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Paul McAllister
Paul McAllister (June 30, 1875 – July 8, 1955), was an American film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1913 and 1940. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to .... Filmography External links * 1875 births 1955 deaths American male film actors 20th-century American male actors Male actors from New York City {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Still
A film still (sometimes called a publicity still or a production still) is a photograph, taken on or off the set of a Film, movie or television program during Film production, production. These photographs are also taken in formal studio settings and venues of opportunity such as film stars' homes, film debut events, and commercial settings. The photos were taken by movie stills photographer, studio photographers for Promotion (marketing), promotional purposes. Such stills consisted of posed portraits, used for public display or free fan handouts, which are sometimes autographed. They can also consist of posed or candid images taken on the set during production, and may include stars, crew members or directors at work. The main purpose of such publicity stills is to help studios advertise and promote their new films and stars. Studios therefore send those photos along with press kits and free passes to as many movie-related publications as possible so as to gain free publicity. Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Columbus (1923 Film)
''Christopher Columbus'' (german: Christoph Columbus) is a 1923 German silent historical film directed by Márton Garas and starring Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann and Tamara Duvan. It depicts the Discovery of America by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. Cast In alphabetical order * Albert Bassermann - Columbus * Elsa Bassermann - Columbus's wife * Tamara Duvan - Queen Isabella * Arpad Odry * Imre Pethes - King Ferdinand II. * Ludwig Rethey - Guardian of La Rábida * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur - Duke of Medina-Celli * Ferenc Szécsi - Diego * Carola Toelle Carola Toelle (born Henriette Dorothea Helene Karola Toelle; 2 April 1893 – 28 January 1958) was a German stage and film actress. She was the elder sister of the actress Uschi Elleot. Selected filmography * '' Johannes Goth'' (1920) * ''Haza ... - Maria, Tochter des Herzogs Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of Sergeant Grischa (film)
''The Case of Sergeant Grischa'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Herbert Brenon, based on the German novel of the same name by Arnold Zweig. John Tribby was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording. No known copy of this film exists and is considered lost, the only sound film to have won an Oscar and subsequently suffered this fate. Plot Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin of the Imperial Russian Army has been captured by the Imperial German Army during World War I, and is interned in a prisoner-of-war camp. When his chance comes to escape, he takes it, ending up staying with a young Russian refugee, Babka. However, after a time, he longs to return to his home in Russia. Babka, even though she has fallen in love with him, agrees to help him. Since he cannot travel under his real name, being an escaped POW, Babka obtains the credentials of a dead Russian soldier, Bjuscheff. After leaving Babka's, on his way back to his home in Russia, he stops at a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline (1929 Film)
''Evangeline'' is a 1929 American silent film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Dolores del Río. An Arthur Hopkins produced play made it to Broadway in 1913. It is the last silent film version of the 1847 poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This film was released with a Vitaphone disc selection of dialogue, music, and sound effects. Cast *Dolores del Río as Evangeline *Roland Drew as Gabriel *Alec B. Francis as Father Felician * Donald Reed as Baptiste *Paul McAllister as Benedict Bellefontaine * James A. Marcus as Basil *George F. Marion as Rene LeBlanc *Bobby Mack as Michael *Louis Payne William Louis Payne (January 13, 1873 – August 14, 1953) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as legitimate theater. Biography Born in Pennsylvania, Payne's acting life began in the first decade of the 1 ... as Governor-General * Lee Shumway as Colonel Winslow References External links * * * ''Evangeline''; lobby poster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah's Ark (1928 Film)
''Noah's Ark'' is a 1928 American epic romantic melodramatic disaster film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Dolores Costello and George O'Brien. The story is by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film was released by the Warner Bros. studio. It is representative of the transition from silent movies to "talkies", although it is essentially a hybrid film known as a part-talkie, which used the new Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. Most scenes are silent with a synchronized music score and sound effects, in particular the biblical ones, while some scenes have dialogue. Plot After the Great Flood, Noah and his family are seen outside of the Ark praising the Lord, followed by depictions of the building of the Tower of Babel, the worshipping of the golden calf, and then the eve of World War I, where a bankrupted trader shoots his uncaring stockbroker. In 1914, American playboy Travis and his New York taxi driver buddy Al are traveling aboard the " Oriental Express" train. Travis helps a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Killing (1928 Film)
