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Irvin Willat
Irvin V. Willat (November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976) was an American film director of the silent film, silent film era. A short biography reprinted from ''Blue Book of the Screen'' (1923). He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early in his career Willat worked as a cinematographer on several films. His older brother Edwin Willat (1882–1950) was cinematographer on several silent films. Partial filmography * ''Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914 film), Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1914) *''The Guilty Man'' (1918) *''The Law of the North'' (1918) *''The False Faces'' (1919) *''Rustling a Bride'' (1919) *''A Daughter of the Wolf'' (1919) *''The Grim Game'' (1919) *''Behind the Door (film), Behind the Door'' (1919) *''Below the Surface (1920 film), Below the Surface'' (1920) *''Down Home (film), Down Home'' (1920) * ''Partners of the Tide (film), Partners of the Tide'' (1921) * ''Fifty Candles'' (1921) * ''The Face of the World'' (1921) *''The Siren Call'' (1922) *''On the High Seas'' (1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 census. It is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the New York City metropolitan area (specifically, the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area). As of 2019, Stamford is home to nine Fortune 500 companies and numerous divisions of large corporations. This gives it the largest financial district in the New York metropolitan region outside New York City and one of the nation's largest concentrations of corporations. Dominant sectors of Stamford's economy include financial services, tourism, information technology, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, and retail. Its metropolitan division is home to colleges and universities including UConn Stamford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty Candles
''Fifty Candles'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Bertram Grassby, Marjorie Daw and Ruth King.Munden p.236 Cast * Bertram Grassby as Hung Chin Chung * Marjorie Daw as Mary-Will Tellfair * Ruth King as Carlotta Drew * Wade Boteler as Mark Drew * William A. Carroll as Henry Drew * George Webb as Dr. Parker * Dorothy Sibley as Mah Li * Edmund Burns Edmund Burns (September 27, 1892 – April 2, 1980 ) was an American actor. He was best known for his films of the silent 1920s, particularly ''The Princess from Hoboken'' (1927), '' Made for Love'' (1926), and ''After the Fog'' (1929), althoug ... as Ralph Coolidge References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1921 films 1921 mystery films American silent feature films American mystery films Films directed by Irvin Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugged Water
''Rugged Water'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and written by James Shelley Hamilton and Joseph C. Lincoln. The film stars Lois Wilson, Wallace Beery, Warner Baxter, Phyllis Haver, Dot Farley, J. P. Lockney, James Mason, and Willard Cooley. The film was released on August 17, 1925, by Paramount Pictures. Plot A Cape Cod melodrama about the U.S. Life-Saving Service based on a novel by Joseph C. Lincoln. When the captain of the Setauket Life Saving Station retires, the second in command, Calvin Homer (Warner Baxter), expects to be promoted; but the appointment goes instead to Benoni Bartlett (Wallace Beery), a religious fanatic who has been named a hero as the only survivor of dangerous rescue that claimed the lives of his fellow crewmen at a neighboring station. Bartlett's daughter Norma ( Lois Wilson)) convinces Homer to stay in spite of her father's antagonistic ways. Soon a romance springs up between the two of them, even though Myra Fuller ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Air Mail
''The Air Mail'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Warner Baxter, Billie Dove, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Filmed in Death Valley National Park and the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, it was released in the United States on March 16, 1925. Plot Russ Kane (Warner Baxter) gets a job as a pilot in Reno, Nevada, in order to steal cargo. However, after training he becomes dedicated to his work. After making a forced landing, however, at a "Ghost City" in the desert, he falls in love with Alice Rendon (Billie Dove) and decides to become law-abiding. When her father ( George Irving) needs medicine, he flies to get it, but on the way back is chased by smugglers in other aircraft trafficking narcotics and illegal immigrants across the Mexican border. As a result, "Sandy", Kane's friend ( Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), parachutes from Kane's aircraft with the medicine. Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Of 36
''North of 36'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the novel, ''North of 36'', by Emerson Hough. The film was directed by Irvin Willat and stars Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt and Lois Wilson (actress), Lois Wilson. This film was preserved in the Library of Congress in the 1970s and has been restored by that archive with a new screening of the restored film in the summer of 2011 in upstate New York.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971 Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Sim Rudabaugh (Beery), ex-outlaw and Treasurer of Texas in the early days, plots to corner the script which represents the rich cattle lands. He particularly covets the last great ranch, owned by Taisie Lockhart (Wilson). Taisie has not the money to pay her riders, but they refuse to be discharged. There comes Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Without A Name
