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Herbert Blaché
Herbert Blaché (5 October 1882 – 23 October 1953), born Herbert Reginald Gaston Blaché-Bolton was a British-born American film director, producer and screenwriter, born of a French father. He directed more than 50 films between 1912 and 1929. Biography Blaché was born in London, England. His father was a French hatmaker originally from Mont-de-Marsan, while his mother was an English actress, Elizabeth Bolton. In 1907 he married filmmaking pioneer Alice Guy, head of production with the French Gaumont Film Company. Their marriage meant that Alice had to resign from her position working with Gaumont. Looking for new beginnings, the couple immigrated to New York where Herbert was soon appointed the production manager for Gaumont's operations in the United States.McMahan, Alison J, http://www.aliceguyblache.com The two struck out on their own in 1910, partnering with George A. Magie in the formation of The Solax Company, the largest pre-Hollywood studio in America. With pro ...
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Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Hulu, Universal Music Group, Lionsgate Films, and The Recording Academy. Santa Monica traces its history to Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, granted in 1839 to the Sepúlveda family of California. The rancho was later sold to John Percival Jones, John P. Jones and Robert Symington Baker, Robert Baker, who in 1875, along with his Californio heiress wife Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, founded Santa Monica, which incorporated as a city in 1886. The city developed into a seaside resort during the late 19th and early 20th cen ...
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The Fortune Hunters (film)
''The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met'' is 1689 comedy play by James Carlile. It was originally staged by the United Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. The original Drury Lane cast included Anthony Leigh as Sir William Wealthy, Edward Kynaston as Tom Wealthy, William Mountfort as Young Wealthy, James Nokes as Spruce, John Bowman as Littlegad, Elinor Leigh as The Lady Sly, Charlotte Butler as Sophia, Susanna Mountfort as Maria and Frances Maria Knight as Mrs Spruce.Van Lennep p.370 The work remained popular into the eighteenth century. It was revived at the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket in 1707 with a cast featuring William Bullock, John Mills, Robert Wilks, George Pack, Henry Norris, Lucretia Bradshaw, Margaret Bicknell and Anne Oldfield. This led to further stagings at the Haymarket in 1708 and 1709, followed by Drury Lane in 1711 and Lincoln's Inn Fields Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London. It was laid out in th ...
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A Woman's Fight
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ...
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The Shooting Of Dan McGrew (1915 Film)
''The Shooting of Dan McGrew'' is a 1915 silent American drama film directed by Herbert Blaché, based on the 1907 poem of the same name. It was produced by Solax Studios when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, at the beginning of the 20th century. The setting of the original poem was a Yukon saloon during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Plot Cast * Edmund Breese as Jim Maxwell * William A. Morse as Dan McGrew * Kathryn Adams as Lou Maxwell * Ordean Stark as Nell Maxwell (child) (as Audrine Stark) * Evelyn Brent Evelyn Brent (born Mary Elizabeth Riggs; October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress. Early life Brent was born in Tampa, Florida, and known as Betty. When she was age 10, her mother Eleanor (née. Warner) died, ... as Nell (adult) (as Betty Riggs) * Wallace Stopp as Nell's Husband References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting ...
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The Shadows Of A Great City (film)
The Shadows of a Great City may refer to: * The Shadows of a Great City (play), ''The Shadows of a Great City'' (play), an 1884 play by Herbert Blaché and Aaron Hoffman * ''Shadows of a Great City'', a 1913 British film adaptation * The Shadows of a Great City (film), ''The Shadows of a Great City'' (film), a 1915 American film adaptation {{Disambig ...
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My Madonna
''My Madonna'' is a lost film, lost 1915 American silent drama film directed by Alice Guy and starring Olga Petrova. Cast *Olga Petrova - Lucille *Guy Coombs - Robert *Evelyn Dumo - The Baroness *Albert Howson - The Baron *James O'Neill (actor, born 1863), James O'Neill - The Art Merchant *Albert Derbil *Yahne Fleury - References External links *Lobby poster
1915 films Lost American films Films directed by Alice Guy-Blaché 1915 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films based on works by Robert W. Service Films based on poems American silent feature films Metro Pictures films 1915 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ...
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The Vampire (1915 Film)
''The Vampire'' is a surviving 1915 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Alice Guy and starring Olga Petrova. It was distributed through Metro Pictures. This is one of Petrova and Guy's few surviving silent films. Cast *Olga Petrova as Jeanne Lefarge *Vernon Steele as Robert Sterling *William A. Morse as John Glenning *Wallace Scott as Louis Katz *Lawrence Grattan as Richard Sterling *Albert Howson as Francis Murray *Mary G. Martin Preservation status The film is preserved in the collection Library of Congress. References External links * * Olga Petrova in ''The Vampire''
at kinotv.com 1915 films American silent feature films Films directed by Alice Guy-Blaché American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ...
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Her Own Way
''Her Own Way'' is a lost 1915 silent film drama directed by Herbert Blaché and starring Florence Reed. It is based on a 1903 Broadway play by Clyde Fitch that was a starring vehicle for Maxine Elliott. Cast *Florence Reed - Georgiana Carley *Blanche Davenport - Mr. Carley *Clarissa Selwynne - Mrs. Steven Carley *Robert Barrat - Lt. Richard Coleman *Fraunie Fraunholz Fraunie Fraunholz (1876–1938) was a Canadian film actor active during the silent era. He starred in a number of films directed by the pioneer Alice Guy.McMahan p.335 Selected filmography * '' Matrimony's Speed Limit'' (1913) * '' The Pit and t ... - Steven Carley *William A. Morse - Sam *John Karney - Moles * James O'Neill - Grand Duke Vladimir References External links * * 1915 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films directed by Herbert Blaché American films based on plays 1915 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films Metro Pictures films 1 ...
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Barbara Frietchie (1915 Film)
''Barbara Frietchie'' is a 1915 in film, 1915 silent film, silent drama film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring Mary Miles Minter. It is based upon the 1899 play ''Barbara Frietchie'' by Clyde Fitch, which was in turn inspired by the John Greenleaf Whittier poem of the same name. As with many of Minter's movies, the film is thought to be a lost film. Plot The film is set in Frederick, Maryland, during the American Civil War. As described in film magazines, young Barbara Frietchie (Minter), just turned eighteen, lives with her grandmother and namesake (Whiffen) in a town occupied by Northern troops. She falls for Captain Trumbull (Coombs), a Union officer, to the disappointment of her father (Sealy), but her grandmother supports the match. When the Confederate forces re-take the town, Captain Trumbull is shot and severely wounded by Barbara's brother (Scott), a Confederate officer. Although he is carried to the Frietchie home and cared for by Barbara and her grandmother, Cap ...
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The Temptations Of Satan
''The Temptations of Satan'' is a 1914 American silent film, silent film directed by Herbert Blache and starring Joseph Levering, Vinnie Burns and James O'Neill (actor, born 1863), James O'Neill. The film is considered to be lost film, lost. Plot Satan (James O'Neill (actor, born 1863), James O'Neill) decides to ruin the innocence of ambitious Everygirl (Vinnie Burns), who has a beautiful voice and wishes to pursue a career singing in opera. He thus assumes human form and follows her in order to make sure that she accepts his terms. Cast * Joseph Levering as Everyboy * Vinnie Burns as Everygirl * James O'Neill (actor, born 1863), James O'Neill as Satan * Fraunie Fraunholz as Justice * Morton as Avarice References External links * The Temptations of Satan at Lostfilm.com
1914 films American silent feature films Films directed by Herbert Blaché American black-and-white films American silent short films Lost American films The Devil in film 1910s American films Silent horror ...
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The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (1914 Film)
''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' is the final novel by the English author Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who lusts after his pupil, Rosa Bud. Miss Bud, Edwin Drood's fiancée, has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless. Landless and Edwin Drood take an instant dislike to each other. Later Drood disappears under mysterious circumstances. The story is set in Cloisterham, a lightly disguised Rochester, Kent, Rochester. Upon the death of Dickens on 9 June 1870, the novel was left unfinished work, unfinished in his writing desk, only six of a planned twelve instalments having been written. He left no detailed plan for the remaining instalments or solution to the novel's mystery, and many later adaptations and continuator, continuations by other writers have attempted to complete the st ...
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The Million Dollar Robbery
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ...
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