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Lester Cuneo
Lester H. Cuneo (October 25, 1888 – November 1, 1925) was an American stage and silent film actor. He began acting in live theatre while still in his teens. Early years Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cuneo attended Culver Military Academy and was a law student at Northwestern University when he turned to acting. Career Cuneo's stage career included work with stock theater companies in Brooklyn, Chicago, and Winnepeg. Cuneo began a film career in 1912 with the Chicago-based Selig Polyscope Company then joined Essanay Studios in 1914. Working in early Hollywood, his popularity increased after he switched from comedic roles to the increasingly popular western film genre. However, his career was temporarily interrupted when he served with the United States Army during World War I. He served in France in 1917-1919 with the 33rd Division from Illinois. At war's end, Lester Cuneo returned to film and in the early 1920s set up his own production company making primarily western films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseline (database)
Studio System by Gracenote, formerly known as Baseline StudioSystems, is an American e-commerce company. It was founded in 1982 and licenses its commercial entertainment database, known as Studio System. It is owned by Gracenote, a subsidiary of Nielsen Holdings. History James Monaco founded Baseline in 1982. Their primary product, an entertainment database, was launched in 1985. Monaco left Baseline in 1992, and Paul Kagan Associates purchased it the following year. Big Entertainment purchased the database in 1999 and subsequently renamed themselves to Hollywood.com. The same year, Creative Planet purchased The Studio System, a rival database founded in 1987, from Brookfield Communications. In 2004, Hollywood.com's parent company, Hollywood Media, purchased The Studio System and merged the two databases. Two years later, The New York Times Company purchased the now-renamed Baseline StudioSystems and integrated it into NYTimes.com, only to sell it back to Hollywood.com i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Masked Rider (1916 Film)
''The Masked Rider'' is a 1916 silent film, silent film drama directed by Fred J. Balshofer and starring Harold Lockwood and May Allison. It was distributed by Metro Pictures. Cast *May Allison - Jill Jamison *Lester Cuneo - Squid Archer *Harold Lockwood - Bruce Edmunds *Clarissa Selwynne - Mrs. Hart *Howard Truesdell - Jimmy Jamison *H. W. Willis - Grant Carr *Jack McDonald (actor), Jack McDonald - Tom Monjar *Harry Burkhardt - Patrick Hart *Harry Linkey - George Edmunds Preservation status *The film exists with prints at the George Eastman House, Library of Congress and New Zealand Film Archive. References External links The Masked Rider at IMDb.com 1916 films American silent feature films Metro Pictures films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1916 drama films Films directed by Fred J. Balshofer 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Corner In Cotton
''A Corner in Cotton'' is a five-reel silent film melodrama produced in 1916 by Quality Pictures and distributed by Metro Pictures. The movie was filmed at studios in New York and California and on locations near Savannah, Georgia. ''A Corner in Cotton'' was directed by Fred J. Balshofer, with the assistance of Howard Truesdell and adapted for film by Charles A. Taylor from a story by Anita Loos. The film was released on February 21, 1916, with Marguerite Snow in the starring role. Plot ''A Corner in Cotton'' tells the story of Peggy Ainslee, the daughter of a wealthy New York cotton broker, and John Carter, the son of a Southern cotton mill owner. Peggy grows weary of society life and decides to help improve the lot of the poor by becoming involved with the Settlement movement. She later travels south to investigate working conditions at Carter's cotton mill. Peggy manages to gain employment there, but soon attracts the unwanted advances of the mill foreman. John saves her from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennington's Choice
''Pennington's Choice'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William Bowman and starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne a popular film acting team of the era. It was distributed by Metro Pictures. In audio recordings made in the early 1960s, Bushman talks about the making of and success of this film. A copy donated by the MGM survives at George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection Rochester New York. Cast * Francis X. Bushman as Robert Pennington *Wellington Playter as Jules Blondeau *H. O'Dell as Louis Blondeau *William Farris as Roland Blondeau *Beverly Bayne as Eugenia Blondeau / Marie Blondeau *Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Allison *Lester Cuneo Lester H. Cuneo (October 25, 1888 – November 1, 1925) was an American stage and silent film actor. He began acting in live theatre while still in his teens. Early years Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cuneo attended Culver Military Academy and wa ... as Jean *Morris Cytron as Pierre * Jim Jeffries as Himself (credited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Voice (film)
''The Silent Voice'' is a six-reel silent film melodrama produced in 1915 by Quality Pictures and distributed by Metro Pictures. The motion picture was directed by William J. Bowman and was adapted from the Jules Eckert Goodman play '' The Silent Voice'' by I. K. Freedman and Eve Unsell. Goodman’s play, that originally starred Otis Skinner, was based on the Gouverneur Morris short story, ''The Man Who Played God'' which also served as the geneses for the 1932 film '' The Man Who Played God'' and the 1955 Liberace vehicle, '' Sincerely Yours''. ''The Silent Voice'' was released on September 13, 1915 with Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow in the principal roles. Plot The film tells the story of Franklyn Starr, a gifted musician who becomes embittered after he is stricken with a sudden onslaught of deafness and then suffers the loss of his beloved mother. He soon retreats to a remote cottage in the country with his loyal servant Spring to live out his life as a recluse. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Second In Command
