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Fangs Of Fate (1925 Film)
''Fangs of Fate'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Horace B. Carpenter and starring Bill Patton, Dorothy Donald, and Ivor McFadden. Plot As described in a film magazine review, outlaws terrorize the town of Arcady, Arizona. Bob Haynes, a stranger, is attracted by Azalia Bolton, daughter of a boarding house keeper, and protects her from some drunken rowdies. She inspires him to change his life to the better. Sheriff Dan Dodo Briggs offers to make Bob a deputy, but he declines. Later, following a stage coach holdup, he accepts the offered position and brings in the guilty bandits, but confesses that he used to be their leader. The outlaws are sent to jail, but Judge Harcourt paroles Bob into Azalia's custody. Cast * Bill Patton as Bob Haynes * Dorothy Donald as Azalia Bolton * Ivor McFadden as Sheriff Dan Dodo Briggs * Beatrice Allen as Azalia's Mother * William Bertram as Judge Harcourt * Merrill McCormick William Merrill McCormick (February 5, 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace B
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ''Odes'' as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."Quintilian 10.1.96. The only other lyrical poet Quintilian thought comparable with Horace was the now obscure poet/metrical theorist, Caesius Bassus (R. Tarrant, ''Ancient Receptions of Horace'', 280) Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (''Satires'' and '' Epistles'') and caustic iambic poetry ('' Epodes''). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bertram (actor)
William Bertram (born William Benjamin Switzer, January 19, 1880 – May 1, 1933) was a Canadian-born actor, director, and producer of films in the United States, working predominantly during the silent era. He performed in 68 motion pictures between 1912 and 1931 and directed 64 films for various studios between 1915 and 1927. Bertram was also an accomplished singer in stage productions. Early life Born in 1880 in Walkerton, Ontario, William Bertram was the oldest of seven children of Mary Porter ( née Robinson) and Daniel J. Switzer, a blacksmith."William Bertram, Director, American" ''Motion Picture News'', January 29, 1916, page 6 of "Studio Directory" section. |
1920s English-language Films
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Silent American Western (genre) Films
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American Black-and-white Films
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Chesterfield Pictures Films
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Films Directed By Horace B
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Western (genre) Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Films
The following is an overview of 1925 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1925 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *June 26: Charlie Chaplin's ''The Gold Rush'' premieres. It is voted the best film of the year by critics in The Film Daily annual poll *September 25: Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin rebuilt as Germany's largest cinema reopens. *November 5: MGM's war drama film ''The Big Parade'' is released. It is a massive commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing picture of the 1920s in the United States. *December 30: MGM's biblical epic '' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'' premieres in New York City. It is the most expensive silent film ever made, costing $4 million (around $ million when adjusted for inflation) *Hong Shen publishes the film script ''Mrs. Shentu'' in the Shanghai magazine ''Eastern Miscellany''. It is never filmed, but is con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Wells (actor)
Ted Wells (1899–1948) was an American actor and stuntman active mainly in westerns.Pitts p. 170 Selected filmography * '' Fangs of Fate'' (1925) * '' Desert Dust'' (1927) * ''Straight Shootin''' (1927) * '' Across the Plains'' (1928) * '' Thunder Riders'' (1928) * '' Beauty and Bullets'' (1928) * '' Grit Wins'' (1928) * '' Cheyenne Trails'' (1928) * ''Greased Lightning'' (1928) * ''The Crimson Canyon'' (1928) * ''The Smiling Terror'' (1929) * ''Born to the Saddle'' (1929) * ''The Phantom Cowboy'' (1935) * ''West of Carson City'' (1940) * ''Tucson Raiders ''Tucson Raiders'' is a 1944 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder. It was the first of twenty-three Red Ryder feature films that would be produced by Rep ...'' (1944) References Bibliography * Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrill McCormick
William Merrill McCormick (February 5, 1892 – August 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1916 and 1953. William Merrill McCormick was born on February 5, 1892, in Denver, Colorado. McCormick appeared in films like ''The Last Chance'' (1926) as Black Bart, ''The Prisoner of Shark Island'', '' Oh, Susanna!'', ''Heroes of the Alamo'' as one of the Alamo's defenders, ''Stagecoach'', ''Dodge City'', ''Man of Conquest'', ''Dick Tracy's G-Men'', ''San Antonio'', and '' Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory''. His television appearances included ''The Cisco Kid'', ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'', and ''The Gene Autry Show''. McCormick died in San Gabriel, California from a heart attack. Selected filmography * 49-'17'' (1917) - Townsman (uncredited) * ''Something New'' (1920) - Agrilla Gorgez - the Bandit * ''Hands Off!'' (1921) - Tony Alviro * ''Red Courage'' (1921) - Percy Gibbons * ''Robin Hood'' (1922) - Henchman to Prince John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Allen
Beatrice Allen (born 8 August 1950) is the vice president of the Gambia National Olympic Committee since 2009 and a member of the International Olympic Committee starting in 2006. She has served as vice president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), one of the biggest international sports federations, since 2017. Early life and education Beatrice Allen was born on 8 August 1950. Allen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in international development and received subsequent diplomas in gender development and gender project execution. Career Allen started her career at the United Nations Development Programme in 1974. In 1990, she was named an officer of the UNDP and remained in her position until 2002. Starting in 2006, Allen was named a member of the International Olympic Committee. During her time at the IOC, she was a member of multiple IOC commissions including the Women and Sport Commission and the organization of the 2016 Summer Olympics. In June 2009, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
