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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] |
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area. Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Primrose Path (1925 Film)
''The Primrose Path'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Wallace MacDonald, Clara Bow and Arline Pretty.Munden p.616 Cast * Wallace MacDonald as Bruce Armstrong * Clara Bow as Marilyn Merrill * Arline Pretty as Helen * Stuart Holmes as Tom Canfield * Pat Moore as Jimmy Armstrong * Tom Santschi as Big Joe Snead * Lydia Knott as Mrs. Armstrong * Templar Saxe as Dude Talbot * Mike Donlin Michael Joseph Donlin (May 30, 1878 – September 24, 1933) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and actor. As a professional baseball player, his MLB career spanned from 1899 to 1914 in which he played mainly in the National ... as Federal Officer Parker * Henry Hall as Court Officer * George Irving as Prosecutor John Morton Plot Bruce Armstrong, a young man with a history of drinking and gambling ills, agrees to be part of a diamond-smuggling operation in order to pay off his debts to Tom Canfield, a corrupt Broadway p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Mothers
''Modern Mothers'' is a 1928 American silent drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Helene Chadwick, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Ethel Grey Terry, and was released on May 13, 1928. Cast list * Helene Chadwick as Adele Dayton * Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as David Starke * Ethel Grey Terry as Mazie * Barbara Kent as Mildred * Alan Roscoe Alan Roscoe (born John Albert Rascoe; August 23, 1888 – March 8, 1933) was an American film actor of the silent and early talking film eras. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1933. Roscoe was born John Albert Rascoe ... as John * Gene Stone as Gilbert * George Irving as Theater manager References External links * * * American silent feature films 1928 drama films 1928 films Silent American drama films Films directed by Phil Rosen Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Docks Of New York
''The Docks of New York'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova. The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the John Monk Saunders story ''The Dock Walloper''. Plot An American tramp steamer docks in New York harbor sometime in the early years of the 20th century before prohibition. In the bowels of the ship, coal stokers are shutting down the furnaces and anticipating a night of shore leave. The bullying third engineer, Andy (Mitchell Lewis) warns the exhausted crew that they will be punished if they return drunk when the vessel sails the following morning. The stokers gather to leer at crude pornographic graffiti scrawled on the engine room wall before debarking to carouse at the local gin-mills. On shore, Andy enters The Sandbar, dance-hall saloon, craving a beer and female companionship. He has unexpected encounter with his estranged wife, Lou (Olga Bachonova). During his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Godless Girl
''The Godless Girl'' (1928) is an American dramatic silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shown for years as his last completely silent film. The cast features Lina Basquette, Marie Prevost, Tom Keene and Noah Beery. Plot This drama features a romance between two different teenagers: a young atheist girl, Judith Craig, and the male head of a Christian youth organization, Bob Hathaway. The two leaders and their groups attack each other, starting a riot that kills a young girl. Followed by a goofy boy, Bozo, the three are thrown into a juvenile prison with a cruel head guard and bad living conditions. The film maker makes a point of talking about the truth of prison cruelty in the middle of the movie. Bob, who is in love with Judy, eventually rescues her and takes shelter in an old farm where Judy, breath-taken by the romance and beauty of the forest, realizes there must be a God. They are found and taken back to prison and held in solitary confinement until a fire breaks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings (1927 Film)
''Wings'' is a 1927 American silent film known for winning the first Academy Award for Best Picture. The film stars Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen. Rogers and Arlen portray World War I combat pilots in a romantic rivalry over a woman. It was produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman, and released by Paramount Pictures. Gary Cooper appears in a small role which helped launch his career in Hollywood. The film, a romantic action-war picture, was rewritten by scriptwriters Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton from a story by John Monk Saunders to accommodate Bow, Paramount's biggest star at the time. Wellman was hired, as he was the only director in Hollywood at the time who had World War I combat pilot experience, although Richard Arlen and John Monk Saunders had also served in the war as military aviators. The film was shot on location on a budget of $2 million (equivalent to $ million in ) at Kelly Field in San Antonio, between September 7, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangs Of Justice
''Fangs of Justice'' is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Johnnie Walker and June Marlowe.Munden p.230-31 Cast * Johnnie Walker as Terry Randall * June Marlowe as Janet Morgan * Wheeler Oakman as Paul Orr * Frank Hagney Frank Sidney Hagney (20 March 1884 – 25 June 1973) was an Australian actor. He is known for his work on ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946), '' Ride Him, Cowboy'' (1932) and '' The Sea Beast'' (1926). Early and career Born in Sydney, New So ... as Walter Page * Freddie Burke Frederick as Sonny Morgan * Cecile Cameron as Trixie * Silver Streak as Silver Streak (as Silver Streak-King of Dog Actors) 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 adventure films American adventure films Films directed by Noel M. Smith American sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City (1926 Film)
''The City'' is a lost 1926 silent film produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Roy William Neill and is based on Clyde Fitch's 1909 Broadway play. A previous film on Fitch's play appeared in 1916. This version has been updated to contemporary 1926. Plot After the death of Rand, the breadwinner, a former criminal who has honestly rebuilt his life, his family members move to the city, where Rand junior soon finds himself running for mayor. The wife, on the other hand, neglects the family to pursue her social ambitions while young Cicely is tricked by Hannock, a drug addict who is responsible for the death of old Rand. Knowing the dead man's background, Hannock now blackmails George, his son, who eventually gives up his political ambitions and confronts the blackmailer. The latter ends up committing suicide and the family hurries to leave the city to return to the village. Cast * May Allison as Elinor Voorhees *Robert Frazer - George Rand Jr. * Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ice Flood
''The Ice Flood'' is a 1926 American silent northwoods drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by George Seitz and starred Kenneth Harlan and Viola Dana. A complete, though poor quality copy, exists and has been distributed by the Grapevine company in Arizona. This film is also held by the Library of Congress. Cast *Kenneth Harlan as Jack De Quincy *Viola Dana as Marie O'Neill *Frank Hagney as Dum-Dum Pete *Fred Kohler as 'Cougar' Kid *DeWitt Jennings as James O'Neill (Marie's father) * George Irving as Thomas De Quincey (Jack's father) *Norman Deming as 'Dumb' Danny *Kitty Barlow as Cook * James Gordon as Thomas De Quincey ''rest of cast'' *Norman Deming as Dumb Danny *Billy Kent Schaefer as Billy *Walter Brennan as Lumberjack (uncredited) Production Filming took place in Klamath Falls, Oregon Klamath Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Klamath County, Oregon, United States. The city was originally called ''Linkville'' when G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risky Business (1926 Film)
''Risky Business'' is a 1926 silent film comedy romance directed by Alan Hale and starring Vera Reynolds, Ethel Clayton and Zasu Pitts. It was produced by Cecil B. DeMille's Producers Distributing Corporation. Prints are preserved of the film and it is available on the DVD home video. Cast * Vera Reynolds - Cecily Stoughton *Ethel Clayton - Mrs. Stoughton *Kenneth Thomson - Ted Pyncheon, M.D. * Ward Crane - Richard Coults-Browne *Louis Natheaux - Lawrence Wheaton *Zasu Pitts Zasu Pitts (; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas, including Erich von Stroheim's epic 1924 silent film '' Greed'', and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with t ... - Agnes Wheaton *Dorothy Brock - Sally, the Cream of Wheatons * George Irving -Schubal Peabody *Louise Cabo - Hefty Helga References External linksRisky Business at IMDb.com* 1926 films American silent feature films Films directed by Alan Hale Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Bad Men
''3 Bad Men'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John Ford. Bob Mastrangelo has called it "One of John Ford's greatest silent epics." The film possibly inspired the title for Akira Kurosawa's 1958 film ''Three Bad Men in a Hidden Fortress'', simply known as ''The Hidden Fortress'' in the rest of the world. Plot A discovery of gold in the Dakotas on Sioux lands in 1877 provokes a gold land rush. Numerous people come to Custer for their chance to claim land and possibly gold when the proclamation to explore the lands goes into effect, such as singing cowboy Dan O'Malley, the Carltons, and a group of outlaws headed by "Bull" Stanley. On their way to steal a bunch of horses, the outlaws save Lee Carlton from a different sort of outlaws, who had killed her father. Instead of taking the horses for themselves, the three outlaws decide to head to Custer as her protectors. The town is plagued with corruption and injustice headed by the Sheriff Layne Hunter, who learns whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Kiss
''The Midnight Kiss'' is a lost 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Janet Gaynor. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Richard Walling as Thomas H. Atkins Jr. *Janet Gaynor as Mildred Hastings * George Irving as Thomas H. Atkins Sr. * Doris Lloyd as Ellen Atkins *Tempe Pigott as Grandma * Gladys McConnell as Lenore Hastings *Herbert Prior as Smith Hastings *Gene Cameron as Spencer Hastings *Arthur Housman as Uncle Hector *Bodil Rosing Bodil Rosing (born Bodil Frederikke Hammerich; December 27, 1877 December 31, 1941) was a Danish-American film actress in the silent and sound eras. Early years Bodil Hammerich was born in Copenhagen, the daughter of music dean Angel Hammeri ... as Swedish maid References External links * * 1926 films American silent feature films Lost American films Fox Film films Films directed by Irving Cummings American black-and-white films Silent American comedy films Lost c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
