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Frederick Vroom
Frederick Vroom (11 November 1857 – 24 June 1942) was a Canadian actor of the silent film era. Vroom appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1939, mostly in supporting roles and bit parts. He played featured roles in Buster Keaton's films '' The Navigator'' (1924) and '' The General'' (1926). He was born in Clementsport, Nova Scotia, Canada and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack. Partial filmography * '' A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch'' (1914, Short) as Bill Salter, the Old Miner * '' A Gentleman of Leisure'' (1915) as Macklin, Pitt's friend * ''Fighting Bob'' (1915) as President * ''The Invisible Enemy'' (1916) as Governor Webster * ''The Jungle Child'' (1916) as Seqor Grijalva * ''The Serpent's Tooth'' (1917) as Matthew Addison-Brown * ''The Shackles of Truth'' (1917) as Governor Coningsby * ''New York Luck'' (1917) as Peter Van Loon * ''The Gown of Destiny'' (1917) as Sir John Cunningham * ''Betty Takes a Hand'' (1918) as Peter Marshall * '' I Love Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Of The Finest
''One of the Finest'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Tom Moore, Seena Owen and Peaches Jackson.Langman p.396 Cast * Tom Moore as Larry Hayes * Seena Owen as Frances Hudson * Peaches Jackson as Mary Jane * Mollie McConnell as Mrs. Hayes * Mary Warren as Nellie Andrews * Hallam Cooley as Teddy * Eddie Sturgis as Gus Andrews * Frederick Vroom Frederick Vroom (11 November 1857 – 24 June 1942) was a Canadian actor of the silent film era. Vroom appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1939, mostly in supporting roles and bit parts. He played featured roles in Buster Keaton' ... as Robert Fulton Hudson * Adelaide Elliot as Mrs. Hudson References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1919 films 1919 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Impersonation (1921 Film)
''The Great Impersonation'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Monte M. Katterjohn and E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film stars James Kirkwood, Sr., Ann Forrest, Winter Hall, Truly Shattuck, Fontaine La Rue, Alan Hale, Sr., and Bertram Johns. The film was released on October 9, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, at silentera.com which suggests that it is a . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Line
''The Heart Line'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring Leah Baird, Jerome Patrick and Frederick Vroom.Goble p.792 Cast * Leah Baird as Fancy Gray * Jerome Patrick as Francis Granthope * Frederick Vroom as Oliver Payson * Ruth Cummings as Clytie Payson * Ivor McFadden as Big Dougal * Philip Sleeman as Gay P. Summers * Mrs. Charles Craig as Madame Spoll * Martin Best Martin Best (born 13 April 1942) is an English singer, lutenist, guitarist, and composer. Best has been active mainly in early music including Renaissance music, minstrel songs and the French troubadour traditions, in works related to Shakespea ... as Blanchard Cayley * Ben Alexander as The Child References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1921 films 1921 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White And Unmarried
''White and Unmarried'' is a lost 1921 American comedy silent film directed by Tom Forman and written by Will M. Ritchey and John D. Swain. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Jacqueline Logan, Grace Darmond, Walter Long, Lloyd Whitlock, Frederick Vroom, and Marian Skinner. The film was released on May 29, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Premise When an underworld figure inherits a fortune, he goes straight and endeavors to become a respectable businessman. But on a trip to Paris, he encounters a few not-so-honest types who think he is ripe for picking. Cast *Thomas Meighan as Billy Kane * Jacqueline Logan as Andrée Duphot *Grace Darmond as Dorothea Welter * Walter Long as Chicoq *Lloyd Whitlock as Marechal *Frederick Vroom as Mr. Welter *Marian Skinner as Mrs. Welter *Georgie Stone as Victor *Jack Herbert as Jacques *Loretta Young Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Faith Healer
''The Faith Healer'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Z. Wall Covington and Mrs. William Vaughn Moody from William Vaughn Moody's play. The film stars Milton Sills, Ann Forrest, Fontaine La Rue, Frederick Vroom, Loyola O'Connor, Mae Giraci, and John Curry. The film was released on March 13, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Rhoda Williams is an orphan and the mistress of Dr. Littlefield. She sees a disabled man restored to good health by Michaelis a young shepherd with the power of faith healing. She summons Michaelis to her disabled aunt's house, he cures the woman of her paralysis problem, and Rhoda tells him of her difficult life. After that, Michaelis falls in love with her. Later, he is called to cure a woman's sick baby, but he fails to do that. He thinks that his power loss is a result of his love for Rhoda. In the end, she helps him see that the failure was only because of his lack of faith in the power of love. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
813 (film)
''813'' is a 1920 American mystery film directed by Charles Christie and Scott Sidney, written by Scott Darling from the 1910 story by Maurice Leblanc, produced by Al Christie, released by the Christie Film Company and the Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation, and starring Wedgwood Nowell as jewel thief Arsene Lupin with a supporting cast featuring Ralph Lewis, Wallace Beery, and Laura La Plante. It is not known whether the film currently survives, at silentera.com and it may be a . Plot As summarized in a film publication, Robert Castleback (Lewis) has plans for worldwide power through a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kentucky Colonel
''The Kentucky Colonel'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Joseph J. Dowling, Frederick Vroom and Elinor Field based on the 1890 best-selling book ''A Kentucky Colonel'' by Opie Read.Singer p.390 Cast * Joseph J. Dowling as Colonel Remington Osbury * Frederick Vroom as General Buck Hineman * Elinor Field as Luzelle Hineman * Francis McDonald as Philip Burwood * Cora Drew as Mrs. Hineman * Lloyd Bacon as Boyd Savely * Jill Woodward as Ella Mayhew * Fred Kohler as Jim Britsides * Gordon Griffith as Sam Britsides * Mae Talbot as Jack Gap * Thelma Salter as Liza Ann Gap * Ed Brady Ed John Brady (born June 17, 1962) is a former American football player. Brady was raised in Morris, Illinois, and attended Morris Community High School, where he led the Morris Redskins football team to a state championship. Brady played for ... as Reverend Gardner Boyle References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Misfit Wife
''The Misfit Wife'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Alice Lake, Forrest Stanley and William Steele.Goble p.220 It is based on the 1916 play ''The Outsider'' by Julie Herne. Cast * Alice Lake as Katie Malloy * Forrest Stanley as Peter Crandall * William Steele as Duff Simpson * Frederick Vroom as Dr. Morton * Graham Pettie as Shad Perkins * Edward Martindel as Henry Gilsey * Leota Lorraine as Edith Gilsey * Helen Pillsbury as Mrs. Crandall * Jack Livingston as Bert McBride * Jim Blackwell Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Jim ... as The Porter References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tokyo Siren
''A Tokyo Siren'' (also known as A Tokio Siren) is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn and starring Tsuru Aoki, Jack Livingston, Goro Kino, Toyo Fujita and Arthur Jasmine. The film was based on Gwendolyn Logan's story "Cayonara." Plot A young American doctor is in Tokyo trying to heal his heartbreak after being jilted by his lover. Just as he is about to return to his home country, he decides to help a young Japanese woman escape a bad situation by making her legally his wife. When the doctor arrives in America, his former lover returns, and is sad to find that he is married. Meanwhile, the young woman begins to fall for the doctor's Japanese assistant. Cast * Tsuru Aoki as Asuti Hishuri * Jack Livingston (billed as Jack Livingstone) as Dr. Niblock * Goro Kino as Hakami * Toyo Fujita as Hishuri * Arthur Jasmine as Ito * Peggy Pearce as Ethel * Florence Hart as Amelia Niblock * Frederick Vroom Frederick Vroom (11 November 1857 – 24 June 1942) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Six Best Cellars
''The Six Best Cellars'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn and Wanda Hawley. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was based on the 1919 nove''The Six Best Cellars''by Holworthy Hall, the pseudonym of Harold Everett Porter. The film was released just after prohibition in the United States went into effect on January 17, 1920. Plot As described in a film magazine, Henry Carpenter (Washburn) finds his supply of liquor getting low and the price far too prohibitive once national prohibition goes into effect. At the same time, the social set to which he and his wife Millicent (Hawley) belong find liquor indispensable at dinner. An experiment in home brewing meets little success and the Carpenters are in danger of losing their social position when their set picks up with an ex-saloon keeper, who has a cellar full of choice liquors. Millicent's aunt finds four cases of what a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Triflers (1920 Film)
''The Triflers'' is a 1920 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Edith Roberts, David Butler, and Forrest Stanley. It was released on January 12, 1920. Plot Cast list * Edith Roberts as Janet Randall * David Butler as Cassidy * Forrest Stanley as Monte Moreville * Benny Alexander as Rupert Holbrook * Katherine Kirkham as Mrs. Holbrook * Arthur Shirley as Mr. Holbrook * Arthur Hoyt as Charles Lewiston * Lillian Langdon as Janet's mother * Frederick Vroom as Janet's father * Nell Craig Nell Craig (June 13, 1891 – January 5, 1965) was an American actress. Partial filmography * '' The Triflers'' (1920) * ''The Desperate Hero'' (1920) * ''Passion's Playground'' (1920) * ''Her First Elopement'' (1920) * ''The Queen of Sheba'' ... as Mrs. Whitaker References External links * * * Films directed by Christy Cabanne Universal Pictures films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
