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Hal Wilson
Hal Wilson (also credited Harold Wilson; born Hippocrates Wolfarth, October 2, 1861 – May 22, 1933), was a character actor who appeared in silent films. He was born in New York City.(14 October 1914)Hal Wilson's Career: Eclair Character Actor Began Versatile Roles Early ''Universal Weekly'' He was a denizen of Hollywood. He had a significant role in ''The Man Trap''.(2 August 1924)Hal Wilson (photo/ad) ''Wid's Weekly'' Wilson got into acting at age 10 and was in his first feature film in 1915. There is some debate about his birth year. Per a 1921 studio guide, he acted on the stage for 20 years, including for Harrigan and Hart, Charles Frohman, Albert H. Woods, and the Murray Hill Theatre Stock Company under Henry V. Donnelly, before moving to film in 1907.Motion picture studio directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charge It
newspaper advert ''Charge It'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young. Cast *Clara Kimball Young - Julia Lawrence *Herbert Rawlinson - Philip Lawrence *Edward M. Kimball - Tom Garreth *Betty Blythe - Mille Garreth *Nigel Barrie - Dana Herrick *Hal Wilson - Robert McGregor *Dulcie Cooper - Rose McGregor Preservation status *A copy is preserved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the archiv .... References External links Charge It at IMDb.com* 1921 films American silent feature films Films based on short fiction American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films Films directed by Harry Garson 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Man (1917 Film)
''The Midnight Man'' is a 1917 American crime drama silent black and white film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Tom Gibson. It is based on the story of Bess Meredyth. Cast * Jack Mulhall as Bob Moore * Ann Kroman as Irene Hardin * Al MacQuarrie as The 'Eel' * Warda Lamont as Molly * Hal Wilson as Mr. Moore * Wilbur Higby Wilbur Higby (August 21, 1867 – December 1, 1934) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1934. Stage In the mid-1890s, Higby was a member of the stock company of the Grand Opera House ... as John Hardin * Jack Carlyle References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Midnight Man (1917 film) American crime drama films 1917 crime drama films 1917 films Silent crime films American black-and-white films Films directed by Elmer Clifton Films with screenplays by Tom Gibson Universal Pictures films 1910s American films Silent American drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaze Away (1922 Film)
''Blaze Away'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by William Hughes Curran and starring Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Molly Malone and Hal Wilson.Munden, p. 66. Cast * Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Big Boy * Molly Malone as Molly Melody * Hal Wilson as Pop Melody * Edward Burns as Bill Lang * Edward W. Borman as Tuck Martin * William Hughes Curran William Hughes Curran (1893-1940) was an American film director. He directed several Western films. He was an assistant director to Lambert Hillyer at William S. Hart Productions before heading the production unit for Famous Players–Lasky ex ... as Pablo 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 States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1922 films 1922 Western (genre) films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forget Me Not (1922 Film)
''Forget Me Not'', also known as ''Forget-Me-Not'', is a 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and distributed by Metro Pictures. The film starred Bessie Love and Gareth Hughes. It is considered a lost film. Plot Young mother Mary Gordoon (Hunt) is too poor to take care of her infant daughter, and leaves the child at orphanage. The girl, Ann (Love) grows up with a crippled leg in the orphanage, and has fallen in love with a fellow orphan Jimmy (Hughes). The mother returns to the orphanage after 15 years to adopt her daughter, but believing her daughter to have been adopted by someone else already, she adopts Jimmy instead. Ann is eventually adopted by a sidewalk musician (Lederer), who teaches her to play the violin. When Jimmy marries another girl, Ann plays at his wedding. Many years later, after Jimmy's wife dies, the pair are reunited. Cast Production Director W. S. Van Dyke was unhappy about the casting of Bessie Love in the lead, whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nan Of The North
''Nan of the North'' is a 1922 American adventure film serial directed by Duke Worne. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Ann Little as Nan * Tom London as Dick Driscoll (credited as Leonard Clapham) * Joseph W. Girard as Yukon Hays * Hal Wilson as Gaspar Le Sage * Howard Crampton as Igloo * J. Morris Foster as Bruce Vane * Edith Stayart as Celeste * Boris Karloff as Undetermined Role (uncredited) Chapter titles # Missile from Mars # Fountain of Fury # Brink of Despair # In Cruel Clutches # On Terror's Trail # The Cards of Chance # Into the Depths # Burning Sands # Power of Titano # A Bolt from the Sky # The Ride for a Life # Adrift # Facing Death at Sea # The Volcano # Consequences See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films * 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 firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Wife
