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Kay-Bee Pictures
Kay-Bee Pictures was a film company. Its executives included Thomas Ince. The company's mottos included "Every picture a headliner" and "Kay-Bee stands for Kessel and Baumann and Kessel and Baumann stands for quality", referring to Adam Kessel and Charles Baumann. It was party of the New York Motion Picture Company and was used after a settlement with rival Universal Pictures to end the film division named 101 Bison. Anna Little was one of its stars. Filmography *''The Paymaster's Son'' (1913) *'' The Sergeant's Secret'' (1913) *''Love's Sacrifice'' (1914) *'' Mother of the Shadows'' (1914) *'' The Death Mask'' (1914) *''The Geisha'' (1914) *''The Golden Claw'' (1915) *''The Winged Idol'' (1915) *'' The Coward'' (1915) *''The Famine'' (1915) *''The Beckoning Flame'' (1915) *'' Civilization's Child'' (1916) *''Somewhere in France'' (1916) *'' The Raiders'' (1916) *'' Hell's Hinges'' (1916) *'' The Return of Draw Egan'' (1916) *''The Three Musketeers'' (1916) *''The Stepping Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coward Poster
Cowardice is a trait wherein excessive fear prevents an individual from taking a risk or facing danger. It is the opposite of courage. As a label, "cowardice" indicates a failure of character in the face of a challenge. One who succumbs to cowardice is known as a coward. As the opposite of bravery, which many historical and current human societies reward, cowardice is seen as a character flaw that is detrimental to society and thus the failure to face one's fear is often stigmatized and/or punished. Etymology According to the '' Online Etymology Dictionary'', the word ''coward'' came into English from the Old French word ''coart'' (modern French ''couard''), which is a combination of the word for "tail" (Modern French ''queue'', Latin ''cauda'') and an agent noun suffix. It would therefore have meant "one with a tail", which may conjur an image of an animal displaying its tail in flight of fear ("turning tail"), or a dog's habit of putting its tail between its legs when it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beckoning Flame
''The Beckoning Flame'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Charles Swickard and featuring Henry Woodruff, Tsuru Aoki, and Rhea Mitchell in pivotal roles. Cast * Henry Woodruff as Harry Dickson *Tsuru Aoki as Janira *Rhea Mitchell as Elsa Arlington *J. Frank Burke as Ram Dass *Louis Morrison as Prince Chandra * J. Barney Sherry as Muhmed *Roy Laidlaw as Hawes *Joseph J. Dowling Joseph Johnson Dowling (September 4, 1850 – July 8, 1928) was an American stage and silent film actor. Early life and career Born in Pittsburgh, the son of James and Fredericka (''nee'' Edstrem) Dowling. His father was a native of Pennsy ... as Baron (credited as Joseph Dowling) References External links * 1915 drama films 1915 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Swickard 1915 short films Silent American drama films 1916 drama films 1916 films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hater Of Men
''The Hater of Men'' is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Charles Miller and starring Bessie Barriscale. It was produced by Kay-Bee Pictures and by Triangle Distributing. A print is said to survive in a US archive or private collection. Plot The character, Janice Salsbury, a reporter, becomes disillusioned with the institution of marriage believing it will cause her to lose her freedom and breaks off her engagement with her beau. After several plot twists she is reunited and marries her fiancee. Cast *Bessie Barriscale - Janice Salsbury *Charles K. French Charles K. French (born Charles Ekrauss French or Charles E. Krauss; January 17, 1860 – August 2, 1952) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 films between 1909 and 1945. Biography French was ... - Phillips Hartley * John Gilbert - Billy Williams (*as Jack Gilbert) References External linksThe Hater of Men at IMDb.com* archived still 1917 films American sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clodhopper
''The Clodhopper'' is a 1917 American comedy drama film from Kay Bee Pictures starring Charles Ray and Margery Wilson and directed by Victor Schertzinger. Plot Isaac Nelson (French) is the tight-fisted president of a country bank and owns a farm, where his son Everett (Ray) works long hours every day, even on Sundays. Everett wears his father's cast-off clothes, and after his mother (Knott) buys him a mail order suit, Everett goes to a Fourth of July picnic with his sweetheart Mary Martin (Wilson). The father sees his wife in the field doing the son's work and, after forcing his son home from the picnic, beats him. Everett Nelson runs off to the big city (NYC) and tries to apply for a job as a janitor at a theater. There he meets a showman who puts him in a cabaret as a country dancer, doing a bizarre dance that Everett calls the "clodhopper slide," making $200 a week. Back in his hometown, rumors start to spread about the county bank making poor investments, creating a run on Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weaker Sex (1917 Film)
''The Weaker Sex'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Raymond B. West and starring Dorothy Dalton, Louise Glaum and Charles Ray.Golden p.25 Cast * Dorothy Dalton as Ruth Tilden * Louise Glaum as Annette Loti * Charles Ray as Jack Harding * Robert McKim as Raoul Bozen * Charles K. French as John Harding * Margaret Thompson as Marjory Lawton * J. Barney Sherry J. Barney Sherry (March 4, 1874February 22, 1944) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1905 and 1929. He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from card ... as Edward Tilden * Nona Thomas as Mary Wheeler * John Gilbert as Minor role References Bibliography * Golden, Eve. ''John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars''. University Press of Kentucky, 2013. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Apostle Of Vengeance
