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Faith Green
Faith Green was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era. She worked with directors like David Hartford, King Vidor, and Henry McRae. Green got her start as a journalist in New York City before turning to screenwriting; she also served as secretary of the New York Pen & Brush Club. Mrs. Green (husband unknown) resided in New York but also worked extensively in Canada. She was also valued due to her editing skills and knowledge of censor boards in the U.S. and Canada. She spent time with Ralph Connor and adapted many of his novels for the big screen. At one point, she was in talks with Canada's Lady Byng of Vimy to adapt a story into a film, but this doesn't seem to have come to fruition. Selected filmography * ''Blue Water'' (1924) * ''Glengarry School Days'' (1923) * ''The Man from Glengarry'' (1922) * ''The Rapids'' (1922) * ''Cameron of the Royal Mounted'' (1921) * '' God's Crucible'' (1921) * ''The Sky Pilot ''The Sky Pilot'' is a 1921 American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hartford
David Hartford (1873–1932) was an American actor and film director best known for directing the movie '' Back to God's Country'' (1919). Selected filmography *''The Dead End'' (1914) *'' Tess of the Storm Country'' (1914) * '' The Bride of Hate'' (1917) * ''Blood Will Tell'' (1917) *''Madam Who?'' (1918) * ''The Turn of a Card'' (1918) * '' Inside the Lines'' (1918) *''Rose o' Paradise'' (1918) *'' It Happened in Paris'' (1919, co-directed with Richard Gordon Matzene) *'' Back to God's Country'' (1919) *''Nomads of the North'' (1920) *''The Golden Snare'' (1921) * '' The Rapids'' (1922) *''Blue Water'' (1924) * ''Then Came the Woman'' (1926) * '' The Man in the Shadow'' (1926) * '' God's Great Wilderness'' (1927) *'' Rose of the Bowery'' (1927) *''Rough Romance ''Rough Romance'' is a 1930 American lumberjack Western (genre), Western film directed by A. F. Erickson. The film stars George O'Brien (actor), George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno, Roy Stewart (silent fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Vidor
King Wallis Vidor (; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, humane, and sympathetic depiction of contemporary social issues. Considered an auteur director, Vidor approached multiple genres and allowed the subject matter to determine the style, often pressing the limits of film-making conventions. His most acclaimed and successful film in the silent era is ''The Big Parade'' (1925). Vidor's sound films of the 1940s and early 1950s arguably represent his richest output. Among his finest works are ''Northwest Passage'' (1940), ''Comrade X'' (1940), ''An American Romance'' (1944), and '' Duel in the Sun'' (1946). His dramatic depictions of the American western landscape endow nature with a sinister force where his characters struggle for survival and redemption. Vidor's earlier films tend to identify ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry MacRae
Henry Alexander MacRae (August 29, 1876 – October 2, 1944) was a Canadians, Canadian film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film, silent era, working on many film Serial (film), serials for Universal Studios. One of a number of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, MacRae was credited with many innovations in film production, including artificial light for interiors, the wind machine, double exposures and shooting at night. Biography Henry MacRae was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 29, 1876, and died in Beverly Hills, California, United States on October 2, 1944, aged 68. He was active as a director from 1912 to 1933, making more than 130 films, most of them silent. In addition to the many Western (genre), westerns and adventure films to his credit, he directed the first Cinema of Thailand, Thai-Cinema of the United States, Hollywood co-production, ''Miss Suwanna of Siam'', in 1923. His first "talkie" was the first ''Tarzan'' m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Connor
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations. * Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced , as are all other English spellings without "l". * Raife, a very rare variant. * Raif, a very rare variant. Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore * Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish. * Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian. * Raoul, the traditional variant form in French. * Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish. * Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian. * Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan. * Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish. Given name Middle Ages * Ralp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Water (film)
''Blue Water'' is a 1924 Canadian silent film directed by David Hartford and starring Pierre Gendron, Jane Thomas, and Norma Shearer. It is the last feature produced by Ernest Shipman Ernest G. Shipman (December 16, 1871, in Shipman's Mills (now Almonte), Ontario, Canada – August 7, 1931, in New York City) was Canada's most successful film producer during the silent period. Shipman, whose nickname was "Ten Percent Ernie," ..., and is the Montreal-born, future MGM star Shearer's only Canadian film. It had a commercial release in Saint John, N.B., where it was shot, but no print is known to exist.Jacobs & Braum p.80 Cast References Bibliography * Jack Jacobs & Myron Braum. ''The films of Norma Shearer''. A. S. Barnes, 1976. External links * 1924 films Canadian silent films English-language Canadian films Canadian black-and-white films Canadian drama films 1920s Canadian films Silent drama films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glengarry School Days
