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Leo Willis
Leo Willis (5 January 1890 – 10 April 1952) was an American actor who began his career in the silent era. He played mainly tough guys and comic villains, notably opposite Harold Lloyd, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy at the Hal Roach Studios. Selected filmography * '' The Italian'' ( 1915) * ''Hell's Hinges'' (1915) * ''The Return of Draw Egan'' ( 1916) * '' One Shot Ross'' (1917) * '' Bull's Eye'' ( 1917) * '' A Regular Fellow'' (1919) * ''The Toll Gate'' (1920) * '' The Rent Collector'' (1921) * '' Three Word Brand'' (1921) * '' The Timber Queen'' (1922) * '' Broken Chains'' (1922) * '' Wild Bill Hickok'' (1923) * ''Near Dublin'' (1924) * '' Jubilo, Jr.'' (1924) * ''Short Kilts'' (1924) * ''The White Sheep'' (1924) * '' Isn't Life Terrible?'' ( 1925) * '' A Hero of the Big Snows'' ( 1926) * '' The Tough Guy'' (1926) * '' The Kid Brother'' (1927) * ''Call of the Cuckoo'' (1927) * '' Flying Elephants'' (1928) * '' Their Purple Moment'' (1928) * ''The Hoose-Gow'' ( 1929) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Stewart (silent Film Actor)
Roy Stewart (October 17, 1883 – April 26, 1933) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1933. He was born in San Diego, California. On April 26, 1933, he died at his Westwood, California, home, of a heart attack. He was 49 years old. Partial filmography * '' The Solution to the Mystery'' (1915) * '' The Silver Lining'' (1915) * '' The Substitute Minister'' (1915) * '' The Wasp'' (1915) * '' The Exile of Bar-K Ranch'' (1915) * ''The Diamond from the Sky'' (1915) * ''The Hungry Actors'' (1915) * ''From Italy's Shores'' (1915) * '' Just Nuts'' (1915) * ''Willie Runs the Park'' (1915) * '' The House Built Upon Sand'' (1916) * ''Liberty'' (1916) * '' The Bruiser'' (1916) * '' The Craving'' (1916) * ''The Smugglers of Santa Cruz'' (1916) * '' The Thoroughbred'' (1916) * ''The Other Side of the Door'' (1916) * ''A Daughter of the Poor'' (1917) * ''The Double Standard'' (1917) * '' The Medicine Man'' (1917) * ''The Boss of the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Shot Ross
''One Shot Ross'' is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Roy Stewart, Josie Sedgwick and Jack Richardson.Rainey p.225 Cast * Roy Stewart as 'One Shot' Ross * Josie Sedgwick as Nan Sheridan * Jack Richardson as Jim Butler * Louis Durham as Shorty * William Ellingford as Mr. Sheridan * Leo Willis Leo Willis (5 January 1890 – 10 April 1952) was an American actor who began his career in the silent era. He played mainly tough guys and comic villains, notably opposite Harold Lloyd, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy at the Hal Roach Stud ... as Briggs References Bibliography * Rainey, Buck. ''Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 actresses appearing in Western movies''. McFarland & Company, 1992. External links * 1917 films 1917 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Triangle Film Corporation films Films directed by Clifford Smith Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s English- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 In Film
The following is an overview of 1924 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top eight 1924 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 10 – CBC Distributions corp. is renamed and incorporated as Columbia Pictures. *D. W. Griffith, co-founder of United Artists, leaves the company. *April 17 – Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gains control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) *November 15 – In Los Angeles, director Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") meets publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst to work out a deal. When Ince dies a few days later, reportedly of a heart attack, rumors soon surface that he was murdered by Hearst. * Loews Theatres acquires the 4,000 seat Capitol Theatre in New York City becoming the flagship of the theatre chain and site of many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near Dublin
''Near Dublin'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Ralph Ceder and starring Stan Laurel. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Stan is a postman in the Irish village and is in love with the belle of the town. His rival is a brick manufacturer who makes bricks for both building and social purposes such as being used by all the Irish men, women, and children in fighting. Stan is thrown into jail on a trumped up charge but escapes and, in a battle with his rival, he is knocked out by a rap on the head. The villain is jailed and Stan wins the affections of the lady. Cast See also * List of American films of 1924 This is a list of American films released in 1924. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y–Z See also * 1924 in the United States Reference ... References External links * 1924 films American silent short films American black-and- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Bill Hickok (film)
''Wild Bill Hickok'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring William S. Hart, Ethel Grey Terry, Kathleen O'Connor, James Farley, Jack Gardner, Carl Gerard, and William Dyer. It was written by William S. Hart and J.G. Hawks. The film was released on November 18, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. It was the first film to depict Wyatt Earp, although in a very brief role, and the only film made before he died in 1929 that included his character, until ''Law and Order'' was released in 1932. Plot After the America Civil War ends, key military and government leaders meet in Washington D.C. Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (William Hart) goes to Dodge City where he hangs up his gun belt and takes over a card table. Local lawmen are unable to rid the town of lawless cowboys. Hickok's arch-enemy and gang leader Jack McQueen (Jim Farley) accuses Hickok of losing his nerve. Hickok visits General Custer and retrieves his sword, taking up his role as a fighter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Chains (film)
