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Edwin Stevens (actor)
Edwin Stevens (August 16, 1860 – January 3, 1923) was an American stage and film actor.Langman p.25 He also directed several films during the silent era. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Man Inside'' (1916) * ''The Devil's Toy'' (1916) * '' The Yellow Menace'' (1916) * '' The Squaw Man'' (1918) * '' Cheating Cheaters'' (1919) * '' The Lone Wolf's Daughter'' (1919) * '' The Crimson Gardenia'' (1919) * '' The Homebreaker'' (1919) * ''Faith'' (1919) * '' Upstairs'' (1919) * '' The Profiteers'' (1919) * '' Love Insurance'' (1919) * '' Her Kingdom of Dreams'' (1919) * ''Sahara'' (1919) * '' The Unpardonable Sin'' (1919) * '' Duds'' (1920) * ''Passion's Playground'' (1920) * '' The Figurehead'' (1920) * ''Her Unwilling Husband'' (1920) * ''Her First Elopement'' (1920) * '' The Charm School'' (1921) * ''The Sting of the Lash'' (1921) * '' What's Worth While?'' (1921) * '' One Wild Week'' (1921) * ''The Dollar-a-Year Man'' (1921) * ''Crazy to Marry'' (1921) * '' Everything for Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Kingdom Of Dreams
''Her Kingdom of Dreams'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Anita Stewart, Spottiswoode Aitken, and Frank Currier Frank Currier (September 4, 1857 – April 22, 1928) was an American film and stage actor and director of the silent era. Career Similar to Theodore Roberts, Kate Lester, Ida Waterman, and William H. Crane, Currier had a long and succe ....''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 207 Cast References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Marshall Neilan American black-and-white films First National Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy To Marry
''Crazy to Marry'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Prints are held by Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Brussels and Gosfilmofond, Russian State Archive, Moscow. Synopsis Dr. Hobart Hupp, who thinks he can treat prisoners with surgery and tests, finds himself facing an unexpected and twisted challenge. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Dr. Hobart Hupp * Lila Lee as Annabelle Landis * Laura Anson as Estrella De Morgan * Edwin Stevens as Henry De Morgan * Lillian Leighton as Sarah De Morgan * Bull Montana as Dago Red (a crook) * Allen Durnell as Arthur Simmons * Sidney Bracey as Col. Landis * Genevieve Blinn as Mrs. Landis * Clarence Burton as Gregory Slade (a lawyer) * Henry Johnson as Norman Gregory * Charles Ogle as Cement man * Jackie Young as Cupid * Lucien Littlefield Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dollar-a-Year Man
''The Dollar-a-Year Man'' is a 1921 American comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle.The Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Dollar a Year Man'' on silentera.com It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a . Plot Based upon a summary in a film publication, Franklin Pinney (Arbuckle) is a member of the Yacht Club which is hosting a Prince at a dinner. Fearing that Franklin, who is not a blue blooded member, will commit some indiscretion, the members plan to have Kate Connelly (Greenwood), the club detective, lure him to a haunted house until after ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Wild Week
''One Wild Week'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy romance film directed by Maurice Campbell and starring Bebe Daniels. Adolph Zukor produced the film through his Realart Pictures Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Pauline Hathaway (Daniels) attains her eighteenth birthday was the ward of a spinster aunt and learns that she is heir to a small fortune provided she keeps her name out of the newspapers for a period of six months. She goes to visit an old friend of her mother and is falsely arrested for theft. After giving a fictitious name, she is sent to the woman's reformatory. She escapes with three other inmates and makes her way to the home of her hostess followed by her aunt and others who have become involved in the search for her. The film ends with satisfactory explanations being made. Cast *Bebe Daniels as Pauline Hathaway *Frank Kingsley as Bruce Reynolds *Mayme Kelso as Emma Jessop *Frances Raymond as Mrs. Brewster * Herbert Standing as Judge Bancrof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Worth While?
