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Eileen Percy
Eileen Percy (August 1902 – 29 July 1973) was an Irish-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1917 and 1933. Biography Born in Belfast in August 1902, Percy lived in Brooklyn, New York, briefly in 1903 before returning to Belfast. She came back to Brooklyn at age nine, entering a convent there. After graduating from the convent, she became a model for artists, including Charles Dana Gibson. Some of the pictures for which she posed were used for magazine covers. After her film career ended, Percy became a staff correspondent for the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. In 1919, Percy married Ulrich Busch. They divorced in 1930. Her second husband from 1936 was songwriter Harry Ruby. She died in Los Angeles, California, in 1973. Her remains are buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. She was portrayed by Arlene Dahl in '' Three Little Words'' (1950). Partial filmography * '' Down to Earth'' (1917) * ''The Man from Painted Post'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 . By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the , was the world's largest shipyard. Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration, made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Told In The Hills
''Told in the Hills'' is a 1919 American silent Western film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Artcraft. George Melford directed the film and Robert Warwick stars. Cast * Robert Warwick as Jack Stuart * Ann Little as Rachel Hardy * Tom Forman as Charles Stuart * Wanda Hawley as Ann Belleau * Charles Ogle as Davy MacDougall * Monte Blue as Kalitan * Margaret Loomis as Talapa * Eileen Percy as Tillie Hardy * Jack Hoxie as Henry Hardy (credited as Hart Hoxie) * Jack Herbert as Skulking Brave * Guy Oliver as Captain Hold Production ''Told in the Hills'' was filmed on location in Lewiston and Lapwai, Idaho, and employed hundreds from the Nez Perce tribe. It was claimed that during the production of the film was the first time so many men of the Nez Perce had been allowed to gather since the Nez Perce War of 1877. Preservation A copy of ''Told in the Hills'' survives at the Russian film archive, Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flirt (1922 Film)
''The Flirt'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The cast included George Nichols, Lloyd Whitlock, Lydia Knott, William Welsh, Helen Jerome Eddy, Bert Roach, Eileen Percy, Edward Hearn, Harold Goodwin, and Buddy Messinger. It was based on Tarkington's 1913 novel ''The Flirt''. It was a Carl Laemmle film produced by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. The story features a girl who insist on having things her way. A film edition of the book was published in 1922 with film stills. Sheet music for a theme song, "The Flirt; Whose Heart Are You Breaking To-Night" was also released in 1922. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the Madison family is short of money though Papa Madison's name is good. Cora, one daughter, is selfish, lazy, and intolerant, but pretty. Her sister Laura is a reflection of her gentle mother, while Hendrick is the little pest of a kid brother. Cora's flirtations with the men of the town, the struggle of the father to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Trust Your Husband?
''Why Trust Your Husband?'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Eileen Percy, Harry Myers and Harry Dunkinson.Solomon p.268 Cast * Eileen Percy as Eunice Day * Harry Myers as Elmer Day * Ray Ripley as Joe Perry * Harry Dunkinson as Uncle Horace * Milla Davenport as Aunt Miranda * Jane Miller as Maud Stone * Hayward Mack Hayward Seaton Mack (March 20, 1882 – December 24, 1921) was an American actor of the silent era. Born in Albany, New York, in 1882, Mack appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1921. Mack's motion picture career began in 1910; he ap ... as Gilbert Stone * Bess True as Marie 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. * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Town Ideas
''Big Town Ideas'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Carl Harbaugh and starring Eileen Percy, Laura La Plante and James Parrott.Munden p.60 It was produced and distributed by Fox Film. Cast * Eileen Percy as Fan Tilden * Kenneth Gibson as Alan Dix * James Parrott as Spick Sprague * Lon Poff as Deputy * Laura La Plante as Molly Dorn * Leo Sulky as George Small * Harry DeRoy as Bald-headed Man * Lefty James as Warden * Lawrence A. Bowes as Governor * Paul Kamp as Grocer's Boy * Paul Cazeneuve as Show Manager * Clarence Wilson as Chef * Jess Aldridge Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Jessica, Jesse, Jessie, etc., and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Jess Atkinson (born 1961), American football player * Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host * ... as Governor's Bodyguard References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hickville To Broadway
''Hickville to Broadway'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Carl Harbaugh and starring Eileen Percy, William Scott and Rosemary Theby.Munden p.347 Cast * Eileen Percy as Anna Mae Neil * William Scott as Virgil Cole * Rosemary Theby as Sibyle Fane * J.P. Lockney as Elder Neil * Margaret Morris as Violet Garden * Ray Howard as Pinky Hale * Paul Kamp as Helper * Edmund Burns Edmund Burns (September 27, 1892 – April 2, 1980 ) was an American actor. He was best known for his films of the silent 1920s, particularly ''The Princess from Hoboken'' (1927), '' Made for Love'' (1926), and ''After the Fog'' (1929), althoug ... as Peter Van Reuter References Bibliography * 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 * 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Land Of Jazz
