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Jere Austin
Jere Austin (1876–1927) was an American silent film actor from Minnesota. He was born John Van Akin Austin and he began in films in 1914 and made his last appearance in Cecil B. DeMille's ''King of Kings'' (1927). Austin had entered films with the Kalem Company. Austin died of cancer.''Who Was Who on Screen'' p.17 2nd Edition c.1977 Evelyn Mack Truitt.. Filmography *''Chest of Fortune'' (1914) short *''Wolfe; Or, The Conquest of Quebec'' (1914) *''Nina o' the Theatre'' (1914) short *''The Weakling'' (1914) short *''The Old Army Coat'' (1914) short *''Kit, The Arkansaw Traveler'' (1914) short *''The Green Rose'' (1914) short *''The Viper'' (1914) short *''Fate's Midnight Hour'' (1914) short *''The Lynbrook Tragedy'' (1914) short *''The Riddle of the Green Umbrella'' (1914) short *''The Theft of the Crown Jewels'' (1914) short *''The Price of Silence'' (1914) short *''The School for Scandal'' (1914) short *''The Mayor's Secretary'' (1914) short *''Cast Up by the Sea'' (1915) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh; November 9, 1894U.S. Census records for 1900, El Paso, Texas, Sheet No. 6 – February 13, 1968) was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years. Early life Mae Marsh was born Mary Wayne Marsh in Madrid, New Mexico Territory, on November 9, 1894. She was one of five children of Charles Marsh and Mary Wayne Marsh, and she attended Convent of the Sacred Heart School in Hollywood as well as public school. A frequently told story of Marsh's childhood is "Her father, a railroad auditor, died when she was four. Her family moved to San Francisco, California, where her stepfather was killed in the great earthquake of 1906. Her great-aunt then took Mae and er older sisterMarguerite to Los Angeles, hoping her show business background would open doors for jobs at various movie studios needing extras." However, her father, S. Charles Marsh, was a bartender, not a railroad auditor, and he was alive at least as late as June 1900, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eternal Mother (1920 Film)
''The Eternal Mother'' is a lost 1920 American silent melodrama film directed by Will S. Davis and starring stage veteran Florence Reed. Wayback) Penultimate film directed by Davis before his death in 1920. Cast * as Laura West * as Howard Hollister * as Stephen Rhodes * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Racer
''The Mad Racer'' was a 1926 American short silent comedy film directed by Philadelphian director Benjamin Stoloff. The film starred Earle Foxe and Florence Gilbert. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Reginald Van Bibber is spending a vacation with Colonel Paddock's party at a ranch owned by a friend of the Colonel's. The peace of the ranch is occasionally disturbed by a desperado known as the Mad Racer, the terror of the countryside. The ranch foreman hires the Mad Racer to dispose of Van Bibber so that the foreman can win the annual buggy race and possess for himself Sylvia Paddock, in whom he is infatuated. However, by a trick of fate, Van Bibber is forced into the race. After being dragged by a runaway vehicle, he stumbles into the leading chariot in which the Mad Racer lies stunned. Once again, Van Bibber is proclaimed hero of the day. Cast *Earle Foxe as Reginald Van Bibber * Florence Gilbert as Sylvia Paddock *Frank Beal as Colonel Paddock *Jean Arthur *Jere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Desperate Game
''The Desperate Game'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Joseph Franz and Milburn Morante. It stars Pete Morrison, Lew Meehan, and Bert Lindley. Cast * Pete Morrison as Jim Wesley * Dolores Gardner as Marguerite Grayson * Jim Welch as Mr. Wesley - Jim's Father * Jere Austin as Mel Larrimer * J.P. Lockney as Adam Grayson * Al Richmond as Montana McGraw * Virginia Warwick as Belle Deane * Lew Meehan as Bat Grayson * Milburn Morante as Shinney * Merrill McCormick William Merrill McCormick (February 5, 1892 – August 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1916 and 1953. William Merrill McCormick was born on February 5, 1892, in Denver, Colorado. McCormick ap ... as Luke Grayson * Bert Lindley as Pat Davis References External links * * * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Milburn Morante American black-and-white films Films directed by Joseph Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Demon (1926 Film)
''The Demon'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Clifford Smith (director), Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Lola Todd, and William Welsh (actor), William Welsh. Plot As described in a film magazine review, raiders are burning the property of cattle ranchers. Dane Gordon, posing as an ex-convict, joins the gang and falls in love with Goldie Fleming, stenographer of Bat Jackson, the brains of the outfit. Dane leads a posse against the outlaws. A plot to blow up Dane and his men fails. The outlaws are rounded up. Bat is shot dead while Dane is stalking him. Dane finds Goldie is largely responsible for their success. She admits she loves Dane. Cast * Jack Hoxie as Dane Gordon * Lola Todd as Goldie Fleming * William Welsh (actor), William Welsh as Percival Wade * Jere Austin as Bat Jackson * Al J. Jennings as Dan Carroll * George Grandee as The Secretary * Harry Semels as Joseph Lomax References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cowboy And The Countess
''The Cowboy and the Countess'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Buck Jones, Helena D'Algy, and Diana Miller. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jerry Whipple, daredevil of the Western range, rescues the Countess Justina and her party when their car is wrecked in a storm. Jerry falls in love with the Countess. Later, he tours Europe with his cowboy pals as part of a wild west show Wild West shows were traveling vaudeville performances in the United States and Europe that existed around 1870–1920. The shows began as theatrical stage productions and evolved into open-air shows that depicted romanticized stereotypes of .... The Duke de Milos has loaned Countess' father money on the condition that the daughter would become his bride. Jerry puts on a wild west show in the palace court and later kidnaps the Countess whom he later weds. Cast References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Storm Breaker
''The Storm Breaker'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. It is based on the 1922 novel ''Titans'' by Charles Guernon. The film stars House Peters Sr., Ruth Clifford, Nina Romano, Ray Hallor, Jere Austin, and Lionel Belmore. The film was released on October 25, 1925, by Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, John Strong, a dominatingly strong willed fisherman who is loved by a young woman who lives in his mother’s home meets and marries the daughter of a bookseller, but then loses her love to his brother Neil. One night a storm wrecks his brother’s boat. He refuses to go to the rescue until he is told that he is the only man on the coast who can save the one who is in peril. Following the successful rescue of his brother, he realizes he has no right to the love of the woman he has wed. He leaves the village, but not before he learns that the young woman who adored him before he was marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Regular Fellow (1925 Film)
''A Regular Fellow'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Joseph A. Mitchell, Reggie Morris and Keene Thompson. The film stars Raymond Griffith, Mary Brian, Tyrone Power, Sr., Edgar Norton, Nigel De Brulier, Gustav von Seyffertitz, and Kathleen Kirkham. The film was released on October 5, 1925, by Paramount Pictures. The film had a working title of ''He's A Prince''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the Prince, weary of his job, tries to quit, but the King will not allow it. He meets and falls in love with a tourist Girl, but he is commanded to marry a Princess from a neighboring kingdom, who is in love with a guardsman. By a happy turn of events, the King is dethroned; the Prince is made president of the newly created republic, and he marries the Girl. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''A Regular Fellow'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundown (1924 Film)
''Sundown'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Laurence Trimble and Harry O. Hoyt, produced and distributed by First National Pictures, and starring Bessie Love. Frances Marion, Marion Fairfax, and Kenneth B. Clarke wrote the screenplay based on an original screen story by Earl Hudson. This film was the only production cinematographer David Thompson ever worked on. This film is presumed lost. Production It was primarily filmed on location in Texas, on a plateau outside of El Paso. Plot In the American West The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ..., tensions between ranchers and homesteaders rise as homesteads take over land that ranchers need for their cattle. John Brent (Stewart) and his son Hugh (Bosworth) decide to drive their cattle to Mexico a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single Wives
''Single Wives'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and produced by and starring Corinne Griffith. It was distributed by First National Pictures. Cast Preservation status ''Single Wives'' is preserved at the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f .... References External links * *at silenthollywood.comat silentfilmstillarchive.com 1924 films 1924 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Films directed by George Archainbaud American black-and-white films First National Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Grit
''Pure Grit'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Nat Ross and starring Roy Stewart, Esther Ralston, and Jack Mower. It is based on the 1911 novel ''A Texas Ranger'' by William MacLeod Raine. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Bob Evans, a Texas Ranger, falls in love with school teacher Stella Bolling. She aids Jim Kemp, a wounded stranger, who reveals himself to be her long-lost brother, who had broken out of jail. Buddy Clark, an orphan also cared for by Stella, rescues another wounded man, and learns from him that he is really Stella's brother, and that Stella is being imposed on by the other stranger. Stella has gone with the stranger. Bob pursues them and saves Stella from an attack by the stranger at a burning cabin, who meets his just deserts. Buddy also saves a dog from the burning cabin. Bob has won Stella's affection. Cast * Roy Stewart as Bob Evans * Esther Ralston as Stella Bolling * Jere Austin as Jim Kemp * Jack Mower as Frank Bolling * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Mystery Girl
''His Mystery Girl'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Ruth Dwyer, and Margaret Campbell. Plot As described in a film magazine, the friends of Kerry Reynolds (Rawlinson) think he should be a more human young man and scare him into going to his doctor. The doctor, who is in on the joke, tells him that he is a very sick man. Leaving the doctor's office he sees a beautiful young woman apparently in distress and she wins his heart. Seeing her again at a hotel lobby, he notes that she drops a beaded handbag and takes it home. Seeing her advertisement about her handbag, he meets her and finds that the handbag contains valuable diamonds. Rushing to his apartment to check the bag's contents, he finds that it is gone. Then the woman appears at his door and demands the bag, and she is followed by a man claiming to be her husband. Kerry gets a message that she is a prisoner in a deserted house, and after some adventures he arri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
