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Fred Windemere
Fred Windemere (born Fritz Wintermeier, April 15, 1892 –March 18, 1970) was an American film actor, actor and film director of the silent era.Munden p.741 Selected filmography * ''Three in Exile'' (1925) * ''With This Ring (1925 film), With This Ring'' (1925) * ''Romance Road'' (1925) * ''Soiled (film), Soiled'' (1925) * ''The Verdict (1925 film), The Verdict'' (1925) * ''Morganson's Finish'' (1926) * ''The Taxi Mystery'' (1926) * ''Broadway After Midnight'' (1927) * ''She's My Baby (film), She's My Baby'' (1927) * ''Devil Dogs (film), Devil Dogs'' (1928) * ''Broadway Daddies'' (1928) References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1892 births 1970 deaths American male film actors American film directors People from Iowa {{US-film-director-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muscatine, Iowa
Muscatine ( ) is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,797 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from 22,697 in 2000. The county seat of Muscatine County, it is located along the Mississippi River. The local business association states that the name Muscatine is not used by any other community. Muscatine is the principal city of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area (2010 census population 54,132) the estimate was 54,184, which includes all of Muscatine and Louisa counties, making it the 208th-largest micropolitan statistical area. History Muscatine began as a trading post founded by representatives of Colonel George Davenport in 1833. Muscatine was incorporated as Bloomington in 1839; the name was changed to reduce mail delivery confusion, as there were several Bloomingtons in the Midwest. Before that, Muscatine had also been known as "Newburg" and "Casey's Landing". The origin of the name ''Muscatine'' is debated. It may h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morganson's Finish
''Morganson's Finish'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Fred Windemere and starring Anita Stewart, Johnnie Walker and Mahlon Hamilton.Munden p.525 Cast * Anita Stewart as Barbara Wesley * Johnnie Walker as Dick Gilbert * Mahlon Hamilton as Dan Morganson * Victor Potel as Ole Jensen * Crauford Kent as G.T. Williams * Rose Tapley Rose Elizabeth Tapley (June 30, 1881 – February 23, 1956) was an American actress of the stage and an early heroine of silent films. Early life Tapley was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She was the cousin of Captain Robert Bartlett, comm ... as Doctor's Wife References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Fred Windemere American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Tiffany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Film Actors
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1970 Deaths
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Daddies
''Broadway Daddies'' is a lost 1928 American silent melodrama film directed by Fred Windemere. It stars Jacqueline Logan, Alec B. Francis, Rex Lease, and was released on April 7, 1928. Plot Eve Delmar is a pretty chorus line dancer, who is the center of attention of a group of wealthy admirers. However, she develops feelings for Richard Kennedy, who she assumes is not wealthy, but simply ambitious. Little does she know that Richard is in fact quite wealthy, the son of millionaire John Lambert Kennedy. He chooses not to reveal his status, because he wants Eve to fall in love with him, and not with his money. When Eve finds out that Richard is wealthy, she feels that he was simply playing with her affections. To get back at him, she agrees to attend a party with another wealthy suitor, James Leech. The party turns quite raucous, and Leech tries to seduce Eve, but she rebuffs him. However, the events of the party appear in the newspaper, and both Richard and his father get the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil Dogs (film)
''Devil Dogs'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Windemere and starring Pauline Curley and Stuart Holmes.Munden p.185 It takes place during World War I. Cast * Al Alt as Archie Van Stratten * Pauline Curley as Joyce Moore * Stuart Holmes as Sgt. Gordon White * Ernest Hilliard as Lt. Holmes * J.P. McGowan John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directo ... as Capt. Standing References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Fred Wind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's My Baby (film)
