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Damaged Goods (1914 Film)
''Damaged Goods'' (1914) is an American silent film directed by Tom Ricketts, starring Richard Bennett. It is based on Eugène Brieux's play ''Les Avariés'' (1901) about a young couple who contract syphilis. No print of the film is known to exist, making it a lost film. It is believed to have begun the sex hygiene/venereal disease film craze of the 1910s.Eric Schaefer, ''Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959'' (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1999). The play was adapted into a British silent film ''Damaged Goods'' in 1919. A sound film based on the Brieux play, also titled ''Damaged Goods'' (1937) was directed by Phil Goldstone, released by Grand National Pictures. Cast * Richard Bennett as George Dupont *Adrienne Morrison as a Girl of the Streets *Maud Milton as Mrs. Dupont * Olive Templeton as Henriette Locke *Josephine Ditt as Mrs. James Forsythe *Jacqueline Moore as Seamstress *Florence Short as Nurse *Louis Bennison as Dr. Clifford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Ricketts
Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of ''A Christmas Carol'' (1908), and directed one of the first motion pictures ever made in Hollywood. After directing scores of silent films, including the first film to be released by Universal Pictures, Ricketts became a prominent character actor. Biography Thomas B. RickettsAncestry.com. ''1920 United States Federal Census'' atabase online Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-06. was born in Greenwich, London 15 January 1853, the son of Rosa (née Penniall) Robert Ricketts. His father was a painter and when Thomas was 17 years old he emigrated to the United States, and initially worked as a painter himself. However he soon moved into acting in the theatre and directed plays on Broadway for Charles Frohman. He was a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maud Milton
Maud Milton (1859–1945) was an English stage and screen actress. She was born in Gravesend, Kent the daughter of a Merchant Marine sea captain and educated at home.''Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912–1976'' vol 3 I-P pgs.1711–12; compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; 1976 editions by Gale Research Company , ..UK She was apprenticed to be a dancing-mistress however she made a career turn and was coached for the stage by actor John Ryder. She made her debut appearance on stage at a theatre called The Royal Aquarium April 15, 1876. She acted in many of the contemporary plays of the Victorian era as well as Shakespearean classics. She debuted and toured the U.S. in 1882–1883 though she work with Edwin Booth in 1880 while he was presenting Shakespeare in England. Other actors of note that she worked with were Wilson Barrett, Helena Modjeska, Frank Benson, John Martin-Harvey, Oscar Asche and H. B. Irving. In later years she would appear with Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature Films
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1914 Drama Films
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan begins to erupt, becoming effusive after a very large earthquak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Films
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.Birchard, Robert S. (2004). ''Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood''. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 1-13, __TOC__ Events * February 2 – Charlie Chaplin's first film, ''Making a Living'' is released. * February 7 – Release of Charlie Chaplin's second film, the Keystone comedy '' Kid Auto Races at Venice'', in which his character of The Tramp is introduced to audiences (although first filmed in ''Mabel's Strange Predicament'', released two days later). * February 8 – Winsor McCay's ''Gertie the Dinosaur'' greatly advances filmed animation movement techniques. * February 10 – Release of the film '' Hearts Adrift''; the name of Mary Pickford, the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees. * February – Lewis J. Selznick and Arthur Spiegel organize the World Film Corporation, a distributor of independently produced films located in For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Film Institute Catalog Of Motion Pictures
The ''AFI Catalog of Feature Films'', also known as the ''AFI Catalog'', is an ongoing project by the American Film Institute (AFI) to catalog all commercially-made and theatrically exhibited American motion pictures from the birth of cinema in 1893 to the present. It began as a series of hardcover books known as ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures'', and subsequently became an exclusively online filmographic database. Each entry in the catalog typically includes the film's title, physical description, production and distribution companies, production and release dates, cast and production credits, a plot summary, song titles, and notes on the film's history. The films are indexed by personal credits, production and distribution companies, year of release, and major and minor plot subjects. To qualify for the "Feature Films" volumes, a film must have been commercially produced either on American soil or by an American company. In accordance with the Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lost Films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Reasons for loss Films may go missing for a number of reasons. One major contributing factor is the common use of nitrate film until the early 1950s. This type of film is highly flammable, and there have been several devastating fires, such as the Universal Pictures fire in 1924, the 1937 Fox vault fire and the 1965 MGM vault fire. Black-and-white film prints judged to be otherwise worthless were sometimes incinerated to salvage the meager scrap value of the silver image particles in their emulsions. Films have disappeared when production companies went bankrupt. Occasionally, a studio would remake a film and destroy the earlier version. Silent films in particular were once seen as having no further commercial value and were simply junked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Burton
