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Lorimer Johnston
Lorimer Johnston (November 2, 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky – February 20, 1941 in Hollywood, California) was an American silent film actor and director. He was involved in the production of over 60 films in acting and directing and he also wrote the scripts for twelve films, according to IMDb, nearly all shorts. In 1913, Johnston directed the short films '' For the Crown'' and '' For the Flag'', working with actresses such as Charlotte Burton. Towards the end of his career Johnston starred as an actor in sound motion pictures such as the popular Frankenstein films '' Ghost of Frankenstein'' and ''Son of Frankenstein''. Partial filmography As director and writer * '' For the Flag'' (1913 short) * '' For the Crown'' (1913 short) * ''At the Potter's Wheel'' (1914 short) * '' The Coming of the Padres'' (1914 short) As director * ''The Flirt and the Bandit'' (1913) * '' At Midnight'' (1913) * ''The Cricket on the Hearth (1923 film) As actor * ''The Strangers' Banquet'' (1922) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maysville, Kentucky
Maysville is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States and is the seat of Mason County. The population was 8,782 as of 2019, making it the 51st-largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville is on the Ohio River, northeast of Lexington. It is the principal city of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Mason and Lewis counties. Two bridges cross the Ohio from Maysville to Aberdeen, Ohio: the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge built in 1931 and the William H. Harsha Bridge built in 2001. On the edge of the outer Bluegrass Region, Maysville is historically important in Kentucky's settlement. Frontiersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone are among the city's founders. Later, Maysville became an important port on the Ohio River for the northeastern part of the state. It exported bourbon whiskey, hemp and tobacco, the latter two produced mainly by African American slaves before the Civil War. It was once a center of wrought iron manufacture, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coming Of The Padres
''The Coming of the Padres'' is a 1914 American silent short Western film directed by Lorimer Johnston. The film stars Sydney Ayres, Perry Banks, Louise Lester, Jacques Jaccard, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich Vivian Rich (May 26, 1893 – November 17, 1957) was an American silent film actress. Career Rich was born in Philadelphia and spent her early years there. Later the family moved to Boston and she completed her education at the Boston Latin H ..., and Harry van Meter. External links * 1914 films 1914 Western (genre) films American silent short films American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films Films directed by Lorimer Johnston 1910s American films 1910s English-language films 1914 short films {{1910s-US-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1858 Births
Events January–March * January – **Benito Juárez (1806–1872) becomes Liberal President of Mexico. At the same time, conservatives install Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898) as president. **William I of Prussia becomes regent for his brother, Frederick William IV, who had suffered a stroke. * January 9 ** British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong ** Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide. * January 14 – Orsini affair: Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris, but their bombs kill eight and wound 142 people. Because of the involvement of French émigrés living in Britain, there is a brief anti-British feeling in France, but the emperor refuses to support it. * January 25 – The ''Wedding March'' by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional, after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, to Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Rose (film)
''Midnight Rose'' is a 1928 American silent crime drama film directed by James Young and starring Lya De Putti, Kenneth Harlan, and Henry Kolker. Cast * Lya De Putti as Midnight Rose * Kenneth Harlan as Tim Regan * Henry Kolker as Corbin * Lorimer Johnston as English Edwards * George Larkin as Joe * Gunboat Smith as Casey * Wendell Phillips Franklin as Sonny * Frank Brownlee as Grogan * Fred Carpenter as Cupid (uncredited) Preservation With no prints of ''Midnight Rose'' in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * *Lobby cardat gettyimages.com 1928 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan The Mighty
''Tarzan the Mighty'' is a 1928 American action film serial directed by Jack Nelson and Ray Taylor. It was nominally based on the collection ''Jungle Tales of Tarzan'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film is now considered to be lost. Cast * Frank Merrill as Tarzan. Joe Bonomo was cast as Tarzan but, while filming ''Perils of the Wild'', fractured his left leg and severely injured his sacroiliac joint while performing a stunt. Director Jack Nelson remembered Frank Merill from working with him on an earlier production, either '' Perils of the Jungle'' (1927) or ''The Adventures of Tarzan''. Whichever production it was, he felt that Merrill was a natural replacement and the new lead actor started filming the next morning. * Al Ferguson as Black John, village ruler of Pirates' descendants * Natalie Kingston as Mary Trevor. There was no Jane in this production. Kingston was cast as the castaway and love interest Mary Trevor. * Bobby Nelson as Bobby Trevor, Mary's younger broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bells (1926 Film)
''The Bells'' is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by James Young, starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff. It was based on an 1867 French stage play called ''Le Juif Polonais'' (''The Polish Jew'') by Erckmann-Chatrian. The play was translated to English in 1871 by Leopold Lewis at which time it was retitled '' The Bells''. The English version of the play was performed in the U.S. in the 19th century by Sir Henry Irving. ''Le Juif Polonais'' was also adapted into an opera of the same name in three acts by Camille Erlanger, composed to a libretto by Henri Cain. The play was adapted into a number of film adaptations; an Australian film in 1911 directed by W. J. Lincoln, a 1913 American film directed by Oscar Apfel, a 1918 American film ''The Bells'' (1918 film) directed by Ernest C. Warde, a 1925 British-Belgian film (aka ''Le juif polonais'') directed by Harry Southwell, the 1926 Hollywood film starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, and a British film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Too Late (1925 Film)
