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James Gordon (actor)
James Gordon (April 23, 1871 – May 12, 1941) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1911 and 1935. He also directed 4 films between 1913 and 1915, including the 1915 film ''The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford''. Gordon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 23, 1871. He died on May 12, 1941, in Hollywood, California, aged 70, from post-surgical complications. He is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' The Battle of Trafalgar'' (1911) * ''The Lighthouse by the Sea'' (1911) * '' For the Cause of the South'' (1912) * ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (1912) * '' The Old Monk's Tale'' (1913) * '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' (1913) * '' Caprice'' (1913) * ''The Lure of the Circus'' (1918) * ''The Final Close-Up'' (1919) * ''When Doctors Disagree'' (1919) * '' Behind the Door'' (1919) * '' The Blue Moon'' (1920) * ''Homespun Folks'' (1920) * '' Excuse My Dust'' (1920) * '' The Bait'' (1921) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, and the 68th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania; its population of 2.37 million is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 27th-largest in the U.S. It is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area that extends into Ohio and West Virginia. Pittsburgh is located in southwest Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. Pittsburgh is known both as "the Steel City" for its more than 300 steel-related businesses and as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Moon (film)
''The Blue Moon'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by George L. Cox and starring Pell Trenton, Elinor Field, Harry Northrup and Herbert Standing. The film was adapted from the novel by David Anderson. Cast * Pell Trenton as The Pearl Hunter * Elinor Field as Wild Rose * Harry Northrup as The Man with the Fancy Vest * James Gordon as The River Boss * Margaret McWade as The Iron-gray Woman * Herbert Standing Herbert Standing (13 November 1846 – 5 December 1923) was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children, many of whom had careers in theatre and cinema. Toward the ... as The Wild Man * Sidney Franklin as Louie Solomon * Frederick Monley as The Sheriff References External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by George L. Cox American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Pathé Exchange films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanderer Of The Wasteland (1924 Film)
''Wanderer of the Wasteland'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, and Billie Dove. It was the third feature film to be photographed entirely in Technicolor. Plot The film is based on Zane Grey's 1923 novel of two brothers, one an honest cowpoke, the other a gambler. When Adam Larey ( Jack Holt) confronts his younger brother Guerd ( James Mason) about his gambling addiction, the latter is accidentally shot. A distraught Adam, believing he has killed his own brother, flees into the desert. He later learns that Guerd was merely wounded and returns to the loving arms of beautiful Ruth Virey (Billie Dove). Cast * Jack Holt as Adam Larey * Noah Beery as Dismukes * George Irving as Mr. Roderick Virey * Kathlyn Williams as Magdalene Virey * Billie Dove as Ruth Virey * Jim Mason as Guerd Larey (credited as James Mason) * Richard Neill as Collishaw (credited as Richard R. Neill) * James Gordon as Alex MacKay * William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Sin
''The White Sin'' is a 1924 silent romantic drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Madge Bellamy and John Bowers. It was distributed by Film Booking Offices of America (FBO). Plot As described in a review of the film in a film magazine, Hattie Lou Harkness’ (Bellamy) life with her aunt becomes unbearable and she runs away from the country home, finding employment as a maid with the wealthy Van Gores. Spencer Van Gore (Cooley) stages a mock wedding on board his yacht with the ship’s captain officiating. Learning of the trick, Hattie Lou leaves. Two years later she is out of work. Reading that the yacht has been wrecked and the party of Van Gores lost, she goes with her baby to the elder Van Gore’s home and poses as Spencer’s wife. Grant Van Gore (Bowers), a war invalid there, falls in love with her. Spencer turns up and Hattie Lou learns that the marriage was legal and binding, as the captain deliberately performed it outside the three-mile limit. Spencer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man's Size
''Man's Size'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell and starring William Russell, Alma Bennett, and Stanton Heck. It is based upon the novel ''Man Size'' by William MacLeod Raine. at silentera.com Plot As described in a , Tom Morse (Russell), while in the Northwest on business for his uncle, meets Jessie McRae, a young woman of the wilderness, who destroys the barrels of whiskey that were being smuggled to the Indians. He at first mistakes her for a boy, owing to the clothing she was wearing, and carries her to her father to be punished and only then discovers ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defying Destiny
''Defying Destiny'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Monte Blue and Irene Rich. Cast Preservation ''Defying Destiny'' was thought to be a lost film until a print was found and repatriated to the George Eastman Museum The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in ... from New Zealand in 2010 with several other American films. References External links * *Film Preservation Foundation ''Defying Destiny'' 1923 films American silent feature films 1920s rediscovered films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1923 drama films Films directed by Louis Chaudet Selznick Pictures films Rediscovered German films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The High Seas
''On the High Seas'' is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Edward Sheldon and E. Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt, Mitchell Lewis, Winter Hall, Michael Dark, Otto Brower, and William Boyd. The film was released on September 17, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, while returning from East Asia, the ship S.S. ''Andren'' catches fire. Leone Deveraux is rescued by stokers Jim Dorn and Joe Polack, and the three cast off in a small boat. After three days, they sight a plague ship derelict, throw the corpses overboard, and make themselves at home. Joe desires Leone and one night during a storm attacks her, but she is rescued by Jim with whom she has fallen in love. Joe is then killed by a falling mast. The two lovers are rescued by a battleship and taken home. Leone, who is engaged to be married, loses trace of Jim until, on a day when she is on the way to the church, she is ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Game Chicken
''A Game Chicken'' is a lost 1922 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Realart and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky. This film starred Bebe Daniels and was directed by Chester Franklin. AFI Catalog of Feature Films Retrieved November 19, 2022. Cast *Bebe Daniels
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a c ...
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Nancy From Nowhere
''Nancy from Nowhere'' is a lost 1922 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Chester Franklin and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced by Realart Pictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jack Halliday discovers Nancy, a poor young mountain woman, being mistreated by her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly. He takes her to the city where she blossoms into a society bud. However, Nancy returns to her mountain hut because she does not want to ruin his prospects socially by marrying him. Jack follows her back and finds her in the clutches of a villain, which he whips and then runs off with Nancy to the nearest parson to be wed. Cast *Bebe Daniels as Nancy * Eddie Sutherland as Jack Halliday *Vera Lewis as Mrs. Kelly * James Gordon as Mr. Kelly *Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Halliday *Alberta Lee as Martha *Helen Holly as Elizabeth Doane *Dorothy Hagan as Mrs. Doane References External links * *Lantern slideat the George Eastman Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trailin'
''Trailin is a 1921 American silent Western mystery film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, Eva Novak and Bert Sprotte.Solomon, p. 275. Cast * Tom Mix as Anthony Woodbury * Eva Novak as Sally Fortune * Bert Sprotte as John Woodbury * James Gordon as William Drew * Sid Jordan as Steve Nash * Carol Holloway as Joan Piotto * J. Farrell MacDonald as Joseph Piotto * William De Vaull as Deputy Glendon * Harry Dunkinson as Sandy Ferguson * Al Fremont as Lawlor * Bert Hadley as Doctor * Duke R. Lee as Butch Conklin * Jay Morley Jay Morley (July 14, 1890 – November 9, 1976), was an American actor, active in silent films. Career Morley began his acting career in a traveling vaudeville act and performed in dramas with stock theater companies for five years. He had suc ... as Young William Drew * Cecil Van Auker as John Bard References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Jones
''Sunset Jones'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by George L. Cox and starring Charles Clary, James Gordon, and Irene Rich.Munden, p. 777. Cast * Charles Clary as Sunset Jones * James Gordon as David Rand * Irene Rich Irene Rich (born Irene Frances Luther; October 13, 1891 – April 22, 1988) was an American actress who worked in both silent films and talkies, as well as radio. Early life Rich was born in Buffalo, New York. At age 17, she wed Elvo Elc ... as Marion Rand * Kathleen O'Connor as Molly Forbes 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 * 1921 films 1921 Western (genre) films Films directed by George L. Cox Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Lost River
''The Man from Lost River'' is a lost American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and released in 1921. It stars House Peters, Fritzi Brunette, and Allan Forrest. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jim Barnes (Peters) has been raised in the woods and knows little of how to associate with women. As foreman at a lumber camp, he comes to love Marcia Judd (Brunette), but his backwardness allows her to be won over by the smooth talking Arthur Fosdick (Forrest), a New York society man who had recently come to the camp. Realizing that the young woman is in love with the Easterner and the weakness of his character, Jim constitutes himself as Marcia's protector without her knowledge. After proving his utter worthlessness, Arthur's death is brought about by his own cowardice, Marcia awakens to the strength of a noble man's love. Cast *House Peters as Jim Barnes *Fritzi Brunette as Marcia Judd * Allan Forrest as Arthur Fosdick * James Gordon as Rossiter *Monte Collins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
