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Michael Vavitch
Mikhail Vavich (russian: Михаил Иванович Вавич) was a Russian actor, operetta and singer. Biography Mikhail first performed in 1905 on stage at St. Petersburg in a private operetta of Petr Tumpakov. He received recognition in 1906 after performing the role of the Viscount Cascada in the operetta ''The Merry Widow'' by Lehar. From 1905 thru 1918 he worked in the operetta theaters of St. Petersburg and Moscow. From the season of 1908/1909 Vavitch became an actor of a troupe of the Moscow theater, Hermitage. In 1914 he married the drama actress Tatyana Pavlova, with her he acted in several movies. In 1918, he emigrated to Europe. At the beginning of the 1920s, Vavitch moved to the United States, living and working in Los Angeles. Periodically, he appeared in operetta. During the season of 1922–1923, he participated in the famous revue La Chauve-Souris on Broadway, directed by Nikita Balieff.Credited as: ″Mr. Wavitch″ iIBDB/ref> In the middle of the 1920s V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre. As of January 2021 Odesa's population was approximately In classical antiquity a large Greek settlement existed at its location. The first chronicle mention of the Slavic settlement-port of Kotsiubijiv, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, dates back to 1415, when a ship was sent from here to Constantinople by sea. After a period of Lithuanian Grand Duchy control, the port and its surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottomans in 1529, under the name Hacibey, and remained there until the empire's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792. In 1794, the modern city of Odesa was founded by a decree of the Russian empress Catherine t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swan (1925 Film)
''The Swan'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Frances Howard, Adolphe Menjou and Ricardo Cortez. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Production background The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, ''The Swan'', of Ferenc Molnar's play ''A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn''. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players–Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as ''One Romantic Night'', an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly. Cast * Frances Howard as Alexandra, The Swan * Adolphe Menjou as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels * Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Walter, the Tutor * Ida Waterman as Princess Beatrice * Helen Lindroth as Amphirosa * Helen Lee Worthing as Wanda von Gluck * Joseph Depe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glorious Betsy
''Glorious Betsy'' is a 1928 silent film with talking sequences. It is based on the 1908 play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young, and it stars Dolores Costello. It was produced by Warner Bros. and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation in 1929. The film was directed by Alan Crosland with cinematography by Hal Mohr. A mute print of this film survives in the Library of Congress, and while the copy is missing some of the sound reels, it's unknown whether other copies of the sound have been preserved elsewhere. Vitaphone track survive incomplete at UCLA Film and Television Archive. Although the film was written by both Anthony Coldeway and Jack Jarmuth (the latter credited only for title cards); only Coldeway was nominated for the Academy Award. Plot The film is a semi-historical narrative and depicts the real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his wife from the American South, Elizabeth Patterso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove (1927 Film)
''The Dove'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Roland West based on a 1925 Broadway play by Willard Mack and starring Norma Talmadge, Noah Beery, and Gilbert Roland. Background The original story is about Mexican despot Don José (Beery), who falls in love with the dancing girl Dolores (Talmadge) who rejects him. Due to the potential political repercussions of condemning Mexico, it was decided to relocate the plot to some anonymous Mediterranean country. The film was Norma Talmadge's first feature for United Artists. Plot A despot falls for a dancing girl. After she rejects him, she has her other beau framed for murder. Cast * Norma Talmadge as Dolores * Noah Beery as Don José María y Sandoval * Gilbert Roland as Johnny Powell * Eddie Borden as Billy * Harry Myers as Mike * Walter Daniels as The Drunk * Kalla Pasha as The Comandante * Michael Vavitch as Gómez * Brinsley Shaw as The Patriot * Charles Darvas as The Comandante's Captain * Michael Dark as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gaucho
''The Gaucho'' (the official full title of the film is ''Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho'') is a 1927 silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks' box office clout, was directed by F. Richard Jones with a running time of 115 minutes. Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance considers the film "a near masterwork" and "an anomaly among his airbanks’works." Vance also considers it a "daring departure, the film is an effort of unanticipated darkness in tone, setting, and character. The spirit of adolescent boyish adventure, the omnipresent characteristic of his prior films, is noticeably absent. It has been replaced by a spiritual fervor and an element of seething sexuality the likes of which has never been seen before in one of his productions.” Cast *Douglas Fairbanks - The Gaucho *Lupe Vélez - The Mountain Girl *Joan Barclay (as Geraine Greear) - The Girl of the Shrine (younger) *E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Dancer
''The Devil Dancer'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. For his work on this film, '' The Magic Flame'' and '' Sadie Thompson'', cinematographer George Barnes was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony in 1929. ''The Devil Dancer'' is now considered a lost film. at silentera.com Cast * as Takla (The Devil Dancer) * as Stephen Athelstan * |
Two Arabian Knights
''Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) is an American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring William Boyd, Mary Astor, and Louis Wolheim. A silent film, ''Two Arabian Knights'' was produced by Howard Hughes and was distributed by United Artists. The screenwriters were James T. O'Donohue, Wallace Smith, and George Marion Jr. The film won the only Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction in 1929. The next year, AMPAS merged the categories Best Director of a Comedy Picture and Best Director of a Dramatic Picture to form the category Academy Award for Best Director. Plot During the First World War, two American soldiers become trapped in no man's land. Expecting to die, W. Dangerfield Phelps III (William Boyd) decides to fulfill his fondest desire: to beat up his sergeant since training camp, Peter O'Gaffney (Louis Wolheim). While they are brawling, the Germans sneak up and capture them. In a German prison camp, the two become friends when Phelps takes responsibility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Of Venice
''Venus of Venice'' is a 1927 silent film romantic comedy directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Constance Talmadge and Antonio Moreno. Talmadge's own production unit produced with distribution through First National Pictures. Cast *Constance Talmadge - Carlotta *Antonio Moreno - Kenneth *Julanne Johnston - Jean *Edward Martindel - Journalist *Michael Vavitch - Marco *Arthur Thalasso - Ludvico * Andre Lanoy - Giuseppe *Carmelita Geraghty - Bride *Mario Carillo - Bridegroom *Tom Ricketts - Bride's father *Hedda Hopper - Jean's mother Preservation status *With the exception of one lost reel, the film survives. Prints held at UCLA Film and Television Archive and George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f .... References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Imperial (1927 Film)
''Hotel Imperial'' is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is set in Austria-Hungary during World War I and starring Pola Negri as a hotel chambermaid. It is based on the 1917 Hungarian play of the same name by Lajos Bíró.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Hotel Imperial'' at silentera.com Plot Officer Paul Almasy (Hall) is separated from his unit behind enemy lines and hides in the Hotel Imperial in Lemberg (nowadays , ), where chambermaid Anna (Negri) disguises him as ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Man O' War
''Her Man o' War'' is a 1926 American silent war drama film directed by Frank Urson and starring Jetta Goudal, William Boyd and Jimmie Adams.Goble p.240 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Parker. Synopsis After being captured during World War I, an American prisoner is sent to work on a small farm run by a young woman. Cast * Jetta Goudal as Cherie Schultz * William Boyd as Jim Sanderson * Jimmie Adams as Shorty Flynn * Grace Darmond as Countess of Lederbon * Kay Deslys as Big Bertha * Frank Reicher as Prof. Krantz * Michael Vavitch as Col. Prittwitz * Robert Edeson as Field Marshall * Frank Coghlan Jr. Frank Coghlan Jr. (March 15, 1916 – September 7, 2009) also known as Junior Coghlan, was an American actor who later became a career officer in the United States Navy and a naval aviator. He appeared in approximately 129 films and televis ... as Peterkin Schultz References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia (1926 Film)
''Valencia'', also known as ''The Love Song'', is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, who came over from Paramount to direct. The film stars Mae Murray and features Boris Karloff in an uncredited role. The film is presumed lost. The film was a box office hit and the title song, ''Valencia'', was the top song in the U.S. for the year.Eames, John Douglas, ''The MGM Story'', 1981 Plot Handsome sailor Felipe (Hughes) and nasty Governor Don Fernando (D'Arcy) are rivals for the favors of Spanish dancer Valencia (Murray). When Felipe deserts his ship, Don Fernando throws him in prison, but Valencia obtains his release and shares his disgrace and exile. Cast * Mae Murray as Valencia * Lloyd Hughes as Felipe * Roy D'Arcy as Don Fernando * Max Barwyn as Don Alvarado * Michael Vavitch as Captain * Michael Visaroff as Cafe Owner * Boris Karloff as Bit (uncredited) See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Sun (1926 Film)
''The Midnight Sun'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Laura La Plante, Pat O'Malley (actor), Pat O'Malley, and Michael Vavitch. It is based on a novel by the French writer Pierre Benoît (novelist), Pierre Benoît.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Midnight Sun'' at silentera.com The film is set in pre-Revolutionary Russian Empire, Tsarist Russia. The film includes a brief scene shot in Technicolor. Cast Production Some on-location scenes were filmed in Truckee, California.Preservation A complete print of ''The Midnight Sun'' is located in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. It has not been released to the public on dvd or other forma ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
