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Mitchell Lewis (actor)
Mitchell Lewis (June 26, 1880 – August 24, 1956) was an American film actor whose career as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player encompassed both silent and sound films. Born in 1880, Lewis appeared in more than 175 films between 1914 and 1956, although many of the roles in his later films were uncredited. He played supporting roles, such as Sheihk Idrim in 1925's '' Ben Hur'' in the silent era and Ernest Defarge in ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1935) in the sound era, but his career would diminish to small uncredited roles like the Captain of the Winkie Guards in '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). His last film was ''The Fastest Gun Alive'', starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford, which was released shortly before Lewis' death in 1956. Mitchell also served as one of the original board members of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, now known as the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Selected filmography * ''The Million Dollar Mystery'' (1914, Serial) - Gang Leader * ''Zudora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, Yonkers, New York, Yonkers, and Rochester, New York, Rochester. At the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the city's population was 148,620 and its Syracuse metropolitan area, metropolitan area had a population of 662,057. It is the economic and educational hub of Central New York, a region with over one million inhabitants. Syracuse is also well-provided with convention sites, with a Oncenter, downtown convention complex. Syracuse was named after the classical Greek city Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse (''Siracusa'' in Italian), a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily. Historically, the city has functioned as a major Crossroads (culture), crossroads over the last two centuries, first between the Erie Canal and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Barrier (1917 Film)
''The Barrier'' is a lost 1917 American silent northwoods drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring Mabel Julienne Scott. It is based on the 1908 Rex Beach novel ''The Barrier''. Wayback) The Beach novel was filmed again by MGM in 1926 as '''' starring Lionel Barrymore. Cast * as Necia / Merridy *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Conquers
''The Woman Conquers'' is a 1922 American silent drama film written by Violet Clark and directed by Tom Forman. It starred Katherine MacDonald and Bryant Washburn and featured a young Boris Karloff. The film is considered lost. Plot Young society beauty Ninon Le Compte (MacDonald) deplores the lack of energy and physical fiber among the men of her acquaintance, including Frederick Van Court (Washburn), who regularly proposes marriage to her. Her uncle's death leaves Ninon the owner of a fur trading settlement in the Hudson Bay country. She decides to go there and is accompanied by her friend Flora O'Hare (Elvidge) and Frederick. Arriving at the post, she finds Lazar (Lewis), the Canadian in charge, is a dangerous man who covets the estate and also evinces a desire to possess her. Ninon also learns that Lazar is wanted by the police for murder and threatens his exposure unless he leaves the settlement within 24 hours. Lazar leaves, but before he goes, he burns down the warehous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage Chance
''The Marriage Chance'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Hampton Del Ruth and starring Alta Allen, Milton Sills and Irene Rich.Munden p.493 Cast * Alta Allen as Eleannor Douglas * Milton Sills as William Bradley * Henry B. Walthall as Dr. Paul Graydon * Tully Marshall as Timothy Lamb * Irene Rich as Mary Douglas * Mitchell Lewis as The Mute * Laura La Varnie as Martha Douglas * Nick Cogley Nickolas P. J. Cogley (May 4, 1869 – May 20, 1936) was an American actor, director and writer of the silent films. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1909 and 1934. Biography Cogley was born in New York, New York. He attended St ... as Uncle Remus 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, 1997. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The High Seas
''On the High Seas'' is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Edward Sheldon and E. Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt, Mitchell Lewis, Winter Hall, Michael Dark, Otto Brower, and William Boyd. The film was released on September 17, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, while returning from East Asia, the ship S.S. ''Andren'' catches fire. Leone Deveraux is rescued by stokers Jim Dorn and Joe Polack, and the three cast off in a small boat. After three days, they sight a plague ship derelict, throw the corpses overboard, and make themselves at home. Joe desires Leone and one night during a storm attacks her, but she is rescued by Jim with whom she has fallen in love. Joe is then killed by a falling mast. The two lovers are rescued by a battleship and taken home. Leone, who is engaged to be married, loses trace of Jim until, on a day when she is on the way to the church, she is ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Siren Call
''The Siren Call'' is a 1922 American drama silent film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Philip D. Hurn, Victor Irvin and J.E. Nash. Starring Dorothy Dalton, David Powell, Mitchell Lewis, Ed Brady, Will Walling, Leigh Wyant and Lucien Littlefield, it was released on September 17, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Premise A love triangle set against the gold rush days in Alaska. Cast *Dorothy Dalton as Charlotte Woods * David Powell as Ralph Stevens * Mitchell Lewis as Beauregard *Ed Brady as Edward Brent *Will Walling as Gore *Leigh Wyant as Eleanor Du Bois *Lucien Littlefield as Irishman *George B. Williams as Judge Green Preservation status The film survives in the George Eastman House archive and in Moscow's 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 othe ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salomé (1923 Film)