''The Second in Command'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William J. Bowman and starring Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow. The film is based on a 1901 Broadway play of the same name by Robert Marshall. Cast * Francis X. Bushman as Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther *Marguerite Snow as Muriel Mannering * William Clifford as- Major Christopher Bingham *Lester Cuneo as Lt. Sir Walter Mannering *Helen Dunbar as Lady Sarah Harburgh *Paul Byron as Hon. Bertie Carstairs *Marcia Moore as Nora Vining *Evelyn Greeley as Lady Harburgh's Maid See also *Francis X. Bushman filmography Preservation status A print of ''The Second in Command'' was donated by MGM, the inheritors of Metro Pictures, to the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slim Princess (1915 Film)
''The Slim Princess'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed by E. H. Calvert and starring Francis X. Bushman, Ruth Stonehouse and Wallace Beery. (This is believed to have been Beery's first full-length feature film.) The movie was written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. from a story by George Ade and play by Henry Blossom, and was subsequently remade into a 1920 film starring Mabel Normand. The farcical plot involves a princess of a fictional country, loosely based upon Turkey, in which obese women are prized and the normal-sized protagonist is widely regarded as being too slender. Plot As described in a film magazine, Alexander Pike, longing for new fields to conquer and willing to give a federal grand jury some time to forget him, takes a trip to Morovenia, where the ruling governor is desperate because Kalora, his oldest daughter, refuses to get fat enough to conform to the Turkish ideal of beauty and so be safely married off. The law forbids her younger and fatter siste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graustark (1915 Film)
''Graustark'' is a 1915 American silent adventure drama film produced by the Essanay Studios. It is based on the novel ''Graustark'' by George Barr McCutcheon. The film starred romantic team Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne and proved one of their most popular vehicles. Fred E. Wright directed the film. The film was remade in 1925 as Graustark with Norma Talmadge. The 1923 Fox film '' Truxton King'' with John Gilbert is based on one of the sequels. Cast * Francis X. Bushman as Grenfall Lorry * Beverly Bayne as Princess Yetive * Edna Mayo as Countess Dagmar *Thomas Commerford as Uncle Caspar * Helen Dunbar as Aunt Yvonne * Alan Roscoe as Harry Anguish * Lester Cuneo as Prince Gabriel * Bryant Washburn as Prince Lorenz *Ernest Maupain as Prince Bolarez See also * Francis X. Bushman filmography Preservation status Prints of ''Graustark'' are preserved in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection and the EYE Film Institute Netherlands Eye Filmmuseum is a film ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ambition Of The Baron
''The Ambition of the Baron'' is a 1915 American silent drama film. Gloria Swanson had a bit-part role. Cast * Francis X. Bushman * Beverly Bayne * Thomas Commerford * Lester Cuneo * Joseph Byron Totten * Betty Brown * Helen Dunbar * Richard Travers * Gerda Holmes * Gloria Swanson Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most f ... (bit part) References External links * 1915 films 1915 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1915 drama films Essanay Studios films Silent American drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cattle Thief's Escape
''The Cattle Thief's Escape'' is a 1913 American short silent Western film directed by and starring William Duncan. It co-stars Rex De Rosselli and Myrtle Stedman while Tom Mix appears in a supporting role. The film was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company and released through the General Film Company. It was released as split reel with ''Elephant as a Workman, Rangoon, India''. Cast * William Duncan as Reverend John Morrison * Rex De Rosselli as Joe Craig * Myrtle Stedman as Rose Craig * Lester Cuneo as Charley Pointer * Tom Mix Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He w ... as Pete Becker, Half Breed * Old Blue as Pete Becker's Horse (''uncredited'') References External links * 1913 films 1913 Western (genre) films 1913 short films American black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religion And Gun Practice
''Religion and Gun Practice: The Way of the West'' is a 1913 American silent Western film directed by William Duncan and starring Tom Mix, Rex De Rosselli and Myrtle Stedman. Among other roles in similar films at the time, Tom Mix's role in ''Religion and Gun Practice'' established what would be the cowboy hero of the twentieth century. The movie was played in theaters across the nation. Plot Tom Mix plays "a western outlaw reformed by a missionary's daughter." Kill Kullen and the missionary's daughter, Winona Judell, fall in love. She sets him back on the path of righteousness, and though her father disapproves of their desire to marry each other, she is persistent. Kill Kullen teaches her how to ride and shoot, and her father eventually yields. Filming The movie was filmed by William Duncan and the Selig Polyscope Company in the facilities of what used to be the Lubin Film Company studio, in Prescott, Arizona. The location provided a landscape of hills and valleys, fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
