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Irene Miller
Irene Miller (1880-1964) was a British screenwriter active during the silent era. She began her career as a journalist before getting work as a screenwriter, and she eventually became chief of the department at Will Barker's studio; later on, she became a studio publicist. Selected filmography * ''The Children of Gibeon'' (1920) * ''The Night Riders (1920 film), The Night Riders'' (1920) * ''Edge O' Beyond'' (1919) * ''The Lamp of Destiny'' (1919) * ''The Life of a London Actress'' (1919) * ''Her Lonely Soldier'' (1919) * ''Jo the Crossing Sweeper'' (1918) * ''On Leave (1918 film), On Leave'' (1918) * ''Meg o' the Woods'' (1918) * ''Mrs. Cassell's Profession'' (1915) References British women screenwriters 1880 births 1964 deaths 20th-century British screenwriters {{screenwriter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Barker
William George Barker (18 January 1868, in Cheshunt – 6 November 1951, in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon) was a British film producer, director, cinematographer, and entrepreneur who took film-making in Britain from a low budget form of novel entertainment to the heights of lavishly-produced epics that were matched only by Hollywood for quality and style . Biography Early career His early career was that of a commercial traveller. He was evidently successful enough at this, that he was able to indulge his interest in photography. In 1901 he started a business at 50 Gray's Inn Road, Holborn for the purposes of making moving pictures on a hand cranked Auguste and Louis Lumière, Lumiere camera, which had bought a few years before and then showing the resulting films to the public -for a fee. This was the Autoscope Company. Like the early Mitchell and Kenyon films, the genre was mainly 'topicals'; for they require the least amount of preparation and expense. On 1 January 1906 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Children Of Gibeon
''The Children of Gibeon'' is a 1920 British silent drama film based on a novel by Sir Walter Besant, directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, Langhorn Burton and Eileen Magrath. An aristocrat adopts a criminal's daughter and brings her up with her own daughter. She never reveals to them which way round they were. Cast * Joan Morgan as Violet * Langhorn Burton as Clive * Eileen Magrath as Valentine * Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Gibeon * Alice De Winton Alice De Winton (born Alice Catherine Wilson 1870 – 1941) was an English actress. She was born and died in London. She was the daughter of Henry Wilson, a retired army surgeon major, and Louisa Ducrow (daughter of equestrian and circus man ... as Lady Eldridge * Arthur Lennard as Mr. Gibeon * Charles Cullum as Jack Conyers * Barbara McFarlane as Violet References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Riders (1920 Film)
''The Night Riders'' is a 1920 British silent Western film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Maudie Dunham, Albert Ray and Alexander Butler. It was one of several films made by the British producer G. B. Samuelson at Universal City in California.Low, p. 139. Plot A Cornish emigrant to Canada battles against cattle rustlers in Alberta. Cast * Maudie Dunham as Diana Marbolt * Albert Ray as John Tresler * "Andre Beaulieu" (Alexander Butler) as Jack Marbolt * Russell Gordon as Jake Harnach * C. McCarthy as Doctor Ostler * Joe De La Cruz as Undetermined Role * Goober Glenn * William Ryno William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edge O' Beyond as Oswald Grant
* James Lindsay ''Edge O' Beyond'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Fred W. Durrant and starring Ruby Miller, Owen Nares and Isobel Elsom. It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel '' The Edge O' Beyond'' by Gertrude Page, one of her bestsellers set in Rhodesia. It was shot at the Isleworth Studios in West London. Ruby Miller had previously appeared in a West End stage version of the novel.Bamford p.35 Cast * Ruby Miller as Dinah Webberley * Owen Nares as Dr. Cecil Lawson * Isobel Elsom as Joyce Grey * C. M. Hallard as Captain Burnett * Minna Grey as Dulcie Maitland * Fred Raynham Fred Raynham was a British actor of the silent era. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lamp Of Destiny
''The Lamp of Destiny'' is a 1919 British silent drama film, directed by Alexander Butler and starring Judd Green, Daphne Glenne and Florence Nelson.Robert B. Connelly, ''Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36'', Volume 40, Issue 2 (December Press, 1998), p. 371 Cast * Judd Green * Leal Douglas * Daphne Glenne * Florence Nelson Florence Nelson (25 October 1864 – 12 January 1953) was an English stage and film actress of the silent film era. Life Born in Chelsea, London, in 1864, the daughter of John Henry Fielder, gentleman, of Nelson Lodge, Trafalgar Square, Chelsea, ... References External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Alexander Butler Films set in England British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Of A London Actress
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Her Lonely Soldier
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Jo The Crossing Sweeper
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On Leave (1918 Film)
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Meg O' The Woods
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British Women Screenwriters
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1880 Births
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