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Elsie Jane Wilson
Elsie Jane Wilson (7 November 1885 – 16 January 1965) was a cinema actress, director, and writer during the early film era. She took part in the productions of the silent film era and starred in over thirty films. Between the years of 1916 and 1919, Wilson was credited for producing, writing two films, and directing eleven films. She was best known in the genres of dramas and comedy dramas. Biography Elsie Jane Wilson was born in Sydney, Australia. She began her career as a professional actress at the age of two. She credited her success to participating in the ''English Christmas Pantomime'' every year, allowing her to gain training and experience for the pictures. Wlison acted in London, South Africa, and New York City. She toured Australia and New Zealand with a number of J. C. Williamson companies, where she met and married Rupert Julian in 1906. They immigrated to New York, United States in 1913 and eventually found work as actors in Hollywood under Joseph de Grasse. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photoplay
''Photoplay'' was one of the first American film (another name for ''photoplay'') fan magazines. It was founded in 1911 in Chicago, the same year that J. Stuart Blackton founded '' Motion Picture Story,'' a magazine also directed at fans. For most of its run, ''Photoplay'' was published by Macfadden Publications. In 1921 ''Photoplay'' established what is considered the first significant annual movie award. The magazine ceased publication in 1980. History ''Photoplay'' began as a short fiction magazine concerned mostly with the plots and characters of films at the time and was used as a promotional tool for those films. In 1915, Julian Johnson and James R. Quirk became the editors (though Quirk had been vice president of the magazine since its inception), and together they created a format which would set a precedent for almost all celebrity magazines that followed. By 1918 the circulation exceeded 200,000, with the popularity of the magazine fueled by the public's increasing inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Tears
''The City of Tears'' is a lost 1918 silent film comedy drama directed by Elsie Jane Wilson and starring Carmel Myers and Leatrice Joy. It was distributed by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast *Carmel Myers - Rosa Carillo *Edwin August - Tony Bonchi *Earl Rodney - Billy Leeds (*aka Earle Rodney) *Leatrice Joy Leatrice Joy (born Leatrice Johanna Zeidler; November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era. Early life Joy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to dentist Edward Joseph Zeidler, who was o ... - Maria *Lottie Kruse - Katrina References External links * * 1918 films American silent feature films Lost American comedy-drama films Universal Pictures films American black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1918 comedy-drama films 1918 lost films English-language comedy-drama films 1910s American films Silent American comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circus Of Life (1917 Film)
The Circus of Life is a 1917 American silent drama directed by Rupert Julian and Elsie Jane Wilson based on the story by Rupert Julian. The film stars Elsie Jane Wilson. The photoplay produced by the Butterfly Company and released on June 4, 1917, by Universal Pictures. Plot Danny, driver of a beer wagon, marries Mamie but, shortly after, his wife neglects him, infatuated as she is with Gaston Bouvais, an artist. When Mamie has a baby daughter, Daisy May, Danny thinks he's not her father and, desperate, starts drinking. Although he thinks she is someone else's daughter, he loves little Daisy May and, when the child grows up, she will travel with him in the wagons carrying beer. During one such trip, Danny, having drunk too much, loses control of the horses. In the ensuing chaos, the little girl ends up injured. Meanwhile, Bouvais - who has continued his relationship with Mamie all those years - manages to persuade the woman to leave Danny. But the accident in which the daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother O' Mine (1917 Film)
''Mother O' Mine'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Rupert Julian and starring Julian, Ruth Clifford and E. Alyn Warren.Parish & Pitts p.193 Cast * Rupert Julian as John Standing * Ruth Clifford as Catherine Thurston * E. Alyn Warren as Romeo Bonelli * Elsie Jane Wilson as Christine * Ruby Lafayette Ruby Lafayette (July 22, 1844 – April 3, 1935) was an American film actress, known for ''Sue of the South'' (1919), ''Big Bob'' (1921) and ''The Man Trap'' (1917). She was married to John T. Curran. At age 82, Lafayette nearly died from inju ... as Mrs. Standing References Bibliography *James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Rupert Julian 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Lady
''The Silent Lady'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson and starring Gretchen Lederer, Zoe Rae and Winter Hall.Connelly p.410 Cast * Gretchen Lederer as Miss Summerville * Zoe Rae as Little Kate * Winter Hall as Philemon * Harry Holden as Peter * J. Edwin Brown as Capt. Bartholomew * Lule Warrenton as Mrs. Hayes * E. Alyn Warren Edward Alyn Warren (June 2, 1874 – January 22, 1940) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1940. In some early silent films he was credited as Fred Warren or E. A. Warren. He was born in Richmond, Vir ... as Dr. Carlyle References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Elsie J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cricket (1917 Film)
