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Margaret Loomis
Margaret Loomis (1893–1969) was an American film actress of the silent era.Goble p.239 Loomis was an only child. In addition to her acting, Loomis was a Denishawn dancer. She toured the United States as a member of the Denishawn School's initial troupe before she became an actress in films. Loomis was married to Los Angeles businessman Richard Wayne Crook. Selected filmography * ''The Call of the East'' (1917) * ''The Bottle Imp'' (1917) * ''Hashimura Togo'' (1917) * ''The Hidden Pearls'' (1918) * ''When a Man Loves'' (1919) * '' Everywoman'' (1919) * ''Told in the Hills'' (1919) * ''The Veiled Adventure'' (1919) * ''Why Smith Left Home'' (1919) * '' Always Audacious'' (1920) * '' What Happened to Jones'' (1920) * '' The Sins of St. Anthony'' (1920) * ''Conrad in Quest of His Youth'' (1920) * '' 3 Gold Coins'' (1920) * ''A Kiss in Time'' (1921) * ''Turn to the Right'' (1922) * ''The Hands of Nara'' (1922) * ''The Strangers' Banquet'' (1922) * ''Money! Money! Money!'' (1923) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sins Of St
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Actresses
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Key to entries: : born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth : ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life : a range is ''birth''–''death'' years : if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly A * Beverly Aadland 1942–2010 *Mariann Aalda born *Caroline Aaron born *Diahnne Abbott born *Rose Abdoo born * Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Whitney Able born *Candice Accola born *Amy Acker born *Jean Acker 1893–1978 *Bettye Ackerman 1924–2006 *Amy Adams born (born in Italy) * Brooke Adams born *Edie Adams 1927–2008 * Jane Adams born *Joey Lauren Adams born *Julie Adams 1926–2019 *Lillian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Deaths
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 ** Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Israel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The ''Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 ** The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. ** The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Neighbor's Wife (1925 Film)
''My Neighbor's Wife'' is a surviving 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Geldart and starring E. K. Lincoln, Helen Ferguson and Herbert Rawlinson. It was released on a State's Rights by Davis Distributing Division. Cast *E. K. Lincoln as Jack Newberry *Helen Ferguson as Florence Keaton *Edwards Davis as Mr. Keaton *Herbert Rawlinson as Allen Allwright * William Russell as Eric von Greed, film director * William Bailey as Greed's assistant *Chester Conklin as Cameraman *Tom Santschi as Inventor *Mildred Harris as Inventor's Wife *Douglas Gerrard as Bertie *Margaret Loomis as Kathlyn Jordan *Ralph Faulkner as William Jordan *Philippe De Lacy Philippe De Lacy (July 25, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was a French-American silent film era child actor who became a film producer, director, and cinematographer in adulthood. Early life Born during World War I, the already fatherless Philippe los ... as William Jordan Jr. Preservation status *The film is preserved at Cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Of The Lawless (1923 Film)
''The Law of the Lawless'' is a lost film, lost 1923 American silent Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Victor Fleming. Cast *Dorothy Dalton as Sahande *Charles de Rochefort as Costa (credited as Charles De Roche) *Theodore Kosloff as Sender *Tully Marshall as Ali Mechmet *Fred Huntley as Osman *Margaret Loomis as Fanutza *Frank Coghlan, Jr. *The German Shepherd "Beneva", later "Thunder the Dog" (uncredited) References External links * *Lobby poster 1923 films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1923 drama films Films directed by Victor Fleming Lost American films 1923 lost films Lost drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Boy 13
''Bell Boy 13'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter, and starring Douglas MacLean, John Steppling, Margaret Loomis, William Courtright, Emily Gerdes, and Eugene Burr. The film was released by First National Pictures on January 19, 1923. Plot As described in a film magazine, college graduate Harry Elrod (MacLean) wishes to marry actress Kitty Clyde (Loomis), but his Uncle Ellrey Elrod (Steppling) has picked out Angela Fish (Gerdes) as a wife for his nephew. Harry arranges an elopement with Kitty. His uncle's suspicions are aroused and he trails Harry continuously. Miss Fish and her father the Reverend Doctor Wilbur Fish (Courtright) call. Harry in desperation starts a fire in his room. He is rescued by the fire brigade and then stages a run through the streets in the fire chief's car, intending to catch another train and follow Kitty. He escapes the pursuing firemen, boards the train, and arrives safely at the Philadelphia hotel where Kitty will m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money! Money! Money!
''Money, Money, Money'' is a lost 1923 silent film drama directed by Tom Forman and starring Katherine MacDonald. It was produced by B. P. Schulberg under his production company Preferred Pictures and released through Associated First National, soon to be First National Pictures. Cast *Katherine MacDonald as Priscilla Hobbs *Carl Stockdale as George C. Hobbs *Frances Raymond as Mrs. Hobbs *Paul Willis as Lennie Hubbs *Herschel Mayall as Mr. Carter *Brenda Fowler as Mrs. Carter *Margaret Loomis as Caroline Carter *Charles Clary Charles Clary (March 24, 1873 – March 24, 1931) was an American actor of the silent film era. Clary appeared in more than 200 films between 1910 and 1930. He was born in Charleston, Illinois and died on his 58th birthday in Los Angeles, Ca ... as J. J. Grey * Jack Dougherty as Reggie Grey References External links * *lobby poster 1923 films American silent feature films Lost American films First National Pictures films Films directed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strangers' Banquet
''The Strangers' Banquet'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Hobart Bosworth, Claire Windsor, and Rockliffe Fellowes.Connelly p. 272 It is based on the 1919 novel of the same title by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Shane Keogh * Claire Windsor as Derith * Rockliffe Fellowes as Angus Campbell * Ford Sterling as Al Norton * Eleanor Boardman as Jean McPherson * Thomas Holding as John Trevelyan * Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. McPherson * Nigel Barrie as John Keogh * Stuart Holmes as Prince * Claude Gillingwater as Uncle Sam * Margaret Loomis as Bride * Tom Guise as Bride's Father * Lillian Langdon as Bride's Mother * William Humphrey as Groom's Friend * Edward McWade as Harriman * Lorimer Johnston as Ross * James A. Marcus as Braithwaite * Edward W. Borman as Dolan * Jack Curtis as McKinstry * Brinsley Shaw as Krischenko * Arthur Hoyt as Morel * Aileen Pringle as Mrs. Schuyler-Peabody * Virginia Ruggles as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hands Of Nara
''The Hands of Nara'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young, Elliott Dexter and Vernon Steele.Munden p.323 It is based on the novel of the same title by Richard Washburn Child. Cast * Clara Kimball Young as Nara Alexieff * Count John Orloff as Boris Alexieff * Elliott Dexter as Emlen Claveloux * Edwin Stevens as Connor Lee * Vernon Steele as Adam Pine * John Miltern as Dr. Haith Clavelous * Margaret Loomis as Emma Gammell * Martha Mattox as Mrs. Miller * Dulcie Cooper as Carrie Miller * Edward Cooper as Gus Miller * Myrtle Stedman as Vanessa Yates * Eugenie Besserer Eugenie Besserer ( – May 29, 1934) was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie ... as Mrs. Claveloux References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turn To The Right
''Turn To The Right'' is an extant 1922 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Alice Terry. The film is based on a 1916 Broadway play ''Turn to the Right'' by Winchell Smith and John E. Hazzard. Plot As described in a film magazine, Joe Bascom (Mulhall), the only son of a poor widow (Knott) in a Connecticut village, is in love with Elsie Tillinger (Terry), daughter of Deacon Tillinger (Connelly), the town's richest and meanest man. The deacon has more ambitious plans for his daughter and Joe, discouraged, leaves home determined to make his way life and return and marry Elsie. She promises to wait for him and together they plan their "dream house." In the city Joe falls in with the race track crowd and finally finds employment with Mr. Morgan (Mayne), a wealthy race horse owner. Joe sends money home frequently and then writes that he has saved $2,000 and will be coming home. Seeing a chance for a final "killing," he wagers the $2,000 on the horses a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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