Arthur has an open affair with the dancer Toinette, who persuades him to go to the apartment. Marion's prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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