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George H. Reed
George H. Reed was an American actor working in the Hollywood film industry in both the silent and sound eras. His first major film was the 1920 ''Huckleberry Finn'' where he played Jim. He is also remembered for the film ''The Green Pastures'' (1936), which featured an all–African American cast, and the orderly Conover in MGM's Dr. Kildare series.''Silent Film Necrology'' 2nd Edition, c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana Selected filmography *''Huckleberry Finn'' (1920) - Jim (film debut) *''The Veiled Mystery'' (1920) - Tom *''One a Minute'' (1921) - J. Wellington Norcross - Townsman (uncredited) *''A Virginia Courtship'' (1921) *''The Jungle Goddess'' (1922) - Native guide *'' The Bishop of the Ozarks'' (1923) - Simon *'' Scars of Jealousy'' (1923) - Mose *'' Red Lights'' (1923) - Porter *'' Cameo Kirby'' (1923) - Croup (uncredited) *''The Vagabond Trail'' (1924) - George Romain *'' Helen's Babies'' (1924) - Rastus - the coachman *''The Fast Worker'' (1924) - Train Porter (unc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orrall Humphrey
Thomas Orral Humphrey (April 3, 1880 - August 12, 1929) was an American silent film actor and director. Humphrey was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He starred in 46 films between 1914 and 1929 and is credited for directing four films. His younger sister Ola Humphrey was an actress. Humphrey's first film was one of the most popular of 1915, ''The Diamond from the Sky'' in which he starred alongside Lottie Pickford, Charlotte Burton, Jack Hoxie, and other popular actors. He died in 1929 aged 49 in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Under the Crescent'' (1915) * ''The Diamond from the Sky'' (1915) * ''Beauty and the Rogue'' (1918) * '' The Midnight Man'' (1919) * ''All of a Sudden Peggy'' (1920) * ''Huckleberry Finn'' (1920) * ''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 beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fast Worker
''The Fast Worker'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Laura La Plante, and Ethel Grey Terry.Goble p. 839 Cast Preservation Prints of ''The Fast Worker'' are located in the collections of the UCLA Film and Television Archive and EYE Film Institute Netherlands Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in t .... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * *Lobby cardsat silenthollywood.com 1924 films 1924 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by William A. Seiter American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Universal Pictures films American black-and-white films 1920s American film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montana Moon
''Montana Moon'' is a 1930 Pre-Code Western musical film which introduced the concept of the singing cowboy to the screen. Starring Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, and Ricardo Cortez, the film focuses on the budding relationship between a city girl and a rural cowboy. Plot Joan Prescott (Joan Crawford) is a vacuous and flirtatious daughter of the wealthy Montana rancher, John Prescott (Lloyd Ingraham). On the train, Joan's sister, Elizabeth (Dorothy Sebastian) tells her she's in love with Jeff (Ricardo Cortez). Jeff is more smitten with Joan, and kisses her. Joan then impulsively gets off at the next whistle stop, where she meets Larry (Johnny Mack Brown), a Texas cowboy. He is a rancher on John Prescott's land, and does not know who Joan is. He expresses dismay at how spoiled Prescott's daughters are. Joan conceals her identity, refusing to say her name. She tells him to think of something he loves and call her that, and he chooses "Montana". Joan and Larr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Learned About Women
''They Learned About Women'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code sports drama musical film directed by Jack Conway and Sam Wood, and starring Van and Schenck in their final film appearance together. Although predominantly a black and white film, the "Harlem Madness" number was filmed in Technicolor under the direction of Sammy Lee. The film is a "talkie", but MGM also issued it in a silent version, with Alfred Block writing the titles. The film was remade in 1949 as ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of North American baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song ...''. During production, it was known by at least two other titles, "Take It Big," and "Playing the Field." Plot Major league baseball player Jack Glennon (Schenck) watches out for alcoholic teammate Jerry Burke (Van). Both men are intereste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Of Romance
''River of Romance'' is a 1929 American drama film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Ethel Doherty, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Dan Totheroh and John V.A. Weaver. The film stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Mary Brian, June Collyer, Henry B. Walthall, Wallace Beery, Fred Kohler and Natalie Kingston. It is based on the play ''Magnolia'' by Booth Tarkington. The film was released on June 29, 1929, by Paramount Pictures. Plot In 1830s Mississippi, Tom Rumsford (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) comes back to Magnolia Landing, his Parents' estate. Having been brought up in the north by Quaker relatives, he just hates violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the south to settle a dispute between gentleman, Tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake" the terror of the Lower Mississippi... Cast *Charles "Buddy" Roger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three-Ring Marriage
