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Florence Ashbrooke
Florence Ashbrooke (about 1861 – February 20, 1934) was an actress on the London and New York stages, and in silent films. Early life and education Ashbrooke was born to British parents in India or the East Indies, or in England,When she married George T. Ducrow in 1889, she gave the name Eleanor Lugannagh, and said that she was married once before and a widow; also that she was born April 13, 1864, in England. Pennsylvania U. S. Marriages, Allegheny County, 1889, via Ancestry. and educated in Dublin. Career Ashbrooke began her acting career in England. She was a dancer with the Gaiety Company in London as a young woman. She acted on the New York stage and toured in plays in North America, with credits in ''The Twelve Temptations'' (1889), ''The Ice King'' (1890), ''McKenna's Flirtation'' (1892), ''Dolly Varden'' (1893), ''Blue Grass'' (1894), ''When London Sleeps'' (1896), ''An Irish Gentleman'' (1897), ''A Young Wife'' (1900), ''Why Women Sin'' (1903), ''Her Mad Marriage'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tote Du Crow
Tote Du Crow (also known as George Skyrock or Shyroch) was a film actor and circus performer who acted in many silent films during the early days of Hollywood. Biography Tote was born in Watsonville, California, to parents of Castilian and French origins. According to some accounts, as children, Tote and his brother Daniel ran away from home to join the circus; other sources say their father apprenticed them out to a circus showman. Tote Du Crow portrayed Bernardo in the silent ''Zorro'' films. Gene Sheldon later popularized this role for Disney in the late 1950s. Sheldon's depiction of that character was a full-blooded Spaniard. He played 36 minor roles from 1915 until his death. His last film is '' The Blue Streak'' from 1926. Selected filmography * '' The Americano'' (1916) as Alberto de Castille * ''The Fighting Trail'' (1917) * ''Rimrock Jones'' (1918) * ''Treasure of the Sea'' (1918) * ''The Ghost Flower'' (1918) * ''Hugon, The Mighty'' (1918) * ''The Prospector's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy, The Will O' The Wisp
''Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp'' is a lost 1917 American drama film directed by Tod Browning. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Neil Dacey (Carrigan) loves Peggy Desmond (Taliaferro). Terence O'Malley (Sack), nephew of Squire O'Malley (Ryan), is anxious to win Peggy. Terence and his uncle have a quarrel because Terence cannot win Peggy, and the squire is killed. Terence does the killing with Neil's gun, so Neil is held for the murder. Peggy, to save her fiance, dresses as the will-o'-the-wisp, and this results in a confession by Terence. Cast * Mabel Taliaferro as Peggy Desmond * Thomas Carrigan as Captain Neil Dacey (as Thomas J. Carrigan) * William J. Gross as Anthony Desmond (as W.J. Gross) * Sam Ryan as Squire O'Malley (as Sam J. Ryan) * Nathaniel Sack as Terence O'Malley (as Nathan Sack) * Thomas O'Malley as Shamus Donnelly (as Thomas F. O'Malley) * Florence Ashbrooke as Sarah * Clara Blandick Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 &ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film Actresses
Silent may mean any of the following: People with the name * Silent George, George Stone (outfielder) (1876–1945), American Major League Baseball outfielder and batting champion * Brandon Silent (born 1973), South African former footballer * Charles Silent (1842-1918), German-born American jurist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * "Silent" (Gerald Walker), the first single from the rapper * Silent (rock group), a Brazilian rock group * The Silents, an Australian psychedelic rock band Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * Dark (broadcasting) or silent, an off-air radio or TV station * Silent film, a film with no sound Other uses * Air Energy AE-1 Silent, a German self-launching ultralight sailplane * Buffalo Silents, a 1920s exhibition basketball team whose members were deaf and/or mute * Silent Family, a German aircraft manufacturer * Silent Generation, a demographic cohort between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers * Silent letter, a letter in a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Louisville
The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University". It enrolls students from 118 of 120 Kentucky counties, all 50 U.S. states, and 116 countries around the world. Louisville is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The University of Louisville School of Medicine is touted for the first fully self-contained artificial heart transplant surgery, as well as the first successful hand transplantation in the United States. The University Hospital is also credited with the first civilian ambulance, the nation's first accident services, now known as an emergency department (ED), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors' Equity Association
The Actors' Equity Association (AEA), commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing those who work in live theatrical performance. Performers appearing in live stage productions without a book or through-storyline (vaudeville, cabarets, circuses) may be represented by the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA). The AEA works to negotiate and provide performers and stage managers quality living conditions, livable wages, and benefits. A theater or production that is not produced and performed by personnel who are members of the AEA may be known as "non-Equity". Background Leading up to the Actors' and Producers' strike of 1929, Hollywood and California in general, had a series of workers' equality battles that directly influenced the film industry. The films ''The Passaic Textile Strike'' (1926), ''The Miners' Strike'' (1928) and ''The Gastonia Textile Strike'' (1929), gave audience and producers insight into the effect and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (1923 Film)
