Mildred June
Mildred June (December 23, 1905 – June 19, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in silent films. She was also co-writer of a 1927 film. She died at the age of 34 from alcoholism. Life June was born in St. Louis in 1905. She was an American actress appearing in silent films. June starred in Troubles of a Bride in 1924 with Robert Agnew and Alan Hale. and in the similarly themed ''Matrimony Blues'' in 1926 with Lige Conley. The following year she starred in ''The Snarl of Hate'' and she was co-writer of the 1927 film ''Crazy to Act'', in which she and Oliver Hardy starred. Her last part in a film was a small one in ''Our Relations'' which starred Laurel and Hardy in 1936. She died young from alcoholism in Hollywood in 1940 from cirrhosis of the liver. Selected filmography * '' Down on the Farm'' (1920) * '' Molly O'' (1921) * ''A Small Town Idol'' (1921) * ''Rich Men's Wives'' (1922) * '' The Rosary'' (1922) * ''The Crossroads of New York'' (1922) * ''Crinoline and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a metonymy, shorthand reference for the Cinema of the United States, U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was Merger (politics), consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis (publisher), Harrison Gray Otis, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Molly O
''Molly O'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand and directed by F. Richard Jones. Cast * Mabel Normand as Molly O' * George Nichols as Tim O'Dair *Anna Dodge as Mrs. Tim O'Dair (as Anna Hernandez) *Albert Hackett as Billy O'Dair *Eddie Gribbon as Jim Smith *Jack Mulhall as Dr. John S. Bryant *Lowell Sherman as Fred Manchester *Jacqueline Logan as Miriam Manchesteer *Ben Deeley as Albert Faulkner *Gloria Davenport as Mrs. James W. Robbins *Carl Stockdale as The Silhouette Man *Eugenie Besserer as Antonia Bacigalupi *Al Cooke as Man in Balcony at Charity Ball (uncredited) *Floy Guinn as Minor Role (uncredited) *Irene as Minor Role (uncredited) *Mildred June as Minor Role (uncredited) *Kathryn McGuire as Minor Role (uncredited) *John B. O'Brien as Minor Role (uncredited) *John J. Richardson as Man at Social Gathering (uncredited) *Peggy Rompers as Minor Role (uncredited) *Ben Turpin as Minor Role (uncredited) See also *List of rediscovered films Thi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Actresses From St
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1940 Deaths
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1905 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Battling Kangaroo
The Battling Kangaroo is a two reel, slap stick comedy film directed by Jules White in 1926. Fox Film Corporation produced and distributed the film. Fox Film released it in the US on December 5, 1926. Sterling Holloway made his motion picture debut in this film. Plot Limber Lucy, a trapeze artist, wants to leave the carnival of which her family is part, put they cannot leave until her father repays $1,000 to the carnival owner, Knowkout Kelly. The latter is a former farmhand "who loved to plan cauliflowers on peopl's ears." Lucy flees Kelly after he accosts her. Pete Brush, a taxi driver who fancies Lucy, learns of Kelly's pursuit of Lucy and that "a thousand dollars stand between ucyand happiness." Brush sees and advertisement that "Knockout Kelly Fights Anything on Two Feet. $1000.00 CASH If You Knock Him Out." After failing to knock out Kelly himself, Brush and two carnival workers attempt to hijack a passenger from competitor's taxi, as the rider has offered "A thousand dol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Greatest Menace
''The Greatest Menace'' is a 1923 American silent crime film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ann Little, Wilfred Lucas and Robert Gordon.Munden p.315 Cast * Ann Little as Velma Wright * Wilfred Lucas as Charles W. Wright * Robert Gordon as Charles W. Wright Jr * Harry Northrup as Herbert Van Raalte * Jack Livingston as Douglas Ferguson * Rhea Mitchell as Mary Lewis * Andy MacLennan as The Gopher * Mildred June as Mrs. Charles W. Wright Jr * David Kirby as Riley Hogan * Gordon Mullen as Tim * Lew Meehan James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor. Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anon ... as Gus 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 * 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fashionable Fakers
