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Mabel Van Buren
Mabel Van Buren (born Mabel Brown Southard; July 17, 1878 – November 4, 1947) was an American stage and screen actress. Biography As a theatrical performer she played the leading lady in both ''The Virginian'' and ''The Squaw Man'' (1909). Van Buren became prominent in motion pictures at the time of the development of feature-length movies in 1914. She starred in '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1915) under the direction of Cecil B. Demille. It was Demille who brought Mabel west to Hollywood. Mabel was the first leading lady of the Famous Players-Lasky studio on Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Her final role of note was in ''Neighbor's Wives'' (1933) in which she played ''Mrs. Lee''. She continued acting in movies until the death of her husband, James Gordon. He was a Shakesperian actor who died in 1941. Other films in which she played prominent parts are '' The Warrens of Virginia'' (1915), ''The Man From Home'' (1914), and ''Craig's Wife'' (1928). Van Buren's ... [...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 Man From Home (1914 Film)
''The Man from Home'' is a 1914 American drama film based on a play written by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. It was directed by Cecil B. DeMille. In 1922, the story was remade in the UK by George Fitzmaurice as '' The Man From Home'', and released by Famous Players-Lasky. The stage play was a big hit for actor William Hodge in the role of Pike in the 1908 Broadway season. Cast * Charles Richman as Daniel Voorhees Pike * Theodore Roberts as The Grand Duke Vaseill * Fred Montague as Earl Of Hawcastle * Monroe Salisbury as Hon. Almerce St. Aubyn * Horace B. Carpenter as Ivanoff * Jode Mullally as Horace Granger Simpson * Dick La Reno as Old Man Simpson * Mabel Van Buren as Ethel Granger Simpson * Anita King as Helene, Countess De Champigney * Bob Fleming as Ribiere (as Robert Fleming) * Jack W. Johnston as Prefect Of Italian Police (aka J. W. Johnston) * Florence Dagmar as Ivanoff Maid * Tex Driscoll as Undetermined Role (uncredited) * James Neill as Officer of Gendarme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unconquered (1917 Film)
''Unconquered'' is a lost 1917 American drama silent film directed by Frank Reicher and written by Beatrice DeMille and Leighton Osmun. The film stars Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Hobart Bosworth, Tully Marshall, Mabel Van Buren and Jane Wolfe. The film was released on May 31, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Fannie Ward as Mrs. Jackson *Jack Dean as Richard Darcier *Hobart Bosworth as Henry Jackson *Tully Marshall as Juke *Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Lenning *Jane Wolfe Sarah Jane Wolfe (March 21, 1875 – March 29, 1958) was an American silent film character actress who is considered an important female figure in magick. She was a friend and a colleague of Aleister Crowley and a founding member of Agape Lodge ... as Voodoo Queen *Billy Jacobs as Little Billy References External links * 1917 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Partner (1917 Film)
''The Silent Partner'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan from a screen story by Edmund Goulding and starred Blanche Sweet, who in a few years would marry Marshall Neilan. at silentera.com The film was remade in 1923, and also released by . Plot summary Cast * as Jane Col ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A School For Husbands
''A School for Husbands'' is a lost 1917 American comedy silent film directed by George Melford, written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Harvey F. Thew, and starring Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Edythe Chapman, Frank Elliott, Mabel Van Buren and James Neill. It was released on April 5, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Plot A woman named Betty (Fannie Ward) is simple and plain; her husband finds that boring and doesn't invite her out. She decides she needs to wear nicer clothes to get the attention of her husband. Suddenly she inherits a large amount of money while at the same time her husband loses all his money in a stock market crash. Her husband doesn't realize she is rich so he goes out to California to sell some of their property to raise some final money. She takes a car out to find him but she is accompanied by another man. When her husband sees this he fights with the man, and Betty's husband mistakenly thinks he kills the other man. When the police and the man who was really kille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those Without Sin
''Those Without Sin'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Thomas J. Geraghty, George DuBois Proctor and Harvey F. Thew, and starring Blanche Sweet, Tom Forman, Clarence Geldart, Guy Oliver, James Neill, and Charles Ogle. It was released on March 1, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Blanche Sweet as Melanie Landry * Tom Forman as Bob Wallace *Clarence Geldart as Richard Landry *Guy Oliver as Henry Melon * James Neill as Doctor Wallace * Charles Ogle as Colonel Dackens *George Beranger as Chester Wallace *Mabel Van Buren as Estelle Wallace *Dorothy Abril as Grace * Edna Mae Wilson as Dackin's Daughter *Billy Jacobs as Dackin's Son *Mayme Kelso Mayme Kelso (February 28, 1867 – June 5, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1927. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, and died in South Pasadena, California from a heart attack ... as Mrs. Wallace References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost And Won (1917 Film)
