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Ida Waterman
Ida Waterman (born Ida Shaw; March 10, 1852 – May 22, 1941) was a stage and screen actress. Waterman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She appeared some thirty or more Broadway productions between the late 1880s and early 1920s. She played Elise Claremont in the 1889 farce-comedy '' Our Flat'' and the following year Mrs. Kirke in '' Men and Women'' opposite Maude Adams. In 1899 she was Mrs. Crawley in ''Becky Sharp'' (later made into 1934 film ''Becky Sharp)'' and in 1922 closed out her Broadway career playing Mrs. French in ''Lawful Larceny''. Waterman was popular in numerous silent films in the teens and twenties as a supporting elderly actress much like Kate Lester. After decades of being a Victorian and Edwardian stage actress, Waterman moved into silent films in the 1910s.Who Was Who On Screen 3rd edition page 749; by Evelyn Mack Truitt c. 1983 She died in 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Selected filmography *''The Eagle's Mate'' (1914) *''Behind the Scenes'' (1914) *''Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Hiram and Amelia Ferguson. Her father was a successful attorney. Raised and educated in Manhattan, she became interested in the theater at a young age and made her stage debut at 17 as a chorus girl in a musical comedy. For almost two years, from 1903 to 1905, she was a cast member in ''The Girl from Kays''. In 1908, she was leading lady to Edgar Selwyn in ''Pierre of the Plains''. By 1909, after several years apprenticeship under several producers, including Charles Frohman, Klaw & Erlanger, Charles Dillingham and Henry B. Harris, she was a major Broadway star, starring in ''Such a Little Queen''. In 1910, she spent time on the stage in London. Actresses Evelyn Nesbit and Ethel Barrymore were friends of hers. During World War I, a number of Broadway stars organized a campaign to sell Liberty Bonds from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are You A Mason? (1915 Film)
''Are You a Mason?'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film produced by Adolph Zukor (Famous Players Film Company) and Charles Frohman, and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Directed by Thomas N. Heffron, it starred John Barrymore as a young husband who pretends to join the Masons as an excuse to get out of the house. It was based on a 1901 play by Leo Ditrichstein. This film is presumed lost. Plot summary Frank Perry discovers that his wife desires him to become a Mason. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Perry goes out for several nights to carouse and have fun while telling his wife that he is undergoing initiation at the Masonic lodge. When his wife invites her father, a Grand Master of the Masons, for a visit, Frank goes to comedic lengths to avoid being found out. The farce is magnified by the circumstance that his father-in-law has also been lying about his Masonic association. Cast Production The film was based on a 1901 farce by Leo Ditrichstein, who in turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Redemption
''Love's Redemption'' is a 1921 American silent adventure drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Norma Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and Montagu Love. The film is presumed to be lost.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Love's Redemption'' at silentera.com Plot As described in a , Ginger (Talmadge), a young Jamaican woman, secures a position as a housekeeper for Englishman Clifford Standish (Ford), a wealthy plantation owner, when Captain Bill Hennessey (Barnes), with whom she had lived for several years, sails away for England. Clifford struggles as he is addicted to drink. Ginger saves Clifford f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lotus Eater (1921 Film)
''The Lotus Eater'' is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced and directed by Marshall Neilan and released through Associated First National. ''The Lotus Eater'' starred John Barrymore with Colleen Moore as the female lead. ''The Lotus Eater'' is now considered lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, raised aboard a ship, Jacques Leroi (Barrymore) has never seen a woman until after the death of his father, a man who had been disappointed in love. As the only heir, the will stipulates that he is to remain on board until he reaches 25 years of age. On his 25th birthday, he arrives in New York City to consult his lawyer, and meets the gold-digging Madge Vance (Nilsson), who is being courted by John Carson (Sherry). While off the coast of Florida on his yacht with Miss Vance, Jacques has the captain marry them and they go on a long cruise. Upon returning to New York City Jacques discovers that, according to the will, he will not inherit anything until he is 30 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inner Chamber
''The Inner Chamber'' is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It was based on the novel ''The Blood Red Dawn'' by Charles Caldwell Dobie. The film was directed by Edward José and starred Alice Joyce. The film is now considered lost. On November 23, 1921, ''The Belmont Citizen'', a newspaper in Belmont, Massachusetts, reviewed the movie in their column "On Stage and Screen" when it played at The Belmont-Waverley Strand Theater on Trapelo Road. Under the headline "Alice Joyce to be seen in 'The Inner Chamber,'" it read: "Alice Joyce, the star of 'The Inner Chamber,' is kind-hearted and always ready to lend a helping hand. In one of the early scenes of the production, which will be shown at the Belmont-Waverley Strand theater on Monday and Tuesday, November 28 and 29, she poses as a stenographer, and from her scanty earnings buys her mother some fruit. Before the scene is made, the star stopped at a nearby fru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Lord And Master
''Her Lord and Master'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Joyce, Holmes Herbert and Frank Sheridan. It is based on the 1902 play of the same title by Martha Morton.Goble p.795 Cast * Alice Joyce as Indiana Stillwater * Holmes Herbert as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning * Walter McEwen as Lord Nelson Stafford * Frank Sheridan as Fred Stillwater * Marie Shotwell as Mrs. Stillwater * Louise Beaudet as Mrs. Chazy Bunker * Eugene Acker as Glen Masters * John Sutherland as Jennings * Ida Waterman Ida Waterman (born Ida Shaw; March 10, 1852 – May 22, 1941) was a stage and screen actress. Waterman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She appeared some thirty or more Broadway productions between the late 1880s and early 1920s. She play ... as Lady Canning References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1921 films 1921 comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On With The Dance (1920 Film)
''On with the Dance'' is 1920 American silent costume drama directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Mae Murray and David Powell, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a screen adaptation of the 1917 Michael Morton play by the same name. Filming began in August 1919 when Mae Murray rejoined Famous Players-Lasky Corporation after having completed a term with Universal Pictures. Actor Robert Schable had appeared in the 1917 Broadway play. Cast * Mae Murray as Sonia * David Powell as Peter Derwynt * Alma Tell as Lady Tremelyn * John Miltern as Schuyler Van Vechten * Robert Schable as Jimmy Sutherland * Ida Waterman as Countess of Raystone * Zolya Talma as Fay Desmond * James A. Furey * Peter Raymond Preservation status *The film is preserved at George Eastman House(w/Italian titles) and an excerpt appears in a Paramount promotional. Reception '' The Evening Post'' wrote that Mae Murray's work with David Powell was a "revelation", and that her dance work in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lure Of Ambition
''Lure of Ambition'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Lawrence, and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered lost, though an 82-second outtake is known to survive. Plot Olga Dolan is a poor young woman working as a public stenographer at a hotel in New York. She allures Cyril Ralston, a nobleman, and starts to have a romantic relationship with him. Ralston promises Olga that they will get married soon. However, he returns to England leaving Olga. After being deceived by Ralston, Olga vows revenge. She goes to England and begins working as a secretary to Lady Constance Bromley. Later, Olga finds out that Ralston is Bromley's son and that he is a married man. Although Ralston still pursues her, Olga becomes interested in another nobleman, Duke of Ruthledge, and eventually becomes his private secretary impressing him. After the Duke's wife died due to heart attack caused by jealousy, there is no obstacle for Olga to marry the duke. Cast Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counterfeit (1919 Film)
''Counterfeit'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent detective drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Elsie Ferguson. The assistant director was C. Van Arsdale. The picture was the fourth film Fitzmaurice and Ferguson worked on and is now considered to be a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Virginia Griswold (Ferguson), whose family is in financial straits, resolves to remedy the situation by finding the source of widely distributed counterfeit bills, as a large reward is offered for the capture of the maker of the fake bills. A clue takes her to Newport, Rhode Island, Newport where she poses as one of the idle rich and falls in love with Stuart Kent (Powell), a man of means, who returns her affection. Vincent Cortez (Gerard), about whom little is known, also becomes enamored of Virginia and she accepts his affections, much to the consternation of Stuart. She offers no acceptable explanation to Stuart for this. Carefully and craftily she leads Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Misfit Earl
''A Misfit Earl'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Ira M. Lowry, and starring Louis Bennison, Samuel Ross, Charles Brandt, Neil Moran, Ida Waterman, and Claire Adams. The film was released by Goldwyn Pictures on November 16, 1919. Plot Cast *Louis Bennison as Jim Dunn *Samuel Ross as Sam *Charles Brandt as Earl of Dunhaven *Neil Moran as John Grahame *Ida Waterman as Lady Caroline Croxter *Claire Adams as Phyllis Burton *Herbert Standing as Hon. Guy Wyndham *Barbara Allen as Alysse Byecroft Preservation A print of the film survives at the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of .... References External links * 1919 comedy films Silent American comedy films 1919 films American silent feature films American black-and-white film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadie Love
''Sadie Love'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film distributed by Paramount Pictures (as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) and directed by John S. Robertson. It is based on a 1915 stage play of the same name by Avery Hopwood and stars Billie Burke in the title role. In the play, Marjorie Rambeau played the Burke part. Anecdote Hedda Hopper reflecting back on the making of this film stated that Billie Burke always wanted a dressing room to herself and was reluctant to change clothing with the other female cast members. Hopper seemed to not understand (or perhaps was jealous) that Burke was the star of the film (as well as a star on Broadway) and was due the personal dressing room accorded a star. Cast *Billie Burke - Sadie Love * James Crane - Count Luigi Pallavichi *Helen Montrose - Princess de Marabole *Hedda Hopper - Mrs. James Wakeley *Jed Prouty - James Wakeley *Shaw Lovett - Mumford Crewe *Mrs. Margaret A. Wiggin - Mrs. Warrington *May Rogers - Celeste * Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarilly Of Clothes-Line Alley
''Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley'' is a 1918 American silent romantic comedy film starring Mary Pickford that was directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Frances Marion based upon a novel by Belle K. Maniates. Plot Set in San Francisco during the early 1900s, the film revolves around Amarilly (Mary Pickford), the daughter of a widowed scrubwoman. Amarilly is proud of her hard-working Irish family, and takes care of her five roughhouse brothers. She is engaged to bartender Terry McGowan ( William Scott), who gets her a job as a cigarette girl in his cafe after a fire unfairly causes her to lose her job as a theater scrubwoman. While working as a cigarette girl, she meets Gordon Phillips (Norman Kerry), a handsome and wealthy but frivolous young man, who is a society sculptor. Terry becomes jealous when Amarilly starts hanging out with Gordon, and he breaks off the engagement. Gordon offers Amarilly a job with his wealthy and snobbish aunt, Mrs. Phillips (Ida Waterman). When t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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