''The Land of Jazz'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Directed by Jules Furthman and written by Barbara La Marr, it starred Eileen Percy and Ruth Stonehouse. Cast *Eileen Percy as Nina Dumbarton *Ruth Stonehouse as Nancy Lee *Herbert Heyes as Dr. Vane Carruthers * George Fisher as Captain De Dortain * Franklyn Farnum (Undetermined Role) *Hayward Mack (Undetermined Role) *Rose Dione as Mrs. Lord *Carrie Clark Ward as Mrs. Dunkinson (credited as Carry Ward) *Blanche Payson as The Maid * Clarence Wilson (Undetermined Role) (credited as Wilson Hummel) *Harry Dunkinson as Mr. Dumbardon *Dick La Reno (Undetermined Role) Preservation status ''The Land of Jazz'' is now considered to be a lost film. See also *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Third Eye (serial)
''The Third Eye'' is a 1920 American crime film serial directed by James W. Horne. The film is considered to be lost. Plot As described in a film publication, Curtis Steele (Oland), a society man at a film studio, has been pursuing actress Rita Moreland (Percy) and confronts her at the studio with the intention of making love to her. She repulses him and during the struggle shoots him. Steele staggers forward and collapses. She is terrified as she thought that the revolver had been loaded with blanks. As she bends over him, he leaps to his feet and with a sneering remark leaves. Later that night Rita is informed that Steele was found at the studio shot through the heart, and that there is a film showing Steel chasing her and then her shooting him. The serial then develops around Rita, her sweetheart, a villain, and the mystery of who killed Steele, who made the film, and attempts to obtain the film. Cast * Warner Oland as Curtis Steele / Malcolm Graw * Eileen Percy as Rita Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day
''One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day'' is a lost film, lost 1919 American silent comedy film, directed by John Ince (actor), John Ince. It stars Bert Lytell, Joseph Kilgour, and Eileen Percy, and was released on June 23, 1919. Cast * Bert Lytell as Stradivarius O'Day * Joseph Kilgour as Charley Carstock * Eileen Percy as Prairie-Flower Marie * Stanton Heck as Gorilla Lawson * William A. Carroll as MacLeod * Jules Hanft as Billings * John Hack as Roughneck M'Dool * Bull Montana References External links * * * Films directed by John Ince Metro Pictures films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films 1919 comedy films 1919 films Lost American films 1919 lost films Lost comedy films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where The West Begins (1919 Film)
''Where the West Begins'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Henry King and starring William Russell, Eileen Percy and Cullen Landis.Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema p.166 Cast * William Russell as Cliff Redfern * Eileen Percy as Prudence Caldwell * Cullen Landis as Ned Caldwell * Frederick Vroom as Luther Caldwell * Carl Stockdale as Gunner McCann * Al Ferguson Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor. Born in County Wexford, Ireland, he appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956. Billed as Smoke Ferguson, by 1912 he was making Westerns for Selig ... as Blackthorn Kennedy References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films Films directed by Henry King 1910s English-language films Pathé Exchange films American black-an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Gold (1919 American Film)
''Desert Gold'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring E.K. Lincoln, Margery Wilson and Eileen Percy. It is based on the novel of the same title by Zane Grey.Goble, p. 114. Cast * E.K. Lincoln as Dick Gale * Margery Wilson as Mercedes Castenada * Eileen Percy as Nell * Lawson Butt as The Yaqui * Russell Simpson as Ladd * Walter Long as Rojas * Edward Coxen as Captain George Thorne * Frank Brownlee as Jonas Warren * Arthur Morrison as Lash * Jeanne Carpenter as Jeanne Carpenter * Beulah Dark Cloud as Papago Indian Mother * Mary Jane Irving as The Child * Frank Lanning Frank Lanning (August 14, 1872 – June 17, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 84 films between 1910 and 1934. He was born in Marion, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California. Lanning's film debut came in ''The Me ... as Papago Indian Son * Laura Winston as Mrs. Belding * W.H. Bainbridge as Jim Belding References Bibliography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brass Buttons
''Brass Buttons'' is a 1919 American silent comedy Western film directed by Henry King, and starring William Russell, Eileen Percy, and Helen Howard.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 166 A New York cop in Arizona tackles a gang of criminals. Cast * William Russell as Kingdon Hollister * Eileen Percy as Bernice Cleveland * Helen Howard as Madeline * Frank Brownlee as Terence Callahan * Bull Montana as Jake the Priest * Wilbur Higby as Mayor Dave McCullough * Carl Stockdale Carl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale (February 19, 1874 – March 15, 1953) was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent fi ... as Cold-Deck Dallas References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1919 films 1910s Western (genre) com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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