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Jack Donovan (actor)
Jack Donovan (1894–1981) was an American film actor.Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936 p.364 He was active in feature films and serials during the silent and early sound eras, playing a mixture of lead and supporting roles. Selected filmography * ''Milestones'' (1920) * ''The Midlanders'' (1920) * ''Hurricane's Gal'' (1922) * '' The Spitfire'' (1924) * ''Hoof Marks'' (1927) * '' The Bullet Mark'' (1928) * ''Captain Careless'' (1928) * ''Twisted Rails'' (1934) * '' Outlaw's Highway'' (1934) * ''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell ''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' first ran on NBC radio from March 26 to June 22, 1934 as a 15-minute serial airing three times a week at 5:30 pm. Sponsored by Dr. West's Toothpaste, this program starred Donald Briggs as Frank Merriwell. Harl ...'' (1936, serial) References Bibliography * Jay Robert Nash, Robert Connelly & Stanley Ralph Ross. ''Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936''. Cinebooks, 1988. External links * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spitfire (1924 Film)
''The Spitfire'' is a 1924 American silent society drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Betty Blythe and Lowell Sherman. Plot summary Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Spitfire'' located in any film archive, 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 External links * * * * Lobby cardat gettyimages.com 1924 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films Films directed by Christy Cabanne Films based on American novels Silent American drama films 1924 drama films American black-and-white films 1924 lost films Associated Exhibitors films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Frank Merriwell (serial)
''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' (1936) is a Universal movie serial based on the Frank Merriwell books by Gilbert Patten. Plot College sports hero Frank Meriwell leaves school before an impending decisive baseball game to track down his missing father and locate a fabulous lost treasure. Cast *Don Briggs as Frank Merriwell *Jean Rogers as Elsie Belwood * John King as Bruce Browning *Bentley Hewett as Daggett * House Peters Jr. as House Peters * Carla Laemmle as Carla *Sumner Getchell as Harry * Wallace Reid Jr. as Wally *Herschel Mayall Jr. as Herschel *Al Bridge as Henchman Black * Dick Wessell as Henchman Joe *Bud Osborne as Henchman Gorman *Ed Cobb as Henchman Pete *Sam McDaniel as Servant Jeff * Walter Law as Mr. Belwood *Ella Ethridge as Mrs. Merriwell *William P. Carlton as Mr. Merriwell Production ''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' is set in 1936 instead of the 1890s of the source material. Universal combined several stories by Burt Standish to make this film. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twisted Rails
''Twisted Rails'' is a 1934 American Western film directed by Albert Herman. It was distributed by the independent Imperial Distributing Corporation for the states-rights market. The plot concerns $50,000 in gold that is hidden on a train and a gang's efforts to get it. Cast * Jack Donovan as Jim Conway *Alice Dahl as Mary McGuire *Philo McCullough as Black Jack Bolivar * Donald Keith as Louie Weinstock *Victor Potel as Tom Watson * Robert 'Buddy' Shaw as Tommy McGuire *Donald Mack as Dude Malloy *Henry Roquemore as Gilbert Henderson *Pat Harmon as Barney McGuire *Tom London as Sheriff James * Adabelle Driver as Mrs. McGuire *Lawrence Underwood Lawrence Underwood (1871 – February 2, 1939) was an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He played in many movies, including ''Old Lady 31'', ''The Phantom Buster'' and ''King of the Royal Mounted''. Selected filmography * '' ... as Master mechanic External links * * 1934 films American black-and-whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Careless
''Captain Careless'' is a 1928 American adventure film directed by Jerome Storm and written by Randolph Bartlett, Frank Howard Clark and Perry Murdock. The film stars Bob Steele, Mary Mayberry, Jack Donovan, Barney Furey, Murdock and Wilfrid North. The film was released on August 26, 1928, by Film Booking Offices of America. Plot Cast * Bob Steele as Bob Gordon *Mary Mayberry as Ruth * Jack Donovan as Ralph *Barney Furey as Medicine Man *Perry Murdock as Perry *Wilfrid North Wilfrid North (16 January 1863 – 3 June 1935), also spelled Wilfred North, was an Anglo-American film director, actor, and writer of the silent film era. He directed 102 films, including short films; acted in 43 films; and wrote the story for ... as John Forsythe References External links * 1928 films Silent American adventure films 1928 adventure films Film Booking Offices of America films Films directed by Jerome Storm American silent feature films American black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bullet Mark
''The Bullet Mark'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Jack Donovan, Gladys McConnell and Joseph W. Girard. Cast * Jack Donovan * Gladys McConnell * Joseph W. Girard * Albert J. Smith * Lincoln Plumer Lincoln Plumer (28 September 1875, in Maryland – 14 February 1928, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, California) was an American silent film actor. He married actress Rose Plumer. Lincoln Plumer died of heart disease in 1928. Partial filmo ... * Margaret Gray References External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films Films directed by Stuart Paton American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoof Marks
''Hoof Marks'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Tenny Wright and starring Jack Donovan, Ed Brady and Edward Cecil. Cast * Jack Donovan as Cal Wagner * Ed Brady as Rawhide Smith * Edward Cecil as Harold Cole * William Steele as Sam Trapp * Peggy Montgomery as Alice Dixon * Peggy O'Day as Henrietta Bowers * Peggy Shaw Peggy Shaw (born July 27, 1944) is an actor, writer, and producer living in New York City. She is a founding member of the Split Britches and WOW Cafe Theatre, and is a recipient of several Obie Awards, including two for Best Actress for he ... as Marie Hudson References External links * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Films directed by Tenny Wright Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane's Gal
''Hurricane's Gal'' is a 1922 American silent adventure film produced, written and directed by Allen Holubar and starring his wife Dorothy Phillips. It was distributed through Associated First National Pictures. Cast *Dorothy Phillips as Lola * Robert Ellis as Steele O'Connor *Wallace Beery as Chris Borg *James O. Barrows as Cap'n Danny *Gertrude Astor as Phyllis Fairfield *Willie Fung as Sing * Jack Donovan as Lieutenant Grant *Frances Raymond as Mrs. Fairfield Preservation status The film survives in Archives Du Film Du CNC (Bois d'Arcy) and Gosfilmofond, Moscow State.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p. 229, c.1953 by Daniel Blum See also *Gertrude Astor filmography This entry is more or less the complete filmography of actress Gertrude Astor. 1915-1916 *''Under Two Flags'' (1915, Short) as Venetia *''The Shadows of Suspicion'' (1916, Short) as May Latham *''The Janitor's Vacation'' (1916) 1917 *''Bombs an ... References External links * * 1922 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
