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Lionelle Howard
Lionelle Howard (1886 – 13 September 1930) was a British actor of the silent era who was born as Francis Nathan Coxin in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and died in Uxbridge, Middlesex. He appeared in a number of productions made by Astra Films in the years after the First World War. Selected filmography * '' Old St. Paul's'' (1914) * ''Barnaby Rudge'' (1915) * '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' (1915) * ''The Nightbirds of London'' (1915) * ''The Golden Pavement'' (1915) * '' Her Boy'' (1915) * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1916) * ''Trelawny of the Wells'' (1916) * ''Annie Laurie'' (1916) * '' A Bunch of Violets'' (1916) * ''The Marriage of William Ashe'' (1916) * '' Sowing the Wind'' (1916) * '' Molly Bawn'' (1916) * ''The House of Fortescue'' (1916) * '' The White Boys'' (1916) * '' The Failure'' (1917) * ''The American Heiress'' (1917) * ''Her Marriage Lines'' (1917) * ''The Forest on the Hill'' (1919) * ''Sheba'' (1919) * ''Aunt Rachel'' (1920) * ''A Bachelor Husband'' (1920) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage Of William Ashe (1916 Film)
''The Marriage of William Ashe'' is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Henry Ainley, Alma Taylor and Stewart Rome.Low p.81 It is an adaptation of the 1905 novel ''The Marriage of William Ashe'' by Mary Augusta Ward. Cast * Henry Ainley as William Ashe * Alma Taylor as Lady Kitty Bristol * Stewart Rome as Geoffrey Cliffe * Violet Hopson as Mary Lyster * Lionelle Howard as Eddie Helston * Alice De Winton as Mme d'Estrees * Mary Rorke as Lady Tranmere * Henry Vibart as Lord Parham * Amy Lorraine as Lady Parham * Fred Rains as Dean Maitland See also *''The Marriage of William Ashe ''The Marriage of William Ashe'' is a novel by Mary Augusta Ward that was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1905.(March 8, 1905)Books of the Day - The Marriage of William Ashe ''Boston Evening Transcript'' Hackett, Alice Payne (194 ...'' 1921 a 1921 American film References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderful Year
''The Wonderful Year'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Randle Ayrton, Mary Odette and Margot Drake.Low p.484 Cast * Randle Ayrton as The Happiness Dispenser * Hubert Carter as Bigourdin * Margot Drake as Corinna Hastings * Lionelle Howard as Martin Openshaw * Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born film actress. Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number o ... as Felise * Frank Stanmore as Polydor * Gwen Williams as Lucilla References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1921 films 1921 romantic drama films British silent feature films British romantic drama films Films directed by Kenelm Foss British black-and-white films Films based on British novels 1920s English- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Street Of Adventure (film)
''The Street of Adventure'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Lionelle Howard, Margot Drake and Irene Rooke.Low p.459 It was based on the 1919 novel of the same title by Philip Gibbs. The title is a reference to Fleet Street in London. Premise A journalist attempts to save a woman from prostitution, but nearly loses his fiancée to another man in the process. Cast * Lionelle Howard as Frank Luttrell * Margot Drake as Katherine Halstead * Irene Rooke as Margaret Hubbard * Peggy Bayfield as Peg * Roy Travers as Will Brandon * Will Corrie Will Corrie (14 January 1867 - 1950) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Hard Times (1915 film), Hard Times'' (1915) * ''The Laughing Cavalier (film), The Laughing Cavalier'' (1917) * ''The Manxman (1917 film), The M ... as Edmund Grattan * H.V. Tollemach References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bachelor Husband
''A Bachelor Husband'' is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Lyn Harding, Renee Mayer and Hayford Hobbs. It was based on a story by Ruby M. Ayres, originally published in the ''Daily Mirror''. Plot Inheritor weds stepsister who elopes with cad."The Bachelor Husband" in Denis Gifford, ''British Film Catalogue: volume 1: The Fiction Film'' (2016) Cast * Lyn Harding as Feather Dakers * Renee Mayer as Marie Celeste * Hayford Hobbs as Chris Lawless * Irene Rooke as Aunt Madge * Lionelle Howard as Atkins * Gordon Craig as Chris, as a child * Margot Drake as Mrs. Chester * Will Corrie Will Corrie (14 January 1867 - 1950) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Hard Times (1915 film), Hard Times'' (1915) * ''The Laughing Cavalier (film), The Laughing Cavalier'' (1917) * ''The Manxman (1917 film), The M ... as George Chester * R. Heaton Grey as Aston Knight * Phyllis Joyce as Mrs. Heriot References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aunt Rachel
''Aunt Rachel'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Albert Ward and starring Isobel Elsom, Haidee Wright and James Lindsay. The standard of the film's intertitles was criticised.Bamford p.76 Cast * Isobel Elsom as Ruth * Haidee Wright as Aunt Rachel * James Lindsay as Ferdinand de Blacquaire * Lionelle Howard as Reuben * Tom Reynolds as Eld * Dalton Somers as Fuller * Leonard Pagden as Ezra Gold * Herbert Willis as Earl * Dan Godfrey Sir Daniel Eyers "Dan" Godfrey (20 June 1868 – 20 July 1939) was a British music conductor and member of a musical dynasty that included his father Daniel Godfrey (1831–1903). His son, also Dan Godfrey, was also a musician, station man ... as Isiah References Bibliography * Bamford, Kentom. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1920 films 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheba (film)
''Sheba'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Gerald Ames and James Carew.Goble p.391 The film is notable for an early appearance of Ronald Colman in a small part. It was made by Hepworth Pictures at Walton Studios. Cast * Alma Taylor as Sheba Ormatroyd * Gerald Ames as Paul Meredith * James Carew as Levison * Lionelle Howard as Count Pharamend * Eileen Dennes as Bessie Saxton * Mary Dibley as Rhoda Meredith * Diana Carey as Mrs. Ormatroyd * Eric Barker as Rex Ormatroyd * Jacky Craine as Baby Paul * Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ... as Bit part References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forest On The Hill
''The Forest on the Hill'' is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, James Carew and Gerald Ames. It was based on a novel by Eden Phillpotts. Cast * Alma Taylor - Drusilla Whyddon * James Carew - Timothy Snow * Gerald Ames - John Redstone * Lionelle Howard - Frederick Moyle * Eileen Dennes - Audrey Leaman * Gwynne Herbert - Mrs. Snow * Stephen Ewart - Lord Champernowne * John MacAndrews - Mr. Leaman * Judd Green Judd Green (also credited as R. Judd Green; 1866–1932) was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914. Selected filmography * '' The Third String'' (1914) ... - Lot Snow References External links * 1919 films British crime films 1919 crime films Films directed by Cecil Hepworth British silent feature films Hepworth Pictures films British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Marriage Lines
''Her Marriage Lines'' is a 1917 British silent crime film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Stewart Rome, Chrissie White and Violet Hopson.Palmer p.884 Cast * Stewart Rome as Godfrey * Chrissie White as Jean Neville * Violet Hopson as Sybil Ransley * Lionelle Howard as Stephen Maybridge * Henry Vibart as Lord Ransly * Florence Nelson Florence Nelson (25 October 1864 – 12 January 1953) was an English stage and film actress of the silent film era. Life Born in Chelsea, London, in 1864, the daughter of John Henry Fielder, gentleman, of Nelson Lodge, Trafalgar Square, Chelsea, ... as Lady Ransley * Frank Wilson as Rev. Neville References Bibliography * Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988. External links * 1917 films 1917 crime drama films British crime drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Frank Wilson Films set in England Hepworth Pictures films British black-and-white films 1910 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Heiress
''The American Heiress'' is a 1917 British silent crime film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Violet Hopson and Stewart Rome.Wintour p.173 Cast * Alma Taylor as Bessie * Violet Hopson as Cynthia Hunks * Stewart Rome as Parker * Lionelle Howard as Bob Summers * John MacAndrews as Viper Smith * Johnny Butt John William H. Butt (1870–1931) was an English film actor of the silent era. He was born in Bradford and died in North Bierley, West Yorkshire. Selected filmography * ''The Chimes'' (1914) * ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915) * ''The Gra ... as Sir John Higgins References Bibliography * Wintour, Barry. ''Britain and the Great War, 1914-1918: A Subject Bibliography of Some Selected Aspects''. Greenengle publishing, 2014. External links * 1917 films 1917 crime films British crime films British silent short films 1917 short films Films directed by Cecil Hepworth Films set in England Hepworth Pictures films British black-an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Failure (1917 Film)
''The Failure'' is a 1917 British silent crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Lionelle Howard. Cast * Henry Edwards - Dick Carson * Chrissie White - Margaret Gilder * Lionelle Howard Lionelle Howard (1886 – 13 September 1930) was a British actor of the silent era who was born as Francis Nathan Coxin in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and died in Uxbridge, Middlesex. He appeared in a number of productions made by Astra Films in ... - Sidney Carson * Fred Johnson - Gustave le Sage * Charles Vane - Police Chief * W.G. Saunders - Mr. Gilder References External links * 1917 films British silent feature films 1917 crime drama films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Henry Edwards British crime drama films Hepworth Pictures films British black-and-white films 1910s British films Silent crime drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Boys (film)
''The White Boys'' is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Stewart Rome, Chrissie White and Lionelle Howard.Palmer p.367 Cast * Stewart Rome * Chrissie White Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ... * Lionelle Howard References Bibliography * Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988. External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Frank Wilson Films set in England British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
