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Olive Tell
Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 8, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from New York City. Biography Tell was educated in several cities in Europe. She and her younger actress sister Alma graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1915. The sisters began appearing in Broadway theaters around 1918. Olive made her New York debut in the drama ''Husband and Wife''. At first, she preferred acting in theater and detested her work on screen. She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I. Her early screen roles were in silent films, including '' The Silent Master'' (1917), ''The Unforeseen'' (1917), ''Her Sister'' (1917), and ''National Red Cross Pageant'' (1917). Tell appeared with popular film actors of the era such as Donald Gallaher, Karl Dane, Ann Little, Rod La Rocque, Ethel Barrymore and a young Tallulah Bankhead. Her first husband was killed in World War I. Tell married George Willis Kreh in April 1923; he died four months later; she married F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Tell
Alma Tell (March 27, 1898 – December 29, 1937) was an American stage and motion picture actress whose career in cinema began in 1915 and lasted into the sound films of the early 1930s. Early years Tell was born in New York City, the younger sister of stage and film actress Olive Tell. She attended schools in London and Paris and, with her sister, Olive, graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1915. Career Tell began her career as an actress in Syracuse, working for 12 weeks in stock theater. She acted in Boston and headed a stock company in Newark. She made her screen debut in the Edward José-directed drama ''Simon, the Jester'', released in September 1915. Tell's career never paralleled that of her older sister, and she often was cast in films as the second leading lady. Throughout the 1920s, Tell appeared opposite such leading silent film actresses as Mae Murray, Corinne Griffith and Madge Kennedy and then achieved leading lady status in 1923's ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Hell With The Kaiser!
''To Hell with the Kaiser!'' is a lost 1918 American silent Great War propaganda comedy film produced by Screen Classics Productions and distributed by Metro Pictures. It was directed by George Irving and starred Lawrence Grant as the Kaiser. Made toward the close of World War I, this film falls in line with other films of this popular genre, ''the wartime propaganda film'', made at the same time i.e. ''The Kaiser, Beast of Berlin'', '' The Prussian Cur'', ''The Claws of the Hun'', ''Yankee Doodle in Berlin'', ''Civilization'', ''Hearts of the World'', ''The Heart of Humanity'', ''Over the Rhine'', ''The False Faces'', ''The Unpardonable Sin'', ''My Four Years in Germany'', and ''The Sinking of the Lusitania ''The Sinking of the Lusitania'' (1918) is an American silent animated short film by cartoonist Winsor McCay. It is a work of propaganda re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS ''Lusitania''. At twelve minut ...'' to name a few. Plot L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trial Of Mary Dugan (film)
''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' is a 1929 American pre-Code film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Norma Shearer. The film is based on the 1927 Broadway stage play ''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' by Bayard Veiller, who also directed the film. On stage the play had starred Ann Harding (in Shearer's role), who would come to Hollywood a few years later at the beginning of talkies. This was Veiller's first and only sound film directorial effort as he had directed several silent films before 1922. The play was also published as a novel authored by William Almon Wolff, published in 1928. The 1941 film of the same name is an MGM remake. Plot Mary Dugan, a Broadway showgirl, is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover, and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Living
''Soft Living'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Madge Bellamy, Johnny Mack Brown and Mary Duncan.Solomon p.307 Cast * Madge Bellamy as Nancy Woods * Johnny Mack Brown as Stockney Webb * Mary Duncan as Lorna Estabrook * Joyce Compton as Billie Wilson * Thomas Jefferson as Philip Estabrook * Henry Kolker as Roidney S. Bowen * Olive Tell as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen * Bud Geary Bud Geary (February 15, 1898 – February 22, 1946), was an American film actor. He appeared in 258 films between years 1920 and 1946. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Hollywood, California, aged 48. Partial filmography *' ... as Office Boy * Tom Dugan as Hired Man * Dave Wengren as Swede References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by James Tinling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailors' Wives
''Sailor's Wives'' is a lost 1928 silent film romantic-comedy directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Mary Astor. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. Cast *Mary Astor as Carol Trent * Lloyd Hughes as Don Manning * Earle Foxe as Max Slater *Burr McIntosh as Dr. Bobs * Ruth Dwyer as Pat Scott *Jack Mower as Carey Scott *Olive Tell as Careth Lindsey *Robert Schable Robert Schable (August 31, 1873 – July 7, 1947) was an American stage and screen actor as well as a stage manager from Hamilton, Ohio. Biography A longtime stage player from the Charles Frohman company since the 1890s, Schable began in silent ... as Tom Lindsey * Gayne Whitman as Warren Graves *Bess True as "Deuces Wild" References External linksSailor's Wives @IMDb.com*period advertisement 1928 films American silent feature films Films directed by Joseph Henabery Lost American films First National Pictures films American black-and-white films 1928 romantic comedy films America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaves Of Beauty
