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E. Magnus Ingleton
Eugenie Magnus Ingleton (1873 – 3 August 1936) was a British screenwriter, actress, and war correspondent. She started acting on the stage at the age of ten playing Little Eva in ''Uncle Tom’s Cabin''. She worked as a war correspondent in South Africa during the Second Boer War before moving to the United States. She worked mainly as a screenwriter but got also involved in stage design and other tasks around the set. Selected filmography * '' The Butterfly on the Wheel'' (1915) * '' Trilby'' (1915) * '' The Reward of the Faithless'' (1917) * '' The Lair of the Wolf'' (1917) * '' Heart Strings'' (1917) * '' The Pulse of Life'' (1917) * ''Because of a Woman'' (1917) * ''The Birth of Patriotism'' (1917) * '' The Moonstone'' (1915) *''The Loyalty of Taro San'' (1918) * ''Love's Prisoner'' (1919) * ''The Blue Bonnet'' (1919) * '' Below the Surface'' (1920) * ''The Secret of the Hills'' (1921) * '' Alimony'' (1924) * '' The Scarlet Honeymoon'' (1925) * ''The Kiss Barrier ''The K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birth Of Patriotism
''The Birth of Patriotism'' is a 1917 American silent war drama film directed by E. Magnus Ingleton and starring Irene Hunt, Ann Forrest, and Leo Pierson.DeBauche p. 45 Based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie, it is set in England during the First World War. Cast * Irene Hunt as Anne * Ann Forrest as Mary * Leo Pierson as Johnny Roberts * Ernest Shields as Sam Peters * Frank Caffray as Ike * Lydia Yeamans Titus as Sallie Hawkins * J. Edwin Brown ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ... as Gus Hawkins References Bibliography * Leslie Midkiff DeBauche. ''Reel Patriotism: The Movies and World War I''. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1997. External links * 1917 films 1917 war films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American war films American World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Deaths
Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII. * January 28 – Britain's King George V state funeral takes place in London and Windsor. He is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * February 6 – The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. * February 10– 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 – 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front coalition takes a majority. * February 26 – February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, ''Niniroku Jiken''): The I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the United States Army. * February 11 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I, and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. * February 12 ** Emilio Castelar, the former foreign minister, becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic. ** The Coinage Act of 1873 in the United States is signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant; coming into effect on April 1, it ends bimetallism in the U.S., and places the country on the gold standard. * February 20 ** The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco. ** British naval officer John Moresby discovers the site of Port Moresby, and claims the land for Britain. * March 3 – Censorship: The United States Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kiss Barrier
''The Kiss Barrier'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Eugenie Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Claire Adams, Diana Miller, Marion Harlan, Thomas R. Mills, and Charles Clary. The film was released on May 31, 1925, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine review, during the war, aviator Richard March downs one German airplane but another one gets his machine. Ambulance driver Marion Weston sees the aircraft fall and, driving to the crash site, finds March is unhurt. While heading back to their lines, March kisses Marion and she is indignant, although he apologizes. After the war ends, March returns to the United States and resumes his profession of acting. Colonel Hale, a war friend, invites March to a skating party where he once again sees Marion, but she snubs him. Later, Connie Hale comes to March's apartment, and he succeeds in getting Marion to soften her attitude toward him. She misundersta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scarlet Honeymoon
''The Scarlet Honeymoon'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alan Hale and starring Shirley Mason, Pierre Gendron, and Allan Sears Allan Sears (March 9, 1887 – August 18, 1942) was an American film actor who played leading roles in the 1910s and 1920s before transitioning into character roles in the 1930s. He was noted for his tall stature. Biography Sears was born in S ....Kennedy p. 303 Cast References Bibliography * Matthew Kennedy. ''Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy''. Terrace Books, 2004. External links * 1925 films 1925 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Alan Hale American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Fox Film films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alimony (1924 Film)
''Alimony'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by James W. Horne and starring Grace Darmond, Warner Baxter Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter is known for his role as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film ''In Old Arizona'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at ..., and Ruby Miller. In the United Kingdom it was released under the title ''When the Crash Came''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jimmy Mason, inventor, and his wife Marion are in desperate circumstances. When he becomes ill, she sells his invention to Granville, a wealthy oil man. Granville covets Marion and, with the wiles of adventuress Gloria Du Bois, separates Marion from Jimmy over the husband's supposed dalliance with that other woman. Jimmy soon goes broke after Marion demands and gets a huge alimony allowance. With the money thus obtained, she comes to his rescue and reestablishes his fortunes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Hills
''The Secret of the Hills'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Antonio Moreno, Lillian Hall and Kingsley BenedictWlaschin p.197 Synopsis While in London an American newspapermen becomes drawn into a deadly intrigue involving the lost treasure of James III of Scotland. Cast * Antonio Moreno as Guy Fenton * Lillian Hall as Marion * Kingsley Benedict as Lincoln Drew * George Clair as Francis Freeland * Walter Rodgers as Benjamin Miltimore * Elita Proctor Otis as Mrs. Miltimore * J. Gunnis Davis as Richards * Frank Thorne as De Vrillefort * Arthur Sharpe Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ... as Sidney Coleridge References Bibliography *Wlaschin, Ken . ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Below The Surface (1920 Film)
''Below the Surface'' is a surviving 1920 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Hobart Bosworth. Thomas H. Ince produced the picture with distribution through Paramount Pictures.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Below the Surface'' at silentera.com The film survives in the along with outtakes from the production and it has been released on DVD. Plot Based upon a description in two film magazines, Martin Flint (Bosworth) and his son Paul Flint (Lloyd Hughes) are partners in a deep sea diving business who save dive to save the lives of twenty men tra ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Bonnet
''The Blue Bonnet'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Billie Rhodes, Ben F. Wilson, and Irene Rich.Wlaschin p.289 Cast * Billie Rhodes as Ruth * Ben F. Wilson as Jairus Drake * Irene Rich as Martha Drake * Stanhope Wheatcroft as Sidney Haviland * William A. Carroll as Caleb Fry * Scott R. Beal as Danny * Charlotte Merriam as Selma * Lloyd Bacon Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director he made films in virtually all genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, an ... as Jan Peterson References Bibliography * Ken Wlaschin. ''The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings''. McFarland & Company, 2009. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Louis Chaudet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Prisoner
''Love's Prisoner'' is a 1919 American silent crime drama film starring Olive Thomas Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy; October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model. Thomas began her career as an illustrator's model in 1914, and moved on to the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' th .... Written by E. Magnus Ingleton, the film was directed by John Francis Dillion. at silentera.com Plot A poor girl named Nancy (Olive Thomas) leaves to take care of her two younger sisters, Sadie (Ann Forrest) and Jane (Dolly Dare), while their father (Walter Perry), who is a former criminal, is sent to prison for a crime which he has not committed and dies there. At that time Jonathan Twist, a quain ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moonstone (1915 Film)
''The Moonstone'' is a 1915 silent film directed by Frank Hall Crane. The film stars Eugene O'Brien as Franklin Blake, Elaine Hammerstein as Rachel Verinder, Ruth Findlay as Rosanna Spearman, among others. A copy of this film survives. Film background This film was based on the 1868 novel ''The Moonstone''. A film was made in 1909, believed to be a lost film. Other film versions include 1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ..., 1972, and 1997. Plot A priest at the Temple of the Moon in Delhi delivers a curse upon the diamond in the eye of the Temple's Buddha that will follow anyone bearing the stone if it is stolen. When Englishman John Herncastle steals the diamond, the three priests guarding it are stripped of their caste until it is returned. They pursue He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