''Big Brother'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Rex Beach and Paul Sloane (director), Paul Sloane. The film stars Tom Moore (actor), Tom Moore, Edith Roberts (actress), Edith Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Joe King (actor), Joe King, Mickey Bennett, Charles Henderson, and Paul Panzer. The film was released on December 23, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. ''Big Brother'' was shot at the Astoria Studios with extensive location shooting around New York City. Noted at the time for its realism, it is now considered a lost film. It was Remake, remade as a sound film in 1931 as ''Young Donovan's Kid''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jimmy Donovan, gang leader in the Lower East Side, East Side of New York City, protects Midge Murray when the latter's brother is slain. Jim decides that he must reform and bring up Midge decently. However, a court takes possession of Midge away from him. Jim, disgusted, plans a raid but then aband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Stage Romance
''A Stage Romance'' is a 1922 American silent historical drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring William Farnum, Peggy Shaw, and Holmes Herbert.Solomon, p. 276 It is an adaptation of the play ''Kean'' by Alexandre Dumas about the adventures of the British actor Edmund Kean. Plot As described in a film magazine, Edmund Kean (Farnum), at the height of his popularity in London, has as his inspiration the Countess Koefeld (Bonillas). Among his devoted followers is Anna Damby (Shaw), whose guardian is attempting to force her into marriage with the roue Lord Melville (Carillo). Anna goes to Edmund for advice, and Melville's spy Needles (Boring) reports at a reception, given at the Koefeld home where the Prince of Wales (Herbert) is a guest, that Edmund has eloped with Anna. Edmund arrives shortly and refutes the rumor, and hands a note to Countess Koefeld asking her to come to his dressing room. Edmund advises Anna to forget her stage ambitions. He then announces a benefit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman On The Index
''The Woman on the Index'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Pauline Frederick and her then husband playwright Willard Mack. It was Frederick's first film at Goldwyn Pictures after coming over from Paramount. It is based on a 1918 Broadway play, ''The Woman on the Index'', that starred Julia Dean. Plot As described in a film magazine, Sylvia Martin's (Frederick) past is that of despair. Turned out of an unhappy home, she becomes the wife of a handsome and manly type of crook. However, before the marriage can be consummated, he kills himself to avoid arrest. Sylvia is put on trial for murder and acquitted, but her name is recorded in a police index that falls into the hands of Hugo Declasse (Mack), an astute agent of the Bolsheviki. He pursues the wife, but she is also compelled to lend herself to the schemes of a secret service officer. She through her cleverness obtains documents held in the rooms of Declasse. In the end, she is re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swat The Spy
''Swat the Spy'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom and starring Jane Lee, Katherine Lee, Charles Slattery, Pat Hartigan, and Florence Ashbrooke. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on September 29, 1918. Plot Cast * Jane Lee as Jane Sheldon *Katherine Lee as Katherine Sheldon *Charles Slattery as Andrew Sheldon *Pat Hartigan as Karl Schmidt (as P.C. Hartigan) *Florence Ashbrooke as Lena Muller Preservation Incomplete prints survived at the Library of Congress and Academy Film Archive The Academy Film Archive is part of the Academy Foundation, established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ educational and cultural activities, including the preservation of m .... References External links * 1918 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films 1918 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Fox Film films 1910s American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-Eyed Mary (film)
''Blue-Eyed Mary'' is a lost 1918 silent film drama directed by Harry Millarde and starring June Caprice. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *June Caprice - Mary Du Bois *Helen Tracy - Mrs. Van Twiller Du Bois *Blanche Hines - Jeanette *Bernard Randall - Cecil Harrington *Thomas F. Fallon - Jones, the Butler(*as Thomas Fallon) *Jack McLean - Tom Vane *Florence Ashbrooke - Bridget *Henry Hallam - Henry Leffingwell See also *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ... References External links * * 1918 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films Fox Film films Films directed by Harry F. Millarde American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films 1918 lost films 1910s American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Wolf (1917 Film)
''The Lone Wolf'' is a 1917 American silent drama film based on the 1914 novel ''The Lone Wolf'' by Louis Joseph Vance. Starring Bert Lytell and Hazel Dawn, it was adapted for the screen by George Edwardes-Hall and produced and directed by Herbert Brenon. No prints of the film are known to survive, so it is currently classified as lost. Synopsis Burke is a master crook who adopts a young boy (Marcel) after the boy saves him from being arrested by the police. Burke then teaches the youngster how to be a crook, and after he becomes a master in the profession, he changes his name and works as Michael Lanyard. The Paris police give him the moniker of "The Lone Wolf", due to his unique work in the profession. However, a gang of criminals (The Pack) has taken notice of his clever work, and tell him that unless he joins their gang, they will destroy him. Lucy is an undercover agent posing as a crook to infiltrate the gang, and goes on to help the Wolf escape the gang via a plane to Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambala
Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-areas: Ambala Cantonment (also known as Ambala Cantt) and Ambala City, eight kilometres apart, therefore it is also known as "Twin City". It has a large Indian Army and Indian Air Force presence within its cantonment area. It is located 200 km (124 mi) to the north of New Delhi, India's capital, and has been identified as a counter-magnet city for the National Capital Region to develop as an alternative center of growth to Delhi. Ambala separates the Ganges river network from the Indus river network and is surrounded by two rivers – Ghaggar and Tangri – to the north and to the south. Due to its geographical location, the Ambala district plays an important role in local tourism, being located south of Chandigarh, nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
