|
LeRoy Mason
LeRoy Franklin Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras. Mason was born in Larimore, North Dakota on July 2, 1903. Career 1920s Mason's first film was ''Hit and Run'' opposite Hoot Gibson (1924). He was officially credited in '' Born to Battle'' (1926) opposite Tom Tyler and Jean Arthur. In 1926, Mason starred in ''The Arizona Streak'' opposite Tom Tyler, Frankie Darro, and Ada Mae Vaughn. Also in 1926, he starred in ''Lightning Hutch'' opposite Charles Hutchison and Edith Thornton. Mason starred opposite Tom Tyler, Doris Hill, and Frankie Darro in ''Tom and His Pals'' (1926). He starred opposite William Fairbanks, Alice Calhoun, and Frank Rice in '' Flying High'' (1926). He starred in ''Closed Gates'' (1928) opposite John Harron, Jane Novak, and Lucy Beaumont. Mason starred in '' Golden Shackles'' (1928) opposite Grant Withers and Priscilla Bonner. He starred in '' The Ave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Mail (film)
''Western Mail'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Tom Keene and Fred Kohler, Jr. Plot Lucky Webster (Fred Kohler, Jr.), a member of the Rivers gang, is uneasy that they have been stealing U.S. mail when robbing trains. Tom Allen (Tom Keene) is undercover and working with Sheriff Big Bill Collins (Glenn Strange) to capture and arrest the gang. Julia Webster (Jean Trent) is concerned about her brother. Lopez Mendoza (Frank Yaconelli) provides some humor as Tom's sidekick. Cast * Tom Keene as Tom Allen *Frank Yaconelli as Lopez Mendoza *LeRoy Mason as Jeff Gordon *Jean Trent as Julia Webster * Fred Kohler, Jr. as Lucky Webster * Glenn Strange as Sheriff Big Bill Collins *Gene Alsace as Henchman Rod *James Sheridan as Henchman Cheyenne *Karl Hackett Carl Ellsworth Germain (September 5, 1893 – October 24, 1948), known professionally as Karl Hackett, was an American actor. He served in the U.S. army during World War I. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom And His Pals
''Tom and His Pals'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Robert De Lacey and starring Tom Tyler, Doris Hill and Frankie Darro.Munden, p. 818 It was released in Britain under the alternative title of ''Movie Struck''. A film company comes to shoot their latest movie on a ranch. Cast * Tom Tyler as Tom Duffy * Doris Hill as Mary Smith * Frankie Darro as Frankie Smith * Dick Brandon as Junior Carroll * LeRoy Mason as Courtney * Helen Lynch as Pandora Golden References Citations Sources * 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 * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert De Lacey American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films Films about filmmaking Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Morris (actress)
Margaret Morris (November 7, 1898 – June 7, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent films, silent film era and into the 1930s. Early years Morris, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the great-niece to former US President Benjamin Harrison. She became interested in acting by her late teens, and moved to Hollywood, California, Hollywood to pursue an acting career. Career Morris performed in the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' in 1912, 1913, and 1920, with the 1912 appearance being her Broadway debut. Her other work on Broadway included ''Miss 1917'' (1917), ''The Maid of the Mountains'' (1918), ''Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl"'' (1919), ''The Blushing Bride'' (1922), ''The Yankee Princess'' (1922), ''Wildflower'' (1923), ''Dew Drop Inn'' (1923), ''Sweet Little Devil'' (1924), ''Madame Pompadour'' (1924), and ''The City Chap'' (1925). At 22, Morris starred in her first film, the 1920 movie ''Her First Elopement''. Her career went on a fast track from there, with her star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avenging Shadow
''The Avenging Shadow'' is a 1928 American silent action film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Margaret Morris and LeRoy Mason.Munden p. 30 It was designed as a vehicle for Klondike the Dog, an imitator of Rin Tin Tin. Cast * Klondike the Dog as Klondike * Ray Hallor as James Hamilton, Young Bank Clerk * Wilbur Mack as Worthington, Assistant Cashier * Clark Comstock as Sheriff Apling * Howard Davies as The Warden * Margaret Morris as Marie, The Warden's Daughter * LeRoy Mason LeRoy Franklin Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras. Mason was born in Larimore, North Dakota on July 2, 1903. Career 1920s Mason's fir ... as George Brooks, Deputy Warden References Sources * 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 * 1928 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla Bonner
Priscilla Bonner (February 17, 1899 – February 21, 1996) was an American silent film actress who specialized in portraying virginal, innocent heroines. Early years Priscilla Bonner was born in Washington, D.C. on February 17, 1899. Her father, John S. Bonner, worked for Page Fence and served as an officer in Company B of the local National Guard Unit. At the start of World War I the company was activated for service, and her father started his career as an Army officer. The family moved often, and she spent much of her life in different places. She often play acted to amuse herself, playing all the parts and shifting the sets. While her father was stationed in Chicago, assigned to the staff of General Leonard Wood, she received a call from someone connected with ''Chicago Photoplay'', insisting she come to their studio for photographs. Although realizing it was likely a wrong number, Bonner went. Intrigued by her bold initiative and photogenic charisma, the studio t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Withers
Granville Gustavus Withers (January 17, 1905 – March 27, 1959) was an American film actor who acted under the screen name Grant Withers. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into sound films, establishing himself with a list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead. "As his career progressed ... his importance diminished, but he did manage a 10-year contract with Republic." His friendships with both John Ford and John Wayne secured him a spot in nine of Wayne's films, but later roles dwindled to supporting roles, mainly as villains in B-movies, serials, and television. Early life and career "Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Withers worked as an oil company salesman and newspaper reporter before breaking into films near the end of the silent era." His more-than-30-year acting career took off in the late 1920s. While in his twenties, he was a leading man over rising talent James Cagney in ''Other Men's Women'' (1931). The comedy short ''So Long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Shackles
''Golden Shackles'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Grant Withers, Priscilla Bonner and LeRoy Mason.Munden p.304 Cast * Grant Withers as Frank Fordyce * Priscilla Bonner Priscilla Bonner (February 17, 1899 – February 21, 1996) was an American silent film actress who specialized in portraying virginal, innocent heroines. Early years Priscilla Bonner was born in Washington, D.C. on February 17, 1899. Her ... as Lucy Weston * LeRoy Mason as Herbert Fordyce * Ruth Stewart as Vivi Norton References Citations Sources * 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 * 1928 films 1928 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald American black-and-white films 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Beaumont (actress)
Lucy Beaumont (born Lucy Emily Pinkstone; 18 May 1869 – 24 April 1937) was an English actress of the stage and screen from Bristol. Biography On Broadway, Beaumont played Lady Emily Lyons in '' The Bishop Misbehaves'' (1935) and Mrs. Barwick in ''Berkeley Square'' (1925). A 1932 revival of ''Berkeley Square'', featuring Beaumont, Miriam Seegar, George Baxter and Henry Mowbray, was staged in San Francisco by Arthur Greville Collins. During the 1914–15 season Beaumont was in ''My Lady's Dress'' at the Playhouse in New York. The following season she was featured in '' Quinneys'', for part of the play's run. In 1916 she appeared with Frances Starr in ''Little Lady in Blue''. Beaumont played mostly mother parts on the screen. Some of her films are ''The Greater Glory'' (1926), with Conway Tearle, ''The Man Without A Country'' (1925), with Pauline Starke, ''Torrent'' (1926), with Ricardo Cortez, ''The Beloved Rogue'', with John Barrymore, ''Resurrection'' (1927), with Dolores d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Novak
Jane Novak (born Johana Barbara Novak; January 12, 1896 – February 3, 1990) was an American actress of the silent film era. Background Jane Novak was born Johana Barbara Novak in St. Louis, Missouri to Bohemian immigrant Joseph Jerome Novak and his wife Barbara Medek. Joseph Novak died when Jane was still a child and Barbara was left to raise 5 children.The Independent, London, February 1990 Her younger sister Eva also became an actress. Novak attended School Sisters of Notre Dame convent school in St. Louis, but ran away with a friend with whom she created a vaudeville act. Although she returned home, her aunt, actress Anne Schaefer, invited her to California where she began acting in motion pictures in 1913 at the age of 17. The actress began in a stage stock company with her uncle in St. Louis. Novak's career extended into the sound film medium, appeared in a total of 115 movies in her career. Career She appeared in a movie on her first day in Southern California, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harron
John Harron (March 31, 1903 – November 24, 1939) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1918 and 1940. Born in New York, New York, he was the brother of actor Robert Harron and of actress Mary Harron. Harron died in Seattle, Washington from spinal meningitis. Selected filmography * ''Through the Back Door'' (1921) * '' The Fox'' (1921) * ''The Grim Comedian'' (1921) * '' The Five Dollar Baby'' (1922) * ''The Ragged Heiress'' (1922) * '' Love in the Dark'' (1922) * ''The West~Bound Limited'' (1923) * '' Dulcy'' (1923) * ''The Fire Patrol'' (1924) * ''What Shall I Do?'' (1924) * '' Below the Line'' (1925) * '' My Wife and I'' (1925) * ''The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted'' (1925) * ''Satan in Sables'' (1925) * ''Old Shoes'' (1925) * ''The Night Cry'' (1926) * ''Hell-Bent for Heaven'' (1926) * '' The Boy Friend'' (1926) * ''Rose of the Tenements'' (1926) * ''The False Alarm'' (1926) * ''Love Makes 'Em Wild'' (1927) * ''Closed Gates'' (1927) * ''Once and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closed Gates
''Closed Gates'' is a 1927 American silent melodrama film based on a story by Manfred Lee and directed by Phil Rosen. It stars John Harron, Jane Novak, and Lucy Beaumont, and was released on June 1, 1927. Cast list Plot George Newell Jr. is the son of wealthy parents. In the days leading up to World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ..., he disgraces himself and his family. In order to redeem himself, he enlists after the war breaks out. During battle he is injured and loses his memory. He is lovingly cared for by his nurse, with whom he falls in love. While at work, he collapses from exhaustion, and is taken to a sanitarium to recuperate. While there, his father and cousin, Harvey, see him, but do not reveal that they know him. However, the maid, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying High (1926 Film)
''Flying High'' is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring William Fairbanks, Alice Calhoun and Frank Rice. Cast * William Fairbanks as Roy Cummins * Alice Calhoun as Patricia Barton * Frank Rice as Haines - the Mechanic * LeRoy Mason as Lester Swope * Jimmy Anderson as Carson * Cecile Cameron as Vera Owens * Joseph W. Girard Joseph W. Girard (April 2, 1871 – August 21, 1949) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Before he became an ... as Col. Rockliffe Owens * James Gordon as V.E. Martin References Citations Sources * External links * 1926 films 1920s action films American action films Films directed by Charles Hutchison American silent feature films American black-and-white films Gotham Pictures films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{Action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
