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Harry Semels
Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Career Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictures, appearing in several Three Stooges shorts including ''Disorder in the Court'', ''Wee Wee Monsieur'' and ''Three Little Sew and Sews''. He also appeared in feature films like ''Road to Morocco'', ''The Princess and the Pirate'' and ''The Kid from Brooklyn''. A versatile character actor, Semels often appeared as villains, waiters, soldiers, lawyers, et al. Personal life Semels was Jewish and had two children, Ruth and David, who was killed in action during World War II. Death Semels died of a heart attack on March 2, 1946, in Hollywood, California. He was 58 years old. Selected filmography *'' Here Comes the Bride'' (1919) *''A Fallen Idol'' (1919) *'' Bound and Gagged'' (1919) *''The Black Secret'' (1919) *'' Pirate Gold'' (1920) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared over the act's run (with only three active at any given time): Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz) and Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg) were mainstays throughout the ensemble's nearly 50-year run and the pivotal "third stooge" was played by (in order of appearance) Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz), Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz), Shemp Howard again, Joe Besser, and "Curly Joe" DeRita. The act began in the early 1920s as part of a vaudeville comedy act billed as "Ted Healy and His Stooges", consisting originally of Ted Healy and Moe Howard. Over time, they were joined by Moe's brother, Shemp Howard, and then Larry Fine. The four appeared in one feature film, '' Soup to Nuts'', before Shemp left to pursue a solo career. He was replace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bound And Gagged (serial)
''Bound and Gagged'' is a 1919 American silent film serial produced by George B. Seitz Productions and distributed by Pathé. It was a spoof of the clichéd melodramatic serials of the era. It was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century. Four episodes survive in the Library of Congress film archive. Cast *Marguerite Courtot as Princess Istra *George B. Seitz as Archibald A. Barlow *Nellie Burt as Margaret Hunter *Harry Semels as Don Esteban Carnero *Frank Redman Frank Redman (August 1901 – March 1966) was an American cinematographer (director of photography) from the end of the silent era through the 1960s. During his almost 40-year career, he shot over 60 feature films, as well as several film shorts ... as Roger Kipley *John Reinhardt as Oscar Ben Glade *Tom Goodwin as Willard Hunter *Joe Cuny as Barcelona Ben *Harry Stone *Bert Starkey Chapter Titles # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moran Of The Mounted
''Moran of the Mounted'' is a 1926 American silent western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Sheldon Lewis and Virginia Warwick.Connelly p.388 A northern, it was distributed by the independent Rayart Pictures, the forerunner of Monogram Pictures. Synopsis Moran, a Mountie, is accused of killing the father of the woman he loves. He is given one week to track down the real culprit. Cast * Reed Howes as Moran * Sheldon Lewis as Lamont * J.P. McGowan as Sgt. Churchill * Bruce Gordon as Carlson * Virginia Warwick as Fleurette * Billy Franey as 'Mooch' Mullens * Harry Semels as Dubuc * Chief Yowlachie Chief Yowlachie (August 15, 1890 – March 7, 1966), also known as Daniel Simmons; was a Native American actor from the Yakama tribe in the U.S. state of Washington, known for playing supporting roles and bit parts in numerous films. He is pe ... as Biting Wolf References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Ball (serial)
''Play Ball'' is a 1925 American drama film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Walter Miller and Allene Ray. The film is now considered to be lost. Another 1925 film, a comedy short starring Chester Conklin and Milburn Morante, also used the title ''Play Ball''. Cast * Walter Miller as Jack Rollins * Allene Ray as Doris Sutton * Harry Semels as Count Segundo * J. Barney Sherry as Thomas W. Sutton * Mary Milnor as Maybelle Pratt * Wally Oettel as Rutger Farnsworth * Franklyn Hanna as Senator Hornell * John McGraw as self * New York Giants baseball team Chapter titles #"To the Rescue" #"The Flaming Float" #"Betrayed" #"The Decoy Wire" #"Face to Face" #"The Showdown" #"A Mission of Hate" #"Double Peril" #"Into Segundo’s Hands" #"A Home Plate Wedding" See also * 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. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of A Siren
''Heart of a Siren'' (also titled ''Heart of a Temptress'') is a 1925 silent romantic drama film directed by Phil Rosen and distributed by First National Pictures. Barbara La Marr starred in one of her last movies. It was based on the Broadway play ''Hail and Farewell''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Isabella is a European siren who plays with men for her amusement. She is scorned by Gerald Rexford, an Englishman, and in revenge she brings him to her feet, but looses her heart to him. They live together until his mother persuades her that she is ruining Gerald's life. She makes him believe that she has given herself to a former admirer and he leaves her. Gerald learns of her sacrifice and returns to her, arriving just after she has supposedly drunk poison. Her watchful attendant, however, had emptied the bottle of poison and replaced it with a harmless liquid. The film ends on the promise of Isabella to marry Gerald. Cast Preservation Prints of ''The Heart of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Net
