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Lena Rivers (1914 Whitman Film)
''Lena Rivers'' is a 1914 silent feature film produced by Whitman Features Company and starring Violet Horner. It is an early production based on the novel by Mary J. Holmes. It was the second of two features released in 1914 with this title. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.102 c.1978 American Film Institute Cast * - Lena Rivers *Harrish Ingraham
Harrish Ingraham (1881– ?), was a British film director, screenwriter and actor during the era of silent movies.
Life
Ingraham was born in London in 1881. He wa ...
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Whitman Features
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Mary J
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Violet Horner
Violet Horner (1892 – 1970) was an American silent film actress. She had several starring roles including in one of the Lena Rivers films (based on the Mary Jane Holmes novel) released in 1914 and a series of films made with Billy Quirk for Gem Motion Picture Company including '' Billy's Adventure''. Her father was an engineer and she spent some of her youth living with him in Brazil. She began her career in theater.https://books.google.com/books?id=5jAXAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA125&dq=%22violet+horner%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN1JqOuuvnAhVBmeAKHXTyBrAQ6AEIUTAF#v=onepage&q=%22violet%20horner%22&f=false pages 144, 150, and 166 She worked for IMP and Fox Film studios. Filmography *''How Ned Got the Raise'' (1912), an extant film *'' The Man from the West'' (1912) *''The Bald Headed Club'' (1912) *'' A Cave Man Wooing'' (1912) *''The Castaway (1912 film)'' *'' The Bridal Room'' (1912), as Mary Carter *''Damages in Full'' (1913) *'' Billy's Adventure'' (1913), one in a series of films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blinkhorn Photoplays
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Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains a conservation center in Culpeper, Virginia. The library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 470 languages." Congress moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800 after holding sessions for eleven years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. In both cities, members of the U.S. Congress had access to the sizable collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrish Ingraham
Harrish Ingraham (1881– ?), was a British film director, screenwriter and actor during the era of silent movies. Life Ingraham was born in London in 1881. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of London. After the University of London he began his career as a school teacher.The Motion Picture Studio and Trade Journal, 4th Edition, 1917, p.190 Ingraham emigrated to the US in 1902 in stock with Forepaugh Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. He later entered the Dominion stock company in Ottawa, Canada and was a lead with Adelaide Thurston. He had two years with Pathé and as leading man and director for the Whitman Feature Company. He joined David Horsley David Horsley (March 11, 1873 – February 23, 1933) was an English pioneer of the film industry. He founded the Centaur Film Company and its West Coast branch, the Nestor Film Company, which established the first film studio in Hollywood in 1 ... in June 1916 ("The Painted Lie", "Unlucky Jim", "The Morals of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin J
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1914 Films
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.Birchard, Robert S. (2004). ''Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood''. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 1-13, __TOC__ Events * February 2 – Charlie Chaplin's first film, ''Making a Living'' is released. * February 7 – Release of Charlie Chaplin's second film, the Keystone comedy '' Kid Auto Races at Venice'', in which his character of The Tramp is introduced to audiences (although first filmed in ''Mabel's Strange Predicament'', released two days later). * February 8 – Winsor McCay's ''Gertie the Dinosaur'' greatly advances filmed animation movement techniques. * February 10 – Release of the film '' Hearts Adrift''; the name of Mary Pickford, the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees. * February – Lewis J. Selznick and Arthur Spiegel organize the World Film Corporation, a distributor of independently produced films located in For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature Films
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Films Based On American Novels
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American Black-and-white Films
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1914 Drama Films
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan begins to erupt, becoming effusive after a very large earthquak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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