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Frances Raymond
Frances Raymond (1869–1961) was an American stage and film actress.Goble p.193 An established character actress, she played in a number of supporting roles during the silent era. Later, during the sound era, she primarily played much smaller, uncredited parts. Raymond was the daughter of Frederick Lapzieu of Brooklyn. Career Raymond's acting career ended in 1894. She acted with the Frohman road companies and had been performing in ''The Girl I Left Behind Me'' in Memphis when she and the management parted ways. Management of Charles Frohman's company said that she had been incompetent, while she said that she angered a company official by resisting his advances. Turning from acting to writing, Raymond spent almost three years working on a novel, ''Maylou'', which the G. W. Dillingham Company published in 1897. Critics attacked the book's plot and style, compounding its lack of success while creating "a sort of ephemeral notoriety" for it. That lack of success led to her beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebe Daniels
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such as '' Rio Rita'', and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain. Over the course of her 50-year career, Daniels appeared in 230 films. Early life and career Daniels was born Phyllis Virginia Daniels (Bebe was a childhood nickname) in Dallas, Texas. Her father was a travelling theater manager, Scottish-born Melville Daniel MacNeal, who changed his name to Danny Daniels after a disagreement with his own father over his ambition to change from the medical profession to show business. Her mother was Phyllis de Forest Griffin, born in Colombia of an American father and a Colombian mother, a stage actress who was in Danny's travelling stock company when their child was born. At the age of ten weeks her father proudly carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Insurance
''Love Insurance'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp, produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers, ''Love Insurance''. ''Love Insurance'' was later remade in 1924 as ''The Reckless Age'' and in sound era in 1940 as ''One Night in the Tropics''. Plot As described in a film magazine, Lord Allan Harrowby (Elliott), upon arriving in America to wed an heiress, goes to the New York office of Lloyd's of London and insures against the lady changing her mind. Dick Minot (Washburn), assistant manager of the office, is assigned to the task of preventing that occurrence. He meets Cynthia Meyrick (Wilson), the lady in question, but not knowing her identity falls in love with her. However, business is his first thought and when she decides that she does not love her fiancé and is about to break her engagement, he does all in his power to bring about the wedding. This in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Wild Week
''One Wild Week'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy romance film directed by Maurice Campbell and starring Bebe Daniels. Adolph Zukor produced the film through his Realart Pictures Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Pauline Hathaway (Daniels) attains her eighteenth birthday was the ward of a spinster aunt and learns that she is heir to a small fortune provided she keeps her name out of the newspapers for a period of six months. She goes to visit an old friend of her mother and is falsely arrested for theft. After giving a fictitious name, she is sent to the woman's reformatory. She escapes with three other inmates and makes her way to the home of her hostess followed by her aunt and others who have become involved in the search for her. The film ends with satisfactory explanations being made. Cast *Bebe Daniels as Pauline Hathaway *Frank Kingsley as Bruce Reynolds *Mayme Kelso as Emma Jessop *Frances Raymond as Mrs. Brewster *Herbert Standing as Judge Bancroft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garments Of Truth
''Garments of Truth'' is a 1921 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by George D. Baker and starring Gareth Hughes, Ethel Grandin and John Steppling (actor), John Steppling.Munden p.282 Cast * Gareth Hughes as Lester Crope * Ethel Grandin as Catherine Willis * John Steppling (actor), John Steppling as Deacon Ballantine * Frances Raymond as Mrs. Ballantine * Margaret McWade as Mrs. Crope * Graham Pettie as Mr. Crope * Frank Norcross (actor), Frank Norcross as James H. Barnes * Harry Lorraine (American actor), Harry Lorraine as Alex Hawley * Walter Perry (actor), Walter Perry as Nat Sears * Herbert Fortier as Dr. G. B. Palmer * Herbert Prior as Dr. W.H. Palmer * Ilean Hume as Tilly Snooks * Sylvia Ashton as Widow Jones * Eric Mayne as Dr. Mills * Effie Conley as Millie Thomas References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One A Minute
''One a Minute'' is a 1921 American comedy silent film directed by Jack Nelson and written by Frederick J. Jackson and Joseph F. Poland. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Marian De Beck, Victor Potel, Frances Raymond, Andrew Robson, and Graham Pettie. The film was released on June 19, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, college graduate Jimmy Knight (MacLean) returns to the small town of his birth where he takes over his deceased father's drug store and combats a trust's drug store that has eclipsed the older institution in the public's favor. He falls in love with Miriam (De Beck), daughter of Silas P. Rogers (Robson), the magnate controlling the trust, and fights against elimination to win her plaudits. As a desperate means of fighting the competition he places on sale a harmless concoction he calls "Knight's 99", representing it as his father's secret formula that cures all disease. Townspeople try the ointment and it cures every ailment. Jimmy b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The March Hare (1921 Film)