''Salomé'' is a 1923 silent film directed by Charles Bryant and starring Alla Nazimova. It is an adaptation of the 1891 Oscar Wilde play of the same name. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the Baptist (here, as in Wilde's play, called Jokanaan) at the request of Herod's stepdaughter, Salomé, whom he lusts after. ''Salomé'' is often called one of the first art films to be made in the United States. The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting, minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development. Plot As described in a film magazine, during a banquet at Herod's palace, the Tetrarch (Lewis) pays too much attention to his stepdaughter Salomé (Nazimova), angering his wife Herodias (Dione). Salomé goes out into the courtyard adjoinin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The End Of The World
''At the End of the World'' is a 1921 American silent action drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the play ''At the End of the World'' by and starred Betty Compson and Milton Sills. Cast *Betty Compson as Cherry O'Day *Milton Sills as Gordon Deane * Mitchell Lewis as Donald MacGregor *Casson Ferguson as Harvey Gates *Spottiswoode Aitken as Terence O'Day *Joseph Kilgour as William Blaine * Goro Kino as Uang Preservation A copy of ''At the End of the World'' is held at the 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 othe ... Russian State Archive. References External links * *at silenthollywood.com 1921 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Paramount Pictures films Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Daylight (1920 Film)
''Burning Daylight'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman with Mitchell Lewis, Helen Ferguson, and William V. Mong starring. It was distributed by Metro Pictures. It is based on the 1910 Jack London novel of the same name. A subsequent version, ''Burning Daylight'' was filmed in 1928 by First National Pictures. It starred Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon. Cast * Mitchell Lewis as Burning Daylight *Helen Ferguson as Dora *William V. Mong as Necessity * Alfred Allen as Nathaniel Letton * Edward Jobson as Dowsett *Robert Bolder as Guggenhammer *Gertrude Astor as Lucille *Arthur Edmund Carew as Arthur Howison *Newton Hall as Jack *Aaron Edwards Aaron Edwards (born 2 March 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles, North Melbourne Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Edwards also pla ... as Crandall Preservation status A print of ''Burning Daylight'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mutiny Of The Elsinore (1920 Film)
''The Mutiny of the Elisnore'' is a 1920 American silent action-adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Mitchell Lewis, Helen Ferguson, and Noah Beery Sr. It is an adaptation of the 1914 Jack London novel '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore''. An incomplete copy of the film survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, during a cruise of the ''Elsinore'', Captain Nathaniel Somers (MacGregor) is assassinated and John Pike (Lewis) takes control of the schooner to provide an income for the skipper's son Dick (Casson Ferguson). The latter dislikes the sea, but Pike insists that he make the voyage to keep his obligations to Margaret West (Helen Ferguson), daughter of a former half-owner of the ship. Members of the crew are cut-throats, and mutiny at the earliest opportunity, giving Pike the fight for his life. Cast * Mitchell Lewis as John Pike * Helen Ferguson as Margaret West * Noah Beery Sr. as Andreas Mellaire * Casson Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fool's Gold (1919 Film)
''Fool's Gold'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Laurence Trimble. A copy of the film survives in the British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, Marshall Strong (Lewis) and John Moore (Playter) are partners in a mine and both love school teacher Constance Harvey (Turner). She prefers Strong, but Moore is crafty and she marries him. Moore is killed in a bar fight and Strong, who had come to the rescue, is accused of murder. Constance and Strong might have still found each other but Lilas Niles (Truax), through a ruse, brings about a misunderstanding and marries herself Strong. Twenty years later Strong, calling himself Mark Smith, is a wealthy mine operator and he and Lilas have a daughter Nancy (Brent). Constance is still a widow and her son David Moore (Greene) gets a job working at the mine and meets Nancy. Mark Smith does not take proper safety precautions for the mine workers and there is discontent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calibre 38
''Calibre 38'' is a 1919 existing American silent Western film produced by and directed by Edgar Lewis. It is preserved in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress'' by The American Film Institute, c.1978 Cast * Mitchell Lewis as Austin Brandt * Hedda Nova as Joan * Victor Sutherland as Ford Barton * Lola Pauzdrovna as Myrtle * William A. Williams as Barton, Capitalist * Edward Roseman as Royce Greer (* as Edward F. Roseman) * William Cavanaugh as Sure Shot Jessup (* as William H. Cavanaugh) * Mary Carr Mary Carr (née Kenevan; March 14, 1874 – June 24, 1973), was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1956. She was given some of filmdoms plum mother roles in ... as Rosemary (* as Mary Kennevean Carr) References External links * * 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
