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James Harrison (actor)
James Harrison (1891–1986) was an American film actor.Goble p.339 He began his career acting in short films in 1911. He was a supporting actor during much of the silent era. Although he continued to appear in films until the 1950s, many of his latter roles were small, uncredited parts. Selected filmography * ''The Flirt and the Bandit'' (1913) * '' The Tale of the Ticker'' (1913) * ''Madame Bo-Peep'' (1917) * '' The Bad Boy'' (1917) * '' Should She Obey?'' (1917) * '' Lessons in Love'' (1921) * '' Wedding Bells'' (1921) * ''The Barricade'' (1921) * '' A Heart to Let'' (1921) * '' Women Men Marry'' (1922) * ''Beyond the Rainbow'' (1922) * '' Why Announce Your Marriage?'' (1922) * ''Glengarry School Days'' (1923) * ''Charley's Aunt'' (1925) * ''Stop Flirting'' (1925) * ''In Search of a Hero'' (1926) * '' College Days'' (1926) * '' Backstage'' (1927) * ''Husband Hunters'' (1927) * ''The Wife's Relations'' (1928) * ''Handcuffed'' (1929) * '' The Seventh Commandment'' (1932) * ''King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is the 31st largest city in the United States, the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States, and the second largest city on Lake Michigan's shore behind Chicago. It is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwest. Milwaukee is considered a global city, categorized as "Gamma minus" by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with a regional GDP of over $102 billion in 2020. Today, Milwaukee is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the U.S. However, it continues to be one of the most racially segregated, largely as a result of early-20th-century redlining. Its history was heavily influenced by G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Men Marry
''Women Men Marry'' is a 1922 silent film drama produced and directed by Edward Dillon. Cast *E. K. Lincoln – Dick Clark *Florence Dixon – Emerie Rogers *Charles Hammond – Montgomery Rogers *Hedda Hopper – Eleanor Carter *Cyril Chadwick – Lord Brooks Fitzroy *Margaret Seddon – Hetty Page *Richard Carlyle – Adam Page *Julia Swayne Gordon – Aunt Gertrude *Maude Turner Gordon – Lady Mowbray * James Harrison – Warren Mortimer Preservation status A print survives at Filmmuseum Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in t ... Amsterdam. References External linksWomen Men Marry at IMDb.com*1/2 sheet poster 1922 films American silent feature films Films directed by Edward Dillon American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1922 drama films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kong (1933 Film)
''King Kong'' is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure fantasy horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was developed from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot, and tells the story of a giant ape dubbed Kong who attempts to possess a beautiful young woman. It features stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and a music score by Max Steiner. It is the first entry in the King Kong franchise. ''King Kong'' opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews, and has since been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the fifty-sixth greatest film of all time. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A sequel, titled ''Son of Kong'', was fast-tracked and rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Commandment (1932 Film)
''The Seventh Commandment'' is a 1932 American crime film directed by Dwain Esper and James P. Hogan and starring Victoria Vinton, George LeMaire and James Harrison.Pitts p.324 It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. The title refers to the Seventh Commandment "Thou shalt not commit adultery". It is now considered a lost film. Synopsis A young man from the country heads to a big city in order to make his fortune. However he soon falls in with bad company, taking part in games of strip poker and promiscuous activities. Disgusted by such a life he returns to his hometown and plans to marry his childhood sweetheart Mary, but is alarmed to discover he has caught syphilis. Cast * Stuart James as David Hayes * Victoria Vinton as Mary Townley * George LeMaire as Cubby * James Harrison as Numbscull * Maxine Collins as Vi * Virginia Griffith as Sue * Martha Heath as Fanny * Alma Powell as Ma Townley * William Malan a s Pa Townley * Frank Schwab as Gloomy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handcuffed
''Handcuffed'' is a 1929 American silent mystery film directed by Duke Worne and starring Virginia Brown Faire, Wheeler Oakman and Dean Jagger.Munden p.322 Synopsis Gerald Morely's father is ruined in a stock fraud and commits suicide. When shortly afterwards the man who perpetrated it is murdered, the evidence is framed so that Gerald appears guilty. Cast * Virginia Brown Faire as Gloria Randall * Wheeler Oakman as Tom Bennett * Dean Jagger as Gerald Morely * James Harrison as Billy Hatton * Broderick O'Farrell as John Randall * George Chesebro George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Mi ... as Detective References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wife's Relations
''The Wife's Relations'', ''The Lost Heiress'', is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Marshall and starring Shirley Mason, Ben Turpin and Gaston Glass.Katchmer p.954 Cast * Shirley Mason as Patricia Dodd * Ben Turpin as Rodney St. Clair * Gaston Glass as Tom Powers * Armand Kaliz as Clifford Rathburn * Arthur Rankin as Bud * Flora Finch as Mrs. Cyrus Dodd * Lionel Belmore as Cyrus Dodd * Maurice Ryan Maurice Lloyd Ryan (7 June 1943 – 12 August 2011) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Central Districts from 1965 to 1979. Maurice Ryan was a versatile cricketer: an opening or middle-order batsman a ... as Tubby * James Harrison as Jimmy References Bibliography * George A. Katchmer. ''Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known''. McFarland, 1991. External links * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films 1920s English- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husband Hunters
''Husband Hunters'' is a 1927 American comedy-drama silent film released by Tiffany Productions, directed by John G. Adolfi, and starring Mae Busch, Charles Delaney and Jean Arthur. Plot The film looks at the exploits of chorus girls Marie (Mae Busch) and Helen (Duane Thompson) who have dedicated themselves to finding and marrying millionaire husbands. The two ladies enlist the help of the innocent young Lettie Crane (Jean Arthur) in their scheme. Lettie is a girl from a small town who dreams of one day making it big on Broadway. After being enlisted by the two, Lettie is left heartbroken by a callous young man and regrets her involvement. However, by the film's end, she is the only one of the trio who finally finds true love. Another chorus girl, Cynthia Kane (Mildred Harris) follows the antics of the trio with both amusement and disapproval. Cast * Mae Busch as Marie Devere *Charles Delaney as Bob Garrett *Jean Arthur as Lettie Crane * Walter Hiers as Sylvester Jones *Dua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backstage (1927 Film)
''Backstage'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring William Collier Jr., Barbara Bedford and Alberta Vaughn.Munden p.34 It was produced and distributed by the independent studio Tiffany Pictures. Synopsis Four chorus girls find themselves out of work when their show goes bust while still in rehearsals. One of them goes to live at the apartment of the manager, leading her boyfriend to mistakenly believe that she is now a kept woman. Cast * William Collier Jr. as Owen Mackay * Barbara Bedford as Julia Joyce * Alberta Vaughn as Myrtle McGinnis * Eileen Percy as Fanny * Shirley O'Hara as Jane * Gayne Whitman as Frank Carroll * Jocelyn Lee as Flo * Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Mike Donovan * James Harrison as Charlie * Brooks Benedict as Harry * Lincoln Plumer as Mr. Durkin * Marcia Harris as Landlady * Louise Carver Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Days (1926 Film)
''College Days'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marceline Day, Charles Delaney, and James Harrison. It was produced by the independent Tiffany Pictures.Umphlett p. 173 The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis. Synopsis On his first day at the University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Franci ..., Jim Gordon meets and falls in love with Mary Ward but also makes an enemy in Kenneth Slade. Mary's feelings are hurt when she sees Jim with another woman, and his attempts to make amends almost get him expelled. At the last moment he is called back to take part in a football game, winning both it and the heart of Mary. Cast References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Search Of A Hero
''In Search of a Hero'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Duke Worne and starring Ashton Dearholt, Jane Thomas (actress), Jane Thomas, and James Harrison (actor), James Harrison. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Percy Browning and Jack Strong are expelled from college, and, to toughen them up, Old Browning sends them to work at his lumber camp. Arriving by train, the two discover that time at the camp is very different from their previous college life. Percy falls in love with Peggy Richmond, whose father is a competitor to the Brownings. The latter's foreman, Big Dan, uses unfair means to block work from the Richmonds. Percy, after being groomed by a pugilist, tackles Big Dan and beats him. After his father arrives, Percy explains everything and they are reconciled. Peggy admits that she loves Percy. Cast * Ashton Dearholt as Percy Browning * Jane Thomas (actress), Jane Thomas as Peggy Richmond * James Harrison (actor), James Harrison as J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stop Flirting
''Stop Flirting'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Wanda Hawley, John T. Murray, and Ethel Shannon. It is based on the 1923 play of the same title by Frederick J. Jackson. at silentera.com Synopsis On their Vivian Reynolds finds her husband Perry in the company of other woman twice. To teach him a lesson she begins with every man she encounters. To pay her back, Perry then stages his death in a flying accident. When she discovers the truth she is even ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charley's Aunt (1925 Film)
''Charley's Aunt'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, and Lucien Littlefield. It was one of a handful of leading roles for Syd Chaplin, older brother of the more famous Charlie. It is an adaptation of Brandon Thomas' 1892 farce of the same name about an Oxford University student who cross-dressing as a woman to fool a visitor. One of several film versions of the play, it was adapted again by Columbia Pictures as a sound film in 1930. The film was a commercial success, grossing over half a million dollars. It was popular in Germany, where it released by the leading film company UFA. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, while on vacation, Fancourt Babberley (Chaplin), known to his friends as Babbs, falls in love with Ela (Shannon) and schemes to help her father (Francis), who has lost heavily at roulette. Babbs sends him away and later learns the truth, starts for England with her chaperon Donna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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