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Louise Carver
Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelodeon, and motion pictures. Early years and career Born Mary Louise Steiger in Davenport, Iowa, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Stieger. Carver made her first appearance on stage as a teenager, and her grand opera debut came at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois in 1892. In 1908, she made her screen debut in ''Macbeth''. She came to national prominence as a comedian in Mack Sennett silent films such as '' The Hollywood Kid'' (1924). One of her bigger roles on stage was as the leading lady of Lew Fields in ''Mrs. Henpecks'', which played on Broadway for months in 1912–1913. Her final screen credits are from 1941. This year, she made ''Love at First Fright'' and had uncredited roles in ''Tight Shoes'' and ''Some More of Samoa''. Personal life and death She married Tom Murray in 1935 becoming (Mary) Louise Steiger Murray. On January 19, 1956, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Extra Girl
''The Extra Girl'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and starring Mabel Normand.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Extra Girl'' at silentera.com Produced by , ''The Extra Girl'' followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about , such as 's '' |
Court House Crooks
''Court House Crooks'' is a 1915 American short comedy film. It features Harold Lloyd in an uncredited role. Cast * Ford Sterling as The District Attorney * Charles Arling as The Judge * Minta Durfee as The Judge's Wife * Doris Baker as Little Sister (uncredited) * Billie Bennett as Mother (uncredited) * Harold J. Binney as Large Juror (uncredited) * Louise Carver as Older Woman (uncredited) * Patrick Kelly as Man Next to Large Man (uncredited) * Harold Lloyd as Young Man Out of Work (uncredited) Preservation status The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.36 c.1978 American Film Institute See also * * |
Flying Luck
''Flying Luck'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Herman C. Raymaker and starring Monty Banks, Jean Arthur and Jack W. Johnston.Walker p.577 Cast * Monty Banks as The Boy * Jean Arthur as The Girl * Jack W. Johnston as The Colonel * Kewpie Morgan as The Sergeant * Eddy Chandler as The Corporal * Silver Harr as The Orderly * Louise Carver Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelodeon, and motion pictures. Early years and career Born Mary Louise Steiger in Davenport, Iowa, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mr ... as A Passerby References Bibliography * Brent E. Walker. ''Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel''. McFarland, 2013. External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondes By Choice
''Blondes by Choice'' is an American silent comedy film directed by Hampton Del Ruth and starring Claire Windsor. The script was written by Josephine Quirk and Paul Perez. Plot When a man named Cliff's car breaks down, he is towed into the nearest town by a female motorist. It turns out the woman is named Bonnie, and she is the owner of a soon-to-be-opening beauty parlor that has riled up the town. When she bleaches her hair to stimulate business, a local women's group comes to protest, but she orders them out. But then Cliff's wealthy mother brings Bonnie to a yacht party as her guest of honor, and the local women change their tune and decide to patronize her business; soon she pays off her mortgage and is proposed to by Cliff. Starring * Claire Windsor as Bonnie Clinton * Allan Simpson as Cliff Bennett * Walter Hiers as Horace Rush * Bodil Rosing as Caroline Bennett * Bess Flowers as Olga Flint * Lee Willard as Benjamin Flint * Mai Wells as Miss Terwilliger Release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old San Francisco
''Old San Francisco'' is a 1927 American silent historical drama film starring Dolores Costello and featuring Warner Oland. The film, which was produced and distributed by Warner Bros., was directed by Alan Crosland. Plot Chris Buckwell, cruel and greedy czar of San Francisco's Tenderloin District, is heartless in his persecution of the Chinese, though he himself is secretly a half-caste, part Chinese and part European. Buckwell, eager to possess the land of Don Hernández Vásquez, sends Michael Brandon, an unscrupulous attorney, to make an offer. Brandon's nephew, Terrence, meets the grandee's beautiful daughter, Dolores, while Vásquez refuses the offer. Terry tries to save the Vásquez land grants, but when Chris causes the grandee's death, Dolores takes an oath to avenge her father. Learning that Chris is half Chinese, Dolores induces his feeble-minded dwarf brother to denounce him; he captures her and Terry, but they are saved from white slavery by the great earthquake o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backstage (1927 Film)
''Backstage'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring William Collier Jr., Barbara Bedford and Alberta Vaughn.Munden p.34 It was produced and distributed by the independent studio Tiffany Pictures. Synopsis Four chorus girls find themselves out of work when their show goes bust while still in rehearsals. One of them goes to live at the apartment of the manager, leading her boyfriend to mistakenly believe that she is now a kept woman. Cast * William Collier Jr. as Owen Mackay * Barbara Bedford as Julia Joyce * Alberta Vaughn as Myrtle McGinnis * Eileen Percy as Fanny * Shirley O'Hara as Jane * Gayne Whitman as Frank Carroll * Jocelyn Lee as Flo * Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Mike Donovan * James Harrison as Charlie * Brooks Benedict as Harry * Lincoln Plumer as Mr. Durkin * Marcia Harris as Landlady * Louise Carver Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing Link (1927 Film)