Charlotte E. Burton (May 30, 1881 – March 28, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Career Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She joined Essanay Studios which she sued in 1919 for $25,000 for breach of contract. She originally signed with the company believing she would be acting in mostly drama film but she was cast in mostly comedy films. Her salary had been $200 a week with an option for her services at the rate of $300 a week for a second year. Charlotte claimed that she was signed by Essanay business manager, Vernon R. Day, to a contract extending from November 1916 until November 1918. She was discharged without reason. When Burton came to the Chicago, studio she refused a role offered her in a Black Cat comedy, presented to her by Essanay president George K. Spoor. She declined because she was not a comedian. Instead, she accepted a role as leading lady in a film f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ferguson (actor)
George Hart Ferguson (February 10, 1890 – October 1961) was an American actor. He performed on the stage and in silent movies. Ferguson appeared in two movies, ''Damaged Goods'' (1914) and '' The Bruiser'' (1916). He also toured with Richard Bennett in the stage production of ''Damaged Goods'' and appeared on Broadway in ''Maternity'' (1915), also with Bennett. Early life He was born on Brookline Street in Boston, Massachusetts, one of 10 children of Andrew Ferguson and Mary McIntire. His father was Scottish and his mother Scottish American. Acting career At an early age, George left home to work in the circus. Eventually he turned to the stage. His big break came when he joined the Richard Bennett's theatre company performing in the controversial play, ''Damaged Goods'', which told the story of a prominent man diagnosed with syphilis. In 1914, the American Film Company convinced Bennett to film a screen adaptation of ''Damaged Goods''. The movie featured much the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bertram (actor)
William Bertram (born William Benjamin Switzer, January 19, 1880 – May 1, 1933) was a Canadian-born actor, director, and producer of films in the United States, working predominantly during the silent era. He performed in 68 motion pictures between 1912 and 1931 and directed 64 films for various studios between 1915 and 1927. Bertram was also an accomplished singer in stage productions. Early life Born in 1880 in Walkerton, Ontario, William Bertram was the oldest of seven children of Mary Porter ( née Robinson) and Daniel J. Switzer, a blacksmith."William Bertram, Director, American" ''Motion Picture News'', January 29, 1916, page 6 of "Studio Directory" section. |
John Steppling (actor)
John Steppling (8 August 1870 in Essen, Germany – 5 April 1932 in Hollywood, California) was a German-American silent film actor. He moved to America at a young age and entered film in 1912 aged 42. He starred in a total of 230 films between then and 1928. He is also credited with directing 7 films. He is the grandfather of playwright John Steppling. Selected filmography * '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' (1913) * ''Caprice'' (1913) * '' When a Woman Waits'' (1914) * '' The Beggar Child'' (1914) * ''The Archeologist'' (1914) * '' A Slice of Life'' (1914) * ''The Final Impulse'' (1914) * ''Damaged Goods'' (1914) * ''This Is th' Life'' (1914) * '' The Butterfly'' (1914) * '' The Lure of the Sawdust'' (1914) * ''The Resolve'' (1915) * '' The Promise'' (1917) * '' A Man's Man'' (1918) * ''The Guilty Man'' (1918) * ''Good Night, Paul'' (1918) * ''The Road Through the Dark'' (1918) * ''Fools and Their Money'' (1919) * '' Luck in Pawn'' (1919) * '' Sick Abed'' (1920) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Bennison
Louis Bennison (October 17, 1884 – June 9, 1929) was an American stage and silent film actor, known for westerns. Biography Bennison was born on October 17, 1884, in Oakland, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley. Bennison performed in plays such as ''The Unchastened Woman'' and ''Johnny Get Your Gun''. In 1912, he was a member of the stock company at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. He had starring film roles and made his motion picture debut in the silent film ''Damaged Goods'' in 1914, other films included ''Pretty Mrs. Smith'' (1915), ''Oh, Johnny!'' (1918) and as the titular character in ''Speedy Meade'' (1919). In the 1920s, Bennison developed a relationship with Broadway actress Margaret Lawrence, and on June 9, 1929, the two were found dead in Lawrence's New York apartment, the result of a murder–suicide by firearm. Police believed the incident was alcohol-related. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
