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F.A. Turner
F. A. Turner (October 12, 1858 – February 13, 1923) was an American actor of the stage and of the silent era. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1914 and 1922. He was born in New York City. He is sometimes billed as Fred Turner. Partial filmography * '' The Hunchback'' (1914, Short) - A Hunchback Peddler * ''The Quicksands'' (1914, Short) * '' The Life of General Villa'' (1914) - American girl's father * '' Home, Sweet Home'' (1914) * ''The Escape'' (1914) - Jim Joyce * ''The Next in Command'' (1914) - Pvt. Nolan * ''The Lost House'' (1915, Short) - Dosia's Uncle * ''A Man and His Mate'' (1915) - The Colonel - Betty's Father * ''The Outlaw's Revenge'' (1915) - The American Girl's Father * ''The Living Death'' (1915, Short) - Dr. Farrell * '' The Burned Hand'' (1915, Short) * ''The Woman from Warren's'' (1915, Short) - Fred Thompson * '' The Penitentes'' (1915) - Father Rossi * '' Acquitted'' (1916) - Police Captain * ''Little Meena's Romance'' (1916) - Meena's Uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl Of The Timber Claims
''A Girl of the Timber Claims'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Constance Talmadge, Allan Sears and Clyde E. Hopkins. It is based on the story "The Girl Homesteader," by Mary H. O'Connor, who also wrote the screenplay. Cast * Constance Talmadge as Jessie West * Allan Sears as Francis Ames * Clyde E. Hopkins as Bob Mullen * Beau Byrd as Cora Abbott * Wilbur Higby as Senator Hoyle * Bennie Schumann as Eddie Stanley * Joseph Singleton Joseph Edward Victor Fairfield Daveran Singleton (1 March 1879 – 24 October 1946) was an actor of the silent era. An Australian, he appeared in 74 films between 1913 and 1925. He was born in Melbourne. Selected filmography * ''Shon the ... as Leather Hermit * F.A. Turner as Jess's Father * Margaret Talmadge as Mrs. Kiesey * Charles Lee as A Homesteader References Bibliography * Jeanine Basinger. ''Silent Stars''. Wesleyan University Press, 2000. External links * 1917 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyes Of The Heart (film)
''Eyes of the Heart'' is a 1920 American silent crime film directed by Paul Powell and starring Mary Miles Minter. It was adapted by Clara Genevieve Kennedy from the story "Blindness" by Dana Burnet, published in the Ladies Home Journal. As is the case with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described in various film magazine reviews, Laura (Minter) is an orphan girl who has been blind since birth. She has been "adopted" by Simon (Law) and by three small-time crooks; Whitey, Sal and Mike (Burns), who is attracted to Laura. They convince the innocent Laura that her run-down surroundings are in fact beautiful. Mike, Sal and Whitey manage to find the money to pay for an operation which restores Laura's sight. They are arrested and temporarily jailed, however, over suspicion as to how they obtained the money, which means they are not around when Laura sees for the first time. The shock of realising that the home she thought was beautiful is in fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jack-Knife Man
''The Jack-Knife Man'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and his debut film with First National. A story of Christian charity and the virtues of self-help, the work reflects his "Creed and Pledge", a declaration of his artistic principles published the same year. Prints of the film survive in several film archives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Peter Lane (Turner), known as the "jack-knife man" because he spends his time whittling objects from wood, selling them to earn a living, loves and is loved by the Widow Potter (Leighton), desisting from matrimony for reasons known only to himself. When a hungry child, "Buddy," comes to his houseboat in quest of food, Peter asks and receives the aid of the Widow Potter. Returning to the boat he finds the boy's mother, dying, and he buries her and adopts the boy. A while later a tramp, "Booge," joins the queer family and refuses to be ousted. The three become inseparable companions. Then a busybody parson s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terror Island
''Terror Island'' is a 1920 American silent adventure film produced by Jesse Lasky and directed by James Cruze. It is a starring vehicle for illusionist Harry Houdini here costarring with Lila Lee. This film listed as 7 reels by the AFI but two reels are lost/missing with only 5 reels remaining. The film had the working title of ''Salvage''. Plot Beverly West appeals to Harry Harper, the inventor of a submarine device for salvaging sunken vessels, to help her rescue her father from the South Sea natives who are holding him as a ransom for the skull shaped pearl that Beverly possesses. Also desirous of the pearl is Job Mourdant, Beverly's guardian, who kidnaps his ward and heads out to sea. Harry follows and saves Beverly when Mourdant throws her overboard. After the two parties arrive on the island, Harry is captured but escapes in time to see the natives thrust Beverly into an iron safe and throw her into the sea. Once again, Harry saves the girl, and finally procures the gems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Bonnie Lassie
''Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie'' is a lost 1919 American comedy film directed by Tod Browning. Cast * Mary MacLaren - Alisa Graeme * Spottiswoode Aitken - Jeremiah Wishart * David Butler - David * Arthur Edmund Carewe - Archibald Loveday (as Arthur Carewe) * F. A. Turner (as Fred Turner) * Clarissa Selwynne (as Clarissa Selwyn) * Eugenie Forde Eugenie Forde (June 22, 1879 – September 5, 1940) was an American silent film actress. She starred in 73 films between 1912 and 1927 in films such as ''The Diamond from the Sky'' (1915) and '' Wives and Other Wives'' with actors such ... References External links * lantern slide* 1919 films 1919 comedy films 1919 lost films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Tod Browning Universal Pictures films Silent American comedy films Lost American comedy films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miracle Man (1919 Film)
