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 in New York City. In the coming years she began to play leads. Among the actors of note she played with John Drew Jr., Edwin Booth, and Richard Mansfield. She began work in films while the industry was still based in New York. Then she moved to Hollywood, where she was part of the first motion picture playing company organized there. Claire had roles in 123 films beginning in 1910 and continuing until 1928. Her last appearance in movies was in the Clara Bow feature film ''Red Hair'' (1928). On April 28, 1928, Claire died at her home in Hollywood, aged 76. Her funeral was conducted in the chapel of Hollywood Forever Cemetery. She was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''The Two Brot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peggy (1916 Film)
''Peggy'' (also known as ''The Devil's Pepper Pot'') is a 1916 American silent comedy film produced and directed by Thomas Ince and stars Billie Burke in her motion picture debut. Synopsis The film follows Peggy Cameron (Burke), a young, high spirited American debutante who is sent to visit her Uncle Andrew (William H. Thompson) and cousin Colin ( Charles Ray) in Scotland. Cast *Billie Burke as Peggy Cameron * William H. Thompson as Andrew Cameron * William Desmond as Reverend Donald Bruce * Charles Ray as Colin Cameron *Nona Thomas as Janet McLeod *Gertrude Claire as Mrs. Cameron *Truly Shattuck as Mrs. Van Allyn *Claire Du Brey Claire Du Brey (born Clara Violet Dubreyvich, August 31, 1892 – August 1, 1993) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 200 films between 1916 and 1959. Her name is sometimes rendered as Claire Du Bray or as Claire Dubrey. Ear ... (uncredited) Production Triangle Film Corporation produced ''Peggy''. Victor L. Schertzinger compo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jinx (1919 Film)
''Jinx'' is a 1919 in film, 1919 American silent film, silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand and directed by Victor Schertzinger. It is not known whether the film currently survives, at silentera.com which suggests that it is a lost film. Cast Mabel Normand as The JinxFlorence Carpenter as Rory Bory Alice Ogden Crane as Bull Hogarth Cullen Landis as Slicker Evans Clarence Arper as Sheriff Jepson Gertrude Claire as Aunt Tina Carbery References External links * *Lantern slide for ''Jinx'' [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Widow By Proxy
''Widow by Proxy'' is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play by Catherine Chisholm Cushing that starred May Irwin. Julia Crawford Ivers provided the scenario and her son James Van Trees was one of the cinematographers.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Widow by Proxy'' at silentera.com /ref> It is not known whether the film currently survives. Cast *[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stepping Out (1919 Film)
''Stepping Out'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. It is not known whether the film currently survives, suggesting that it may be a lost film. Cast * Enid Bennett as The Wife * Niles Welch as The Husband * Julia Faye as The Secretary * Gertrude Claire as The Husband's Mother * William Conklin William Conklin (December 25, 1872 – March 21, 1935) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 80 silent films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''Ariz ... as Frank Wilson (as William S. Conklin) * Bota Miller as Robert Hillary Jr. References External links * * 1919 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1919 drama films Films directed by Fred Niblo Silent American drama films Paramount Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Petal On The Current
''The Petal on the Current'' is a lost 1919 American drama film directed by Tod Browning. Plot Based upon a description in a film magazine, Stella Schump (MacLaren) is a working girl who, on the advice of a friend Cora (Ridgeway), who is attempting to be a matchmaker, attends a party where she is supposed to meet a bashful man. He does not show up, and she has her first drink of beer. This affects her so she becomes dazed, and she leaves for home. A detective comes upon her, and after she repeats bits of conversation she heard at the party, he arrests her for being drunk and for solicitation. A night court convicts her and sentences her to ten days in jail. She writes her mother of her plight, and her mother (Claire) dies from shock upon reading the letter. After she is let out of jail, she loses her job and, after her money runs out, goes to a park and sits on a bench. A bashful man (Anderson), who is disillusioned about women, comes by. She has heard of him, but they have never ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Little Comrade
''Little Comrade'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Withey and written by Alice Eyton and Juliet Wilbor Tompkins. The film stars Vivian Martin, Niles Welch, Gertrude Claire, Richard Henry Cummings, Larry Steers, and Elinor Hancock. The film was released on March 30, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Genevieve Rutherford Hale (Martin), pampered daughter of wealthy parents, decides to become a farmerette to help win the war. She arrives at the Hubbard farm in her limousine and goes to work with a group of other young women. Bob Hubbard (Welch), the youngest son of farmer Hubbard (Cummings), falls in love with Genevieve, and when he enters an army training camp life becomes so distasteful that he goes AWOL and returns home. Genevieve persuades him to return to camp, but they are discovered together and the elder Hubbard sends the young woman away. Bob obtains a leave of absence and goes home to explain things to expla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hard Boiled (1919 Film)
''Hard Boiled'' is a 1919 American comedy silent film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by John Lynch and R. Cecil Smith. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Billy Mason, William Courtright, Gertrude Claire, Walter Hiers, and Nona Thomas. The film was released on February 2, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Dorothy Dalton as Corinne Melrose *Billy Mason as Billy Penrose *William Courtright as Deacon Simpson *Gertrude Claire as Aunt Tiny Colvin *Walter Hiers Walter Hiers (July 18, 1893 – February 27, 1933) was an American silent film actor. Biography Born in 1893, during his two decade-long acting career spanning from 1912 to 1932, Hiers acted in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific actor w ... as Hiram Short *Nona Thomas as Daisy May Preservation status *A print survives in the Archives du Filmdu CNC(Bois d'Arcy) France. References External links * * 1919 films 1910s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1919 comedy films Par ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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When Do We Eat? (1918 Film)
''When Do We Eat?'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. Plot Nora, an actress (Enid Bennett), is performing in an adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin in a Texas town. A sheriff enters with an attachment against the show. Nora, dressed as Little Eva, escapes from the venue and gets onto a train. A tramp makes advances towards her, causing her to jump from the train. She lands in a field and is arrested for looking suspicious. She is saved from jail by Ma Forbes (Gertrude Claire), who is after someone to help her with some residents at her boarding house. The boarders "Soup" McCool (Jack Nelson) and "Pug" Hennessy (Robert McKim) are actually criminals. They con Ma's son, James (Albert Ray) out of $300. They then plan a bank robbery with the help of Nora. They think she is a safecracker, who they've been expecting. Nora plays along, and opens the safe, as she was given the combination from James. Once the safe has been cracked, Nora raises the alarm and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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'Blue Blazes' Rawden
''Blue Blazes' Rawden'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by William S. Hart and written by J.G. Hawks. The film stars William S. Hart, Maude George, Robert McKim, Gertrude Claire, Robert Gordon, and Jack Hoxie. The film was released on February 1, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. The film has been preserved and it is available in various viewing formats. Plot Cast *William S. Hart as Blue Blazes Rawden *Maude George as Babette DuFresne * Robert McKim as 'Ladyfingers' Hilgard *Gertrude Claire as Mother Hilgard * Robert Gordon as Eric Hilgard *Jack Hoxie as Joe La Barge Background Hart published a letter in the ''Motion Picture News'' (March 30, 1918), titled ''A straight-from-the shoulder letter'', advising exhibitors that he was not connected with a company called "W.H. Productions Co.". Hart claimed that the company was changing titles of his films and showing previously made features of him without his permission. The letter states that "the old titles under whi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Happiness (1917 Film)
Happiness is a 1917 comedy drama feature film written by C. Gardner Sullivan and starring Enid Bennett and Charles Gunn. A rich orphan and heiress played by Bennett is described in the newspapers as "the richest and most snobbish girl in America." She goes to a co-ed college where she is snubbed by students who view her as a snob. A romance develops with a poor student (played by Charles Gunn) who is taking in washing to pay his way through college. A print exists in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', by The American Film Institute, c.1978 Cast *Enid Bennett - Doris Wingate * Charles Gunn - Robert Lee Hollister *Thelma Salter - Dolly Temple * Andrew Arbuckle - Nicodemus *Gertrude Claire - Miss Pratt *Adele Belgrade - Priscilla Wingate * John Gilbert - Richard Forrester *Leo Willis Leo Willis (5 January 1890 – 10 April 1952) was an American actor who ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Mother Instinct
''The Mother Instinct'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and Roy William Neill and starring Enid Bennett, Rowland V. Lee and Margery Wilson.Golden p.33 Cast * Enid Bennett as Eleanor Coutierre * Rowland V. Lee as Jacques * Margery Wilson as Marie Coutierre * Tod Burns as Pierre Bondel * John Gilbert as Jean Coutierre * Gertrude Claire as Mother Coutierre * William Fairbanks William Fairbanks (born Carl Ullman; May 24, 1894 – April 1, 1945) was an American actor. He appeared in over 65 silent era films between 1916 and 1928. Biography Fairbanks was born Carl Ullman in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Charles a ... as Raoul Bergere References Bibliography * Golden, Eve. ''John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars''. University Press of Kentucky, 2013. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |