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Marguerite Marsh
Marguerite Marsh (April 18, 1888 – December 8, 1925) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1923. Early in her career, she was known as Margaret Loveridge. Biography Marsh was the eldest child of S. Charles Marsh and May T. Warne born in Lawrence, Kansas, and she died in New York City from complications of bronchial pneumonia. She was the sister of actress Mae Marsh, editor Frances Marsh, and cinematographer Oliver T. Marsh. According to the 1910 Census for Los Angeles, California, Margeurite Marsh was living with her mother May and stepfather William Hall, and she was listed as being married to Donald Loveridge with a daughter Leslie Loveridge. Her daughter appeared in one film titled '' The Battle of Elderbush Gulch'' (1913) with Marguerite's sister Mae. In 1915, she joined the Reliance-Majestic Studios; ''The Housemaid'' was her first film for that company. Earlier she had worked for the Biograph Company and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Wakarusa River, Wakarusa Rivers. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 94,934. Lawrence is a college town and the home to both the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University. Lawrence was founded by the New England Emigrant Aid Company (NEEAC) and was named for Amos A. Lawrence, an abolitionist from Massachusetts, who offered financial aid and support for the settlement. Lawrence was central to the "Bleeding Kansas" period (1854–1861), and the site of the Wakarusa War (1855) and the Sacking of Lawrence (1856). During the American Civil War it was also the site of the Lawrence massacre (1863). Lawrence began as a center of Free-Stater (Kansas), free-state politics. Its economy diver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Like A Woman (1912 Film)
''Just Like a Woman'' is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. It was produced by the Biograph Company and distributed by General Film Company. It is preserved from a paper print source by the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.95 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * - The Young Woman * - Young Woman's Mother * - The Fortune Hunter *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron To Gold
''Iron to Gold'' is a lost 1922 American silent Western film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Based on a short story by Max Brand, writing as George Owen Baxter, the film starred Dustin Farnum and was directed by Bernard J. Durning. Plot As described in a film magazine, rough, big-hearted miner Tom Curtis (Farnum) discovers that his partner George Kirby (Conklin) has been robbing him and shoots him in a fight. Tom then escapes to the mountains and becomes an outlaw to avoid any unmerited prison sentence. Later Anne Kirby (Marsh) and her husband Tom go west to look over the mine. Two outlaws attack them during the ride, and Anne is carried off to a cabin in the mountains. While the two outlaws fight over the possession of Anne, Tom arrives on the scene and drives them both away. He is about to accompany her back to safety when he learns that she is the wife of his former partner George Kirby, who had robbed him of his share in a valuable claim. One of the bandi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boomerang Bill
''Boomerang Bill'' is an extant 1922 American silent crime melodrama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Adapted from a Boston Blackie short story by Jack Boyle, it was directed by Tom Terriss and stars veteran actor Lionel Barrymore. It is preserved incomplete at the Library of Congress and George Eastman House. Cast *Lionel Barrymore as Boomerang Bill *Marguerite Marsh as Annie *Margaret Seddon as Annie's Mother *Frank Shannon as Terrence O'Malley *Matthew Betz as Tony the Wop *Charles Fang as Chinaman *Harry Lee as Chinaman *Miriam Battista as Chinese Girl *Helen Kim Helen Kim (also ''Kim Hwal-lan'', 1899 – 1970) was a South Korean politician, educator, social activist, and feminist. Her pen name was Wuwol(우월;又月). Kim is the founder of the daily Korean newspaper, ''The Korea Times''. Biograph ... as Chinese Girl References External links * *Period newspaper clipping ''Boomerang Bill'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Mary Be Careful
''Oh Mary Be Careful'' is an extant 1921 American silent comedy film produced by Goldwyn Pictures and released by an independent distributor. Stage actress Madge Kennedy stars in the film, which was directed by Arthur Ashley. A copy is preserved at the Library of Congress.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Oh Mary Be Careful'' at silentera.com''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1978 The film was allegedly shot several years earlier during 1917 and released in 1921 after the rights were acquired by Pioneer Film. Cast * |
The Idol Of The North
''The Idol of the North'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Frank S. Beresford and Tom McNamara based upon a story by J. Clarkson Miller. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Edwin August, E.J. Ratcliffe, Riley Hatch, Jules Cowles, and Florence St. Leonard. The film was released on March 27, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, while Colette Brissac (Dalton) is inside a saloon in a northwestern gold camp begging for assistance her mother and father, who is a fugitive from the law, die outside the dance hall. She becomes an entertainer in the saloon and develops a cynical contempt for the men of the place, but soon becomes one of the big attractions of this crude stage. The men become angered at her attitude towards them and compel her to marry drunken stranger Martin Bates (August), a young engineer who has been spurned by a girl in New York. The two are thrown into a cabin and held virtually as pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Mystery
