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Harlan Knight
Harlan Knight (1875–1940) was an American stage and film actor. During the early 1920s he featured in several Canadian silent films including ''Blue Water'' alongside the future star Norma Shearer.Morris p.259 Filmography * ''The Iron Trail'' (1921) * ''Jane Eyre'' (1921) * ''The Country Flapper'' (1922) * ''The Man from Glengarry'' (1922) * '' The Rapids'' (1922) * ''Glengarry School Days'' (1923) * ''The Little Red Schoolhouse'' (1923) * '' The Steadfast Heart'' (1923) * ''Blue Water'' (1924) * '' The New School Teacher'' (1924) * ''Janice Meredith'' (1924) * '' The Warrens of Virginia'' (1924) * ''His Buddy's Wife'' (1925) * '' Lena Rivers'' (1925) * ''The Knockout'' (1925) * '' Rainbow Riley'' (1926) * ''Things Wives Tell'' (1926) * ''White Mice'' (1926) * ''The Wives of the Prophet'' (1926) * ''Dance Magic'' (1927) * ''Tol'able David'' (1930) * '' Heaven on Earth'' (1931) * '' The Fighting Sheriff'' (1931) * ''Whistlin' Dan'' (1932) * ''The Story of Temple Drake'' (1933) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limerick, Maine
Limerick (pronounced "LIM-rick") is a town in York County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The population was 3,188 at the 2020 census. History This was territory of the Newichewannock Abenaki Indians, whose village was located on the Salmon Falls River. In 1668, Francis Small of Kittery, a trader, bought from Chief Captain Sunday (or Wesumbe) a large tract of land, for which he exchanged two blankets, two gallons of rum, two pounds of gunpowder, four pounds of musket balls and twenty strings of beads. Small thereupon sold half of his interest to Major Nicholas Shapleigh of Eliot, one of the wealthiest merchants in the Piscataqua region. Settlement was delayed, however, by the ongoing French and Indian Wars, which finally ended with the 1763 Treaty of Paris. In 1773, the heirs of Francis Small and Nicholas Shapleigh promised a township to lawyer James Sullivan of Biddeford if he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Meredith
''Janice Meredith'', also known as ''The Beautiful Rebel'', is a silent film starring Marion Davies, released in 1924 and based on the book and play of the same name written by Paul Leicester Ford and Edward Everett Rose. The play opened at the end of 1900 and was the first starring vehicle for stage actress Mary Mannering. The movie follows the actions of Janice Meredith, who helps George Washington and Paul Revere during the American Revolutionary War. Plot Following a disappointment in love, Lord Brereton assumes the name of Charles Fownes, arranges passage to the American Colonies as a bondservant, and finds a place with Squire Meredith, a wealthy New Jersey landowner. When Charles falls in love with the squire's daughter, Janice, she is sent to live with an aunt in Boston. Janice learns of the planned British troop movement to the Lexington arsenal and gives the warning that results in Paul Revere's ride. Charles reveals his true station and becomes an aide to Washington. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whistlin' Dan
''Whistlin' Dan'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Joyzelle Joyner (wife of Phil Rosen), and Georges Renavent. It was released on March 20, 1932, by Tiffany Productions. It was re-released in 1937 by Amity Pictures. The film was a remake of Buck Jones' 1931 ''Border Law'' with Jones remaking it again as '' The Fighting Ranger'' (1934). Plot Three cowpokes have just returned from a cattle drive with a check for $5000 that they immediately use to pay off their large loan and buy supplies with the small remainder for their next drive. A spy for the evil outlaw Serge Karloff overhears the news about the money from Bob, one of the cowpokes as he rides off to Mexico to see his girlfriend. Karloff's gang ambushes and captures the cowpoke, but discover the money has been given to the bank. Karloff sends word to Dan and July, his captive's two friends that if they doesn't get the $5000 back from the bank and bring it to a prear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fighting Sheriff
''The Fighting Sheriff'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers and Robert Ellis.Pitts p.107 Cast * Buck Jones as Sheriff Bob Terry * Loretta Sayers as Mary Cameron * Robert Ellis as Flash Halloway * Harlan Knight as Deputy Calico Cox * Paul Fix as Jack Cameron * Tom Bay as Sam - Henchman * Lillian Worth as Florabell * Nina Quartero as Tiana * Clarence Muse Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American to appear in a starring role in a film, 1929's ''Hearts in Dixie''. He acted for ... as Curfew * Lillian Leighton as Aunt Sally References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1931 films 1931 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Louis King Columbia Pictures films A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven On Earth (1931 Film)
''Heaven on Earth'' is a 1931 American dramatic film directed by Russell Mack, based on the 1929 novel, ''Mississippi,'' by author Ben Lucien Burman. The film stars Lew Ayres as the estranged son of a Mississippi steamboat captain. Plot In 1927, Captain Lilly (Harry Beresford) is a steamboat captain who pilots a boat on the Mississippi River, with the help of his son, States (Lew Ayres). Along their route is a shantytown made up of houseboats, the residents of which often fight with the steamboat crowd. After a shooting match between States and shanty-boater Chicken Sam (John Carradine), Sam reveals to States his true heritage: Captain Lilly killed States' real father - a shanty-boater - and adopted States as his own son. States confirms this fact with court records, and after leaving Captain Lilly, becomes a boarder on Aunt Vergie's ( Elizabeth Patterson) houseboat. Vergie's daughter Towhead (Anita Louise), falls in love with States and, understanding that he's homesick, sne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tol'able David (1930 Film)