''Glengarry School Days'' is a 1923 Canadian silent drama film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Harlan Knight, James Harrison and Pauline Garon. It is based on the novel of the same title by Ralph Connor.Goble p.780 It was distributed in the United States by Hodkinson Pictures with the alternative title of ''The Critical Age''. It was the last of three pictures based on works by Connor directed by MacRae for Canadian producer Ernest Shipman following ''Cameron of the Royal Mounted'' and ''The Man from Glengarry''. Cast * Harlan Knight as Peter Gorach * James Harrison as Tom Finley * Alice May as Mrs. Finley * Pauline Garon as Margie Baird * Wallace Ray as Bob Kerr * Raymond Peck as Sen. Morgan Kerr * William Colvin as Senator Baird * Marion Colvin Marion may refer to: People *Marion (given name) *Marion (surname) *Marion Silva Fernandes, Brazilian footballer known simply as "Marion" *Marion (singer), Filipino singer-songwriter and pianist Marion Aunor (born 1992) Plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Glengarry
''The Man from Glengarry'' is a 1922 American-Canadian silent drama film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Anders Randolf, Warner Richmond, and Pauline Garon. It is based on the 1901 novel of the same title by Ralph Connor. The film was distributed in the United States by W.W. Hodkinson in 1923. It was one of three silent films directed by MacRae based on the works of Connor. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Man from Glengarry'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rapids
''The Rapids'' is a 1922 American-Canadian silent drama film directed by David Hartford and starring Mary Astor, Harry T. Morey and Walter Miller.Munden p.449 Location shooting took place at the St Mary's Rapids in Northern Ontario. Cast * Mary Astor as Elsie Worden * Harry T. Morey as Robert Fisher Clarke * Walter Miller as Jim Belding * Harlan Knight as John Minton * Charles Slattery as Henry Marsham * Charles Wellesley as Bishop Sullivan * John Webb Dillion John Webb Dillion (6 February 1877 – 20 December 1949) was an English actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1947. He was born in London and died in Hollywood, California, USA. He was married to Catherine Urlau. Selected fi ... as Louis Beaudette 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 * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s English-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Of The Royal Mounted
''Cameron of the Royal Mounted'' is a 1921 Canadian silent action film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Gaston Glass, Irving Cummings and Vivienne Osborne.Langman p.531 Part of the tradition of Northerns, it is based on the story ''Corporal Cameron'' by Ralph Connor about a young Scottish immigrant who joins the Mounties. Mostly lost, only one-third of the film is held at the National Film Archives at Ottawa. Cast * Gaston Glass as Cpl. Cameron * Irving Cummings as Dick Raven * Vivienne Osborne as Mandy Haley * Frank Lanning as Little Thunder * George Larkin as Andre Potts * Joseph Singleton as Jim Haley * Marion McDonald as Mrs. Haley * Gordon Griffith Gordon S. Griffith (July 4, 1907 – October 12, 1958) was an American assistant director, film producer, and one of the first child actors in the American movie industry. Griffith worked in the film industry for five decades, acting in ov ... References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Crucible (1921 Film)
''God's Crucible'' (also known as ''The Foreigner'') is a lost 1921 Canadian silent religious melodrama directed by Henry MacRae and written by Faith Green, based on a Ralph Connor novel called ''The Foreigner''. The film was narrated by Ernest Shipman. Plot A young political refugee flees to Winnipeg to escape Russian enemies, where his resolve is tested in the snow-capped mountains, his violin his only company. Eventually, he is rewarded for toughing it out. Cast * Gaston Glass as Ivan Kalmar * Gladys Coburn as Marjorie Menzies * Wilton Lackaye as Michael Kalmar * Edna Shipman Edna or EDNA may refer to: Places United States *Edna, California, a census-designated place *Edna Lake, Idaho * Edna, Iowa, an unincorporated town in Lyon County *Edna Township, Cass County, Iowa *Edna, Kansas, a city * Edna, Kentucky, an uni ... as Irma Kalmar * Anne Sutherland as Kalmars' Servant Production The film was shot in and around Winnipeg. References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sky Pilot
''The Sky Pilot'' is a 1921 American silent drama film based on the novel of the same name by Ralph Connor. It is directed by King Vidor and features Colleen Moore. In February 2020, the film was shown in a newly restored version at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career. Plot The Sky Pilot (Bowers) arrives in a small rough-and-tumble cattle town in Canada, intent on bringing religion to its tough residents. At first they reject him, but in time he wins the residents over with his prowess. A plot to steal cattle is uncovered and disrupted. Gwen, daughter of the "Old Timer," is injured in a stampede, loses her ability to walk, but recovers thanks to the power of love. Cast * John Bowers as The Sky Pilot * Colleen Moore as Gwen * David Butler as Bill Hendricks * Harry Todd as The Old Timer * James Corrigan as Honorable Ashley * Donald MacDonald as The Duke * Kathleen Kirkham as Lady Charlotte Production ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Screenwriters
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