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Margaret Livingston
Margaret Livingston (born Marguerite Livingston; November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984), sometimes credited as Marguerite Livingstone or Margaret Livingstone, was an American film actress and businesswoman during the silent film era. She is remembered today as "the Woman from the City" in F.W. Murnau's 1927 film '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans''. Early life Livingston was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to John Livingston, a Scottish immigrant, and Eda Livingston (née Frome), who was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She was raised in Salt Lake City along with her older sister, Ivy, who also became a film actress. Career The young Livingston made her debut in films in 1916. She made over 50 films during the "silent era," most notably in F.W. Murnau's ''Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'', and a further 20 films after she successfully made the transition to sound film in 1929, including '' Smart Money'' starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. She occasionally dubbed voices for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Provo–Orem Combined Statistical Area, Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada). Salt Lake C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial House (West Hollywood, California)
Colonial House is a historic seven-story building in West Hollywood, California, U.S. It was built in 1930, and it was designed by architect Leland A. Bryant. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 15, 1982. Description The architectural style is French colonial, and it was built on an lot just south of Sunset Boulevard.The Colonial House has long been a home to celebrities. Some early Hollywood residents have included Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Carol Lombard, Myrna Loy, Eddie Cantor, William Powell, Norma Talmadge and Joan Blondell. In recent years pop singer Katy Perry purchased a residence, continuing the building's legacy for being a home for stars. See also * Château Élysée Château Élysée is a 1920's replica of a 17th-century French-Normandy chateau in Hollywood, California. Owned by the Church of Scientology, it is the home of Celebrity Centre International and the Manor Hotel. It is located at 5930 Franklin Av ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passing Through (1921 Film)
''Passing Through'' (also known as ''Passing Thru'') is a 1921 American silent comedy drama film, directed by William A. Seiter and written by Agnes Christine Johnston, and Joseph F. Poland. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Madge Bellamy, Otto Hoffman, Cameron Coffey, Fred Gamble, Bert Hadley, and Margaret Livingston. The film was released on August 14, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film. Plot Cast *Douglas MacLean as Billy Barton *Madge Bellamy as Mary Spivins *Otto Hoffman as James Spivins *Cameron Coffey as Willie Spivins * Fred Gamble as Hezikah Briggs *Bert Hadley as Henry Kingston *Margaret Livingston as Louise Kingston *Louis Natheaux as Fred Kingston *Willis Robards as Silas Harkins *Edith Yorke Edith Yorke (born Edith Murgatroyd; 23 December 1867 – 28 July 1934) was an English actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. Biography Yorke was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado Pluck
''Colorado Pluck'' is a 1921 drama film directed by Jules Furthman. The film is based on the novel ''The Taming of Angela'' by George Goodchild. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot Newly wealthy Colorado Jim travels to London where he meets Angela Featherstone. The two get married despite Angela telling Jim that the marriage will be "in name only". Angela spends all of Jim's money not long after the wedding, causing the couple to move to Colorado. In Colorado, Jim clashes with Philip Meredith, who wants to steal Angela from him. After Jim is wounded, Angela realizes that she really loves Jim and decides to become more than just a wife "in name only". Cast * William Russell as Colorado Jim *Margaret Livingston as Angela Featherstone *William Buckley as Reggie Featherstone * George Fisher as Philip Meredith *Helen Ware Helen Ware ( Remer; October 15, 1877 – January 25, 1939) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Born to John August R ... [...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] |
Lying Lips (1921 Film)
''Lying Lips'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring House Peters, Florence Vidor, and Joseph Kilgour. Produced by the independent producer Thomas H. Ince for the short-lived Associated Producers company, the film was a financial success, grossing $446,000 against a budget of $263,000. It is based on a story by the British writer May Edginton. Synopsis An English aristocrat, Nancy Abbott, is engaged to be married to William Chase, but before her wedding she visits Canada where she falls in love with Blair Cornwall, a rancher. On her return to London, she faces the difficulty of reconciling her love against fears of hardship. Cast * House Peters as Blair Cornwall * Florence Vidor as Nancy Abbott * Joseph Kilgour as William Chase * Margaret Livingston as Lelia Dodson * Margaret Campbell as Mrs. Abbott * Edith Murgatroyd as Mrs. Prospect * Calvert Carter as Horace Prospect * Emmett King Emmett Carleton King (May 31, 1865 – Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brute Master
''The Brute Master'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Roy Marshall and starring Hobart Bosworth, Anna Q. Nilsson and William Conklin.Taves p.174 Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Bucko McAllister, The Brute Master * Anna Q. Nilsson as Madeline Grey * William Conklin as Walter Maxwell * Margaret Livingston Margaret Livingston (born Marguerite Livingston; November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984), sometimes credited as Marguerite Livingstone or Margaret Livingstone, was an American film actress and businesswoman during the silent film era. She is ... as The Native 'Taupou' References Bibliography * Taves, Brian. ''Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer''. University Press of Kentucky, 2012. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hairpins (film)
''Hairpins'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. A surviving print is held in a private collection. Plot Rex Rossmore (Moore) disgust at the hairpin-strewing, straggly locks of his young bride Muriel (Bennett) and her concentration upon extra-particularness in her housekeeping make it easy for him to forsake her company outside the home for that of his stenographer Effie Wainwright (Livingston). Overhearing her husband's confession of her failure as a wife to him as he makes it to his employer, she considers suicide. Making herself orderly for death, she discovers that she is beautiful in life, and conceives a plan whereby she plays an affair of her own against that of her husband and stenographer, acquaints herself with the ways of the gay world and practices them until her husband's rage brings issue to their artificial existences. This reveals to the man that his love is to the woman herself, after all, and not to her fashionable habiliments. This rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water, Water, Everywhere
''Water, Water, Everywhere'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Robert F. Hill. It is based on the 1912 novel ''Billy Fortune and the Hard Proposition'' by William Rheem Lighton. The film stars Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Rowland V. Lee, Wade Boteler, Margaret Livingston, and Milton Brown. The film was released on February 8, 1920, by Goldwyn Pictures. Cast *Will Rogers as Billy Fortune *Irene Rich as Hope Beecher *Rowland V. Lee as Arthur Gunther *Wade Boteler as Ben Morgan *Margaret Livingston as Martha Beecher *Milton Brown as Sam Beecher *Victor Potel as Steve Brainard *William Courtright as Daddy Sammett *Sidney De Gray as Red McGee *Lillian Langdon as Fay Bittinger *Lydia Yeamans Titus Lydia Yeamans Titus (12 December 1857 – 30 December 1929) was an Australian-born American singer, dancer, comedienne, and actress who had a lengthy career in vaudeville and cinema. She was remembered on stage for her ''Baby-Talk' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Your Husband Doing?
''What's Your Husband Doing?'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and written by R. Cecil Smith based upon the play of the same name by George V. Hobart. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Doris May, Walter Hiers, William Buckley, Norris Johnson, and Alice Claire Elliott. The film was released on January 25, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Beatrice Ridley (May), a young wife who possesses a devoted husband, spends her leisure time dreaming up romances about her Robert (Buckley) in which he figures as a gay Lothario and she the much wronged wife. Her suspicions become aroused when Robert receives letters each morning from the Honeysuckle Inn, a roadhouse frequented by sportsmen. These letters Robert quickly conceals with no word of explanation offered. Beatrice suspects the involvement of another woman and consults with attorneys, Widgast and Pidgeon, with a view of obtaining relief. Both of these lawyers are young men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haunting Shadows
''Haunting Shadows'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Henry King and starring H.B. Warner, Edward Peil Sr., and Charles Hill Mailes.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 166 It was based on 1906 novel which had previously been made into a 1915 silent film, and would later be remade by Republic Pictures as a sound film ''The House of a Thousand Candles''. Cast * H.B. Warner as John Glenarm * Edward Peil Sr. as Arthur Pickering * Charles Hill Mailes as Bates * Frank Lanning as Morgan * Florence Oberle as Sister Theresa * Margaret Livingston as Marian Deveraux * Harry Kendall as Reverend Paul Stoddard * Patricia Fox as Gladys Armstrong * Charles K. French Charles K. French (born Charles Ekrauss French or Charles E. Krauss; January 17, 1860 – August 2, 1952) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 films between 1909 and 1945. Biography French was ... as John Glenarm Sr References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Wrong (1919 Film)
''All Wrong'' is an American comedy silent film released 1 June 1919. The film was directed by Raymond B. West and William Worthington, to a script by Mildred Considine and Jack Cunningham. The film starred Bryant Washburn, but was the breakthrough role for Mildred Davis.Annette M. D'Agostino ''Harold Lloyd: A Bio-bibliography'' 1994 p. 26 film entitled All Wrong (1919). Mildred was aware of her naivete — thus, she adorned herself in an exaggeratedly sophisticated fashion for her first meeting with Lloyd and Roach. They were less than impressed. Cast * Bryant Washburn as Warren Kent *Mildred Davis as Betty Thompson * Charles Bennett as Donald Thompson * Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Donald Thompson *Fred Montague as Randolph Graham *Margaret Livingston Margaret Livingston (born Marguerite Livingston; November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984), sometimes credited as Marguerite Livingstone or Margaret Livingstone, was an American film actress and businesswoman during the silent fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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