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Frank Campeau
Frank Campeau (December 14, 1864 – November 5, 1943) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1911 and 1940 and made many appearances in films starring Douglas Fairbanks. On Broadway, Campeau appeared in ''Rio Grande'' (1916), ''Believe Me Xantippe'' (1913), ''The Ghost Breaker'' (1913), and ''The Virginian'' (1904). Campeau's screen debut came in the one-reel western film ''Kit Carson's Wooing''. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Filmography * ''Jordan Is a Hard Road'' (1915) - Bill Minden * '' The Wood Nymph'' (1916) - David Arnold * ''Intolerance'' (1916) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Heart of Texas Ryan'' (1917) - 'Dice' McAllister * ''The Man from Painted Post'' (1917) - 'Bull' Madden * '' Reaching for the Moon'' (1917) - Black Boris * '' A Modern Musketeer'' (1917) - Chin-de-dah * '' Headin' South'' (1918) - Spanish Joe * '' Mr. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. ''Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Comes Up Smiling
''He Comes Up Smiling'' is a 1918 American comedy film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dwan. This film was based on a novel of the same title by Charles Sherman, which was adapted into a 1914 play of the same name by Byron Ongley and Emil Nyitray. Fairbanks starred in the play with Patricia Collinge as the female lead. This film "survives incomplete". Plot As described in a film magazine, the principal duty of bank clerk Jerry Martin is to care for the bank president's pet canary. The bird escapes and Jerry starts in pursuit. In a chase that takes him far afield, Jerry meets a hobo and decides to give up his bank job. Baron Bean (Montana), another hobo, becomes his valet, but they desert Jerry when he is taking a bath and steal his clothes. He finds a suit belonging to William Batchelor (MacQuarrie), a broker who is cooling off at a pool, and with the broker's business cards he passes himself off as Batchelor. He meets John Bartlett (Campeau) and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sin Of Martha Queed
''The Sin of Martha Queed'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Mary Thurman, Joseph J. Dowling and Eugenie Besserer.Lombardi p.117 Cast * Mary Thurman as Martha Queed * Joseph J. Dowling as Marvin Queed * Eugenie Besserer as Alicia Queed * Frankie Lee as Georgie Queed * Niles Welch as Arnold Barry * George Hackathorne as Atlas * Frank Campeau as David Boyd * Gertrude Claire Gertrude Claire (July 16, 1852 – April 28, 1928) was an actress of the American stage and Hollywood silent motion pictures. Biography Claire was born in Chicago, Illinois, and began appearing onstage at the age of 16. She played minor roles ... as Grandmother References Bibliography * Frederic Lombardi. ''Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios''. McFarland, 2013. External links * 1921 films 1921 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Allan Dwan American silent feature films 1920s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Those We Love
''For Those We Love'' is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced by and starring Betty Compson, and featuring Lon Chaney and Richard Rosson. Written and directed by Arthur Rosson, the film was based on a story by Perley Poore Sheehan (who later co-wrote the script for Chaney's ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. The film was distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. Some sources list the release date as being in March 1921. This is unlikely since the film was only copyrighted in July, but the exact release date has not been confirmed. It is now considered a lost film. A still exists showing Chaney holding the heroine. Plot Beatrice Arnold (Betty Compson) cares for her father George and her younger brother Jimmy (Richard Rosson). She is saved from drowning by a local card shark naked Trix Ulner (Lon Chaney) who decides to pursue her romantically, much to the chagrin of her longtime sweetheart, Johnny Fletcher. Beatrice is shocked to learn that Jimmy's been embezzling funds fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nut (1921 Film)
''The Nut'' is a 1921 American silent film comedy directed by Theodore Reed. Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance writes, "Admittedly a minor work, ''The Nut'' is frequently dismissed in critical assessments of Fairbanks's career. This is unfortunate, for it contains some fascinating sequences and reveals much about the actor-producer's state of mind at the time it was made." Vance also notes, "The picture is like a chaotic funhouse, filled with magical masquerades, illusions, and gimmicks of great momentary amusement." Plot Based upon a summary in a film publication, Charlie (Fairbanks) has a girlfriend Estrell (De La Motte) who has a theory that if rich people would take a number of poor children into their homes each day, the environment would cause the children to grow up properly. Since Estrell does not know any of these rich people, Charlie offers to arrange a meeting. However, Charlie thinks impostors will do as well as the real rich people, so first he hires some men who t ... [...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 Kid (1921 Film)
''The Kid '' is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length film as a director (he had been a co-star in 1914's '' Tillie's Punctured Romance''). It was a huge success, and was the second-highest-grossing film in 1921, behind '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse''. In 2011, ''The Kid'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot With much anguish, an unwed Mother abandons her child, placing him in an expensive automobile with a handwritten note: "Please love and care for this orphan child". Two thieves steal the car and leave the baby in an alley, where he is found by The Tramp. After some attempts to hand off the child on to various passers-by, he finds the note and his heart melt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Of The Party (1920 Film)
''Life of the Party'' is a 1920 American comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. A copy of the film is held by the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' by The American Film Institution, c.1978 Plot Attorney Algernon Leary ( Roscoe Arbuckle), "pure milk" candidate for mayor, attends a party for grown-ups dressed as children. Going home in a blizzard, he is robbed of his fur coat, leaving him bare legged wearing rompers. He takes refuge in the first building he can reach, creating havoc in various apartments due to his appearance. He blunders into the rival candidate, Judge Voris (Frank Campeau) in a compromising situation with a vamp and forces him to withdraw, ensuring Leary's election as mayor after a whirlwind campaign. Cast * Roscoe Arbuckle as Algernon Leary * Winifred Greenwood as Mrs. Carraway * Roscoe Karns as Sam Perkins * Julia Faye as 'French' Kate * Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mollycoddle
''The Mollycoddle'' is a 1920 American film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, and directed by Victor Fleming.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Mollycoddle'' at silentera.com Beery plays an ice-cold villain brawling with Fairbanks' character all the way down the side of a steep mountain in one sequence. A copy of the film is in the and in other film collections. Plot As described in a , Richard Marshall (Fairbanks), nicknamed The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Majesty, The American
''His Majesty, the American'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It was the first film produced by United Artists. It was released in the U.K. as ''One of the Blood''. Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) 35mm positive in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library 16mm reduction positive and in private film collections 16mm reduction positives This was one of Boris Karloff's earliest acting jobs in the movie industry. He can be spotted in the scene where Sarzeau's men storm the inn where Bill Brooks is staying. Karloff is at the front of the crowd, wearing a thick mustache and a cloth cap. He can also be seen on the staircase as the men race up the stairs to Bill Brooks's room. Plot As described in a film magazine, Bill (Fairbanks), whose hair raising antics have made him the talk of New York City, decides to leave the metropolis after a new district attorney starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western/romantic comedy film directed by Albert Parker (director), Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas) and produced the film.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' at silentera.com ''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' is now considered lost film, lost. Synopsis Fairbanks plays a hedonistic New York City aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to Sonora, Texas to carry out a campaign of altruism. Along the way, he is mistaken for a Mexican people, Mexican bandit and is pursued by a corrupt sheriff who is in pursuit of the bandit's hidden fortune. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
