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Frank Alexander (actor)
Frank Dwight Alexander (May 25, 1879 – September 8, 1937) was an American silent film comedian and actor. He was occasionally billed as Fatty Alexander. Biography In the mid-1910s, Alexander acted in comedy roles for Keystone Studios, often with Sydney Chaplin. Alexander, who was morbidly obese (350 pounds), played villains in the films of Larry Semon, who are often the father of Semon's love interest. He is best known to contemporary audiences for portraying a villainous interpretation of Uncle Henry, eventually proclaimed "Prince of Whales" upon reaching the Emerald City in Semon's '' Wizard of Oz''. He was also part of the comedy team called " A Ton Of Fun" with two other large actors, Kewpie Ross and Hilliard Karr. Richard M. Roberts's article in ''Classic Images'' listed the top ten ingredients of a Larry Semon film, which began with these four: # Larry Semon # A heroine (usually Larry's current girlfriend or wife) # A fat guy (usually Oliver Hardy, to play the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. European settlers claimed the area in 1846, with the Treaty of Medicine Creek initiated in 1854, followed by the Treaty of Olympia in 1856. Olympia was incorporated as a town on January 28, 1859, and as a city in 1882. It had a population of 55,605 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the state's 23rd-largest city. Olympia borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south. History The site of Olympia had been home to Lushootseed-speaking peoples known as the Steh-Chass (or Stehchass, later part of the post-treaty Squaxin Island Tribe) for thousands of years. Other Native Americans regularly visited the head of Budd Inlet and the Steh-Chass, including the other ancestor tribes of the Squaxin, as well as the Nisqually, Puyallup, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rent Collector (1921) - 2
''The Rent Collector'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon and Norman Taurog. It featured Semon and Oliver Hardy. It was produced by Larry Semon's production company and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. Plot Cast * Larry Semon as Larry, the Rent Collector * Norma Nichols as Leader of the Society Girl Settlement Workers * Oliver Hardy as The Big Boss (credited as Babe Hardy) * Eva Thatcher as Landlady * Frank Alexander as A thug * Pete Gordon as Barber * William Hauber as Bit Role (uncredited) * Leo Willis as Bit Role (uncredited) See also * List of American films of 1921 * 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 * 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1921 short films A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star Boarder (1919 Film)
''The Star Boarder'' is a 1919 American silent comedy short written and directed by and starring Larry Semon. The film also stars Lucille Carlisle, and features Norma Shearer (in her film debut) in an uncredited role as a beauty pageant contestant. The film is extant and available online. The plot has a released prisoner desiring a return to prison and swapping places with an escapee. Cast * Larry Semon *Lucille Carlisle * Frank Alexander *The Beauties Squad (including Norma Shearer Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated ingénues. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O' ...) References External links * 1919 films Vitagraph Studios short films American black-and-white films American silent short films Films directed by Larry Semon 1919 comedy films Silent American comedy films 1919 short films American c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dull Care
''Dull Care'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Larry Semon as Larry, a Detective * William Hauber as Chief Crook (as Bill Hauber) * Frank Alexander as Chief of Police * Lucille Carlisle as Chief of Police's Wife * Oliver Hardy as A Janitor (as Babe Hardy) * Al Thompson * James Donnelly See also * List of American films of 1919 * 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 ... External links * 1919 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1919 comedy films 1919 short films Films directed by Larry Semon Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simple Life (1919 Film)
''The Simple Life'' is a 1919 silent film comedy short directed by and starring Larry Semon. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.176 c.1953 by Daniel Blum. Cast * Larry Semon - A Farmer's Boy * Lucille Carlisle - Captain Tillie * Frank Alexander - A Farmer * Frank Hayes - A Police Officer References External linksThe Simple Life at IMDb.com 1919 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Larry Semon Vitagraph Studios short films Silent American comedy films 1919 comedy films 1919 films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bears And Bad Men
