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Fay Holderness
Fay Holderness (née MacMurray; April 16, 1881 – May 13, 1963) was an American vaudeville performer and film actress. Family Fay Holderness was born Fay MacMurray in Oconto, Wisconsin, the daughter of Thomas James MacMurray and Mary E. MacMurray (née Barnes)."California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8NQ-ZGD: accessed December 19, 2014), Edmund Ayars Leeds and Fay Holderness, August 25, 1923; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,426. Her father was a prominent organist and her brother, Frederick MacMurray, was a respected violinist and a composer, whose son was actor and businessman Fred MacMurray. The family left Wisconsin in the late 1880s, living in Ohio, Michigan, and later Illinois. Career Holderness performed in a vaudeville production in Olean, New York in 1920, a presentation of ''The Village Four''. Three actors along with Holdernes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oconto, Wisconsin
Oconto is a city in Oconto County, Wisconsin, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,609 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay Green Bay metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located partially within the Oconto (town), Wisconsin, town of Oconto. History Oconto is home to Copper Culture State Park, which has remains dated to around 5000-6000 B.C. It is a burial ground of the Copper Culture Indians. This burial ground is considered to be the oldest cemetery in Wisconsin and one of the oldest in the nation. Their descendants include the Menominee, who have lived here for thousands of years. The first Europeans to come to the area were the French, who considered it to be part of New France. The French Jesuit, Roman Catholic priest, and missionary, Father Claude-Jean Allouez said the first Mass in Oconto on December 3, 1669. The Menominee living here began participating in the fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hog Wild (1930 Film)
''Hog Wild'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film, directed by James Parrott. Plot Ollie can't find his hat and accuses his wife of losing it. Only when he looks in the mirror does he see it on his head. Ollie wants to join Stan for an afternoon of fun, but his wife has other ideas. She demands he install the radio antenna atop their roof, a job he has been neglecting for three months. Stan drives up and offers to help Ollie. After destroying Hardy's chimney and falling from the roof several times, they perch a ladder in the back seat of Stan's car. The car shifts into gear, and speeds uncontrollably through the city streets with Ollie still perched precariously atop the ladder. Mrs. Hardy catches up to them on foot after the car is finally stopped, Hardy having been tossed into the street with the ladder. The three attempt to return home while Laurel tries all kinds of noisy things to get the car restarted, including blowing the horn twice. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flaming Disc
''The Flaming Disc'' is a 1920 American silent adventure film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The first episode of the series, "Rails of Death", opened on November 21, 1920. A total of 18 film episodes were produced. ''The Flaming Disc'' is now presumed to be a lost film. Cast * Elmo Lincoln as Elmo Gray / Jim Gray * Louise Lorraine as Helen * Monte Montague as Bat * Lee Kohlmar as Prof. Wade * George B. Williams as Stanley Barrows (credited as George Williams) * Jenks Harris as Con * Ray Watson as Rodney Stanton * Fred Hamer as Briggs * Fay Holderness * Bob Reeves Episode titles # "Rails of Death" # "Span of Life" # "Perilous Leap" # "Fires of Hate" # "Vanishing Floor" # "Pool of Mystery" # "Circle of Fire" # "Through Walls of Steel" # "The Floating Mine" # "Spiked Death" # "The Dynamite Trail" # "The Tunnel of Flame" # "Caged In" # "The Purple Rays" # "Poisoned Waters" # "Running Wild" # "Rails of Destruction" # "End of the Trail" See also * List of Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distilled Love
''Distilled Love'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film co-directed by Vin Moore and Richard Smith, and featuring Oliver Hardy, who was billed as "Babe Hardy" in this film. Cast * Alice Howell as The Milkmaid * Richard Smith as The Color Blind Artist (as Dick Smith) * Oliver Hardy as Mr. Peeble Ford (billed as Babe Hardy) * Billy Bevan * Fay Holderness * Ida Mae McKenzie * Ray Godfrey as Diving Girl (as Rae Godfrey) Reception The Film Daily gave it a mainly positive review on April 11, 1920, writing: "In addition to numerous touches in which common farmyard animals appear—bits of the sort that always appeal—there are several humorous bits in this two reeler that place it in the successful class of knock-about comedies. It is just a trifle disconnected, and may need cutting in places, but as a whole it is quite certain to register." See also * List of American films of 1920 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Husbands
''Blind Husbands'' is a 1919 American drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The film is an adaptation of the story ''The Pinnacle'' by Stroheim. Plot A group of holiday-makers arrive at Cortina d'Ampezzo, an Alpine village in the Dolomites. Among them are an American Doctor who does not pay much attention to his wife and an Austrian Lieutenant, who decides to seduce her. He manages to befriend the couple so that, when the Doctor has to leave to help a local physician, he asks the Lieutenant to look after his wife. When the Lieutenant becomes too pressing, she promises to leave with him but asks him to give her more time. During the night, she puts a letter under the door of his bedroom. The Doctor goes on a climbing expedition with the Lieutenant, who had been bragging about his exploits as a mountaineer. In fact, he is not in very good shape and the Doctor must help him to reach the summit. In the process, the Doctor finds his wife's letter in the pocket of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men, Women, And Money
''Men, Women, and Money'' is a lost 1919 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Beulah Marie Dix and Cosmo Hamilton. The film stars Ethel Clayton, James Neill, Jane Wolfe, Lew Cody, Sylvia Ashton, Irving Cummings, and Winifred Greenwood. The film was released on June 15, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, left an orphan with $2,000 in cash, Marcel Middleton (Clayton) goes to visit some friends in New York City, where her phenomenal luck in bridge nets her funds for her support. Innocently, she falls in with a fast crowd and finds making ends meet a difficult task. Cleveland Buchanan (Cody) and Julian Chadwick (Cummings) become suitors, but their proposals do not include matrimony. With her luck at cards failing, she becomes indebted to Buchanan. When she refuses his attentions, he resolves to make himself worthy of her honest love and reforms himself. When Marcel obtains an engagement as a cloak model for fashionable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Pepper
''Maggie Pepper'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Ethel Clayton. This film is based on a hit 1911 play by Charles Klein which was a winning success for stage actress Rose Stahl at the Harris Theatre. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Both Rose Stahl's manager, Henry B. Harris, and the original playwright, Charles Klein, died in notable disasters: Harris on the in 1912, and Klein on the in 1915. Plot As described in a film magazine, Maggie Pepper (Clayton) is a self-reliant and snappy saleswoman who supports a young girl Claire (Wilson), the daughter of her sister-in-law Ada (Greenwood), who is in jail for shoplifting. Maggie is being courted by Jake Rothschild (Hatton) and has just rejected him when the young owner of the store, Joe Holbrook (Dexter), comes upon them. She mistakes Joe for a job seeker and advises him to stay away from a concern that is dying painlessly. Joe becomes interested and fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Garden (1919 Film)
''The Secret Garden'' is a lost 1919 American drama silent film directed by Gustav von Seyffertitz and written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Marion Fairfax. The film stars Lila Lee, Spottiswoode Aitken, Clarence Geldart, Richard Rosson, Fay Holderness and Ann Malone. The film was released on January 12, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot The story is based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 book, '' The Secret Garden'', about an orphan who is sent to England to her uncle's house, where she finds a beautiful garden with many secrets. Casting * Lila Lee as Mary Lennox * Spottiswoode Aitken as Archibald Craven * Clarence Geldart as Dr. Warren Craven * Richard Rosson as Colin Craven * Fay Holderness as Mrs. Medlock * Ann Malone as Martha Sowerby * Paul Willis as Dickon Sowerby * Lucille Ward as Mrs. Sowerby * Mae Wilson as Colin Craven's Nurse * James Neill as Ben Weatherstaff * Seymour Hastings as Surgeon Harding * Rose Dione as Mrs. Lennox * Larry Steers as Captain Lennox * Forres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Trouble (1918 Film)
''Hello Trouble'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Like many American films of the time, ''Hello Trouble'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 2, of eight scenes with a couple in a sliding bed. Cast * Oliver Hardy as A devoted husband (credited as Babe Hardy) * Peggy Prevost as His devoted wife * Billy Armstrong as A romantic husband * Bartine Burkett as His devoted wife * Charles Inslee as A dishonest undertaker * Fay Holderness as A foxy spinster * Charley Chase See also * List of American films of 1918 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... References External links * 1918 films 1918 short films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playmates (1918 Film)
''Playmates'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot summary Cast * Billy West as Kid * Oliver Hardy as Kid (as Babe Hardy) * Bud Ross * Fay Holderness * Ethelyn Gibson * Ethel Marie Burton * Myrtle Lind Margaret Victoria Anderson (September 2, 1898 – October 12, 1993) known professionally as Myrtle Lind was an American film actress. She was one of Mack Sennett's Sennett's Bathing Beauties, Bathing Beauties and appeared in several comedy ... * Charley Chase as Dope fiend (as Charles Parrott) See also * Oliver Hardy filmography References External links * * 1918 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1918 comedy films 1918 short films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright And Early
''Bright and Early'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. This short is preserved in the Library of Congress's collection. Cast * Billy West as A Bellboy * Oliver Hardy as The Boss (credited as Babe Hardy) * Rosemary Theby as His daughter * Leo White as An honest crook * Bud Ross as Old man * Fay Holderness as A Maid * Ethelyn Gibson (credited as Ethlyn Gibson) Reception Like many American films of the time, ''Bright and Early'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, the entire scene of man taking small boy to bathroom and the child's actions outside the room, Reel 2, scene of man in women's underwear where man is peeking through keyhole, man and woman on floor where woman throws her legs up, and the woman on floor showing underwear dropping from her shoulders. See also * List of American films of 1918 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mummy's Ghost
''The Mummy's Ghost'' is a 1944 American horror film directed by Reginald Le Borg. It is the second of three sequels to that company's ''The Mummy's Hand'' of 1940. The film is the sequel to ''The Mummy's Tomb'' (1942). Lon Chaney, Jr. again takes on the role of Kharis the mummy. The story was continued in the 1944 sequel ''The Mummy's Curse''. Plot Andoheb, the aging High Priest of Arkam, has summoned Yousef Bey to the Temple of Arkam to pass on the duties of High Priest. Meanwhile, in Mapleton, Massachusetts, Professor Matthew Norman, who had examined one of Kharis' missing bandage pieces during the mummy's last spree through Mapleton, also explains the legends of the Priests of Arkam and Kharis to his history class, who are less than believing. After the lecture ends, one of the students, Tom Hervey, meets up with his girlfriend Amina Mansori, a beautiful woman of Egyptian descent. However, a strange, clouded feeling in her mind occurs whenever the subject of Egypt is mentioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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