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Harry Fischbeck
Harry Fischbeck (1879–1968) was a German-born cinematographer who emigrated to the United States where he worked in the American film industry. He was employed by a variety of different studios during his career including Universal, United Artists and Warner Brothers, but primarily for Paramount Pictures. One of his first credits was for the historical ''The Lincoln Cycle'' films directed by John M. Stahl.Babington & Charles Barr p.29 Selected filmography * ''The Lincoln Cycle'' (1917) * ''Wives of Men'' (1918) * ''Her Code of Honor'' (1919) * ''The Devil'' (1921) * ''Nobody'' (1921) * ''Disraeli'' (1921) * ''You Find It Everywhere'' (1921) * '' The Man Who Played God'' (1922) * '' The Ruling Passion'' (1922) * ''The Man from Beyond'' (1922) * ''The Curse of Drink'' (1922) * ''Mark of the Beast'' (1923) * '' The Green Goddess'' (1923) * ''Backbone'' (1923) * ''Twenty Dollars a Week'' (1924) * '' The Humming Bird'' (1924) * '' Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1924) * ''A Sainted Devil'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympe Bradna
Antoinette Olympe Bradna (12 August 1920 – 5 November 2012) was a French dancer and actress, who emigrated to the United States where she lived for the rest of her life. Early years Bradna was born in a dressing room in the Olympic Theatre in Paris, and her full name was Antoinette Olympe Bradna. Her father, Joseph Bradna, was a Bohemian Czech and her mother, Jana Bradna, was Austrian German. (Another source says that her mother was French.) They were circus performers before Olympe began her career. (Jana Bradna had been an opera singer before she joined her husband in the circus.) Her aunt Ella Bradna also was in the circus, as an equestrienne. An item in a newspaper in 1936 reported that Bradna "followed a line of trained dogs on the stage in France, when she was only 18 months old." Dancing Bradna appeared at 18 months of age with her parents, who were world-famous bare back riders. By the time she was 8, Bradna "had attracted so much attention that agents were anxious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil (1921 Film)
''The Devil'' is a surviving 1921 silent drama film directed by James Young and starring stage actor George Arliss in a film version of his 1908 Broadway success of Ferenc Molnár's play, ''The Devil'' (aka ''Az ordog'') Long thought to be a lost film, a print was discovered in the 1990s and restored by the Library of Congress. This was George Arliss' first film following a successful career on Broadway. Arliss' wife Florence Arliss co-starred with him in the film, and continued to do so until he died in 1946. Director Young was silent screen star Clara Kimball Young's ex-husband. Future Oscar-winner Fredric March had an uncredited bit part in the film. Plot The Devil, in the guise of a human named Dr. Muller (Arliss), meets a young couple (Marie and her fiance Georges) who remark upon looking at a Renaissance painting of a martyr that Evil could never triumph over Good. The Devil, taking this as a challenge, decides to bring about the couple's downfall. In the end, Marie re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsieur Beaucaire (1924 Film)
''Monsieur Beaucaire'' is a 1924 American silent romantic historical drama film starring Rudolph Valentino in the title role, Bebe Daniels, and Lois Wilson. Produced and directed by Sidney Olcott, the film is based on Booth Tarkington's 1900 novel of the same name and the 1904 play of the same name by Tarkington and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. Plot The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two marry. He goes undercover as Monsieur Beaucaire, the barber of the French Ambassador, and finds that he enjoys the freedom of a commoner’s life. After catching the Duke of Winterset cheating at cards, he forces him to introduce him as a nobleman to Lady Mary, with whom he has become infatuated. When Lady Mary is led to believe that the Duke of Chartres is merely a barber she loses interest in him. She eventually learns that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Humming Bird
''The Humming Bird'' (also known as ''Les loups de Montmartre'') is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Gloria Swanson. Produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on the play of the same name by Maude Fulton, who also starred in the Broadway production.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Humming Bird'' at silentera.com Plot As described in a film magazine review, Toinette, alias "The Humming Bird" and member of the , commits many successful robberies in Paris while disguised as a young man. She falls in love with Randall Carey, an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty Dollars A Week
''Twenty Dollars a Week'' is a 1924 American silent comedy drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring George Arliss, Taylor Holmes, and Edith Roberts. Ronald Colman, then a rising star, had a supporting role as Arliss's character's son. The film was long thought lost before a print was rediscovered in the Library of Congress collection. Plot As described in a film magazine review, John Reeves, steel magnate, wagers with his son Chester that he can earn twenty dollars a week and live on it. He procures work in the office of William Hart's steel plant. Against her brother's wish, Hart's sister Muriel adopts a little boy. Hart evens up by adopting John Reeves as his father. Reeves foils James Pettison's plot to ruin Hart. Chester also makes good as a workman and wins the affection of Hart's sister. The father reveals his identity and takes Hart as a partner. Cast Preservation Prints of ''Twenty Dollars a Week'' are located in the Library of Congress and Ngā Taonga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backbone (1923 Film)
