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Joseph W. Smiley
Joseph W. Smiley (born June 18, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an actor and director in the United States. His films include ''The Gray Horror'' (1915), ''The Other Sister'' (1915) and ''The Living Fear'' (1914), as well as many other films. He was married to the Scottish actress Lila Leslie. He died on December 2, 1945, in New York City, New York, USA. Partial filmography *''The Scarlet Letter'' (1911) (directed) *''Threads of Destiny'' (1914) *''Life Without Soul'' (1915) (directed) *''Energetic Eva'' (1916) (directed) *''Broadway Jones'' (1917) *''Sleeping Fires'' (1917) * ''Public Be Damned'' (1917) * ''The Lesson'' (1917) *''Double Crossed'' (1917) *'' Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1917) *''Joan of Plattsburg'' (1918) *'' Her Final Reckoning'' (1918) * ''The Heart of a Girl'' (1918) * ''The Face in the Dark'' (1918) * ''The Road to France'' (1918) *''Heart of the Wilds'' (1918) * ''Hitting the Trail'' (1918) *''Never Say Quit'' (1919) *''The Isle of Conquest'' (1919) * ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lila Leslie
Lila Leslie (1 January 1890 – 8 September 1940) was a Scottish actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1933. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''The Lion and the Mouse'' (1914) *'' The Daughters of Men'' (1914) * '' A Modern Thelma'' (1916) * '' The Silent Woman'' (1918) * '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' (1919) * '' Johnny-on-the-Spot'' (1919) * ''Satan Junior'' (1919) * '' Love's Harvest'' (1920) * ''The Best of Luck'' (1920) * '' Number 99'' (1920) * ''Blue Streak McCoy'' (1920) * ''Molly and I'' (1920) * ''The Butterfly Man'' (1920) * ''Keeping Up with Lizzie'' (1921) * ''A Guilty Conscience'' (1921) * ''The Son of Wallingford'' (1921) * ''The Men of Zanzibar'' (1922) * ''Gay and Devilish'' (1922) * ''Any Night'' (1922) * ''A Front Page Story'' (1922) * ''The Hottentot'' (1922) * ''What Wives Want'' (1923) * ''Why Men Leave Home'' (1924) * ''Being Respectable'' (1924) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face In The Dark
''The Face in the Dark'' is a 1918 American silent mystery film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Mae Marsh, Niles Welch and Alec B. Francis.Wlaschin p.80 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hugo Ballin. Cast * Mae Marsh as Jane Ridgeway * Niles Welch as Richard Grant * Alec B. Francis as Charles Ridgeway * Harry Myers as Jim Weaver * Donald Hall as Nixon * Joseph W. Smiley as CharlesHammond * Isabel Lamon as Rosalind Hammond * Alice Wilson Alice Evelyn Wilson, MBE, FRSC, FRCGS (August 26, 1881 – April 15, 1964) was Canada's first female geologist. Her scientific studies of rocks and fossils in the Ottawa region between 1913 and 1963 remain a respected source of knowledge. Earl ... as Mrs. Hammond References Bibliography * Ken Wlaschin. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009. External links * 1918 films 1918 mystery films American silent feature films American mystery films American black-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face In The Fog
''The Face in the Fog'' is a 1922 American silent film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Alan Crosland and starred Lionel Barrymore. An incomplete print is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast *Lionel Barrymore – Boston Blackie Dawson *Seena Owen – Grand Duchess Tatiana *Lowell Sherman – Count Alexis Orloff *George Nash – Huck Kant *Louis Wolheim – Petrus *Mary MacLaren – Mary Dawson *Macey Harlam – Count Ivan *Gustav von Seyffertitz – Michael * Joe King – Detective Wren *Tom Blake – Surtep *Marie Burke – Olga * Joseph W. Smiley – Police Captain * Martin Faust – Ivan's valet *Mario Majeroni Mario Majeroni (1870–1931) was an Italian-born American playwright and stage and film actor. Biography Majeroni came to the United States in 1906 and started acting on Broadway that year. Prior to coming to the United States he had lived and w ... – Grand Duke Alexis References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experience (1921 Film)
''Experience'' is a 1921 American silent morality drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The allegorical film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Richard Barthelmess. It was based on George V. Hobart's successful 1914 Broadway play of the same name. It was the film debut of Lilyan Tashman. ''Experience'' is presumed to be a lost film. Plot The plot of ''Experience'' was summarized in the August 1921 issue of ''Photoplay'' magazine. File:Experience (1921) - Bruce Barthelmess & Daw.jpg, Youth (Richard Barthelmess) hears Ambition's call and leaves his mother (Kate Bruce) and Love ( Marjorie Daw) to seek his fortune. File:Experience (1921) - John Miltern.jpg, Experience (John Miltern) is to teach Youth many things about life. File:Experience (1921) - Youth encounters Pleasure Beauty & Wealth.jpg, Youth encounters Pleasure, Beauty, and Wealth. He asks Opportunity to wait for him. But Opportunity cannot! File:Experience (1921) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scarab Ring
''The Scarab Ring'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Joyce, Maude Malcolm and Joe King.Wlaschin p.196 Cast * Alice Joyce as Constance Randall * Maude Malcolm as Muriel Randall * Joe King as Ward Locke * Eddie Phillips as Burton Temple * Fuller Mellish as John Randall * Claude King as Hugh Martinn * Joseph W. Smiley as James Locke * Jack Hopkins as Mr. Kheres * Armand Cortes Armand Cortes, sometimes credited as Armand Cortez, (August 16, 1880 – November 19, 1948) was an actor in theater and film in the United States. He had various theatrical roles in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1902 he was cast in the mus ... as Kennedy References Bibliography *Ken Wlaschin. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009. External links * 1921 films 1921 mystery films American silent feature films American mystery films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman God Changed
''The Woman God Changed'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne and Doty Hobart. The film stars Seena Owen, E.K. Lincoln, Henry Sedley, Lillian Walker, H. Cooper Cliffe and Paul Nicholson. The film was released on July 3, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Seena Owen as Anna Janssen * E.K. Lincoln as Thomas McCarthy *Henry Sedley as Alastair De Vries *Lillian Walker as Lilly *H. Cooper Cliffe as Donogan *Paul Nicholson as District Attorney * Joseph W. Smiley as Police Commissioner Preservation status The film is preserved minus a reel in the Library of Congress(Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation The National Audiovisual Conservation Center, also known as the Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, is the Library of Congress's audiovisual archive located inside Mount Pony in Culpeper, Virginia. Establishment From 1969 to 1988, th ...) collection. References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Goose (film)
''The Wild Goose'' is a 1921 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani and written by Gouverneur Morris (novelist), Gouverneur Morris. The film stars Mary MacLaren, Holmes Herbert, Dorothy Bernard, Joseph W. Smiley, Norman Kerry, and Rita Rogan. The film was released on June 5, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection as a 35mm nitrate print. Cast *Mary MacLaren as Diana Manneers *Holmes Herbert as Frank Manners *Dorothy Bernard as Mrs. Hastings *Joseph W. Smiley as Mr. Hastings *Norman Kerry as Ogden Fenn *Rita Rogan as Tam Manners *Lucia Backus Seger as Nou Nou References External links * * 1921 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Albert Capellani American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law Of The Yukon
''The Law of the Yukon'' is a 1920 American silent drama film inspired by the poem, ''The Law of The Yukon'', by Robert W. Service. The film was directed by Charles Miller, and stars June Elvidge and Edward Earle. Portions of the movie were filmed at the Artic City studio in Port Henry, New York. Plot As described in a film magazine, Morgan Kleath (Earle), a young newspaper man from San Francisco, arrives in the Yukon to start a paper. His welcome is an insult from Joe Duke (Velmar), a belligerent native, that results in the latter's first defeat and brews trouble to follow for Kleath. Goldie Meadows (Deaver), the adopted daughter of Tim Meadows (Smiley), keeper of the dance hall wins the heart of Kleath, increasing Duke's rage. A robbery instigated by associates of Duke leaves clues that point to Kleath as the guilty man. Claire Meredith (Elvidge), wife of Dr. Meredith (Cooper), and Tiny Tess, a habitué of the dance hall, supply the weak souls to perish in the country's crushi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Daughter Of Two Worlds
''A Daughter of Two Worlds'' is a surviving 1920 silent film adventure drama directed by James Young and starring Norma Talmadge, Jack Crosby, and Virginia Lee. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jennie Malone (Talmadge), daughter of prominent underworld figure Black Jerry Malone (Sheridan), is arrested for forgery. A friend of her father's pays her bail, and she is sent to boarding school, jumping the bail. There she is educated and becomes a lady. At the home of her friend Sue Harrison (Lee), a daughter of wealth, she meets and falls in love with Kenneth Harrison (Cosby), and they become engaged. Then Harry Edwards (Rooney), an acquaintance and would be sweetheart of her former world, appears and urges her to return to his element. Slim Jackson (Shea), a dancer, to shield whom Jennie had shouldered the charge of forgery, seeks to collect money from her on threat of exposure. Her father thrashes the young man and bids him to leave her alone. A detective is murdered and Harry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As A Man Thinks
''As a Man Thinks'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by George Irving and starring Leah Baird, Henry Clive and Warburton Gamble. It is adapted from the 1911 Broadway play ''As a Man Thinks'' by Augustus Thomas.Goble p.676 Cast * Leah Baird as Elinor Clayton * Henry Clive as Frank Clayton * Warburton Gamble as Benjamin De Lota * Charles Brandt as Dr. Seelig * Betty Howe as Vedah Seelig * A.J. Herbert as Burrell * Elaine Amazar as Mimi Chardenet * Joseph W. Smiley as Mr. Hoover * Jane Jennings as Mrs. Hoover * Baby Ivy Ward An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. ''Infant'' (from the Latin word ''infans'', meaning 'unable to speak' or 'speechless') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term ''baby''. The terms may also be used to ... as Dick Clayton References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films 1910 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Isle Of Conquest
''The Isle of Conquest'' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and produced by Talmadge and her husband Joseph Schenck. The film is now considered lost. Plot Based upon a short review in a film magazine, a young woman (Talmadge) marries a wealthy scoundrel so that her mother can live in luxury. While vacationing on his yacht, she becomes shipwrecked and is cast on a desert island with a stoker (Standing) for her companion. They eventually fall in love, but are rescued just before celebrating their wilderness-witnessed nuptials. Her husband later dies, so the lovers are then able to marry. Cast * Norma Talmadge as Ethel Harmon * Wyndham Standing as John Arnold * Charles K. Gerrard as Van Surdam * Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Harmon * Natalie Talmadge as Janis Harmon * Claire Whitney as Claire Wilson * Gareth Hughes Gareth Hughes (23 August 1894 – 1 October 1965) was a Welsh stage and silent screen actor. Usually cast as a callow, sensitive hero in Hollywo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Say Quit
''Never Say Quit'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Dillon. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Reginald Jones (Walsh) is a jinx and is always getting stung. One of his stunts is to butt in when he sees a woman being ill-treated, and in one adventure is decoyed into a badger game. As a consequence, he loses a fortune when he is unable to attend the funeral of an aunt. He goes to sea on a schooner and the passengers include a rich man and his daughter, who are treasure seekers. The captain is rough and pulls a stunt to get the rich man into his power. Reginald comes to their aid, but it's a tough situation until American sailors from submarine chaser S.C. 143 come to the rescue, jumping the railing and knocking out the villainous crew. Cast *George Walsh as Reginald Jones *Florence Dixon as Helen Lattimore *Henry Hallam as Professor Lattimore * William Frederic as Ship Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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