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Nellie Parker Spaulding
Nellie Parker Spaulding (August 4, 1870 – June 18, 1945) was an American silent film actress who appeared in at least 37 films between 1915 and 1925. Early life and career Parker was born in Machias, Maine and educated at the Emerson College of Expression in Boston. Her early career was in stage productions included '' The Country Boy, The Dawn of a To-morrow,'' and '' The Governor's Lady.'' She also worked with Union Opera Company. Parker's first film role came when she was 45 years old, in ''The Flying Twins'' (1915), playing the role of 'Aunt Sally'. Between 1915 and 1917 she would appear in 14 different Thanhouser Studio films. Originally billed as 'Eleanor Spaulding', she was using the more informal 'Nellie' by 1918. She most often played mothers, aunts, or older women, such as "Mrs. Peniston" in the first filmed version of Edith Wharton's ''The House of Mirth'' (1918). Spaulding worked for various production companies, but her last role was in MGM Picture's ''Time the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machias, Maine
Machias is a town in and the county seat of Washington County in Down East Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 2,060. It is home to the University of Maine at Machias and Machias Valley Airport, a small public airport owned by the town. The word ''Machias'' roughly translates in Passamaquoddy as "bad little falls", a reference to the Machias River. Machias is best known as the site of the first naval battle of the American Revolution. History The English first became acquainted with the area in 1633, when Richard Vines established a trading post for the Plymouth Company at what is now Machiasport. Raid on Machias (1633) A fierce contest was at this time going on between France and England. Charles de la Tour, the French commander of Acadia, made a descent upon it from his seat at Port Royal, Nova Scotia, killing two of its six defenders, and carrying the others away with their merchandise. No persistent attempt was again made to hold this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamite Allen
''Dynamite Allen'' is a lost 1921 American silent adventure film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Dell Henderson and stars athletic George Walsh. Cast *George Walsh as Dynamite Allen *Edna Murphy as Betty Reed *Dorothy Allen as Jenny Allen *Carola Parsons as Sue Bennett *Byron Douglas as Bull Snide *Jack Baston as Howard Morton (credited as J. Thornton Baston) *Nellie Parker Spaulding as Mrs. Roger Pitney *Lettie Ford as Mrs. Sid Allen *Brigham Royce as Sid Allen *Frank Nelson as Lawyer Smoot *Billy Gilbert as Simp Hallett See also *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ... References External links * *Lantern slide(WaybackMachine) 1921 films American silent feature films Fox Film films 1921 adventur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870 Births
Year 187 ( CLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 940 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 187 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Septimius Severus marries Julia Domna (age 17), a Syrian princess, at Lugdunum (modern-day Lyon). She is the youngest daughter of high-priest Julius Bassianus – a descendant of the Royal House of Emesa. Her elder sister is Julia Maesa. * Clodius Albinus defeats the Chatti, a highly organized German tribe that controlled the area that includes the Black Forest. By topic Religion * Olympianus succeeds Pertinax as bishop of Byzantium (until 198). Births * Cao Pi, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (d. 226) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Film Actresses
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People From Machias, Maine
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time, The Comedian
''Time, the Comedian'' is an American 1925 silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard that stars Mae Busch and Lew Cody Lew Cody (born Louis Joseph Côté; February 22, 1884 – May 31, 1934) was an American stage and film actor whose career spanned the silent film and early sound film age. He gained notoriety in the late 1910s for playing "male vamps" in films .... The film was a hit.Eames, John Douglas, ''The MGM Story'', 1981 Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Nora (Busch) is a discontented mother leaves her husband and baby to go with Larry (Cody), a wealthy idler. The husband commits suicide and the idler leaves her. Later we find the woman a successful opera singer. Larry again appears and falls in love with the daughter Ruth (Olmstead), now grown. To save her when she refuses to listen to her advice, the mother goes to this man and feigns love. The daughter finds her and guesses the truth, and finally finds happiness with a faithful suitor. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Million In Jewels