''She's My Baby'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Windemere and starring Robert Agnew, Kathleen Myers and Earle Williams.Munden p.708 Synopsis After twenty years of marriage, Mary Wilbur and her husband John keep up a pretense of happiness only for the sake of their daughter Bernice. In fact both embark on very unwise flirtations with potential lovers. Cast * Robert Agnew as Bobby Horton * Kathleen Myers as Bernice Wilbur * Earle Williams as John Wilbur * Grace Carlyle as Mary Wilbur * Mildred Harris as Claire Daltour * Alphonse Martell Alphonse Martell (1890 - 1976) was a French actor who wrote and directed ''Gigolettes of Paris'' (1933). He portrayed a director in the 1934 film '' I'll Be Suing You''. He often portrayed a waiter as in the 1946 film '' Falcon's Alibi'', in which ... as Alphonze Dabreau * Max Asher as Henry Conrad * William Irving as Chuck Callahan References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway After Midnight
''Broadway After Midnight'', also known as ''Gangsters on Broadway'', is a 1927 American silent crime melodrama film directed by Fred Windemere and written by Frederic Bartel and Adele Buffington. The film stars Matthew Betz, Priscilla Bonner, Cullen Landis, Gareth Hughes, and Ernest Hilliard. The film was released on October 29, 1927 by Krelbar Pictures. Cast *Matthew Betz as Quill Burke *Priscilla Bonner as Queenie Morgan / Gloria Livingston *Cullen Landis as Jimmy Crestmore *Gareth Hughes as Billy Morgan *Ernest Hilliard as Bodo Lambert *Barbara Tennant *William H. Turner (actor), William H. Turner *Hank Mann *Paul Weigel Preservation The film is now considered lost film, lost. References External links * * 1927 crime films 1927 films Melodrama films American crime films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost American films Films directed by Fred Windemere 1927 lost films Lost crime films 1920s American films Silent American drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taxi Mystery
''The Taxi Mystery'' is a 1926 American silent mystery film directed by Fred Windemere and starring Edith Roberts, Robert Agnew, and Virginia Pearson. Plot As described in a film magazine review, millionaire Harry Canby saves a young woman from thugs by acting as the driver of her taxi. The woman disappears and he meets her again at a party, and finds out that she is Vera Norris, a musical comedy star. She refuses to recognize him. He again saves her when the manager and the husband of a rival star has her kidnaped so that his wife can play her part and so he can produce someone to get the young woman’s money in her stead. Vera plays her part, and comes into her inheritance, and finds her father Fred Norris. Cast * Edith Roberts as Nancy Cornell / Vera Norris * Robert Agnew as Harry Canby *Virginia Pearson as Mrs. Blaine Jameson *Phillips Smalley as Willoughby Thomson *Bertram Grassby Bertram Grassby (23 December 1880 – 7 December 1953) was an English actor. He app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Verdict (1925 Film)
''The Verdict'' is a 1925 American silent mystery film directed by Fred Windemere and starring Lou Tellegen, Louise Lorraine, and Gertrude Astor. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jimmy is tried and convicted of murder based upon circumstantial evidence after the shooting of Ronsard, an admirer of Jimmy's sweetheart Carol. After a second trial, where Jimmy is proved innocent, the Butler confesses having shot the man in self-defense Self-defense (self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in ... on the night the young woman was dining quietly with Ronsard. Bookkeeper Jimmy's accounts had come up short, and Ronsard had promised to help if she would dine there. Cast References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport Beach
Newport Beach is a coastal city in South Orange County, California. Newport Beach is known for swimming and sandy beaches. Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries however today, it is used mostly for recreation. Balboa Island, Newport Beach, Balboa Island draws visitors with a waterfront path and easy access from the ferry to the shops and restaurants. History The Upper Bay of Newport is a canyon carved by a stream in the Pleistocene period. The Lower Bay of Newport was formed much later by sand brought along by ocean currents, which constructed the offshore beach now recognized as the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach. For thousands of years, the Tongva people lived on the land in an extensive, thriving community. The Tongva villages of Genga, California, Genga and Moyongna were located in Newport Beach. Throughout the 1800s, Europeans colonized the land and forcibly removed and assimilated the Tongva. Present-day Newport Beach exists upon the unceded homelands of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
