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Harry Lorraine (American Actor)
Harry Loraine (aka Lorraine) (September 14, 1873 – 1935) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1913 and 1930. Selected filmography * ''Who's Boss?'' (1914) * '' She Married for Love'' (1914) * '' Kidnapping the Kid'' (1914) * ''The Daddy of Them All'' (1914) * '' Weary Willie's Rags'' (1914) * ''They Looked Alike'' (1915) * '' Spaghetti a la Mode'' (1915) * '' Cupid's Target'' (1915) * '' Shoddy the Tailor'' (1915) * '' Who Stole the Doggies?'' (1915) * '' Cannibal King'' (1915) * '' Just Jim'' (1915) * ''It Happened in Pikesville'' (1916) * ''The Hawk's Trail'' (1919) * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1920) * ''The Lure of Egypt'' (1921) * ''A Certain Rich Man'' (1921) * ''The Hunch'' (1921) * ''The Man of the Forest'' (1921) * ''Garments of Truth'' (1921) * ''The Lavender Bath Lady'' (1922) * ''Don't Write Letters'' (1922) * ''Little Eva Ascends'' (1922) * ''Heart's Haven'' (1922) * ''Slave of Desire'' (1923) *''Siege'' (1925) * ''Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Mohicans (1920 American Film)
''The Last of the Mohicans'' is a 1920 American Western silent film written by Robert A. Dillon, adapted from James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel of the same name. Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur co-directed the film. (Brown took over the direction of the film after Tourneur injured himself in a fall.) It is a story of two English sisters meeting danger on the frontier of the American colonies, in and around the fort commanded by their father. The adventure film stars Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Lillian Hall, Alan Roscoe and Boris Karloff in one of his earliest silent film roles (playing an Indian brave). Barbara Bedford later married her co-star in the film, Alan Roscoe in real life. The production was shot near Big Bear Lake and in Yosemite Valley. The film was well received at the time of its release. Film historian William K. Everson considers ''The Last of the Mohicans'' to be a masterpiece. In 1995, this film was deemed "culturally significant" by the Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Certain Rich Man
''A Certain Rich Man'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Howard Hickman and starring Carl Gantvoort, Claire Adams and Robert McKim.Munden p.116 Cast * Carl Gantvoort as Bob Hendricks * Claire Adams as Molly Culpepper * Robert McKim as John Barclay * Jean Hersholt as Adrian Brownwell * Joseph J. Dowling as Col. Martin Culpepper * Lydia Knott as John Carclay's Mother * Frankie Lee as Young Neal Ward * Mary Jane Irving as Young Janet Barclay * Harry Lorraine as Gen. Hendricks * J. Gunnis Davis as Lige Bemis * Charles Colby as Watts McHurdie * Walter Perry as Jake Dolan * Fleming Pitts as Mose * Grace Pike as Col. Culpepper's Wife * Eugenia Gilbert as Janet Barclay * Gordon Dumont as Neal Ward * Edna Pennington Edna or EDNA may refer to: Places United States *Edna, California, a census-designated place *Edna Lake, Idaho * Edna, Iowa, an unincorporated town in Lyon County *Edna Township, Cass County, Iowa *Edna, Kansas, a city * Edna, Kentucky, an uni ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the United States Army. * February 11 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I, and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. * February 12 ** Emilio Castelar, the former foreign minister, becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic. ** The Coinage Act of 1873 in the United States is signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant; coming into effect on April 1, it ends bimetallism in the U.S., and places the country on the gold standard. * February 20 ** The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco. ** British naval officer John Moresby discovers the site of Port Moresby, and claims the land for Britain. * March 3 – Censorship: The United States Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vanishing West
''The Vanishing West'' is a 1928 American silent Western film serial directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Jack Perrin as Jack Marvin * Eileen Sedgwick as Betty Kincaid * Jack Dougherty as Jim Marvin (as Jack Daugherty) * Yakima Canutt as Steve Marvin * Leo D. Maloney as Jack Trent * William Fairbanks as Long Collins * Mickey Bennett as Wally Lee (as Little Mickey Bennett) * Helen Gibson as Mrs. Kincaid * Bob Burns as Robert Lee * Fred Church * Harry Lorraine See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ... References External links * 1928 films American silent serial films 1928 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Mascot Pictures film serials Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steppin' Out (1925 Film)
''Steppin' Out'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer from a screenplay by Bernard Vorhaus. The film stars Dorothy Revier, Ford Sterling, and Robert Agnew, and was released by Columbia Pictures on October 15, 1925. Cast list * Dorothy Revier as Daisy Moran * Ford Sterling as John Durant * Robert Agnew as Henry Brodman, Jr. *Cissy Fitzgerald as Mrs. John Durant * Ethel Wales as Mrs. Henry Brodman * Tom Ricketts Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of ''A Christm ... as Henry Brodman * Harry Lorraine as Sergeant References External links * * * Lobby cardat gettyimages.com Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Frank R. Strayer American silent feature films 1925 comedy films 1925 films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Of Spades (serial)
''The Ace of Spades'' is a 1925 American silent Western film serial directed by Henry MacRae. The serial is considered to be a lost film. Cast Chapter titles #The Fatal Card #No Greater Love #Whirling Waters #Fires of Sacrifice #Thundering Hoofs #Flung from the Sky #The Trail of Terror #The Lariat of Death #Fingers of Fate #The Road to Ruin #The Chasm of Peril #The Avalanche #The Fury of Fate #The Chasm of Courage #A Deal of Destiny See also * List of American films of 1925 * 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. Rea ... References External links * * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films 1925 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege (1925 Film)
''Siege'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Svend Gade and starring Virginia Valli, Eugene O'Brien, and Mary Alden Mary Maguire Alden (June 18, 1883 – July 2, 1946) was an American motion picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses to work in Hollywood. Life Alden was born in New York City on June 18, 1883. She performed on Br .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, a strong willed woman rules over her relatives and the town with an iron hand. She is the owner of a large industrial plant. No one has ever dared to oppose her until her son Kenyon appears with his wife Frederika. The wife is a modern young woman and just as dominant a personality, and she refuses to be cowed by her mother-in-law. A misunderstanding develops, but she is reconciled to her husband, and eventually she breaks the proud spirit of the older woman. Cast References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slave Of Desire
''Slave of Desire'' (originally titled ''The Magic Skin'') is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by George D. Baker, produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. It was based on the novel ''La Peau de chagrin'' by Honoré de Balzac, first published in 1831. The Balzac novel had previously been filmed in 1909 as ''The Wild Ass's Skin'', which was more faithful to the original novel. The picture stars George Walsh, Bessie Love, and Carmel Myers. A print of the film is preserved in the collection of Cinémathèque Française. Plot In Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ..., when failed poet Raphael, Marquis de Valentin (Walsh) meets the glamorous Countess Fedora (Myers), who promotes Raphael as a poet. He falls in love with her, but she rejects him. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart's Haven
''Heart's Haven'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Benjamin B. Hampton and starring Robert McKim, Claire Adams and Carl Gantvoort.Munden p.64 Cast * Robert McKim as Adam Breed * Claire Adams as Vivian Breed * Carl Gantvoort as Joe Laird * Claire McDowell as May Caroline * Betty Brice as Gladys Laird * Frankie Lee as Bobbie Laird * Mary Jane Irving as Ella Laird * Harry Lorraine as Dr. Burchard * Jean Hersholt as Henry Bird * Frank Hayes as Pynch * Aggie Herring Agnes Herring (February 4, 1876 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1939. She was born in San Francisco and died in Santa Monica, California. [Baidu] |
Little Eva Ascends
''Little Eva Ascends'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by George D. Baker and starring Gareth Hughes, Elinor Field and May Collins.Munden p.440 Cast * Gareth Hughes as Roy St. George * Elinor Field as Mattie Moore * May Collins as Priscilla Price * Eunice Murdock Moore as Blanche St. George * Ben Hagerty as John St. George * Edward Martindel as Mr. Wilson * Harry Lorraine as Junius Brutus * Mark Fenton as Mr. Moore * John T. Prince as Mr. Price * Fred Warren Frederick Windsor Warren (23 December 1907 – 1986) was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international. Club career Warren began his career at his home town club Cardiff City, spending time as understudy to George McLachlan before ... as Montgomery Murphy * William H. Brown as Richard Bansfield 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 Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Write Letters
''Don't Write Letters'' is a 1922 American silent comedy-drama film directed by George D. Baker and starring Gareth Hughes, Bartine Burkett, and Herbert Heyes.Berman p. 150 Plot As described in a film magazine, the film begins with a well-drawn cartoon of an early man carving his love letters on stone and the effect of getting slapped on the head with one, and of a medieval scene where Romeo brings the wrath of Juliet's father when he writes love letters to her and slips them over the balcony. Robert "Babby" Jenks (Hughes) is a department store clerk who pictures himself a hero in love with a beautiful girl. When he enlists to fight in World War I he is handicapped by his small size and consigned to the mess tent. He orders a blouse from the supply room and, as a joke by his friends, is given one a size 44 instead of his size 34. While kicking about in disgust, he finds a letter in its pocket written by a young woman in the shirt factory who asks the "big guy" who gets it to wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lavender Bath Lady
''The Lavender Bath Lady'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by King Baggot and written by George Randolph Chester and Doris Schroeder. The film stars Gladys Walton, Charlotte Pierce, Edmund Burns, Tom Ricketts, Lydia Yeamans Titus, and Mary Winston. The film was released on November 13, 1922, by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast * Gladys Walton as Mamie Conroy * Charlotte Pierce as Jeanette Gregory *Edmund Burns as David Bruce *Tom Ricketts as Simon Gregory *Lydia Yeamans Titus as Maggie *Mary Winston as Susanne *Albert MacQuarrie as Dorgan * Harry Lorraine as Drake *Earl Crain as Hallet Preservation As no copies of ''The Lavender Bath Lady'' are listed by any film archive, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
