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Leo Pierson
Leo Pierson (1888-1943) was an American film actor who was active during Hollywood's silent era. He was married to director and screenwriter Ruth Ann Baldwin. Biography Leo was born in Abilene, Kansas, to Charles Pierson and his wife, Maude; Charles was an immigrant from Sweden. Later on, he moved to Los Angeles and attended St. Vincent's College, where he began appearing in stage plays and graduated in 1907. His first known film role was in the 1911 short ''The Profligate''. He acted in dozens of films from 1911 through 1919, the year he appears to have changed gears and focused on his work as a production manager. He married screenwriter and director Ruth Ann Baldwin on February 19, 1917, the same year he appeared in her Universal films ''A Wife on Trial'' and '' '49-'17''. Select filmography * ''Wagon Tracks'' (1919) * '' The Solitary Sin'' (1919) * ''The Poppy Girl's Husband'' (1919) * '' The Cove of Missing Men'' (1918) * ''The Girl of My Dreams'' (1918) * '' Desert L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Ann Baldwin
Ruth Ann Baldwin was a journalist who became a silent film writer and director active during the 1910s, one of the few women to direct in the early era of filmmaking. Despite the fact that she was one of the first female directors in America, not much is known about her, but the work she did in the 1910s was relevant to the society she lived in. Early life Ruth Ann Baldwin was born in September 1886 in West Suffield, Connecticut, to Charles Baldwin and Abby Taylor. Her father died when she was young, and she and her mother relocated to the San Diego, California, area. Ruth Ann attended school in National City, California, National City, where her musical talents were evident, before forging a career as a journalist. After working as a society columnist at ''The San Diego Union-Tribune, The San Diego Sun'', she appears to have moved to Los Angeles around 1913. She was engaged to be married to Walter Bullard Ridgeway, a landscape architect, that same year, although that marriage d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Tide (1918 Film)
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American Film Actors
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At Piney Ridge
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The Crisis (1916 Film)
''The Crisis'' is a 1916 American silent historical drama film produced by William N. Selig and directed by Colin Campbell. The film is based on the American Civil War novel ''The Crisis'' by American novelist Winston Churchill. The novel was adapted into a play and produced on Broadway in 1902. A copy of this film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast * George Fawcett - Judge Silas Whipple * Matt B. Snyder - Col. Comyn Carvel * Bessie Eyton - Virginia Carvel * Tom Santschi - Stephen Brice * Eugenie Besserer - Mrs. Brice * Marshall Neilan - Clarence Colfax * Frank Weed - Eliphalet Hopper * Will Machin - Lige Brent * Sam D. Drane - Abraham Lincoln * Cecil Holland - Gen. W. T. Sherman * Leo Pierson - Jack Brinsmade * George Snyder - * Frank Green - * Alfred E. Green - Carl Richter * Tom Mix - stunts (uncredited) Reception ''The Crisis'' sought to mine the success of 1915's ''The Birth of a Nation''.Reinhart, Mark S. Abraham Lincoln On Screen', pp. 69-70 (2009) It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birth Of Patriotism
''The Birth of Patriotism'' is a 1917 American silent war drama film directed by E. Magnus Ingleton and starring Irene Hunt, Ann Forrest, and Leo Pierson.DeBauche p. 45 Based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie, it is set in England during the First World War. Cast * Irene Hunt as Anne * Ann Forrest as Mary * Leo Pierson as Johnny Roberts * Ernest Shields as Sam Peters * Frank Caffray as Ike * Lydia Yeamans Titus as Sallie Hawkins * J. Edwin Brown ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ... as Gus Hawkins References Bibliography * Leslie Midkiff DeBauche. ''Reel Patriotism: The Movies and World War I''. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1997. External links * 1917 films 1917 war films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American war films American World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treason (1917 Film)
''Treason'' is a lost film, lost 1917 silent film, silent film war-drama directed by and starring Allen Holubar and costarring Lois Wilson (actress), Lois Wilson and Dorothy Davenport. It was produced by Bluebird Photoplays and distributed by them through Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast *Allen Holubar - Pettrus Baariot *Lois Wilson (actress), Lois Wilson - Floria Natarre *Dorothy Davenport - Luella Brysk *Joseph W. Girard - Gergus Natarre *George C. Pearce - Rodane Keestelt *Edward Hearn (actor), Edward Hearn - Danick Rysson *Leo Pierson - Jossef Natarre *Burton Law - Dyrkess Ledyard *L. M. Wells - Seddrick Radore References External linksTreason at IMDb.com*kinotv.com 1917 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Allen Holubar Lost American films 1910s American films {{19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spreading Evil
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Law (1918 Film)
''Desert Law'' is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Jack Conway and starring Gayne Whitman, Jack Richardson and George C. Pearce.Parish & Pitts p.76 Plot summary Don McLane and Julia Wharton are engaged. Rufe Dorsey, the local boss, who is above the law, covets Julia and "frames" Don for murder. He is given a prison sentence. Don is liberated at a junction point by Julia's brothers, and they beat a retreat to the Wharton homestead, whither Dorsey goes to get the prisoner again. A stranger who recently appeared in the town joins the defending forces, and when the fight goes against them, he reveals himself to Dorsey as the Governor of the state. Dorsey has gone too far and determines to kill the Governor too, but the Governor has sent for the militia and they arrive in time to rescue the besieged, while a friend of Don's rides in with the "murdered" man, who was "very much alive this morning, but plenty dead now," for he had been shot in self defense. Cast * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'49–'17
49–'17'' is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by Ruth Ann Baldwin and starring Joseph W. Girard, Leo Pierson and William J. Dyer. Baldwin began work on writing and directing a silent film called ''49–'17,'' in 1917. It was the first Western directed by a woman. The film was five reels, and according to ''The New York Clipper'', it was "being produced on a more elaborate scale than any play she has yet handled". Based on the short story "The Old West Per Contract", it starred Joseph Girard and Leo Pierson. Plot The film opens on Judge Brand and his secretary, Tom Reeves, lounging in their office as the Judge reminisces about his life in the Old West. Brand tells Tom about how he and his partner, Adams, participated in the Gold Rush. Brand and Adams had both fallen in love with a woman, though Adams had eventually won her affection and the two were married and had a child. This state of affairs did not last long however, as Adams' wife eventually left him for ano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Of My Dreams
''The Girl of My Dreams'' is a lost 1918 British silent film romance directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Billie Rhodes. Cast *Billie Rhodes - The Weed * Jack McDonald - George Bassett *Lamar Johnstone - Kenneth Stewart (*as Lamar Johnston) *Golda Madden - Madelin Stewart *Jane Keckley - Ma Williams *Frank MacQuarrie Frank MacQuarrie (January 27, 1875 in San Francisco – December 25, 1950 in Los Angeles) was an American silent film actor. He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie, George MacQuarrie and Murdock MacQuarrie. Filmography * '' The Black ... - Pa Williams *Ben Suslow - Jed Williams (*as Benjamin Suslow) *Leo Pierson - Ralph Long References External links The Girl of My Dreams at IMDb.com*slide 1918 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films directed by Louis Chaudet American black-and-white films American romance films 1910s romance films 1910s American films {{1910s-romance-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cove Of Missing Men
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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