''What's Worth While?'' is a 1921 American silent drama film written and directed by Lois Weber and starring Claire Windsor, Arthur Stuart Hull, Mona Lisa, Louis Calhern, and Edwin Stevens. The film was released on February 27, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Claire Windsor as Phoebe Jay Morrison *Arthur Stuart Hull as Mr. Morrison *Mona Lisa as Sophia *Louis Calhern as 'Squire' Elton * Edwin Stevens as Rowan Preservation status A print of ''What's Worth While?'' is in the collection of the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library ... Packard Campus.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 206 c.1978 by the American Film Institute References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sting Of The Lash
''The Sting of the Lash'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring Pauline Frederick, Clyde Fillmore, and Lawson Butt.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 166 Cast * Pauline Frederick as Dorothy Keith * Clyde Fillmore as Joel Grant * Lawson Butt as Rhodes * Lionel Belmore as Ben Ames * Jack Richardson as Seeley * Edwin Stevens as Daniel Keith * Betty Hall as Crissy (6 years) * Evelyn McCoy as Crissy (10 years) * Percy Challenger Percy Challenger (September 3, 1858 – July 23, 1932) was a film and theater actor in the United States. He appeared in dozens of films. He was born in England. He acted in and managed the eastern tour of Virginia Drew Prescott (Melbourne MacDowe ... as Rorke References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1921 films 1921 drama films Silent American drama films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Charm School (film)
''The Charm School'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film starring Wallace Reid. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures this James Cruze directed film was based on a 1920 Broadway stage play and novel by Alice Duer Miller that starred veteran actress Minnie Dupree. It is currently a lost film. It was filmed on the campus of Pomona College in Claremont, California. Plot As summarized in a film publication, when Mrs. Rolles (Farrington) insists that she will not have Austin Bevans (Reid) as a son-in-law, he insists that she will. But when his aunt dies and leaves Austin a girl's boarding school in her will, Austin gives up his suit of Susie Rolles (Bains) and decides to run the school. Under his aunt's regime the girls studied microbes, etc., but Austin turns it into a charm school where the girls are taught dancing, fencing, and grace in general. Elsie (Lee), one of the students, immediately falls in love with Austin, but he fails to res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her First Elopement
''Her First Elopement'' is a 1920 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and written by Edith M. Kennedy. It is based on the 1915 novel ''Her First Elopement'' by Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Jerome Patrick, Nell Craig, Lucien Littlefield, Jay Eaton, and Helen Dunbar. The film was released in December 1920, by Realart Pictures Corporation. Cast *Wanda Hawley as Christina Elliott * Jerome Patrick as Adrian Maitland *Nell Craig as Lotta St. Regis *Lucien Littlefield as Ted Maitland *Jay Eaton as Gerald Elliott * Helen Dunbar as Letitia Varden *Herbert Standing as John Varden * Edwin Stevens as Mr. Maitland Sr. * Margaret Morris as Bettie Carlisle *Ann Hastings as Trixie *John McKinnon as Captain Hardy Preservation status A print of ''Her First Elopement'' exists in the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Unwilling Husband
''Her Unwilling Husband'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Blanche Sweet, Alan Roscoe, and Edwin Stevens.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 259 Cast * Blanche Sweet Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Early life Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first nam ... as Mavis * Alan Roscoe as Homer Owen * Edwin Stevens as John Jordan References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1920 films 1920 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white films Films directed by Paul Scardon 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Figurehead (film)
''The Figurehead'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Robert Ellis and starring Eugene O'Brien, Anna Q. Nilsson and Ora Carew.Connelly p.347 Cast * Eugene O'Brien as Sheridan Dow * Anna Q. Nilsson as Mary Forbes * Ora Carew Ora Carew (born Ora Whytock; April 19, 1891 – October 26, 1955), was an American silent film actress. She starred in several films between 1915 and 1925. She was known as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties. Early life Ora Whytock was born i ... as Sylvia Freeman * Edwin Stevens as Frank Freeman * Joseph W. Girard as James Durfee * Frances Parks as Kitty * Kate Price as Mrs. Devlin References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion's Playground
''Passion's Playground'' is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by and starring Katherine MacDonald. Rudolph Valentino has a featured part in the film billed as Rudolph Valentine. The film is based on the novel ''The Guests of Hercules'' by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson. This film is presumed lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, Mary Grant (MacDonald), an orphan, leaves an Italian convent and goes to Monte Carlo where, with beginner's luck, she breaks the bank. When her unsophisticated ways lead men to make unseemly advances, she is protected by Prince Angelo Della Robbia (Valentino), whom she later promises to marry. His brother's wife comes to visit her and she learns that she is Marie Grant (Craig), a former student of the same convent who several years earlier had eloped with a man who then deserted her. When a former sweetheart of her husband accuses her of the deed, she places the blame on Mary. Mary goes to a chateau in the mountains. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
