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Edna Pendleton
Edna Pendleton (born 1887) was an American film actress. She played Aronnax's Daughter in ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916), starring Allen Holubar and Dan Hanlon. Filmography * ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916) as Aronnax's Daughter * ''The Girl Who Feared Daylight'' (1916) as Viola Dexter * '' Held for Damages'' (1916) as Peggy O'Brien * ''Mignonette'' (1916) as Mignon * ''The Still Voice'' (1916) as Margaret Hamlin * ''Artistic Interference'' (1916) as Ethel Miller * ''The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde ''The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde'' (released in 1920 as ''The Valley of Night'') is a 1915 American drama silent black and white film directed by Will S. Davis. It is based on the play of the same name by Victor Mapes and Louis Forest. The ...'' (1915) as Amelia Garside * ''The Girl I Left Behind Me'' (1915) References External links * Internet Broadway Database* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pendleton, Edna 1887 births American silent film actresses 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edna Pendleton
Edna Pendleton (born 1887) was an American film actress. She played Aronnax's Daughter in ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916), starring Allen Holubar and Dan Hanlon. Filmography * ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916) as Aronnax's Daughter * ''The Girl Who Feared Daylight'' (1916) as Viola Dexter * '' Held for Damages'' (1916) as Peggy O'Brien * ''Mignonette'' (1916) as Mignon * ''The Still Voice'' (1916) as Margaret Hamlin * ''Artistic Interference'' (1916) as Ethel Miller * ''The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde ''The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde'' (released in 1920 as ''The Valley of Night'') is a 1915 American drama silent black and white film directed by Will S. Davis. It is based on the play of the same name by Victor Mapes and Louis Forest. The ...'' (1915) as Amelia Garside * ''The Girl I Left Behind Me'' (1915) References External links * Internet Broadway Database* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pendleton, Edna 1887 births American silent film actresses 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Actress
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1916 Film)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1916 American silent film directed by Stuart Paton. The film's storyline is based on the 1870 novel ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' by Jules Verne. It also incorporates elements from Verne's 1875 novel ''The Mysterious Island''. On May 4, 2010, a new print of the film was shown accompanied by a live performance of an original score by Stephin Merritt at the Castro Theatre, as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. In 2016, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for its National Film Registry. Plot A strange "sea monster" has been rampaging the seas. The United States sends the naval vessel ''Abraham Lincoln'' to investigate. During their search, the vessel runs into the "monster,” and it damages their ship. The mysterious monster turns out to be ''Nautilus'', the technologically advanced submarine of Captain Nemo. After the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Holubar
Allen Holubar (August 3, 1890 – November 20, 1923) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter of the silent film era. He appeared in 38 films between 1913 and 1917. He also directed 33 films between 1916 and 1923. Career Allen Holubar started out as an actor on the stage where he met his wife Dorothy Phillips in the Chicago production of ''Every Woman''. While she turned to the screen and continued to act he became a director and even produced. Encouraged by these successes, together they formed the Allen Holubar Production Company in 1920. His 1918 film ''The Heart of Humanity'' was exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art in 2014. Marriage and death Holubar was married to actress Dorothy Phillips for eleven years from 1912 until his death in 1923 from pneumonia, following surgery, at the age of 33. Dorothy herself would die of pneumonia in 1980, at age 90. Selected filmography * ''Into the North'' (1913) * ''Courtmartialed'' (1915) * ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Hanlon
Daniel E. Hanlon (1866–1951) was an American silent film actor born in San Francisco, California, of Irish heritage. He was best known for his debut film role as Professor Aronnax in ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (french: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-J ...'' (1916). He began his career performing in theatre, debuting on stage in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York. Hanlon is noted by ''The New York Dramatic Mirror'' for "contributing to the success of the Crescent Stock company in Brooklyn" in 1909. He died in 1951. Filmography References External links * 1866 births 1951 deaths American male silent film actors {{actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Daily Herald
The ''Daily Herald'' is a daily newspaper based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The newspaper is distributed in the northern, northwestern and western suburbs of Chicago. It is the namesake of the Daily Herald Media Group, and through it is the leading subsidiary of Paddock Publications. The paper started in 1871 and was independently owned and run by four generations of the Paddock family. In 2018, the Paddock family sold its stake in the paper to its employees through an employee stock ownership plan. Areas of circulation The ''Daily Herald'' serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties and has a coverage area of about . It is the third-largest newspaper in Illinois (behind the ''Chicago Tribune'' and ''Chicago Sun-Times''). History The ''Daily Herald'' was founded in 1872 as the ''Cook County Herald''. It was initially tailored to the business needs of the then-rural northwestern portion of Cook County. Hosea C. Paddock, a former teacher, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Held For Damages
''Held for Damages'' is a 1916 American short silent comedy film, directed by Jack Harvey. It stars A.H. Busby, Harry Benham, and Edna Pendleton Edna Pendleton (born 1887) was an American film actress. She played Aronnax's Daughter in ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916), starring Allen Holubar and Dan Hanlon. Filmography * ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916) as Aronnax's Daugh .... References External links * 1916 films American silent short films Silent American comedy films 1916 comedy films Films directed by Jack Harvey 1916 short films American black-and-white films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curious Conduct Of Judge Legarde
''The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde'' (released in 1920 as ''The Valley of Night'') is a 1915 American drama silent black and white film directed by Will S. Davis. It is based on the play of the same name by Victor Mapes and Louis Forest. The film is lost. This film, '' The Case of Becky'' (1915) and ''The Brand of Satan'' (1917) established a basic framework of representation which is still often utilized (the split personality). Cast * Lionel Barrymore as Judge Randolph Legarde * Edna Pendleton as Amelia Garside * William H. Tooker as Inspector Barton * Roy Applegate as Big Charles * T.W.M. Draper * August Balfour * Charles E. Graham Charles E. Graham (1865–1948) was an American film actor of the silent era.Wlaschin p.87 Selected filmography * ''Arizona (1913 film), Arizona'' (1913) * ''The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot'' (1914) * ''A Modern Magdalen'' (1915) * ''The Curio ... * Arthur Morrison * Ed Roseman * Thomas O'Keefe * Betty Young References Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship ''Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Film Actresses
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 * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