''Never Too Late'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent comedy film, comedy action film directed by Forrest Sheldon and starring Francis X. Bushman Jr., Gino Corrado and Ollie Kirby.Connelly p.390 Plot summary Cast * Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Johnny Adams * Harriet Loweree as Helen Bentley * Gino Corrado as Count Gaston La Rue * Ollie Kirby as Mabel Greystone * Charles Belcher (actor), Charles Belcher as Arthur Greystone * Roy Laidlaw (actor), Roy Laidlaw as Robert Leland * Lorimer Johnston as John Kemp References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * 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 * * * 1925 films 1920s action films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American action comedy films American black-and-white films Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante's Inferno (1924 Film)
''Dante's Inferno'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Henry Otto that was released by Fox Film Corporation and adapted from ''Inferno'', part of Dante Alighieri's epic poem ''Divine Comedy''. The film mixes material from Dante's "Inferno" with plot points from Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol''. The book was filmed earlier in 1911 in Italy as ''L'Inferno'', and Fox later remade the film in 1935, again as ''Dante's Inferno'', starring Spencer Tracy in the lead role. Plot The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman named Mortimer Judd finally drive a distraught man named Eugene Craig, whom he has forced into bankruptcy, to commit suicide. He constantly refuses requests for charity and treats his bedridden wife very badly. The businessman receives a copy of Dante's ''Inferno'' in the mail and reads it. In the story, a floating angel raises its sword and parts a legion of demons to allow Dante to pass, naked sinners burn in boiling tar and suicides ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Fool's Awakening
''A Fool's Awakening'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Mary Alden, Lionel Belmore, and Enid Bennett.Munden p. 260 Plot As described in a film magazine review, John Briggs, who was seen service during World War I during the Bolshevik Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks, Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was ..., returns to England. Discouraged by his failure to be a success in literature, he uses as source material for his stories the tales in a diary he found on a dead Russian soldier. Published using the name Alexis Triona, it becomes a hit. He weds Olivia Gale, and subsequently reveals his deception to her. Repulsed by Olivia after he meets her after driving his automobile, he deliberately swings the vehicle over a cliff. She goes to his aid. He reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow Of The Desert
''The Shadow of the Desert'' (also released under its original title ''The Shadow of the East'') is a 1924 American silent horror film directed by George Archainbaud. The film is based upon the novel ''The Shadow of the East'' by Edith Maude Hull, who also wrote the best-selling desert romance '' The Sheik''. Plot As described in a review of the film in a film magazine, Barry Craven (Mayo) is a young Englishman living in India who has taken a native wife, Lolaire (Brent). Barry meets his old university friend Said (Kerry), a polished gentleman who is the son of an Algerian sheik. John Locke (Swickard) and his daughter Gillian (Harris) visit India, and Barry’s former love for Gillian returns; but he cannot marry her as he has a native wife. Crazed by jealousy, Lolaire kills herself. Barry is called back to England and marries Gillian. His Hindu servant Kunwar (Grassby), through his command of oriental mysticism, casts a spell on Barry that makes him feel remorse for his forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Of The Range
''Ruth of the Range'' is a fifteen episode American adventure film serial starring Ruth Roland, in which a young woman attempts to rescue her father from a gang that has kidnapped him in order to find out his secret for making "Fuelite," a substitute for coal. The film was the final feature created by scenarist Gilson Willets for Pathe Productions, and is now thought to be a lost film. Episodes # The Last Shot # The Seething Pit # The Danger Trail # The Terror Train # The Temple Dungeon # The Pitfall # The Fatal Count # The Dynamite Plot # The Lava Crusher # Circumstantial Evidence # The Desert of Death # The Vital Test # The Molten Menace # Cancelled Orders # Promises Fulfilled Cast *Ruth Roland ... Ruth Remington * Bruce Gordon ... Bruce Burton *Lorimer Johnston ... Peter Van Dyke *Ernest C. Warde ... Robert Remington *Pat Harmon ... Jim Stain *Andrée Peyre ... Judith *Harry De Vere ... J. Hamilton Camp *V. Omar Whitehead ... Captain X Production The series had three dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strangers' Banquet
''The Strangers' Banquet'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Hobart Bosworth, Claire Windsor, and Rockliffe Fellowes.Connelly p. 272 It is based on the 1919 novel of the same title by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Shane Keogh * Claire Windsor as Derith * Rockliffe Fellowes as Angus Campbell * Ford Sterling as Al Norton * Eleanor Boardman as Jean McPherson * Thomas Holding as John Trevelyan * Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. McPherson * Nigel Barrie as John Keogh * Stuart Holmes as Prince * Claude Gillingwater as Uncle Sam * Margaret Loomis as Bride * Tom Guise as Bride's Father * Lillian Langdon as Bride's Mother * William Humphrey as Groom's Friend * Edward McWade as Harriman * Lorimer Johnston as Ross * James A. Marcus as Braithwaite * Edward W. Borman as Dolan * Jack Curtis as McKinstry * Brinsley Shaw as Krischenko * Arthur Hoyt as Morel * Aileen Pringle as Mrs. Schuyler-Peabody * Virginia Ruggles as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
