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Gotham Pictures
Gotham Pictures Company was an American movie production business established in San Antonio in 1916 during the silent film era. Marshall W. Taggart was the company's president. Property in Hot Wells, Texas near San Antonio was planned as an area to build a studio for productions. The company transitioned into the sound era and under its then president Sam Sax joined with RCA Photophone to film '' The Girl from the Argentine''. Gotham worked with Bristolphone to wire theaters in 1928. Along with Rayart, Gotham was one of the significant independent film industry production houses that operated as Hollywood's dominance was still emerging. Tiffany-Stahl was another independent studio. A number of the company's films were released in Britain by Stoll Pictures, a leading distributor in the country. Filmography *''Black Lightning'' (1924) * ''Defying the Law'' (1924) * ''Unmarried Wives'' (1924) * ''Women and Gold'' (1925) * ''The Night Ship'' (1925) * ''Silent Pal'' (1925) * '' Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom") , image_map = , mapsize = 220px , map_caption = Interactive map of San Antonio , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1= U.S. state, State , subdivision_name1 = Texas , subdivision_type2 = County (United States), Counties , subdivision_name2 = Bexar County, Texas, Bexar, Comal County, Texas, Comal, Medina County, Texas, Medina , established_title = Foundation , established_date = May 1, 1718 , established_title1 = Incorporated , established_date1 = June 5, 1837 , named_for = Saint Anthony of Padua , government_type = Council-manager government, Council-Manager , governing_body = San Antonio City Council , leader_title = Mayor of San Antonio, Mayor , leader_name = Ron Nirenberg (Independent politician, I) , leader_title2 = City Manager , leader_name2 = Erik Walsh , leader_title3 = San Antonio City Council, City Council , leader_name3 = , unit_pref = Imperial , area_total_sq_m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shattered Lives
''Shattered Lives'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Edith Roberts, Robert Gordon, and Ethel Wales Ethel Wales (April 4, 1878 – February 15, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in more than 130 films during her 30-year career. Biography Born in 1878 in Passaic, New Jersey, Wales graduated from "Wisconsin university". Wales had .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, Mumsie is living on a farm with Donald, not knowing that he is her real son, having adopted him following a train wreck several years before. Her real son had been taken away by her husband when the boy was an infant. Red Myers is put in her home, posing as her son, by a shyster lawyer. The father, who has made a fortune in Alaska, is returning home to Mumsie when the plotters attempt to waylay him. Donald assists in the rescue of his father and it becomes evident that he is the rightful heir, while Red is apprehended. Donald marries Sally. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of The Pack
''King of the Pack'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent adventure film directed by Frank Richardson (director), Frank Richardson and starring Charlotte Stevens, Robert Gordon (actor), Robert Gordon and Vera Lewis.Connelly p.369 Produced by the independent film, independent Gotham Pictures, it was designed as a vehicle for Peter the Great, one of several dog stars to appear in films during the 1920s. Cast * Peter the Great as King, a Dog * Charlotte Stevens as Selah Blair * Robert Gordon (actor), Robert Gordon as Clint Sifton * Vera Lewis as 'Widder' Gasper * Mary Cornwallis as Kitty Carlyle * Danny Hoy as Bud Gasper * Frank Brownlee as Chuck Purdy * W.H. Davis as Sam Blair * Frank Norcross (actor), Frank Norcross as Dr. Joe Stoddard References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Blood (1926 Film)
''Racing Blood'' is a 1926 American silent sports drama film directed by Frank Richardson and starring Robert Agnew, Anne Cornwall and John Elliott.Connelly p.400 Synopsis College student James Fleming discovers that his uncle has gambled away his inheritance on a horse race and then killed himself. Worse it was at the hands of the man whose daughter James is in love with. He goes to work as a journalist and loses touch with her. He acquires a horse, unknowingly the very animal whose victory led to his uncle's downfall. He plans to race it in a steeplechase, but when he is unable to qualify his former girlfriend takes over and rides it to victory before they reconcile. Cast * Robert Agnew as James Fleminng * Anne Cornwall as Muriel Sterlinng * John Elliott as John Sterling * Clarence Geldert as Harris Fleming * Charles Sellon Charles A. Sellon (August 24, 1870 – June 26, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. Sellon appeared in more than 100 films and stage act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Speed Limit
''The Speed Limit'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Raymond McKee, Ethel Shannon, and Bruce Gordon. It was produced by the independent company Gotham Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, garage mechanic Tom Milburn is in love with Bess Stanson, a cashier at the garage. A rival for her affection appears in the person of Claude Roswell, a wealthy sport who drives a Rolls-Royce. Tom and a pal have invented new tires that they expect to be a racing success. Tom enters a big automobile race, finds a chance to use his new tires, and wins despite foul play on the part of Roswell. Roswell is then arrested. Tom and Bess decide to tie up for live. Cast * Raymond McKee as Tom Milburn * Ethel Shannon as Bess Stanson * Bruce Gordon as Claude Roswell * Georgie Chapman as Henry Berger * James Conly as Eightball Jackson * Edward W. Borman Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Of The Forest
