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Lew Cody
Lew Cody (born Louis Joseph Côté; February 22, 1884 – May 31, 1934) was an American stage and film actor whose career spanned the silent film and early sound film age. He gained notoriety in the late 1910s for playing "male vamps" in films such as ''Don't Change Your Husband.'' Early life and career Cody was born on February 22, 1884 (some sources say 1885) to Louis Joseph Côté and Elizabeth Sarah Côté (née Herbert). His father was French Canadian, with his ancestral lineage dating back to France and Germany, and his mother was a native of Maine. Cody and his younger brothers and sisters were born in Waterville, Maine. After Elizabeth's death, Louis remarried to Marie Lena Rose Toussaint, and they had a daughter named Cecile Côté. The family moved to Berlin, New Hampshire, where Cody's father owned a drug store. In his youth, Cody worked at his father's drug store as a soda jerk. He later enrolled at McGill University in Montreal where he intended to study medicine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterville, Maine
Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The city is home to Colby College and Thomas College. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population was 15,828. Along with Augusta, Maine, Augusta, Waterville is one of the principal cities of the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The area now known as Waterville was once inhabited by the Canibas tribe of the Abenaki Indigenous peoples of the Americas, people. Called "Taconnet" after Chief Taconnet, the main village was located on the east bank of the Kennebec River at its confluence with the Sebasticook River at what is now Winslow, Maine, Winslow. Known as "Ticonic" by British colonization of the Americas, English settlers, it was burned in 1692 during King William's War, after which the Canibas tribe abandoned the area. Fort Halifax (Maine), Fort Halifax was built by General John Winslow (British Army off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Of The Sea
''Treasure of the Sea'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Edith Storey, Lew Cody, and Lewis Willoughby. It was released on April 22, 1918. Cast list * Edith Storey as Margaret Elkins * Lew Cody as Jim Hardwick * Lewis Willoughby as Henry Ames * Josef Swickard as Thomas Elkins * William De Vaull William De Vaull (December 12, 1870 – June 4, 1945) - also credited as William P. DeVaull - was an American film actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1915 to 1927. Filmography References External links * 1870 births ... as Harris * Tote Du Crow as Manuel References External links * * * Metro Pictures films Films directed by Frank Reicher American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films 1918 films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellie, The Beautiful Cloak Model (film)
''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Claire Windsor. Produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures, the film is based on a play by Owen Davis, which premiered on Broadway in 1906. Plot As described in a film magazine review, ill used by her father, Nellie is taken in charge by Thomas Lipton and brought up in poor surroundings. When Thomas dies, she becomes a cloak model. She is continuously persecuted by her mother's nephew Walter Peck, the owner of the shop on Fifth Avenue where she works. He endeavors to get rid of her so that he can obtain a fortune to which she is the heiress. After many adventures, including her rescue from crushed by an elevated train by Jack Carroll, the man she loves, the young woman finds happiness. Cast Preservation status A copy is held in Russia by the Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defying The Law
''Defying the Law'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Lew Cody, Renée Adorée, and Josef Swickard Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 – 1 March 1940) was a Prussian-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America. Career Swickard emigrated to the United States from Ger ....Munden p. 177 Cast 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 * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Bertram Bracken Gotham Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souls For Sale
''Souls for Sale'' is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film written, directed, and produced by Rupert Hughes, based on the novel of the same name by Hughes. The film stars Eleanor Boardman in her first leading role, having won a contract with Goldwyn Pictures through their highly publicized "New Faces of 1922" contest just two years earlier. The film is notable for its insights into the early film industry. Among the significant cameos in the film are appearances by directors King Vidor, Fred Niblo, Marshall Neilan, Charlie Chaplin, and Erich von Stroheim, as well as a number of actors, producers, and other filmmakers. ''Souls for Sale'' includes rare behind-the-scenes footage of Chaplin and von Stroheim directing the films ''A Woman of Paris'' and ''Greed'', respectively. ''Souls for Sale'' was previously thought to have been lost until incomplete prints of the film were discovered. The film was later restored and aired on Turner Classic Movies and was released on DVD in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline (1923 Film)
''Jacqueline'' (also known as ''Blazing Barriers'') is a 1923 American silent northern adventure drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Marguerite Courtot, Lew Cody and Edmund Breese.Munden p. 390 It is based on a 1918 short story of the same title by James Oliver Curwood. It takes place amongst those working in the lumber industry in Quebec. Cast * Marguerite Courtot as Jacqueline Roland * Helen Rowland as Jacqueline, as a child * Gus Weinberg as Her Father * Effie Shannon as Her Mother * Lew Cody as Raoul Radon * Joseph Depew as Raoul Radon, as a child * Russell Griffin as Little Peter * J. Barney Sherry as His Father * Edmund Breese as Edmund MacDonald * Edria Fisk as His Daughter * Sheldon Lewis as Henri Dubois * Charles Fang as Li Chang * Paul Panzer Paul Wolfgang Panzerbeiter (November 3, 1872 – August 16, 1958), known professionally as Paul Panzer, was a German-American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 330 films between 1905 and 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Of Hentzau (1923 Film)
''Rupert of Hentzau'' is a 1923 American silent adventure film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Bert Lytell, Elaine Hammerstein, and Lew Cody. It is an adaptation of Anthony Hope's 1898 novel ''Rupert of Hentzau'', the sequel to ''The Prisoner of Zenda''. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Rupert of Hentzau'' 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 Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * *Stillsat the Claire Windsor website 1923 films 1923 adventure films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American adventure films Films directed by Victor Heerman American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Pastime
''Dangerous Pastime'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by James W. Horne and starring Lew Cody, Cleo Ridgely and Elinor Fair.Connelly p.337 Originally produced under the title ''Wait for Me'' it is also known as ''A Dangerous Pastime''. Cast * Lew Cody as Barry Adams * Cleo Ridgely Cleo Ridgely-Horne (born Freda Cleo Helwig, May 12, 1893 – August 18, 1962) was a star of silent and sound motion pictures. Her career began early in the silent film era, in 1911, and continued for forty years. She retired in the 1930s bu ... as Mrs. Stowell * Elinor Fair as Celia * Ruth Cummings as Mrs. Gregor 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 * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s English-lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secrets Of Paris
''The Secrets of Paris'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Kenneth S. Webb and starring Lew Cody, Gladys Hulette, and Effie Shannon. Cast Preservation No copies of ''The Secrets of Paris'' are located in any archives, making this 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 * 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 * * 1922 films 1922 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Kenneth Webb American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films set in Paris 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Butterfly Man
''The Butterfly Man'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park, starring Lew Cody, Louise Lovely, and Lila Leslie, and produced by Louis J. Gasnier.Codori, p. 116. Cast * Lew Cody as Sedgewick Blynn * Louise Lovely as Bessie Morgan * Lila Leslie as Mrs. Trend * Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Fielding * Martha Mattox as Anna Blynn * Mary Land as Martha Blynn * Alberta Lee as Mrs. Blynn * Augustus Phillips as Mr. Trend * Alec B. Francis as James Bachelor * Andrew Robson as John D. Morgan * Esther Ralston Esther Ralston (born Esther Louise Worth, September 17, 1902 – January 14, 1994) was an iconic American silent film star. Her most prominent sound picture was '' To the Last Man'' in 1933. Early life and career Ralston was born Esther Loui ... References Bibliography * Jeff Codori. ''Film History through Trade Journal Art, 1916–1920''. Jeferson, NC: McFarland, 2020. * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As The Sun Went Down
''As the Sun Went Down'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Edith Storey, Lew Cody, and Harry S. Northrup. It was released on February 10, 1919. Plot Colonel Billy is an ex-dance hall girl who has now gained a reputation as a gunfighter. She lives on the outskirts of Rattlesnake Gulch, where the women look down on her due to her past, while the men respect her due to her gun. She is in love with Faro Bill, a prospector who has promised to wed Billy once he strikes enough gold. One day the stage brings a preacher, Albert Atherton, and a destitute actor and his wife, Gerald and Mabel Morton, and their infant daughter to town. As a joke on Billy, they send Atherton to her house, saying that she has a room to board. Morton, in order to support his wife and child, files a claim and begins prospecting. Morton strikes gold, and when word of his strike reaches San Francisco, the gambler Arbuthnot devises a plot to take his claim away from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beloved Cheater
''The Beloved Cheater'' (originally titled ''The Pleasant Devil'') is a 1919 American silent comedy film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Lew Cody, Doris Pawn, and Eileen Percy, and was released on December 6, 1919. Plot Kingdon Challoner is in love with and engaged to Eulalie Morgan. The problem is that Eulalie is of the belief that kissing and petting are forbidden prior to marriage. Beside himself, Bruce enlists the help of Bruce Sands, a renowned playboy. The two concoct a plot whereby Sands will have the opportunity to seduce Eulalie, with her believing it is Kingdon. The plan is successful with the exception of Eulalie realizing it is not Kingdon who has seduced her. She breaks off her engagement with Kingdon and proclaims her love for Bruce. However, when Eulalie goes to Bruce's place to let him know the good news, she finds a woman in his bed. Believing the woman to be Bruce's lover, she flees the scene. The woman is not a lover, but Bruce's sister, who is staying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
