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Diana Allen
Diana Allen (1898 – June 12, 1949) was a Swedish-American actress and Ziegfeld girl who starred in silent films such as 1921's ''Miss 139'',Wollstein, Henry JStrangers in Hollywood: the History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II(1994) which is now lost. Biography Allen was born in Gotland, Sweden, in 1898 and came to the United States at the age of 5. While a high school student in New Haven, Connecticut, she began to perform with Eddie Wittstein.(20 June 1924)He's a Star Maker ''Danville Bee'' Her stage debut was in a vaudeville act called "Girls' Gamble" with Ned Wayburn. She later appeared in '' Miss 1917'', the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' (1917–18), and ''Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic''.''Motion Pictures Studio Directory and Trade Annual'' (1921), p. 209 ("b. Gotland, Sweden; educ. New Haven, Conn.; stage career, "Follies," 1917–18; "The Frolic," 1919, "Miss 1917"; screen career ...... Hght., 5, 3; wght., 115; blond hair, blue eyes.") Allen ...
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Diana Allen
Diana Allen (1898 – June 12, 1949) was a Swedish-American actress and Ziegfeld girl who starred in silent films such as 1921's ''Miss 139'',Wollstein, Henry JStrangers in Hollywood: the History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II(1994) which is now lost. Biography Allen was born in Gotland, Sweden, in 1898 and came to the United States at the age of 5. While a high school student in New Haven, Connecticut, she began to perform with Eddie Wittstein.(20 June 1924)He's a Star Maker ''Danville Bee'' Her stage debut was in a vaudeville act called "Girls' Gamble" with Ned Wayburn. She later appeared in '' Miss 1917'', the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' (1917–18), and ''Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic''.''Motion Pictures Studio Directory and Trade Annual'' (1921), p. 209 ("b. Gotland, Sweden; educ. New Haven, Conn.; stage career, "Follies," 1917–18; "The Frolic," 1919, "Miss 1917"; screen career ...... Hght., 5, 3; wght., 115; blond hair, blue eyes.") Allen ...
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Gotland
Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the north, as well as the Karlsö Islands ( Lilla and Stora) to the west. The population is 61,001, of which about 23,600 live in Visby, the main town. Outside Visby, there are minor settlements and a mainly rural population. The island of Gotland and the other areas of the province of Gotland make up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area. The county formed by the archipelago is the second smallest by area and is the least populated in Sweden. In spite of the small size due to its narrow width, the driving distance between the furthermost points of the populated islands is about . Gotland is a fully integrated part of Sweden with no particular autonomy, unlike several other offshore island groups in Europe. Historically there was ...
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The Beauty Shop (film)
''The Beauty Shop'' is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Dillon and written by Doty Hobart based upon the play of the same name by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf. The film stars Raymond Hitchcock, Billy B. Van, James J. Corbett, Louise Fazenda, Madeline Fairbanks, and Marion Fairbanks. The film was released on May 14, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Dr. Arbutus Budd (Hitchcock) is besieged by creditors who insist on being repaid, telling one holding a bill while he held a saxophone that "I can't pay it but I can play it." Dr. Budd has purchased the right to the crest of an impoverished nobleman and is using it on the bottles of lotions that he sells. This nobleman, the last of the Sizerella, fled to escape the undertaker as it is the time-honored custom in their native town of Bologna for a Sizerella to be shot by a Maldonado. Sobini (Van) has come to the United States to bring back a Sizerella to be shot by a M ...
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Divorce Coupons
''Divorce Coupons'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Webster Campbell and starring Corinne Griffith, Holmes Herbert and Cyril Ring.Munden p.191 Cast * Corinne Griffith as Linda Catherton * Holmes Herbert as Roland Bland * Mona Lisa as Ishtar Lane * Diana Allen as Teddy Beaudine * Cyril Ring as Conrad Fontaine * Vincent Coleman Vincent Coleman (February 16, 1900 – October 26, 1971) was an American stage and film actor of the silent film era of the late 1910s and early 1920s. Biography Born in Louisiana, Coleman began his acting career while still a young boy; tourin ... as Buddy References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Webster Campbell American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Vitagraph Studios ...
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Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow (; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film '' It'' brought her global fame and the nickname " The It Girl". Bow came to personify the Roaring Twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol. Bow appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies, including hits such as '' Mantrap'' (1926), ''It'' (1927), and ''Wings'' (1927). She was named first box-office draw in 1928 and 1929 and second box-office draw in 1927 and 1930.''Exhibitors Herald'', December 31, 1927 Her presence in a motion picture was said to have ensured investors, by odds of almost two-to-one, a "safe return". At the apex of her stardom, she received more than 45,000 fan letters in a single month (January 1929). Two years after marrying actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow retired from acting and became a rancher in Nevada ...
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Beyond The Rainbow
''Beyond the Rainbow'' is a 1922 American silent drama film starring Billie Dove, Harry T. Morey and Clara Bow in her film debut. A 16mm print of the film is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, Marion Taylor (Dove) is a stenographer employed by Wall Street broker Edward Mallory (Morey). She is the support of an invalid younger brother, who has been ordered to the Adirondack Mountains by the family physician. To get money for this, she attends a reception as the escort of a young society man, for which she receives $100. Edward is peeved as she has rejected his advances, and threatens to expose her when he sees Marion at the party. Each guest at the function receives a mysterious note saying, "Consult your conscience. Your secret is common gossip." Immediately, the guests are thrown into a panic as each has something to hide. The notes, however, were inspired by flapper Virginia Gardener, who had been left out of the ...
