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Henry G. Sell
Henry G. Sell (1884–1968) was an American film actor of the silent era.Klepper p.174 He appeared in a number of serials produced by Pathé Exchange including several with Pearl White. Selected filmography * '' The Iron Claw'' (1916, serial) * ''The Fatal Ring'' (1917, serial) * ''The Seven Pearls'' (1917, serial) * '' The Lightning Raider'' (1919, serial) * ''The Black Secret'' (1919, serial) * '' The Twin Pawns'' (1919) * '' Thin Ice'' (1919) * ''The Empire of Diamonds'' (1920) * '' A Woman in Grey'' (1920) * ''Devotion'' (1921) * ''East Lynne'' (1921) * ''The Money Maniac'' (1921) * ''Free Air ''Free Air'' is a 1919 novel written by Sinclair Lewis. A silent film adaptation of the novel was also released on April 30, 1922. The film starred Tom Douglas as Milt Daggett and Marjorie Seaman as Claire Boltwood. Plot summary "This chee ...'' (1922) References Bibliography * Klepper, Robert K. ''Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies''. McFarland, 2015. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Ballin
Mabel Ballin (née Croft; January 1, 1885 – July 24, 1958), was an American motion-picture actress of the silent film era. Early life and career Mabel Croft was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 1, 1885. Some sources give 1887 as her birthdate. Both of Croft's parents died when she was 2 years old, which resulted in her being raised by her grandfather and social worker grandmother. Mabel Croft's first stage experience was at Salvation Army hall, where she played the tambourine to bring in donations. Raised in poverty, Croft was working as a dressmaker when a customer paid for her tuition to an industrial arts school. Croft never graduated, instead moving to New York to pursue a career in acting. She married painter and director Hugo Ballin on October 24, 1909 in Westport, Connecticut and together they founded Ballin Independent Company. Ballin appeared in 28 films between 1917 and 1925. She achieved popularity during World War I. She is best known for her role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lightning Raider
''The Lightning Raider'' is a 1919 American action film serial directed by George B. Seitz. It was the on-screen debut of Boris Karloff, albeit as an extra. The film serial survives in an incomplete state with some reels preserved at the Library of Congress Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection and other film archives, but it is not available on home video. The serial was shown in France as ''Par Amour''. Plot A beautiful young woman is in reality a daring master thief. While fleeing the scene of her latest robbery, she meets a handsome young millionaire named Thomas Babbington North. The film belongs to the sensationalistic "Yellow Menace" genre of its time, with Warner Oland playing the insidious Oriental Wu Fang. Cast * Pearl White as The Lightning Raider * Warner Oland as Wu Fang * Henry G. Sell as Thomas Babbington North * Ruby Hoffman as Lottie * William P. Burt as The Wasp (credited as William Burt) * Frank Redman as Hop Sing * Nellie Burt as Sunbeam * Sam Kim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Deaths
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Air (film)
''Free Air'' is a 1922 American silent comedy drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Tom Douglas, Marjorie Seaman and Henry G. Sell. It is an adaptation of the 1919 novel ''Free Air'' by Sinclair Lewis. Cast * Tom Douglas as Milt Daggett * Marjorie Seaman as Claire Boltwood * George Pauncefort as Henry B. Boltwood * Henry G. Sell as Jeffrey Saxton * Dorothy Allen as Minne Rauskekle * Ben Hendricks Jr. as The Tramp Preservation This film is currently lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee .... 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 * allmovie.com 1922 films 1922 comedy films 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Money Maniac
''The Money Maniac'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Robert Elliott, Henry G. Sell and Marcya Capri.Langman p.47 Cast * Robert Elliott as Didier Bouchard * Henry G. Sell as Milo d'Espail * Marcya Capri as Rolande Garros * Lucy Fox as Thérèse Garros * Ivo Dawson as Joe Hoggart * Eugène Bréon Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devotion (1921 Film)
''Devotion'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Burton George and starring Hazel Dawn, Elmo Lincoln and Violet Palmer.Munden p.188 Cast * Hazel Dawn as Ruth Wayne * Elmo Lincoln as Robert Trent * Violet Palmer as Marian Wayne * Renita Randolph as Lucy Marsh * Bradley Barker as Stephen Bond * Henry G. Sell as James Marsh * Wedgwood Nowell Wedgwood Nowell (born Harry Wedgwood Nowell; January 24, 1878 – June 17, 1957) was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and musician. He produced 144 plays during his stage career, which began around 1901. Later, while w ... as Teddy Grandin 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 * 1921 films 1921 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman In Grey
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Empire Of Diamonds
''The Empire of Diamonds'' is a 1920 American silent crime film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Robert Elliott, Lucy Fox and Léon Mathot.Connelly p.343 Cast * Robert Elliott as Matthew Versigny * Lucy Fox as Marguerite Versigny * Henry G. Sell as Paul Bernac * Léon Mathot as Arthur Graves * Jacques Volnys as Trazi d'Aricola * Laurent Morléas as Andre Zarnoff * Fernand Mailly Fernand Mailly (26 February 1873) was a French actor. Born Fernand Jean-Paul Anne in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Selected filmography * ''Brigadier Gerard'' (1915) * '' Le traquenard'' (1915) * ''The Empire of Diamonds'' (1920) *'' The Agon ... as Baron de Lambri * Ruth Hunter as Esther Taylor References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1920s American films 1920 films 1920 crime films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thin Ice (1919 Film)
''Thin Ice'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Thomas R. Mills and starring Corinne Griffith. It was produced and distributed through the Vitagraph Company of America. This film is preserved at the Bois d'Arcy Archive in Paris. Plot As described in a film magazine, Ned Winton (McLean) is employed in the office of Benjamin Graves (Lytton), a crooked dealer in mining company stocks, and speculates using the firm's funds. Alice (Griffith), his sister, prevents his arrest by signing a note for the amount stolen and puts up as collateral the mining firm stock sold to her father by Graves. Alice marries an author of note. Graves then manipulates the stock and ruins the mining company used as collateral, and notifies Alice that the stock is worthless and that she must put up new security. She goes to see him only to find that he has concocted evidence which would convince her husband that she has been his mistress, and Graves insists that she gratify his desires. She esca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twin Pawns
''The Twin Pawns'' is a 1919 American silent film drama directed by Leonce Perret and starring Mae Murray. It is yet another film taken from Wilkie Collin's novel ''The Woman in White''. The film was released by Pathé Exchange. Cast *Mae Murray as Daisy, Violet White *Warner Oland as John Bent *Jack W. Johnston as Harry White (credited as J. W. Johnston) *Henry G. Sell as Bo Anderson *Edythe Chapman (uncredited) Preservation status Copies of ''The Twin Pawns'' are held at BFI National Film Institute and Filmmuseum Amsterdam. See also *Leonce Perret filmography (director) *Leonce Perret filmography (actor) *''The Woman in White (1912 film), The Woman in White'' (1912) *''The Woman in White (1917 film), The Woman in White'' (1917) *''Tangled Lives (1917 film), Tangled Lives'' (1917) *''The Woman in White (1921 film), The Woman in White'' (1921) *''The Woman in White (1929 film), The Woman in White'' (1929) *''The Woman in White (1948 film), The Woman in White'' (1948) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
