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God's Man (film)
''God's Man'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Irving and starring H.B. Warner, Kate Lester and Albert Tavernier. It is based on the novel of the same title by George Bronson Howard.Goble p.230 Cast * H.B. Warner as Arnold L'Hommedieu * Kate Lester as Mrs. L'Hommedieu * Albert Tavernier as Richard L'Hommedieu * Stanhope Wheatcroft as Paul L'Hommedieu * Barbara Castleton as Bertie * Barbara Gilroy as Eunice * Sydney Vorzimer as Hans * Edward Earle as Archie Hartogensis * Harry B. Eytinge as Hartogesis Sr. * Mario Fouche as Carol Cato * Ricca Allen as Mrs. Pickens * Walter Hiers as Hugo Waldemar * William Frederic as Joh Waldemar * Tom Burrough as The Philosopher * Marion Cumming as The Philosopher's Niece * Maud de Vere as Mother Mybus * Jean Stuart as Sonia * Jack Sherrill as Pink * Daniel Jarrett Daniel Jarrett (November 6, 1886 or 1894 - March 13, 1938) was an actor and screenwriter in the United States. He was the brother of screenwriter and ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Irving (American Actor)
George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961) was an American film actor and director. Career Irving started his career as a theatre actor, notably as leading man to Maude Adams. He came to Hollywood in 1914 and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948. Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent films, which are mostly forgotten today. He switched exclusively to acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later 1940s. Irving usually played reputable and stern persons of authority in supporting roles. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert Wentworth in ''Coquette'' (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in ''Bringing Up Baby'' (1938). He ended his prolific career with two television roles in the 1950s. Personal life George Irving and his wife, Katherine Gilman, had two daughters, Katharine and Dorothy. He died from a heart attack in Hollywood in 1961, aged 86. Selected filmography Actor *'' Paid i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burrough
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Films Directed By George Irving
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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1910s English-language Films
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 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 Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Drama Films
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1917 Films
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood". __TOC__ Events *January – ''Panthea'' is released, the first film from the company that Joseph Schenck formed with his wife, Norma Talmadge, after leaving Loew's Consolidated Enterprises. *February – Buster Keaton first meets Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in New York and is hired as a co-star and gag man. *April 9 – Supreme Court of the United States rule in Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. which ends the Motion Picture Patents Company appeal and results in the end of the company. *April 23 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Jarrett
Daniel Jarrett (November 6, 1886 or 1894 - March 13, 1938) was an actor and screenwriter in the United States. He was the brother of screenwriter and actor Arthur L. Jarrett. He acted in the 1914 film '' The Scales of Justice (film)'', the 1916 film ''Kennedy Square'', the 1917 film ''Miss Robinson Crusoe'', the 1917 film ''The Slacker'' and the 1922 film '' Sunshine Harbor''. Filmography *'' The Scales of Justice (film)'' (1914) *''Kennedy Square'' (1916) *''Miss Robinson Crusoe'' (1917) *''The Slacker'' (1917) *'' Sunshine Harbor'' (1922) as Dugan * '' The Cowboy Millionaire (1935 film)'', story and screenplay * ''Daniel Boone (1936 film)'', screenplay * ''Roll Along, Cowboy (1937), screenplay * ''Windjammer (1937 film)'', screenplay * ''Hawaiian Buckaroo ''Hawaiian Buckaroo'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Daniel Jarrett. The film stars Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp, Harry Woods, Pat J. O'Brien, George Regas and Benny Burt. The film wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Sherrill
Jack Sherrill (April 14 1898 – November 26, 1973) was an American film actor of the silent era. He was one of the leading players for the Frohman Amusement Company.Fox & Silver p.128 Selected filmography * ''The Conquest of Canaan'' (1916) * ''The Woman in 47'' (1916) * ''Then I'll Come Back to You'' (1916) * '' The Accomplice'' (1917) * '' God's Man'' (1917) * '' The Silent Witness'' (1917) * ''The Rainbow ''The Rainbow'' is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence, first published by Methuen & Co. in 1915. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, focusing particularly on the individual's struggle to growth ...'' (1917) * '' The Profiteer'' (1919) * '' The Invisible Ray'' (1920) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Graham, Cooper C. & Irmscher, Christoph. ''Love and Loss in Hollywood: Florence Deshon, Max Eastman, and Charlie Chaplin''. Indiana Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Stuart
Jean Stuart (July 13, 1906 – November 13, 1926) was an American actress from California who had a brief career in silent movies. Her real name was Margaret Leisenring. College student She was a popular student at the University of California, Berkeley and was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She was an officer of the senior class. Her father, Dr. L.M. Leisenring, was a physician of the San Francisco Bay District who was superintendent of a Vallejo, California sanitarium. Silent films Stuart played in eight silent films, beginning with a role as ''Sonia Mercer'' in ''The Flash of an Emerald'' (1915). Later she appeared in ''The Scarlet Runner'' (1916), ''The Libertine'' (1916), ''Strife'' (1917), ''The Rainbow'' (1917), '' The Accomplice'' (1917), ''God's Man'' (1917), and ''Madame Sherry'' (1917). She was chosen the winner of college girl contest when she was a senior in college. A committee then chose her to play a role in ''The Campus Flirt'', which co-starred Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
