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Isadore Bernstein
Isadore Bernstein (November 26, 1876 – October 19, 1944) was an American screenwriter. He wrote screenplays for more than 60 films between 1914 and 1938. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack. Bernstein was the West Coast studio manager for Carl Laemmle. Although he acted as Laemmle's representative concerning many business issues, he was not a principal as was Pat Powers in the formation of Universal Film Manufacturing Company (Universal Pictures). Bernstein was Carl Laemmle's brother-in-law. Selected filmography * ''Nuts in May'' (1917) * ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (1918) * '' The Great Alone'' (1922) * ''The Miracle Baby'' (1923) * '' Pure Grit'' (1923) * ''The Red Warning'' (1923) * ''The Man from Wyoming'' (1924) * ''Fighting Fury'' (1924) * ''The Back Trail'' (1924) * '' Big Timber'' (1924) * ''Ridgeway of Montana'' (1924) *'' The Measure of a Man'' (1924) * '' The Sunset Trail'' (1924) * ''The Sign of the Cactus'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridgeway Of Montana
''Ridgeway of Montana'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Clifford Smith (director), Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck, and Herbert Fortier. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Buck Ridgeway, wealthy ranchman, captures members of a rustler band, but Pelton, their leader, makes a getaway in great style by jumping from his mount just at a crucial moment and hurdling over a towering rock into the river below. Buck visits the city and meets Aline Hanley who flirts with him, but he does not respond. Piqued, Aline follows him and is lost in the mountains. Buck finds her and a snowstorm compels them to spend the night together in a cabin. Buck weds Aline. She is kidnapped by Pelton. Buck conceals himself in a wagon to serve as a shield from flying bullets, rolls downhill and crashes into Pelton's shack. After a scrapping fight with Pelton, her husband rescues her and Aline is convinced of the sincerity of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Valley Of Hell (film)
''The Valley of Hell'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith. Only 2 reels survive of this film at George Eastman House. Plot In the Old West, a dashing hero saves a girl from bandits. Cast * Francis McDonald - Creighton Steele * Edna Murphy Edna Murphy (November 17, 1899 – August 3, 1974) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 80 films between 1918 and 1933. Murphy was voted "Most Photographed Movie Star of 1925" by '' ScreenLand Magazine''. For part of ... - Mary Calvert * William Steele - James Brady References External links * AllMovie.com 1927 films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American black-and-white films 1927 Western (genre) films Lost American Western (genre) films Films directed by Clifford Smith 1927 lost films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shamrock And The Rose
''The Shamrock and the Rose'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Mack Swain, Olive Hasbrouck, and Edmund Burns.McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 92 It was one of a series of film presenting inter-community romance between Irish Americans and Jewish Americans. Plot On the East Side of New York City, feuding families the Cohens and the Kellys own an ice cream and a hot dog A hot dog (uncommonly spelled hotdog) is a food consisting of a grilled or steamed sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced Hot dog bun, bun. The term hot dog can refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener (Vienna sausag ... stand respectively, but their children have fallen in love. Cast References Bibliography * Ruth Barton. ''Irish National Cinema''. Routledge, 2004. * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arizona Sweepstakes
''The Arizona Sweepstakes'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a cowboy who goes to a city and is embroiled in a number of gang fights narrowly escapes going to prison on a false charge of manslaughter. He escapes and hurries home to enter a horse race on the outcome of which, he learns, depends the financial future of the man whose daughter he loves. A detective arrives to arrest him, but he evades capture and rides to victory in the race. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Arizona Sweepstakes'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burning Trail
''The Burning Trail'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring William Desmond, Albert J. Smith, and Mary McIvor. After accidentally killing a man in a fight, a boxer heads West West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, Smiling Bill wanders west to forget that he killed a man in the boxing ring, and goes into the desert. Meanwhile, he has incurred the enmity of Texas, a bad man. Texas gets a job at the Corliss ranch. Texas attempts to show the younger Corliss boy how to get stock across a neighboring sheepman's land. However, the boy loves the sheepman's daughter and does not want to stir up strife with him. A fight breaks out just as Bill arrives at the Corliss ranch, and he goes for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His People
''His People'' (also known as Proud Heart) is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman about a young, Jewish boxer growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.Progressive Silent Film List: ''His People'' at silentera.com According to film historian Lester Friedman, “Sloman portrays immigrant life in America.”FLEFF Screening of Silent Film on Immigrant Life Will Feature World Premiere of Original Score /ref> Cast Score In 2004,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Of Spades (serial)
''The Ace of Spades'' is a 1925 American silent Western film serial directed by Henry MacRae. The serial is considered to be a lost film. Cast Chapter titles #The Fatal Card #No Greater Love #Whirling Waters #Fires of Sacrifice #Thundering Hoofs #Flung from the Sky #The Trail of Terror #The Lariat of Death #Fingers of Fate #The Road to Ruin #The Chasm of Peril #The Avalanche #The Fury of Fate #The Chasm of Courage #A Deal of Destiny See also * List of American films of 1925 * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Rea ... References External links * * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films 1925 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Meddler (1925 Film)
''The Meddler'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring William Desmond, Gloria Roy, and Claire Anderson. Plot As described in a film magazine review, millionaire Richard Gilmore goes west to conquer his sense of fear. At his fiancée's instigation, he turns to polite banditry. He aids a starving widow and her children, frustrates some cattle rustlers Cattle raiding is the act of stealing cattle. In Australia, such stealing is often referred to as duffing, and the perpetrator as a duffer.Baker, Sidney John (1945) ''The Australian language : an examination of the English language and English s ..., and even overcomes an honest rancher to convince him that his life is in danger. After he succeeds in saving the rancher and his sister, the rustlers are rounded up. He hears that his fiancée has married another, paving the way for his future happiness with the rancher's sister. Cast References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perils Of The Wild
''Perils of the Wild'' is a 1925 American silent adventure film serial directed by Francis Ford. The film is considered to be lost. This serial was based on the 1812 novel ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' by Johann David Wyss. Cast Production Bonomo performed his own stunts. He fractured his leg and received an injured sacroiliac during filming. Chapter titles #The Hurricane #The Lion’s Fangs #The Flaming Jungle #The Treasure Cave #Saved by the Sun #The Jungle Trail #Pirate Peril #Winds of Fate #Rock of Revenge #The Rescue #The Stolen Wedding #Marooned #Prisoners of the Sea #The Leopard’s Lair #In the Nick of Time See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Circus Mystery
''The Great Circus Mystery'' is a 1925 American adventure film serial directed by Jay Marchant. Cast Chapter titles # Pact of Peril # A Cry for Help # A Race with Death # The Plunge of Peril # The Ladder of Life # A Leap for Liberty # Harvest of Hate # Fires of Fate # Cycle of Fear # The Leopard Queen # The Sacred Ruby # Dive of Destiny # A Leap for Liberty # Buried Treasure # The Leopard Strikes See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ... * List of lost films References External links * 1925 films 1925 adventure films 1925 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Silent American adventure films Films directed by Jay Marchant Lost American adventure films Cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridin' Thunder
''Ridin' Thunder'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie John Hartford Hoxie (January 11, 1885 – March 28, 1965) was an American rodeo performer and motion-picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in ..., Katherine Grant, and Francis Ford. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Frank Douglas creates a situation while shooting at a coyote that crosses his path, leading to his being accused and convicted of murdering a mysterious outlaw. His son Jack loves Jean, the daughter of the murdered outlaw. The tragedy of situations befalls the lovers, and then the real slayer is run down. Jack makes a desperate ride and saves his father from a shameful death. The way is paved for the lovers to marry. Cast References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
