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Ethel Lynne
Ethel Lynne (born Ethel Lindsay; February 25, 1897 – July 31, 1976) was an American actress who was active during Hollywood's silent era. She was married to director Fred Fishback, an associate of Fatty Arbuckle. Biography Lynne was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Frank Lindsay and Mary Elizabeth Chiles. She began acting as a teenager around 1915, appearing in a number of Al Christie comedies. She met and married director Fred Fishback in 1919. After Fishback's untimely death, she married a fellow Texan, Thomas Palmer; that marriage ended in divorce. Little is known of her life after the 1920s. She died on July 31, 1976. Selected filmography * '' Some Chaperone'' (1915) * ''Love and a Savage'' (1915) * '' Wanted: A Leading Lady'' (1915) * ''His Wedding Night'' (1916) * ''By the Sad Sea Waves'' (1916) * ''Jed's Trip to the Fair'' (1916) * '' Help! Help! Police!'' (1917) * ''Sauce for the Goose'' (1917) * '' Bride and Gloom'' (1917) * ''The Biggest Show on Earth ''The Big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Fishback
Fred C. Fishback (born Moscu Fischback; January 18, 1894January 6, 1925) was a film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer of the silent era. Following the 1921 scandal surrounding Roscoe Arbuckle, in which he was involved, Fishback worked mostly under the pseudonym Fred Hibbard. Biography Fred Fishback was born Moscu Fischback (sometimes spelled Fischbach) on January 18, 1894, in Bucharest, Romania. He immigrated to the United States around 1900, and made his motion picture debut with Thomas H. Ince in 1912. As Freddy Fischbach, he became a cameraman at Mack Sennett's Keystone studio, where he worked with comedy star Roscoe Arbuckle. Sennett promoted Fischbach to director, with his surname Americanized to Fred Fishback. Anyone with Keystone credentials was welcomed by lesser comedy studios, and Fishback secured a job directing comedy shorts for Universal Pictures, many of them featuring former Keystone and Hal Roach bit player Lige Conley. Both Arbuckle and Fishback were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauce For The Goose
''Sauce for the Goose'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and Vera Doria.Basinger p. 163 Cast * Constance Talmadge as Kitty Constable * Harrison Ford as John Constable * Vera Doria as Mrs. Margaret Alloway * Harland Tucker as Harry Travers * Edna Mae Cooper as Mrs. Edith Darch * Louis Willoughby as Teddy Sylvester * Jane Keckley Jane Keckley (September 10, 1876 – August 14, 1963) was an American actress of the silent and sound film eras. Biography Keckley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and went to school there and in Georgia. Before she acted in films, Kec ... as Maid References Bibliography * Jeanine Basinger. ''Silent Stars''. Wesleyan University Press, 2000. External links * 1918 films 1918 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Walter Edwards American silent feature films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films Selznick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Film Actresses
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American Film Actresses
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Key to entries: : born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth : ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life : a range is ''birth''–''death'' years : if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly A * Beverly Aadland 1942–2010 *Mariann Aalda born *Caroline Aaron born *Diahnne Abbott born *Rose Abdoo born * Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Whitney Able born *Candice Accola born *Amy Acker born *Jean Acker 1893–1978 *Bettye Ackerman 1924–2006 *Amy Adams born (born in Italy) * Brooke Adams born *Edie Adams 1927–2008 * Jane Adams born *Joey Lauren Adams born *Julie Adams 1926–2019 *Lillian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word ''computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 23 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only capital case in United States history, where spectral evidence helps secure a conviction. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Association is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ever Since Eve (1921 Film) as Lieutenant Gerald O'Connor
''Ever Since Eve'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell and starring Shirley Mason, Herbert Heyes and Eva Gordon.Munden p.218 Cast * Shirley Mason as Célestine Le Farge * Herbert Heyes as Carteret * Eva Gordon as Lorita * Eunice Murdock Moore as Svenson * Charles Spere as Percy Goring * Frances Hancock as Mrs. Kerry * Ethel Lynne as The Stranger * Louis King Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. 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 *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Biggest Show On Earth
''The Biggest Show on Earth'' is a surviving 1918 American silent drama film directed by Jerome Storm and written by Julien Josephson and Florence Vincent. The film stars Enid Bennett, Bliss Chevalier, Ethel Lynne, Melbourne MacDowell, Jack Nelson, and Earle Rodney. The film was released on April 28, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Roxie Kemp (Bennett), a lion tamer in her father's circus, is sent to boarding school. The girls there have nothing to do with Roxie until she rescues them from a mad dog. Marjorie Trent (Lynne), with a long line of ancestors, invites her to her home for the holiday season. As soon as Owen Trent (Rodney) sees Roxie, he thinks she is the only girl for him. His dream is shattered after Mrs. Trent (Chevalier) learns Roxie is the daughter of a circus owner. However, Col. Jeffrey Trent (Stockdale) tells her that their income comes from the circus, so the young couple are allowed to continue their courtship. Cast *Enid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bride And Gloom (film)
''Bride and Gloom'' is a 1918 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It is presumed to be a lost film. Like many American films of the time, ''Bride and Gloom'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of two scenes of Lloyd in berth with woman. Cast * Harold Lloyd as Groom * Bebe Daniels as Bride * Snub Pollard * William Gillespie * Helen Gilmore * Lew Harvey * James Parrott * Charles Stevenson (credited as Charles E. Stevenson) See also * List of American films of 1918 * Harold Lloyd filmography These are the known films of Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), an American actor and filmmaker most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. Most of these films are known to survive in Lloyd's personal archive collection ... References External links * 1918 films 1918 comedy films 1918 short films 1918 lost films American black-and-white film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Help! Help! Police!
''Help! Help! Police!'' is a lost 1919 silent American comedy film directed by Edward Dillon. Plot As described in the film magazine ''Moving Picture World'', George Welston (Walsh), the son of a wealthy rubber manufacturer, is staying in Palm Beach as is another rubber man, Judson Pendleton (Hallam), and his daughter Eve (Mann). The two fathers are concerned about a $100,000 rubber shipment, and are competing for it. George has been arrest twice for speeding. One night he sees a man going by the window into Eve's room, so he climbs the roof and enters. The thief sees him coming and locks himself in a closet. The house detective sees George enter and nabs him, and while they are arguing the thief escapes. Eve and her father enter her room, and her father makes the detective let George go, although he still suspects him. The thief enters another room, gags a girl who was sleeping there, and takes her jewels. A cigarette starts the room on fire. George sees the smoke and rescues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd as well as with his nephew, Al St. John. He also mentored Charlie Chaplin, Monty Banks and Bob Hope, and brought vaudeville star Buster Keaton into the movie business. Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for $14,000 (). Arbuckle was the defendant in three widely publicized trials between November 1921 and April 1922 for the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe. Rappe had fallen ill at a party hosted by Arbuckle at San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel in September 1921, and died four days later. A friend of Rappe accused Arbuckle of raping and accidentally killing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed's Trip To The Fair
''Jed's Trip to the Fair'' is a 1916 silent film comedy directed by Al Christie and starring Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran and Betty Compson. It was produced by Nestor Film Company and released through Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast *Eddie Lyons - Jed *Lee Moran - Mysterious Stranger * Betty Compson - Lizzie * Joe Janecke - Thief *Ethel Lynne See also * Betty Compson filmography This page includes Betty Compson's (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) known film appearances from 1915–48. Films from 1915 to 1919 are shorts, mostly for Al Christie, unless otherwise stated. A big breakout came in 1919, with '' The Miracle M ... References External links Jed's Trip to the Fair at IMDb.com 1916 films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Al Christie Universal Pictures short films Silent American comedy films 1916 comedy films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
