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Eric Mayne
Eric Mayne (April 28, 1865 – February 10, 1947) was an American actor. Mayne was born in Dublin and was a star on stage in London in the early 20th century, at the London Lyceum and at Drury Lane. He appeared in the films ''The New York Peacock'', ''Wife Number Two'', ''Her Hour'', '' Help! Help! Police!'', ''Marooned Hearts'', ''The Conquering Power'', ''Turn to the Right'', ''The Prisoner of Zenda'', '' Pawned'', ''Dr. Jack'', ''My American Wife'', '' The Christian'', '' Suzanna'', ''Prodigal Daughters'', ''Human Wreckage'', '' Her Reputation'', '' Cameo Kirby'', '' The Drums of Jeopardy'', '' Black Oxen'', ''The Yankee Consul'', ''Gerald Cranston's Lady'', ''Her Night of Romance'', ''The Scarlet Honeymoon'', ''Cyclone Cavalier'', ''East Lynne'', ''Hearts and Spangles'', ''Folly of Youth'', '' Money to Burn'', '' Married Alive'', '' The Canyon of Adventure'', ''Rackety Rax'', ''Night of Terror'', ''The Drunkard ''The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved'' is an American tempera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Conquering Power
''The Conquering Power'' (1921) is an American silent romantic drama directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, and Ralph Lewis. The film was based on the 1833 novel ''Eugénie Grandet'' by Honoré de Balzac. Its sets were designed by Ralph Barton. Plot After the death of his father, young dandy Charles Grandet (Rudolph Valentino) is taken under the care of his uncle, Monsieur Grandet ( Ralph Lewis). The miserly Grandet, despite being the wealthiest man in his province, forces his family to live in poverty and schemes to cheat his nephew out of his inheritance from his father. Charles falls in love with Grandet's daughter Eugenie (Alice Terry) but Grandet condemns their love, and sends Charles away. While Charles is away, Grandet kills Eugenie's mother, which sends him further into a maddened state. Later, it is revealed that Eugenie is not really Monsieur Grandet's daughter; if she knew, then she could reclaim all of the gold that originally belong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prodigal Daughters
''Prodigal Daughters'' is a 1923 American silent societal drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film stars Gloria Swanson and was directed by Sam Wood. It is based on a novel of the same name by Joseph Hocking. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Swifty Forbes becomes a flapper when her father J.D. Forbes becomes rich during the War. She lives a life of unrestrained pleasure and is loved by Roger Corbin, an aviator, and Stanley Garside, a gambler. Her sister Marjory follows the same trail and, when their father protests, they leave home to lead their own lives in Greenwich Village. Forbes, the father, in despair leaves the business in the hands of the young Corbin. Swifty loses all her money in Garside's card room and plays the cards for the cancelation of her debt against her marriage to Garside. She loses and must marry Garside within sixty days. While in the cabin of a new locomotive produced at her father's works, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folly Of Youth
''Folly of Youth'' is a 1925 American independent silent crime drama film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Gaston Glass, Hedda Nova and Noah Beery.Munden p.258 It takes place during the era of Prohibition. Synopsis After his sister falls ill from drinking some bad booze, Robert Cartwright sets out to investigate and expose those bootleggers but unexpectedly encounters an attractive woman who has been roped into the gang of criminals. Cast * Gaston Glass as Robert Cartwright * Hedda Nova as Leona Haynes * Noah Beery as Lee Haynes * Gertrude Astor as Evelyn Cartwright * Rosaline Marlin * Eric Mayne * Theodore Lorch Theodore "Ted" Lorch (September 29, 1873 – November 12, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1908 and 1947. Biography Born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1873, Lorch appeared in several Three Stooges ... References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts And Spangles
''Hearts and Spangles'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Wanda Hawley, Robert Gordon and Frankie Darro.Munden p.334 A medical student is expelled from college and disowned by his father, and goes to join the circus. Cast * Wanda Hawley as Peg Palmer * Robert Gordon as Steve Carris * Barbara Tennant as Grace Carris * Eric Mayne as Dr. Carris * Frankie Darro as Bobby * Larry Steers as Peter Carris * J.P. Lockney as Harry Riley * George Chesebro George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Mi ... as Barclay * Charles Force as Hawkins 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] |
East Lynne (1925 Film)
''East Lynne'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Alma Rubens, Edmund Lowe, and Lou Tellegen. The film is based on the bestselling 1861 Victorian novel of the same name by Ellen Wood. The scenario was written by Lenore Coffee and the film's director, Emmett J. Flynn. Distributed by Fox Film Corporation, the film was a hit for the studio grossing $1.1 million. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Carlyle (Lowe), a wealthy young Englishman buys a debt-ridden estate from Lord Mount-Severn (Mayne) and persuade his daughter, Lady Isabel (Rubens), to marry him though she loves the rascally Sir Francis (Tellegen). Years pass, and this pair are blessed with two little kiddies. A villager, the father of a wayward girl, is murdered and Richard (Fenton), the brother of Carlyle's former sweetheart Barbara (Daw), is accused. Barbara makes an appointment with Carlyle to ask his help. Lady Isabel, misunderstanding, leaves her kiddies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclone Cavalier
''Cyclone Cavalier'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Reed Howes, Carmelita Geraghty, and Wilfred Lucas. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a young man whose adventurousness keeps him in trouble is sent to a small South American republic by his wealthy father. En route he meets and falls in love with the daughter of the president of the state to which she is going. He aids her father in stifling a revolution and wins the young woman’s hand in marriage. Cast References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. (2012). ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland. External links * * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell 1920s English-language films Rayart Pictures films American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scarlet Honeymoon
''The Scarlet Honeymoon'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alan Hale and starring Shirley Mason, Pierre Gendron, and Allan Sears Allan Sears (March 9, 1887 – August 18, 1942) was an American film actor who played leading roles in the 1910s and 1920s before transitioning into character roles in the 1930s. He was noted for his tall stature. Biography Sears was born in S ....Kennedy p. 303 Cast References Bibliography * Matthew Kennedy. ''Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy''. Terrace Books, 2004. External links * 1925 films 1925 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Alan Hale American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Fox Film films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Night Of Romance
''Her Night of Romance'' is a 1924 American silent film written by Hanns Kräly and directed by Sidney Franklin. The romantic comedy stars Constance Talmadge and Ronald Colman. Plot American millionaire Samuel C. Adams brings his daughter Dorothy to England to see a specialist about her heart trouble. So that she will not be hounded by the press and fortune hunters, Dorothy makes herself up to look extremely plain. Impoverished Lord Paul Menford spies her without the hideous disguise and falls in love with her immediately. When he is mistaken for his uncle, the heart specialist Adams seeks, he goes along in order to meet her. Meanwhile, his agent sells the Menford family estate to Adams. When Menford finally admits the ruse, Dorothy sends him away. Later that night, he gets drunk and goes home, only he has forgotten that he no longer lives at the Menford estate. He crawls into his old room, only to find Dorothy there. Frightened, she makes him leave and barricades the door for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Cranston's Lady
''Gerald Cranston's Lady'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring James Kirkwood Sr., James Kirkwood, Alma Rubens, and Walter McGrail. It is based on the Gerald Cranston's Lady (novel), novel of the same title by Gilbert Frankau published the same year as the film was released. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, wealthy Englishman Gerald Cranston (Kirkwood) makes a bargain with Lady Hermione (Rubens) to marry her. Love is not to enter into the affair as he is marrying for social prestige and she to secure financial independence for herself and young son. Gordon Ibbotsleigh (McGrail), who loves Hermione, goes on a venture to Africa which unknown to him Gerald finances. Before going, Gordon taunts Hermione with being a purchased woman and endeavors to make love to her. Hermione respects Gerald and is jealous of the way her little son loves him. So she goes to the country. Angela (De La Motte), her cousin who loves Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yankee Consul
''The Yankee Consul'' is a 1924 American black-and-white silent comedy film directed by James W. Horne and written by Raymond Cannon. With a screen adaptation by Lewis Milestone and Raymond Griffith, the film is based upon the 1904 Broadway play ''The Yankee Consul; a Musical Comedy'' by Alfred G. Robyn and Henry Martyn Blossom. The film premiered in New York City on February 10, 1924, and had general theatrical release beginning February 24, 1924. It has a 1925 release in Austria as ''Der Wilde Konsul''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the actions of Dudley Ainsworth (Douglas MacLean) cause concern to his friends, who think he just needs to have some work. Jack Morrell (Arthur Stuart Hull) secures him a position at a tourist agency. Sent to a departing steamship to bring off the trunks of the consul to Rio de Janeiro, he finds himself on the high seas with Morrell going to Brazil. To avoid having to shovel coal for his passage, he poses as the American consul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Oxen
''Black Oxen'' is a 1923 American silent fantasy / romantic drama film starring Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, and Clara Bow. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the film is based on the controversial best-selling 1923 novel of the same name by Gertrude Atherton. Described as "subtle science fiction", the film takes its title from William Butler Yeats: "The years like great Black Oxen tread the world." It was produced by Frank Lloyd Productions and distributed by First National Pictures. A special Photoplay Edition of the novel was published by A. L. Burt Company, New York, illustrated with four stills from the film. Plot As described in a film magazine review, having submitted to a medical treatment which restores her youth and beauty using a rejuvenating glandular treatment and X-ray surgery, Madame Zatianny, formerly Mary Ogden of New York City, leaves Austria for the United States. Young playwright Lee Clavering meets the rejuvenated Mary and, taken by her perfect poise and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drums Of Jeopardy (1923 Film)
''The Drums of Jeopardy'' is a 1923 American silent mystery film directed by Edward Dillon, written by Arthur Hoerl and featuring Wallace Beery.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). ''Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era''. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 259. . It is based on the 1920 novel of the same name by Harold McGrath which was serialized in the ''Saturday Evening Post''. The film was released by Tru-art Film Company in November 1923. The name of the villain in the story was originally called Boris Karlov, but when the actor Boris Karloff rose to prominence circa 1923, the character's name was changed to Gregor Karlov to avoid confusion. It was changed back to Boris again in the 1931 remake of the film which starred Warner Oland as the villain. Producer M. H. Hoffman rose to prominence in Hollywood as a result of this film's success. He later became president of Tiffany Pictures, and founded Allied Pictures in 1931. Actress Elaine Hammerstein (the daughter o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |