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Martha Mattox
Martha Mattox (June 19, 1879 – May 2, 1933) was an American silent film actress most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film '' The Cat and the Canary''. She also played a role in ''Torrent'' (1926). She died from a heart ailment at age 53. Biography Born in Natchez, Mississippi, Mattox attended East Mississippi College, where she studied dramatic art. A 1923 article in the ''Calgary Herald'' newspaper described her as "a full-blooded Creole", of Spanish descent on her father's side and French on her mother's. Her initial acting was on stage, including performances with the Marion Leonard Company. After working on stage, she began performing in films, initially in Westerns and action films and later in melodramas and comedies. Her film debut came in 1915, and she played a variety of roles in the silent-film era. Activities in Mattox's personal life included donating prizes and selecting winners in the Better Baby Exposition. On May 2, 1933, Mattox die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez ( ) is the county seat of and only city in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Natchez has a total population of 14,520 (as of the 2020 census). Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Natchez was a prominent city in the antebellum years, a center of cotton planters and Mississippi River trade. Natchez is some southwest of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, which is located near the center of the state. It is approximately north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, located on the lower Mississippi River. Natchez is the 25th-largest city in the state. The city was named for the Natchez tribe of Native Americans, who with their ancestors, inhabited much of the area from the 8th century AD through the French colonial period. History Established by French colonists in 1716, Natchez is one of the oldest and most important European settlements in the lower Mississippi River Valley. After the French lost the French and India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace High (1919 Film)
''Ace High'' is a 1919 American short silent Western film directed by George Holt and featuring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Pete Morrison * Magda Lane * Hoot Gibson * Helene Rosson credited as Helen Rosson * Jack Walters * Martha Mattox Note * A film with identical title starred Tom Mix in 1918. See also * List of American films of 1919 * Hoot Gibson filmography This is a complete filmography of American actor Hoot Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962), including his performances between 1910 and 1960. Gibson appeared in more than 200 films. Background Gibson's career began in 1910 with early silen ... References External links * 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films 1919 short films American black-and-white films American silent short films Films directed by George Holt Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty's Worth
''Beauty's Worth'' is a 1922 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola, starring Marion Davies as an unsophisticated Quaker who ventures to a seaside resort, meets a Bohemian artist, and falls in love. Plot As described in a film magazine, Prudence Cole (Davies), a young Quaker woman, has been raised by her two severe maiden aunts, Elizabeth (Mattox) and Cynthia Whitney (Manning). She is permitted to visit the Garrisons, the mother (Shattuck) and her grown son Henry (Cooley), at an ultra fashionable resort, where her precise mannerisms make her the center of amused attention. Henry, whom she had hoped to marry, all but ignores her. Artist and thinker Cheyne Rovein (Stanley) senses the young woman's position and selects her for the leading role in elaborate charades which he stages, designing costumes and coaching her as to conduct. On this night she outshines her critics, wins the admiration of the men and the enmity of the women, and the dallying Henry r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angel Of Crooked Street
''The Angel of Crooked Street'' is a 1922 American silent crime drama film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Ralph McCullough and William McCall.Connelly p.13 Synopsis Jennie Marsh, a young woman working as a maid is unjustly accused of theft when the man she brings home a man from dance who proceeds to rob the house of her employer. She is sent to a reformatory and on release is embittered against the world and decides to take revenge on her former employer Mrs. Sandford. She plans to frame her son Schuyler for a robbery he didn't commit. Cast * Alice Calhoun as Jennie Marsh * Ralph McCullough as Schuyler Sanford * Scott McKee as 'Silent' McKay * Rex Hammel as 'Kid Glove' Thurston * William McCall as 'Cap' Berry * Nellie Anderson as 'Mother' De Vere * Martha Mattox as Mrs. Phineas Sandford * Mary Young as Mrs. Marsh * George Stanley Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley (July 6, 1907September 13, 2002) was a Canadian historian, author, soldier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Men's Wives
''Rich Men's Wives'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring House Peters, Claire Windsor and Gaston Glass. Synopsis A bored wife of a wealthy man is irritated by his neglect, and is drawn into a flirtation with another man. When her husband discovers this he banishes this from the family home, and forbids her from seeing their son. Cast * House Peters as John Masters * Claire Windsor as Gay Davenport * Richard Headrick as Jackie * Gaston Glass as Juan Camillo * Charles Clary as Mr. Davenport * Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Davenport * Mildred June as Estelle Davenport * Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Lindley-Blair * Carol Holloway as Maid * Martha Mattox Martha Mattox (June 19, 1879 – May 2, 1933) was an American silent film actress most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film '' The Cat and the Canary''. She also played a role in ''Torrent'' (1926). She died from a heart ... as Nurse * William Austin as Reggie Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Game Chicken