''The Apostle of Vengeance'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Clifford Smith and starring William S. Hart, Nona Thomas, and John Gilbert. A Kentucky-born preacher returns home from Vermont in order to settle a feud between two warring families. Cast * William S. Hart as David Hudson * Nona Thomas as Mary McCoy * Joseph J. Dowling as Tom McCoy * Fanny Midgley as 'Marm' Hudson * John Gilbert as Willie Hudson * Marvel Stafford as Elsie Hudson * Gertrude Claire Preservation With no prints of ''The Apostle of Vengeance'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corner (1916 Film)
''The Corner'' is a lost 1916 film western written by C. Gardner Sullivan and starring George Fawcett and Willard Mack. One of the extras is then unknown John Gilbert. Cast * George Fawcett as David Waltham * Willard Mack Willard Mack (September 18, 1873 – November 18, 1934) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and playwright. Life and career He was born Charles Willard McLaughlin in Morrisburg, Ontario. At an early age his family moved to Brooklyn, New ... as John Adams * Clara Williams as Mrs. Adams * Louise Brownell as Mrs. Waltham * Charles F. Miller as Rent Collector * John Gilbert as Extra (uncredited) * Thelma Salter as Little Girl (uncredited) References External links * 1916 films 1916 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Walter Edwards Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolf Woman
''The Wolf Woman'' is a 1916 silent era drama motion picture starring Louise Glaum, Howard C. Hickman, and Charles Ray. It was directed by Raymond B. West and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan. Plot Leila Aradella (played by Glaum), a young and egotistical woman, finds pleasure from preying on weak men with her charm and beauty. John Morton (played by Hickman), a brilliant lawyer, is ruined both morally and financially by her. Rex Walden (played by Ray), the big-hearted son of a society matron, Mrs. Walden (played by Claire), then falls for Leila and proposes marriage. The family and friends of Rex, who has become her complete slave, protest his decision, believing that Leila is trouble. Mrs. Walden sends his older brother, Franklin Walden (played by Standing), to attempt to stop Leila from playing with Rex's affections. Franklin, however, falls in love with her himself. When Rex learns that Leila has left him for his brother, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stepping Stone
''The Stepping Stone'' is a 1916 American silent drama film, directed by Reginald Barker and Thomas H. Ince. It is a lost film. Wayback) Plot Mary Beresford (Boland) is the wife of unambitious law clerk Al Beresford (Beresford). Thanks to Mary's tenacity and carefully calculated social-climbing, Al is promoted to the position of personal secretary of prominent financier Elihu Knowland (Keenan). Unfortunately, success goes to Al's head like a narcotic, and soon he has alienated everyone in New York, including Mary, who runs off for parts unknown.Cast * |
The Three Musketeers (1916 Film)
''The Three Musketeers'' is a 1916 American silent adventure film directed by Charles Swickard and starring Orrin Johnson, Dorothy Dalton, and Louise Glaum. It is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel ''The Three Musketeers''. Prints survive of this film, with one existing in the George Eastman House. Plot summary Cast * Orrin Johnson as D'Artagnan * Dorothy Dalton Dorothy Dalton (September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972) was an American silent film actress and stage personality who worked her way from a stock company to a movie career. Beginning in 1910, Dalton was a player in stock companies in Chicago; Te ... as Queen Anne * Louise Glaum as Miladi Winter * Harvey Clark (actor), Harvey Clark as Duke of Buckingham * Walt Whitman (actor), Walt Whitman as Cardinal Richelieu * Arthur Maude as Count de Rochefort * George Fisher (actor), George Fisher as King Louis XIII * Rhea Mitchell as Constance Bonacieux * Alfred Hollingsworth as Athos * Edward Kenny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Draw Egan
''The Return of Draw Egan'' is a 1916 American silent Western film starring William S. Hart, Louise Glaum, Margery Wilson, Robert McKim, and J.P. Lockney. Directed by William S. Hart and produced by Thomas H. Ince for Kay-Bee Pictures and the New York Motion Picture Company, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan. According to modern sources, the assistant director was Cliff Smith and the art director was Robert Brunton. One of the early five-reel feature length silent movies, ''The Return of Draw Egan'' was exhibited on October 1, 1916, at the Realto Theater in New York City."Hart Film A "Thriller" --- "The Return of 'Draw' Egan" a Good Picture of the Wild West." ''New York Times''. Oct. 2, 1916. p. 9. The western was re-released in 1924. It is currently available on DVD. Plot The setting is the American Wild West. The notorious outlaw leader"Draw" Egan (played by Hart) and his gang is chased by a posse of lawmen to his remote mountain cabin, where they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell's Hinges
''Hell's Hinges'' is a 1916 American silent Western film starring William S. Hart and Clara Williams. Directed by Charles Swickard, William S. Hart and Clifford Smith, and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan. In 1994, ''Hell's Hinges'' was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and is considered by some to be one of the finest silent Westerns. Plot ''Hell's Hinges'' tells the story of a weak-willed minister, Rev. Bob Henley (played by Standing), who comes to a wild and debauched frontier town with his sister, Faith (played by Williams). The owner of the saloon, Silk Miller (played by Hollingsworth), and his accomplices sense trouble and encourage the local rowdies to disrupt the attempts to evangelize the community. Hard-bitten gunman Blaze Tracy (played by Hart), the most dangerous man around, is, however, won over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