''The March Hare'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy romance film produced and distributed by Adolph Zukor's Realart Pictures Corporation. It stars Bebe Daniels. Cast *Bebe Daniels as Lizbeth Ann Palmer *Grace Morse as Clara Belle Palmer *Herbert Sherwood as Lucius Palmer *Helen Jerome Eddy as Susie *Sidney Bracey as Meadows *Frances Raymond as Mrs. Rollins *Melbourne MacDowell as Senator Rollins *Harry Myers Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 ... as Tod Rollins References External links * * 1921 films American silent feature films Lost American films 1921 romantic comedy films American romantic comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Maurice Campbell 1921 lost films Lost romantic comedy films 1920s American films Silent romant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ting Lang
''Li Ting Lang'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Charles Swickard and produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation. Plot Cast *Sessue Hayakawa as Li Ting Lang *Allan Forrest as Rob Murray *Charles Mason as Red Dalton (credited as Charles E. Mason) *Doris Pawn as Marion Halstead *Frances Raymond as Priscilla Mayhew *Marc Robbins Marc Robbins (January 3, 1868 – April 5, 1931) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 78 films between 1914 and 1923. He died in Los Angeles, California. Morey was from Topeka, Kansas, and he acted with the Morey Stock ... as Prince Nu Chang References External links * 1920 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Haworth Pictures Corporation films 1920 drama films Films directed by Charles Swickard Silent American drama films Film Booking Offices of America films 1920s American films Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer {{1920s-silent-dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Masks
''The City of Masks'' is a lost 1920 silent film comedy drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starred stage star Robert Warwick. Cast *Robert Warwick as Tommy Trotter * Lois Wilson as Miss Emsdale *Theodore Kosloff as Bosky * Edward Jobson as Corr McFadden *J. M. Dumont as Stuyvesant Smith *Robert Dunbar as Mr. Smith-Parvis *Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Smith-Parvis *Anne Schaefer as Mrs. Jacobs *Frances Raymond as Madam Deborah * William Boyd as Carpenter *George Berrell as Bramble *Snitz Edwards Snitz Edwards (born Edward Neumann, 1 January 1868 – 1 May 1937) was a stage and character actor of the early years of the silent film era into the 1930s. Biography Born into a Jewish household on New Year's Day 1868 in Budapest, Hungary ( ... as Drouillard * Richard Cummings as Moody *T. E. Duncan as The Detective References External links * *lantern slide ; coming attractionWayback Machine) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midlanders
''The Midlanders'' is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Bessie Love and directed by husband and wife duo Joseph De Grasse and Ida May Park. It was produced by Andrew J. Callaghan Productions and distributed by Federated Film Exchanges of America. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Charles Tenney Jackson, published by Bobbs-Merrill Company. Only a small fragment of this film is known to survive. Cast Production Interiors were filmed in a studio in Los Angeles, and exteriors were filmed in Rio Vista. To prepare for her performance, Bessie Love took dance classes at Theodore Kosloff's ballet school. After its release, producer Andrew J. Callaghan sued Federated Film Exchanges, saying that the distributor had not paid the full amount to distribute this film, ''Bonnie May'', and ''Penny of Top Hill Trail ''Penny of Top Hill Trail'' is a 1921 American silent Western comedy film based on the 1919 novel by Belle Kanaris Maniates. It was directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lady In Love
''A Lady in Love'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Walter Edwards and written by Alice Eyton based upon a play of the same name by Harriet Ford and Caroline Duer. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Harrison Ford, Boyd Irwin, Clarence Geldart, Elsa Lorimer, and Ernest Joy. The film was released on May 30, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Barbara (Clayton) elopes from covenant school with Barton Sedgewick (Irwin), the rascally younger brother of her guardian George Sedgewick (Geldart). She soon discovers that Barton has another wife and child living. He also fears arrest for some frauds in which he was involved and flees the country. Barbara goes to live with George and his wife Clara (Lorimer). The latter has a secret admirer in Gilbert Rhodes (Joy), who is also a secret partner in Barton's crooked schemes. Barbara finds herself in love with a fine upstanding lawyer named Brent ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smoldering Embers
''Smoldering Embers'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Frank Keenan and starring Keenan, Jay Belasco and Katherine Van Buren.Connelly p.412 Cast * Frank Keenan as John Conroy * Jay Belasco as Jack Manners * Katherine Van Buren as Beth Stafford * Russ Powell as Tramp * Graham Pettie as Tramp * Hardee Kirkland as Horace Manners * Lucille Ward as Annie Manners * Frances Raymond as Edith Wyatt * Tom Guise as Congressman Wyatt * Burwell Hamrick Burwell may refer to: People * Burwell (name) Places * Burwell, Cambridgeshire * Burwell, Lincolnshire * Burwell, Nebraska * Burwell Creek, a stream in Georgia * The Burwell, an NRHP-listed high-rise in Knoxville, Tennessee Ships * USS ''Laub'' ... as The Boy References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1920s American films 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Luck
''The Best of Luck'' is a 1920 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Ray C. Smallwood and starring Kathryn Adams (actress, born 1893), Kathryn Adams, Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt and Lila Leslie. It was adapted from a British play which had been a hit in the West End theatre, West End.Goble p.687 A young American woman moves to Scotland and purchases an ancestral castle. She is pursued by two suitors, one a British nobleman and the other an underhand Spaniard. Cast * Kathryn Adams (actress, born 1893), Kathryn Adams as Leslie MacLeod * Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt as Kenneth, Lord Glenayr * Lila Leslie as Lady Blanche Westamere * Fred Malatesta as Lanzana * Frances Raymond as The Countess of Strathcaird * Emmett King as Blake, an American attorney * Robert Dunbar as The General * Effie Conley as Maid * John Underhill as The Footman References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
