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Lottie Pickford
Charlotte Smith (June 9, 1893 – December 9, 1936), known professionally as Lottie Pickford, was a Canadian-American silent film actress and socialite. She was the younger sister of fellow actress Mary Pickford and elder sister of actor Jack Pickford. One of her best known roles was in ''The Diamond from the Sky'' directed by William Desmond Taylor in 1915. Pickford's career often is overshadowed by that of her siblings and though she was a notable figure in the 1920s, her films and role in the Pickford acting family largely are forgotten. Early years She was born to John Charles Smith and Charlotte Hennessy. Pickford was named for her mother. She was the middle child, born a year and two months after her sister Gladys Smith and three years before her brother John Charles Smith, who was known as Jack. She quickly became her father's favorite, much to her sister's annoyance. After mistakenly believing she was a boy when first born, her father lovingly gave her the boyish nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serial Film
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a film, motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, generally advancing weekly, until the series is completed. Generally, each serial involves a single set of characters, protagonistic and antagonistic, involved in a single story, which has been edited into chapters after the fashion of serial (literature), serial fiction and the episodes cannot be shown out of order or as a single or a random collection of short subjects. Each chapter was screened at a movie theater for one week, and ended with a cliffhanger, in which characters found themselves in perilous situations with little apparent chance of escape. Viewers had to return each week to see the cliffhangers resolved and to follow the continuing story. Movie serials were especially popular with children, and for many youths in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Italian Barber
''The Italian Barber'' is a 1911 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Joseph Graybill and featuring Mary Pickford. The film, by the Biograph Company, was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century. Cast * Joseph Graybill - Tony * Mary Pickford - Alice * Marion Sunshine - Florence * Mack Sennett - Bobby Mack * Kate Bruce - Mother * Robert Harron - man buying papers * John T. Dillon - man buying papers * W. C. Robinson - in shop * Donald Crisp - at ball * Adolph Lestina * Vivian Prescott * Edward Dillon * Jeanie MacPherson * Lottie Pickford * Claire McDowell See also * D. W. Griffith filmography These are the films directed by the pioneering American filmmaker D. W. Griffith (1875–1948). According to IMDb, he directed 518 films between 1908 and 1931. 1908 * ''The Adventures of Dollie'' * '' The Fight for Freedom'' (director disputed .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Save Her Soul
''To Save Her Soul'' is a 1909 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many of the early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century. Cast * Arthur V. Johnson - Paul Redmond * Mary Pickford - Agnes Hailey * W. Chrystie Miller - Church Organist * George Nichols - Manager * Kate Bruce - Housekeeper * Linda Arvidson - In Audience * William Beaudine * Charles Craig - Bumpkin * Frank Evans - Stage Manager * Robert Harron - Stagehand / Usher * Ruth Hart - At Party * James Kirkwood - Backstage at Debut / At Party * Henry Lehrman - In Audience * Jeanie MacPherson - In Audience * Owen Moore - At Party * Jack Pickford - Stagehand * Lottie Pickford * Billy Quirk * Gertrude Robinson - In Audience * Paul Scardon - In Audience * Mack Sennett - Backstage at Debut * Blanche Sweet - Backstage at Debut / At Party * Dorothy West - A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Man's View
''The Red Man's View'' (also cited ''The Redman's View'') is a 1909 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and shot in New York state. Prints of the film exist in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress. According to the ''New York Dramatic Mirror'', the film is about "the helpless Indian race as it has been forced to recede before the advancing white, and as such is full of poetic sentiment". In his 2003 publication ''The Invention of the Western Film: A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century'', film historian Scott Simon observes that "the film's title works out to mean 'The Red Man's Point of View', and for all the film's difficulty in making drama from a long, passive march, there's nothing like ''The Red Man's View'' in Hollywood until John Ford's ''Cheyenne Autumn'' more than fifty years later". A remake starring Daniel Baldwin, Saginaw Grant, Booboo Stewart, Elaine Miles, Michael Spears, and Crystal Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Lost Love
''His Lost Love'' is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film exists in the film archive of the Library of Congress. Cast * James Kirkwood as Luke *Owen Moore as James *Mary Pickford as Mary * George Nichols as Mary's Father *Kate Bruce as Maid *Gladys Egan as wedding guest * Frank Evans as wedding guest *Marion Leonard as the sister / wedding guest *Violet Mersereau as wedding guest *Anthony O'Sullivan as wedding guest *Lottie Pickford as wedding guest *Gertrude Robinson Gertrude Robinson (October 7, 1890 – March 19, 1962) was an American actress of the silent era. Biography She appeared in 164 films between 1908 and 1925. She was born in New York City and died in Hollywood, California. She was the fi ... as A Grown Child References External links * 1909 drama films 1909 films Silent American drama films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by D. W. Griffith 1909 shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getting Even (1909 Film)
