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Loyal Underwood
Loyal Underwood (August 6, 1893 - September 30, 1966) was an American stock actor for Charlie Chaplin's film studio. Biography Born in 1893 in Rockford, Illinois, Underwood's movie debut was in '' The Count'', a 1916 Chaplin short film created for the Mutual Film Corporation. Underwood is uncredited as he was for the four other Mutual shorts in which he appeared. In 1918, Chaplin started work for First National and Loyal Underwood was on hand. He was credited and appeared in all seven First National Shorts which Chaplin directed. Underwood was a short man. Next to the short Chaplin at , he appeared puny and weak. Hence, the comedy of a situation in which such a man is the antagonist; Chaplin's character routinely shrugged him off. Between 1921 and 1927, Underwood appeared in several other lesser known films. In the next twenty years, he was again appearing uncredited in films, such as ''Arizona Bad Man'', '' Let's Dance'' and '' The Paleface''. In 1928, Underwood worked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dog's Life
''A Dog's Life'' is a 1918 American Comedy short silent film written, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin. This was Chaplin's first film for First National Films. Chaplin plays opposite an animal as "co-star". "Scraps" (the dog) was the hero in this film, as he helps Charlie and Edna towards a better life. Edna Purviance plays a dance hall singer and Charlie Chaplin, The Tramp. Sydney Chaplin (Chaplin's brother) had a small role in this film; this was the first time the two brothers were on screen together. Charles Lapworth, a former newspaper editor who had met Chaplin when he interviewed him, took a role as a consultant on the film. Synopsis Charlie is jobless and has few prospects for employment. He tries to steal food from a lunch cart and is nearly caught by a police officer, avoiding arrest by doing some fancy rolling back and forth under a fence. Later, Charlie saves a stray dog (Scraps) from other dogs. Charlie and Scraps become fast friends and partners in pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isn't It Romantic? (1948 Film)
''Isn't It Romantic?'' is a 1948 American comedy musical film from Paramount Pictures, directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Veronica Lake and Billy De Wolfe. Supporting actors included Mona Freeman, Richard Webb and Pearl Bailey. Although it takes its title from a 1932 song by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, it is based on a novel called ''Gather Ye Rosebuds'' by Jeannette C. Nolan. The plot of ''Isn't It Romantic?'' is set in Indiana after the Civil War and is about three daughters courted by three young men. Plot Major Euclid Cameron, an officer of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, writes his memoirs about the hardships of battle right after the war. It is set in Indiana, 1910, and the Major's finances are not in order. Cameron's daughters, Candy, Susie, and Rose, urge him to get a job so they can pay the family's debts. The strongheaded Major refuses, taking pride in the fact that no Cameron has ever had a decent job. He talks himself out of a job offer f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Caballero
''Fighting Caballero'' is a 1935 American black-and-white Western (genre), Western B-film produced by Weiss Productions Inc. and distributed by Superior Talking Pictures Inc. It was one of a series of Westerns starring Rex Lease. It was produced by Louis Weiss (producer), Louis Weiss from a screenplay by Elmer Clifton and George M. Merrick, and directed by Clifton. Cast *Rex Lease as Jose Rodriguez, alias Joaquin Flores *Dorothy Gulliver as Pat *Earl Douglas as Pedro *George Chesebro as Devil Jackson *Robert D. Walker, Robert Walker as Henchman Bull *Wally Wales as Henchman Wildcat *Milburn Moranti as Alkali Potts *George Morell as Si Jenkins *Pinkey Barnes as Mine Caretaker "Beetle" *Paul Ellis as Henchman Manuel *Marty Joyce as The Station Agent *Barney Furey as The Sheriff *Clyde McClary as The Deputy *Franklyn Farnum as Bartender References External links * 1935 films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Elmer Clifton 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shootin' Irons
''Shootin' Irons'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Richard Rosson and starring Jack Luden, Sally Blane and Fred Kohler.Munden, p. 710 Cast * Jack Luden as Pan Smith * Sally Blane as Lucy Blake * Fred Kohler as Dick Hardman * Richard Carlyle as Jim Blake * Loyal Underwood Loyal Underwood (August 6, 1893 - September 30, 1966) was an American stock actor for Charlie Chaplin's film studio. Biography Born in 1893 in Rockford, Illinois, Underwood's movie debut was in '' The Count'', a 1916 Chaplin short film created ... as Blinky * Guy Oliver as Judge Mathews * Scott McKee as Cook * Arthur Millett as Sheriff References Bibliography * 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 * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films Films directed by Richard Rosson Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films Silent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dixie Handicap
''The Dixie Handicap'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker. The film stars Claire Windsor, Lloyd Hughes, and Otis Harlan. It is written by Waldemar Young. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Judge Roberts (Keenan), greatly reduced in circumstances, hides his true financial condition from his daughter Virginia. He raises her in luxury by continuingly selling parts of his estate, until all he has left are his old home and his racing mare Southern Melody, who is about to have a colt. Through the carelessness of a stable boy, the mare wanders away and the colt is born in a rainstorm and nearly dies from exposure. When a wild cat attacks, the mare gives her life to save her colt. Dexter (St. Polis), trainer for a millionaire who owns an adjacent training stable, loves Virginia and tells her of her father's poverty. To counteract this, the Judge sells the colt and sends his daughter to Europe. The colt, now named Dixie, is badly injured in it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pilgrim (1923 Film)