''The Story Without a Name'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Irvin Willat and based on a novel by Arthur Stringer, which was published in conjunction with the film. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures and stars Agnes Ayres. A contest run by ''Photoplay'' magazine asked viewers to select a title for the film for a prize of $5,000, with the alternative title ''Without Warning'' selected as the winning entry. A 1952 film noir with the title ''Without Warning!'' had a working title of ''The Story Without a Name'', but the plots of the two films are quite different. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Story Without a Name'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. References External links * * *Stringer, Arthur (1924), The Story Without a Name', New York: Grosset & Dunlap (with stills), on the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanderer Of The Wasteland (1924 Film)
''Wanderer of the Wasteland'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, and Billie Dove. It was the third feature film to be photographed entirely in Technicolor. Plot The film is based on Zane Grey's 1923 novel of two brothers, one an honest cowpoke, the other a gambler. When Adam Larey ( Jack Holt) confronts his younger brother Guerd (James Mason) about his gambling addiction, the latter is accidentally shot. A distraught Adam, believing he has killed his own brother, flees into the desert. He later learns that Guerd was merely wounded and returns to the loving arms of beautiful Ruth Virey (Billie Dove). Cast * Jack Holt as Adam Larey * Noah Beery as Dismukes * George Irving as Mr. Roderick Virey * Kathlyn Williams as Magdalene Virey * Billie Dove as Ruth Virey * Jim Mason as Guerd Larey (credited as James Mason) * Richard Neill as Collishaw (credited as Richard R. Neill) * James Gordon as Alex MacKay * William A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage Of The Desert (1924 Film)
''The Heritage of the Desert'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey. It stars Bebe Daniels, Ernest Torrence, and Noah Beery.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Heritage of the Desert'' at silentera.com The film was released by with sequences filmed in an early process. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jack Hare, an Eastern lad, reaches an outlaw set ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Miles Out
''Three Miles Out'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Madge Kennedy, Harrison Ford, and Marc McDermott. The title of the film refers to the three-mile limit which formerly defined the territorial waters of the United States. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Molly Townsend is on the eve of her marriage to Luis Riccardi, a steamship man who secretly is a bootlegger. She follows John Locke, the man she really loves, on a steamship bound for Rio. He is thrown overboard, leaving her at the mercy of a crew full of bad men. She is nearly their victim when she is rescued by John and her mother. When the police come aboard, the leader of the band reveals the true character of Riccardi, leaving Molly and John happy together. Cast Preservation A complete print of ''Three Miles Out'' is held by the Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fog Bound
''Fog Bound'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Jack Bechdolt and Paul Dickey. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, David Powell, Martha Mansfield, Maurice Costello, Jack Richardson, Ella Miller, and Willard Cooley. The film was released on May 27, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Dorothy Dalton as Gale Brenon * David Powell as Roger Wainright *Martha Mansfield as Mildred Van Buren *Maurice Costello as Deputy Brown * Jack Richardson as Sheriff Holmes *Ella Miller as Mammy *Willard Cooley as Deputy Kane *William David as Gordon Phillips *Warren Cook Warren Cook (May 23, 1878 – May 2, 1939) was an American film actor of the silent era. Cook was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1901, he appeared in ''The Shaughraun'' at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston. He was part of the stock co ... as Revenue Officer Brenon References External links * * 1923 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1923 dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Brothers Were Valiant (1923 Film)
''All the Brothers Were Valiant'' is a 1923 American silent sea adventure and romantic drama film starring Lon Chaney. The film was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures corporation and directed by Irvin Willat. The cast also features Malcolm McGregor, Billie Dove and Robert McKim. The screenplay was written by Julien Josephson, based on the eponymous novel by Ben Ames Williams. The film was also known as ''Cold Courage''. ''All the Brothers Were Valiant'' was remade by MGM as ''Across to Singapore'' in 1928 with Ernest Torrance playing Chaney's role, and in 1953 again as '' All the Brothers Were Valiant'' with Stewart Granger in the Chaney role. A still exists on the internet showing Chaney as Mark Shore, and another showing the mutiny scene. Chaney disliked his co-stars on this film, calling Malcolm McGregor a "dumb bell" and saying of Billie Dove "she's all beauty and no brains".Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 129. Portio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawned (film)
''Pawned'' is a 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by Irvin Willat, and starring Tom Moore, Edith Roberts, Charles K. Gerrard, Josef Swickard, Mabel Van Buren, and James O. Barrows. It is based on the 1921 novel of the same name by Frank L. Packard. The film was released by Selznick Distributing Corporation on November 13, 1922. Cast * Tom Moore as John Bruce *Edith Roberts as Claire Veniza * Charles K. Gerrard as Dr. Crang *Josef Swickard as Paul Veniza *Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Veniza *James O. Barrows as Old Hawkins *Eric Mayne as Gilbert Larmond *William Elmer as Joe Burke Preservation The film is now considered lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee .... Gallery Pawned lobby card 2.jpg, Lobby card (2/3) Pawned lobby card 3.jpg, Lobby card (3/3) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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