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Frank Urson
Frank John Urson (March 21, 1887 – August 17, 1928) was an American silent film director and cinematographer from Chicago, Illinois. Originally a photographer, he moved on to cinematography and film directing for the Thanhouser Company in New Rochelle, New York. He is also credited with acting in one film, '' Her Gallant Knights'', which starred William Garwood in 1913. Urson directed ''Changing Husbands''. He is perhaps best known for his 1927 film '' Chicago'', produced by Cecil B. DeMille. Biography He was born on March 21, 1887, in Chicago, Illinois. Urson died on August 17, 1928, at age 41 from drowning in Indian Lake, Michigan. Partial filmography *'' Stranded'' (1916, cinematographer) *''Nina, the Flower Girl'' (1917, cinematographer) *'' You're Fired'' (1919, cinematographer) *'' The Valley of the Giants'' (1919, cinematographer) *'' Too Much Speed'' (1921) *'' The Hell Diggers'' (1921) *''Exit the Vamp'' (1921) * ''The Strangers' Banquet'' (1922) *'' Tillie'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina, The Flower Girl
''Nina, the Flower Girl'' is a lost American 1917 silent drama film produced by D. W. Griffith through his Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. The film starred Bessie Love, an up-and-coming ingenue actress. It also marked the final acting role for Elmer Clifton, who was by then moving on to directing full-time. Plot Nina (Love), who is blind, makes artificial flowers. Jimmie (Clifton Clifton may refer to: People * Clifton (surname) * Clifton (given name) Places Australia *Clifton, Queensland, a town ** Shire of Clifton *Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong * Clifton, Western Australia Canada * Clifton, Nova Sc ...), a hunchback newsboy, who is also an artist, is in love with her. Nina has been deceived into thinking that Jimmie is a prince who lives in a palace. When wealthy Fred Townsend ( Hadley) and his mother offer to finance a surgery to restore Nina's vision, Jimmie misunderstands and thinks that the Townsends plan to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Deaths
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1887 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship '' Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost Human (1927 Film)
Almost Human is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Frank Urson, starring Vera Reynolds and Kenneth Thomson, produced by Cecil B. DeMille and William C. de Mille, and distributed through Pathé Exchange. The picture was based upon a novel by Richard Harding Davis entitled ''The Bar Sinister''. Cast * Vera Reynolds as Mary Kelly * Kenneth Thomson as John Livingston * Majel Coleman as Cecile Adams * Claire McDowell as Mrs. Livingston * Ethel Wales Ethel Wales (April 4, 1878 – February 15, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in more than 130 films during her 30-year career. Biography Born in 1878 in Passaic, New Jersey, Wales graduated from "Wisconsin university". Wales had ... as Katie * Fred Walton as Doctor * Hank as Pal, a dog * Paul as Regent Royal, a dog * Trixie as Maggie, a dog Preservation status *The film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. References External links * * 1927 drama films American silent feature fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Man O' War
''Her Man o' War'' is a 1926 American silent war drama film directed by Frank Urson and starring Jetta Goudal, William Boyd and Jimmie Adams.Goble p.240 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Parker. Synopsis After being captured during World War I, an American prisoner is sent to work on a small farm run by a young woman. Cast * Jetta Goudal as Cherie Schultz * William Boyd as Jim Sanderson * Jimmie Adams as Shorty Flynn * Grace Darmond as Countess of Lederbon * Kay Deslys as Big Bertha * Frank Reicher as Prof. Krantz * Michael Vavitch as Col. Prittwitz * Robert Edeson as Field Marshall * Frank Coghlan Jr. Frank Coghlan Jr. (March 15, 1916 – September 7, 2009) also known as Junior Coghlan, was an American actor who later became a career officer in the United States Navy and a naval aviator. He appeared in approximately 129 films and televis ... as Peterkin Schultz References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Of Suva
''South of Suva'' is a 1922 American silent drama film starring Mary Miles Minter and directed by Frank Urson. It was adapted by Fred Myton from a story by Ewart Adamson. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described in various film magazine reviews, Phyllis Latimer (Minter) is sailing to Suva in the Fiji Islands to join her husband Sydney (Long), whom she has not seen since their marriage three years previously. She is travelling with Pauline Leonard (Bryson), who is to meet with her ward John Webster (Bowers) on Suva, but Pauline instead chooses to accompany a man she has fallen in love with on board. When Phyllis arrives at her husband's plantation, she finds that Sydney has degenerated into a brutal drunk and surrounded himself with native women. Phyllis gives him two weeks to reform himself, and when he fails to do so and she tries to leave, he attacks her. When Sydney is knocked unconscious by a falling canopy Phyllis flees, but s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Specialist (1922 Film)
