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Porter Strong
Porter Strong (1879- June 11, 1923) was an American silent film character actor. Often he appeared in ethnic humour roles as a country bumpkin or as an individual in blackface. He's best remembered for his comic relief appearances in films directed by D. W. Griffith. Since many of Griffith's films survive so has Strong's performances. He died in New York City.''Silent Film Necrology'', pg. 505 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0 Filmography *''Ham the Iceman'' (1914) *short *''The Bold Banditti and the Rah, Rah Boys'' (1914)*short *''Safety First'' (1915)*short *''The Kinship of Courage'' (1915)*short *''The Little Life Guard'' (1915)*short *''Martha's Vindication'' (1916) *''Maybe Moonshine'' (1916)*short *''Ham Agrees with Sherman'' (1916)*short *''For Sweet Charity'' (1916)*short *''Ham and the Hermit's Daughter'' (1916)*short *''Brainstorm'' (1917)*short *''A Bath House Tangle'' (1917)*short *''Even as Him and Her'' (1917)*short *''Her Whirlwind Wedding' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turning The Tables Lobby Card
Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool, typically a non-rotary tool bit, describes a helix toolpath by moving more or less linearly while the workpiece rotates. Usually the term "turning" is reserved for the generation of ''external'' surfaces by this cutting action, whereas this same essential cutting action when applied to ''internal'' surfaces (holes, of one kind or another) is called " boring". Thus the phrase "turning and boring" categorizes the larger family of processes known as lathing. The cutting of faces on the workpiece, whether with a turning or boring tool, is called "facing", and may be lumped into either category as a subset. Turning can be done manually, in a traditional form of lathe, which frequently requires continuous supervision by the operator, or by using an automated lathe which does not. Today the most common type of such automation is computer numerical control, better known as CNC. (CNC is also commonly used with many other type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Exciting Night (1922 Film)
''One Exciting Night'' is a 1922 United States, American Gothic fiction, Gothic silent film, silent mystery film directed by D. W. Griffith. The plot revolves around a series of murders on a wealthy estate and the attempts of the cast to uncover the murderer's identity. The success of both the Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood play ''The Bat'' (1920), as well as the 1922 stage play ''The Cat and the Canary'', led Griffith to write and produce his own variation on the theme, which in turn led to the production of similar "murder mystery/old dark house" films such as ''The Ghost Breaker (1922 film), The Ghost Breaker'' (1922), previously filmed by C. B. DeMille in 1914, ''The Bat (1926 film), The Bat'' (1926) based on the The Bat (play), 1920 play, ''Midnight Faces'' (1926), ''The Cat and the Canary (1927 film), The Cat and the Canary'' (1927), ''The Old Dark House (1932 film), The Old Dark House'' (1932) and even the fabled ''London After Midnight (film), London After Midni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors From Missouri
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
