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Madame Behave
''Madame Behave'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney starring cross-dressing actor Julian Eltinge. The film is an adaptation of the play ''Madame Lucy'' by Jean Arlette and was produced by Al Christie with distribution through Producers Distributing Corporation (or PDC). Cast Summary Jack Mitchell and Dick Corwin are two roommates who are late on their rent. If they cannot pay their landlord, Henry Jasper, he will kick them out of their apartment. Jack does not get paid for his architecture plans yet and Dick has already spent his inheritance. Jack and Dick leave to see Dick’s uncle, Seth Corwin, at the courthouse. Henry is suing Seth for crashing his car into Henry’s vehicle. The main witness to the accident is an unknown woman. With the main witness missing, the judge overseeing the case postpones the trial for two weeks. Seth Corwin's lawyer advises him to find the woman who witnessed the accident and marry her. Jasper overhears this and ...
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Scott Sidney
Scott Sidney (1872 – 20 July 1928), born Harry Wilbur Siggins, was an American film director. He directed 117 films between 1913 in film, 1913 and 1927 in film, 1927. He died in London, England, United Kingdom. Selected filmography Director * ''The Adventures of Shorty'' (1914) * ''The Winged Idol'' (1915) * ''The Toast of Death'' (1915) (uncredited) * ''The Green Swamp'' (1916) * ''The Road to Love'' (1916) * ''Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film), Tarzan of the Apes'' (1918) * ''813 (film), 813'' (1920) * ''The Adventures of Tarzan'' (1921) * ''Call the Wagon (1923 film), Call the Wagon'' (1923) * ''Reckless Romance'' (1924) * ''Hold Your Breath (1924 film), Hold Your Breath'' (1924) * ''Charley's Aunt (1925 film), Charley's Aunt'' (1925) * ''Madame Behave'' (1925) * ''Stop Flirting'' (1925) * ''The Million Dollar Handicap'' (1925) * ''Seven Days (1925 film), Seven Days'' (1925) * ''The Nervous Wreck'' (1926) * ''The Wrong Mr. Wright'' (1927) * ''No Control (film), No Contro ...
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Evelyn Francisco
Evelyn Francisco (born Evelyn Barton; August 13, 1904 – January 27, 1963) was a silent era film actress who began as a bathing beauty. Her sisters Betty''News Of The Cafes'', Los Angeles Times, August 19, 1925, p. A6. and Margaret Francisco were also actresses. Biography Born in Arkansas on August 13, 1904, Barton began acting in 1923. In ''The Goof'' (1924), directed by William Beaudine, she is one of a number of beauties called Spike Malone's diving girls. The seven-reel farce featured former William Fox actress, Alta Allen, as the head of the troupe. Spike was played by ''Chuck'' Relaner. In the 1924 ''Hollywood Follies'' Francisco was one of the Mack Sennett's bathing girls who performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium. Led by Harry Langdon, Thelma Parr was another of the select group of Sennett females who presented an act called ''All Wet''. In August 1925, the Francisco sisters were presented together at the Greenwich Village Cafe in the Christie Hotel, in Holly ...
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Producers Distributing Corporation Films
Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not work on set *Line producer, manager during daily operations of a film or TV series *News producer, compiles all items of a news programme into a cohesive show *Online producer, oversees the making of content for websites *Radio producer, oversees the making of a radio show *Record producer, manages sound recording *Television producer, oversees all aspects of video production on a television program *Theatrical producer, oversees the staging of theatre productions *Video game producer, in charge of overseeing development of a video game *Impresario, a producer or manager in the theatre and music industries Film and television works * ''The Producers'' (1967 film), black comedy by Mel Brooks * ''The Producers'' (2005 film), American musi ...
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Films Directed By Scott Sidney
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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American Black-and-white Films
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Silent American Comedy Films
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American Films Based On Plays
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American Silent Feature Films
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1925 Films
The following is an overview of 1925 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1925 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *June 26: Charlie Chaplin's ''The Gold Rush'' premieres. It is voted the best film of the year by critics in The Film Daily annual poll *September 25: Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin rebuilt as Germany's largest cinema reopens. *November 5: MGM's war drama film ''The Big Parade'' is released. It is a massive commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing picture of the 1920s in the United States. *December 30: MGM's biblical epic '' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'' premieres in New York City. It is the most expensive silent film ever made, costing $4 million (around $ million when adjusted for inflation) *Hong Shen publishes the film script ''Mrs. Shentu'' in the Shanghai magazine ''Eastern Miscellany''. It is never filmed, but is con ...
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List Of Partially Lost Films
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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 housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains a conservation center in Culpeper, Virginia. The library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 470 languages." Congress moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800 after holding sessions for eleven years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. In both cities, members of the U.S. Congress had access to the sizable collection ...
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Charley's Aunt (1925 Film)
''Charley's Aunt'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, and Lucien Littlefield. It was one of a handful of leading roles for Syd Chaplin, older brother of the more famous Charlie. It is an adaptation of Brandon Thomas' 1892 farce of the same name about an Oxford University student who cross-dressing as a woman to fool a visitor. One of several film versions of the play, it was adapted again by Columbia Pictures as a sound film in 1930. The film was a commercial success, grossing over half a million dollars. It was popular in Germany, where it released by the leading film company UFA. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, while on vacation, Fancourt Babberley (Chaplin), known to his friends as Babbs, falls in love with Ela (Shannon) and schemes to help her father (Francis), who has lost heavily at roulette. Babbs sends him away and later learns the truth, starts for England with her chaperon Donna ...
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