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Mary McAllister
Mary McAllister, also known as Little Mary McAllister, (born Mary McAlister; May 27, 1908 – May 1, 1991) was an American silent film actress of Hollywood's early years, and a pioneer of child actors. Biography McAllister was born in Los Angeles, California, and started her acting career at the early age of 6, starring opposite Edna Mayo and William Burns in the 1915 film ''Despair''. As a child actor she would star in thirty six films by the time she reached the age of 18. Her best known film during that time would be her lead role in ''Sadie Goes to Heaven'', which also starred Russell McDermott and Jenny St. George, which was St. George's first and only film role. In 1927 she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", alongside Sally Phipps, Martha Sleeper and Frances Lee, among others. The following year, in 1928, she would star in four films, the last of which would be ''Loves of an Actress'', starring Rudolph Valentino's former lover Pola Negri. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singed (1927 Film)
''Singed'' is a 1927 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. The film was directed by John Griffith Wray and stars Blanche Sweet. ''Singed'' is based on Adela Rogers St. Johns's story "Love o' Women". A print is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. With Czech intertitles. Cast *Blanche Sweet as Dolly Wall *Warner Baxter as Royce Wingate *James Wang as Wong * Alfred Allen as Jim *Clark Comstock as Wes Adams *Howard Truesdale as Indian Agent *Claude King as Ben Grimes *Ida Darling as Mrs. Eleanor Cardigan *Mary McAllister as Amy Cardigan *Edwards Davis as Howard Halliday *Edgar Norton as Ernie Whitehead See also *Blanche Sweet filmography __NOTOC__ This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959. ---- 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1919 - Later films ... References External links * * Lobby po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire And Steel (film)
''Fire and Steel'' is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Jack Perrin, Philo McCullough and Mary McAllister.Munden p.246 Cast * Jack Perrin as Terry O'Farrell * Philo McCullough as Tom Welbourne * Mary McAllister as Ann McGreagor * Burr McIntosh as Sandy McGreagor * Cissy Fitzgerald as Mary O'Farrell * Frank Newburg as G.W. Bronson * Carmencita Johnson Carmencita Johnson (March 31, 1923 – September 26, 2000) was an American actress. She was best known as a child actress in the 1920s and 1930s. Early life and career Johnson was born in Los Angeles, California, to Wynonah B. (née Breazeale) ... as Young Girl 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 * 1927 films 1920s action films American action films Films directed by Bertram Bracken American silent feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Watch
''The Midnight Watch'' is a 1927 American silent crime film directed by Charles J. Hunt and starring Roy Stewart, Mary McAllister and David Torrence.Wlaschin p.141 Cast * Roy Stewart as Bob Breemer * Mary McAllister as Rose Denton * David Torrence as Chief Callahan * Ernest Hilliard * Marcella Daly Marcella Daly (1901–1966) was an American film actress of the silent era. Daly was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Daly and a graduate of the Whittier School and Hollywood High School. In June 1924, Daly received publicity when casting dir ... References Bibliography * Ken Wlaschin. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009. External links * 1927 films 1927 crime films American crime films Films directed by Charles J. Hunt American silent feature films Rayart Pictures films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man In The Shadow
''The Man in the Shadow'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by David Hartford and starring David Torrence, Mary McAllister and Joseph Bennett.Munden p.482 Cast * David Torrence as Robert Rodman * Mary McAllister as Lucy Rodman * Arthur Rankin as Bob Rodman * Joseph Bennett as Dallis Alvoid * Myrtle Stedman as Mary Alvoid * John T. Dwyer as Thomas Walsh * Margaret Fielding as Kate Jackson * Edward Coxen Albert Edward Coxen (8 August 1880 – 21 November 1954) was an English-born American actor. He appeared in over 200 films during his career. Personal life Coxen was born in London, England. He came to the United States as a child and lived mu ... as Harry Jackson 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, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waning Sex
''The Waning Sex'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Based on the 1923 play of the same name by Fanny and Frederic Hatton, the film starred Norma Shearer and Conrad Nagel. Synopsis Nina Duane (Norma Shearer) is a criminal lawyer whose gender is professionally resented by Philip Barry (Conrad Nagel), the District Attorney. She wins acquittal for man-chasing widow Mary Booth (Mary McAllister), then defeats her in romancing the D.A. Cast Preservation Prints of ''The Waning Sex'' currently exists in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy The Fort de Bois-d'Arcy, also called the Batterie de Bois-d'Arcy, is one of the forts constructed at the end of the 19th century to defend Paris. It is located in the commune of Bois d'Arcy in the Yvelines département of France. The fort is loc ..., France. References External links * *Lobby card and stillsat nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sap (1926 Film)
''The Sap'' is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. It is based on the 1924 play ''The Sap'' by William A. Grew. The film stars Kenneth Harlan, Heinie Conklin, Mary McAllister, David Butler, Eulalie Jensen and John Cossar. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 20, 1926. Plot The titular sap is Barry Weston, a coward who goes off to war unexpectedly fights heroically and is welcomed back to his hometown.AFI Catalogue 1971 Source: William A. Grew, The Sap (New York opening: December 15, 1924). Barry Weston, who has been coddled into cowardice by his mother, goes off to war and out of sheer terror fights splendidly. He is welcomed back to his hometown as a hero, ... Cast *Kenneth Harlan as Barry Weston, a coward forced into war who comes home a hero *Heinie Conklin as Wienie Duke *Mary McAllister as Janet * David Butler as Vance *Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Weston, Barry's mother *John Cossar John Hay Cossar (2 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Of Spades (serial)
''The Ace of Spades'' is a 1925 American silent Western film serial directed by Henry MacRae. The serial is considered to be a lost film. Cast Chapter titles #The Fatal Card #No Greater Love #Whirling Waters #Fires of Sacrifice #Thundering Hoofs #Flung from the Sky #The Trail of Terror #The Lariat of Death #Fingers of Fate #The Road to Ruin #The Chasm of Peril #The Avalanche #The Fury of Fate #The Chasm of Courage #A Deal of Destiny See also * List of American films of 1925 * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Rea ... References External links * * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films 1925 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Rider (1925 Film)
''The Red Rider'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Cast * Jack Hoxie as White Elk * Mary McAllister as Lucy Cavanaugh * Jack Pratt as Black Panther * Natalie Warfield as Nautauka * Marin Sais as Silver Waters * William McCall as John Cavanaugh * Francis Ford as Brown Bear * George Connors as Tom Fleming * William Welsh as Ben Hanfer * Clark Comstock Clark Comstock (1862–1934) was an American film actor of the silent and early sound era. He appeared in around 50 films and serials between 1915 and 1930, many of them westerns.Katchmer p.69 Selected filmography * ''The Westerners'' (1919) * ... as Indian Chief References External links * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Clifford Smith Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boomerang (1925 Film)
''The Boomerang'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Anita Stewart, Bert Lytell, and Ned Sparks. It was based on a Broadway play of the same title by Winchell Smith and Victor Mapes, which was later adapted for the 1929 film ''The Love Doctor''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Dr. Sumner, a love expert, engages Virginia as a trained nurse. She has been practicing as a clairvoyant Clairvoyance (; ) is the magical ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through extrasensory perception. Any person who is claimed to have such ability is said to be a clairvoyant () ("one who sees cl .... Poulet, her ballyhooer, plans to make a fortune by having her pose as the long-lost niece of Frederick Gordon, a wealthy broker. Preston DeWitt, the lawyer of Gordon, learns that Virginia is actually the lost niece, and attempts to become engaged to her. Failing in this, he tries to kidnap her. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Measure Of A Man (1924 Film)
''The Measure of a Man'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring William Desmond, Marin Sais and Francis Ford.Connelly p.168 Cast * William Desmond as John Fairmeadow * Albert J. Smith as Jack Flack * Francis Ford as 'Pale' Peter * Marin Sais as Clare, his wife * William Dyer as Billy the Beast * Robert Gordon as Donald * Harry Tenbrook as Charley * Zala Davis as Jenny Hitch * William H. Turner as Tom Hitch * Mary McAllister Mary McAllister, also known as Little Mary McAllister, (born Mary McAlister; May 27, 1908 – May 1, 1991) was an American silent film actress of Hollywood's early years, and a pioneer of child actors. Biography McAllister was born in Los An ... as Pattie Batch References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
