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Mollie McConnell
Mollie McConnell (September 24, 1865 – December 9, 1920) was an American silent film actress. McConnell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Mills Seminary in Oakland, California. She studied further at "Miss Grant's college" in Chicago, but left there in favor of acting. Before her 1913 movie debut, she was a national and international theater performer. In 1914, she signed a contract with Balboa Amusement Producing Company and played matronly roles in many of their films. She starred with William Garwood in the 1914 western '' A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch''. She married Will A. McConnell in the fall of 1890. Partial filmography *'' A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch'' (1914) *'' The Red Circle'' (1915) * ''Should a Wife Forgive?'' (1915) *''Pay Dirt'' (1916) * ''Shadows and Sunshine'' (1916) *'' Joy and the Dragon'' (1916) *'' Vengeance of the Dead'' (1917) *'' The Wildcat'' (1917) *''The Neglected Wife'' (1917) *''Bab the Fixer'' (1917) *'' The Climber'' (1917) *'' Set Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Climber (1917 Film)
''The Climber'' is a 1917 silent film drama film directed by Henry King and starring himself. The film is listed as a four-reeler, which makes it fall somewhere between a 'short' film and a 'feature' film. Cast * Henry King - William Beerheiim Van Broon *Jack McLaughlin - Bruce Crosby * Gibson Gowland - Buck Stringer (*billed T.H. Gibson Gowland) *Robert Ensminger - Grafton *Charles Blaisdell - Tom Tarney *James Kerr - Sweeney *Bruce Smith - Slats O'Keefe *Frank Erlanger - 'Happy' *Lucille Pietz - Eva Crosby *Leah Gibbs - Ethel Crosby *Arma Carlton - Madelyn Rosseau *Mollie McConnell - Mrs. Crosby *Ruth Lackaye - Mrs. Tarney Preservation The film survives incomplete in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The libra ... collection. References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts And Masks
''Hearts and Masks'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Elinor Field, Francis McDonald and Lloyd Bacon.Munden p.334 Cast * Elinor Field as Alice Gaynor * Francis McDonald as Galloping Dick * Lloyd Bacon as Richard Comstock * John Cossar as John Gaynor * Mollie McConnell Mollie McConnell (September 24, 1865 – December 9, 1920) was an American silent film actress. McConnell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Mills Seminary in Oakland, California. She studied further at "Miss Grant's college" in Chica ... as Mrs. Graves 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 * 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by William A. Seiter Film Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Home Stretch
''The Home Stretch'' is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and written by Louis Stevens. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Beatrice Burnham, Walt Whitman, Margaret Livingston, Wade Boteler, Mary Jane Irving, and Charles Hill Mailes. Its screenplay was written by Louis Stevens and is based upon the short story "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Charles Belmont Davis, which appeared in the October 1914 issue of '' Metropolitan Magazine''. The film was released on April 24, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Douglas MacLean as Johnny Hardwick *Beatrice Burnham as Margaret Warren *Walt Whitman as Mr. Warren *Margaret Livingston as Molly *Wade Boteler as Mr. Duffy *Mary Jane Irving as Gwen Duffy *Charles Hill Mailes as Mr. Wilson *Mollie McConnell as Mrs. Wilson (*posthumous release for Mollie who died in 1920) *Jack Singleton as Tommy Wilson * Joseph Bennett as Hi Simpkins *George Holmes as Skeeter Preservation status Prints held at the UCLA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Beauty (1921 Film)
''Black Beauty'' is a 1921 American silent film version of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel of the same name. ''Black Beauty'' is an autobiography of a horse, who tells the story of his life and of the people surrounding it. This film exists in an incomplete state with four of seven reels preserved at the Library of Congress. A competing/rival independent film of the same story was also released in early 1921 starring Claire Adams and Pat O'Malley. It was produced by Eskay Harris Feature Film Company. Plot As summarized in a film publication, a human love story was added to the horse story, which includes a fox hunt and race. At a house party given by Squire Gordon (Steppling), his daughter Jessie (Paige) and Harry Blomefield (Morrison) are playing games with the children, although they have reached the age where Harry realizes that he loves her. Among the guests is Jack Beckett (Webb), who lives by his wits and has gained entree as a favorite of the haughty Lady Wynsaring (Farringt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous To Men
''Dangerous to Men'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by William C. Dowland and starring Viola Dana. It was distributed through Metro Pictures. at silentera.com The working title was "Eliza Comes to Stay". Cast * as Elisa * as Sandy Verrall * as Prof. John Vandam * |
The Feud (1919 Film)
