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George C. Hull
George C. Hull (January 28, 1878 – February 2, 1953) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 50 films between 1918 and 1932. He died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''The Sea Flower'' (1918) * ''The Fighting Brothers'' (1919) * ''His Buddy'' (1919) * '''If Only' Jim'' (1920) * ''Hitchin' Posts'' (1920) * '' West is West'' (1920) * '' White Youth'' (1920) * ''The Freeze-Out'' (1921) * ''The Wallop'' (1921) * '' Tiger True'' (1921) *''Desperate Youth'' (1921) * ''Sure Fire'' (1921) * '' Conflict'' (1921) * '' Man to Man'' (1922) * ''Human Hearts'' (1922) * ''The Girl Who Ran Wild'' (1922) * '' One Wonderful Night'' (1922) * '' The Gentleman from America'' (1923) * '' Single Handed'' (1923) * '' Double Dealing'' (1923) * '' Out of Luck'' (1923) * ''Where is This West?'' (1923) * '' Wanderer of the Wasteland'' (1924) * ''The Border Legion'' (1924) * '' Lord Jim'' (1925) * ''The Sorrows of Satan'' (1926) * '' Beware of Blondes'' (1928) * ''The Phantom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Wonderful Night (1922 Film)
''One Wonderful Night'' is a 1922 American silent mystery film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Herbert Rawlinson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company and is based on the novel of the same name by Louis Tracy. The story had been filmed in 1914 at Essanay starring Francis X. Bushman. Plot As described in a film magazine, John D. Curtis (Rawlinson) arrives in New York City after 5 years spent in China. Stepping from the door of his hotel, he sees a man struck down by thugs. Being the only witness, the police were not sure of his innocence, but they allow him to go upon his promise of an early return for questioning. By mistake he carried off the assaulted man's overcoat, and in the pocket he finds a marriage license with the names of Jean de Curtois (De Briac) and Hermione Fane (Rich). "Hermione Fane," he thought, "the charming girl I met at the Ambassador's Ball in Peking." Visiting Hermione, John found that she had hired Jean to marry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Deaths
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. ** The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the Unidentified flying object, UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Upr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Battle of Philippopolis: Russian troops defeat the Turks. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – ''The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year reign (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 – The British fleet enters Turkish waters, and anchors off Istanbul; Russia threatens to occupy Istanbul, but does not carry out the threat. * Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Of The North
''The Phantom of the North'', also known as ''Phantoms of the North'', is a 1929 American drama film directed by Harry S. Webb for the independent Biltmore Productions and featuring Boris Karloff. Although the full film is now considered lost, approximately 20 minutes is known to survive and has been released on DVD by Alpha Video under the title ''Phantoms of the North''. Cast * Edith Roberts as Doris Rayburn * Donald Keith as Bob Donald * Kathleen Key as Colette * Boris Karloff as Jules Gregg * Joe Bonomo as Pierre Blanc * Josef Swickard as Colonel Rayburn * Muro the Dog as himself * Arab the Horse as himself See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ... References External links * 1929 films 1929 drama films Silent American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Of Blondes (1928 Film)
''Beware of Blondes'' is a 1928 American Silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. With no copies listed in any film archives, ''Beware of Blondes'' is now lost with a trailer surviving in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' railer only p. 15, c. 1978, The American Film Institute Cast * Dorothy Revier as Mary * Matt Moore as Jeffrey * Roy D'Arcy as Harry * Robert Edeson as Costigan * Walter P. Lewis as Tex * Hazel Howell as Blonde Mary * Harry Semels Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Career Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictu ... as Portugee Joe References External links * * 1928 films 1928 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sorrows Of Satan (film)
''The Sorrows of Satan'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and based on the 1895 allegorical horror novel ''The Sorrows of Satan'' by Marie Corelli. Reportedly Griffith did not want to do this project, but as his first Paramount Pictures assignment he was not given a choice. However, the film turned out to be one of Griffith's most fully realized works and its critical stock has risen considerably in the last several decades. The film featured Carol Dempster's final screen role, although she lived until 1991.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). ''Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era''. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 305. . Plot Adolphe Menjou stars as Prince Lucio de Rimanez, who is in fact really Satan assuming a human form. When struggling writer Geoffrey Tempest ( Ricardo Cortez) is moved to curse God for his misfortunes, Prince Lucio makes a sudden appearance, informing Tempest that he has inherited a fortune. The only proviso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Jim (1925 Film)
''Lord Jim'' is a 1925 American silent drama film starring Percy Marmont (in the title role), Noah Beery, and Duke Kahanamoku. The film was directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 novel ''Lord Jim'' by Joseph Conrad. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Jim (Marmont) is a seaman who joins a cowardly captain and his stenchful crew in deserting a boatload of Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca. He is hypnotized into turning his back on his duty, but hypnotism is no alibi in an Admiralty Court and he loses his mate's certificate. The stigma follows him until an understanding merchant sends him to a remote Malay settlement, where he grows in power until he shares authority with the son of the Rajah. The captain and his crew, likewise blacklisted, have turned pirates and are led to the settlement by the former factor at the settlement, whom Jim has kept on through a fellow feeling of pity until he has become impossible. The same pity for the under dog leads hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Border Legion (1924 Film)
''The Border Legion'' is a lost 1924 American silent Western film directed by William K. Howard and starring Antonio Moreno and Helene Chadwick. Written by George C. Hull and based on the 1916 novel '' The Border Legion'' by Zane Grey, the film is about a cowboy who is wrongly accused of murder and is rescued by the leader of a band of Idaho outlaws known as the Border Legion. When the outlaws kidnap a young woman, the cowboy knows that he must help the woman escape. The film premiered on October 19, 1924 in New York City and was released in the United States on November 24, 1924 by Paramount Pictures.Hulse, p. 90. Plot After Joan Randle (Helene Chadwick) accuses her fiancé Jim Cleve (Antonio Moreno) of being worthless, Jim travels to Idaho where he is wrongly accused of murder. He is rescued by Kells (Rockliffe Fellowes), the leader of a band of outlaws known as the Border Legion. Jim decides to join the outlaw band. Meanwhile, Joan regrets how she treated her former sweethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanderer Of The Wasteland (1924 Film)
''Wanderer of the Wasteland'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, and Billie Dove. It was the third feature film to be photographed entirely in Technicolor. Plot The film is based on Zane Grey's 1923 novel of two brothers, one an honest cowpoke, the other a gambler. When Adam Larey ( Jack Holt) confronts his younger brother Guerd (James Mason) about his gambling addiction, the latter is accidentally shot. A distraught Adam, believing he has killed his own brother, flees into the desert. He later learns that Guerd was merely wounded and returns to the loving arms of beautiful Ruth Virey (Billie Dove). Cast * Jack Holt as Adam Larey * Noah Beery as Dismukes * George Irving as Mr. Roderick Virey * Kathlyn Williams as Magdalene Virey * Billie Dove as Ruth Virey * Jim Mason as Guerd Larey (credited as James Mason) * Richard Neill as Collishaw (credited as Richard R. Neill) * James Gordon as Alex MacKay * William A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Is This West?
''Where is This West?'' is a 1923 American silent comedy Western film directed by George Marshall and written by George Hively and George C. Hull. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Mary Philbin, and Bob McKenzie. Plot As described in a film magazine Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ..., John Harley (Hoxie) has a job juggling milk cans for a big milk company in a small Eastern town, but he is not exactly stuck on it and, with his friend Bimbo McGurk (McKenzie), makes it as light as he can by getting what fun there is out of it. Sally Summers (Philbin) is unhappily working out her salvation in a lunch room in the same town, juggling plates of various sizes and hollering out her orders to the tune of banging dishes and rattling silver. One fine day along comes an announcem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Luck (1923 Film)
''Out of Luck'' is a 1923 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Sam Pertune * Laura La Plante as Mae Day * Howard Truesdale as Ezra Day (as Howard Truesdell) * Elinor Hancock as Aunt Edith Bristol * DeWitt Jennings as Captain Bristol * Freeman Wood as Cyril La Mount * Jay Morley Jay Morley (July 14, 1890 – November 9, 1976), was an American actor, active in silent films. Career Morley began his acting career in a traveling vaudeville act and performed in dramas with stock theater companies for five years. He had suc ... as Boggs * Kansas Moehring as "Kid" Hogan * John Judd as "Pig" Hurley References External links * * 1923 films 1923 comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American comedy films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Edward Sedgwick 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
