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Lillian Drew
Lillian Drew (August 1882 – February 4, 1924), born Lillian Margaret Flannery, was an American actress in silent films. Early life Lillian Margaret Flannery was born in Chicago, the daughter of Patrick J. Flannery and Marguerite M. Flannery. All of her grandparents were born in Ireland. Career Drew made more than eighty silent films, mostly short films, for Essanay Studios in Chicago and Chattanooga. She was known for her riding skills, and preference for "heavy dramatic" roles. Her first film was ' (1913) with Ruth Stonehouse. She appeared with Gloria Swanson in '' The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket'' (1915). Other films with Drew include (1914), (1915), (1915), (1916), (1916), (1916), '' The Other Man'' (1916), (1916) (1916), (1916), '' Uneasy Money'' (1918), and ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' (1918). Her last movie was ''Children of Jazz'' (1923) with Ricardo Cortez. She worked as a dressmaker in her last years. Personal life Lillian Drew married fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago, and later developed an additional film lot in Niles Canyon, California. Its various stars included Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson and studio co-owner, actor and director, Broncho Billy Anderson. It is probably best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies from 1915-1916. In the late 1916 it merged with other studios and stopped issuing films in the fall of 1918. According to film historian Steve Massa, Essanay is one of the important early studios, with comedies as a particular strength. Founding The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson, originally as the Peerless Film Manufacturing Company. On August 10, 1907, playing on the founders' initials the name was changed to Essanay ("S and A"). Essanay was originally located at 501 Wells Street (modern numbering: 1360 N. Wells). Essanay's first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Stonehouse
Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 – May 12, 1941) was an actress and film director during the silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows. Early life Ruth Stonehouse was born to James Wesley Stonehouse and Georgia C. Worster on September 28, 1892, in Denver, Colorado. Her father was the founder of Stonehouse Signs Inc. According to the 1900 Census for Laurence Town, Teller County, Colorado, she lived with her father, James, a sign writer, and her grandmother, Eda Stonehouse, along with her sister, Hazel, who was a year younger. By 1910, she was living with her mother, Georgia Stonehouse, a stenographer, and her sister, Hazel, in Chicago, Illinois. Curiously, her mother lists herself as a widow on the 1910 Census, while James Stonehouse can be found residing in Arizona. Film career Stonehouse worked for Triangle Film Corporation and Universal Pictures during a career which extended from 1911 until 1928. A few years prior in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fable Of Elvira And Farina And The Meal Ticket
''The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket'' is a 1915 silent film directed by Richard Foster Baker. Gloria Swanson made her first credited appearance in this film as Farina. Cast * Lillian Drew - Elvira * Gloria Swanson - Farina, Elvira's Daughter (as Gloria Mae Swanson) * Rapley Holmes - The Meal Ticket * Gerda Holmes Gerda Holmes, née Gerda Helen Elfrida Henius (April 2, 1891 – October 11, 1943), was an actress during the silent film era and in theater. She had major roles in numerous films including '' The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket'' ... References External links * 1915 films American silent short films 1915 comedy films 1915 short films American black-and-white films Essanay Studios films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other Man (1916 Film)
''The Other Man'' is a 1916 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Charles Avery * Joe Bordeaux * Minta Durfee * Horace Haine * William Jefferson * Leatrice Joy * Lillian Shaffner * Al St. John * Irene Wallace See also * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he di ... References External links * 1916 films 1916 comedy films 1916 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Mack Sennett Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uneasy Money (1918 Film)
''Uneasy Money'' is an American silent romantic comedy film released in 1918, starring Taylor Holmes, Virginia Valli, and Arthur W. Bates. The film is based on the 1916 novel '' Uneasy Money'' by P. G. Wodehouse. It is a lost film, with no surviving reels available. Cast * Taylor Holmes as Lord Dawlish * Virginia Valli as Elizabeth Nutcombe * Arthur W. Bates as Nutty Nutcombe * Charles Gardner as Ira Nutcombe * Virginia Bowker as Lady Wetherby * Fred Tiden as Lord Wetherby * Lillian Drew as Claire Edmont * James F. Fulton as Mr. Pickering * Rod La Rocque as Johnny Gates Production The film was produced by George K. Spoor and directed by Lawrence C. Windom Lawrence Clement Windom (October 5, 1872 – November 14, 1957) was an American film director. He worked in theater before joining the film industry. In 1918 he signed a deal with World Pictures. Filmography References External links * .... References External links * {{P. G. Wodehouse 1918 films Films bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruggles Of Red Gap (1918 Film)