''The Cricket'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson and starring Gretchen Lederer, Zoe Rae and Winter Hall.Connelly p.335 Cast * Zoe Rae as The Cricket as a child * Rena Rogers as The Cricket as an adult * Fred Warren as Saveline * Harry Holden as Caesar * Winter Hall as Pinglet * George Hupp as Pascal as a boy * Hallam Cooley as Pascal as an adult * Gretchen Lederer Gretchen Lederer (née. Schwallenback, 23 May 1891 – 20 December 1955) was a German actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1918. Personal life Gretchen Lederer was born in Cologne, Germany. She was marr ... as The Cricket's Mother References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Pirate
''The Little Pirate'' is a 1917 American silent family adventure film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson and starring Zoe Rae, Charles West and Frank Brownlee.Connelly p.377 Cast * Zoe Rae as Margery * Charles West as George Drake * Frank Brownlee as John Baird * Gretchen Lederer as Virginia Baird * Frederick Titus as Butler * Lillian Peacock as Maid * Burwell Hamrick Burwell may refer to: People * Burwell (name) Places * Burwell, Cambridgeshire * Burwell, Lincolnshire * Burwell, Nebraska * Burwell Creek, a stream in Georgia * The Burwell, an NRHP-listed high-rise in Knoxville, Tennessee Ships * USS '' ... as Captain Kidd Jr. References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 adventure films American silent feature films American adventure films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Elsie Jane Wilson 1910s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Ship
''The Mystery Ship'' is a 1917 American adventure film serial directed by Harry Harvey and Henry MacRae. The film is considered to be lost. Cast Chapter titles # The Crescent Scar # The Grip of Hate # Adrift # The Secret of the Tomb # The Fire God # Treachery # One Minute to Live # Hidden Hands # The Black Masks # The Rescue # The Line of Death # The Rain of Fire # The Underground House # The Masked Riders # The House of Trickery # The Forced Marriage # The Deadly Torpedo # The Fight in Mid-Air Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The Mystery Ship'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required the cut of: * Chapter 1: three gambling scenes *Chapter 2: the "slugging" (knocking unconscious) of a man and throwing him overboard *Chapter 5: the striking a man on the head with a stone, the mob inside a wall shooting a man, and a man falling after the shooting *Chapter 6: the abduction of a young woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Justice (1915 Film)
''Mountain Justice'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney and Arthur Shirley. It was written by Ida May Park, based on a story by Jules Furthman. The film is now considered to be lost. Plot Angus McDonald (Arthur Shirley) and Jeffrey Kirke (Lon Chaney) are running an illegal moonshine business. Angus is slow and cautious, while Jeffrey is hot-tempered and treats his wife Mary very poorly. Nora Davison is a local girl who is desperately in love with Angus, but he is only interested in his partner's wife, Mary. One day Jeffrey beats his wife into unconsciousness, and Nora has to physically prevent Angus from killing Jeffrey in a rage. Mary decides to leave her husband, although she still loves him. Angus professes his love to Mary, but she tells him that she still only loves her husband, in spite of the ill treatment she receives from him. Jeffrey Kirke gets a tip that U.S. revenue officers are going to raid his still. He prepare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bound On The Wheel
''Bound on the Wheel'' is a 1915 American short silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney. It was written by Ida May Park (De Grasse's wife), based on a story by Jules Furthman. The film is now presumed lost. Plot ''Bound on the Wheel'' was a three act feature. The film is set in the east-side tenements of New York City. Elsie Jane Wilson plays the "embittered" Cora Gertz who lives in a tenement room with her parents, and Lon Chaney plays Tom Coulahan, a "drink-numbed 'good-for-nothing'" who lives on the floor below them with his alcoholic parents. Tom wants to take Cora away with him to live in a place of their own, but his parents create such a fuss that after they are married, Cora agrees to stay in the same building and live with Tom and his parents. Soon after, Cora's parents return to live in Germany and Tom's father dies. Mrs. Coulahan and Cora are forced to take in washing, while Tom devolves into a drunken lout. When Mrs. Coulahan dies, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is an American corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in Southern California. History The company was founded by a group of San Francisco businessmen in 1906. Hubert Eaton assumed management control in 1917 and is credited with being Forest Lawn's "founder" because of his origination of the "memorial-park" plan. The first location was in Tropico, which later became part of Glendale, California. Its facilities are officially known as ''memorial parks''. The parks are best known for the large number of celebrity burials, especially in the Glendale and Hollywood Hills locations. Eaton opened the first mortuary (funeral home) on dedicated cemetery grounds after a battle with established funeral directors, who saw the "combination" operation as a threat. He remained as general manager until his death in 1966, when he was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick Llewel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