''The Unknown Wife'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and starring Edith Roberts, Spottiswoode Aitken and Casson Ferguson. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Three at the Table''.Munden p.803 Cast * Edith Roberts as Helen Wilburton * Spottiswoode Aitken as Henry Wilburton * Casson Ferguson as Donald Grant * Joe Quinn as 'Lefty' Mayes * Joe Neary as 'Slim' Curry * Augustus Phillips as John Mayberry * Bertram Frank as Thomas Gregory * Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Stanwood Kent * Jessie Pratt as Mrs. Dalton * Edith Stayart Tom London (born Leonard T. Clapman; August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to ''The Guinness Book of Movie Records'', London is credited with appearing in the most films in ... as Doris Dalton * Hal Wilson as Brooks References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Four
''The Secret Four'' is a 1921 American action film serial directed by Albert Russell and Perry N. Vekroff. The film is now considered lost. Plot International spies compete to seize world power by cornering the market in oil supplies in the United States. Cast * Eddie Polo * Kathleen Myers * Doris Deane * Hal Wilson * William Welsh * Thelma Daniels Chapter titles # Behind the Mask # The House of Intrigue # Across the Chasm # The Dive of Despair # Black Waters # The Highway of Fate # The Creeping Doom # The Flaming Forest # The Fight in the Dark # The Burning Pit # The Stampede of Death # Floods of Fury # The Man Trap # The Hour of Twelve # Black Gold See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suds (film)
''Suds'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Mary Pickford. The film is based on the 1904 English stage play '' 'Op o' Me Thumb'', a one-act work first produced in London and presented the following year in New York with Maude Adams, a curtain raiser for her appearance in ''Peter Pan''. Plot Amanda Afflick (Mary Pickford) is a poor laundry woman working in London. She is too weak to do the hard work, but is always picked on and humiliated by her boss Madame Didier (Rose Dione). Amanda is desperately in love with the handsome customer Horace Greensmith (Albert Austin), but none of her colleagues thinks she has a chance of being his sweetheart. One afternoon Amanda gets in trouble again and is forced to work all night long. All alone, she fantasizes about her first and only meeting with Horace, eight months ago. All the fellow employees ridicule her for still having faith that he will return someday to pick up his clothes. Amanda i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispering Devils
''Whispering Devils'' is a 1920 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Harry Garson and starring Conway Tearle, Rosemary Theby and Esther Ralston. It is based on the 1896 play ''Michael and His Lost Angel'' by the British writer Henry Arthur Jones. Cast * Conway Tearle as Rev. Michael Faversham * Rosemary Theby as Audrey Lesden * Sam Sothern as Andrew Gibbard (*Sam Sothern, posthumous role) * Esther Ralston as Rose Gibbard * Warren Millais as Bob * Lenore Lynard as Mrs. Deane * Walter Bytell as Rev. Dockwray * Hal Wilson as Whitycombe Preservation The film is currently Lost film, lost. References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Harry Garson 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinty (film)
''Dinty'' is a 1920 American silent comedy drama film written by Marshall Neilan and John McDermott specifically for Wesley Barry, a young actor known for his freckled complexion. Prominent among the supporting players were Colleen Moore, Marjorie Daw, Pat O'Malley, and Noah Beery. Together with the African American Aaron Mitchell and the Chinese-American Walter Chung, Barry creates the prototype of the multi-ethnic baby gang which will serve as a model for the successful series of '' Our Gang'' (1922–44) and in other feature films like '' Little Annie Rooney '' (1925) with Mary Pickford.Gevinson, Alan. ''Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960'', University of California Press, 1997. The film is extant, archived in the Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. Plot In a village in the Irish woods, young Doreen Adair ( Colleen Moore) falls in love with a young man, Danny O'Sullivan (Tom Gallery). One day, Danny receives notice that he is offered a job in America. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Come (1919 Film)
''Kingdom Come'' is a 1919 American short silent Western film directed by George Holt and featuring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Pete Morrison * Hoot Gibson * Josie Sedgwick See also * Hoot Gibson filmography This is a complete filmography of American actor Hoot Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962), including his performances between 1910 and 1960. Gibson appeared in more than 200 films. Background Gibson's career began in 1910 with early silen ... References External links * 1919 films 1919 short films 1919 Western (genre) films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Holt Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{short-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Official Fathers
''Her Official Fathers'' is a 1917 American silent film that was co-directed by Elmer Clifton and Joseph Henabery. It was produced as a starring vehicle for Dorothy Gish, and she may have directed some parts of the film. ''Her Official Fathers'' was never registered for a copyright and is technically in the public domain. It is thought to be a lost film. Plot Gish plays Janice, a wealthy girl whose fortune has been entrusted to two trust company vice presidents (the "official fathers" of the title). One of the vice presidents proposes marriage to the girl, but Janice also finds herself accepting the proposal of the other vice president's son. Confused over who she prefers, she retracts her acceptance of both proposals and becomes engaged to a bank teller. When the true motives of her three would-be suitors come to light, Janice makes the right decision about whom to marry. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |