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Gilson Willets
Gilson Willets (August 10, 1869 - 1922) was a journalist, author, and screenwriter in the United States. He was born in Hempstead, New York. He wrote for ''Leslie's Weekly'', '' Collier's Weekly'' and many other publications. He covered the Spanish–American War in Cuba. He traveled widely before becoming a production manager for Pathé. His work includes several film serials. As a journalist, he covered a plague in India and E. H. Harriman's Harriman Scientific Expedition to Alaska. He was described as the American Guy de Maupassant for his terse writing style. He wrote about New Mexico in 1905. He married Daisy Van Der Veer and his son was named Gilson Vander Veer Willets. Bibliography *''His Neighbor's Wife'' *''Anita, Cuban Spy'' *''The Triumph of Yankee Doodle'' *''Workers of the Nation'' *''The Commercial Invasion of Europe'' *''Inside History of the White House'' *''Rulers of the World at Home'' *''The Loves of Twenty and One'' (1899) *''Myster of the Double Cross' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hempstead (village), New York
Hempstead is a village located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 53,891 at the 2010 census, but by 2019 had reached 55,113 according to the U.S. Census Bureau estimate; it is both the most densely populated and the most populous village in New York. The Incorporated Village of Hempstead is the site of the seventeenth-century "town spot" from which English and Dutch settlers developed the Town of Hempstead, the Town of North Hempstead, and ultimately Nassau County. It is the largest community by population in both the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County. Hofstra University is partially located in Hempstead. Etymology Hempstead may have been named after Hemel Hempstead in the English county of Hertfordshire, where village founder John Carman was born. Another theory regarding the origin of the village's name is that it is derived from the town of Heemstede in the Netherlands, as this was an area from whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold MacGrath
Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 – October 30, 1932) was a bestselling and prolific American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He sometimes completed more than one novel per year for the mass market, covering romance, spies, mystery, and adventure. He was the first nationally known writer to be commissioned to write original screenplays for the new film industry. In addition, he had eighteen novels and three short stories adapted as films, in some cases more than once. Three of these novels were also adapted as plays that were produced on Broadway in New York City. MacGrath traveled extensively but was always based in Syracuse, New York, where he was born and raised. Biography Born Harold McGrath in Syracuse, New York, he was the son of Thomas H. and Lillian Jane McGrath.MAC GRATH, HAROLD in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess Of Patches
''The Princess of Patches'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Violet De Biccari, Vivian Reed (silent film actress), Vivian Reed and Burke Wilbur.Parish & Pitts p.157 Cast * Violet De Biccari as The Princess of Patches * Vivian Reed (silent film actress), Vivian Reed as The Princess of Patches * Burke Wilbur as Jack Merry * Hildor Hoberg as Colonel Silverthorne * Roy Southerland as Lee Silverthorne * Cora Lambert as Juliet * Frank Weed as Waggles * Charles Le Moyne (actor), Charles Le Moyne as Judas * Maude Baker as Liza Biggs * R.H. Kelly as The Sheriff References Bibliography *James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Alfred E. Green 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of Texas Ryan
The Heart of Texas Ryan, aka The Light of Western Stars, is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Tom Mix and Bessie Eyton and directed by E.A. Martin. The film was produced by Sanford Productions. It is Tom Mix's first feature-length film. The film was re-released in 1923 as ''Single Shot Parker'', a title by which it is sometimes called when marketed on home video and DVD. Plot The story centers on a love relationship between sharpshooting cowboy Jack "One Shot" Parker and Texas Ryan. Cast * Tom Mix as Jack Parker * Bessie Eyton as Texas Ryan * George Fawcett as Colonel William Ryan * Frank Campeau as Dice McAllister * William Ryno as Antonio Moreno (* as William Rhino) * Charles K. Gerrard as Senator J. Murray (* as Charles Gerrard) * Goldie Colwell as Marion Smith See also * Tom Mix filmography Tom Mix (1880–1940) was an American motion picture actor, director, and writer whose career spanned from 1910 to 1935. During this time he appeared in 270 films an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bells (1918 Film)
''The Bells'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film released by Pathé Exchange. It was adapted from the 1867 French play ''Le Juif Polonais'' (''The Polish Jew'') by Erckmann-Chatrian and an 1871 English-language version, '' The Bells'', by Leopold Lewis. The latter was a favorite vehicle for actor Henry Irving. This silent film stars Frank Keenan and Lois Wilson. The story was remade in 1926 as '' The Bells'' with Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff. Plot As reported in a film publication, Mathias, the struggling innkeeper in an Alsatian hamlet, murders a wealthy Jew who comes to spend a night at the inn in order to pay off debts and a mortgage. The murderer is never discovered, but the season passes into local history as the "Polish Jew's winter." Mathias prospers, and years later his daughter becomes engaged to the captain of the gendarmes. Mathias prepares her dowry, and the sight of the gold coins brings again to his tortured conscience the ever-present sound of the sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Up (serial)