''The Feud'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Tom Mix. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Tom Mix as Jere Lynch/John Smith *Eva Novak as Betty Summers/Betty Brown *Claire McDowell as Mary Lynch * J. Arthur Mackley as William Lynch *John Cossar as Horace Summers * Mollie McConnell as Mrs. Summers * Lloyd Bacon as Ben Summers * Joseph Bennett as Cal Brown *Jean Calhoun as Ray Saunders *Frank Thorne as Bob Lynch *Guy Eakins as Dan Lynch *Sid Jordan as Bill Brady *Nelson McDowell as McFadden *Lucretia Harris as Nancy, The Negro Mammy ''uncredited'' *Buck Jones See also *1937 Fox vault fire *Tom Mix filmography Tom Mix (1880–1940) was an American motion picture actor, director, and writer whose career spanned from 1910 to 1935. During this time he appeared in 270 films and established himself as the screen's most popular cowboy star. Mix's fl ... References External links * * 1919 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fools And Their Money
''Fools and Their Money'' is a lost 1919 silent film comedy directed by Herbert Blaché and starring Emmy Wehlen. Maxwell Karger produced and it was released through Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a Film, motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leas .... Cast References External links * * 1919 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Herbert Blaché American black-and-white films 1919 comedy films Silent American comedy films 1919 lost films Lost comedy films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Of The Finest
''One of the Finest'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Tom Moore, Seena Owen and Peaches Jackson.Langman p.396 Cast * Tom Moore as Larry Hayes * Seena Owen as Frances Hudson * Peaches Jackson as Mary Jane * Mollie McConnell as Mrs. Hayes * Mary Warren as Nellie Andrews * Hallam Cooley as Teddy * Eddie Sturgis as Gus Andrews * Frederick Vroom Frederick Vroom (11 November 1857 – 24 June 1942) was a Canadian actor of the silent film era. Vroom appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1939, mostly in supporting roles and bit parts. He played featured roles in Buster Keaton' ... as Robert Fulton Hudson * Adelaide Elliot as Mrs. Hudson References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1919 films 1919 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bare Fists
''Bare Fists'' (also known as ''The Man Who Wouldn’t Shoot'') is a 1919 American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. It is considered to be a lost film. John Ford and actor Harry Carey collaborated on at least 25 films in the years of 1917-1921. During these collaborations, Carey made more per film than Ford. By 1919 Ford was making 300 dollars a week, Carey was making 1,250. This differential in pay led to tension between the two. Plot The film takes place in a lawless town in southwestern Kansas during the era of outlaws and cowboys. After the marshal is killed while breaking up a saloon fight, his son, Cheyenne Harry avenges his father’s death by killing two of the men involved. His mother pleads with him to never carry a gun again and Cheyenne Harry agrees. Harry is wooing the beautiful Conchita. Conchita is also being wooed by the devious Boone Travis. In order to eliminate his rival, Travis murders a man and frames Harry. Harry is sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roped
''Roped'' was a 1919 American Western-comedy film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost. ''Roped'' is one of at least 25 films in which director John Ford and actor Harry Carey collaborated on between the years of 1917 and 1921. Ford saw Carry as a mentor and their worked on the story ideas for several of their films together. During these collaborations, Carey made more per film then Ford. By 1919, the year ''Roped'' came out, Ford was making 300 dollars a week, Carey was making 1,250. This differential in pay led to tension between the two. Plot Cheyenne Harry is a wealth ranch owner. After his cowboys put an ad in the newspaper trying to find him a wife, Harry marries Aileen Judson-Brown. A year into their marriage, Aileen gives birth to their first child. The new family live with Aileen’s status seeking mother, Mrs. Judson-Brown. Mrs. Judson-Brown tries everything in her power to break up the marriage so her daughter ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Demon (1918 Film)
''The Demon'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film, directed by George D. Baker. It stars Edith Storey, Lewis Cody, and Charles K. Gerrard, and was released on July 22, 1918. Cast list * Edith Storey as Princess Perdita * Lewis Cody as Jim Lassells * Charles K. Gerrard as Tom Reardon * Virginia Chester as Lady Lilah Grey * Mollie McConnell as The Duchess of Westgate * Laura Winston as Aissa * Fred Malatesta as Count Theodore de Seramo * Frank Deshon as Prince Lorenzo di Rivoli *Alice Knowland as Señorita Selina Rossi * Anne Schaefer as Señorita Agatha Rossi Reception '' Exhibitor's Herald'' gave the film a positive review. While they felt the plot was not as well-done as it might have been, it was good enough to develop into an "interesting production", for which most viewers would "come away with a lighter feeling and a greater admiration for Miss Storey." They praised Storey's performance. ''Motion Picture News The ''Motion Picture News'' was an American film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