''Tol'able David'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of the 1921 silent film ''Tol'able David'', which starred Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence. The Columbia film stars Richard Cromwell in the Barthelmess part after he won an audition over thousands of hopefuls and Harry Cohn gave him his screen name and a $75/week contract. It is preserved in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' published by The American Film Institute, c. 1978 Cast *Richard Cromwell as David Kinemon *Noah Beery as Luke Hatburn * Joan Peers as Esther Hatburn *Henry B. Walthall as Amos Hatburn * Tom Keene as Alan Kinemon *Edmund Breese as Hunter Kinemon * Barbara Bedford as Rose Kinemon *Helen Ware as Mrs. Kinemon * Harlan Knight as Iska Hatburn *John Carradine John Carradine ( ; born Richmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Magic (film)
''Dance Magic'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon and Isobel Elsom.Munden p.162 Cast * Pauline Starke as Johala Chandler * Ben Lyon as Leach Norcutt * Louis John Bartels as Jed Brophy * Isobel Elsom as Selma Bundy * Harlan Knight as Jahala's Father * Judith Vosselli as Her Mother 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 * 1927 films 1927 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Victor Halperin First National Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wives Of The Prophet
''The Wives of the Prophet'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by James A. Fitzgerald and starring Orville Caldwell, Alice Lake, and Violet Mersereau. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a religious sect in the Tennessee mountains expect the arrival of a prophet for whom five young women have been selected to be his wives. Howard, a young lawyer, accidentally witnesses their annual ritual, makes a sketch of Judith, one of the designated five young women, which is then reproduced as a tattoo on his chest. He is declared by the elders to be the Prophet and united to Judith and the other four women in a ritual in a huge cave. Of these, Alma has a sweetheart, Warner Richmond. Later, after avoiding moonshine Moonshine is high-proof liquor that is usually produced illegally. The name was derived from a tradition of creating the alcohol during the nighttime, thereby avoiding detection. In the first decades of the 21st century, commercial dist ...rs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Mice (film)
''White Mice'' is a 1926 American silent drama film filmed in color with the Kelley Color Process (Wilson-Wetherald Color Process). It was directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Jacqueline Logan, William Powell, and Ernest Hilliard. It is based upon the novel of the same name by Richard Harding Davis Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First .... at silentera.com Plot As described in a film magazine review, Roddy Forrester and Peter de Peyster form the White Mice club for the purpose of aiding humans in distress. W ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Things Wives Tell
''Things Wives Tell'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Gaston Glass, Edna Murphy and George Hackathorne.Munden p.799 Cast * Gaston Glass as Carl Burgess * Edna Murphy as Elaine Mackay * Harlan Knight as Colonel Burgess * George Hackathorne as Charles * Walter Long as Ben Felton * Lila Leslie * Margaret Seddon Margaret Seddon (November 18, 1872 – April 17, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. Biography She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1951. Her most memorable role was perhaps as one of The Pixilated Sisters, a come ... 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 * 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Riley
''Rainbow Riley'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Brenda Bond, and Bradley Barker. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Steve Riley, a cub reporter, is sent out to cover a feud between two large families. He becomes the enemy of both, because he wishes to marry Alice, a young woman from one family, and does not wish to marry a young woman of the other, even though she loves him. After a series of dangerous adventures, he is rescued. He returns to the office of his paper with a big story and a new wife. Cast Preservation A fragment of ''Rainbow Riley'' is held 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 ar .... References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knockout (1925 Film)
''The Knockout'' is a 1925 silent film drama directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Milton Sills. It was based on the novel ''The Come-Back'' by Morris DeCamp Crawford. It was produced by and released by First National Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, Sandy Donlin, world’s light heavyweight boxing champion, hurts his right arm and is told by his doctor that, if he uses the arm in the fight, he will never use it again. Because he thinks the arm useless, he accepts the offer of the lumberman Parker to become his manager in a Canadian lumber camp. Donlin accepts because he has just met and fallen in love with Jean Farot, daughter of Parker’s rival. Parker wants Donlin at the camp because he can whip Jack Ducane, the foreman for Farot, who has blocked the efforts of Parker’s men to jam Farot’s logs. Ducane accuses Donlin of getting the Farot loggers drunk to cause them to jam the logs. Donlin learns in the ensuing fight that the right arm has healed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |