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John G. Adolfi
John Gustav Adolfi (February 19, 1888 – May 11, 1933) was an American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout his career. An early acting credit was in the recently restored 1912 film ''Robin Hood''. Biography He was born in New York City to Gustav Adolfi and Jennie Reinhardt. Adolfi entered films as an actor in ''The Spy: A Romantic Story of the Civil War'' in 1907, but after appearing in thirty or so films he switched roles and concentrated on directing until his death in 1933 from a brain hemorrhage in British Columbia, Canada while hunting bears. Filmography Director * ''The Fight for Freedom'' (1908) * '' The Kentuckian'' (1908) * ''Robin Hood'' (1912) * '' Through the Sluice Gates'' (1913, short) * ''Driven by Fate'' (1915, short) * '' The Man Inside'' (1916) *''Caprice of the Mountains'' (1916) * ''Merely Mary Ann'' (1916) * ''The Mischief Maker'' (1916) * '' A Modern Thelma'' (1916) * ''Little Miss Happines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Miss Happiness
''Little Miss Happiness'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Harry Hilliard, Zena Keefe, Sara Alexander, Sidney Bracey, and Leo A. Kennedy. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on August 21, 1916. Plot Cast *June Caprice as Lucy White * Harry Hilliard as Dave Allen *Zena Keefe as Sadie Allen *Sara Alexander as Grandma White *Sidney Bracey as Jim Butterfield *Leo A. Kennedy as Max Barker *Robert Vivian as Squire Allen * Lucia Moore as Nancy Allen *Genevieve Reynolds as Mrs. Butterfield * Grace Beaumont as Maudie Butterfield *Edward Hoyt as The Minister Preservation With no copies of ''Little Miss Happiness'' located in any film archives, it is a lost. See also * List of lost films *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonder Man (film)
''The Wonder Man'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Georges Carpentier. Cast * Georges Carpentier as Henri D'Alour * Faire Binney as Dorothy Stoner * Florence Billings as Mrs. Stoner * Downing Clarke as Mr. Stoner * Cecil Owen as Mr. Robbins * Robert Barrat as Alan Gardner * William Halligan as Bubbles * Pat Hartigan Pat Hartigan (born 1950) is an Irish former hurler who played for his local club South Liberties and at senior level for the Limerick county team in the 1970s. He is regarded as one of Limerick's greatest-ever players. Early and private l ... as Monroe * John Burkell as Butler See also References External links * * 1920 films Films directed by John G. Adolfi American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1920 drama films Film Booking Offices of America films 1920s American films Silent adventure films {{silent-adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Woman
''The Amazing Woman'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Ed Coxen and Ruth Clifford. It was released by the Republic Distributing Company. The film is extant and preserved by the Library of Congress. Plot As described in a film magazine, Anitra (Clifford), who has come to believe that Ralph (Coxen), the soldier she loves, will never return from abroad, yields to the plea of John (Robson), a man many years her senior, and goes to live with him in the city. In time he tires of her and dismisses her with a cash settlement. She resolves to aid the poorer children of the city from being despoiled by forcing the wealthy to pay for them. Like the Flame, she captivates a wealthy man-about-town and uses the money she obtains from him to found a hospital for the poor and a gambling house for the rich, using the proceeds from the latter to support the former. The return of her sweetheart from overseas influences her to a new course. After setting u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who's Your Brother?
''Who's Your Brother?'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Edith Taliaferro, Frank Burbeck and Paul Panzer.Darby p.267 It was also released under the alternative title ''Keep to the Right''. Cast * Edith Taliaferro as Esther Field * Frank Burbeck as Stephen Field * Paul Panzer as Stephen Field (20 years earlier) * Coit Albertson as Dr. William Morris * Herbert Fortier as Robert E. Graham Sr. * Gladden James Gladden James (February 26, 1888 – August 28, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1911 and 1946. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California, from leukemia. Family In 1914 he ... as Robert E. Graham Jr. * Elizabeth Garrison as Mrs. Robert Graham * Elizabeth Kennedy as The kid * Edith Stockton as Dorothy Graham References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Sca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of The Sea (film)
''Queen of the Sea'' is a 1918 American silent fantasy film released by Fox Film Corporation that was directed by John G. Adolfi and starred Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman. This film is presumed to be lost. Plot As described in the trade magazine '' Exhibitors Herald'': Merilla, Queen of the Sea, finds a book among wreckage at the bottom of the sea which contains a prophesy that she will save four human beings and then receive the reward of a human body of her own with an immortal soul. King Boreas (Law), master of the storms, wrecks many ships and sends his sirens to drag the victims to certain death. Merilla saves the predicted lives, and Boreas confines her in a cave. She is freed by Prince Hero, the fourth life she has saved, who is on his way to meet his betrothed. They fall in love with each other, but Ariela tells them that they must be unselfish. The Prince goes on to meet the Princess, who is really in love with one of her courtiers. Boreas captures the Princess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burden Of Proof (1918 Film)
''The Burden of Proof'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and Julius Steger and starring Marion Davies, Mary Richards and Eloise Clement.Britton p.7 Cast * Marion Davies as Elaine Brooks * Mary Richards as Mrs. Brooks, her mother * Eloise Clement as Mrs. Durand * John Merkyl as Robert Ames * L. Rogers Lytton as George Blair * Willard Cooley as Frank Raymond * Fred Hearn Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodr ... as William Kemp * Fred Lenox as Butler * Maude Lowe as Maid References Bibliography * Wesley Alan Britton. ''Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage''. Greenwood, 2006. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by John G. Adolfi Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of A Girl
''The Heart of a Girl'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Barbara Castleton, Irving Cummings and Charles Wellesley.Spehr p.187 Cast * Barbara Castleton as Betty Lansing * Irving Cummings as Brandon Kent * Charles Wellesley as Francis Oakland * Kate Lester as Mrs. Lansing * Ricca Allen as Mrs. Ogden * William T. Carleton as Sen. Murray * Gladys Valerie as Helen Murray * Florence Coventry as Mrs. Oakland * Clay Clement as J. Drake * Anthony Byrd as Abe * Inez Shannon as Mrs. Murphy * John Tansey John Tansey (8 October 1901 – 28 April 1971), was an American actor. He appeared in 21 films from 1908 to 1932. His first appearance was in '' The Red Man and the Child'' (1908). He wrote and directed the films ''Wild and Wooly'' in 1924 ... as Jack * J. Blake as Johnson *L. Canfield as Johnson's manager * Joseph W. Smiley as Kent's manager References Bibliography * Paul C. Spehr. ''The Movies Begin: Making M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman The Germans Shot
(''for the American sound film on Edith Cavell, see Nurse Edith Cavell'') ''The Woman the Germans Shot'', also known as ''The Cavell Case'', is a 1918 American silent war biographical film based on the life and career of Nurse Edith Cavell. It was directed by John G. Adolfi and starred stage star Julia Arthur in her screen debut. It was released the month before World War I ended. Plot As described in a film magazine, Edith Cavell (Arthur) is beloved by George Brooks (Brooks), but decides to follow the dictates of her conscious and nurse the sick and suffering. George goes to war. Years later they meet again, he now a blinded middle-aged man with a fine young son Frank (Hale) who is in love with a beautiful girl. For old times sake Edith becomes George's nurse when a delicate operation is performed that restores his sight. World War I breaks out and she returns to Belgium where she teaches other nurses. After the Germans take possession of the hospital and throw the British soldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy (1917 Film)
''Patsy'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent comedy drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Harry Hilliard (actor), Harry Hilliard, and John Smiley (actor), John Smiley.Solomon p. 240 Plot Cast * June Caprice as Patsy Prim * Harry Hilliard (actor), Harry Hilliard as Dick Hewitt * John Smiley (actor), John Smiley as John Primnel * Edna Munsey as Helene Arnold * Ethyle Cooke as Alice Hewitt * Alma Muller as Patsy's Maid * Fred Hearn as Griggs * Jane Lee (actress), Jane Lee as Janie References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * * * * {{John G. Adolfi 1917 films 1917 comedy-drama films Films directed by John G. Adolfi American silent feature films American black-and-white films Fox Film films Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland 1910s English-language films 1910s American films Silent American comedy-drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Small Town Girl
''The Small Town Girl'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Jane Lee and Bert Delaney.Solomon p.239 Cast * June Caprice as June * Jane Lee as Jane * Bert Delaney as Frank * Ethyle Cooke * Tom Brooke as Father * Lucia Moore as Mother * Inez Ranous as Mame * Harry Southard Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ... as Pete * John Burkell References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by John G. Adolfi American silent feature films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films Fox Film films 1910s American film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Child Of The Wild
''A Child of the Wild'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Frank Morgan and Jane Lee.Solomon p.238 Another film of the same name was released in 1910 by Bison Film Company. Cast * June Caprice as June Griest * Frank Morgan as Frank Trent * Tom Brooke as June's Father * Richard Neill Richard Renchaw Neill Jr. (November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras. He performed in more than 200 films between 1910 and 1959, and during the early part of his ... as Bob Gale * Jane Lee as Jane * John W. Kellette as A Tramp * John G. Adolfi as A Tramp References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by John G. Adolfi American silent feature films 1910s English-languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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