''Slaves of Beauty'' is a 1927 American silent comedy drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Olive Tell, Holmes Herbert, Earle Foxe, Margaret Livingston, and future talent agent Sue Carol. The film was written by William M. Conselman from a story by Nina Wilcox Putnam entitled "The Grandflapper," edited by Margaret Clancey and photographed by L. William O'Connell, with intertitles by James Kevin McGuinness. The movie, released by the Fox Film Corporation, is a comedic send-up of the beauty salon industry with a running time of 60 minutes. Cast *Olive Tell as Anastasia Jones *Holmes Herbert as Leonard Jones * Earle Foxe as Paul Perry *Margaret Livingston as Goldie * Sue Carol as Dorothy Jones * Richard Walling as Robert *Mary Foy as Irishwoman *Mickey Bennett (small role) Preservation status The film is now lost. References External links * *''Slaves of Beauty''at Turner Classic Movies''Slaves of Beauty''in the New York Times ''The New York Times'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Bachelors
''Summer Bachelors'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film produced and directed by Allan Dwan. The film is based on the 1926 novel ''Summer Widowers'', by Warner Fabian and stars Madge Bellamy, Matt Moore, Allan Forrest, and Hale Hamilton.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Summer Bachelors'' at silentera.com A copy of ''Summer Bachelors'' is preserved at a film archive in . Plot Cast * as Derry Thomas *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Tempters
''Prince of Tempters'' is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lois Moran, Ben Lyon and Lya De Putti. It is based on the 1924 novel '' The Ex-Duke'' by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film was made at the Cosmopolitan Studios in New York. It was the first film made in America by the German director Lothar Mendes, who married Dorothy Mackaill while working on the production. A copy of this film is held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Cast * Lois Moran as Monica * Ben Lyon as Francis * Lya De Putti as Dolores * Ian Keith as Mario Ambrosio, later Baron Humberto Giordano * Mary Brian as Mary * Olive Tell as Duchess of Chatsfield * Sam Hardy as Apollo Beneventa * Henry Vibart as Duke of Chatsfield * Judith Vosselli as Signora Wembley * Fraser Coalter as Lawyer * J. Barney Sherry as Papal Secretary * Jeanne Carpenter Theo-Alice Jeanne Carpenter (February 1, 1917 – January 5, 1994) was an American child ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Womanhandled
''Womanhandled'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a short story by Arthur Stringer and stars Richard Dix and Esther Ralston. Plot Bill Dana (Richard Dix) meets Mollie (Esther Ralston) in the park and is smitten. Mollie expresses admiration for the rugged men of the west, and Bill decides to go to his Uncle Lester's (Edmund Breese) ranch to man up and deserve Mollie's love. Upon arrival he finds that the west isn't quite so wild anymore, with cowboys herding cows in cars and his uncle spending a lot of time on the golf course. Bill settles in to enjoy his stay, but after a while Mollie announces she is coming for a visit. Bill and Uncle Lester cook up a plan to pass as rugged for a day or so, forcing the cowboys onto horses and dressing the servants up as Native Americans, and Mollie is fooled. When she decides to stay longer, Bill puts on a show of being too rugged. He eats with at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chickie
''Chickie'' is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and released by First National Pictures. Based on the novel of the same name by Elenore Meherin, the film was directed by John Francis Dillon and starred Dorothy Mackaill. ''Chickie'' is now considered lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, Chickie is a stenographer in New York City whose flirtations with the young lawyer in the offices across the court have enmeshed the hearts of both. Barry Dunne, the lawyer, is coveted by Ila Moore, the daughter of the head of the firm. She takes him to a party held at Bess Abbott's. There he finds Chickie, who has been brought by Janina to give a filip to the jaded tastes of bachelor millionaire Jake Munson. Disgusted at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worlds Apart (1921 Film)
''Worlds Apart'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Eugene O'Brien, Olive Tell and William H. Tooker.Monaco p.139 Cast * Eugene O'Brien as Hugh Ledyard * Olive Tell as Elinor Ashe * William H. Tooker as Peter Lester * Florence Billings as Marcia Marshall * Arthur Housman as Harley Marshall * Louise Prussing as Phyllis Leigh * Warren Cook Warren Cook (May 23, 1878 – May 2, 1939) was an American film actor of the silent era. Cook was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1901, he appeared in ''The Shaughraun'' at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston. He was part of the stock co ... as Ten Eyck References Bibliography * Monaco, James. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991. External links * 1921 films 1921 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Alan Crosland American silent feature films American black-and-white films Selznick Pictures films 1920s American films {{silent-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clothes (1920 Film)
''Clothes'' is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and distributed by the Metro Pictures company. It is based on a 1906 Broadway play, ''Clothes'', by Channing Pollock and Avery Hopwood. The play starred Grace George with a young supporting player named Douglas Fairbanks. A 1914 silent film was produced and is now lost. This 1920 version from Metro starred Olive Tell. By all accounts this version is lost as well. Plot As described in a film magazine, Olivia Sherwood (Tell), an orphan whose supposed father has left her nothing but a block of worthless mining stock, spends a fortune on clothes, her greatest weakness. Arnold West (Chadwick), who pays Olivia her income, deceives her into thinking the money is hers, scheming and hoping that one day Olivia will be his, whether he marries her or not. However, Arnold's income dwindles so fast that he is forced to tell Olivia that her income is much smaller than she thinks it is and that she will have to go slow. Mrs. Cathcart (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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