''The Big Killing'' is a 1928 American comedy silent film directed by F. Richard Jones and written by Frank Butler. The film stars Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Anders Randolf, Mary Brian, Gardner James, Lane Chandler and Paul McAllister. The film was released on July 1, 1928, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Wallace Beery as Powderhorn Pete * Raymond Hatton as Deadeye Dan * Anders Randolf as Old Man Beagle * Mary Brian as Old Man Beagle's Daughter, Mary Beagle *Gardner James as Jim Hicks * Lane Chandler as George Hicks * Paul McAllister as Old Man Hicks *James Mason as First Beagle Son * Ralph Yearsley as Second Beagle Son *Ethan Laidlaw Ethan Allen Laidlaw (November 25, 1899 – May 25, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 350 films and made more than 500 appearances on television, mainly uncredited in Westerns, between 1923 and 1962. Laidlaw was bor ... as Third Beagle Son * Leo Willis as Fourth Beagle Son *Buck Moulton as Fifth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorrell And Son (1927 Film)
''Sorrell and Son'' is a 1927 American silent drama film released on December 2, 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at the 1st Academy Awards the following year. The film was based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping, ''Sorrell and Son'', which became and remained a bestseller throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The screenplay was adapted by Elizabeth Meehan. It was written and directed by Herbert Brenon. Filming took place in England. Remake The story has been remade twice, once in 1934 as '' Sorrell and Son'', with H.B. Warner repeating his role as Stephen Sorrell, and once as a British television serial in 1984. Preservation status The 1927 version was considered a lost film for many years. However, the Academy Film Archive restored both an almost-complete copy of ''Sorrell and Son'' and a trailer for the film, in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Cast * H. B. Warner as Stephen Sorrell * Anna Q. Nilsson as Dora Sorrell * Mickey McBa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's A Sheik
''She's a Sheik'' is a 1927 American silent comedy adventure film produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and starring Bebe Daniels. A 16mm print of the film was rediscovered in 2017 by Kevin Brownlow. Retrieved November 18, 2022. Story Likable sendup comedy uses many of the elements and pokes fun at the Valentino 'sheik' films with the exception that a woman, played by ''Bebe Daniels'', is the protagonist.Cast * |
The Winning Of Barbara Worth
''The Winning of Barbara Worth'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Henry King, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky and Gary Cooper (who replaced Monte Blue). Based on Harold Bell Wright's novel ''The Winning of Barbara Worth'', the film is remembered for the climactic flood sequence, depicting the 1905 formation of the Salton Sea. Plot As a child, Barbara is orphaned when her settler parents perish trying to cross a California desert. She is rescued and raised by Jefferson Worth, who dreams of irrigating the desert. Fifteen years later, Willard Holmes, the chief engineer of a company intent on diverting the Colorado River to do just that, arrives and is smitten with Barbara. However, he has a rival for her affections: local cowboy Abe Lee, who realizes, toward the end of the picture, that Barbara's love for him will never be anything more than the love a sister feels for a brother. Willard Holmes's greedy employer, meanwhile, refuses to spend the money to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau Geste (1926 Film)
''Beau Geste'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and based on the 1924 novel ''Beau Geste'' by P. C. Wren. Ronald Colman stars as the title character. Plot Major de Beaujolais leads a French Foreign Legion battalion across the Sahara desert to relieve Fort Zinderneuf, reportedly besieged by Arabs. When he arrives, he receives no response from the Legionnaires manning the walls, only a single shot. He realizes they are dead. The trumpeter volunteers to scale the wall and open the gate, but after waiting 15 minutes, the major climbs inside himself. He finds the dead commandant with a note in his hand addressed to the chief of police of Scotland Yard which states that the writer is solely responsible for the theft of the "Blue Water" sapphire from Lady Patricia Brandon. Soon after, the bodies of the commandant and the man beside him disappear. Then the fort is set afire. The major sends two Americans to fetch reinforcements. The film then flashes bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Woman's Favor
''For Woman's Favor'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by O. A. C. Lund and starring Seena Owen and Henry Hull. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Howard Fiske finds himself penniless and disillusioned and deserted by June Paige, the woman he loves. His friend turns wolf and hounds him for money, demanding that he blackmail the young woman. The young man happens to read the book ''The Falcon'', whose plot resembles his life, and reads how the lover sacrifices all for the woman he loves. When June comes to obtain her letters, the hero gives them to her despite the remonstrances of his friend. June realizes the bigness of his nature and that she still loves him. Cast *Seena Owen as June Paige *Elliott Dexter as Howard Fiske *Wilton Lackaye as Bracken *Irma Harrison as The Lamb *Henry Hull as The Fool / The Lover *Paul McAllister as The Wolf * Arthur Donaldson as The Brother Preservation With no prints of ''For Woman's Favor'' located in any film archives, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhandled (1924 Film)
''Manhandled'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Gloria Swanson. The film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky at their East Coast Astoria Studios facility and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The supporting cast includes Frank Morgan. A young woman goes out partying when her hard-working boyfriend neglects her. Prints exist of this Swanson feature. Plot The shop girl Tessie McGuire is invited by her boss to a fun party. There she acts like a Russian duchess. The owner of an expensive department store hires her to attract customers. As she finds her way in the New York's higher milieu, she alienates most of her friends. Cast References External links * *at silentera.com''Manhandled'' lobby poster [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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