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Philip Hatkin
Philip Hatkin was a Latvia-born cinematographer who worked in Hollywood during the early silent era. He shot dozens of films between 1915 and 1921. He frequently collaborated with directors like George Archainbaud and Harley Knoles. Biography Philip was born in Riga, Latvia (at that time part of the Russian Empire), to Hessel Hatkin and Sadie Sachs. He came to the United States with his family around 1893, according to census records. Before he began working as a cinematographer at World Film Corporation, he was a photographer for over a decade. He was a member of the Cinema Camera Club in New York City. In 1922, he returned to New York City after spending two years in Europe for work. He died in the Bronx a year later. He and his wife, Rebecca Levine, had a daughter named Goldie. Selected filmography * '' The Old Nest'' (1921) * ''Carnival'' (1921) * ''The Great Shadow'' (1920) * ''A Romantic Adventuress'' (1920) * ''Half an Hour'' (1920) * '' Guilty of Love'' (1920) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Archainbaud
George Archainbaud (May 7, 1890 – February 20, 1959) was a French-American film and television director. Biography In the beginning of his career he worked on stage as an actor and manager. He came to the United States in January 1914, and started his film career as an assistant director to Emile Chautard at the World Film Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1917 he made his own directorial debut '' As Man Made Her''. During the next three and a half decades he directed over one hundred films. After the beginning of the 1950s he moved to television. While working at RKO Radio Pictures in the beginning of the 1930s, he showed some artistic and skillful eye with many of his films. The finest examples include ''Thirteen Women'' (1932), a story of ethnic discrimination and revenge, with Myrna Loy as a half-caste Hindu; ''The Lost Squadron'' (1932), a memorable thriller about Hollywood stunt flyers, who risk their lives under the direction of monstrous Erich von Stroheim; ''Peng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Maid Of Belgium
''A Maid of Belgium'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Alice Brady, Louise de Rigney and George MacQuarrie.Parish & Pitts p.7 Cast * Alice Brady as Adoree * Louise de Rigney as Claire Hudson * George MacQuarrie as Roger Hudson * Richard Clarke as Rollins * Lotta Burnell as Joan * Tony Merlo Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ... as Dr. Thorn References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by George Archainbaud American black-and-white films World Film Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cinematographers
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1923 Deaths
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1885 Births
Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant, on Mary Gartside. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles Dow publishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Men She Married
''The Men She Married'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Travers Vale and starring Gail Kane, Arthur Ashley and Montagu Love.Katchmer p.476 Cast * Gail Kane as Beatrice Raymond * Arthur Ashley as Ralph Semple * Montagu Love as Jerry Trainer * Louise Bates as Ada Semple * Muriel Ostriche Muriel Ostriche (born Muriel Henrietta Oestrich, May 24, 1896 – May 3, 1989) was an American silent film actress. Following tryouts with the Biograph and Pathe studios, Ostriche signed with Eclair for $5 per day. After a year and a hal ... as Edith Trainer References Bibliography * George A. Katchmer. ''Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known''. McFarland, 1991. External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Travers Vale World Film Company films 1910s American films {{1910s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Passport
''The Yellow Passport'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama produced and distributed by the World Film Company. Based on Michael Morton's 1914 Broadway play of the same title, it was directed by Edwin August and starred Clara Kimball Young. On the stage the lead characters were played by Florence Reed and John Barrymore. Morton's story was filmed several times in the silent era and made as ''The Yellow Ticket'' in 1931 with Lionel Barrymore and Elissa Landi. A rerelease title for this film was ''The Badge of Shame''. Plot Sonia Sokoloff, a young Jewish girl in the Russian Empire, is forced to pretend to be a prostitute to obtain a passport (a "yellow ticket") in order to visit her father, whom she believes to be ill. When she arrives in Petrograd, she learns that her father has been killed. She encounters a young journalist and tells him of the crimes the State perpetrates against its citizens. Cast *Clara Kimball Young as Sonia Sokoloff *Edwin August as Adolph Rosenheimer *Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Forgot (1917 Film)
''The Man Who Forgot'' is a lost 1917 silent film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Robert Warwick. This movie is an adaptation of the book of the same name by James Hay. Cast *Robert Warwick - The Man (aka John Smith) *Doris Kenyon - Edith Mallon *Gerda Holmes - The Woman, (or Mary Leslie *Alex Shannon - Al Simpson (*billed Alex K. Shannon) *Ralph Delmore - Senator Mallon *John Reinhardt - Charles Waller *Frederick Truesdell Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick ... - Congressman Mannersley (*as Frederick C. Truesdell) Plot An opium addict living in China decides to return home to the United States, only to become addicted to alcohol. He decides to stop drinking after forgetting his past and realizing what he has become. He changes his name to John Smith and starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Man Made Her
''As Man Made Her'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Gail Kane, Frank Mills and Gerda Holmes.Langman p.324 Cast * Gail Kane as Claire Wilson * Frank Mills as Mason Forbes * Gerda Holmes as Grace Hughes * Edward Langford Edward Langford was an actor in American films and theater productions. He was paired in films with Alice Brady. In the 1910s, Langford acted with a company headed by Eleanor Gordon. Filmography *''The Leopardess'' (1923) *'' The Crimson Cross' ... as Harold Forbes * Miss Layton as Claire's Maid * Miss McDonald as Nurse References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by George Archainbaud American black-and-white films World Film Company films Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moral Courage (film)
''Moral Courage'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Romaine Fielding and starring Muriel Ostriche, Arthur Ashley and Edward Elkas.Langman p.192 Cast * Muriel Ostriche as Mary McClinton * Arthur Ashley as Chadwick Anson * Edward Elkas as Joshua Anson * Clarence Elmer as Willie McDonald * Robert Forsyth as Angus McClinton * Julia Stuart as Nancy Somers * Richard Turner as Baggot * Edmund Cobb Edmund Fessenden Cobb (June 23, 1892 – August 15, 1974) was an American actor who appeared in more than 620 films between 1912 and 1966. Biography Cobb was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of William Henry Cobb and Eddie (Edmundi ... as Walter Green References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Romaine Fielding American black-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Pluck
''Yankee Pluck'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Ethel Clayton, Montagu Love, and Johnny Hines.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 149 Cast * Ethel Clayton as Polly Pollard * Edward Langford as Lieutenant Richard Travers * Johnny Hines as Lieutenant Tommy Patterson * Montagu Love as Baron Wootchi * Eric Wayne as George Henry Singleton * Charles Bowser (actor), Charles Bowser as John Pollard * Isette Monroe as Mrs. Madison Derwent References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by George Archainbaud American black-and-white films World Film Company films Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The False Friend
''The False Friend'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry Davenport and starring Robert Warwick, Gail Kane and Jack Drumier.Parish p.157 Cast * Robert Warwick as William Ramsdell * Gail Kane as Virginia Farrell * Jack Drumier as Robert Farrell * Earl Schenck as De Witt Clinton * P.J. Rollow as J. Carleton Clinton * Lewis Edgard as Byron * Pinna Nesbit Pinna Nesbit (November 26, 1896 – March 31, 1950) was a Canadian silent film actress. She was married three times and had an affair with King Edward VIII, when he was Prince of Wales. Her first husband, Harley Knoles, directed several of her fil ... as Marietta References Bibliography * James Robert Parish. ''Hollywood character actors''. Arlington House, 1978. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Harry Davenport American black-and-white films World Film Company films 1910s Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
