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Helen Jerome Eddy
Helen Jerome Eddy (February 25, 1897 – January 27, 1990) was a motion picture actress from New York City. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' (1917). Early years Eddy was born in New York City on February 25, 1897, and was raised in Los Angeles, California. As a youth, she acted in productions put on by the Pasadena Playhouse. She became interested in films through the studio of Siegmund Lubin, which was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In her youth they opened a backlot in her Los Angeles neighborhood. Career Lubin's studio rejected a scenario that Eddy wrote at age 17, "but decided to capitalize on her face", using her in vamp roles in "lurid melodramas". Eddy's first movie was ''The Discontented Man'' (1915). Soon after, she left Lubin and joined Paramount Pictures. At this time she began to play the roles for which she is best remembered. Other films in which the actress participated includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan, New York City
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of counties in New York, original counties of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, Media in New York City, media, and show business, entertainment capital of the world, is considered a saf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quality Street (1927 Film)
''Quality Street'' is a 1927 American silent romance film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel and Helen Jerome Eddy. Produced by Cosmopolitan Productions for release through MGM, it was based on the 1901 play of the same name by James M. Barrie. Prints of this film are preserved at the Library of Congress and in the Turner Archive. In 2002, the film was released on DVD by the Milestone Films and Video company releasing through Image Entertainment. There was also a sound film version made in 1937, starring Katharine Hepburn. Cast *Marion Davies as Phoebe Throssel *Conrad Nagel as Dr. Valentine Brown *Helen Jerome Eddy as Susan Throssel *Flora Finch as Mary Willoughby *Margaret Seddon as Nancy Willoughby *Marcelle Corday as Henrietta Turnbull * Kate Price as Patty Production In her 26th film, Marion Davies starred in this romantic drama as a young woman about to be married when the man (Conrad Nagel) suddenly goes off to war. Set during the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Father's Son
''Her Father's Son'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Anna Fielder Brand and L. V. Jefferson. The film stars Vivian Martin, Gayne Whitman, Herbert Standing, Helen Jerome Eddy, Joe Massey, and Jack Lawton. The film was released on October 12, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot When Frances Fletcher (Martin), a Southern young woman, moves in with her uncle William (Standing) just before the start of the Civil War, she dresses as a young man in order to secure her inheritance. Problems arise after the war breaks out and her uncle takes in Lt. Richard Harkness (Whitman) as his guest and the Union officer expresses a fondness in the cross-dressed Frances. Cast *Vivian Martin as Frances Fletcher *Gayne Whitman as Lt. Richard Harkness *Herbert Standing as William Fletcher *Helen Jerome Eddy as Betty Fletcher *Joe Massey as John Fletcher *Jack Lawton as Willard Gordon *Lucille Ward as Mammy Chloe *Tom Bates as Mose Preservati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale (film)
''Pasquale'' is a 1916 American comedy silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by George Beban and Lawrence McCloskey. The film stars George Beban, Helen Jerome Eddy, Page Peters, Jack Nelson, Myrtle Stedman and Nigel De Brulier. The film was released on May 21, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *George Beban as Grocer *Helen Jerome Eddy as Margarita *Page Peters as Bob Fulton * Jack Nelson as Charlie Larkin *Myrtle Stedman as Banker's wife *Nigel De Brulier as Banker Preservation status *This film is preserved in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ... collections.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.137 c.1978 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Code Of Marcia Gray
''The Code of Marcia Gray'' is a 1916 silent romantic crime drama produced by Oliver Morosco, distributed through Paramount Pictures and directed by Frank Lloyd. Cast *Constance Collier as Marcia Gray *Harry De Vere as Harry Gray *Forrest Stanley as lawyer *Frank A. Bonn as James Romaine *Howard Davies as Ed Crane *Helen Jerome Eddy as Crane's Daughter *Herbert Standing as Banker Agnew Production background The film is based on a true story concerning the collapse of the Knickerbocker Bank in New York. The film starred Constance Collier in her second film role. Collier made this film during her trip to the United States with Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Preservation status The film survives in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is .... References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tongues Of Men
''The Tongues of Men'' is a 1916 silent film drama produced by the Oliver Morosco Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Frank Lloyd directed and English stage actress Constance Collier stars in her debut film. The story is based on a 1913 Broadway play, ''The Tongues of Men'', by Edward Childs Carpenter and starring Henrietta Crosman. Status The Library of Congress Silent Film Survival database shows no holdings for the film, however their 1978 printed Catalog of Holdings lists the film as being preserved in the collection in an incomplete print. Cast *Constance Collier - Jane Bartlett *Forrest Stanley - Rev. Sturgis *Herbert Standing - Rev. Dr. Darigal *Betty Burbridge - Georgine (*Elizabeth Burbridge) *Helen Jerome Eddy - Winifred Leeds *Lamar Johnstone - Dr. Lyn Fanshawe (*as Lamar Johnson) *Lydia Yeamans Titus - Mrs. Kearsley *Helen Marlborough - Mme. Sternberg-Reese (*as Miss Marlborough) *Charles Marriott Charles Stowell "Father" Marriott (14 September 1895 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame La Presidente
''Madame la Presidente'' is a surviving 1916 silent film comedy produced by Oliver Morosco and directed by Frank Lloyd. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and stars Broadway legend and musical comedy star Anna Held in what would be her final and only feature-length film. The film is based on a play, ''Madame Presidente'', that starred Fannie Ward on Broadway. Cast *Anna Held - Mademoiselle Goberte *Forrest Stanley - Cyprian Gaudette *Herbert Standing - Augustin Galipaux *Page Peters - Octave Rosimond *Lydia Yeamans Titus - Madame Galipaux *Helen Jerome Eddy - Denise Galipaux *Howard Davies - Marius *Dick La Strange - Lerous (Richard L'Estrange) *Robert Newcomb - De Berton *Frank Bonn - Pinglet (Frank A. Bonn) *Liane Held Carrera - Nightclub Patron Preservation A copy of the film is preserved at UCLA Film and Television archive. See also *''Mademoiselle Gobete ''Mademoiselle Gobete'' ( it, La Presidentessa) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gentleman From Indiana
''The Gentleman from Indiana'' is a surviving 1915 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Frank Lloyd after the novel by Booth Tarkington. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Herbert Standing, Page Peters, Howard Davies, and Juan de la Cruz. The film was released on November 28, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Plot The film was advertised as a "a powerful drama of politics and romance". Cast *Dustin Farnum as John Harkless *Winifred Kingston as Helen Sherwood *Herbert Standing as Joe Fisbee *Page Peters as Lige Willets * Howard Davies as Rodney McCune *Juan de la Cruz as Tom Meredith *Joe Ray as Skillett *Elsie Cort as Skillett's Girl * C. Norman Hammond as Judge Briscoe *Helen Jerome Eddy Preservation status A print of ''The Gentleman from Indiana'' is preserved in the Library of Congress collection, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation The National Audiovisual Conservation Center, also known as the Pack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turn In The Road
The Turn in the Road is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor. His first feature film, the production was financed by the Brentwood Film Corporation and the title and the scenario based on a Christian Science religious tract. No print of this film is known to exist, which suggests that it is a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Paul Perry (Hughes), the son of wealthy iron manufacturer Hamilton Perry (Nichols), openly loves the younger daughter of Reverend Matthew Barker (Hall), while the older daughter, who is more practical, secretly loves him. The young couple get married, and a child is born a year later but the mother dies. Almost insane with grief, the husband reproaches the clergyman for having preached a doctrine of a God who inflicts His children with sorrow. Unable to reconcile himself with his sorrow, he leaves for the slums of Chicago and searches for the truth in connection with the purpose of God. Meanwhile, his son Bob (Alexander) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (1947 Film)
''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the 1939 short story of the same name by James Thurber. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming proofreader (later associate editor) for a magazine publishing firm and Virginia Mayo as the girl of his dreams. The film was adapted for the screen by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, and Philip Rapp (uncredited), and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Plot Walter Mitty (Kaye) is an "inconsequential guy from Perth Amboy, New Jersey". He is henpecked and harassed by everyone in his life including his bossy mother, his overbearing, idea-stealing boss Bruce Pierce, his dimwitted fiancée Gertrude Griswold, Gertrude's obnoxious would-be suitor Tubby Wadsworth, Gertrude's poodle Queenie and her loud-mouthed mother, Mrs. Griswold. Walter's escape from their incessant needling is to imagine all sorts of exciting and impossible lives for himself, fueled by the pulp magazines he reads every day as an edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Demand Excitement
''Girls Demand Excitement'' is a 1931 film starring Virginia Cherrill, John Wayne, and Marguerite Churchill. Wayne and Churchill had starred in the widescreen Western epic ''The Big Trail'' the previous year. The movie was written by Harlan Thompson and directed by Seymour Felix. Wayne stated this film was the worst movie he ever appeared in. A 35mm nitrate work print of this film is stored in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot Peter Brooks is a hard-working but struggling college boy who resents girls being allowed to attend college. A wealthy young spoiled socialite named Joan Madison changes his mind when she uses her feminine wiles to entrap him. Later in the film, Brooks's men's basketball team goes up against the college's all-girl team. Cast * Virginia Cherrill as Joan Madison * John Wayne as Peter Brooks * Marguerite Churchill as Miriam * Marion Byron as Margery * Ray Cooke as Jimmie * Helen Jerome Eddy as Gazella Perkins * Winter Hall as The Dean * George Irv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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