''The Miracle Man'' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney and based on a 1914 play by George M. Cohan, which in turn is based on the novel of the same title by Frank L. Packard. The film was released by Paramount Pictures, directed, produced, and written by George Loane Tucker, and also stars Thomas Meighan and Betty Compson. The film made overnight successes of the three stars, most notably putting Chaney on the map as a character actor. Paramount remade the film in 1932 also titled '' The Miracle Man'' with Hobart Bosworth, Chester Morris, John Wray, and Sylvia Sidney. Today, the majority of the 1919 film is considered lost, with only two fragments, totaling about three minutes, surviving. Plot The film takes place in a small, New England town in 1919 (the Broadway play 1914), where a group of con men plan to use a faith healer to collect money. In New York City's Chinatown, four crooks conspire to swindle a small New England town. The gang consists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As The Sun Went Down
''As the Sun Went Down'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Edith Storey, Lew Cody, and Harry S. Northrup. It was released on February 10, 1919. Plot Colonel Billy is an ex-dance hall girl who has now gained a reputation as a gunfighter. She lives on the outskirts of Rattlesnake Gulch, where the women look down on her due to her past, while the men respect her due to her gun. She is in love with Faro Bill, a prospector who has promised to wed Billy once he strikes enough gold. One day the stage brings a preacher, Albert Atherton, and a destitute actor and his wife, Gerald and Mabel Morton, and their infant daughter to town. As a joke on Billy, they send Atherton to her house, saying that she has a room to board. Morton, in order to support his wife and child, files a claim and begins prospecting. Morton strikes gold, and when word of his strike reaches San Francisco, the gambler Arbuthnot devises a plot to take his claim away from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of Wetona
''The Heart of Wetona'' is a 1919 American silent adventure drama film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge, Fred Huntley, and Thomas Meighan. Plot The film tells the story of some Comanche Indians and their preparations for a Corn Dance. The father of Wetona finds out she loves a white man.''The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram''. (Richmond, Ind.), 04 April 1919, p. 7. Cast * Norma Talmadge * Fred Huntley * Thomas Meighan * Gladden James Gladden James (February 26, 1888 – August 28, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1911 and 1946. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California, from leukemia. Family In 1914 he ... * F.A. Turner References External links * 1919 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Sidney Franklin American adventure drama films 1910s adventure drama films Selznick Pictures films 1919 drama films 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Velvet Hand
''The Velvet Hand'' is a 1918 American drama film directed by Douglas Gerrard and written by F. McGrew Willis. The film stars Fritzi Brunette, William Conklin, Gino Corrado, F. A. Turner, Wedgwood Nowell and Carmen Phillips. The film was released on September 30, 1918, by Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Plot Cast *Fritzi Brunette as Gianna Russelli *William Conklin as Count Paul Trovelli *Gino Corrado as Russino Russelli * F. A. Turner as Russo Russelli *Wedgwood Nowell as Prince Visconte *Carmen Phillips Carmen Phillips (born Anna Catherine Phillips; September 15, 1888 – December 14, 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1914 and 1926, frequently as a "vamp". Biography A native Calif ... as Countess Michetti *Nicholas Dunaew as Secretary References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velvet Hand 1918 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films Universal Pictures fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp (1917 Film)
''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' is a 1917 silent film fantasy directed by Chester and Sidney Franklin and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It is preserved in the George Eastman House, Cinemateca Do Museu De Arte Moderna and the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.3 c.1978 by The American Film Institute The Film Cast * Francis Carpenter - Aladdin * F. A. Turner - Mustapha, A Tailor (*as Fred Turner) * - The Princess Badr al-Budur *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 Film)
''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the 1903 novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion. The film was made by the "Mary Pickford Company" and was an acclaimed box office hit. When the play premiered on Broadway in the 1910 theater season the part of Rebecca was played by Edith Taliaferro. Plot As described in a film magazine, Rebecca Randall (Pickford) is taken into the home of her aunt Hannah (Eddy), a strict New England woman. Rebecca meets Adam Ladd (O'Brien), a young man of the village, and they become great friends. One day Rebecca promises to marry Adam when she becomes of age. Unable to withstand her pranks any longer, her aunt sends her away to a boarding school. She graduates a beautiful young lady. Shortly thereafter, Adam demands a fulfillment of her promise. Cast Production ''Rebecca of Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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