''The Phantom of the Forest'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film, also classified as a Northern (genre), Northern. It is directed by Henry McCarty (writer), Henry McCarty and stars Thunder the Dog, Betty Francisco and Eddie Phillips (actor), Eddie Phillips. Produced by the independent film, independent Gotham Pictures, location shooting took place around the Redwood Forest in Santa Cruz County, California. The film was designed as a vehicle for Thunder, an Alsatian (dog), Alsatian who was featured in several films during the 1920s. It was released in Great Britain the same year by Stoll Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, while a pup, Thunder runs wild in the forest, but becomes attached to Helen Taylor, who owns land that has oil prospects and is mortgaged. Certain land speculators plot to seize the property, but are prevented by Frank Wallace who pays the interest. The plotters set fire to the forest. Helen and Frank are tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mile-a-Minute Man
''The Mile-a-Minute Man'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring William Fairbanks, Virginia Brown Faire, and George Periolat. It was produced by the independent Gotham Pictures. The plot revolves around two rival automobile producers and their respective son and daughter who are in love. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Old Ironsides Rockett, the owner of an automobile factory, loves his business rival Mrs. Greydon, and his son Speedy has come to love his rival’s daughter Paula. The rival concern gets out an improved motor for their car "Greyhound," so the father has his son Speedy try to retain the supremacy of their car "Skyrocket." Before the big race the Rockett's attend a social event where James Brett, the son’s rival for the love of Paula, has him kidnaped. Speedy escapes after numerous exciting incidents and arrives just in time to enter the race. The two rival cars race to a tie. The father marries his business rival M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow On The Wall (1925 Film)
''The Shadow on the Wall'' is a 1925 American silent mystery film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Eileen Percy, Creighton Hale, and William V. Mong. Cast * Eileen Percy as Lucia Warring * Creighton Hale as George Walters * William V. Mong as Robert Glaxton * Dale Fuller as The Missus * Jack Curtis as Bleary * Hardee Kirkland as Hode * Willis Marks Willis Marks (August 20, 1865, Rochester, Minnesota, United States – December 6, 1952, Los Angeles, California) was an American silent film actor. Biography In 1888, Marks debuted on stage professionally. He acted in Oliver Morosco's stock c ... as George Warring 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 * 1925 films 1925 mystery films American silent feature films American mystery films Films directed by B. Reeves Eason American black-and-whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Of The Bravest
''One of the Bravest'' is a 1925 American silent action drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Ralph Lewis, Edward Hearn, and Pat Somerset. Plot A father of Irish heritage rejects his firefighter son when he marries and Jewish girl, and wrongly suspects him of being a coward. Cast Preservation A complete print of ''One of the Bravest'' is held by the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is .... 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 * * 1925 films 1925 drama films American silent feature films 1920s action drama films American action drama films American black-and-wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Code
''Northern Code'' (also written as ''The Northern Code'') is a 1925 American silent Northern romantic drama film directed by Leon De La Mothe and starring Robert Ellis, Eva Novak, and Josef Swickard Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 – 1 March 1940) was a Prussian-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America. Career Swickard emigrated to the United States from Ger .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, drunken Raoul La Fane, a Canadian trapper, attacks his young wife Marie. She fires a revolver at him and he falls. Fearing arrest for murder, Marie flees into the snow wilderness. Louis Le Blanc aids her and, after she finds that he truly loves her and supposing her brutal husband dead, she weds him. Later, Raoul appears, and Marie tells Louis her secret. Louis follows Raoul and, in the fight that follows, Raoul dies after falling over a cliff. Louis returns to Marie and informs her that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Part Time Wife
''The Part Time Wife'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Alice Calhoun, Robert Ellis and Freeman Wood.Munden p.590 The film was produced by the independent company Gotham Pictures. It was based on a short story of the same title by Peggy Gaddis. It was released in Britain the following year by Stoll Pictures. Synopsis Film star Doris Fuller marries financially-struggling journalist Kenneth Scott but he is humiliated by being referred to as "Mr. Dorris Fuller". His wife quits her work to be become a full-time wife but their money problems lead her to return to acting. Believing she is having an affair, Scott begins courting a rising young actress Nita Northrup leading to a breach in the marriage. Eventually they reconcile after Scott's new play becomes a hit, and a studio injury to Doris leads her to quit her film career. Cast * Alice Calhoun as Doris Fuller * Robert Ellis as Kenneth Scott * Freeman Wood as DeWitt Courtney * Edwards Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Master's Voice (1925 Film)
''His Master's Voice'' is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by Renaud Hoffman and starring Thunder the Dog, George Hackathorne, Marjorie Daw and Mary Carr.Munden p.354 It was designed as a vehicle for Thunder, an Alsatian who featured in several films during the 1920s. Synopsis Following America's entry into World War I, the cowardly Bob Henley is drafted into the army while his faithful dog Thunder joins the Red Cross. They meet again several months later in France where Thunder helps Bob to overcome his terror and fulfil his duty. Cast * Thunder the Dog as Thunder * George Hackathorne as Bob Henley * Marjorie Daw as Mary Blake * Mary Carr as Mrs. Henley * Will Walling as William Marshall * Brooks Benedict as Jack Fenton * White Fawn the Dog as White Fawn * Flash the Dog as Flash - Son of Thunder * Jack Kenny Jack Kenny (born March 9, 1958) is an American writer, director, actor, and producer. Early life and education Kenny was born in Chicago, Illinois, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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