''Backbone'' is a 1923 American silent drama film produced by George Arliss (through his Distinctive Pictures company), released by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Edward Sloman. Broadway actor Alfred Lunt stars in his film debut.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Backbone'' at silentera.com It is not known whether the film currently survives. The film has a locale in a New England with the exception of an episode taking place in France. Cast * |
The Green Goddess (1923 Film)
''The Green Goddess'' is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play '' The Green Goddess'' by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it stars George Arliss as the Rajah of Rukh, into whose land arrive three British subjects, played by Alice Joyce, David Powell, and Harry T. Morey. Arliss, Joyce and Ivan F. Simpson reprised their roles from the play and also in the 1930 talking film version '' The Green Goddess''. Cast *George Arliss as Rajah of Rukh *Alice Joyce as Lucilla Crespin * David Powell as Dr. Traherne *Harry T. Morey as Major Crespin *Jetta Goudal as Ayah *Ivan F. Simpson as Watkins (credited as Ivan Simpson) * William Worthington as The High Priest Preservation A copy of ''The Green Goddess'' is 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 nonprofi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Of The Beast (film)
''Mark of the Beast'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Thomas Dixon Jr. and starring Robert Ellis, Madelyn Clare and Warner Richmond.Munden p.493 Cast * Robert Ellis as Dr. David Hale * Madelyn Clare as Ann Page * Warner Richmond as Donald Duncan * Gustav von Seyffertitz as John Hunter * Helen Ware Helen Ware ( Remer; October 15, 1877 – January 25, 1939) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Born to John August Remer and Elinor Maria (née Ware), Ware adopted her mother's maiden name as her professional name. She had ... as Jane Hunter * William McGinnity as The Baby References Bibliography * External links * 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Thomas Dixon Jr. American black-and-white films Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 1920s American films {{Silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curse Of Drink
''The Curse of Drink'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Harry T. Morey, Edmund Breese and Marguerite Clayton.Munden p. 159 It is based on the 1904 play ''The Curse of Drink'' by Charles E. Blaney. Synopsis A former top railroad engineer succumbs to an addiction to bootleg liquor with unfortunate consequences for himself and his stenographer daughter. Cast * Harry T. Morey as Bill Sanford * Edmund Breese as John Rand * Marguerite Clayton as Ruth Sanford * George Fawcett as Ben Flartey * Miriam Battista as Baby Betty * Brinsley Shaw as Sam Handy * Alice May Alice May (1847 – 16 August 1887) was an English singer and actress best remembered as the creator of the soprano role of Aline in Gilbert and Sullivan's ''The Sorcerer'' (1877). After musical studies as a child, May studied voice in London ... as Mother Sanford * Albert L. Barrett as Harry Rand * June Fuller as Margaret Sanford References Bibliography * Munden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Beyond
''The Man from Beyond'' is a 1922 American silent mystery film starring Harry Houdini as a man found frozen in arctic ice who is brought back to life. Plot As described in a film magazine, scientist Dr. Gregory Sinclair (Connelly) and his fellow explorers find a man, Howard Hillary (Houdini), frozen in solid arctic ice and chop him out and then thaw him. When he returns to life, Dr. Sinclair does not tell Howard that he is 100 years behind the times, planning to study his reactions after they return to civilization. Howard tells that he loved Felice, the daughter of the captain of a ship, and there was a mutiny. In his last memory of the event, Howard was trying to save the young woman's father when he received a blow to the head. Dr. Sinclair persuades Howard not to search the snow and ice of the arctic, but to return to civilization. When Dr. Sinclair returns home, he learns that his ward's father, Dr. Crawford Strange, had set out to join him in the arctic but was lost. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ruling Passion (film)
''The Ruling Passion'' is a 1922 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by F. Harmon Weight and written by Forrest Halsey based upon a short story by Earl Derr Biggers. The film stars George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Edmund Burns, Ida Darling, J. W. Johnston, and Ernest Hilliard. The film was released on January 22, 1922, by United Artists. A print of ''The Ruling Passion'' survives at Gosfilmofond in Moscow. at silentera.com In 1931, Arliss starred in a talkie remake, ''The Millionaire (1931 film), The Millionaire''. Plot As described in a film magazine, James Alden (Arliss), a kind-hearted philanthropist, is persuaded to retire from the automobile manufacturing business by his wife (Darling) ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Played God (1922 Film)
''The Man Who Played God'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and written by Forrest Halsey. The film stars George Arliss, Ann Forrest, Ivan Simpson, Edward Earle, and Effie Shannon. The film was released on October 1, 1922, by United Artists. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print of ''The Man Who Played God'' was found at Gosfilmofond in Moscow. Plot A famous pianist (Montgomery Royle) is engaged to a quite younger woman. An accidental explosion results in him becoming deaf but he learns to read lips quite quickly. He decides to use that skill to help random people around him. However, he sees his fiancee in a park with a different man. Montgomery is heartbroken, but after she confesses the truth to him, he helps her to be secure with the new man. Cast *George Arliss as Montgomery Royle *Ann Forrest as Marjory Blaine *Ivan Simpson as Battle *Edward Earle as Philip Stevens *Effie Shannon as Mildred Arden *Miriam Battista as Little Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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