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George Cowl
George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dan'' (1914) * ''The Rack'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The Beloved Adventuress'' (1917) * ''Her Hour'' (1917) * ''The Stolen Paradise'' (1917) * ''The Crimson Dove'' (1917) * ''Youth'' (1917) * ''Betsy Ross'' (1917) * '' The Corner Grocer'' (1917) * ''The Iron Ring'' (1917) * ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1919) * '' Love, Honor and Obey'' (1920) * ''The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes'' (1920) * ''The Plaything of Broadway'' (1921) * ''Whispering Shadows'' (1921) * ''The Glory of Clementina'' (1922) * ''Pink Gods'' (1922) * ''Fashionable Fakers'' (1923) * ''The Prisoner'' (1923) * ''Secrets'' (1924) * ''The Jade Cup'' (1926) * ''Marriage License?'' (1926) * ''Broadway Madness'' (1927) * ''Court Martial'' (1928) * '' The Adventurer'' (1928) * ''The Jazz Cinderella'' (1930) * ''Secrets of Hollywood'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, between the River Ribble, Ribble and River Wyre, Wyre rivers, and is north of Liverpool and northwest of Manchester. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of Blackpool had an estimated population of 139,720 while the urban settlement had a population of 147,663, making it the List of settlements in Lancashire by population, most populous settlement in Lancashire, and the fifth-most populous in North West England after Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton and Warrington. The Blackpool Urban Area, wider built-up area (which also includes additional settlements outside the unitary authority) had a population of 239,409, making it the fifth-most populous urban area in the North West after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispering Shadows
''Whispering Shadows'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Lucy Cotton, Charles A. Stevenson and Philip Merivale.Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.641 It is based on the 1917 play '' The Invisible Foe'' by Walter C. Hackett, the rights for which were acquired for six thousand dollars. It was distributed independently on a states rights basis, partly by the former major studio World Film which released it in several markets. Cast * Lucy Cotton as Helen Bransby * Charles A. Stevenson as Richard Bransby * Philip Merivale as Stephen Pryde * Robert Barrat as Hugh Brook * Mabel Archdall as Aunt Caroline Leavitt * George Cowl as Dr. Latham * Alfred Dundas Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ... as Morton Grant * Marion Rogers as Margar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riptide (1934 Film)
''Riptide'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshall, written and directed by Edmund Goulding, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was released a few months before the Production Code was enforced. This film had a noteworthy appearance by Mrs. Patrick Campbell, a famous stage actress known for her friendship and correspondence with playwright George Bernard Shaw and her creation of Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's play ''Pygmalion''. afi.com; accessed June 6, 2022. Plot In a hotel room at the Ritz, Lord Rexford ( Herbert Marshall) struggles with a bizarre insect m ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of Hollywood
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency. Secrecy can exist in a number of different ways: encoding or encryption (where mathematical and technical strategies are used to hide messages), true secrecy (where restrictions are put upon those who take part of the message, such as through government security classification) and obfuscation, where secrets are hidden in plain sight behind complex idiosyncrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jazz Cinderella
''The Jazz Cinderella'' is a 1930 American romantic drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Myrna Loy, Jason Robards Sr. and Nancy Welford.Leider p.323 In Britain it was released under the alternative title of ''Love Is Like That''. Cast * Myrna Loy as Mildred Vane * Jason Robards Sr. as Herbert Carter * Nancy Welford as Patricia Murray * Dorothy Phillips as Mrs. Consuelo Carter * David Durand as Danny Murray * Freddie Burke Frederick as Junior Carter * Frank McGlynn Sr. as Henry Murray * James P. Burtis as Ollie * George Cowl as Darrow * Murray Smith as Epstein * William H. Strauss as Fineman * Roland Ray as Pierre * June Gittelson June Gittelson (May 6, 1910November 28, 1993) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1928 and 1945. Career Due to her rotund figure, Gittelson was often cast as a love interest who often intimidated her husband ... as Sylvia de Sprout References Bibliography * Leider, Emil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (1928 Film)
''The Adventurer'' is a 1928 American silent adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and an uncredited W.S. Van Dyke with a screenplay written by Ruth Cummings and Jack Cunningham. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Charles Delaney, George Cowl and Michael Visaroff. The film was released on July 14, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Mining engineer Jim McClellan is in love with Dolores de Silva, the daughter of the deposed president of a South American country. McClellan tries to help de Silva regain power but finds himself involved in a series of dangerous adventures that even lead him to a firing squad. Eventually, the revolutionaries are defeated and the president returns to the government while McClellan finally wins the girl he loves. Cast *Tim McCoy as Jim McClellan *Dorothy Sebastian as Dolores de Silva *Charles Delaney as Barney O'Malley *George Cowl as Esteban de Silva *Michael Visaroff as Somaroff *Gayne Whitman Gayne Whitman (born Alfred D. Vosb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court Martial (1928 Film)
''Court Martial'' is a 1928 American silent film war drama film directed by George B. Seitz, starring Jack Holt, Betty Compson as Belle Starr, and Frank Austin as Abraham Lincoln, and released by Columbia Pictures. A foreign release print of the film survives and is preserved in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was shown at the annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival in 2014. Publicity for the film stated that several sequences were shot in early Technicolor, but these do not appear to have survived. Cast * Jack Holt as James Camden *Betty Compson as Belle Starr *Pat Harmon as Bull *Doris Hill as General's Daughter *Frank Lackteen as 'Devil' Dawson * Frank Austin as President Abraham Lincoln *George Cowl George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dan'' (1914) * ''The Rack'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The B ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Madness
''Broadway Madness'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Donald Keith, and Betty Hilburn. Plot A young farmer in upstate New York City becomes obsessed with a Broadway actress due to her radio broadcasts. She later becomes involved in a plot to defraud him of his inheritance, but instead falls in love and confesses everything to him. Cast * Marguerite De La Motte as Maida Vincent * Donald Keith as David Ross * Betty Hilburn as Josie Dare * Margaret Cloud as Mary Vaughn * George Cowl as Henry Ableton * Louis Payne as Jared Ableton * Robert Dudley as Thomas * Orral Humphrey as Larry Doyle * Tom Ricketts as Lawrence Compton * Alfred Fisher as Ev * Jack Haley as Radio Announcer Preservation With no copies listed in any film archives, ''Broadway Madness'' is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage License?
''Marriage License?'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Bradley King and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. It is based on the 1925 play ''The Pelican'' by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood. The film stars Alma Rubens, Walter McGrail, Richard Walling, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Lane, and Emily Fitzroy. The film was released on September 5, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Alma Rubens as Wanda Heriot *Walter McGrail as Marcus Heriot * Richard Walling as Robin *Walter Pidgeon as Paul * Charles Lane as Sir John *Emily Fitzroy as Lady Heriot * Langhorn Burton as Cheriton *Edgar Norton as Beadon *George Cowl George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dan'' (1914) * ''The Rack'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The B ... as Amercrombie * Lon Poff as Footman References External links * 1926 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jade Cup
''The Jade Cup'' is a 1926 American silent mystery film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Evelyn Brent, Jack Luden and Eugene Borden.Munden p.391 Cast * Evelyn Brent as Peggy Allen * Jack Luden as Billy Crossan * Eugene Borden as Milano * George Cowl as Anoine Gerhardt * Charles Delaney as 'Dice' Morey * Violet Palmer Violet Renice Palmer (born July 20, 1964) is a retired American basketball referee in the NBA and WNBA and the first female official to reach the highest competitive tier in any major U.S. professional sports league. She also earned recognition a ... as Poppy 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 mystery films American silent feature films American mystery films American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films Films directed by Frank Hall Crane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets (1924 Film)
''Secrets'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage. The film is based upon a 1922 play of the same name, and was remade in 1933 with Mary Pickford Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ... in the leading role. on silentera.com Although the film was never released on video or DVD, copies still exist. Plot The films opens in present. 75-year-old Mary Carlton is depressed over her husband John's illness. She feels her life has no use if he dies. She starts reading her diary, after which the film jumps to 1865 in the tim ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner (1923 Film)
''The Prisoner'' is a 1923 American silent drama film set in a fictional kingdom, directed by Jack Conway and featuring Herbert Rawlinson, Eileen Percy, June Elvidge, George Cowl and Boris Karloff. Karloff was paid $150.00 a week salary for working on this film. The screenplay was written by Edward T. Lowe Jr., based on a novel called ''Castle Craneycrow'' by George Barr McCutcheon. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Herbert Rawlinson as Philip Quentin * Eileen Percy as Dorothy Garrison * George Cowl as Lord Bob * June Elvidge as Lady Francis * Lincoln Stedman as Dickey Savage * Gertrude Short as Lady Jane * Bertram Grassby as Prince Ugo Ravorelli * Mario Carillo as Count Sallonica * Hayford Hobbs as Duke Laselli * Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Garrison * Bert Sprotte as Courant * Boris Karloff as Prince Kapolski * Esther Ralston as Marie * J. P. Lockney John P. Lockney (March 17, 1867, date of death unknown) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