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Getting Even may refer to: * ''Getting Even'' (album), by Greg Ginn * ''Getting Even'' (1909 film), an American film * ''Getting Even'' (1986 film), an American film * ''Getting Even'' (''Bi hesab''), a 2017 Iranian film with Getting Even (1986 film) * "Getting Even" (short story), by Isaac Asimov * ''Getting Even'' (Allen book), a collection of humorous stories by Woody Allen * Seeking revenge Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does... offend the law ndputteth the law out of office." Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hessian Renegades
''The Hessian Renegades'' is a 1909 American silent war film directed by D. W. Griffith. It is set during the American Revolution. Plot A young soldier during the American Revolution has the mission to carry a crucial message to General Washington but he is spotted by a group of enemy soldiers called Hessians. He finds refuge with a family, but his enemies soon discover him. After that, the family and neighbors must plan a way to send the important message. Cast * Owen Moore as American Soldier * Linda Arvidson as Farmer * Kate Bruce as Soldier's Family * William J. Butler as Farmer * Verner Clarges as Farmer * D. W. Griffith * Robert Harron as Farmer * Arthur V. Johnson as Hessian * James Kirkwood as Soldier's Family * Florence Lawrence * Marion Leonard * Wilfred Lucas * George Nichols as Hessian * Anthony O'Sullivan as Hessian * Lottie Pickford * Mary Pickford as Soldier's Family * Frank Powell as Hessian * Billy Quirk as Hessian * Gertrude Robinson as Soldier's Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Memories
''Two Memories'' is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film marks the onscreen debut of Mary Pickford. Cast * Marion Leonard as Marion Francis * David Miles as Henry Lawrence * Mary Pickford as Marion's Sister * Charles Avery as Party Guest * Clara T. Bracy * John R. Cumpson as Party Guest * Robert Harron * Anita Hendrie as Party Guest * Arthur V. Johnson as Party Guest * Florence Lawrence as Party Guest * Owen Moore as Party Guest * Anthony O'Sullivan as Servant * Lottie Pickford * Herbert Prior as Party Guest * Gertrude Robinson as Party Guest * Mack Sennett as Party Guest See also * Mary Pickford filmography Mary Pickford (1892–1979) was a Canadian-American motion picture actress, producer, and writer. During the silent film era she became one of the first great celebrities of the cinema and a popular icon known to the public as "America's Sweethea ... References External links * 1909 films 1909 drama films 1909 shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairbanks & Pickford 1921
Fairbanks is a Municipal home rule, home rule city and the county seat, borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Alaska Interior, Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census put the population of the city proper at 32,515, and the population of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough at 95,655 making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Alaska after Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage. The Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, located by road ( by air) south of the Arctic Circle. Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the founding campus of the University of Alaska system. History Native American presence Prehistory of Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Q Son Of Zorro
''Don Q, Son of Zorro'' is a 1925 American silent swashbuckler romance film and a sequel to the 1920 silent film '' The Mark of Zorro''. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel ''Don Q.'s Love Story'', written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard. The story was reworked in 1925 (after Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard's death) into a vehicle for the Johnston McCulley character Zorro. The film adaptation was made by screenwriters Jack Cunningham and Lotta Woods for United Artists studios. Douglas Fairbanks both produced the film and starred as its lead character. It was directed by Donald Crisp, who also played the villain Don Sebastian. The film was well-received: the ''New York Times'' rated it one of its top ten films of 1925. Plot Don Diego de la Vega (Zorro)'s son, Cesar (Douglas Fairbanks), is in Spain finishing his education. While Cesar is showing off to friends his remarkable prowess with the whip, he accidentally clips off the feather shako on the hat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including '' The Thief of Bagdad'', ''Robin Hood'', and '' The Mark of Zorro'', but spent the early part of his career making comedies. Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. He was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. With his marriage to actress and film producer Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became 'Hollywood royalty', and Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood", a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable. Though he was considered one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the 1910s and 1920s, Fairbanks's career rapidly declined with the advent of the "talkies". His final film was ''The Private Life of Don Juan'' (1934). Early life Fairbanks was born Douglas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
