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On The Broad Stairway
''On The Broad Stairway'', from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 4. Works of Art, Etc. New Series By Library of Congress. Copyright Office – 1913 pg. 277 The film was the second of three "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective tales produced in 1913 before Dawley and actress Laura Sawyer left Edison to continue the series later that year with the Famous Players Film Company. ''On The Broad Stairway'' was released in the United States on July 19, 1913.The Moving Picture World, Volume 18, Issues 1-7 – 1913 pg. 360The Moving Picture World, Volume 17, Issues 1-6 1913 pg.537 Plot Described as "Being another of 'Kate Kirby's Cases,' a series of detective stories", the plot summary in ''The Edison Kinetogram'' was: Cast *May Abbey as Marguerite Osborn, the bride's older sister *Robert Brewer as Inspector Dalton *Bigelow Cooper as Philip Morton, the groom * Bessie Learn as Alice Osborn, the ...
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Film Still
A film still (sometimes called a publicity still or a production still) is a photograph, taken on or off the set of a movie or television program during production. These photographs are also taken in formal studio settings and venues of opportunity such as film stars' homes, film debut events, and commercial settings. The photos were taken by studio photographers for promotional purposes. Such stills consisted of posed portraits, used for public display or free fan handouts, which are sometimes autographed. They can also consist of posed or candid images taken on the set during production, and may include stars, crew members or directors at work. The main purpose of such publicity stills is to help studios advertise and promote their new films and stars. Studios therefore send those photos along with press kits and free passes to as many movie-related publications as possible so as to gain free publicity. Such photos were then used by newspapers and magazines, for example, to w ...
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The Substitute Stenographer
''The Substitute Stenographer'', from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) directed by Walter Edwin The film was the third of three “Kate Kirby's Cases" detective tales produced with Edison in 1913 before actress Laura Sawyer left Edison to continue the series later that year with the Famous Players Film Company and the director of the other five films, J. Searle Dawley. It was released in the United States on 4 August 1913. Plot Described simply as "A Detective Story", the plot summary in ''The Edison Kinetogram'' was: Cast *Herbert Prior as Andrew Clark * Bessie Learn as the Stenographer *Richard Neill as the Head Clerk *Robert Brower as the Police Inspector *Laura Sawyer as Kate Kirby, the detective *Harry Beaumont as James Clark, Andrew's brother *Arthur Housman as the Second Clerk Kate Kirby's cases *''The Diamond Crown''. (Edison – 1913) *''On the Broad Stairway''. (Edison – 1913) *''The Substitute Stenographer''. (Edison – 1913) *''Ch ...
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A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ...
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1913 Films
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United States Const ...
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American Black-and-white Films
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American Silent Short Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ...
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The Port Of Doom
''The Port of Doom'' is a lost 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and featuring Laura Sawyer and House Peters. It was the last of six “Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913, the third produced by the Famous Players Film Company after Dawley and Sawyer left Edison for Famous Players. Cast *Laura Sawyer as Kate Kirby *House Peters as Kate's Father * David Wall as Fuller (*as Dave Wall) * Peter Lang as Fornton *Hattie Forsythe as Vera Fornton *Hal Clarendon as Capt. Giles *Henrietta Goodman as Fuller's Wife Kate Kirby's cases * ''The Diamond Crown''. (Edison – 1913) * ''On the Broad Stairway''. (Edison – 1913) * ''The Substitute Stenographer''. (Edison – 1913) * ''Chelsea 7750''. (Famous Players - 1913) * ''An Hour Before Dawn ''An Hour Before Dawn'' is a lost 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Laura Sawyer and House Peters. It was the fifth of six "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories mad ...
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An Hour Before Dawn
''An Hour Before Dawn'' is a lost 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Laura Sawyer and House Peters. It was the fifth of six "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913, the second produced by the Famous Players Film Company after Dawley and Sawyer left Edison for Famous Players. Cast *Laura Sawyer as Kate Kirby *House Peters as Kate's father, the Ex-Detective *Edward Earle as Professor Wallace, the Inventor *William C. Chamberlin as Richard Wallace as the Son Kate Kirby's cases * ''The Diamond Crown''. (Edison – 1913) * ''On the Broad Stairway''. (Edison – 1913) * ''The Substitute Stenographer''. (Edison – 1913) * ''Chelsea 7750''. (Famous Players - 1913) * ''An Hour Before Dawn''. (Famous Players - 1913) * ''The Port of Doom ''The Port of Doom'' is a lost 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and featuring Laura Sawyer and House Peters. It was the last of six “Kate Kirby's Cases" detective sto ...
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Chelsea 7750
''Chelsea 7750'' is a surviving 1913 American silent crime drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Henry E. Dixey (from the stage), Laura Sawyer, and House Peters. It was the fourth of six “Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913, the first produced by the Famous Players Film Company after Dawley and Sawyer left Edison for Famous Players. Cast *Henry E. Dixey as Detective Kirby *Laura Sawyer as Kirby's Daughter *House Peters as Professor Grimble * Martin Faust as Grimble's son Preservation status A print is held by the BFI National Film and Television Archive, London. Kate Kirby's cases * ''The Diamond Crown''. (Edison – 1913) * ''On the Broad Stairway''. (Edison – 1913) * ''The Substitute Stenographer''. (Edison – 1913) * ''Chelsea 7750''. (Famous Players - 1913) * ''An Hour Before Dawn''. (Famous Players - 1913) * ''The Port of Doom ''The Port of Doom'' is a lost 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and featuri ...
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The Diamond Crown
''The Diamond Crown'', from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) written and directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was the first of three "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913 for Edison before Dawley and actress Laura Sawyer left Edison for Famous Players Film Co. later that year, where they produced three more. This film was also Justina Huff's debut in motion pictures. ''The Diamond Crown'' was released in the United States on July 12, 1913. This film is considered lost. Plot The Kinetogram This story, the first of the series, introduces the daughter of a retired police officer, Kate Kirby, who receives employment with the police department. Mrs. Wethersby comes to the station with the complaint that several thefts have been committed in her house, and Kate is allowed to undertake the investigation as her first case. Accordingly, she enters Mrs. Wethersby's house as her private secretary. Besides Mrs. Wethersby, the household consists of a dissi ...
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Trade Magazine
A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for this area of publishing is the trade press. Overview Trade publications keep industry members abreast of new developments. In this role, it functions similarly to how academic journals or scientific journals serve their audiences. Trade publications include targeted advertising, which earns a profit for the publication and sales for the advertisers while also providing sales engineering–type advice to the readers, that may inform purchasing and investment decisions. Trade magazines typically contain advertising content centered on the industry in question with little, if any, general-audience advertising. They may also contain industry-specific job notices. For printed publications, some trade magazines operate on a subscription bus ...
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Charles Stanton Ogle
Charles Stanton Ogle (June 5, 1865 – October 11, 1940) was an American stage and silent-film actor. He was the first actor to portray Frankenstein's monster in a motion picture in 1910 and played Long John Silver in ''Treasure Island'' in 1920. Biography Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Ogle is the son Joseph Ogle, was the son of Irish immigrants, and worked as a Methodist Minister. His mother, Anna C. Mast, was of German descent and used to work as a gold shop seller. Ogle attended the University of Illinois College of Law and practiced law for about two years while pursuing a Bachelor of Laws degree. Ogle initially performed in live theatre, making his first appearance on Broadway in 1905. Three years later, he embarked on a film career, initially working at Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York. He performed in '' The Boston Tea Party'', which was directed by Edwin S. Porter. He then went on to portray the monster in thfirst film versionof ''Frankenstein'' (1910)"Charles ...
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