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Rex Motion Picture Company
Rex Motion Picture Company was an early film production company in the United States. History After Edwin S. Porter's short-lived ''Defender Film Company'' failed, The Rex Motion Picture Company was established by Edwin S. Porter, Joseph Engel, and William Swanson. Rex, based at 573–579 11th Avenue, New York City. produced dozens of films from 1910 into 1917. It adopted a crown emblem. Lois Weber established herself in the film industry at Rex. Rex acquired Gem Motion Picture Company film properties and released them in 1912 under its own banner and later Universal's. Rex was one of the studios that combined to form Universal Pictures under Carl Laemmle's leadership. Filmography * '' By the Light of the Moon (film)'' (1911) * ''Leaves in the Storm'' (1912), extant * '' The Fine Feathers (1912), extant * '' A Japanese Idyll'' (1912), extant * '' The Honor of the Family'' (1912), lost * ''Suspense (1913 film)'', extant * ''Symphony of Souls'' (1914) * ''The Heart of the Hills'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Motion Picture Company Ad In Moving Picture News (1911) (IA Movingpicturenew04unse) (page 88 Crop)
Rex may refer to: * Rex (title) (Latin: king, ruler, monarch), a royal title ** King of Rome (Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom People * Rex (given name), for people with the given name * Rex (surname), for people with the surname * Rex (artist), American gay pornographic artist * Rex (singer), Li Xinyi (born 1998), Chinese singer and songwriter * Rex King (wrestler), Timothy Well (1961–2017), American professional wrestler * Mad Dog Rex, professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling Places * Rex, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Rex, North Carolina, a census-designated place in the United States * Rex River, Washington, United States * Mount Rex, an isolated mountain in Antarctica * Port Rex Technical High School , a technical high school in South Africa. Animals * ''-rex'', a taxonomic suffix used to describe certain large animals * Rex (dog), once owned by Ronald Reagan * Rex (search and rescue dog), a dog that r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspense (1913 Film)
''Suspense'' is a 1913 American silent short film thriller directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Weber also wrote the scenario and stars in the film with Valentine Paul. The film features early examples of a split screen shot and a car chase. The Internet Movie Database lists Lon Chaney as having an unconfirmed and uncredited brief role; however, this is disputed by silentera.com, which states "Despite attributions to the contrary, Lon Chaney does not appear in the film." A print of the film is preserved at the film archive of the British Film Institute. In 2020, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot A servant leaves a new mother with only a written letter of notice, placing her key under the doormat as she leaves. Her exit attracts the attention of a tramp to the house. As the husband has previously phoned that he is working late, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct American Film Studios
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Mass Media Companies Disestablished In 1917
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media Companies Established In 1910
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unmasked (1917 Film)
''Unmasked'' is a 1917 dramatic silent film, one of several successes produced by Grace Cunard and Francis Ford. As was common with other female filmmakers of the time, Cunard co-wrote, co-starred and co-directed the film. A short 35 second clip is available on YouTube. In 2014, ''Unmasked'' was selected to the United States National Film Registry The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB’s inception ... as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". References External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent short films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films United States National Film Registry films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Purposes (film)
''Cross Purposes'' is a 1916 American short drama silent black and white film directed by William Worthington and written by Bess Meredyth. It was produced by Rex Motion Picture Company and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast * Jessie Arnold as Lisa * Jack Connolly as John Standing *William Canfield William Canfield is a glycobiologist, chief scientific officer and founder of an Oklahoma City-based biotechnology company, Novazyme, which was acquired by Genzyme Genzyme was an American biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts ... as The Grand Duke References External links * {{IMDb title, 0321857 Films directed by William Worthington Films with screenplays by Bess Meredyth American silent short films 1916 short films Silent American drama films 1916 drama films 1916 films Universal Pictures short films 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stronger Mind
''The Stronger Mind'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney, Murdock MacQuarrie and Pauline Bush. Chaney did not routinely work for the United production unit at Universal, and was obviously sent over as a one-time loan-out for this production. It is now considered to be a lost film. A still exists showing MacQuarrie and Chaney as the two bank robbers. Like many American films of the time, ''The Stronger Mind'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors in 1918 required cuts in Reel 1 of the burglar sandpapering his pal's fingers and of the burglars working on the safe. Plot A Crook and his Pal are interrupted while trying to rob a bank and are forced to split up. Fearing capture, the Crook leaves town and hides out in a Western mining town. There he meets the Girl, who folks call the "Good Angel" because he devotes her life looking after the needs of others. The Croo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All For Peggy
''All for Peggy'' is a 1915 American silent drama short film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by his wife Ida May Park and featuring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush. The film is now considered to be lost. Lon Chaney had a very small role in the film. A still exists showing Lon Chaney in the role of Seth, the stable groom. Plot Peggy Baldwin is engaged to Will Brandon, whose wealthy father James Brandon does not approve of his son marrying Peggy because he considers her to be of low station. The senior Brandon is the owner of a race horse named Ladybird, and Peggy's father Seth Baldwin (Lon Chaney) is the stable groom for the horse. Will makes a bet with his father that if Ladybird wins the race the following day, he will break off his engagement to Peggy. But if Ladybird loses the race, Will is free to marry Peggy. Will finds out that his father has inside information however that Ladybird is a sure winner and feels like he was tricked. So Will plans to fix the race by asking Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alas And Alack
''Alas and Alack'' is a 1915 American silent drama short film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney and Cleo Madison. An incomplete print of the film survives in the BFI National Archive (one source states the last six minutes of the film are missing). Chaney showed off his makeup expertise in this film playing a dual role in the film, as both Jess' fisherman husband and "Hunchback Fate" in the fairy tale portion of the film (see Plot). A still exists showing Chaney as the hunchbacked fisherman. Plot Jess is the wife of a poor hunchbacked fisherman (Lon Chaney). She daydreams of being very rich after she sees a beautiful yacht in the harbor. The yacht anchors near the beach while Jess is laboriously mending nets for her husband. The yacht is owned by the wealthy Mr. Charles Holcombe. Despite his wealth, Holcombe is unhappily married to a nagging old wife who spends all her time fussing over her pet dog. Holcombe rows ashore to escape his wife's constant nagging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of The Hills
''The Heart of the Hills'' is a 1914 silent short film directed by and starring Wallace Reid and co-starring his wife Dorothy Davenport. It was produced by the Rex Motion Picture Company and distributed through the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast *Wallace Reid - Dave the Woodsman *Dorothy Davenport Fannie Dorothy Davenport (March 13, 1895 – October 12, 1977) was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer. Born into a family of film performers, Davenport had her own independent career before her marriage to the film a ... - The Government Detective *Phil Dunham - Dave's Brother * Ed Brady - *Lucile Wilson - See also * Wallace Reid filmography References External linksThe Heart of the Hills at IMDb.com 1914 films Lost American films Universal Pictures short films Films directed by Wallace Reid American silent short films American black-and-white films 1910s American films {{Short-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony Of Souls
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "agreement or concord of sound", "concer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
