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One Of Many (film)
''One of Many'' is a 1917 American film written and directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Frances Nelson with Niles Welch, Mary Mersch, Caroline Harris and Harold Entwistle.Robert B. Connelly ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36'' 1998 "ONE OF MANY (1917) 5 reels COU Metro bw Frances Nelson (Shirley Bryson). Niles Welch (Harold Templeton). Mary Mersch (Emma Bryson), Caroline Harris (Mrs. Bryson). Harold Entwistle Charles Harold Entwistle was an actor on stage and in films, a manager of theaters and touring theater companies, and director from England who migrated to the United States and worked in Hollywood during and after the silent film era. In Englan ... (Wilfred Templeton) References 1917 films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Cabanne
William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor. Biography Born in 1888, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) started his career on stage as an actor and director. He appeared on-screen in dozens of short films between 1911 and 1915. He gradually became a film director and in fact one of the more prolific directors of his time (see filmography below). He signed on with the Fine Arts Film Company and was employed as an assistant to D.W. Griffith. Miriam Cooper credited him with discovering her as an extra in 1912. Cabanne directed legendary child actress Shirley Temple in ''The Red-Haired Alibi'' (1932) in her first credited role in a feature-length movie. . nytimes.com; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motography
''Motography'' was an American film journal that was first published in 1909 and ran until mid-1918. The magazine was published in 1909 and was originally named ''The Nickelodeon'',"Motography." The Bioscope. 9 Feb. 2009. Web. 4 Nov. 2015 http://thebioscope.net/2010/02/09/motography/ but then changed its name to ''Motography'' in 1911. The trade journal was published monthly by Electricity Magazine Corporation,"Motography Jan-Jun 1918." Media History Library http://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motography19elec_0770 with offices in both New York and Chicago. ''Motography'' was one of the most popular American Film trade papers, and was read primarily by individuals in the film industry, such as movie directors and movie theater owners. In 1918, Martin Quigley bought ''Motography'' merging it with ''Motion Picture Herald''. Content ''Motography'' had a variety of content that catered towards members of the film industry. The magazine often published articles on newly released mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Drama Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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American Black-and-white 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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Films
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood". __TOC__ Events *January – ''Panthea'' is released, the first film from the company that Joseph Schenck formed with his wife, Norma Talmadge, after leaving Loew's Consolidated Enterprises. *February – Buster Keaton first meets Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in New York and is hired as a co-star and gag man. *April 9 – Supreme Court of the United States rule in Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. which ends the Motion Picture Patents Company appeal and results in the end of the company. *April 23 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photoplay
''Photoplay'' was one of the first American film (another name for ''photoplay'') fan magazines. It was founded in 1911 in Chicago, the same year that J. Stuart Blackton founded '' Motion Picture Story,'' a magazine also directed at fans. For most of its run, ''Photoplay'' was published by Macfadden Publications. In 1921 ''Photoplay'' established what is considered the first significant annual movie award. The magazine ceased publication in 1980. History ''Photoplay'' began as a short fiction magazine concerned mostly with the plots and characters of films at the time and was used as a promotional tool for those films. In 1915, Julian Johnson and James R. Quirk became the editors (though Quirk had been vice president of the magazine since its inception), and together they created a format which would set a precedent for almost all celebrity magazines that followed. By 1918 the circulation exceeded 200,000, with the popularity of the magazine fueled by the public's increasing inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Entwistle
Charles Harold Entwistle was an actor on stage and in films, a manager of theaters and touring theater companies, and director from England who migrated to the United States and worked in Hollywood during and after the silent film era. In England he performed for the king and queen. He married actress Bertha Jane Ross. He was known as a character actor. He was the uncle of Peg Entwistle who died after jumping off the H in the Hollywood Sign. Filmography As an actor *'' Salomy Jane'' (1914) *''The Summer Girl'' (1916) *''The Beggar of Cawnpore'' (1916) *'' One of Many'' (1917) *'' Miss Robinson Crusoe'' (1917) *''In the Hollow of Her Hand'' (1918) *''The Divorcee'' *''The Woman Under Oath'' (1919) *''The Moonstone'' (1934) *''Paris in Spring'' (1935) As director *''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1914 film) ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' is a 1914 American silent comedy drama film directed by Harold Entwistle and starring Beatriz Michelena, Blanche Chapman and House Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Nelson (actress)
Frances Nelson (November 7, 1892 in St. Paul, Minnesota - January, 1975 in The Bronx, New York) was an American silent film actress. Selected filmography *''The Country Girl'' (1915) directed by Clem Easton, also starring George Bailey, Jim O'Neill. *''Love's Crucible'' (1916)The Moving Picture World Volume 27 - Page 401 1916 - ""The Point of View" introduces a new film star in the charming person of Frances Nelson, who is provided with an exceptionally strong and congenial part in this film version of Jules Eckert Goodman's dramatic story. Miss Nelson plays Myra, a country girl who is ardently loved by a prosaic grocery "king" but hankers for an artistic career. " *''Human Driftwood'' (1916) *''The Decoy (1916 Mutual), The Decoy'' (1916) *''The Almighty Dollar (1916 film), The Almighty Dollar'' (1916) *One of Many (film), ''One of Many'' (1917) *''The Beautiful Lie (film), The Beautiful Lie'' (1917) *''The Power of Decision'' (1917) References External links * 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
