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Gibson Gowland
Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 – 9 September 1951) was an English film actor. Biography Gowland was born in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship. For several years from the age of 25 he went to South Africa, where he hunted for big game, prospected for diamonds and also organised a theatrical company in Johannesburg, and acted in it. He prospected in Canada, where he made his debut on the legitimate stage. Gowland went to the United States from Britain by way of Canada in 1913 where he met Beatrice Bird, also from Great Britain, whom he married. They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In 1914 he acted in D.W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'', followed by ''Intolerance''. In 1916, his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born. Often cast as a villain, his only starring role (out of 63 films) was in ''Greed'' (1924), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel ''McTeague'', and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greed (1924 Film)
''Greed'' is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel ''McTeague''. It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague; ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife; and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler. The film tells the story of McTeague, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's girlfriend Trina. ''Greed'' was one of the few films of its time to be shot entirely on location, with von Stroheim shooting approximately 85 hours of footage before editing. Two months alone were spent shooting in Death Valley for the film's final sequence, and many of the cast and crew became ill. Von Stroheim used sophisticated filming techniques such as deep focus cinematography and montage editing. He considered ''Greed'' to be a Greek tragedy, in which environment and heredity controlled the characters' fates and reduced them to primitive ''bêtes humaines'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macbeth (1916 Film)
''Macbeth'' is a silent, black-and-white 1916 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play ''Macbeth''. It was directed by John Emerson, assisted by Erich von Stroheim, and produced by D. W. Griffith, with cinematography by Victor Fleming. The film starred Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Constance Collier, both famous from the stage and for playing Shakespearean parts. Although released during the first decade of feature filmmaking, it was already the seventh version of ''Macbeth'' to be produced, one of eight during the silent film era. It is considered to be a lost film. In the companion book to his '' Hollywood'' television series, Kevin Brownlow states that Sir Herbert failed to understand that the production was a silent film and that speech was not needed so much as pantomime. Tree, who had performed the play numerous times on the stage, kept spouting reams of dialogue. So Emerson and Fleming simply removed the film and cranked an empty camera so as not to waste film when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Harbour Lights (1923 Film)
''The Harbour Lights'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Tom Moore, Isobel Elsom, and Gerald McCarthy. It was based on a popular Victorian melodramatic play '' The Harbour Lights'' by George R. Sims which had previously been made into a film in 1914. Cast * Tom Moore as Lieutenant David Kingsley * Isobel Elsom as Dora Nelson * Gerald McCarthy as Frank Morland * Gibson Gowland as Mark Helstone * Annette Benson as Lina Nelson * A. B. Imeson as Inspector Wood * Percy Standing as Nicholson * Mary Rorke as Mrs. Helstone * Judd Green as Old Tom * Gordon Begg Gordon Begg (14 January 1868 – February 1954) was a Scottish stage and film actor. During the silent film era he made several films in Hollywood, before returning to Britain. He appeared as William Shakespeare in the 1930 British revue film ' ... as Captain Nelson References External links *Lobby card 1923 films 1923 drama films Films directed by Tom Terriss Ideal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutch Stirs 'em Up
''Hutch Stirs 'em Up'' is a 1923 British silent comedy action film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Charles Hutchison, Joan Barry and Malcolm Tod. It was based on the novel '' The Hawk of Rede'' by Harry Harding. Cast * Charles Hutchison - Hurricane Hutch * Joan Barry - Joan * Malcolm Tod - Tom Grey * Gibson Gowland - Sir Arthur Blackross * Sunday Wilshin - Mrs. Grey * Aubrey Fitzgerald - Crudelas * Violet Forbes Violet may refer to: Common meanings * Violet (color), a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue * One of a list of plants known as violet, particularly: ** ''Viola'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants Places United States * Viol ... - Mrs. Cruddas References External links * } 1923 films British action comedy films British silent feature films Films directed by Frank Hall Crane 1920s action comedy films Films based on British novels Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films 1923 comedy films 1920s English-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shifting Sands (1922 Film)
''Shifting Sands'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Fred LeRoy Granville and starring Peggy Hyland, Louis Willoughby and Valia.Munden p.708 Cast * Peggy Hyland as Barbara Thayer * Louis Willoughby as Dr. WillardLindsay * Valia as Yvonne Lindsay * Richard Atwood as Pierre Moreau * Gibson Gowland as Samuel Thayer * Tony Melford as Leroy Lindsay, age 4 * Douglas Webster The 1965 Philippine Sea A-4 crash was a Broken Arrow incident in which a United States Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk attack aircraft carrying a nuclear weapon fell into the sea off Japan from the aircraft carrier . The aircraft, pilot and weapon were ... as Leroy Linsay, age 14 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 * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladies Must Live (1921 Film)
''Ladies Must Live'' is a 1921 American silent societal drama film directed by George Loane Tucker and released by Paramount Pictures. It was the last directorial effort of George Loane Tucker and was released four months after his death. Betty Compson stars along with Leatrice Joy, John Gilbert and Mahlon Hamilton. It was one of the few instances where future husband and wife Joy and Gilbert appeared in the same film. It has been considered a lost film for decades. The Library of Congress Catalog/ofHoldings lists only the 1940 Warner Brothers film of the same title. nly 1940 Warner Bros. film'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.99 c.1978 The American Film Institute Cast * Robert Ellis as Anthony Mulvain * |
The Right Of Way (1920 Film)
Starring Bert Lytell, ''The Right of Way'' is a lost 1920 American remade silent film directed by John Francis Dillon and distributed by Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a Film, motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leas .... The film was previously filmed in 1915 and released on February 29, 1920 in the United States. Cast References External links * * 1920 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films directed by John Francis Dillon Films based on Canadian novels Films based on works by Gilbert Parker Remakes of American films American black-and-white films Metro Pictures films 1920 lost films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fighting Shepherdess
''The Fighting Shepherdess'' is a 1920 American western-romance film directed by Edward José and Millard Webb and written by Frank Mitchell Dazey. It is based on the 1919 novel ''The Fighting Shepherdess'' by Caroline Lockhart. The film stars Anita Stewart, Wallace MacDonald, Noah Beery Sr., Walter Long, Eugenie Besserer and John Hall. The film was released on March 1, 1920, by First National Exhibitors' Circuit. Cast *Anita Stewart as Kate Prentice *Wallace MacDonald as Hughie * Noah Beery Sr. as Mormon Joe * Walter Long as Pete Mullendore *Eugenie Besserer as Jezebel *John Hall as Tetters *Gibson Gowland Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 – 9 September 1951) was an English film actor. Biography Gowland was born in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship. For several years from the age of 25 he ... as Bowers *Calvert Carter as Mayor *Billie DeVail as Banker *Maude Wayne as Beth *Ben Lewis as Lingle *Will Jeffri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Door (film)
''Behind the Door'' is a surviving 1919 silent war drama film produced by Thomas Ince, directed by Irvin Willat and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The picture is a starring vehicle for veteran actor Hobart Bosworth and the supporting cast features Jane Novak and Wallace Beery. The film's source is a short story by Gouverneur Morris, also titled "Behind the Door," published in McClure's Magazine in July 1917. The film is extant at the Library of Congress and the Gosfilmofond Russian State Archive. In 2016, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, working with the Library of Congress and Godfilmofond, created a more fully-restored print of the film. Plot In 1925 (set six years after the film's release), the silhouetted figure of Oscar Krug, a seafarer, enters a graveyard above a town in coastal Maine. That morning in town, he enters the abandoned taxidermy shop he once owned. He slumps at his former worktable and is lost in memory. Except for the last scene, the rest of the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Heather
''The White Heather'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Holmes Herbert, Ben Alexander and Ralph Graves. It was based on an 1897 play of the same title by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. The future matinee idol John Gilbert appeared in a supporting part. Plot As described in a film magazine, Lord Angus Cameron (played by Herbert) of the White Heather country finds himself seriously embarrassed financially during a stock exchange panic and goes to Donald Cameron (Alexander) on his country estate for a loan. Donald refuses because Angus will not contract a favorable marriage with one of his class. With ruin facing him, Angus decides to rid himself of a secret marriage made with his housekeeper Marion Hume (Ballin) on his yacht before it was sunk. Documentary evidence of the marriage now lies many fathoms underwater, and one witness is dead while another, a sailor, has vanished on some voyage. During a hunt Angus accidentally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakers Ahead
''Breakers Ahead'' is a 1918 American silent drama film, directed by Charles Brabin. It stars Viola Dana, Clifford Bruce, and Mabel Van Buren, and was released on March 25, 1918. Plot Agnes Bowman is the sweetheart of Captain Scudder, a local seafarer. After he leaves on an extended voyage, Agnes gives birth to a baby girl, Ruth. When Agnes' sister, Agatha is married, the newspapers erroneously state the name of the bride as Agnes. Scudder reads the newspaper account, and heartbroken, decides not to return to his home port. Ten years later, Agnes dies and Ruth goes to live with her Aunt Agatha in a nearby fishing village, Sandwich. As she grows up she falls in love with Agatha's son, Eric, and he reciprocates those feelings. However, a jealous woman begins to spread the rumor that Ruth is illegitimate, and the villagers begin to shun her. Eric and Ruth plan to marry as soon as Eric becomes the first mate on a ship. Hiram Hawley and his son, Jim, own "The Wasp". They hire Scu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Entangled
''Molly Entangled'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Harrison Ford, Noah Beery, Sr., G.S. Spaulding, Helen Dunbar, and Gibson Gowland. The film was released on November 19, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, there is constant strife between the families of Barry and O'Mara. If Jim Barry (Spaulding) dies without marrying, the family fortune will revert to the son of the O'Maras. Jim gets intoxicated one night and slips down the cellar stairs, severely injuring himself. After the town doctor predicts that he will die, so to save the fortune Mrs. Barry (Dunbar) calls Molly Shawn (Martin) and asks her to marry Jim. Because the Barrys had done much for her family, Molly consents even though she loves Barney Malone (Ford). Jim is taken to the city, is operated on, and gets well. Molly is disappointed but, kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
