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Julia Calhoun
Julia Calhoun (born 1870) was an American actress during the silent film era. She appeared on stage and in comedy films including early ones with Oliver Hardy from at least 1914 on into the 1920s. Calhoun was born February 1870 in Philadelphia. She was one of the performers featured in a series of cabinet cards published by Newsboy Tobacco Company for advertising purposes. The New York Public Library has a photograph of her in its Billy Rose Theatre Collection. She was part of C. C. Field Film Company's Miami, Florida studio cast. She was married to fellow performer Kirkland Calhoun. His death made her a widow by 1914. Filmography *''The Señorita's Repentance'' (1913), a Selig film *''Doing Like Daisy'', a Lubin picture *'' Building a Fire'' (1914) *'' His Sudden Recovery'' (1914) *'' A Tango Tragedy'' (1914) *'' Good Cider'' (1914) *'' The Female Cop (1914) *'' His Sudden Recovery'' (1914) *'' Worms Will Turn'' (1914) *'' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' (1919) *''The Match-Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Match-Breaker (1921) 1
''The Match-Breaker'' is a lost 1921 American silent romantic comedy film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. It was directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starred Viola Dana. Plot Cast *Viola Dana as Jane Morgan *Jack Perrin as Thomas Butler Jr * Edward Jobson as Thomas Butler Sr. *Julia Calhoun as Mrs. Murray *Wedgwood Nowell as Hack De Long * Kate Toncray as Aunt Martha *Lenore Lynard as Madge Larlane *Fred Kelsey Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films betw ... as Detective * Arthur Millett as Richard Van Loytor References External links * * 1921 films American silent feature films Lost American romantic comedy films Metro Pictures films 1921 lost films 1921 romantic comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Cider
''Good Cider'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot Cast * James Levering as The Squire * Ben Walker as Zeke * Billy Bowers as Hank * Oliver Hardy as Hiram (as Babe Hardy) * Julia Calhoun as Aunt Jane See also * List of American films of 1914 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... References External links * 1914 films 1914 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1914 comedy films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Film Actresses
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Date Of Death Missing
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1870 Births
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Just Like A Woman (1923 Film)
''Just Like a Woman'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Scott R. Beal and Hugh McClung and starring Marguerite De La Motte, George Fawcett, and Ralph Graves. Cast Preservation Prints of ''Just Like a Woman'' are located at the Library of Congress and George Eastman Museum 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 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 * * 1923 films 1923 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Scott R. Beal American black-and-white films Films distributed by W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Match-Breaker
''The Match-Breaker'' is a lost 1921 American silent romantic comedy film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. It was directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starred Viola Dana. Cast * Viola Dana as Jane Morgan * Jack Perrin as Thomas Butler Jr * Edward Jobson as Thomas Butler Sr. * Julia Calhoun as Mrs. Murray *Wedgwood Nowell as Hack De Long *Kate Toncray as Aunt Martha *Lenore Lynard as Madge Larlane *Fred Kelsey as Detective *Arthur Millett Arthur Millett (April 21, 1874 in Pittsfield, Maine – February 24, 1952 in Los Angeles, California), born Arthur Nelson Millett, was an early American motion picture actor whose career was at its height in the silent film era. Biography Born ... as Richard Van Loytor References External links * * 1921 films American silent feature films Lost American romantic comedy films Metro Pictures films 1921 romantic comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Stayed At Home (1919 Film)
''The Man Who Stayed at Home'' is a 1919 American silent adventure drama film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring King Baggot, Claire Whitney. It was based on the play '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' by J. E. Harold Terry and Lechmere Worrall. Plot Set in Virginia 1918, German spies passing information on American coastal defences are thwarted by Christopher Brent (Baggot) who is working for the secret service. Cast * King Baggot as Christopher Brent * Claire Whitney as Molly Preston * Robert Whittier as Fritz * A.J. Herbert as Norman Preston * Lila Leslie as Miriam Lee * Frank Bennett as Carl Sanderson * Ricca Allen as Miss Myrtle * Robert Paton Gibbs as Judge Preston * Julia Calhoun as Fraulein Schroder * Ida Darling Ida Darling (February 23, 1880 – June 5, 1936) was an American actress of the stage and in silent motion pictures. Biography Darling was born in New York City. She performed on the New York stage for 40 years. During the 10 years she re ... a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worms Will Turn
''Worms Will Turn'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot Cast * Raymond McKee as Bill Raggles * Ed Lawrence as Police Chief * Julia Calhoun as Matilda * Oliver Hardy as A Policeman (as Babe Hardy) See also * List of American films of 1914 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1914 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1914 comedy films 1914 short films Films directed by Frank Griffin Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Female Cop
''The Female Cop'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot Cast * Mae Hotely as Myra McGinnis * Julia Calhoun as Mrs. Brown * Oliver Hardy (as Babe Hardy) See also * List of American films of 1914 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... References External links * 1914 films 1914 comedy films 1914 short films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films American silent short films American comedy short films Films directed by Jerold T. Hevener 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tango Tragedy
''A Tango Tragedy'' is a lost 1914 American silent comedy film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and starring Billy Bowers, Frances Ne Moyer, and James Hodges. Also among the cast was Oliver Hardy, who had a small role as a man at the dance. Plot Pat Muldoon disapproves of dancing, and threatens to kill any man who asks his daughter Nora to dance. Undeterred, Dick Kelly invites Nora to a dance, and Pat comes for him with a shotgun. Dick tricks Pat into shooting at a dummy and pretends to be dead. Dressed as a ghost, he commands Pat to dance. The terrified Pat obeys, and discovers that he quite likes dancing with a charming widow. When he sees Dick without his ghost makeup, he wants to fight again, but then the music starts, and faced with the choice between a fight and a tango, Pat chooses the tango, while Dick dances off with Nora. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of intertitle, title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a piano, pianist, theatre organ, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or musical improvisation, improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
