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Macey Harlam
Macey Harlam (April 27, 1873 – June 17, 1923) was a stage and screen actor from New York. He performed on Broadway from 1901 to 1918 before switching to silent films. In films he appeared with Pauline Frederick, Douglas Fairbanks, Elsie Ferguson, Geraldine Farrar and Lionel Barrymore. He died at Saranac Lake, New York in 1923.''Silent Film Necrology'', p.228 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana Selected filmography *'' The Eternal City'' (1915) *'' Betty of Greystone'' (1916) *''The Witch'' (1916) *'' The Habit of Happiness'' (1916) *''The Perils of Divorce'' (1916) *'' Manhattan Madness'' (1916) *''Nanette of the Wilds'' (1916) * ''The Romantic Journey'' (1916) *''Barbary Sheep'' (1917) *'' Flame of the Desert'' (1919) *'' The Woman and the Puppet'' (1920) *'' The Right to Love'' (1920) *'' The Plaything of Broadway'' (1921) * '' After Midnight'' (1921) *''The Conquest of Canaan'' (1921) * ''You Find It Everywhere'' (1921) *''Always the Woman'' (1922) *'' When Knighthood Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Calvert
Catherine Calvert (born Catherine Cassidy; April 20, 1890 – January 18, 1971) was an American actress. Biography The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cassidy, Catherine Calvert was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland.Hines, Dixie; Hanaford, Harry Prescott, eds. (1914). "Calvert, Catherine (Catherine Calvert Cassidy)". Who's Who in Music and Drama'. New York: H. P. Hanaford, p. 60. She made her stage debut in the play ''Brown of Harvard'' in September 1908, in Albany, New York. On Broadway, she portrayed Laura Moore in ''The Deep Purple'' (1911), May Joyce in ''The Escape'' (1913), and Dona Sol in ''Blood and Sand'' (1921). After many years' experience onstage in productions including ''The Deep Purple'' (a play by her future husband, Paul Armstrong), in 1910, she entered films via Keeney Pictures Corporation in ''A Romance of the Underworld'' (1918; based on a play in which she had appeared onstage). Other films in which she appeared include ''Marriage'', ''Out of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Romantic Journey
''The Romantic Journey'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring William Courtenay, Macey Harlam and Alice Dovey.Parish & Pitts p.126 Cast * William Courtenay as Peter * Macey Harlam as Ratoor * Alice Dovey Alice Dovey (August 28, 1884 – January 12, 1969)Dovey, Alice, ''Silent Film Necrology'', Eugene Michael Vazzana, McFarland Publishing, 2001, pg. 142. was an American motion picture comedian and actress who first appeared in '' The Commanding O ... as Cynthia * Norman Thorpe as Broadhurst References Bibliography *James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Fitzmaurice Pathé Exchange films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Donna (1923 Film)
''Bella Donna'' is a 1923 American silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1909 novel, '' Bella Donna'', by Robert Smythe Hichens which was later adapted for a 1912 Broadway play starring Alla Nazimova. This film is also a remake of the 1915 Paramount film '' Bella Donna'' starring Pauline Frederick. The 1923 film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Pola Negri in her first American film. Plot Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involved with brutish Baroudi. Cast *Pola Negri as Bella Donna *Conway Tearle as Mahmoud Baroudi *Conrad Nagel as Nigel Armine *Adolphe Menjou as Mr. Chepstow *Claude King as Doctor Meyer Isaacson * Lois Wilson as Patricia * Antonio Corsi as Fortune Teller *Macey Harlam as Ibrahim *Robert Schable as Doctor Hartley Song "Bella Donna (Beautiful Lady)" by Harry B. Smith, Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tents Of Allah
''The Tents of Allah'' is a 1923 American silent drama film written and directed by Charles A. Logue and starring Monte Blue, Mary Alden, and Frank Currier. Synopsis While visiting her uncle, the American consul in Tangier, Morocco, a young woman offends a powerful Sultan whose henchman kidnap her. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Tents of Allah'' 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 * 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 * * 1923 films 1923 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1920s English-language f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face In The Fog
''The Face in the Fog'' is a 1922 American silent film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Alan Crosland and starred Lionel Barrymore. An incomplete print is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast *Lionel Barrymore – Boston Blackie Dawson *Seena Owen – Grand Duchess Tatiana *Lowell Sherman – Count Alexis Orloff *George Nash – Huck Kant *Louis Wolheim – Petrus *Mary MacLaren – Mary Dawson *Macey Harlam – Count Ivan *Gustav von Seyffertitz – Michael * Joe King – Detective Wren *Tom Blake – Surtep *Marie Burke – Olga * Joseph W. Smiley – Police Captain * Martin Faust – Ivan's valet *Mario Majeroni Mario Majeroni (1870–1931) was an Italian-born American playwright and stage and film actor. Biography Majeroni came to the United States in 1906 and started acting on Broadway that year. Prior to coming to the United States he had lived and w ... – Grand Duke Alexis References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Knighthood Was In Flower (1922 Film)
''When Knighthood Was in Flower'' is a 1922 American silent historical film directed by Robert G. Vignola, based on the eponymous novel by Charles Major and play by Paul Kester. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst (through his Cosmopolitan Productions) for Marion Davies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This was William Powell's second film. The story was re-filmed by Walt Disney in 1953 as ''The Sword and the Rose'', directed by Ken Annakin. Plot Mary Tudor is forced by her brother Henry VIII to marry Louis XII as part of a peace agreement but she falls in love with Charles Brandon. Mary flees with him, but the two lovers are captured. Brandon is framed for murder and Mary agrees to marry Louis XII if his life is spared. Brandon is exiled and Louis XII, old and sick, dies shortly after the wedding. After an attempt on the part of Louis XII's nephew Francis I to wed Mary, she finally marries Brandon. Cast *Marion Davies as Mary Tudor *Forrest Stanley as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always The Woman
''Always the Woman'' is a 1922 American silent romance drama film produced by and starring Betty Compson and directed by Arthur Rosson. The film is incomplete and preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot Celia Thaxter (Compson) is an American vaudeville actress who is on a journey to Egypt, becoming engaged to Reginald Stanhope (Gerald Pring) during the voyage. Once they reach the Sahara desert, the couple becomes part of a treasure hunt led by another passenger native to the region, Kelim Pasha (Macey Harlam). During the trek, Pasha starts coming on to Celia, while Stanhope does nothing to help her, as it's revealed that he was merely a tool of Pasha. Celia is eventually saved by another woman in the party, who kills Pasha, and Celia finds true romance at last with an American whose life she had saved during her voyage. Cast * Betty Compson as Celia Thaxter * Emory Johnson as Herbert Boone * Doris Pawn as Adele Boone * Gerald Pring as Reginald Stanhope * Richar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Find It Everywhere
''You Find It Everywhere'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Horan and starring Catherine Calvert, Herbert Rawlinson and Macey Harlam.Connelly p.439 It is based on the 1919 novel ''The Gibson Upright'' by Booth Tarkington. Cast * Catherine Calvert as Nora Gorodna * Herbert Rawlinson as Andrew Gibson * Macey Harlam as José Ferra * Riley Hatch as Dan Carter * Nathaniel Sack as Wurtzel Pantz * Arnold Lucy as Charles Simpson * Robert Ayerton as Ignatius Riley * Jack Drumier as Harvey Hill * Norbert Wicki as Salvatore * Peggy Worth as Lila Normand * Dora Mills Adams as Mrs. Normand * Hattie Delaro Hattie Delaro (1861 – April 18, 1941) was an American actress. She had a career in theater, then became an actress in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. Delaro was born in Brooklyn. Delaro debuted on stage in 1881 at Brooklyn's Grand Ope ... as Mrs. Simpson References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Conquest Of Canaan
''The Conquest of Canaan'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Thomas Meighan and Doris Kenyon and was directed by Roy William Neill. It was filmed in Asheville, North Carolina. A previous version of the story was filmed in 1916 under the same title. Plot Cast Preservation status This film was considered lost for over seventy years until 2010, when a digital copy was returned to the United States as a gift from Russia and its film archive Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It is a state cultural institution — curator of films collection and oth .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Midnight (1921 Film)
''After Midnight'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Conway Tearle, Zena Keefe and Warren Black.Munden p.9 Cast * Conway Tearle as Gordon Phillips / Wallace Phillips * Zena Keefe as Mrs. Gordon Phillips * Warren Black as Mock Sing * Harry Allen as Harris * Macey Harlam as Warren Black * Woo Lang Woo, WoO, WOO, W.O.O. and variants may refer to: People Woo or Wu, romanization of several East Asian names: * Hu (surname): 胡, 瓠, 護, 戶, 扈, 虎, 呼, 忽, 斛 * Wu (surname): 吳, 伍, 武, 仵, 烏, 鄔, 巫 * Ng (name): 吳, 伍 * Wo ... as Toy Sing 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 * 1921 films 1921 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ralph Inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plaything Of Broadway
''The Plaything of Broadway'' is a 1921 American drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by E. Lloyd Sheldon. The film stars Justine Johnstone, Crauford Kent, Macey Harlam, Edwards Davis, George Cowl, and Lucy Parker. The film was released in February 1921, by Realart Pictures Corporation. Cast *Justine Johnstone as Lola *Crauford Kent as Dr. Jennings *Macey Harlam as Pell *Edwards Davis as Whitney *George Cowl George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dan'' (1914) * ''The Rack'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The B ... as Dr. Dexter *Lucy Parker as Mrs. O'Connor *Claude Cooper as The Patriarch *Garry McGarry as Dr. Hastings *Gertrude Hillman as Mrs. Ford *Mrs. Charles Willard as Mrs. Slattery References External links * 1921 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right To Love (1920 Film)
''The Right to Love'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice. It stars Mae Murray, David Powell and Holmes Herbert. The film is based on the French novel ''L'Homme qui assassina'', by Claude Farrère and the play of the same name by Pierre Frondaie. A copy of the film is preserved in the Nederlands Filmmuseum. Plot As described in a film magazine, summoned in her desperation to help her in her anguish at the threatened separation from her child, American soldier Colonel Richard Loring (Powell) is witness to the blackguard conspiracy of Lord Archibald Falkland (Herbert) to dishonor his wife. Lady Falkland (Murray) married the English ambassador to Turkey to satisfy her father's greed for wealth, and was a youthful sweetheart of Loring's in America. Their romance was shattered by her enforced marriage to the Ambassador, who insists on keeping in their home in Constantinople his mistress Lady Edith (Tell), an English woman. These two plot the comprom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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