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Jack Nelson (actor)
Jack Nelson (October 15, 1882 – November 10, 1948) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1935. He also directed 58 films between 1920 and 1935. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and died in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Biography Upon arriving in North Bay, Nelson took over management of the Capital Theatre, one of two movie theatres in North Bay at the time. Years later after World War Two broke out, Nelson played an important role in the nine national Victory Loan Drives (1941–1945). Acting as chairman of public relations, Nelson served on the Nipissing District National War Finance Committee. His duties included organizing parades, corresponding with the local North Bay Daily Nugget Newspaper, and hosting occasional free movie admission nights for residents who purchased bonds. During the Sixth Victory Loan Drive in May 1944, Nelson and his employees at the Capital Theatre were awarded a coveted fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee, after Nashville. Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-largest overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River. The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi and the Missouri Bootheel. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the Southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods. The first European explorer to visit the area of present-day Memphis was Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1541. The high Chickasaw Bluffs protecting the location from the waters of the Mississipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rough Riding Romance
''Rough Riding Romance'' is a lost 1919 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring cowboy Tom Mix. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Phineas Dobbs (Mix), cowboy and dairyman, becomes rich when oil is discovered on his land. His first thought is to give a party with the whole town as his guests. The party is at its height when a mysterious and beautiful young woman with two frock-coated escorts alight from a nearby stalled train who are menaced by the town badman. Disposing of the bad man in his best style, Phineas takes to the open country on his horse. The train passes and the lady throws him a note from the window, asking him to follow and rescue her. His quest takes him to San Francisco and thence to an estate in the San Mateo hills, where a secret society of foreign noblemen are seeking to force the young woman to marry one of their members. Her father is held prisoner and his life is to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Gulch
''The Devil's Gulch'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson. The film stars Bob Custer, and Hazel Deane. Cast * Bob Custer as Ace and Deuce Remsen * Hazel Deane as Merrill Waverly * Charles Belcher as Max Crew * Pat Beggs as Bill Griggs * Roy Laidlaw Roy James Laidlaw (born 5 October 1953) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, pp145, 146 Rugby Union career Amateur career Much of his domestic rugby was played with Jed-Forest RFC, who were in the Scottish Second Divi ... as Seth Waverly * Mark Hamilton as the Sheriff References External links * 1926 films American black-and-white films 1926 Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films American silent feature films Films directed by Jack Nelson 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mile-a-Minute Man
''The Mile-a-Minute Man'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring William Fairbanks, Virginia Brown Faire, and George Periolat. It was produced by the independent Gotham Pictures. The plot revolves around two rival automobile producers and their respective son and daughter who are in love. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Old Ironsides Rockett, the owner of an automobile factory, loves his business rival Mrs. Greydon, and his son Speedy has come to love his rival’s daughter Paula. The rival concern gets out an improved motor for their car "Greyhound," so the father has his son Speedy try to retain the supremacy of their car "Skyrocket." Before the big race the Rockett's attend a social event where James Brett, the son’s rival for the love of Paula, has him kidnaped. Speedy escapes after numerous exciting incidents and arrives just in time to enter the race. The two rival cars race to a tie. The father marries his business rival M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Valley Of Bravery
''The Valley of Bravery'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Bob Custer, Eugenia Gilbert and Artie Ortego.Munden, p. 853 Synopsis Two veterans of World War I return home and help a young woman fend off a man who is trying to steal her ranch. Cast * Bob Custer as Steve Tucker * Tom Bay as Jim Saunders * Eugenia Gilbert as Helen Coburn * William Gillespie as Percy Winthrop * Ernie Adams as Valet * Artie Ortego as Joe * Nelson McDowell as Missouri * Bobby Nelson Bobby Nelson, born Charles Karass (17 April 1917 - 20 February 2002) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler and businessman who appeared frequently in the National Wrestling Alliance midwest territories beginning in 1936 and continuing t ... as Young Boy 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 * 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hair-Trigger Baxter
''Hair-Trigger Baxter'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Bob Custer, Eugenia Gilbert and Lew Meehan. Cast * Bob Custer as Baxter Brant * Eugenia Gilbert as Rose Moss * Lew Meehan as Mont Blake * Murdock MacQuarrie as Joe Craddock * Fanny Midgley as Mrs. Craddock * Jim Corey James Warren Corey (October 19, 1883 – January 10, 1956) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1914 and 1948. He was born in Nebraska and died in Los Angeles, California. His grave is located at Valhalla Memori ... as Jim Dodds * Ernie Adams as Shorty Hillis * Hugh Saxon as Silas Brant References External links * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Jack Nelson Film Booking Offices of America films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Of Paradise Alley
''Sunshine of Paradise Alley'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Barbara Bedford, Kenneth MacDonald, and Max Davidson.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 103 Cast * Barbara Bedford as Sunshine O'Day * Kenneth MacDonald as Jerry Sullivan * Max Davidson as Solomon Levy * Nigel Barrie as Stanley Douglas * Gayne Whitman as Glen Wathershoon * Lucille Lee Stewart as Gladys Waldroon * Tui Bow as Queenie May * J. Parks Jones as Chet Hawkins * Bobby Nelson as Bum * Frank Weed as Daddy O'Day * Max Asher * Evelyn Sherman * Leon Holmes * Monty O'Grady as Little Boy * Helene Pirie Helene or Hélène may refer to: People *Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name * Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda *Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis *Helene (Am ... as Aggie References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysterious Stranger (1925 Film)
''The Mysterious Stranger'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Richard Talmadge Richard Talmadge (born Sylvester Alphonse Metz; 3 December 1892 – 25 January 1981) also known as Sylvester Metzetti, Ricardo Metzetti, or Sylvester Ricardo Metzetti, was a German-born actor, stuntman and film director. Early life Born ..., Josef Swickard, and Carmelita Geraghty. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Raoul Lesage, a great artist, lives happily in his large home with his four year old son Paul and his wife April until he is deceived by Herman Bennett, who attempts to caress April. Raoul believes his wife has been unfaithful and takes the child to another home. Paul Lesage grows to be 24 years old without having seen a woman. Bennet, who is also an artist, has spent the last twenty years forging the works of the master Lesage. Paul starts walking in his sleep. He is picked up by a band of merrymakers and is taken to a roadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Who Laughs Last (film)
''He Who Laughs Last'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Kenneth MacDonald, David Torrence and Gino Corrado.Munden p.328 Cast * Kenneth MacDonald as Jimmy Taylor * Margaret Cloud as Janice Marvin * David Torrence as George K. Taylor * Gino Corrado as Elwood Harkness * Harry Northrup Harry Northrup (born Henri Stabo Wallace Northrup; 31 July 1875 – 2 July 1936), was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1911 and 1935. He was born in Paris and died in Los Angeles, California. ... as James Marvin References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * 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 * 1925 films 1925 drama films 1920s English-language films American sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Whiz
''The Wall Street Whiz'', also known under the title ''The New Butler'', is a 1925 American silent film, silent action film directed by Jack Nelson (actor), Jack Nelson and starring Richard Talmadge, Marceline Day, and Lillian Langdon. at silentera.com The film was billed as, "A rip-roaring comedy action drama of Wall Street chuck full of thrilling and interesting situations from beginning to end." Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Richard Butler (Talmadge) is a snappy young society man who under cover operates in the stock market, being in reality the mysterious "Wall Street Whiz." In a café he has an encounter with crooks, the place is raided, and he seeks refuge in an automobile ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After A Million
''After a Million'' is a 1924 silent film comedy starring Kenneth McDonalds and Ruth Dwyer and was directed by Jack Nelson. This film survives in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', page 2 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Kenneth MacDonald - Gregory Maxim * Ruth Dwyer - Countess Olga * Alphonse Martell Alphonse Martell (1890 - 1976) was a French actor who wrote and directed ''Gigolettes of Paris'' (1933). He portrayed a director in the 1934 film '' I'll Be Suing You''. He often portrayed a waiter as in the 1946 film '' Falcon's Alibi'', in which ... - Ivan Senine * Joe Girard - * Hal Craig - * Jay Hunt- * S.J. Bingham - (*as Stanley Bingham) * Ada Bell - * Victor Metzetti - * Otto Metzetti - * Stella Nova - * Paul Gerson - * Martin Turner - * Jack Waltemeyer - References External links * * 1924 films American silent feature films American b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Fighting Heart
''A Fighting Heart'' is a 1924 American silent action film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Frank Merrill, Margaret Landis and Otto Lederer.Connelly p.347 Cast * Frank Merrill as Jack Melford * Margaret Landis as Rae Davis * Milburn Morante as Cloudy Day * May Sherman as Julia Cunningham * Otto Lederer as Dr. Logan * Alphonse Martell as Dr. Dehli * Cathleen Calhoun Cathleen is a feminine given name in the English language. It is a variant form of ''Kathleen (given name), Kathleen''. Notable people with the name include: * Cathleen Chaffee, American curator, art historian, writer * Cathleen Falsani, American ... as Blanche Renault References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * 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 * 1924 films 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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