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Olga Grey
Olga Grey (born Anushka Zacsek or Anna Zacsek, November 10, 1896 – April 25, 1973) was an American silent film actress, sometimes billed with the alternate spelling of her last name, Olga Gray. She was born in New York city to Hungarian immigrants. Her father wanted her to become a violinist, so she studied music while harboring dreams of being an actress. She appeared in some amateur productions before joining a Little Theatre Movement, Little Theatre in Los Angeles. Her success there paved the way for her work in films. By her late teens, she was pursuing an acting career in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood. She began working as an extra. Her first film appearance was in the 1915 film ''His Lesson'', in which she had the lead role. She would have twelve film roles that year, including a role (as the actress Laura Keene) in the now classic and controversial film ''The Birth of a Nation'', starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, and directed by D. W. Griffith. In 1916 she appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Absentee (1915 Film)
''The Absentee'' is a 1915 American silent allegory film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Robert Edeson, A. D. Sears, and Olga Grey. It was released on May 8, 1915. Plot In a prologue, the mythical figure of Ambition seeks to attain the position currently held by Success. Success has reached the pinnacle of his desire, and sits looking over his kingdom. Having achieved his success, Success decides to take a break and goes off with Pleasure, leaving Might in control of the land. Might, under the influence of Evil, along with Might's wife Extravagance, as well as by his daughter Vanity, begins to abuse the land's occupants, including Toil, Age, Strength, Innocence, Happiness, and Ambition. Spurred on by Evil, who says that Justice is blind and cannot see what he is doing, Might whips the laborers. However, Justice is not blind, and she learns of the situation, informing Success, who returns and sets the situation right again. In current time, Nathaniel Crosby (who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Third Eye (serial)
''The Third Eye'' is a 1920 American crime film serial directed by James W. Horne. The film is considered to be lost. Plot As described in a film publication, Curtis Steele (Oland), a society man at a film studio, has been pursuing actress Rita Moreland (Percy) and confronts her at the studio with the intention of making love to her. She repulses him and during the struggle shoots him. Steele staggers forward and collapses. She is terrified as she thought that the revolver had been loaded with blanks. As she bends over him, he leaps to his feet and with a sneering remark leaves. Later that night Rita is informed that Steele was found at the studio shot through the heart, and that there is a film showing Steel chasing her and then her shooting him. The serial then develops around Rita, her sweetheart, a villain, and the mystery of who killed Steele, who made the film, and attempts to obtain the film. Cast * Warner Oland as Curtis Steele / Malcolm Graw * Eileen Percy as Rita Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mayor Of Filbert
''The Mayor of Filbert'' is a 1919 silent American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Jack Richardson, Belle Bennett, and J. Barney Sherry, and was released on May 25, 1919. Cast list * Jack Richardson as Mayor Johann Schmidt/Charles Smith * Belle Bennett as Mollie Vaughn * J. Barney Sherry as Dr. Loring * Bennie Alexander as Carroll * George Pearce as Royal Denman * Wilbur Higby as Roger Taft * Bill Dyer as Mike McCarthy * Joseph E. Singleton as Jim Grimes * Millicent Fisher as Mrs. Grimes * Louise Lester Louise Lester (August 8, 1867 – November 18, 1952) was an American silent film actress. She was the first female star of Western films. Biography Lester was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 8, 1867. In 1884, Lester headed the Loui ... as Belle Glover References External links * * * Films directed by Christy Cabanne American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1919 drama films 1919 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When A Man Rides Alone (1919 Film)
''When a Man Rides Alone'' is a 1919 silent film directed by Henry King and starring William Russell as a Texas Ranger near the Mexican border. Jules Furthman, using the name Stephen Fox, was the screenwriter. Additional cast members include Carl Stockdale, Olga Grey, and Lule Warrenton Lule Warrenton (June 22, 1862 – May 14, 1932) was an American actress, director, and producer during the silent film era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1913 and 1922. She was born in Flint, Michigan and died in Laguna Beach, C .... Gallery File:When a Man Rides Alone (1919) - 2.jpg, Still from the '' Exhibitors Herald'' showing a scene with William Russell and Olga Grey When a Man Rides Alone (1919) - 1.jpg, Still for the Exhibitors Herald'' showing a scene with Olga Grey, William Russell, and Lule Warrenton References 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Henry King Pathé Exchange films Silent American Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanatics (1917 Film)
