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Percy Marmont
Percy Marmont (25 November 1883 – 3 March 1977) was an English film actor. Biography Marmont appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1968. A veteran film actor by 1923, he scored a big hit that year in ''If Winter Comes'', later remade by MGM in 1947 as ''If Winter Comes''. He is best remembered today for playing the title character in ''Lord Jim'' (1925), the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel, and for playing one of Clara Bow's love interests in the Paramount Pictures film '' Mantrap'' (1926). He was born and died in London, England. Marmont had two daughters with his wife Dorothy, Patricia Marmont, an actress then theatrical agent at one time married to actor Nigel Green, and Pamela, a stage actress married to actor Moray Watson. Filmography * '' De Voortrekkers'' (1916) as Horseman (uncredited) * ''The Monk and the Woman'' (1917) as Brother Paul * '' Rose of the World'' (1918) as Lieutenant Belhune * '' The Lie'' (1918) as Nol Dibdin * ''The Turn of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Marmont
Patricia Eileen Marmont (9 August 1921 – 3 December 2020) was an American-born British actress in Hollywood films and on television, and a theatrical agent. Marmont's best known role was as the Trojan princess Andromache in the 1956 film ''Helen of Troy''. She played Lady de Courcier in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' episode "The Miser" (1956). Life and career Marmont was born in August 1921 in Beechhurst, Queens, New York, the daughter of film actor Percy Marmont. During World War II, she served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and was stationed in England. In 1949, she starred opposite Cary Grant in the 1949 film ''I Was a Male War Bride'', in which she portrayed a lieutenant from Boston, Massachusetts based in England during wartime. For a period, she was married to character actor Nigel Green. The two later divorced, and Green died from an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets in 1972. She retired from acting in the 1970s and relocated to London. During this period, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Men And A Girl
''Three Men and a Girl'' is a lost 1919 American romantic comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Marguerite Clark. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the off-Broadway play ''The Three Bears'' by Edward Childs Carpenter. Plot As described in a film magazine, Sylvia Weston (Clark) is a capricious young woman who says "I do NOT" when she leaves a rich groom at the altar. She runs away in her bridal gown to a bungalow she owns at Loon Lake, only to find it occupied by three men with grudges against women. They expel her and her old nurse to a nearby cabin and stake out a line over which the women are not to cross. One by one the three men come to love Sylvia. The two older men, thinking that she is unhappily married, propose to adopt her and provide her with some clothes other than her bridal gown and swimming suit, which is all she has at the cabin. The younger one, however, is wiser and wins her in the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Woman
''The First Woman'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Glen Lyons and starring Mildred Harris, Percy Marmont and Lloyd Hammond.Munden p.248 Cast * Mildred Harris as The Girl * Percy Marmont as Paul Marsh * Lloyd Hammond Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr. (born January 16, 1952) is a Gulfstream test pilot, a former United States Air Force officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew on two Space Shuttle missions. Education Hammond was born on January 16, 1952, in Savanna ... as Jack Gordon * Donald Blakemore as Tom Markham * Oliver La Baddie as Professor Bazzufi * Wallace Baker as Eloysius Bangs * Andrew Hicks as Mr. Sham * A. West as Judge Stone * Joseph G. Portell as Jacquis * Hubert La Baddie as Murat * Corydon W. Hatt as The Priest * Walter Orr as James * Ernest Blasdell as Detective * Stephen Geitz as Police Sergeant * Mrs. J. Montgomery as Mrs. Giggleton * Betty Hall as Marie * Flora Arline Arle as Elsa References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife Against Wife
''Wife Against Wife'' is a 1921 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and written by Dorothy Farnum. It is based on the 1911 play ''The Price'' by George Broadhurst. The film stars Pauline Starke, Percy Marmont, Edward Langford, Emily Fitzroy and Ottola Nesmith. The film was released on September 12, 1921, by First National Pictures, Associated First National Pictures. Cast *Pauline Starke as Gabrielle Gautier *Percy Marmont as Stannard Dole *Edward Langford as Dr. Ethan Bristol *Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Dole *Ottola Nesmith as Florence Bromley References External links * {{IMDb title, 0179529, Wife Against Wife 1921 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films First National Pictures films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Whitman Bennett 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Benefit Of Clergy
''Without Benefit of Clergy'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by James Young and featuring Virginia Brown Faire, Thomas Holding and Boris Karloff. It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling. A print of the film still exists at the UCLA Film and Television Archives and at Archives Du Film Du CNC (Bois D'Arcy/Paris). Plot Holden, a young English engineer in India, falls in love with the native girl Ameera, so he buys her from her mother. Their marital union violates the strict social structure they live in. They live together very happily until their baby son dies. Later, Ameera dies during a cholera epidemic. The film's tagline was "The deathless drama of Ameera, the Hindu girl, and the British engineer, whose "love need no caste." (Print Ad in the Sunday Chronicle, ((Paterson, NJ)) 4 September 1921) Cast * Virginia Brown Faire as Ameera * Thomas Holding as Holden, an American engineer in India * Evelyn Selbie as Ameera's mother * Boris Karloff as Ahmed Khan * Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Penalty
''Love's Penalty'' is a 1921 American drama film written and directed by John Gilbert. The film stars Hope Hampton, Irma Harrison, Mrs. Phillip Landau, Percy Marmont, John B. O'Brien, and Virginia Valli. The film was released in June 1921, by Associated First National Pictures. Plot In this melodramatic silent film, Janis Clayton (Hope Hampton) seeks revenge for the death of her sister Sally (Irma Harrison) and mother Martha (Mrs. Phillip Landau). To accomplish this, Janis becomes the personal secretary of Steven Saunders (Percy Marmont), the man responsible for their deaths, and seduces him. She then convinces Saunders to murder his wife (Virginia Vallie) by sending her to Europe on a ship destined for dangerous waters. After the ship sinks, Janis reveals her plan to ruin him. Saunders is furious and attempts to kill her, but he is shot by a Bohemian artist whose wife and child also died in the shipwreck. After all is done, Janis lives as an outcast and eventually finds sanctu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Your Reputation Worth?
''What's Your Reputation Worth?'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Webster Campbell and starring Corinne Griffith, Percy Marmont, and Leslie Roycroft. Cast * Corinne Griffith as Cara Deene * Percy Marmont as Anthony Blake * Leslie Roycroft as Wallace Trant * George Howard as Kent Jerrold * Robert Gaillard as Mr. Pettus * Jane Jennings Jane Jennings was an American actress known for playing older motherly characters. In a 1918 edition of ''Motion Picture News'' she is described as a sweet looking little woman. Famous Players was one of the studios where she worked. She is on t ... as Mrs. Pettus * Louise Prussing as Mrs. Blake References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links *lantern slideWayback Machine) 1921 films 1921 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Webster Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1920 Film)
''Dead Men Tell No Tales'' is a 1920 American silent adventure film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Catherine Calvert. It was produced by Terriss and the Vitagraph Company of America with distribution by Vitagraph. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Dead Men Tell No Tales'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References External links * *Lantern slideat silenthollywood.com 1920 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost American films Films directed by Tom Terriss Vitagraph Studios films American adventure films 1920 adventure films 1920s American films Silent adventure films {{silent-adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Branded Woman
''The Branded Woman'' is a 1920 American silent drama film released by First National Pictures. It stars Norma Talmadge who also produced the film along with her husband Joseph Schenck through their production company, Norma Talmadge Productions. The film is based on a 1917 Broadway play ''Branded'', by Oliver D. Bailey and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Albert Parker who also directed. Plot As described in a film magazine, Ruth Sawyer (Talmadge) is the unhappy victim of a notorious marriage between her parents. Her grandfather Judge Whitlock (Fawcett) disowns his son and makes the wife Dot Belmar (Studdiford) swear never to claim her daughter. The judge adopts Ruth under the name Sawyer and is known to her only as her guardian. Dot is now associated with Velvet Craft (Serrano) who runs a gambling house. Dot decides to hit at the judge through Ruth by breaking her promise and goes to see her at a fashionable boarding school. Dot is recognized as a notorious woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Away Goes Prudence
''Away Goes Prudence'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This picture was directed by John S. Robertson and starred Billie Burke. Screenwriter Josephine Lovett provided a story direct for the screen. This is now considered a lost film. Wayback) Cast * as Prudence Thorne * as Hewitt Harland * |
The Sporting Duchess (1920 Film)
''The Sporting Duchess'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Alice Joyce. It is based on the 1895 play '' The Sporting Duchess'' by Henry Hamilton, Cecil Raleigh, and Augustus Thomas. It was produced and released by the Vitagraph Company of America. Cast *Alice Joyce as Muriel, Duchess of Desborough *Percy Marmont as Douglas, Duke of Desborough *Gustav von Seyffertitz as Major Roland Mostyn *Edith Campbell as Mrs. Delmaine *Lionel Pape as Captain Cyprian Streatfield *John Goldsworthy as Rupert Leigh *Dan Comfort as Harold *May McAvoy as Mary Alymer *Robert Agnew Robert Agnew (June 4, 1899 – November 8, 1983) was an American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era, making 65 films in both the silent and sound eras. He was born in Dayton, Kentucky. A review of ''The Heart of Broadway'' i ... as Dick Hammond * William H. Turner as Joseph Aylmer *Edward Keenan as Jockey *C. T. Elmer References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaves Of Pride
''Slaves of Pride'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Alice Joyce, Percy Marmont and Gustav von Seyffertitz.Langman p.155 Cast * Alice Joyce as Patricia Leeds * Percy Marmont as Brewster Howard * Templar Saxe as Captain Apple * Louise Beaudet as Mrs. Leeds * Gustav von Seyffertitz Gustav von Seyffertitz (4 August 1862 – 25 December 1943) was a German film actor and director. He settled in the United States. He was born in Haimhausen, Bavaria, and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 81. Biography Gustav von Seyffertit ... as John Reynolds * Charles A. Stevenson as Jason Leeds References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Terwilliger Vitagraph Studios films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |