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Joseph E. Singleton
Joseph Edward Victor Fairfield Daveran Singleton (1 March 1879 – 24 October 1946) was an actor of the silent era. An Australian, he appeared in 74 films between 1913 and 1925. He was born in Melbourne. Selected filmography * ''Shon the Piper'' (1913) * '' The Squaw Man'' (1914) * '' Brewster's Millions'' (1914) * ''Infatuation'' (1915) * '' Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings'' (1915) * ''Jordan Is a Hard Road'' (1915) * '' Daphne and the Pirate'' (1916) * ''The Good Bad-Man'' (1916) * '' Betsy's Burglar'' (1917) * '' Wild and Woolly'' (1917) (uncredited) * '' A Girl of the Timber Claims'' (1917) * '' Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' (1917) * '' Desert Law'' (1918) * '' The Lady of the Dugout'' (1918) * '' Inside the Lines'' (1918) * ''The Enchanted Barn'' (1919) * '' The Midnight Man'' (1919) * '' The Mayor of Filbert'' (1919) * ''Treasure Island'' (1920) * ''The Toll Gate ''The Toll Gate'' is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bait (1921 Film)
''The Bait'' is a 1921 American silent crime drama film produced by and starring Hope Hampton, directed by Maurice Tourneur, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. John Gilbert, then working for Tourneur, wrote the scenario (silent film version of a screenplay) based on the stage play ''The Tiger Lady'' by Sidney Toler. Filmed in 1920, the picture was released a day after New Year's 1921. ''The Bait'' is now considered to be a lost film. This 1921 release should not be confused with the 1916 film ''The Bait'', which was directed by William J. Bowman and starred Betty Harte and William Clifford. AFI. Retrieved October 7, 2018. Plot Joan Grainger (Hampton) is about to be "sent up" to prison after being falsely accused of stealing when she is kidnapped by Bennett Barton (McDo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside The Lines (1918 Film)
''Inside the Lines'' is a 1918 American silent thriller film directed by David Hartford and starring Lewis Stone, Marguerite Clayton and George Field.Wlaschin p.250 It was based on a play by Earl Derr Biggers, later remade as a 1930 sound film of the same title. Synopsis The Germans order their top spy from Egypt to Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green , mapsize = , image_map2 = Gib ... as part of a plan to destroy the British fleet. Cast References Bibliography * Ken Wlaschin. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009. External links * 1918 films 1910s thriller films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American thriller films American black-and-white films Films directed by David Hartford World Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Deaths
Events January * January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westminster in London. * January 19 ** The Bell XS-1 is test flown for the first time (unpowered), with Bell's chief test pilot Jack Woolams at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. * January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. * January 22 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Isandlwana: A force of 1,200 British soldiers is wiped out by over 20,000 Zulu warriors. * January 23 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Rorke's Drift: Following the previous day's defeat, a smaller British force of 140 successfully repels an attack by 4,000 Zulus. * February 3 – Mosley Street in Newcastle upon Tyne (England) becomes the world's first public highway to be lit by the electric incandescent light bulb invented by Joseph Swan. * February 8 – At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes the global adoption of standard time. * March 3 – United States Geological Survey is founded. * March 11 – Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of The Night
''Secrets of the Night'' is a 1924 American silent film directed by Herbert Blaché and made at Universal Pictures. The black-and-white “murder mystery-melodrama comedy” stars James Kirkwood Sr., Madge Bellamy, and ZaSu Pitts. It was adapted from the play ''The Nightcap'' written by Guy Bolton and Max Marcin. The film was thought lost until a print of the film was rediscovered in a basement in Mississauga, Ontario, in 2017. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Robert Andrews (Kirkwood), president of a bank, invites the bank examiner and several directors to his home for a house party in order to keep him from examining the books and discovering a big shortage. Andrews quarrels with young Hammond (Ricketts), who is in love with his ward, Anne Maynard (Bellamy), and also with Lester Knowles (Hull), who is jealous of the friendship between Andrews and his wife Margaret (Theby). Andrews courts death as his insurance money will cover the shortage. A little later he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skin Deep (1922 Film)
''Skin Deep'' is a 1922 silent film, silent film crime drama directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Milton Sills and Florence Vidor. It was based on a novel, ''Lucky Damage'', by Marc Edmund Jones. The Film was remade in 1929 by Warner Brothers, First National's inheritor, as ''Skin Deep (1929 film), Skin Deep''. Cast *Milton Sills - Bud Doyle *Florence Vidor - Ethel Carter *Marcia Manon - Sadie Doyle *Charles Clary - James Carlson *Winter Hall - Dr. Langdon *Joe Singleton - Joe Culver *Frank Campeau - Boss McQuarg *Gertrude Astor - Mrs. Carlson *Muriel Dana - Baby Carlson (*aka Muriel Frances Dana) *B. H. DeLay - Aviator Preservation status Prints held by Filmmuseum Netherlands now EYE Institut and the Library of Congress. References External links Skin Deep at IMDb.com * 1922 films American silent feature films Films directed by Lambert Hillyer Films based on American novels First National Pictures films American black-and-white films 1922 crime drama films 1920s Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Of The Royal Mounted
''Cameron of the Royal Mounted'' is a 1921 Canadian silent action film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Gaston Glass, Irving Cummings and Vivienne Osborne.Langman p.531 Part of the tradition of Northerns, it is based on the story ''Corporal Cameron'' by Ralph Connor about a young Scottish immigrant who joins the Mounties. Mostly lost, only one-third of the film is held at the National Film Archives at Ottawa. Cast * Gaston Glass as Cpl. Cameron * Irving Cummings as Dick Raven * Vivienne Osborne as Mandy Haley * Frank Lanning as Little Thunder * George Larkin as Andre Potts * Joseph Singleton as Jim Haley * Marion McDonald as Mrs. Haley * Gordon Griffith Gordon S. Griffith (July 4, 1907 – October 12, 1958) was an American assistant director, film producer, and one of the first child actors in the American movie industry. Griffith worked in the film industry for five decades, acting in ov ... References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fighting Lover
''The Fighting Lover'' is a 1921 American silent mystery comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ... directed by Fred LeRoy Granville and starring Frank Mayo, Elinor Hancock and Gertrude Olmstead.Munden p.242 Cast * Frank Mayo as Andrew Forsdale * Elinor Hancock as Mrs. Lydia Graham * Gertrude Olmstead as Jean Forsdale * Jackson Read as Ned Randolph * Colin Kenny (actor), Colin Kenny as Vic Ragner *Jacqueline Logan as Helen Leigh * Joseph Singleton as Quig Munday * Ruth Ashby as Anna Hughes * Fred Becker (actor), Fred Becker as Dr. Munro * Robert Bolder as Valet References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opened Shutters
''Opened Shutters'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and starring Edith Roberts, Josef Swickard and Joseph Singleton.Connelly p.392 It is a remake of the 1914 film ''The Opened Shutters'', based on a novel by Clara Louise Burnham. Cast * Edith Roberts as Sylvia Lacey * Josef Swickard as Sam Lacey * Joseph Singleton as Nat Morris * Mai Wells as Martha Lacey * Clark Comstock as Judge Calvin Trent * Edmund Burns as John Dunham * Charles Clary as Jacob Johnson * Floyce Brown as Mrs. Lem Foster * Nola Luxford as Edna Derwent * Andrew Waldron as Captain Lem Foster * Lorraine Weiler Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ... as Minty References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Redeemer
''The Great Redeemer'' is a 1920 American silent Western film co-directed by Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown and starring House Peters, Marjorie Daw, Jack McDonald, and Joseph Singleton. Cast * House Peters as Dan Malloy * Marjorie Daw as The Girl * Jack McDonald as The Sheirff * Joseph Singleton as The Murderer * John Gilbert (Undetermined Role (uncredited)) Production This film was the first ever to be directed by producer and director Clarence Brown Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. Early life Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, to Larkin Harry Brown, a cotton manufacturer, and Katherine Ann Brown (née Gaw), Brown moved to Tennessee when he .... It is not known whether the film currently survives. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Toll Gate
''The Toll Gate'' is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer, written by Lambert Hillyer and William S. Hart, and starring William S. Hart, Anna Q. Nilsson, Joseph Singleton, Jack Richardson, and Richard Headrick. It was released on April 15, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, bandit leader Black Deering (Hart) leads his band on what he declares to be their last raid only to be captured when Tom Jordan (Singleton), one of the members, betrays him to the authorities. Deering escapes and attempts to reach the Mexican border. However, hunger forces him to enter a western town. Here he meets Jordan, whose opposition results in a burning of the town and Deering's escape and pursuit by a posse. He takes shelter in the home of Mary Brown (Nilsson), a widow who lives in a lonely cabin with her little son (Headrick). She willingly poses as Deering's wife, but the Sheriff (Richardson) is not convinced and asks permission to house h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Island (1920 Film)
''Treasure Island'' is a 1920 silent film adaptation of the 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, directed by Maurice Tourneur, and released by Paramount Pictures. Lon Chaney played two different pirate roles in this production, "Blind Pew" and "Merry", and stills exist showing him in both makeups. Charles Ogle, who had played Frankenstein's Monster in the first filmed version of ''Frankenstein'' a decade earlier at Edison Studios, portrayed Long John Silver. (Jack Holt was originally supposed to play that part.) Wallace Beery was supposed to play Israel Hands, but that role went to Joseph Singleton instead. The film was chosen as one of the Top Forty Pictures of the Year by the National Board of Review. The film is now considered a lost film. Reproductions of the film's posters still exist. Plot Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint. Young Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