''Bears and Bad Men'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon and featuring Stan Laurel. Cast * Larry Semon as Larry Cutshaw * Madge Kirby as The Slawson Daughter * Stan Laurel as Pete * William McCall as Stranded actor (credited as Billy McCall) * Blanche Payson as Maw Cutshaw * Frank Alexander as Paw Slawson * William Hauber * Pete Gordon as Paw Cutshaw * Mae Laurel as Scared Woman * Bessie the Bear * Brownie the Bear Reception Like many American films of the time, ''Bears and Bad Men'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, of a scene with a man looking at a goat and putting it off of his lap after water is seen pouring from a bucket. See also * List of American films of 1918 A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huns And Hyphens
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part of Scythia at the time; the Huns' arrival is associated with the migration westward of an Iranian people, the Alans. By 370 AD, the Huns had arrived on the Volga, and by 430, they had established a vast, if short-lived, dominion in Europe, conquering the Goths and many other Germanic peoples living outside of Roman borders and causing many others to flee into Roman territory. The Huns, especially under their King Attila, made frequent and devastating raids into the Eastern Roman Empire. In 451, they invaded the Western Roman province of Gaul, where they fought a combined army of Romans and Visigoths at the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields, and in 452, they invaded Italy. After the death of Attila in 453, the Huns ceased to be a major thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Island (1917 Film)
''Rainbow Island'' is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Plot While fishing in a rowboat, Harold and Snub find a message in a bottle. The paper contains a map of Rainbow Island with an X indicating buried treasure. When they row to the island in search of the treasure, they are quickly captured by a tribe of cannibals. Cast * Harold Lloyd * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * Frank Alexander * Carl Barbesgaard * William Blaisdell * Sammy Brooks * Walter Crompton * Billy Evans * Billy Fay (as William Fay) * Max Hamburger * Oscar Larson * Gus Leonard * Belle Mitchell * Fred C. Newmeyer * Hazel Powell * Hazel Redmond * Gertrude Smith * Nina Speight See also * Harold Lloyd filmography These are the known films of Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), an American actor and filmmaker most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. Most of these films are known to survive in Lloyd's personal archive collection ... References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Sad Sea Waves
''By the Sad Sea Waves'' is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Plot Trying to woo Bebe on a beach, Harold impersonates a life guard. Among his misadventures, Harold is wrongly credited with saving two male swimmers from drowning but he eventually does rescue Bebe. Cast * Harold Lloyd * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * Frank Alexander as Bather * William Blaisdell * Sammy Brooks * Rudolph Bylek * Billy Fay (as William Fay) * Florence Gibson * Clyde E. Hopkins * Oscar Larson * Gus Leonard * Vivian Marshall * Belle Mitchell * Fred C. Newmeyer * Dorothea Wolbert (as Dorothy Wolbert) See also * List of American films of 1917 * Harold Lloyd filmography References External links * ''By the Sad Sea Waves''on YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melting Millions (1917 Film)
''Melting Millions'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Otis Turner and starring Sydney Deane, Cecil Holland, Velma Whitman, George Walsh, and Frank Alexander. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on February 19, 1917. Plot Jack Ballentine, young and irresponsible, discovers that in order to inherit his uncle's fortune, he must prove to Mrs. Walton, his guardian, that he is a competent businessman. Jack, totally devoid of any business acumen, doesn't hit one. Escaped to the West, he saves a girl and her father from a gang of robbers, while Mrs. Walton freezes his bank accounts, leaving him penniless. The young man proves brave, however, when he saves Jane, the girl, from being kidnapped by her father's former secretary, thus finally winning the approval of Mrs. Walton. Cast *Sydney Deane as Uncle Peter *Cecil Holland as Casey *Velma Whitman as Mrs. Wilson *George Walsh as Jack Ballantine * Frank Alexander as Bailey * Anna Luther as Jane * Charles K. Gerrard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, and its Greater Los Angeles, sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd as well as with his nephew, Al St. John. He also mentored Charlie Chaplin, Monty Banks and Bob Hope, and brought vaudeville star Buster Keaton into the movie business. Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for $14,000 (). Arbuckle was the defendant in three widely publicized trials between November 1921 and April 1922 for the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe. Rappe had fallen ill at a party hosted by Arbuckle at San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel in September 1921, and died four days later. A friend of Rappe accused Arbuckle of raping and accidentally killing her. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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