''Into the Net'' is a 1924 American film serial directed by George B. Seitz. Cast * Edna Murphy as Natalie Van Cleef * Jack Mulhall as Bob Clayton * Constance Bennett as Madge Clayton * Bradley Barker as Bert Moore * Frank Lackteen as Dr. Vining * Frances Landau as Mrs. Fawcette * Harry Semels as Ivan Invanovitch * Tom Goodwin as Inspector Cabot * Paul Porter as The Emperor * Tom Blake 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 *''Into the Net'' at SilentEra 1924 films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange film serials Films directed by George B. Seitz 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plunder (serial)
''Plunder'' is a 1923 American drama film serial directed by George B. Seitz. During the production of this serial, on August 10, 1922, John Stevenson, a stuntman for Pearl White, was killed doing a stunt from a moving bus to an elevated platform. The film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and a trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 143 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Pearl White as Pearl Travers * Warren William as Mr. Jones (credited as Warren Krech) * Harry Semels as Jud Deering * Tom McIntyre * William Nally * Wally Oettel * Edward J. Pool * Charles 'Patch' Revada Chapter titles # The Bandaged Man # Held By the Enemy # The Hidden Thing # Ruin # To Beat a Knave # Heights of Hazard # Mocked from the Grave # The Human Target # Game Clear Through # Against Time # Spunk # Under the Floor # Swamp of Lost Souls # The M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed (serial)
''Speed'' is a 1922 American action film serial directed by George B. Seitz. The story is a typically convoluted serial plot. Speed Stansbury is heir to a large fortune. A master criminal hires someone to frame Speed for murder and bank robbery. As Speed pursues the man who can prove his innocence to South America, he himself is followed by Lucy, the woman he loves. Cast * Charles Hutchison as Speed Stansbury * Lucy Fox as Lucy Durant * John Webb Dillion as Edwin Stansbury * Harry Semels as Jim Sprague * Cecile Bonnel as Vera Harper * Winifred Verina as Mrs. Sprague * Joe Cuny as Hagerty * Tom Goodwin as J.J. Stansbury * Charles 'Patch' Revada as Pious Pedro * R. Henry Grey Chapter titles 1. The Getaway 2.Nerve 3.Pious Pedro 4. The Quagmire 5.Fighting Mad 6.Panic 7.Jaws of Danger 8.Caught 9.Hit or Miss 10.Buried Alive 11.Into the Crusher 12.Trimmed 13.Risky Business 14. The Peril Rider 15.Found Guilty See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Hutch
''Hurricane Hutch'' is a 1921 American adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. The film is considered to be lost. The story concerns the search for a lost formula for making paper from seaweed that will save a mortgaged papermill. Cast * Charles Hutchison as Larry 'Hutch' Hutchdale * Lucy Fox as Nancy Kellogg * Warner Oland as Clifton Marlow * Diana Deer as Belle Brinkley * Ann Hastings as Ann Haviland * Harry Semels as Jim Tiegerley * Frank Redman as John Brinkley * Tom Goodwin as Silas Haviland (as Tomas G. Goodwin) * Charles 'Patch' Revada as Bill Hogan (as Charles Revada) * Joe Cuny as Wilson Winslow Chapter titles # The Secret Cipher # The Cycle Bullet # The Millionth Chance # Smashing Through # One Against Many # At the Risk of his Neck # On a Dangerous Coast # Double Crossed # Overboard # The Show Down # Hare and Hounds # Red Courage # Neck and Neck # The Secret of the Flame # The Last Duel See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sky Ranger (1921 Film)
''The Sky Ranger'' (aka ''The Man Who Stole the Moon'') is a 1921 American 15-episode/chapter silent film, silent film serial. Directed by George B. Seitz who also starred with June Caprice, the film serial was an adventure film with locales as exotic as Tibet. The plot staple of an inventor of aviation technology having to contend with conspirators who wish to steal the invention, often appeared in aviation films. ''The Sky Ranger'' is considered to be lost film, lost."Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Sky Ranger'." ''silentera.com'', 2019. Retrieved: July 26, 2019. Plot George Rockwell (George B. Seitz) is young and adventurous. He meets June (June Caprice), a beautiful young girl on the road and decides she will be his wife. But Professor Elliott (Frank Redman), Ju ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet Fingers
''Velvet Fingers'' is a 1920 American adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. Although the film is listed as lost by some sources, a copy is available in the archives of the Cinémathèque Française. Cast * George B. Seitz as Velvet Fingers * Marguerite Courtot as Lorna George * Harry Semels as Professor Robin * Lucille Lennox as Clara * Frank Redman as Pinky * Thomas Carr as Mickey (credited as Tommy Carr) * Joe Cuny as Needless Smith * Al Franklin Thomas * Edward Elkas Chapter titles #To Catch a Thief #The Face Behind the Curtain #The Hand from Behind the Door #The Man in the Blue Spectacles #The Deserted Pavilion #Unmasked #The House of a Thousand Veils #Aiming Straight #The Broken Necklace #Shots in the Dark #The Other Woman #Into Ambush #The Hidden Room #The Trap #Out of the Web 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Foe
''The Phantom Foe'' is a 1920 American fifteen-chapter adventure film serial directed by Bertram Millhauser and starring Warner Oland. A partial print of 14 episodes is in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection while the 15th episode is stored in the Library of Congress. The plot involves a villainous mesmerist played by Harry Semels. Plot A film magazine described what happens in the first two episodes. Episode 1, Doom: Fear of an unknown menace grips Janet Dale (Hansen) as she hears the measured tread of a giant's feet. Bob Royal (Bailey), her fiance, asks who it is she fears. She explains that her father Jeremiah Dale (Goodwin) had been the unwitting cause of the death of the wife and brother of her uncle Leo Selkirk (Oland) years before by bringing about a massacre for unjustly punishing three Indians. Selkirk had sworn vengeance upon Jeremiah Dale, but years had passed and he had seemingly forgotten his oath. She had barely finished speaking when a lighting fixtu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