''One Million in Jewels'' is a 1923 American silent crime film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Helen Holmes, Elinor Fair and McGowan.Munden p.570 It was shot in Miami, New York and Havana. Synopsis A secret service agent is assigned to track a gang smuggling valuable jewels from Cuba into the United States. However, things are complicated when he falls in love with one of the members of the organization. Cast * Helen Holmes as Helen Morgan * J.P. McGowan as Burke * Elinor Fair as Sylvia Ellis * Nellie Parker Spaulding as Jane Angle * Charles Craig as George Beresford * Leslie Casey Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ... as William Abbott * H.H. Pattee as Morgan References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truth About Wives
''The Truth About Wives'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and starring Betty Blythe, Tyrone Power Sr. and William P. Carleton.Connelly p.424 Cast * Betty Blythe as Helen Frazer * Tyrone Power Sr. as Howard Hendricks * William P. Carleton as Alfred Emerson * Anna Luther as Letty Lorraine * Fred C. Jones as Harold Lawton * John Daly Murphy as Colonel Bob Alton * Marcia Harris as Maid * Nellie Parker Spaulding Nellie Parker Spaulding (August 4, 1870 – June 18, 1945) was an American silent film actress who appeared in at least 37 films between 1915 and 1925. Early life and career Parker was born in Machias, Maine and educated at the Emerson College ... as Mrs. Anthony Frazer * Frankie Evans as Baby References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty-One (1923 Film)
''Twenty-One'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Mackaill Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a British-American actress, most active during the silent-film era and into the pre-Code era of the early 1930s. Early life Born in Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull in 1903 (although she l ..., and Joe King. at silentera.com Cast References Bibliography * Monaco, James. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991.External links * *Still at www.granger.com < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inner Man
''The Inner Man'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Hamilton Smith and starring Wyndham Standing, J. Barney Sherry and Dorothy Mackaill.Munden p.380 Cast * Wyndham Standing Charles Wyndham Standing''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c. 2001 page 497 (23 August 1880 – 1 February 1963) was an English film actor. Early years Standing was born in London, England and died in Los An ... as Thurlow Michael Barclay Jr * J. Barney Sherry as Thurlow Michael Barclay Sr * Louis Pierce as Old Man Wolf * Leslie Hunt (actor), Leslie Hunt as Bob * Dorothy Mackaill as Sally * Gustav von Seyffertitz as Jud Benson * Arthur Dewey (actor), Arthur Dewey as Randall * Martin Kinney as Ned Sawyer * Kathryn Kingsley as Margaret Barclay * Nellie Parker Spaulding as Mrs. Wolf * Arthur Cadwell Jr. as Ben Wolf References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Days (1921 Film)
''School Days'' is a 1921 American comedy film directed by William Nigh, written by Walter DeLeon, Hoey Lawlor and William Nigh, and starring Wesley Barry, George Lessey, Nellie Parker Spaulding, Margaret Seddon, Arline Blackburn, and J.H. Gilmour. It was released by Warner Bros. on December 25, 1921 and was Warner's biggest grossing film until '' The Sea Beast'' in 1926. Prints of ''School Days'' survives at the George Eastman House and UCLA Film and Television Archive with one reel missing. Plot As described in a film magazine, Speck Brown (Barry) is a country boy who has been raised by the hard hearted Deacon Jones (Lessey). The Deacon insists that Speck attend school, but when the teacher (Seddon) defends the boy against his viscous guardian, Jones turns against her. Speck becomes acquainted with a Stranger (Gilmour) who comes to town and Speck realizes his ambition, through the Stranger, to go to New York City and have plenty of money. At a private school he continues his b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lynne (1921 Film)
''East Lynne'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Hugo Ballin and starring Edward Earle, Mabel Ballin and Henry G. Sell.Munden p.210 Now considered a lost film, it is one of numerous film versions of Ellen Wood's 1861 Victorian novel ''East Lynne''. Cast * Edward Earle as Archibald Carlyle * Mabel Ballin as Isabel Vane * Gladys Coburn as Barbara Hare * Gilbert Rooney as Richard Hare * Henry G. Sell as Francis Levison * Nellie Parker Spaulding Nellie Parker Spaulding (August 4, 1870 – June 18, 1945) was an American silent film actress who appeared in at least 37 films between 1915 and 1925. Early life and career Parker was born in Machias, Maine and educated at the Emerson College ... as Miss Cornelia * Doris Sheerin as Afy Hallijohn References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1921 films 1921 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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