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Myrtle Stedman
Myrtle Stedman (born Myrtle Lincoln; March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910. Biography Stedman was born Myrtle Lincoln in Chicago, Illinois, and educated at Mrs. Starett's School there and at the Chicago School of Acting. She and her family moved to Colorado because of her father's mining interests there. Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies in Chicago. Her voice was cultivated in France. Her tutor was Marchesi, who was known as one of the finest instructors of voice culture in his country. She married Marshall Stedman, a drama school conductor, in January 1900. They had one child together, Lincoln Stedman, before divorcing in 1920. In 1915, Stedman became the first woman elected to the Motion Picture Board of Trade of America. Music career Stedman debuted in Chicago as a solo dancer with the Whitney Opera Company. She did not enter the field of oper ... [...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 American Beauty
''The American Beauty'' is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Myrtle Stedman. at silentera.com Cast * - Ruth Cleave, Mrs. Marin Ellsworth * - Paul Keith * Howard Davies - Herbert Lorrimer * |
The Tiger's Coat
''The Tiger's Coat'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Roy Clements and starring Lawson Butt, Tina Modotti and Myrtle Stedman.Connelly p.421 Cast * Lawson Butt as Alexander MacAllistter * Tina Modotti as Jean Ogilvie / Maria de la Guarda * Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Carl Mendall * Miles McCarthy as Andrew Hyde * Frank Weed as Frederick Bagsby * J. Jiquel Lanoe as Carl Mendall * Nola Luxford Nola Luxford (born Adelaide Minola Pratt; 23 December 1895 – 10 October 1994) was a New Zealand-born American film actress, spanning from the silent film era to the 1930s. During the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she was also a writer ... as Clare Bagsby References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Roy Clements Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex (1920 Film)
''Sex'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo, written by C. Gardner Sullivan, produced by J. Parker Read, and starring Louise Glaum. On its surface, the film was a morality story on the evils of marital infidelity. However, the film's producer, J. Parker Read, had made a series of pictures on sex themes. The release of ''Sex'', with its provocative title and explicit scenes of seduction and debauchery, made it the subject of controversy among censors and commentators. Plot The film is a morality story on the evils of marital infidelity and the wild lifestyle of New York actors. At the same time, the film included scenes of seduction and debauchery that made it the subject of controversy over its prurient content. The film's plot centers on Adrienne Renault (played by Louise Glaum), the beautiful queen of the Midnight Follies at the Frivolity Theater. The film opens with Renault's current conquest, a married millionaire, Philip Overman (played by Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Honor's Web
''In Honor's Web'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon, written by Sam Taylor (scenario) and Perry N. Vekroff (story). The film stars Harry T. Morey, Gladden James, and George Backus George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presid .... Cast list References {{Paul Scardon American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Paul Scardon 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Hollow Of Her Hand
contemporary advert ''In the Hollow of Her Hand'' is a lost 1918 American silent mystery drama film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Alice Brady. It was produced and distributed by the Select Pictures Corporation. Cast *Alice Brady as Hetty Castleton *Myrtle Stedman as Sara Wrandall *Louise Clark as Mrs. Wrandell *A.J. Herbert as Leslie Wrandell *Harold Entwistle as Mr. Wrandell Sr. *Percy Marmont Percy Marmont (25 November 1883 – 3 March 1977) was an English film actor. Biography Marmont appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1968. A veteran film actor by 1923, he scored a big hit that year in ''If Winter Comes'', later rem ... as Brandon Booth References External links * * 1918 films American silent feature films Films directed by Charles Maigne Lost American films American black-and-white films American mystery drama films 1910s mystery drama films Selznick Pictures films 1918 lost films Lost drama films 1918 drama films 1910s America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Apart
''The World Apart'' is a lost 1917 silent film western directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman. It was produced by Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company (Oliver Morosco) and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Wayback) Cast * as Bob Fulton * as Beth Hoover * John Burton as Roland Holt * |
As Men Love
''As Men Love'' is a lost film, lost 1917 American Drama film, drama silent film directed by E. Mason Hopper, and written by Adele Harris and Lois Zellner. The film stars House Peters, Sr., Myrtle Stedman, Jack W. Johnston, and Helen Jerome Eddy. The film was released on March 29, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *House Peters, Sr. as Paul Russell *Myrtle Stedman as Diana Gordon *Jack W. Johnston as Keith Gordon *Helen Jerome Eddy as Marjorie Gordon References External links * 1917 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by E. Mason Hopper American black-and-white films American silent feature films Lost American drama films 1917 lost films English-language drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane (1915 Film)
''Jane'' is a 1915 American silent film produced by the Oliver Morosco company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a stage play ''Jane'' by W.H. Lestocq and Harry Nicholls. Frank Lloyd directed, early in his career, and up-and-coming stage comic Charlotte Greenwood debuts and stars in her first motion picture. This was Lloyd's second directed feature film after several years of making shorts. This film survives in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.92 c.1978 by the American Film Institute Cast * - Jane *Sydney Grant - William Tipson * |
Nearly A Lady
''Nearly a Lady'' is a lost 1915 American comedy silent film directed by Hobart Bosworth and written by Elsie Janis. The film stars Elsie Janis, Frank Elliott, Owen Moore, Myrtle Stedman and Harry Ham. The film was released on August 12, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Elsie Janis as Frederica Calhoun * Frank Elliott as Lord Cecil Grosvenor *Owen Moore as Jack Rawlins *Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Reginald Brooks *Harry Ham Harry Ham (25 May 1886 – 27 July 1943) was a Canadian actor from Napanee, Ontario. He died in 1943 in Beverly Hills, California. Selected filmography Actor * ''Betty in Search of a Thrill'' (1915) * ''Nearly a Lady'' (1915) * '' 'Twas Ever ... as Jim Brooks *Roberta Hickman as Elaine References External links * * 1915 films 1910s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1915 comedy films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Lost American films 1915 lost films Lost c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Olive
''The Wild Olive'' is a lost 1915 American drama silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Elmer Blaney Harris, Basil King and Oliver Morosco. The film stars Myrtle Stedman, Forrest Stanley, Mary Ruby, Charles Marriott, Edmund Lowe and Herbert Standing. The film was released on June 24, 1915, by Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes .... Plot Nicknamed "Wild Olive," Miriam Strange discovers that her mom was an Indian, she moves to a hovel close to an Allegheny stumble camp. Norrie Passage, straight from school, visits his uncle, the tormenting manager of the camp, and meets Miriam. After his uncle is killed with a blade discovered covered up under Norrie's bedding, Norrie is condemned to pass on. In spite of the fact that he pledged to wed her, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hypocrites (1915 Film)
''Hypocrites'', also known as ''The Hypocrites'' and ''The Naked Truth'', is a 1915 silent drama film written and directed by Lois Weber (1879–1939). The film contains several full nude scenes, and is said to include the first appearance of full frontal nudity in a non-pornographic film by an American actress (Margaret Edwards). The film is regarded as anticlerical, and the nudity was justified by its religious context. Cast * Courtenay Foote as Gabriel, the Ascetic / Gabriel, a minister * Herbert Standing as The Abbot / A pillar of the church * Margaret Edwards as Truth * Myrtle Stedman as a nun / A choir singer * Adele Farrington as The Queen / An aristocrat * Dixie Carr as a Magdalen * Nigel De Brulier as a member of the choir / monk * Matty Roubert as Boy kneeling beside cradle * Charles Villiers as the Minister * Vera Lewis as Parishioner ''(uncredited)'' Cast notes: * Margaret Edwards was 17 years old when she was discovered by Lois Weber. Production Writer-director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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