''The Master Mystery'' is a 1918 American mystery silent serial film told in 15 installments. The film was directed by Harry Grossman and Burton L. King and written by Arthur B. Reeve and Charles Logue. The film stars Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Ruth Stonehouse, Edna Britton, William Pike, and Charles Graham. Episode 1 was released on November 18, 1918, by Octagon Films. It is one of the first films to feature a powered exoskeleton. Plot Justice Department agent Quentin Locke is investigating a powerful cartel that is protected by The Automaton, a robot. However, it uses a gas weapon known as The Madagascan Madness. Cast * Harry Houdini as Quentin Locke *Marguerite Marsh as Eva Brent *Ruth Stonehouse as Zita Dane *Edna Britton as De Luxe Dora *William Pike as Paul Balcom *Charles Graham as Herbert Balcom *Floyd Buckley Floyd Buckley (October 21, 1877 - November 14, 1956) was an American film, stage, and radio actor whose career began with Buffalo Bill and ended with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Little Wife (1918 Film)
''Our Little Wife'' is a 1918 silent film directed by Edward Dillon. The film is based on the 1916 play of the same name by Avery Hopwood. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Cast * Madge Kennedy as Dodo Warren * George J. Forth as Herb Warren * Walter Hiers as Bobo Brown * William Davidson as Doctor Elliot * Kempton Greene Kempton Greene (June 28, 1889 – May 17, 1939) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1921. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Selected filmography * '' Brown of Harvard'' (191 ... as Tommy Belden * Marguerite Marsh as Angie Martin * Wray Page as Mrs. Elliot References External links * American silent feature films 1918 films 1918 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films 1910s American films Silent American comedy-drama films English-language comedy-drama films {{1910s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fields Of Honor (1918 Film)
''Fields of Honor'' is a 1918 five-part film adapted from a story by Irvin S. Cobb. Ralph Ince directed. Advertising for the film described it as a dramatic portrayal of what women are sacrificing to the world war. It was produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is not held at the Library of Congress. Cast *Mae Marsh *Vernon Steele *Marguerite Marsh Marguerite Marsh (April 18, 1888 – December 8, 1925) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1923. Early in her career, she was known as Margaret Loveridge. Biography Marsh was the el ... * George Cooper * John Wessel * Nell Moran * Maud Cooling * Ned Hay *Edward Lynch References {{Reflist 1918 films Samuel Goldwyn Productions films American war films Films directed by Ralph Ince 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Americano (1916 Film)
''The Americano'' is a 1916 American silent adventure / romantic comedy film directed by John Emerson and stars Douglas Fairbanks in his last production for Triangle Film Corporation. Based on the novel ''Blaze Derringer'', by Eugene P. Lyle, Jr., the scenario was written by John Emerson and Anita Loos who also wrote the film's intertitles. The film was re-released by S.A. Lynch Enterprises on August 21, 1923. Three 16mm prints and one 8mm print of the film still exists. Set in a fictional South American country of Paragonia, it has been described as one of a group of films that supported United States imperialism by providing support to the idea of manifest destiny. Cast *Douglas Fairbanks as Blaze Derringer *Alma Rubens as Juana de Castille *Spottiswoode Aitken as Presidente de Castille *Carl Stockdale as Salsa Espada * Tote Du Crow as Alberto de Castille * Charles Stevens as Colonel Gargaras *Mildred Harris as Stenographer *Lillian Langdon as Senora de Castille *Thomas Jeffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intolerance (film)
''Intolerance'' is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. Subtitles include ''Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages'' and ''A Sun-Play of the Ages''.Internet Archive foIntolerance (1916), D. W. Griffith. Retrieved May 21, 2016. Regarded as one of the most influential films of the silent era (though it received mixed reviews at the time), the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Judean story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and fourth, a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive color tint in the original print. The scenes are linked by shots of a figure representing Eternal Motherhood, rocking a cradle. Griffith chose to explore the theme of intolerance partly in response to his previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Needle
''The Devil's Needle'' is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Chester Withey and starring Norma Talmadge and Tully Marshall. It was produced by D. W. Griffith's Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Films. A 1923 rerelease print survives at the Library of Congress.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Conogress, p.43 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast *Norma Talmadge as Rene, His Model *Tully Marshall as David White *Marguerite Marsh as Wynne Mortimer * F. A. Turner as William Mortimer *Howard Gaye Howard Gaye (23 May 1878 – 26 December 1955) was a British actor who worked mainly in the United States. He acted in 27 silent films, including D. W. Griffith's epics ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) as Robert E. Lee and ''Intolerance'' (1916 ... as Hugh Gordon *John Brennan as Fritz *Paul Le Blanc as Buck References External linksThe Devil's Needle at IMDb.com* 1916 films Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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