''Lost and Won'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by James Young. It is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast * Marie Doro as Cinders * Elliott Dexter as Walter Crane * Carl Stockdale as Kirkland Gaige * Mayme Kelso as Cleo Duvene * Robert Gray as Bill Holt * Clarence Geldart (as C. H. Geldart) * Mabel Van Buren Mabel Van Buren (born Mabel Brown Southard; July 17, 1878 – November 4, 1947) was an American stage and screen actress. Biography As a theatrical performer she played the leading lady in both ''The Virginian'' and ''The Squaw Man'' (190 ... References External links * *allmovie/synopsis 1917 films Films directed by James Young Silent American drama films 1917 drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Victoria Cross (film)
''The Victoria Cross'' is a surviving 1916 American drama silent film directed by Edward LeSaint and written by Paul M. Potter and Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Lou Tellegen, Cleo Ridgely, Sessue Hayakawa, Ernest Joy, Mabel Van Buren and Frank Lanning. The film was released on December 14, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Lou Tellegen as Major Ralph Seton *Cleo Ridgely as Joan Strathallen *Sessue Hayakawa as Azimoolah *Ernest Joy as Sir Allen Strathallen *Mabel Van Buren as Princess Adala *Frank Lanning as Cassim *Harold Skinner as Seereek Preservation status *A print is preserved 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 library is ... collection Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation. References External links * 1916 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House With The Golden Windows
''The House with the Golden Windows'' is a lost 1916 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Charles Sarver. The film stars Wallace Reid, Cleo Ridgely, Billy Jacobs, James Neill, Mabel Van Buren, and Marjorie Daw. The film was released on August 10, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot The wife of a poor shepherd named Sue Wells (Cleo Ridgely) is tired of being poor and takes advantage of a loophole to become owners of her neighbor's rich estate while her neighbor is gone. However, living in the mansion doesn't make Sue happy. When their neighbor comes home to find out what they have done he kills her husband. Right before he can kill her, she wakes up and realizes it was all a dream. Her husband then walks in and tells her that he got a job as that estate's overseer, so they won't have to worry about money anymore. Cast *Wallace Reid as Tom Wells *Cleo Ridgely as Sue Wells * Billy Jacobs as Billy Wells * James Neill as James Peabody *Mabel Van Buren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramona (1916 Film)
''Ramona'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Donald Crisp based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel ''Ramona''. The film's runtime is about three hours and is considered to be lost film, lost with only reel#Motion picture terminology, reel 5 preserved at the Library of Congress. Plot The film opens to a ceremony occurring in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara, California. Ramona Gonzaga (the title character's mother), a Native American woman, and Angus Phail (Richard Sterling), a white man, are getting married. Soon after their marriage, a half-Indian, half-White girl named Ramona (Mabel Van Buren) is born. Meanwhile, in another part of America, the film depicts land-hungry white settlers driving off Native Americans from their lands to occupy them. The film cuts to Ramona (Ann Dvorak) growing up as a child, dearly loved by her mother. In this phase of Ramona's life, her mother passes away and gives Ramona to the care of Senora Moreno (Lurline Lyons) before h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sowers
''The Sowers'' is a surviving 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky, released through Paramount Pictures and directed by William C. deMille. The feature stars Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan and is based on the 1896 novel ''The Sowers'' by Henry Seton Merriman. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collections. Cast *Blanche Sweet - Karin Dolokhof *Thomas Meighan - Prince Paul Alexis *Mabel Van Buren - Princess Tanya *Ernest Joy - Count Egor Strannik *Theodore Roberts - Boris Dolokhof *Horace B. Carpenter - Chief of Secret Police *Raymond Hatton - The Peddler *Harold Howard - The Tramp 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 linksThe Sowers at IMDb.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Should A Wife Forgive?
''Should a Wife Forgive?'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring Lillian Lorraine, Mabel Van Buren, and Lew Cody.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 84 Cast * Lillian Lorraine as La Belle Rose * Mabel Van Buren as Mary Holmes * Henry King as Jack Holmes * Lew Cody as Alfred Bedford * William Lampe as Dr. Charles Hoffman * Mollie McConnell as Mrs. Forrester * Fred Whitman as Reggy Stratford * Daniel Gilfether as Henry Wilson * Marie Osborne Marie Osborne Yeats (born Helen Alice Myres; November 5, 1911 – November 11, 2010), credited as Baby Marie between 1914 and 1919, was the first major child star of American silent films. She was one of the three major American child stars of ... as Robert Holmes, baby References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1915 films 1915 drama films Silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
