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It Is The Law
''It Is the Law'' is a 1924 American silent mystery film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Arthur Hohl, Herbert Heyes, and Mona Palma. It is a film adaptation of the 1922 Broadway play of the same name by Elmer Rice, itself based on a novel by Hayden Talbot. The film depicts the story of Ruth Allen (Palma), who marries Justin Victor (Heyes) over competing suitor Albert Woodruff (Hohl). Seeking revenge for this slight, Woodruff fakes his own death by killing a drifter who resembles him, and frames Victor for the murder. Woodruff attempts to renew his courtship of Allen by using an assumed identity, but she sees through his disguise. Once Victor is freed from prison, he kills Woodruff and goes free because a conviction would constitute double jeopardy. This was the final film for director Edwards, who died the following year, and was one of the last produced at Fox Film's New York studio. Contemporary reviews were generally positive. Like many of Fox's early works, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature printed likenesses of the main actors. Prior to the 1980s, illustrations instead of photos were far more common. The text on film posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tagline, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, and other pertinent details to inform prospective viewers about the film. Film posters are often displayed inside and on the outside of movie theaters, and elsewhere on the street or in shops. The same images appear in the film exhibitor's pressbook and may also be used on websites, DVD (and historically VHS) packaging, flyers, advertisements in newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look-alike
A look-alike, double, or doppelgänger is a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another person, excluding cases like twins and other instances of family resemblance. Some look-alikes have been notable individuals in their own right, such as Britain's King George V and Russia's Tsar Nicholas II, who bore a striking resemblance to each other (they were first cousins). Other notable look-alikes have been notable solely for resembling well-known individuals, such as Clifton James, who acted as a double for British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery during World War II. Some look-alikes who have resembled celebrities have worked as entertainers, impersonating them on stage and screen, or at venues like parties and corporate functions. Professional look-alikes have often been represented by talent agencies specializing in celebrity impersonators. Close physical resemblance between two or more individuals is also a common plot point in works of fiction. Notable look-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashback (narrative)
A flashback (sometimes called an analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory. In the opposite direction, a flashforward (or prolepsis) reveals events that will occur in the future. Both flashback and flashforward are used to cohere a story, develop a character, or add structure to the narrative. In literature, internal analepsis is a flashback to an earlier point in the narrative; external analepsis is a flashback to a time before the narrative started. In film, flashbacks depict the subjective experience of a character by showing a memory of a previous event and they are often used to "resolve an enigma". Flashbacks are important in film noir and melodrama films. In films and television, several camera techniques, editing approaches and special effects have evolved to alert the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatrical Adaptation
In a theatrical adaptation, material from another artistic medium, such as a novel or a film is re-written according to the needs and requirements of the theatre and turned into a play or musical. Elision and interpolation Directors must make artistic decisions about what to include and exclude from the source material. The original mediums have a significant influence on these decisions, for example, much must be elided in the adaptation from a novel to a stage production, due to practical time constraints. These decisions are always controversial and comparisons between the original and the adaptation are unavoidable. Novel adaptation ''The Phantom of the Opera'' was originally a novel by Gaston Leroux written as a serialisation from 1909 to 1910. It is the longest running show in Broadway history. There are numerous examples of novel adaptations in the field, including ''Cats'', which was based on ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' (1939) by T.S. Eliot and ''Les Miséra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatrical Agent
A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, broadcast journalists, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, screenwriters, writers, and other professionals in various entertainment or sports businesses. In addition, an agent defends, supports and promotes the interest of their clients. Talent agencies specialize, either by creating departments within the agency or developing entire agencies that primarily or wholly represent one specialty. For example, there are modeling agencies, commercial talent agencies, literary agencies, voice-over agencies, broadcast journalist agencies, sports agencies, music agencies and many more. Having an agent is not required, but does help the artist in getting jobs (concerts, tours, movie scripts, appearances, signings, sport teams, etc.). In many cases, casting directors or other businesses go to talent agencies to find the artists for whom they are looking. The agent is paid a percentage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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It or IT may refer to: * It (pronoun), in English * Information technology Arts and media Film and television * ''It'' (1927 film), a film starring Clara Bow * ''It! The Terror from Beyond Space'', a 1958 science fiction film * ''It!'' (1967 film), a film starring Roddy McDowell * ''It'' (1989 film), a Soviet comedy film directed by Sergei Ovcharov * ''It'' (miniseries), a 1990 television miniseries film based on Stephen King's novel * ''Incredible Tales'', simply known as ''I.T.'', a Singaporean horror anthology TV series * ''I.T.'' (film), a 2016 film starring Pierce Brosnan * ''It'' (2017 film), a film adaptation of Stephen King's novel **''It Chapter Two'' (2019), the direct sequel to the 2017 film * ''It'' (Phish video), a 2004 DVD set about the Phish festival Characters * It (character), the title character from Stephen King's novel ''It'' (also known as Pennywise) * It! The Living Colossus, a comic book character * IT, a character in the novel ''A Wrinkle in Time'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena D'Algy
Helena D'Algy (born Antónia Lozano Guedes Infante; 18 June 1906 – after 1991) was a Portuguese film actress. She appeared in 20 films, the majority in Hollywood during the silent era. Her career began to falter following the introduction of sound. D'Algy later starred in the Spanish-language box office hit ''Suburban Melody'' (1933), her last known film role.Finkielman p. 183 She was the sister of actor Tony D'Algy. She was last seen in a 1991 documentary. Selected filmography * '' Lend Me Your Husband'' (1924) * ''It Is the Law'' (1924) * ''A Sainted Devil'' (1924) * '' Pretty Ladies'' (1925) * '' Daddy's Gone A-Hunting'' (1925) * '' Confessions of a Queen'' (1925) * ''Siberia'' (1926) * ''Don Juan'' (1926) * '' The Cowboy and the Countess'' (1926) * '' The Exquisite Sinner'' (1926) * ''The Silver Treasure'' (1926) * '' A Race of Noblemen'' (1927) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * '' Between Night and Day'' (1932) * ''Suburban Melody ''Suburban Melody'' (Spanish: ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijou Fernandez
Bijou Fernandez (November 4, 1877 – November 7, 1961) was an American stage and silent film actress. Her theatrical career endured for seven decades, from the 1880s until the mid 20th century. She appeared in a few movies in the silent film era. Early life and career Bijou Fernandez was born in New York City on November 4, 1877. She was the daughter of Escamillo L. Fernandez and Emily L. Bradshaw, who was a noted theatrical agent. As a youth she was tutored in acting by her mother.''Fun For The Stage Children'', ''The New York Times'', December 28, 1885, pg. 5.''Bijou Fernandez, Stage Actress, 84, ''The New York Times'', November 8, 1961, pg. 35. Fernandez, at the age of thirteen, was described in a review as ''bright-eyed, slender, and fragile.'' Her voice and demeanour on stage were likened to ''an unaffected child.'' She was not exceedingly precocious as was Bijou Heron, who acted the role of ''Adrienne'' in ''Monsieur Alphonse'', as a juvenile player. She was a photograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Russell (actor)
Byron Russell (1884 – 1963) was an Irish character actor, best known for is performance as Quintal in the 1935 film ''Mutiny on the Bounty''. Biography Born in Ireland in 1884, Russell's first film appearance was in the 1920 American silent film ''The World and His Wife''. He appeared in eleven films prior to the outbreak of World War II, often playing authority figures. After the war, Russell turned his attention to television work, appearing in numerous roles, predominantly in televised plays, between 1949 and 1960. Russell also appeared on the Broadway stage from 1913 until 1959, notably in the 1929 revival of Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier ...'s ''Glencairn'' series of plays. Russell died in 1963 in New York City. Filmography References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Trento
Guido Trento (June 21, 1892 – July 31, 1957) was an Italian stage and film actor. Career Trento appeared in over seventy films during his career, mainly in Italy during the silent era. In 1922 he appeared in Fox's Italian-shot historical epic ''Nero'' (1922). He followed it up with later roles for Fox such as '' Street Angel'' (1928).Holston p.64 He emigrated to the United States, where he settled and died in 1957. His career largely tapered out following the arrival of sound. His final screen appearance was in RKO Radio Pictures's B movie ''Secrets of the French Police'' (1932). Following America's entry into World War II, he was interned in Fort Missoula Internment Camp but released in 1943. Selected filmography * ''La vittima'' (1914) * ''Amore e morte a Sorrento'' (1914) * ''Un testamento'' (1914) * ''Vette del Trentino'' (1915) * ''Guerra redentrice'' (1915) * ''Cento H.P.'' (1915) * ''Il canto dell'agonia'' (1916) * ''Il suicidio'' (1916) * ''Il nemico occulto'' (1916 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Sacia Mooers
De Sacia Mooers (November 19, 1888 – January 11, 1960) was a film actress, disputably from Los Angeles, California. She appeared in over one hundred movies in the silent film era. She was perhaps best known as the "Blonde Vamp" for her role in ''The Blonde Vampire'' in 1922. Her career ended with talking films. Early life Newspaper accounts of the era differ as to her birthplace. At the time, it was common for the various studios to exaggerate or fabricate an actor's biography to make them seem more exotic and interesting to the general public. One report contends that she was a Los Angeles native and a member of the California Saville family. This is borne out by the fact that she was billed as De Sacia Saville in the serial ''The Son of Tarzan'' (1920). The Savilles were among California's pioneer settlers. Another article says that Mooers was from New York. Yet another source has her birthplace as Michigan. A 1927 movie review described her ancestry as French-Dutch. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Hytten
Olaf Hytten (3 March 1888 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1955. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack, while sitting in his car in the parking lot at 20th Century Fox Studios. His remains are interred an unmarked crypt, located in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery. Filmography * ''Demos'' (1921) - Daniel Dabbs (film debut) * ''Money'' (1921) - Henry Graves * '' The Knave of Diamonds'' (1921) - Sir Giles Carfax * ''Sonia'' (1921) - Fatty Webster * ''The Knight Errant'' (1922) - Hernando Perez * ''Trapped by the Mormons'' (1922) - Elder Marz * '' The Wonderful Story'' (1922) - Jimmy Martin * ''The Crimson Circle'' (1922) * ''The Missioner'' (1922) - Stephen Hurd * '' His Wife's Husband'' (1922) - Fred Pearson * ''A Gamble with Hearts'' (1923) - Dallas Jr. * ''The Little Door Into the World'' (1923) - Mountebank * '' Out to Win'' (1923) - Cumberston * ''Chu-Chin-Cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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