''A Game Chicken'' is a lost 1922 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Realart and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky. This film starred Bebe Daniels and was directed by Chester Franklin. Retrieved November 19, 2022. Cast * as Inez Hastings * Pat O'Malley as Rush Thompson *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conflict (1921 Film)
''Conflict'' (or ''The Conflict'') is 1921 American silent drama film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Priscilla Dean, Edward Connelly and Hector V. Sarno.Munden p.144 Plot summary Cast * Priscilla Dean as Dorcas Remalie * Edward Connelly as John Remalie * Hector V. Sarno as Buck Fallon * Martha Mattox as Miss Labo * Olah Norman as Letty Piggott * Herbert Rawlinson as Jevons * Lee Shumway as Mark Sloane * Sam Allen as Orrin Lakin * C.E. Anderson as Ovid Jenks * Knute Erickson as Hannibal Ginger * William Gillis as Hasdrubel Ginger * Fred Kohler Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. ... as Jevons' foreman References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kennet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Cumberland Romance
''A Cumberland Romance'' is a 1920 American silent drama film written and directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter and Monte Blue, based on the 1899 novel ''A Mountain Europa'' by John Fox Jr. It is one of approximately a dozen of Minter's features still known to survive today. Plot As described in film magazine reviews, Easter Hicks (Minter), a mountain girl, meets Clayton (Bowers), an engineer from the city, when she is on her way to market. Easter is fascinated by the "furriner" from the city, and despite her crude dress and rough mannerisms, Clayton is equally taken with her. Sherd Raines (Blue), a young circuit rider of the mountains, is also in love with Easter. "Pap" Hicks (Oliver), Easter's drunkard father, sees Clayton with Easter and vows to shoot the city man, but Sherd overpowers him. Later, Sherd wrestles with his own jealousy and contemplates shooting Clayton, but his faith will not allow him to take a human life. The next day, when Clayton is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Of My Heart
''The Girl of My Heart'' is a 1920 American silent adventure-drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Shirley Mason, Raymond McKee and Martha Mattox.Solomon p.266 Cast * Shirley Mason as Joan * Raymond McKee as Rodney White * Martha Mattox as Prudence White * Al Fremont as Major Philips * Cecil Van Auker Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada * Cecil, Albert ... as Dr. Norman * Calvin Weller as Mona * Hooper Toler as Chawa * Alfred Weller as Pedro References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. 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 directed by Edward Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Lady 31
''Old Lady 31'' is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by John Ince. It is based on a novel by Louise Forsslund that was turned into a play by Rachel Crothers. The film starred actress Emma Dunn reprising her 1916 stage success for the screen. The film was remade in 1940 as '' The Captain Is a Lady''. Plot Based upon a summary of the plot in a review in a film publication, Angie (Dunn) and Abe (Harmon) have been married for many years when bad investments force them to sell their homestead. Angie is to go to the old ladies' home while Abe is to go to live on the poor farm. When the twenty-nine inmates of the old ladies' home see how hard it is for the couple to part, they agree to take Abe in, and he is listed on their roster as "Old Lady 31." There are several comic situations as Abe wins his way into the hearts of his female companions. When some apparently worthless mining stock is found to have some value, the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huckleberry Finn (1920 Film)
''Huckleberry Finn'' is a surviving American silent dramatic rural film from 1920, based on Mark Twain's 1884 classic ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. William Desmond Taylor directed ''Huckleberry Finn'', as he had the 1917 film version of ''Tom Sawyer'', using a scenario written by Julia Crawford Ivers, who also had been the writer for ''Tom Sawyer''. It was the first version of the story entirely entrusted to a youth cast. Lewis Sargent (''Huck'') and Gordon Griffith (''Tom'') were child actors who already had a long and successful career and were well known to the public. Plot As described in a film publication, Huckleberry Finn (Sargent) has been adopted by the Widow Douglas (K. Griffith) who plans to "civilize" him. With Tom Sawyer (G. Griffith) he forms a robber gang, and in a cave has the local boys take an oath to stick together. In his bedroom he runs into his no-account father (Lanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Butterfly Man
''The Butterfly Man'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park, starring Lew Cody, Louise Lovely, and Lila Leslie, and produced by Louis J. Gasnier.Codori, p. 116. Cast * Lew Cody as Sedgewick Blynn * Louise Lovely as Bessie Morgan * Lila Leslie as Mrs. Trend * Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Fielding * Martha Mattox as Anna Blynn * Mary Land as Martha Blynn * Alberta Lee as Mrs. Blynn * Augustus Phillips as Mr. Trend * Alec B. Francis as James Bachelor * Andrew Robson as John D. Morgan * Esther Ralston Esther Ralston (born Esther Louise Worth, September 17, 1902 – January 14, 1994) was an iconic American silent film star. Her most prominent sound picture was '' To the Last Man'' in 1933. Early life and career Ralston was born Esther Loui ... References Bibliography * Jeff Codori. ''Film History through Trade Journal Art, 1916–1920''. Jeferson, NC: McFarland, 2020. * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
