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Quicksands (1923 Film)
''Quicksands'' is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Jack Conway, written by Howard Hawks, and starring Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix. The supporting cast features Alan Hale Sr., Noah Beery Sr. and Jean Hersholt. The film was released on February 28, 1923, by American Releasing Corporation. Plot Lt. Brill, a U.S. Army officer assigned to stop a narcotics ring on the Mexico–United States border, breaks up with his girlfriend after discovering her working as a dancer the drug kingpin 'Silent' Krupz's cantina. However, he discovers she is actually an undercover Secret Service agent working with her father Farrell at the U.S. Customs Service. The three are captured by Krupz but are rescued by the Army. Cast Production The film was shot both on a studio in Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, and on location in Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Real U.S. Army soldiers, including United States Colored Troops, were used as extras. After the American Releasing Corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Conway (filmmaker)
Hugh Ryan "Jack" Conway (July 17, 1887 – October 11, 1952) was an American film director and film producer, as well as an actor of many films in the first half of the 20th century. Biography He was born as Hugh Ryan Conway, on July 17, 1887, in Graceville, Minnesota, USA. Conway started out as an actor, joining a repertory theater group straight out of high school. He then moved into films, and in 1911, became a member of D.W. Griffith's stock company, appearing primarily in Westerns. Four years later, he made his mark as a director and gained valuable experience at Universal (1916–17 and 1921–23), before moving on to MGM in 1925. He remained there until 1948, often helming prestige assignments featuring the studio's top male star, Clark Gable: ''Boom Town'' (1940), ''Honky Tonk'' (1941), and ''The Hucksters'' (1947) – all solid box-office hits. Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors, who forsook any pretense to a specific individual style in favor of work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United States Constitution (1789). See alsTitle 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001 The oldest and most senior branch of the U.S. military in order of precedence, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which was formed 14 June 1775 to fight the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)—before the United States was established as a country. After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.Library of CongressJournals of the Continental Congress, Volume 27/ref> The United States Army considers itself to be a continuation of the Continental Army, and thus considers its institutional inception to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867 – 30 January 1953) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century. Life and career Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lily Langtry, and other famous actors. He entered in films from 1911. In total, he had some 200 titles to his film credit. He was notable as the huffy-puffy Herr Vogel the Burgomaster in ''Frankenstein'' (1931). Belmore played bit parts in several 1930s film classics. Unusually, he was a director before he became a prolific actor. He directed from 1914 to 1920, only acting in a limited number of films, until concentrating as an actor from then on. He was the brother of the actress Daisy Belmore (Mrs. Samuel Waxman) and the actors Herbert Belmore and Paul Belmore. He was the brother-in-law of actress Bertha Belmore. He was married to stage actress Emmeline Florence Carder and they had two daughters. Their daughter Violet had decided to follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Marcus (American Actor)
James A. Marcus (January 21, 1867 – October 15, 1937) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in New York City. On October 15, 1937, Marcus died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack at age 70. Marcus' most notable films include ''Regeneration'', ''Oliver Twist'' and '' Sadie Thompson''. Partial filmography * ''Regeneration'' (1915) * ''Carmen'' (1915) * '' Blue Blood and Red'' (1916) * '' The Serpent'' (1916) * '' The Honor System'' (1917) * '' Betrayed'' (1917) * '' The Conqueror'' (1917) * '' The Pride of New York'' (1917) * '' The Prussian Cur'' (1918) * ''On the Jump'' (1918) * ''Evangeline'' (1919) - Basil * ''The Strongest'' (1920) * ''Oliver Twist'' (1922) * ''The Strangers' Banquet'' (1922) * ''Come on Over'' (1922) as Carmody * ''Beau Brummel'' (1924) * '' The Iron Horse'' (1924) * ''Dick Turpin'' (1925) * ''The Goose Hangs High'' (1925) * '' Lightnin''' (1925) * '' The Fighting Heart'' (1925) * ''The E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Stevens (actor)
Edwin Stevens (August 16, 1860 – January 3, 1923) was an American stage and film actor.Langman p.25 He also directed several films during the silent era. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Man Inside'' (1916) * ''The Devil's Toy'' (1916) * '' The Yellow Menace'' (1916) * '' The Squaw Man'' (1918) * '' Cheating Cheaters'' (1919) * ''The Lone Wolf's Daughter'' (1919) * ''The Crimson Gardenia'' (1919) * '' The Homebreaker'' (1919) * ''Faith'' (1919) * ''Upstairs'' (1919) * '' The Profiteers'' (1919) * ''Love Insurance'' (1919) * ''Her Kingdom of Dreams'' (1919) * ''Sahara'' (1919) * ''The Unpardonable Sin'' (1919) * ''Duds'' (1920) * ''Passion's Playground'' (1920) * '' The Figurehead'' (1920) * ''Her Unwilling Husband'' (1920) * ''Her First Elopement'' (1920) * '' The Charm School'' (1921) * ''The Sting of the Lash'' (1921) * ''What's Worth While?'' (1921) * ''One Wild Week'' (1921) * ''The Dollar-a-Year Man'' (1921) * ''Crazy to Marry'' (1921) * '' Everything for Sale'' (1921 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Campeau
Frank Campeau (December 14, 1864 – November 5, 1943) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1911 and 1940 and made many appearances in films starring Douglas Fairbanks. On Broadway, Campeau appeared in ''Rio Grande'' (1916), ''Believe Me Xantippe'' (1913), ''The Ghost Breaker'' (1913), and ''The Virginian'' (1904). Campeau's screen debut came in the one-reel western film ''Kit Carson's Wooing''. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Filmography * ''Jordan Is a Hard Road'' (1915) - Bill Minden * '' The Wood Nymph'' (1916) - David Arnold * ''Intolerance'' (1916) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Heart of Texas Ryan'' (1917) - 'Dice' McAllister * ''The Man from Painted Post'' (1917) - 'Bull' Madden * '' Reaching for the Moon'' (1917) - Black Boris * '' A Modern Musketeer'' (1917) - Chin-de-dah * '' Headin' South'' (1918) - Spanish Joe * '' Mr. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dyer (actor)
William J. Dyer (March 11, 1881 – December 22, 1933) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in dozens of films, mostly Westerns and action films, between 1915 and 1933. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and died in Hollywood, California. He was also credited as William Dyer and Bill Dyer. Selected filmography *''Broken Fetters'' (1916) * '' The Great Problem'' (1916) *'' Two Seats at the Opera'' (1916) *''Black Orchids'' (1917) *''Triumph'' (1917) *''Anything Once'' (1917) * '' Come Through'' (1917) * ''The Reward of the Faithless'' (1917) * '' '49–'17'' (1917) *''Madame Sphinx'' (1918) *'' All Night'' (1918) *'' The Red Glove'' (1919) *''The Four-Bit Man'' (1919) *'' The Trail of the Octopus'' (1919) * '' The Mayor of Filbert'' (1919) *''The Screaming Shadow'' (1920) *''The Courage of Marge O'Doone'' (1920) * ''The Sheriff of Hope Eternal'' (1921) * ''Cyclone Bliss'' (1921) * '' Cupid's Brand'' (1921) * ''The Silent Call'' (1921) * '' Fightin' Mad'' (1921) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Curtis (actor)
Jack Curtis (May 28, 1880 – March 16, 1956) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in San Francisco, California, and died in Hollywood, California. Curtis performed on stage and in vaudeville before he began working in films in 1915. Curtis was married to actress Anna Chandler. Their daughter, Beatrice Antoinette Curtis, performed in vaudeville. Partial filmography * ''Graft'' (1915) * '' Secret Love'' (1916) * ''The Woman's Law'' (1916) * ''The Secret of the Swamp'' (1916) * ''It Happened in Honolulu'' (1916) * '' The Iron Hand'' (1916) * ''The Yaqui'' (1916) * ''Up or Down?'' (1917) * ''Broadway Arizona'' (1917) * ''Mutiny'' (1917) * ''The Greater Law'' (1917) * ''Southern Justice'' (1917) * '' God's Crucible'' (1917) * '' Little Red Decides'' (1918) * '' The Golden Fleece'' (1918) * ''The Last Rebel'' (1918) * '' Treat 'Em Rough'' (1919) * ''The Coming of the Law'' (1919) * '' The Pest'' (1919) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (actor)
Walter Huntley Long (March 5, 1879 – July 4, 1952) was an American character actor in films from the 1910s. Career Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Long appeared in nearly 200 films. Long debuted in films in 1909 with Broncho Billy Anderson. He disliked the working conditions for making films, so after that project he returned to acting on stage. He appeared in many D. W. Griffith films, notably ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915), where he appeared as Gus, an African American, in blackface make-up, and ''Intolerance'' (1916). He also supported Rudolph Valentino in the films '' The Sheik,'' '' Moran of the Lady Letty,'' and '' Blood and Sand.'' He later appeared as a comic villain in four Laurel and Hardy films during the early 1930s. On Broadway, Long appeared in ''Adonis'' (1899), ''Leave It to Me!'' (1938), ''Very Warm for May'' (1939), ''Boys and Girls Together'' (1940), ''Follow the Girls'' (1944), and ''Toplitzky of Notre Dame'' (1946). Personal life In 1908, Long marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis King
Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Citwf.com; accessed July 23, 2015. Biography King was born in Christiansburg, Virginia. His name was also written as L.H. King and Lewis King. A brother of director Henry King (director), Henry King, he entered the film business in 1919 as a character actor. He specialized in villains and blusterers. He began his career as a director of a series of westerns in the 1920s under the name of Lewis King: ''The Bantam Cowboy'' (1928), ''The Fightin' Redhead'' (1928), ''The Pinto Kid'' (1928), ''The Little Buckaroo'' (1928), ''The Slingshot Kid'' (1927), ''The Boy Rider'' (1927), ''Montana Bill'' (1921), ''Pirates of the West'' (1921), and ''The Gun Runners'' (1921). He directed action adventures and wester ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardee Kirkland
Hardee Kirkland (May 23, 1868 – February 18, 1929) was an American film actor and film director, director of the silent film, silent era who appeared on stage. Kirkland was born in Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, the son of former Confederate Brigadier General William Whedbee Kirkland and the older brother of the actress Elizabeth Kirkland, who performed as Odette Tyler. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1915 and 1925. He also directed more than 30 films between 1912 and 1914. He died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 60. Selected filmography As a director * ''The Awakening (1912) * ''The Clue'' (1913) * ''The Empty Studio'' (1913) * ''Her Bitter Lesson'' (1912) * ''The Voice of Warning'' (1912) * ''The Lost Inheritance'' (1912) * ''A Man Among Men'' (1912) * ''The Fire Fighter's Love'' (1912) * ''Prompted by Jealousy'' (1913) * ''The Clue'' (1913) * ''The Empty Studio'' (1913) * ''Don't Let Mother Know'' (1913) * ''The Pink Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Sutherland
Dick Sutherland (born Archibald Thomas Johnson, December 23, 1881 – February 3, 1934) was an American film actor, active mostly during the silent film era. Born in Benton, Kentucky, in 1881, Sutherland appeared in more than 70 films between 1921 and 1932. Sutherland died at his home in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack, at the age of 52. He was survived by his wife, Verba, and three sons, Harry, Everett, and Lester. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery. His distinctive facial features were a result of acromegaly. at lordheath.com Partial filmography 
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