''Three-Ring Marriage'' also known as ''3-Ring Marriage'' is a lost 1928 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Lawford Davidson. Cast * Mary Astor as Anna * Lloyd Hughes as Cal * Lawford Davidson as Souvane * Yola d'Avril as Minnie * Alice White as Trapeze Performer * Harry Earles as Cubby Snodd * Tiny Doll as Mrs. Cubby Snodd * George Reed as Valet * R.E. 'Tex' Madsen as Giant * Anna Magruder as Fat Woman * James Neill as Hutch * Dell Henderson as Gangster * Rudolph Cameron as Gangster * Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Gangster * Jay Eaton as Gangster * Art Rowlands as Gangster * Howard Truesdale * Daisy Earles Hilda Emma Schneider (April 29, 1907 – March 15, 1980), who went by the stage name Daisy Earles, was a German-born actress with dwarfism who migrated to the United States in the early 1920s. She worked in Hollywood films and later toured with ... as Minor Role * George Y. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big City (1928 Film)
''The Big City'' is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. Waldemar Young wrote the screenplay, based on a story by Tod Browning. The film is now lost. The last known print of the film had been sent to Australia in the late 1950s. The film was returned to MGM and placed in their vaults where it was destroyed in the same vault fire that also claimed '' London After Midnight'' and ''The Tower of Lies'' in 1965. A short trailer for the film survives at Cinémathèque française in France, but it does not include any actual footage from the film itself. Stills exist showing Chaney in the Chuck Collins role. This was Betty Compson's only film at MGM. The sets were designed by Cedric Gibbons. The set for Chuck Collins' nightclub was also used for the nightclub scenes in ''While the City Sleeps''. Clinton Lyle, who plays a gangster in ''The Big City'', was one of Chaney's closest personal friends. The film was in production from October 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Noose (film)
''The Noose'' is an American silent drama film adaptation of the Willard Mack play '' The Noose'', which was released in 1928. It stars Richard Barthelmess, Montagu Love, Robert Emmett O'Connor, and Thelma Todd. The movie was adapted by Garrett Graham and James T. O'Donohoe from the play. It was directed by John Francis Dillon and Richard Barthelmess's performance was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film survives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The play was also the basis of the Paramount Pictures film ''I'd Give My Life'' (1936). Cast *Richard Barthelmess as Nickie Elkins *Montagu Love as Buck Gordon *Robert Emmett O'Connor as Jim Conley *Jay Eaton as Tommy *Lina Basquette as Dot *Thelma Todd as Phyllis *Ed Brady as Seth McMillan *Fred Warren as Dave, Pianist *Alice Joyce as Mrs. Bancroft *Will Walling as Warden (credited as William Walling) *Robert T. Haines as Governor *Ernest Hilliard as Craig *Emile Chautard as Priest *Romaine Fielding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rough Riders (film)
''The Rough Riders'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Victor Fleming, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Noah Beery, Sr., Charles Farrell, George Bancroft, and Mary Astor. The picture is fictional account of Theodore Roosevelt's military unit in Cuba. This film had an alternate release title, ''The Trumpet Call''. The cinematography was by James Wong Howe and E. Burton Steene. Cast *Noah Beery as Hell's Bells *Charles Farrell as Stuart Van Brunt *George Bancroft as Happy Joe *Charles Emmett Mack as Bert Henley *Mary Astor as Dolly *Frank Hopper as Theodore Roosevelt (some sources list him as ''Frank Hooper'') *Fred Lindsay as Leonard Wood *Fred Kohler as Sgt. Stanton * Mark Hamilton as a soldier Preservation Incomplete or fragment prints of ''The Rough Riders'' are extant at the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pals First
''Pals First'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe. It stars Dolores del Río and Lloyd Hughes. Edwin Carewe directed the earlier 1918 version for Yorke Film Corporation. It was also called ''Pals First''. Cast * Dolores del Río as Jeanne Lamont * Lloyd Hughes as Richard Castleman / Danny Rowland * Alec B. Francis as Dominie * George Cooper as The Squirrel * Edward Earle as Dr. Harry Shilton * Hamilton Morse as Judge Lamont * George H. Reed George H. Reed was an American actor working in the Hollywood film industry in both the silent and sound eras. His first major film was the 1920 ''Huckleberry Finn'' where he played Jim. He is also remembered for the film ''The Green Pastures'' ... as Uncle Alex * Alice Nichols as Aunt Caroline * Alice Belcher as Charley Anderson * Margaret Gray as Girl (uncredited) Comments ''Pals First'' was the first film starring Dolores del Rio. For its advertising the First National circulated a pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winning The Futurity
''Winning the Futurity'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Cullen Landis, Clara Horton and Ernest Hilliard.Munden p.909 Cast * Cullen Landis as Luke Allen * Clara Horton as Nelle Barkley * Ernest Hilliard as Chet Kildare * Bruce Covington as Colonel Barkley * Pat Harmon as Brett Marshall * Otis Harlan as Tom Giles * George Reed as Uncle Mose * 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 ... as Mary Allen 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 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Scott R. Dunlap American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Johnstown Flood (1926 Film)
''The Johnstown Flood'' is a 1926 American silent epic drama film directed by Irving Cummings, that addresses the Great Flood of 1889 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The film stars George O'Brien, Florence Gilbert, and Janet Gaynor. Plot Tom O'Day becomes engaged to Gloria Hamilton even though Anna has love for Tom, unbeknownst to him. Gloria's father, John Hamilton, owns a lumber camp outside of Johnstown, Pennsylvania and has control of the dam upriver. To satisfy obligatory contracts he has to make sure he clears as much trees as possible. To do this, John has made sure the water level behind the dam is at maximum capacity but Tom knows there is a fault in the dam. Tom has to do everything he can to convince John to open the flood gates before disaster strikes Johnstown in the valley below. Cast Preservation ''The Johnstown Flood'' is a surviving film with a print held in the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