''The Missing Link'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt and Tom McGuire. The title is a reference to the so-called "missing link" that connects man and the ape. Reception The film was a major production by Warner Brothers, with a budget of $313,000. It earned $608,000, more than any other silent film released by the studio that season. The ''New York Times'' critic Mordaunt Hall praised the film, observing "there are sequences in this comic contraption that are almost ceirtain to appeal to anybody". Main cast * Syd Chaplin as Arthur Wells * Ruth Hiatt Ruth Hiatt (born Ruth Redfern; January 6, 1906 – April 21, 1994) was an American actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. She is best known for performing in 1920s comedies directed by Jack White, Norman Taurog, and ... as Beatrice Braden * Tom McGuire as Colonel Braden * Crauford Kent as Lord Melville Dryden * Nick C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fortune Hunter (1927 Film)
''The Fortune Hunter'' is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play ''The Fortune Hunter'' by Winchell Smith. It was produced by Warner Brothers who released it with a Vitaphone soundtrack. Cast *Sydney Chaplin as Nat Duncan *Helene Costello as Josie Lockwood *Clara Horton as Betty Graham *Duke Martin as Handsome Harry West *Thomas Jefferson as Sam Graham *Erville Alderson as Blinky Lockwood *Paul Kruger as Roland *Nora Cecil as Betty Carpenter *Louise Carver Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelodeon, and motion pictures. Early years and career Born Mary Louise Steiger in Davenport, Iowa, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mr ... as Drygoods store owner * Bob Perry as Sheriff * Babe London as Waitress Box Office According to Warner Bros records the film earned $215,000 domestically and $119,000 foreign. See also * List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shameful Behavior?
''Shameful Behavior?'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Albert H. Kelley and starring Edith Roberts, Richard Tucker and Martha Mattox.Connelly p.408 It is based on a 1910 short story of the same name by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Synopsis After going out to Paris a plain Jane and returning a fashionable flapper, Daphne Carrol sets out to woo the man she loves, her sister's brother-in-law. A series of mix-ups and a mistaken newspaper report leads him to believe that his "new" woman he has met is an escaped lunatic. Cast * Edith Roberts as Daphne Carrol * Richard Tucker as Jack Lee * Martha Mattox as Mrs. Calhoun * Harland Tucker as Custis Lee * Grace Carlyle as Joan Lee * Louise Carver Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelodeon, and motion pictures. Early years and career Born Mary Louise Steiger in Davenport, Iowa, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mr ... as Sally Long * Hayes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Chances
''Seven Chances'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue, produced in 1916 by David Belasco. Additional cast members include T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, and Ruth Dwyer. Jean Arthur, a future star, has an uncredited supporting role. The film's opening scenes were shot in early Technicolor. The film includes Keaton's famous rock avalanche sequence. Plot Jimmy Shannon (Buster Keaton) is the junior partner in the brokerage firm of Meekin and Shannon, which is on the brink of financial ruin. A lawyer (whom they dodged, mistakenly believing he was trying to add to their woes) finally manages to inform Jimmy of the terms of his grandfather's will. He will inherit seven million dollars if he is married by 7:00 p.m. on his 27th birthday, which happens to be that same day. Shannon immediately seeks out his sweetheart, Mary Jones, who readily accepts his proposal. However, when he clum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breed Of The Border (1924 Film)
''Breed of the Border'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Dorothy Dwan, and Louise Carver. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Circus Lacy arrives in a border town following the robbery of a mine, finding the father of Ethel Slocum is under suspicion. He protects Slocum from Sheriff Wells and then routes a bully who menaces Ethel. Later he locates the stronghold of the bandits who are led by Red Lucas and captures the leader. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Breed of the Border'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References External links * * 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films Films directed by Harry Garson American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat's Meow (1924 Film)
''The Cat's Meow'' is a lost 1924 American silent comedy short film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Harry Langdon. It was distributed through the Pathé Exchange company. at silentera.com Cast * - * as Ida Downe * as Bull Dakota *Lucille Thorndyke as Mrs. Downe, Ida's Mother *Bud Ross as Mr. Downe, Ida's Father *Tiny Ward as Downe's Butler * |
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