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No Mother To Guide Her
''No Mother to Guide Her'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by Charles Horan and written by Michael O'Connor. It is based on the 1905 play ''No Mother to Guide Her'' by Lillian Mortimer. The film stars Genevieve Tobin, John Webb Dillion, Lolita Robertson, Katherine Downer, Dolores Rousse and Frank Wunderlee. The film was released on October 14, 1923, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''No Mother to Guide Her'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... References External links * *{{allmovie, 104154, SynopsisLantern slideat silenthollywood.com 1923 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1923 drama films Fox Film films American silent feature f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genevieve Tobin
Genevieve Tobin (November 29, 1899 – July 31, 1995) was an American actress. Early years Tobin was born in New York City on November 29, 1899. Her father, Thomas Tobin, a bank clerk who later became a racetrack bookmaker, was born in Nova Scotia, Canada and her mother, Genevieve, was born in Washington, D.C. She had a sister, Vivian, and a brother, George. Career Tobin's stage debut came in 1912 in ''Disraeli''. She appeared in a few films as a child and formed a double act with her sister Vivian. Their brother, George, also had a brief acting career. Following her education in Paris and New York, Tobin concentrated on a stage career in New York. Although she was seen most often in comedies, she also played the role of Cordelia in a Broadway production of ''King Lear'' in 1923. Popular with audiences, she was often praised by critics for her appearance and style rather than for her talent, but in 1929, she achieved a significant success in the play ''Fifty Million Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy of every American film to be deposited at the Library of Congress at the time of copyright registration, but the Librarian of Congress was not required to retain those copies: "Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, authority is granted for the return to the claimant of copyright of such copyright deposits as are not required by the Library." A report created by Library of Congress film historian and archivist David Pierce claims: * 75% of original silent-era films have perished. * 14% of the 10,919 silent films released by major studios exist in their original 35 mm or other formats. * 11% survive only in full-length foreign versions or film formats of lesser image quality. Of the American sound films made from 1927 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature Films
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Fox Film Films
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1923 Drama Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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1920s English-language Films
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1923 Films
The following is an overview of 1923 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top seven films released in 1923 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events *April 4 – Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. incorporated in the United States. *April 15 – Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers. *Henry Roussel's ''Les Opprimés'' is released, introducing mattes (painted by W. Percy Day) to French cinema. *October 16 – Brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney establish the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio (later to be known as Walt Disney Productions). Notable films released in 1923 American films unless stated otherwise A *''Adam's Rib'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille *''The Ancient Law (Das alte Gesetz)'', directed by E. A. Dupont, starring Henny Porten – (Germany) *''Ashes of Vengeanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Quinn
William Tyrell Quinn (1912 – April 29, 1994) was an American film actor. Quinn was born in 1912 in New York. He performed with his older brothers in a children's act in vaudeville. Quinn began working on radio around 1934. He starred as a detective on ''Little Herman'' on ABC in the late 1940s. Other radio programs on which he appeared included '' Counterspy'', ''The FBI in Peace and War'', ''Gangbusters'', and ''Mr. District Attorney''. Quinn appeared in more than 150 acting roles over seven decades, starting in the 1920s in silent films and ending in 1989 in '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier''. He was a regular on '' Archie Bunker's Place''. His other television roles include ''The Odd Couple'', in which he played the recurring role of the roommates' physician, Dr. Melnitz; ''The Rifleman'' as Sweeney, the bartender; ''McHale's Navy''; and Mary's father in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. In 1971, he was featured in the Universal Pictures movie ''How to Frame a Figg'' starri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Figman And Lolita Robertson
Max Figman (March 9, 1866 – February 13, 1952), born in Vienna, Austria, and Lolita Robertson (March 7, 1888 – May 1, 1959) born in San Francisco, were a husband and wife acting duo who appeared on Broadway and in silent films together. Max was also a director and writer in his stage career. Max was 22 years Lolita's senior but the couple was long married and devoted to each other until Max's death in 1952. Max died on February 13, 1952, in a nursing home in Bayside, Queens, called Edgewater Rest, at the age of 85. They had two children, Max Jr. and Lolita Figman. Max and Lolita appeared in a hit play ''Fine Feathers'' in 1913 co-starring Wilton Lackaye and Robert Edeson. They made a few films with the short-lived Masterpiece Film Manufacturing Company. The couple sat in on the formation of The Lasky Company in 1914, later to be Paramount Pictures. In silent pictures, the husband and wife often appeared together. Max stage career Max made his stage debut at 17 in ''A Scrap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Lee
Lillian Lee was a stage actress in New York City beginning in the early 1880s. She was in the cast of the original Ziegfeld Follies in 1907. Acting career Lee was only a child when she was assigned the part of ''Meenie'' in ''Rip Van Winkle'', in a company led by Joseph Jefferson. The :wikt:troupe, troupe was then touring in Baltimore, Maryland. She proved a skilled juvenile actress. She grew into a very competent adult theatrical performer. Her first character of importance came when she replaced an ailing Rosa Rand in a play during the 1884 season. Myra Goodwin played the leading lady in ''Sis'', an 1885 production of the 14th Street (Manhattan) Theatre. The company of Edward Kidder also took seven plays on the road that year. One of them, ''Niagara'', was scheduled to arrive in New York City at the beginning of 1886. Lee was engaged for the production as were Mattie Ferguson, Rose Eytinge, Harry Dalton, and others. The ''Irish Minstrel'' by Frederick Marsden was staged at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Richardson (actor)
Jack Howard Richardson (November 18, 1870 – June 12, 1960) was an American actor. Background Born in New York City, he was signed to a contract in silent films in 1911 by the American Company, working there for several years. Richardson appeared in more than 560 films before his death in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara ( es, Santa Bárbara, meaning "Saint Barbara") is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Co .... His credits are often confused with his contemporary John J. Richardson (AKA Jack Richardson). Selected filmography External links * 1870 births 1957 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from New York City 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
