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Frankie Lee
Frankie Lee (December 31, 1911 – July 29, 1970), was an American child actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1916 and 1925. Best remembered in the 1919 film '' The Miracle Man'', he was the little boy on crutches healed by the phony faith healer just after Lon Chaney. He is the older brother of child actor Davey Lee. He was born in Gunnison, Colorado, United States. Death On July 29, 1970, Lee was shot in the head four times while he was asleep in his studio apartment in Los Angeles, California, 5 months before his 59th birthday. His cause of death was due to homicide. Partial filmography *''The Right to Be Happy'' (1916) *''Her Husband's Faith'' (1916) *''The Boss of the Lazy Y'' (1917) * ''The Bronze Bride'' (1917) *'' God's Crucible'' (1917) * ''The Soul of Satan'' (1917) * '' One Touch of Sin'' (1917) *''Quicksand'' (1918) * ''Cheating the Public'' (1918) *'' Daddy-Long-Legs'' (1919) *'' Rough Riding Romance'' (1919) *'' The Miracle Man'' (1919) *''Bonds of Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnison, Colorado
Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gunnison County, Colorado. The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States Census. Gunnison was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853. History The City of Gunnison got its name from the first known European-American explorer of the area, John W. Gunnison. He was searching for a route for the transcontinental railroad in 1853 and only stayed for three days before traveling west to Utah. Gunnison saw its first population increase in the 1870s, due to the mining surge throughout the state. The railroad arrived soon after in 1880 to appreciative miners, ranchers, and farmers. In the early 1800s, the groups moving into the Gunnison area were mainly fur trappers and mountain men, trying to make a living for themselves in the rocky mountain terrain. But a drop in fur prices in the 1840s essentially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quicksand (1918 Film)
''Quicksand'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by John Lynch and R. Cecil Smith. The film stars Henry A. Barrows, Edward Coxen, Dorothy Dalton, Frankie Lee, and Philo McCullough. The film was released on December 22, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Mary (Dalton) is the wife of Jim Bowen (Coxen), a trusted cashier for insurance brokers. John Boland (Barrows) is a district leader and the keeper of a cafe frequented by Alan Perry (McCullough), the wastral son of Bowen's employer. Perry obtains Bowen's endorsement on a fraudulent check and Bowen is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Mary believes her husband is innocent and, suspecting Perry, she applies with Boland to be a singer in his cafe. Boland secretly loves her and hopes that she will obtain a divorce from her convict husband and marry him. Perry becomes infatuated with her and one night follows her home. Meanwh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killer (1921 Film)
''The Killer'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Jack Conway and Howard C. Hickman and starring Claire Adams, Jack Conway and Frankie Lee.Goble p. 498 Plot After being charged with murder, Henry Hooper flees to the border zone of Arizona and Sonora. Hooper successfully lures his former business partner John Emory and his children Ruth and Bobby to him. Once the Emorys arrive, Hooper has his henchman Ramon kill John and destroy their business papers. The children are rescued by the rancher William Sanborn, while Hooper is killed. Cast * Claire Adams as Ruth Emory * Jack Conway as William Sanborn * Frankie Lee as Bobby Emory * Frank Campeau as Henry Hooper * Tod Sloan as Artie Brower * Edward Peil Sr. as Ramon * Frank Hayes as Windy Smith * Will Walling as John Emory * Milton Ross as Buck Johnson * Tom Ricketts Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage actor, stage and motion picture, film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foolish Matrons
''The Foolish Matrons'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur and starring Hobart Bosworth, Doris May, and Mildred Manning. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Is Marriage a Failure?''. Preserved in the George Eastman House collection. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Dr. Ian Fraser * Doris May as Georgia Wayne * Mildred Manning as Sheila Hopkins * Kathleen Kirkham as Annis Grand * Betty Schade as The Mysterious Woman * Margaret McWade as Mrs. Eugenia Sheridan * Charles Meredith as Lafayette Wayne * Wallace MacDonald as Anthony Sheridan * Michael Dark as Chester King * Frankie Lee as Bobby * Dick Sutherland Dick Sutherland (born Archibald Thomas Johnson, December 23, 1881 – February 3, 1934) was an American film actor, active mostly during the silent film era. Born in Benton, Kentucky, in 1881, Sutherland appeared in more than 70 films betw ... as Bit Role References Bibliography * Waldman, Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poverty Of Riches
''The Poverty of Riches'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy and Louise Lovely. It was based on a 1914 short story by Leroy Scott.Goble p.914 Cast * Richard Dix as John Colby * Leatrice Joy as Katherine Colby * John Bowers as Tom Donaldson * Louise Lovely as Grace Donaldson * Irene Rich as Mrs. Holt * DeWitt Jennings as Lyons * Dave Winter as Stephen Phillips * Roy Laidlaw as Hendron * John Cossar as Edward Phillips Sr * Frankie Lee Frankie Lee (December 31, 1911 – July 29, 1970), was an American child actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1916 and 1925. Best remembered in the 1919 film '' The Miracle Man'', he was the little boy on crutches healed by the phony fait ... as John (in prologue) * Dorothy Hughes as Katherine (in prologue) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1921 films 1921 drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godless Men
''Godless Men'' is a 1920 American silent adventure drama film directed by Reginald Barker and produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. It stars Russell Simpson and James "Jim" Mason as a father and son. It is based on a Saturday Evening Post short story ''Black Pawl'' by Ben Ames Williams. This film exists in a private collection. Cast * Russell Simpson as 'Black' Pawl * James "Jim" Mason as 'Red' Pawl *Helene Chadwick as Ruth Lytton * John Bowers as Dan Darrin * Alec B. Francis as Reverend Sam Poor *Bob Kortman as Seaman Speiss *Irene Rich as 'Black Pawl's' Wife *Lionel Belmore as Seaman Neighbor *Frankie Lee as 'Red Pawl' as a Boy (uncredited) *Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Seaman (uncredited) See also *Stormswept(1923) *Code of the Sea(1924) *Rugged Water (1925) *Sensation Seekers ''Sensation Seekers'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Lois Weber, produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starring Billie Dove Lillian Bohny (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Madness (1920 Film)
''Moon Madness'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Edith Storey, Sam De Grasse, and Josef Swickard.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 Cast * Edith Storey as Valerie / Zora * Sam De Grasse as Adrien * Josef Swickard as Latour * Wallace MacDonald as Jan * Irene Hunt as Badoura * William Courtleigh as Raoul * Frankie Lee Frankie Lee (December 31, 1911 – July 29, 1970), was an American child actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1916 and 1925. Best remembered in the 1919 film '' The Miracle Man'', he was the little boy on crutches healed by the phony fait ... as The Child * Fred Starr as Arab Chief References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Old Fashioned Boy
''An Old Fashioned Boy'' is a surviving 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by Jerome Storm and starring Charles Ray. Famous Players-Lasky produced along with producer Thomas Ince. It was released by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, David Warrington (Ray) is an old fashioned boy with old fashioned ideas regarding marriage, living in a real home, babies, and the like. He is in love with Betty Graves (Shannon), a young woman who believes in the modern phases of life. After several heartaches and numerous comical situations, things shape themselves out so that Betty finds herself in her sweetheart's arms on the way to the minister for the wedding, having been convinced that the old fashioned way is the best after all. Cast * Charles Ray as David Warrington *Ethel Shannon as Betty Graves * Alfred Allen as Dr. Graves *Wade Boteler as Herbert *Grace Morse as Sybil *Gloria Joy as Violet *Frankie Lee as Herbie *Hallam Cooley as Fredie *Virginia Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurse Marjorie
''Nurse Marjorie'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Mary Miles Minter. It is based on a 1906 play, ''Nurse Marjorie'', by Israel Zangwill, with a scenario by Julia Crawford Ivers. It is one of approximately a dozen of Minter's films know to survive today, and one of even fewer readily available for the general public to view. Plot As well as being readily available to view, the plot is described in various film magazine summaries and reviews. Lady Marjorie Killonan (Minter) is the headstrong Anglo-Irish daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Donegal. She has recently completed charitable work nursing the poor, but now intends to become a professional nurse to the rich. Her mother does not consider this an acceptable role for someone of her status, but her father is more supportive of her ambitions. In addition, her mother hopes to wed Marjorie to Lord Fitztrevor (Leigh), but a clearly disinterested Marjorie tells the lord that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinx (1919 Film)
''Jinx'' is a 1919 in film, 1919 American silent film, silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand and directed by Victor Schertzinger. It is not known whether the film currently survives, at silentera.com which suggests that it is a lost film. Cast Mabel Normand as The JinxFlorence Carpenter as Rory Bory Alice Ogden Crane as Bull Hogarth Cullen Landis as Slicker Evans Clarence Arper as Sheriff Jepson Gertrude Claire as Aunt Tina Carbery References External links * *Lantern slide for ''Jinx'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Westerners
''The Westerners'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Roy Stewart, Robert McKim and Wilfred Lucas.Goble, p. 499. Plot Cast * Roy Stewart as Cheyenne Harry * Robert McKim as Michael 'Black Mike' Lafond * Wilfred Lucas as Jim Buckley * Mildred Manning as Prue Welch / Molly Lafond * Mary Jane Irving as Little Molly Welch * Graham Pettie as Prof. Welch * Frankie Lee as Dennis, the Kid * Clark Comstock Clark Comstock (1862–1934) was an American film actor of the silent and early sound era. He appeared in around 50 films and serials between 1915 and 1930, many of them westerns.Katchmer p.69 Selected filmography * ''The Westerners'' (1919) * ... as Lone Wolf * Dorothy Hagan as Bismarck Annie References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward Slom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonds Of Love
''Bonds of Love'' is a 1919 American silent romantic drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Pauline Frederick. It is based on the 1906 Arthur Wing Pinero play ''His House in Order''. Distributed by Goldwyn Pictures, the film is now considered lost. Plot Una Sayre, a governess in widower Daniel Cabot's home, saves his son, young Jimmy Cabot, from drowning. Through her attention to the child, she wins the love of her employer despite the plotting of Lucy and Harry Beekman, his late wife's brother and sister. When Una discovers a love letter written by a man whom the first wife was seeing, she visits him and demands that he return all of her letters. Lucy and Harry Beekman use this meeting to cast suspicions on Una's reputation, but Cabot eventually discovers that Una was acting in his own interest. He finally overcomes his devotion to the memory of his dead wife, and throws her greedy relatives out. Cast *Pauline Frederick as Una Sayre *Percy Standing as Daniel Cabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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