''The Heart Specialist'' is a 1922 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Frank Urson and starring Mary Miles Minter and Allan Forrest. It was adapted by Harvey Thew from a story by Mary Morrison. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described in various film magazine reviews, Rosalie Beckwith (Minter) works for a New York newspaper, editing a column devoted to romance. When her editor (Mathis) threatens to dismiss her on the grounds that romance does not exist, Rosalie bets her job that she can find romance within forty miles of the newspaper office. Arriving at a small town chosen at random, Rosalie is mistaken for Muriel Murat Bey, the cousin and heir of Bob Stratton (Forrest), a wealthy but wounded and ailing war veteran. Accepting this misidentification, Rosalie moves in to Stratton's estate, where she rapidly falls for the wounded veteran, and also incurs the enmity of family physician Dr. Fitch (Beery). Fitch has been syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tillie (film)
''Tillie'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Frank Urson and starring Mary Miles Minter. The scenario was written by Alice Eyton, based on the novel ''Tillie, the Mennonite Maid'' by Helen Reimensnyder Martin. ''Tillie'' reunited Minter with Allan Forrest, her most frequent leading man from her time at Mutual Film and the American Film Company, for the first time since their 1919 picture Yvonne from Paris. As with many of Minter's features, ''Tillie'' is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described in various film magazine reviews, Tillie Getz (Minter) is a girl living in a community of Mennonites with her harsh father Jacob Getz (Beery), who treats her little better than a slave. Tillie longs for education and for an escape from the drudgery of her life, but only the kindly Doc Weaver (Littlefield) understands her ambitions. Unbeknownst to Tillie, an elderly relative has willed her a small fortune, but only if she should enter into the Mennonite church by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strangers' Banquet
''The Strangers' Banquet'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Hobart Bosworth, Claire Windsor, and Rockliffe Fellowes.Connelly p. 272 It is based on the 1919 novel of the same title by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Shane Keogh * Claire Windsor as Derith * Rockliffe Fellowes as Angus Campbell * Ford Sterling as Al Norton * Eleanor Boardman as Jean McPherson * Thomas Holding as John Trevelyan * Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. McPherson * Nigel Barrie as John Keogh * Stuart Holmes as Prince * Claude Gillingwater as Uncle Sam * Margaret Loomis as Bride * Tom Guise as Bride's Father * Lillian Langdon as Bride's Mother * William Humphrey as Groom's Friend * Edward McWade as Harriman * Lorimer Johnston as Ross * James A. Marcus as Braithwaite * Edward W. Borman as Dolan * Jack Curtis as McKinstry * Brinsley Shaw as Krischenko * Arthur Hoyt as Morel * Aileen Pringle as Mrs. Schuyler-Peabody * Virginia Rugg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exit The Vamp
Film poster, lobby card ''Exit the Vamp'' is a lost 1921 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Frank Urson and written by Clara Beranger. The film stars Ethel Clayton, T. Roy Barnes, Fontaine La Rue, Theodore Roberts, William Boyd (actor), William Boyd, and Michael D. Moore. The film was released on November 6, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, successful lawyer John Shipley (Barnes) becomes fascinated by a Femme fatale, vampire (La Rue) of the accepted type. His wife Marion (Clayton) becomes aware of the infatuation and adopts the ways of her opponent, pretending incidentally an affection for a World War I veteran (Boyd) whom she knew in France. At a house party to which Marion had invited the other woman, her husband discovers his mistake in his judgment of womanly values and the wife emerges from the conflict victorious. Cast *Ethel Clayton as Marion Shipley *T. Roy Barnes as John Shipley *Fontaine La Rue as Mrs. Willy Strong *Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hell Diggers
''The Hell Diggers'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Frank Urson from a short story, ''The Hell Diggers'', by Byron Morgan. Wallace Reid and Lois Wilson star. Like most silent films of that time, it is in the public domain and is lost. Cast *Wallace Reid as Teddy Darman * Lois Wilson as Dora Wade *Alexander Brown as John Wade *Frank Geldert as Calthorpe Masters * Lucien Littlefield as Silas Hoskins *Clarence Geldart as Silverby Rennie *Buddy Post as The Fat Farmer See also *Wallace Reid filmography This is a comprehensive listing of Wallace Reid's (1891–1923) silent film, silent film output. Reid often played a clean-cut, well-groomed American go-getter on screen, which is how he is best remembered, but he could alternate with character rol ... References External links * *truck advertising ''The Hell Diggers'' 1921 films American silent feature films Lost A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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