''Fanatics'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Raymond Wells and starring Adda Gleason, J. Barney Sherry and William V. Mong. It was one of a number of films made about coal mining conflicts during the silent era.Ross p.324 Cast * Adda Gleason as Mary Lathrop * J. Barney Sherry as Nicholas Eyre * William V. Mong as Hugh Groesbeck * Don Fuller as Robert Lathrop * Olga Grey as Lola Monroe * Eugene Burr as Billy Haskell * Edward Hayden as Eyre's Clerk * Will Jeffries Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will ... as Foreman References Bibliography * Ross, Steven J. ''Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America''. Princeton University Press, 2020. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman God Forgot
''The Woman God Forgot'' is a 1917 American silent romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. A copy of the film is in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. Plot The '' Exhibitors Herald'', a trade magazine for independent cinemas, provides a description of the film. Moctezuma (Hatton), the Aztec king, resents the intrusion of the Spanish who have come to convert the Aztecs to Christianity. But Tecza (Farrar), daughter of the king, loves Alvarado (Reid), one of the Spanish captains, and she allows the Spanish soldiers to enter the palace. After a terrific battle, she is the only surviving Aztec and the Spanish allow her to depart in peace. Alvarado then comes wooing the last of the Aztecs and wins her. Cast * Wallace Reid as Alvarado * Raymond Hatton as Moctezuma * Hobart Bosworth as Cortez * Theodore Kosloff as Guatemoco * Walter Long as Taloc (High Priest) * Julia Faye as Tecza's handmaiden * Olga Grey as Aztec woman * Geraldine Farrar as Tecza (daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost House (film)
''The Ghost House'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by William C. deMille and written by Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Olga Grey, James Neill, Eugene Pallette, and Horace B. Carpenter. The film was released on October 1, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Lois Atwell (Huff) and her widowed sister Alice (Grey), with no money left to pay their rent, go to live in a house left to them by their uncle which is known to be haunted. The same evening Ted Rawson (Pickford) is sent to spend the night in the haunted house as part of his college hazing. When the women hear someone breaking into the house they think he is a burglar and Lois holds Ted captive at the point of a gun. A real thief is also hiding in the house and when he sees the women trailing in their white gowns, he thinks they are ghosts and departs hast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl At Home
''The Girl at Home'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Beulah Marie Dix and George Middleton. The film stars Vivian Martin, Jack Pickford, James Neill, Olga Grey, Edythe Chapman and William Elmer. The film was released on April 26, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Vivian Martin as Jean Hilton *Jack Pickford as Jimmie Dexter * James Neill as Squire Padgate *Olga Grey as Diana Parish *Edythe Chapman as Mary Dexter *William Elmer William Elmer (April 25, 1869 – February 24, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1913 and 1942. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died in Hollywood, California. Elmer acted in ... as Detective Hagen Preservation status *The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.68 c.1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Law
''Love's Law'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Tefft Johnson and starring Joan Sawyer, Stuart Holmes and Olga Grey.Solomon p.238 Cast * Joan Sawyer as Innocence, later Moner Moyer * Stuart Holmes as Andre * Olga Grey as Jealousy * Leo Delaney as Undetermined Role * Richard Neill Richard Renchaw Neill Jr. (November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras. He performed in more than 200 films between 1910 and 1959, and during the early part of his ... as Undetermined Role References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Tefft Johnson Fox Film films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Bludso
''Jim Bludso'' is a 1917 American drama film directed by Tod Browning. It was Browning's first feature film as a director. Contemporary sources are variable on the matter of whether the direction was a joint effort between Browning and the film's star, Wilfred Lucas. In their book ''Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre,'' David J. Skal and Elias Savada suggest that Lucas' name was added to the credit for contractual reasons, and that Browning directed ''Jim Bludso'' alone. As ''Jim Bludso'' is presumed lost, it is uncertain what the original title card might have read in terms of directorial credit. The film was produced by the Fine Arts unit within the Triangle Film Corporation, the same studio that made the popular Douglas Fairbanks comedies for Triangle, for whom Browning had previously worked as a scenarist. Cast * Wilfred Lucas as Jim Bludso * Olga Grey as Gabrielle * Georgie Stone as Little Breeches * Charles Lee as Tom Tag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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