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Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921 Film)
''Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Borzage. The film's script was adapted by writer Luther Reed from the 1910 Broadway play by George M. Cohan, which in turn was adapted from the novel ''Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford'' by George Randolph Chester. Produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation, the film was released in seven reels on December 4, 1921. ''Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford'' was the film being shown at the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington when that building collapsed, killing 98 people and injuring 133. Plot 'Blackie' Daw arrives in the town of Battlesburg, Iowa. He has little money, but makes it known that J. Rufus Wallingford, a wealthy businessman, will be arriving in town soon and is interested in finding good investments. When Wallingford arrives, he and the townspeople hatch a scheme to build a factory, but they cannot decide what the factory should produce. Wallingford ...
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The Way Of A Maid
''The Way of a Maid'' is a surviving 1921 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Selznick Pictures and starring Elaine Hammerstein. It was released by Select Pictures and directed by William P. S. Earle from an original story for the screen. A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress. Plot As described in a film magazine, successful candy salesman Tom Lawlor (Welch) returns to his hotel room and finds it in disorder. Mistaking the young society woman Naida Castleton (Hammerstein), entering the room across the hall from his, for a maid, Tom orders her to make his bed. She keenly enjoys the joke and keeps up the deception as "Marie", and afterwards when Tom's mother Mrs. Lawlor (Lindroth) asks her to become her secretary, Naida accepts the position when her fortune has been swept away. Tom falls in love with her. Naida is sent to Newport to open up a summer home the Lawlor's have recently purchased, one which formerly belonged to Naida's family, her friends descen ...
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The Conquest Of Canaan
''The Conquest of Canaan'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Thomas Meighan and Doris Kenyon and was directed by Roy William Neill. It was filmed in Asheville, North Carolina. A previous version of the story was filmed in 1916 under the same title. Plot Cast Preservation status This film was considered lost for over seventy years until 2010, when a digital copy was returned to the United States as a gift from Russia and its film archive Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It is a state cultural institution — curator of films collection and oth ....
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The Kentuckians
''The Kentuckians'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and written by Frank Tuttle based upon the novel of the same name by John Fox, Jr. The film stars Monte Blue, Wilfred Lytell, Diana Allen, Francis Joyner, J.H. Gilmour, John Miltern, and Thomas S. Brown. The film was released on February 20, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Monte Blue as Boone Stallard *Wilfred Lytell as Randolph Marshall *Diana Allen as Anne Bruce *Francis Joyner as Mace Keaton *J.H. Gilmour as Governor *John Miltern John Miltern (1870-1937) was an actor in theater and films in the United States. He was in the Broadway play ''Yellow Jack''. He was also in Channing Pollock's play ''Roads of Destiny''. Another of his stage performances was described as manly a ... as Colton *Thomas S. Brown as Jake Stallard * J. W. Johnston as Boone's Brother *Russell Parker as Constable *John Carr as Young Keaton *Albert Hewitt as Young Stallard *Eugenie Woodward as Ma Stallard * W ...
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The Face At Your Window
''The Face at Your Window'' is a 1920 American drama film directed by Richard Stanton and written by Edward Sedgwick. The film stars Gina Relly, Earl Metcalfe, Edward Roseman, Boris Rosenthal, Walter McEwen and Diana Allen. The film was released on October 31, 1920, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Gina Relly as Ruth Kravo *Earl Metcalfe as Frank Maxwell *Edward Roseman as Comrade Kelvin * Boris Rosenthal as Ivan Koyloff *Walter McEwen as Hiram Maxwell *Diana Allen as 'Dot' Maxwell *Alice Reeves as Ethel Harding *Frazer Coulter as Nicholas Harding *William Corbett as Steve Drake *Robert Cummings as Kravo *Henry Armetta Henry Armetta (born Enrico Armetta; July 4, 1888 – October 21, 1945) was an American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, beginning in silent movies. His last film was released posthumously in 1946, the year after his d ... as Danglo * Frank Farrington as District Attorney References External links * 1920 films 1920 ...
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Heliotrope (film)
''Heliotrope'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by George D. Baker and written by Robert W. Chambers and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Wilfred Lytell, Ben Hendricks Sr., Julia Swayne Gordon, Betty Hilburn, Diana Allen, and Frederick Burton. The film was released on November 28, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. Cast * Wilfred Lytell as Jimmie Andrews *Ben Hendricks Sr. as Sol Goldman *Julia Swayne Gordon as Josephine Hasdock *Betty Hilburn as Mabel Andrews *Diana Allen as Alice Hasdock * Frederick Burton as Heliotrope Harry Hasdock *Clayton White as George Andrews *William B. Mack William B. Mack (born William B. McGillicuddy, April 8, 1872 – September 13, 1955) was an American stage and film actor. His Broadway roles included ''Hedda Gabler'' and '' Within the Law''. His films included ''The American Venus'' and ''Th ... as 'Spike' Foley * William H. Tooker as Governor Mercer *Thomas Findley as Warden Michael Pyne References External links * * ...
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