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Harley Knoles
Harry Knoles (1880-1936) was a British film director of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Greater Will'' (1915) * ''The Master Hand'' (1915) * ''Bought and Paid For (1916 film), Bought and Paid For'' (1916) * ''His Brother's Wife (1916 film), His Brother's Wife'' (1916) * ''The Devil's Toy'' (1916) * ''The Volunteer (1917 film), The Volunteer'' (1917) * ''The Stolen Paradise'' (1917) * ''The Price of Pride'' (1917) *''Adventures of Carol'' (1917) * ''The Little Duchess'' (1917) * ''A Square Deal'' (1917) * ''The Burglar (1917 film), The Burglar'' (1917) * ''Souls Adrift'' (1917) *''The Page Mystery'' (1917) * ''The Social Leper'' (1917) * ''Bolshevism on Trial'' (1919) * ''Guilty of Love (film), Guilty of Love'' (1920) * ''Half an Hour'' (1920) * ''A Romantic Adventuress'' (1920) * ''The Great Shadow (film), The Great Shadow'' (1920) * ''Carnival (1921 film), Carnival'' (1921) * ''The Bohemian Girl (1922 film), The Bohemian Girl'' (1922) * ''Lew Tyler's Wives'' (1926) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotherham
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. Rotherham is also the third largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield and Doncaster, which it is located between. Traditional industries included glass making and flour milling. Most around the time of the industrial revolution, it was also known as a coal mining town as well as a contributor to the steel industry. The town's historic county is Yorkshire. From 1889 until 1974, the County of York's ridings became counties in their own right, the West Riding of Yorkshire was the town's county while South Yorkshire is its current county. Rotherham had a population of 109,691 in the 2011 census. The borough, governed from the town, had a population of , the most populous district in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Of Pride
''The Price of Pride'' is a lost 1917 American silent Western film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Carlyle Blackwell, June Elvidge and Evelyn Greeley.Langman, p. 162 Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as David / William * June Elvidge as Nan Westland * Frank R. Mills as Jeffrey Arnold Black * Evelyn Greeley as Kathleen May * George MacQuarrie as Ben Richardson * Charles W. Charles as Judge Endicott * Pinna Nesbit Pinna Nesbit (November 26, 1896 – March 31, 1950) was a Canadian silent film actress. She was married three times and had an affair with King Edward VIII, when he was Prince of Wales. Her first husband, Harley Knoles, directed several of her f ... as Madge Endicott Black References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 lost films 1917 Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Harley Knoles Lost American Western (genre) fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival (1921 Film)
''Carnival'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Matheson Lang, Ivor Novello and Hilda Bayley. During a production of William Shakespeare's '' Othello'' in Venice, an Italian actor suspects his wife of having an affair and plans to murder her on stage. It was based on a stage play of the year before, of which Matheson Lang was one of the writers. The film was a popular success, and was re-released the following year. In 1931, it was remade as a sound film, '' Carnival'', directed by Herbert Wilcox. Cast * Matheson Lang as Sylvio Steno * Ivor Novello as Count Andrea * Hilda Bayley as Simonetta, Silvio's wife (credited as Hilda Bailey) * Clifford Grey as Lelio, Simonetta's brother * Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British boxer-turned-Hollywood actor.Obituary ''Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Shadow (film)
''The Great Shadow'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Tyrone Power Sr., Donald Hall and Dorothy Bernard. The making of the film is the subject of the Canadian play of the same name, written by Alex Poch-Golden. Plot Jim McDonald, the head of an union, struggles against a group of Bolsheviks led by Klimoff. A strike is called and McDonald's child is killed due to sabotage. Elsie, daughter of the capitalist Donald Alexander, is kidnapped by the Bolsheviks, but is saved by her lover, a secret agent. Cast * Tyrone Power Sr. as Jim McDonald * Donald Hall as Donald Alexander * Dorothy Bernard as Elsie Alexander * Jack Rutherford as Bob Sherwood * Louis Stern as Klimoff * E. Emerson as Greek leader * Eugene Hornboestel as Frank Shea Production The film was sponsored by the Canadian Reconstruction Association. A Vickers factory in Montreal and a film studio in Trenton, Ontario Trenton (2001 population 16,770) is a large unincorporated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Romantic Adventuress
''A Romantic Adventuress'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and adapted by Rosina Henley from the story ''A Winter City Favorite'' by Charles Belmont Davis. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Charles Meredith, Howard Lang, Augusta Anderson, and Ivo Dawson. The film was released in November 1920, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Alice Vanni (Dalton), daughter of dancing master Professor Vanni (Lang) and prima donna Mrs. Martyn (Anderson), who abandoned her husband during the child's babyhood to go her selfish way, is sent after the death of her father to stay with her mother whom she has not known. With the aid of her cohort Louis Fitch (Dawson), the mother plans a wealthy marriage for the young woman in ambition of repairing her own fortunes. To further this plan the trio go abroad. In a watering place in Europe, Alice meets Captain Maxwell of the prior year's Yale football team, whom she first saw in a brilliant play duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half An Hour
''Half an Hour'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Clara Beranger. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Charles Richman, Albert L. Barrett, Frank Losee, and H. Cooper Cliffe. It is based on the 1913 play ''Half an Hour'' by J. M. Barrie. The film was released on September 19, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Lady Lillian Garson (Dalton), whose marriage to man of wealth Richard Garson (Richman) has been in name only and the result of parental pressure, decides after an unpleasant meeting with her husband to take up the proposal of Hugh Paton (Barrett) and go with him to Egypt. He is due to sail within half an hour of the time she made her decision, so she leaves a note for her husband, takes the jewels he has given her, and makes her way to Paton's quarters, which are "just across the square." Paton leaves his apartment to get a cab and is struck by an automobile and killed. Dr. George Brodie (Losee), a fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty Of Love (film)
''Guilty of Love'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Rosina Henley who adapted the play by Avery Hopwood. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Julia Hurley, Henry Carvill, Augusta Anderson, Edward Langford, and Charles Lane. The film was released on August 22, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Thelma Miller (Dalton) becomes the governess in the Florida home of Goddard Townsend (Lane) and is met, loved, betrayed, and deserted by Norris Townsend (Langford), the uncle of the children. Learning that there is to be a child, Norris expects to marry Thelma, but the interference of his father and sister persuade him to approach Thelma with an offer to buy her off. She forces the marriage at the point of a gun and then leaves Florida. Five years later the repentant Norris ends a five-year search when he finds the mother and child in a western town. For the sake of her son Thelma agrees to return to the Florida hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolshevism On Trial
''Bolshevism on Trial'' is a 1919 American silent propaganda film made by the Mayflower Photoplay Company and distributed through Lewis J. Selznick's Select Pictures Corporation. Directed by Harley Knoles from a screenplay by Harry Chandlee, it is based on the 1909 novel '' Comrades: A Story of Social Adventure in California'' by Thomas Dixon, author of the novels '' The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan'' and ''The Leopard's Spots'' that served as the basis for ''The Birth of a Nation''. It premiered in April 1919 during the First Red Scare. Plot Barbara Bozenta, a wealthy female socialite intent on reforming capitalism is lured into the Socialist cause by Herman Wolff, a Socialist agitator. Her concerned boyfriend Norman Worth, a World War I veteran wounded in combat, hears her lecture on the virtues of international socialism and is converted to her views. Prompted by Herman, she raises money among her wealthy friends to buy Paradise Island off the Flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Social Leper
''The Social Leper'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Arthur Ashley and June Elvidge.Beauchamp p.444 Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as John Dean * Arthur Ashley as Robert Warren * June Elvidge as Adrienne Van Couver * George MacQuarrie George MacQuarrie (born as George Donald MacQuarrie; June 2, 1873 – April 1951), was an American actor of the silent era. Biography MacQuarrie was born in San Francisco, California in 1873 as George Donald MacQuarrie. He appeared in more ... as Henry Armstrong * Isabel Berwin as Mrs. Stephen Barkley * Evelyn Greeley as Lorraine Barkley * Eugenie Woodward as Mrs. Dean * Edna Whistler as Madame Melvina References Bibliography * Cari Beauchamp. ''Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood''. University of California Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Page Mystery
''The Page Mystery'' is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Carlyle Blackwell, June Elvidge and Arthur Ashley.Langman p.60 Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as Alan Winthrop * June Elvidge as Edith Strong * Frank Goldsmith as Montague Winthrop * Alec B. Francis as Hon. Charles Winthrop * Arthur Ashley as Ralph Cornwell * Pinna Nesbit as Laura Le Moyle * Al Hart Al Hart (c. 1927 – January 14, 2016) was a radio broadcaster. He began his career at WOBT WOBT is a radio station in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. It airs a sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that a ... as Saul Potter * Charles W. Charles as Simeon Jagger * Lila Chester as Kathleen Lorraine References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souls Adrift
''Souls Adrift'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Ethel Clayton, Milton Sills and Frank DeVernon.Monaco p.175 Cast * Ethel Clayton as Elma Raybourne * Milton Sills as Micah Steele * Frank DeVernon as Ambrose Raybourne * John Davidson as Maberly Todd * Walter James Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1 ... as A Swede Sailor References Bibliography * Monaco, James. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Harley Knoles American black-and-white films World Film Company films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burglar (1917 Film)
''The Burglar'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Madge Evans and Evelyn Greeley.Langman p.86 Plot summary Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as William Lewis * Madge Evans Madge Evans (born Margherita Evans; July 1, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American stage and film actress.Obituary ''Variety'', April 29, 1981. She began her career as a child performer and model. Biography Child model and stage actress B ... as Editha * Evelyn Greeley as Alice Hamilton * Harry Lamont as Sid Burns * Richard Clarke as William's Father * Justine Cutting as William's Stepmother * Rosina Henley as Fanny Hamilton * Frank Mayo as Paul Benton * Victor Kennard as Ned Hamilton * Jack Drumier as John Hamilton * Henry Drehle as Rural Policeman References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * * * * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