''Broken Chains'' is a 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by Allen Holubar. Starring Colleen Moore, Malcolm McGregor, and Ernest Torrence, it was based on the winning story from a scenario contest held by the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and the ''Chicago Daily News''. A print of ''Broken Chains'' is preserved at the George Eastman House archive. Plot Wealthy Peter Wyndham is useless in attempting to prevent the theft of Hortense Allen's jewelry. A butler is killed during the robbery, and unable to face his cowardice, Peter heads west. He takes a job working for his father's lumber mill. Meanwhile, elsewhere Mercy Boone's newborn child has died. Boyan Boone, her husband is callous towards the loss. He is a thug, and ne'er-do-well with a band of thieves working with him. When Mercy attempts to escape she meets Peter before Boyan returns her to his cabin where he chains her. Peter finds her and they begin a romance under Boyan's nose. Boyan learns and beats up Peter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 In Film
The following is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top nine films released in 1922 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events * June 11 – United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's '' Nanook of the North'', the first commercially successful feature length documentary film. * November 26 – ''The Toll of the Sea'', starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor ('' The Gulf Between'' was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed). Notable films released in 1922 United States unless stated A *'' At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern'' (lost), directed by Lloyd Ingraham, based on the 1905 novel by Myrtle Reed B *'' The Bachelor Daddy'' (lost), directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Thomas Meighan *''The Beautiful and Damned'' (lost), directed by William A. Seiter, starring Marie Prevost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Timber Queen
''The Timber Queen'' is a 1922 American action film, action Silent film, silent film serial directed by Fred Jackman. The film serial stars Ruth Roland and Bruce Gordon (actor/director), Bruce Gordon. Produced by Pathé, Pathé Exchange, the serial was advertised as "The beautiful scenery! The forest, the train, everything just looks so 'outdoors'! Great cinematography." Next to Pearl White, another of Pathe studio's prominent serial queens, Ruth Roland appears in Western serials like ''Ruth of the Rockies'' (1920) and ''White Eagle (1922 serial), White Eagle'' (1922). Plot After the death of her father, Ruth Reading (Ruth Roland) inherits ownership of a large acreage of forest. Don Mackay (Bruce Gordon (actor/director), Bruce Gordon) is a neighboring farmer who is in love with Ruth, but is too bashful to tell her. Ruth's cousin, James Cluxton (Val Paul) receives a letter informing him that if Ruth does not marry by the time of her 21st birthday, then the ownership of the forest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Word Brand (1921 Film)
''Three Word Brand'' is a 1921 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film distributed by Paramount Pictures that was directed by Lambert Hillyer and starred William S. Hart and Jane Novak. Hart plays three roles in the film. Plot As described in a film magazine, pioneer Ben Trego (Hart) sends his twin baby sons on the trail while he turns to fight Indians in the wilds of Utah. When they close in on him, he commits suicide by igniting a keg of gunpowder, slaying several of the assailants in the explosion. His sons are picked up by riders who take them to the nearest settlement where they are adopted by different families. One of the boys (both played by Hart) becomes a rancher known as the Three Word Brand due to his sparsity of speech while the other becomes governor of the state. Neither knows of the other. The rancher is in partnership with George Barton (Bingham) who is accused of murder, but Brand believes in his innocence. At the same time Governor Marsden h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 In Film
The following is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top seven films released in 1921 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events *January 21 – The silent comedy drama '' The Kid'', written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his Tramp character) – his first full-length film as a director – and featuring Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States. It is the year's second-highest-grossing film. *March 6 – The silent epic war film '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', adapted for the screen by June Mathis, is released in the United States. It is the year's highest-grossing film (and the sixth-best-grossing silent film of all time), propels Rudolph Valentino to stardom and inspires a tango craze and a fashion for gaucho pants. *August 29 – Broadway's first $1 million theatre, Loew's State opens. *September 5 – Popular comedian R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rent Collector
''The Rent Collector'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon and Norman Taurog. It featured Semon and Oliver Hardy. It was produced by Larry Semon's production company and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. Cast * Larry Semon as Larry, the Rent Collector * Norma Nichols as Leader of the Society Girl Settlement Workers * Oliver Hardy as The Big Boss (credited as Babe Hardy) * Eva Thatcher as Landlady * Frank Alexander as A thug * Pete Gordon as Barber * William Hauber as Bit Role (uncredited) * Leo Willis as Bit Role (uncredited) See also * List of American films of 1921 * 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 * 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1921 short films American ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