''The Pilgrim'' is a 1923 American silent film made by Charlie Chaplin for the First National Film Company, starring Chaplin and Edna Purviance. The film marks the last time Edna Purviance co-starred with Chaplin and the last film he made for First National. Purviance also starred in Chaplin's ''A Woman of Paris'' (1923), in which Chaplin had a brief cameo. It was Chaplin's second-shortest feature film, constructed more like a two-reeler from earlier in his career. It is also noted as the first film for Charles Reisner, who became a successful director. In 1959, Chaplin included ''The Pilgrim'' as one of three films comprising ''The Chaplin Revue''. Slightly re-edited and fully re-scored, the film contained the song "I'm Bound For Texas", written and composed by Chaplin, and sung by Matt Monro. ''The Pilgrim'' is one of many works from 1923 that entered the public domain in the United States in 2019. Plot The Pilgrim, an escaped convict, steals a minister's clothes to replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My American Wife (1922 Film)
''My American Wife'' is a 1922 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson. The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, at silentera.com which suggests that it is a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Manuel La Tessa (Moreno), son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky woman whose horse has won the race at a South American track. Manuel gives a party in her honor where she is insulted by one of the guest, and Manuel knocks down the offender. The offender, whose father is a powerful figure in the cou ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pay Day (1922 Film)
''Pay Day'' (1922) is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film. Plot Chaplin plays a laborer on a house construction site. When he gets paid, his wife wants all the money, but he manages to keep enough of it to go out drinking. He returns home just in time to pretend he has just woken up to go to work. Cast *Charlie Chaplin as Laborer *Phyllis Allen as Laborer's Wife *Mack Swain as Foreman *Edna Purviance as Foreman's Daughter *Syd Chaplin as Mustachioed Workman / Laborer's Friend / Lunch Cart Owner * John Rand as Workman *Loyal Underwood as Bearded Workman *Henry Bergman as Fat Workman *Al Ernest Garcia as Tall Workman / Policeman Reception According to Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, "''Pay Day'', is a delightful, polished work that was Chaplin’s last two-reel comedy." He notes that Monta Bell, a future director and producer, was engaged as a general assis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Carson
''Lucky Carson'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Wilfrid North. It features Earle Williams, Earl Schenck, Betty Ross Clarke, Gertrude Astor, Collette Forbes, James Butler, and Loyal Underwood in the lead roles. Plot As described in a film magazine, down and out John Peters (Williams) is about to jump into the Thames River, having lost a fortune he made at the race track. He changes his mind, however, and in an altercation with Rudolph Kluck (Schenck) strikes that gentleman down, loads him into a passing cab, and changes clothes with him. With the money he found on Kluck, he goes to the United States, taking on the name David Carson, and while passing through Madison Square accosts an out of work jockey sitting on a bench. The latter gives him a tip on the races and they become fast friends. Carson also plunges into Wall Street and corners the market in cotton. He saves Doris Bancroft (Clarke) from drowning and falls in love with her. Kluck again crosses his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Woke Up (1921 Film)
''The Man Who Woke Up'' is a 1921 American short silent Western film directed by Lee Kohlmar and featuring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Hoot Gibson * Charles Inslee * Marcella Pershing * Artie Ortego credited as Art Ortego * Kansas Moehring See also * Hoot Gibson filmography This is a complete filmography of American actor Hoot Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962), including his performances between 1910 and 1960. Gibson appeared in more than 200 films. Background Gibson's career began in 1910 with early silen ... External links * 1921 films 1921 short films 1921 Western (genre) films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Lee Kohlmar Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Professor (1919 Film)
''The Professor'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film made at the Chaplin Studios for the First National film company starring Charlie Chaplin. However, the film was never released or even completed. Chaplin abandoned production after finishing only one sequence: a single reel. Chaplin appears not as his usual Tramp character but as "Professor Bosco," a slovenly showman who brings his flea circus with him when staying at a flophouse. The fleas get loose during the night and create havoc. The surviving film is included in ''Unknown Chaplin'' and on the Criterion Collection '' Limelight'' Blu-ray and release. Cast * Charlie Chaplin - Professor Bosco * Albert Austin - Man in flophouse * Henry Bergman - Bearded man in flophouse * Loyal Underwood - Flophouse proprietor * Tom Wilson - Man in flophouse * Tom Wood - Fat man in flophouse See also * List of American films of 1919 * '' Her Friend the Bandit'' - a 1914 lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