''Fashionable Fakers'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by William Worthington and starring Johnnie Walker, Mildred June and Lillian Lawrence.Munden p.231 It was released in Britain with the alternative title ''A Going Concern''. Synopsis Thaddeus, an employee at a furniture store who is hired by his unscrupulous boss to doctor furniture to make it seem antique, buys an oriental rug that turns out to have magical powers. Dramatically his luck improves and he marries his sweetheart and gains enough money to buy the shop. Cast * Johnnie Walker as Thaddeus Plummer * Mildred June as Clara Ridder * George Cowl as Creel * J. Farrell MacDonald as Pat O'Donnell * Lillian Lawrence as Mrs. Ridder * Robert Balder The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ... as Mr. C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crinoline And Romance
''Crinoline and Romance'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Claude Gillingwater, and John Bowers. Plot As described in a film magazine, Colonel Charles E. Cavanaugh (Gillingwater) lives in a secluded district of North Carolina with his orphaned granddaughter Emmy Lou (Dana). He has raised her in utter ignorance of life beyond this one spot and she still wears crinolines. The old home of the Cavanaughs is now in the hands of the Colonel's niece, Mrs. Kate Wimbleton, a middle-aged society woman who likes to surround herself with young people. She invites Emmy Lou to visit her but the grandfather refuses, so she sends Davis Jordan (Bowers) to help rescue the niece from her plight. When Jordan finds Emmy Lou, the servants force him off the place. Emmy Lou decides to runaway and visit her aunt. Her old fashioned ideas and costume win over the men and she proves a great success. Then she learns of her grandfather's illness and re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Crossroads Of New York
''The Crossroads of New York'' is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and an all-star cast of silent comedians. It was produced by Mack Sennett and released through First National Distributors. Plot As described in a film magazine, vamp Grace St. Clair (Terry) is willing to accept large checks from millionaire James Flint (Beery) but does not care for his caresses. James' nephew Michael (O'Hara) from the country arrives, fondly expecting to live in luxury at his uncle's home in the city, but he is quickly disillusioned. His uncle gratifies his wish to wear a uniform, but it is of the White Wings street cleaners. Michael goes to live in a cheap boardinghouse where the landlady (Farley) makes violent love to him, and he discovers that he is somehow engaged to her. Her lover Star Boarder (Gribbon), who acts the yokel, cannot move her heart, even when he sings "You Made Me What I am Today." Michael is called upon to save the lovely heiress Ruth Anth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Rosary (1922 Film)
''The Rosary'' is a 1922 American drama film directed by Jerome Storm and written by Bernard McConville. It is based on the 1910 play ''The Rosary'' by Edward Everett Rose. The film stars Lewis Stone, Jane Novak, Wallace Beery, Robert Gordon, Eugenie Besserer and Dore Davidson. The film was released on January 16, 1922, by Associated First National Pictures. Cast *Lewis Stone as Father Brian Kelly *Jane Novak as Vera Mather *Wallace Beery as Kenwood Wright *Robert Gordon as Bruce Wilton *Eugenie Besserer as Widow Kathleen Wilson *Dore Davidson as Isaac Abrahamson *Pomeroy Cannon as Donald MacTavish *Bert Woodruff as Captain Caleb Mather *Mildred June Mildred June (December 23, 1905 – June 19, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in silent films. She was also co-writer of a 1927 film. She died at the age of 34 from alcoholism. Life June was born in St. Louis in 1905. She was an Ame ... as Alice Wilton * Harold Goodwin as Skeeters Martin References Extern ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rich Men's Wives
''Rich Men's Wives'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring House Peters, Claire Windsor and Gaston Glass. Synopsis A bored wife of a wealthy man is irritated by his neglect, and is drawn into a flirtation with another man. When her husband discovers this he banishes this from the family home, and forbids her from seeing their son. Cast * House Peters as John Masters * Claire Windsor as Gay Davenport * Richard Headrick as Jackie * Gaston Glass as Juan Camillo * Charles Clary as Mr. Davenport * Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Davenport * Mildred June as Estelle Davenport * Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Lindley-Blair * Carol Holloway as Maid * Martha Mattox Martha Mattox (June 19, 1879 – May 2, 1933) was an American silent film actress most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film '' The Cat and the Canary''. She also played a role in ''Torrent'' (1926). She died from a heart ... as Nurse * William Austin as Reggie Refer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |