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Dore Davidson
Dore Davidson (1851–March 7, 1930) was an American stage actor. He was also a film actor active during the silent era. He was also an author and a producer. Davidson was active in Yiddish theater before he began performing on Broadway. Broadway plays in which he appeared included ''Rollo's Wild Oat'' (1920), ''The Stronger Sex'' (1908), '' What the Butler Saw'' (1906), ''Mademoiselle Marni'' (1905), ''The Judgement of King Solomon'' (1902), ''To Have and to Hold'' (1901), and ''Humanity'' (1895). On March 7, 1930, Davidson died in Kings Park Hospital at age 79. Selected filmography * '' Stolen Orders'' (1918) * ''Joan of the Woods'' (1918) * ''Humoresque'' (1920) * ''The Daughter Pays'' (1920) * ''The Light in the Dark'' (1922) * ''The Good Provider'' (1922) * '' The Rosary'' (1922) * '' Your Best Friend'' (1922) * '' Success'' (1923) * ''Broadway Broke'' (1923) * '' The Purple Highway'' (1923) * ''None So Blind'' (1923) * '' Grit'' (1924) * ''Welcome Stranger'' (1924) * ''The ...
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Stage Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ...
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None So Blind (film)
''None So Blind'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and written by Leota Morgan and Kathleen Kerrigan. The film stars Dore Davidson, Zena Keefe Zena Virginia Keefe (June 26, 1896 – November 16, 1977) was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s.Vazzana, Eugene MichaelSilent film necrology: births and deaths of over 9000 performers, directors, producers, and oth ..., and Anders Randolph. Cast list References {{Burton L. King 1923 films 1920s English-language films 1923 drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Burton L. King Arrow Film Corporation films 1920s American films ...
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American Male Silent Film Actors
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American Male Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ...
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American Male Stage Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ...
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1930 Deaths
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned of ...
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1851 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. * January 23 – The flip of a coin, subsequently named Portland Penny, determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. * January 28 – Northwestern University is founded in Illinois. * February 1 – ''Brandtaucher'', the oldest surviving submersible craft, sinks during acceptance trials in the German port of Kiel, but the designer, Wilhelm Bauer, and the two crew escape successfully. * February 6 – Black Thursday in Australia: Bushfires sweep across the state of Victoria, burning about a quarter of its area. * February 12 – Edward Hargraves claims to have found gold in Australia. * February 15 – In Boston, Massachusetts, ...
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East Side, West Side (1927 Film)
''East Side, West Side'' is a 1927 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring George O'Brien (in the same year that he played the lead in F.W. Murnau's '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans''), Virginia Valli, and June Collyer. The supporting cast includes J. Farrell MacDonald and Holmes Herbert. The epic film was shot extensively on various locations in New York City and includes a sinking ship loosely based upon the . The film is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The film was remade in 1931 as ''Skyline'' with Thomas Meighan and Hardie Albright. Cast * George O'Brien as John Breen *Virginia Valli as Becka Lipvitch *J. Farrell MacDonald as Pug Malone *Dore Davidson as Channon Lipvitch *Sonia Nodell as Mrs. Lipvitch (credited as Sonia Nodalsky) *June Collyer as Josephine *John Miltern as Gerrit Rantoul *Holmes Herbert as Gilbert Van Horn *Frank Dodge as Judge Kelly *Dan Wolheim as Grogan *Johnny Dooley as Grogan gang member *John Kearney as Policeman ...
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The Music Master (1927 Film)
''The Music Master'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Philip Klein, adapted from the play '' The Music Master'' by David Belasco. The film stars Alec B. Francis, Lois Moran, Neil Hamilton, Norman Trevor, Charles Willis Lane and William T. Tilden. The film was released on January 23, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Alec B. Francis as Anton von Barwig *Lois Moran as Helene Stanton * Neil Hamilton as Beverly Cruger *Norman Trevor as Andrew Cruger *Charles Willis Lane as Richard Stanton * William T. Tilden as Joles *Helen Chandler as Jenny *Marcia Harris as Miss Husted * Kathleen Kerrigan as Mrs. Andrew Cruger *Howard Cull as August Poons *Armand Cortes as Pinac *Leo Feodoroff as Fico *Carrie Scott as Mrs. Mangeborn *Dore Davidson as Pawnbroker *Walter Catlett as Medicine Show Barker Preservation status This film is now lost. See also *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Ce ...
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That Royle Girl
''That Royle Girl'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Edwin Balmer, and starred Carol Dempster, W. C. Fields and Harrison Ford. It is now considered lost. Plot As described in a film magazine review and other references, a poor mannequin from the slums of Chicago fancies she is in love with a jazz music composer and orchestra leader who is married but does not live with his wife. One night his wife is murdered and the modiste’s assistant is held as a material witness because she is known to have been friendly with the musician. After he is improperly convicted and sentenced to death for murder, she succeeds in clearing him just as he is to be hanged. Only then does she learn that she loves the district attorney who secured the conviction. Her love of him is reciprocated. Cast Production This film, along with '' Sally of the Sawdust'', marked Griffit ...
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The Great White Way (1924 Film)
''The Great White Way'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film centered on the sport of boxing. It was directed by E. Mason Hopper and produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures. The film was made with the cooperation of the New York City Fire Department. The film stars Oscar Shaw and Anita Stewart. It was remade twelve years later as ''Cain and Mabel'' with Marion Davies and Clark Gable. Plot As described in a film magazine review, ambitious press agent Jack Murray introduces two of his clients, Follies dancer Mabel Vandegrift and prize fighter Joe Cain, to each other and they fall in love. After Brock Morton, the owner of the show, says that he will bring down the curtain on the show in the middle of opening night unless Mabel renounces Joe, the latter goes on the stage and announces that, in spite of his prior refusal, that he will fight the English boxing champion. With the money he gets from boxing promoter Tex Rickard, he buys out Morton ...
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