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Dark And Cloudy
Dark and Cloudy is a 1919 film with Lillian Biron and George Ovey. It is part of the Library of Congress Black Films paper print collection, although it appears to be a comedy short featuring white actors. The film has been described as using blackface Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-Black people to portray a caricature of a Black person. In the United States, the practice became common during the 19th century and contributed to the spread of racial stereo ... as a comic pretext. It was directed and written by Craig Hutchinson. The film was advertised by its studio, Gayety Comedies, alongside the 1919 film ''Lovesick at Sea''. References External linksIMDb page Silent films articles needing an infobox {{1910s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Hutchinson
Craig Hutchinson (June 23, 1891 – February 1976) was an American film director, director and screenwriter. He directed more than 80 films between 1915 and 1928. He also wrote for 33 films between 1914 and 1927. He was born in Austin, Minnesota. Selected filmography * ''A Film Johnnie'' (1914) * ''His Favourite Pastime'' (1914) * ''Cruel, Cruel Love'' (1914) * ''The Star Boarder (1914 film), The Star Boarder'' (1914) * ''Fatty and the Heiress'' (1914) * ''Whose Zoo?'' (1918) *''Dark and Cloudy'' (1919), wrote and directed References External links * 1891 births 1976 deaths People from Austin, Minnesota American male screenwriters Silent film directors Film directors from Minnesota Screenwriters from Minnesota 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-film-director-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Biron
Lillian Biron (1898 – 1957), also known as Lillian Thompson, was an actress in American comedy films. She was in Vogue Comedies. She then featured in Gayety Comedies with George Ovey. She starred in '' Below the Deadline'' with H. B. Warner. She featured in Mack Sennett comedy films. Career Before becoming an actress, Biron worked in 1916 as a movie ticket collector and cashier at Liberty Theater in Long Beach, California. That same year, she was picked to star in several of the comedy films produced at Keystone Studios and was described by Charles Murray to be a favorite at the studio. She was cast for major roles by director Mack Sennett. After James Clemens was promoted to a directorial position in November 1919, he began producing films for the Gayety Comedies series that primarily featured Biron as female lead. She played the role of gang leader's wife, Alice Elliot, in the 1921 production of '' Below the Deadline''. Described in the ''Record-Journal'' as "one of the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ovey
George Overton O’Dell, known as George Ovey professionally (December 13, 1870 – September 23, 1951), was an American film actor and comedian. Ovey was born December 13, 1870, in Trenton, Missouri. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1951, but he is best known as the character "Merry Jerry" in dozens of short films known as the "Cub Comedies" that were produced in the mid-1910s by Mutual Films and directed by Milton Fahrney. Ovey died September 23, 1951, in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''Fatty's Reckless Fling'' (1915) * ''Jerry in the Movies'' (1916) * ''Oh, Mabel Behave'' (1922) * ''Fight and Win'' (1924)*costarring Jack Dempsey * ''The Arizona Sweepstakes'' (1926) * ''Transcontinental Limited'' (1926) * '' The Sporting Lover'' (1926) * ''Strings of Steel'' (1926) * '' The Yankee Clipper'' (1927) * '' Pals in Peril'' (1927) * '' Desert Dust'' (1927) * ''My Friend from India'' (1927) * ''A Trick of Hearts'' (1928) * ''Broadway'' (1929) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayety Comedies
Gayety Comedies are a comedy film series released made in the United States during the silent film era. They debuted in 1919 and were distributed to various film exchanges Al Christie produced them. The studio that made them was owned by E. H. Emmick and J. L. Friedman and was on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street. George Ovey and Lillian Biron featured in several. Biron had previously acted in Vogue Comedies. Billy Bletcher and Vera Reynolds were added to keep up with production demand. Gayety Studios advertised itself as producing a Reel#Motion_picture_terminology , one-reel comedy once a week. The content was promoted as "polite slapstick." The New England territorial sales were handled by the American Feature Film Company. In western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, they were overseen by The Quality Film Company. The Electric Theatre Supply Company handled the film rights in the majority of Mid-Atlantic (United States) , Mid-Atlantic states, and the Southeastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intertitle
In films, an intertitle, also known as a title card, is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (i.e., ''inter-'') the photographed action at various points. Intertitles used to convey character dialogue are referred to as "dialogue intertitles", and those used to provide related descriptive/narrative material are referred to as "expository intertitles". In modern usage, the terms refer to similar text and logo material inserted at or near the start or end of films and television shows. Silent film era In this era intertitles were mostly called "subtitles" and often had Art Deco motifs. They were a mainstay of silent films once the films became of sufficient length and detail to necessitate dialogue or narration to make sense of the enacted or documented events. ''The British Film Catalogue'' credits the 1898 film ''Our New General Servant'' by Robert W. Paul as the first British film to use intertitles. Film scholar Kamilla Elliott identifies another early use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains a conservation center in Culpeper, Virginia. The library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 470 languages." Congress moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800 after holding sessions for eleven years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. In both cities, members of the U.S. Congress had access to the sizable collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackface
Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-Black people to portray a caricature of a Black person. In the United States, the practice became common during the 19th century and contributed to the spread of racial stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the " dandified coon". By the middle of the century, blackface minstrel shows had become a distinctive American artform, translating formal works such as opera into popular terms for a general audience. Early in the 20th century, blackface branched off from the minstrel show and became a form in its own right. In the United States, blackface declined in popularity beginning in the 1940s and into the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s,Clark, Alexis.How the History of Blackface Is Rooted in Racism. ''History''. A&E Television Networks, LLC. 2019. and was generally considered highly offensive, disrespectful, and racist by the turn of the 21st century, though the practice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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