''Ruggles of Red Gap'' is a lost 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and starring Taylor Holmes, a Broadway stage actor. It was produced by veteran film company Essanay Studios. It was based on Harry Leon Wilson's novel ''Ruggles of Red Gap''. Cast *Taylor Holmes as Marmaduke Ruggles * Frederick Burton as Cousin Egbert Floud *Lawrence D'Orsay as Honorable George Vane-Basingwell *Virginia Valli as Widow Judson *Edna Phillips as "Klondike" Kate Kenner *Lillian Drew as Mrs. Effie Floud *Rose Mayo as Ma Pettingill * Charles Lane as Earl of Brinstead *Rod La Rocque Roderick Ross La Rocque (November 29, 1898 – October 15, 1969) was an American actor. Biography La Rocque was born in Chicago, Illinois to Edmund La Rocque and Ann (née Rice) La Rocque. His father was of French-Canadian descent and his mo ... as Belknap Jackson *Frances Conrad as Mrs. Belknap Jackson *James F. Fulton as Jeff Tuttle *Ferdinand Munier as Senator Floud References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Jazz
''Children of Jazz'' is a lost 1923 American comedy silent film directed by Jerome Storm and adapted from Harold Brighouse's play by Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Theodore Kosloff, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Cain, Eileen Percy, Irene Dalton and Alec B. Francis. The film was released on July 8, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Theodore Kosloff as Richard Forestall * Ricardo Cortez as Ted Carter *Robert Cain as Clyde Dunbar *Eileen Percy as Babs Weston *Irene Dalton as Lina Dunbar * Alec B. Francis as John Weston *Frank Currier as Adam Forestall *Snitz Edwards as Blivens *Lillian Drew as Deborah *Julie Bishop Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curtin ... as a Child References External links * 1923 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Kranze or Jacob Krantz; September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American actor and film director. He was also credited as Jack Crane early in his acting career. Early years Ricardo Cortez was born Jacob Krantz in New York City to Morris and Sarah (Lefkovitz) Krantz. Along with his brother Stanley Cortez (born Stanislaus Krantz), he was raised in a Jewish family in New York City.Letter of the Department of Health, City of New York, 8 October 2000. mentioned in: Rudolf Ulrich (Hrsg.): ''Österreicher in Hollywood.'' Neuauflage, Verlag Filmarchiv Austria, Wien 2004, , p. 597 (Vienna has been incorrectly cited as his birthplace.)Cortez' obituary in ''The New York Times'' cites Vienna as his birthplace, and the book ''A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940'' describes him as "Jacob Kranze, Viennese émigré". He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City. Prior to entering the film business, he was an amateur boxer and wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbital
Barbital (or barbitone), marketed under the brand names Veronal for the pure acid and Medinal for the sodium salt, was the first commercially available barbiturate. It was used as a sleeping aid (hypnotic) from 1903 until the mid-1950s. The chemical names for barbital are diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; hence, the sodium salt (known as medinal, a genericised trademark in the United Kingdom) is known also as sodium diethylbarbiturate. Synthesis Barbital, then called "Veronal", was first synthesized in 1902 by German chemists Emil Fischer and Joseph von Mering, who published their discovery in 1903. Barbital was prepared by condensing diethylmalonic ester with urea in the presence of sodium ethoxide, or by adding at least two molar equivalents of ethyl iodide to the silver salt of malonylurea (barbituric acid) or possibly to a basic solution of the acid. The result was an odorless, slightly bitter, white crystalline powder. Its introduction followed the investig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 Births
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Deaths
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American Film Actresses
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Key to entries: : born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth : ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life : a range is ''birth''–''death'' years : if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly A * Beverly Aadland 1942–2010 *Mariann Aalda born *Caroline Aaron born *Diahnne Abbott born *Rose Abdoo born * Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Whitney Able born *Candice Accola born *Amy Acker born *Jean Acker 1893–1978 *Bettye Ackerman 1924–2006 *Amy Adams born (born in Italy) * Brooke Adams born *Edie Adams 1927–2008 * Jane Adams born *Joey Lauren Adams born *Julie Adams 1926–2019 *Lillian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