''Hands Up'' is a lost 1918 American adventure film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne. The serial was Ruth Roland's breakthrough role. Plot A newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes her to be the reincarnation of their long-lost princess. Cast * Ruth Roland as Echo Delane. * George Larkin as Hands Up * George Chesebro as Hands Up * Easter Walters as Judith Strange * William A. Carroll as Sam Killman / Omar the High Priest * George Gebhardt as The Grand Envoy * W. E. Lawrence as Prince Pampas (as William E. Lawrence) * Thomas Jefferson * Monte Blue Chapter titles The serial consisted of fifteen episodes, released from August 18 to November 24, 1918: # Bride of the Sun # The Missing Prince # The Phantom and the Girl # The Phantom's Trail # The Runaway Bride # Flames of Vengeance # Tossed Into the Torrent # The Fatal Jewels # A Leap Through Space # The Sun Message # Stranger from the Sea # The Silver Book # The Last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smythe Hichens
Robert Hichens (Robert Smythe Hichens, 14 November 1864 – 20 July 1950) was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays. He is best remembered as a satirist of the " Naughty Nineties". John Sutherland. "HICHENS, Robert" in ''The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction''. 1989Brian Stableford, "Hichens, Robert (Smythe)" in David Pringle, ed. ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic writers''. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1998, (pp. 268-70). Biography Hichens was born in Speldhurst in Kent, the eldest son of the Rev. Frederick Harrison Hichens, and his wife Abigail Elizabeth Smythe. He was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music and early on had a desire to be a musician. Later in life he would become music critic on ''The World'', taking the place of George Bernard Shaw. He studied at the London School of Journalism. Hichens was a great traveller. Egypt was one of his favourite des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden Of Allah (1916 Film)
''The Garden of Allah'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Helen Ware, Tom Santschi and Eugenie Besserer. It is based on the 1904 novel of the same title by Robert Smythe Hichens, adapted a number of times including a 1937 sound film starring Marlene Dietrich. Location shooting took place in the Mojave Desert. A print of the film survives in the George Eastman Museum. Cast * Helen Ware as Domini Enfilden * Tom Santschi as Boris Androvsky * Will Machin as Capt. De Trevignac * Matt Snyder as Count Anteoni (*aka Matt B. Snyder) * Harry Lonsdale as Father Roubier * Eugenie Besserer as Lady Rens * James Bradbury Sr. as The Sand Diviner * Al W. Filson as Lord Rens * Cecil Holland as Hadj * Frank Clark as Father Beret * Billy Jacobs as Child * Pietro Sosso as Batouch * Camille Astor Camille Astor (born before 1900 – died September 16, 1944) was an American actress in silent films. Early life Astor usually said to have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur B
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tiger's Trail
''The Tiger's Trail'' is a 1919 American adventure film serial starring Ruth Roland, directed by Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier and Paul Hurst. A "fragmentary print" from the serial survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Grim Gordon (Strong) is in possession of the Tiger Idol, stolen from a religious sect of Hindu tiger worshipers on an East Indian island that he and Peter Strong and Col. Boyd visited years earlier. The two latter men were killed, but Belle Boyd (Roland), daughter of the colonel, is alive and has part of the "Pact of Three," a document torn into three parts that shows the location of a treasure discovered during the expedition. Gordon has a pitchblende mine in the western United States, and among the workers are Hindus and Tiger Worshipers. Upon her arrival from an eastern school, Belle Boyd, ward of Gordon, is attacked by a gang of outlaws headed by Bull Shotwell (Kohler), but her life is saved by Jack Randall (Larkin), a mining engineer. Jack is empl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Baird
Edwin Baird (; 1886 – September 27, 1954) was the first editor of ''Weird Tales'', the pioneering pulp magazine that specialized in horror fiction, as well as ''Detective Tales'', later re-titled ''Real Detective Tales''. Career Baird, hired by ''Weird Tales'' publisher J. C. Henneberger, put out the magazine's premiere issue, dated March 1923. Over the course of the next year, Baird published some of the magazine's most famous writers, including H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and Seabury Quinn. Baird—in marked contrast to his successor—accepted everything that Lovecraft submitted to the magazine, including "The Hound", " Arthur Jermyn", "The Statement of Randolph Carter", "The Cats of Ulthar", "Dagon", "The Picture in the House", "The Rats in the Walls", "Hypnos" and "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs". He did, however, insist that Lovecraft retype his first submissions using double spacing, causing the author to remark, "I am not certain whether or not I should bother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Purple Dreams (1918 Film)
''The City of Purple Dreams'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Tom Santschi, Bessie Eyton, and Fritzi Brunette.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 Cast * Tom Santschi as Daniel Fitzhugh * Bessie Eyton as Kathlyn Otis * Fritzi Brunette as Esther Strom * Harry Lonsdale as Henry Hunt * Frank Clark as Symington Otis * Allan Sears as Olaf Nikolay * Lafe McKee as Pat Kelly * Fred Huntley as Thomas Quigg * William Scott as Artie Sparkle * Eugenie Besserer Eugenie Besserer ( – May 29, 1934) was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie ... * Cecil Holland References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1918 films 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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