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Dorothy Farnum
Dorothy Farnum (10 June 1900 – 27 January 1970) was an American actress and screenwriter. She was noted for her work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the silent era and later in Britain during the 1930s. Career Farnum was the daughter of actor William Farnum and niece of Dustin Farnum. She was educated in a convent boarding school. She mastered French history and literature, and became fluent in Spanish and German. She acted in two movies released in 1915, ''The Cub'' and ''Over Night'', but she became famous for writing plays and novels and then turning them into screenplays. Her most popular screenplays were ''The Temptress'' (1926), ''Sinner or Saint'' (1923), and ''Bardelys the Magnificent'' (1926). ''Beau Brummel'' (1924) was very successful too. Most of her films were romantic dramas. When asked about her writing process, she remarked to the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1926: "You must think with your heart and feel with your head. When I write my scenes I try hard to progress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Iron Trail
''The Iron Trail'' is a 1921 American silent film, silent adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Dorothy Farnum. The film stars Wyndham Standing, Thurston Hall, Reginald Denny (actor), Reginald Denny, Alma Tell, and Harlan Knight. The film was released on October 30, 1921, by United Artists. Plot Competing efforts to build railways into interior Alaska in the early part of the 20th century. Cast *Wyndham Standing as Murray O'Neil *Thurston Hall as Curtis Gordon *Reginald Denny (actor), Reginald Denny as Dan Appleton *Alma Tell as Eliza Appleton *Harlan Knight as Tom Slater *Betty Carpenter as Natalie *Lee Beggs as Dr. Cyrus Gray *Bert Starkey as Denny *Danny Hayes as Linn *Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Gordon Preservation This film is preserved at the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow. References External links * The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''The Iron Trail''* Digital twin of the unfinished tunnel 1921 films American silent feature films Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Of The World (1925 Film)
''Rose of the World'' is a 1925 American silent melodrama film directed by Harry Beaumont, which stars Patsy Ruth Miller, Allan Forrest, and Pauline Garon. The screenplay was written by Julien Josephson and Dorothy Farnum. Based on the 1924 novel of the same name by Kathleen Norris, the film was released by Warner Brothers on November 21, 1925. The film has no relation to the 1918 film of the same name released by Artcraft Pictures, which is based upon a different novel. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a young man who breaks his engagement to one woman to marry another learns after marriage that he is sadly mismated. The woman to whom he was first engaged also marries and is unhappy. The frivolous wife of the hero dies, however, and his longing turnstoward the woman he once rejected. Her husband is killed, and she and the man who once spurned her plan a happy future together. Cast list Preservation With no prints of ''Rose of the World'' located in any film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babbitt (1924 Film)
''Babbitt'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Willard Louis, Mary Alden, and Carmel Myers.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Babbitt'' at silentera.com It is based on the 1922 novel of the same title by , later also adapted into a 1934 . Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Babbitt'' located in any film archives,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Being Respectable
''Being Respectable'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Dorothy Farnum. The film stars Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, Louise Fazenda, Irene Rich, Theodore von Eltz and Frank Currier. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 1, 1924. Plot Charles Carpenter is obliged to marry Suzanne, with pressure from his wealthy and respectable family, although he is in love with young Valerie Winship. Years later, when Valerie is back in town, they renew the affair and Carpenter plans to leave his wife and child for her, but in the end he yields to family duty and respectability. Cast *Marie Prevost as Valerie Winship * Monte Blue as Charles Carpenter *Louise Fazenda as Deborah Carpenter *Irene Rich as Suzanne Schuyler *Theodore von Eltz as Stephen O'Connell *Frank Currier as Darius Carpenter *Eulalie Jensen as Louise Carpenter *Lila Leslie as Mrs. Winship *Sidney Bracey as Philip Deaby *Charles K. French as Mr. Beasley Reception Being Respectable o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lover's Lane (1924 Film)
''Lovers' Lane'' is a 1924 American silent romantic comedy film based upon the play by Clyde Fitch and directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Robert Ellis and Gertrude Olmstead. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, when Dr. Singleton (Ellis) tells his sweetheart, Mary Larkin (Olmstead), that even though he loves her he will not surrender his practice in their small New England town, she becomes peeved and encourages a stranger. Dr. Stone (Periolat), an old-timer and anti-modern method practitioner, has told a divorcee that her lame child is incurable. Singleton takes them both into his home and is successful in his operation upon the youngster. Mary decides to marry Woodbridge (Kent), the stranger, and calls upon Singleton’s father (MacGregor), a local minister, to perform the ceremony. Tom is a witness, and when the divorcee (Dale) is also called it develops that she divorced Woodbridge for non-support. Seeing his child Dick (Guerin) reunites Woodbridge and his former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles (1924 Film)
''Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Blanche Sweet and Conrad Nagel. It was directed by Sweet's husband, Marshall Neilan. The film is the second motion picture adaptation of the 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy, which had been turned into a very successful 1897 play starring Mrs. Fiske. In 1913, Adolph Zukor enticed Mrs. Fiske to reprise her role in a film version which is now considered lost. The 1924 version is also considered lost. Plot A young servant girl is seduced and raped by an older middle class man in Victorian England when employed in his household. After moving on with her path, she gets married. All is well until her husband discovers her past. This fact prompts her on a life of wandering, murder, and execution. Cast Production After the film was completed, Louis B. Mayer changed the tragic ending to a happy one, much to the annoyance of Neilan and Hardy. Preservation With no prints of ''Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daring Youth
''Daring Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Beaudine, starring Bebe Daniels, Norman Kerry, and Lee Moran. It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Mr. and Mrs. Allen have battled for the twenty-five years of their married life and Mrs. Allen is determined that her daughter Alita shall not lose romancethrough her marriage. She advocates the theory that wives and husbands should live together only three days each week and should keep their friends. Alita marries John J. Campbell under these conditions, but she soon tires of the system as does John, although neither will admit it. John finally is unable to stand it any longer and asserts himself by beating up his wife's escort. Alita is glad to consent to lead a conventional married life. Cast Status With no prints of ''Daring Youth'' found in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinner Or Saint (film)
''Sinner or Saint'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and starring Betty Blythe, William P. Carleton and Gypsy O'Brien.Connelly p.410 Cast * Betty Blythe as Mademoiselle Iris * William P. Carleton William P. Carleton (October 3, 1872 – April 6, 1947) was a silent film actor who appeared in 40 films between 1919 and 1944. He is sometimes billed as William Carleton Jr.. Carleton was born in London and was briefly married to actress Toby C ... as Paul Reynolds * Gypsy O'Brien as Marguerite Roberts * William H. Tooker as Stephen Roberts * Fuller Mellish as Elijah Homes * Richard Neill as Charles Carter * William Collier Jr. as Young Artist References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline (1923 Film)
''Jacqueline'' (also known as ''Blazing Barriers'') is a 1923 American silent northern adventure drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Marguerite Courtot, Lew Cody and Edmund Breese.Munden p. 390 It is based on a 1918 short story of the same title by James Oliver Curwood. It takes place amongst those working in the lumber industry in Quebec. Cast * Marguerite Courtot as Jacqueline Roland * Helen Rowland as Jacqueline, as a child * Gus Weinberg as Her Father * Effie Shannon as Her Mother * Lew Cody as Raoul Radon * Joseph Depew as Raoul Radon, as a child * Russell Griffin as Little Peter * J. Barney Sherry as His Father * Edmund Breese as Edmund MacDonald * Edria Fisk as His Daughter * Sheldon Lewis as Henri Dubois * Charles Fang as Li Chang * Paul Panzer Paul Wolfgang Panzerbeiter (November 3, 1872 – August 16, 1958), known professionally as Paul Panzer, was a German-American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 330 films between 1905 and 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loyal Lives
''Loyal Lives'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Brandon Tynan, Mary Carr and Faire Binney. Wayback) Cast * as Dan O'Brien * as Mary O'Brien * as Peggy *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Marriage
''Modern Marriage'' is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and Victor Heerman. It starred Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in one of their last appearances together. Cast Preservation status A print of ''Modern Marriage'' is preserved at the British Film Institute National Film and Television Archive The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren. In 1955, its name became the N ... in London. References External links * * 1923 films American silent feature films Films based on short fiction American black-and-white films American crime drama films 1923 crime drama films Surviving American silent films Films directed by Lawrence C. Windom 1920s American films Silent American drama films {{silent-crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
