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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'' indicates the star power of the actor: "Bobby Agnew, always a favorite with film fans, certainly holds up his record in 'The Heart of Broadway'". He died in 1983 in Palm Springs, California. Partial filmography * '' The Sporting Duchess'' (1920) - Dick Hammond * ''The Valley of Doubt'' (1920) - Tommy * ''The Frisky Mrs. Johnson'' (1920) - Lal Birkenread * '' The Sin That Was His'' (1920) - (uncredited) * '' The Highest Law'' (1921) - Bobby Goodwin * ''The Passion Flower'' (1921) - Faustino Eusebio * ''The Sign on the Door'' (1921) - Alan Churchill * '' The Wonderful Thing'' (1921) - Laurence Mannerby * ''Without Fear'' (1922) - Walter Hamilton * '' Who Are My Parents?'' (1922) - Bob Hale * ''Clarence'' (1922) - Bobby Wheeler * '' A Dang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton, Kentucky
The City of Dayton, Kentucky, is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city along a bend of the Ohio River in Campbell County, Kentucky, Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 5,338 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is less than from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Geography Dayton is located in the northernmost part of Campbell County at (39.111781, −84.470401), on the inside of a bend in the Ohio River. It is the most northernmost community in Kentucky as well. Dayton is bordered by Bellevue, Kentucky, Bellevue to the southwest and Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Fort Thomas to the southeast. To the north, across the Ohio River, is Cincinnati in Hamilton County, Ohio. The closest bridge across the Ohio is the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge on Interstate 471, connecting Newport, Kentucky, Newport with Cincinnati. According to the United States Census Bureau, Dayton has a total area of , of which is land and , or 33.61%, is water. Dayton is loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawn Ticket 210
''Pawn Ticket 210'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Shirley Mason, Robert Agnew, and Irene Hunt. Plot As described in a film magazine, On the day that Mrs. Levi (Manners) leaves her husband Harris (Warren), another woman comes into his pawn shop and tries to purchase a handgun. While she is in there, a policeman brings in a baby girl whom he says the woman left in the street. Harris gives the woman, Ruth Sternhold (Hunt), a pawn ticket for the child and promises to care for her. Years later, when the child has become the young woman Meg (Mason), Harris discovers that she is falling in love with Chick Saxe (Agnew), one of the young fellows of the neighborhood who has a rather shady reputation. Harris wants to give Meg every opportunity, so he arranges for a friend, supposedly a wealthy bachelor, to let her live at his home. Meg goes to her new surroundings and one day by chance meets her old sweetheart Chick, who swears that he has re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wine (1924 Film)
''Wine'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier, produced and released by Universal Pictures under their 'Jewel' banner. The film, which featured Clara Bow in her first starring role, is currently classified as lost. Synopsis Set during the Prohibition Era, ''Wine'' exposes the widespread liquor traffic in the upper-classes. Bow portrays an innocent girl who develops into a "wild redhot mama". Cast Reviews *"If not taken as information, it is cracking good entertainment", Carl Sandburg reviewed September 29. *"Don't miss ''Wine''. It's a thoroughly refreshing draught ... there are only about five actresses who give me a real thrill on the screen – and Clara is nearly five of them", Grace Kingsley in ''The Los Angeles Times'' August 24. See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wine Of Youth
''Wine of Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy drama film directed by King Vidor, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, shortly after the merger which created MGM in April 1924. Vidor did not consider it important enough to mention in his autobiography, although it did advance the careers of three young stars-to-be: Ben Lyon, Eleanor Boardman, and William Haines. An early “flapper” romance of the Roaring Twenties, Vidor tested the limits of presenting unconventional social behavior among American youth in the Jazz Age which ends with a paean to parental authority. Plot Mary (Eleanor Boardman) is a girl wooed by two suitors but made afraid of marriage by the quarreling of her parents. Eventually she accepts Lynn, the more refined and poised of the two suitors. Cast Production Vidor's arrival at the newly amalgamated Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would mark the beginning of a 20-year association with the studio. ''Wine of Youth'' is his first film appear under M-G-M.Durghat and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Barriers (1924 Film)
''Broken Barriers'' is a 1924 American silent drama film starring James Kirkwood, Norma Shearer, and Adolphe Menjou. Directed by Reginald Barker, the film is based upon the novel of the same name by Meredith Nicholson. Plot Grace Durland (Shearer) is a young debutante who is forced to leave college when her father goes bankrupt. While working for a living, she falls in love with Ward Trenton (Kirkwood) who is married. As she reveals her love for a married man to her family, the reaction is very negative. Ward's evil wife refuses to grant him a divorce. This changes when he is injured in a car accident. Cast * James Kirkwood as Ward Trenton * Norma Shearer as Grace Durland * Adolphe Menjou as Tommy Kemp * Mae Busch as Irene Kirby * George Fawcett as Mr. Durland * Margaret McWade as Mrs. Durland * Robert Agnew as Bobbie Durland * Ruth Stonehouse as Ethel Durland * Robert Frazer as John Moore * Winifred Bryson as Mrs. Ward Trenton * Vera Reynolds as Sadie Denton * Edythe Chapman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those Who Dance (1924 Film)
''Those Who Dance'' is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Thomas H. Ince and directed by Lambert Hillyer. Released by Associated First National, the film stars Blanche Sweet, Bessie Love, and Warner Baxter. It is based on a story by George Kibbe Turner. Warner Bros. later inherited First National in a merger and remade the film in 1930 as ''Those Who Dance'', which exists at the Library of Congress. It is not known whether the 1924 film currently survives, and it may be a lost film. Plot When a young lawyer (Baxter)'s sister is killed in a bootleg liquor-related accident, he seeks justice by joining the prohibition force. A young man (Agnew) is wrongfully suspected of a crime, so his sister (Sweet) seeks evidence to set him free. The lawyer and young woman pose as a couple to infiltrate the underworld. Cast Reception The film received positive reviews. Blanche Sweet's performance was praised, and Bessie Love's received even higher praise for playing—again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Whirlpool (1924 Film)
''Love's Whirlpool'' is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Bruce Mitchell and starring James Kirkwood and Lila Lee. Plot Hardened criminal Jim Reagan (James Kirkwood) tries to persuade his adolescent brother, Larry (Robert Agnew), to abandon their life of crime. Rather than heeding Jim's warning, Larry arrested when he tries to rob a banker named Richard Milton (Edward Martindel). Milton refuses Jim's request for leniency and Larry is thrown in jail. Jim attempts to help his brother escape prison, but the boy is fatally wounded in the process. Jim and his girlfriend, Molly (Lila Lee), resolve to have vengeance. Jim and Molly kidnap Milton's daughter, Nadine (Madge Bellamy), after rescuing her from a shipwreck. Conveniently suffering from amnesia, Nadine becomes the unwitting foil in the plot against her father. They then open a clairvoyant parlor and tell Milton, who believes Nadine is dead, they can help him contact his daughter's spirit. Milton's initially cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Dancer
''The Spanish Dancer'' is a 1923 American silent costume epic starring Pola Negri as a gypsy fortune teller, Antonio Moreno as a romantic count, and Wallace Beery as the king of Spain. The film was directed by Herbert Brenon and also features a five-year-old Anne Shirley, appearing under the name "Dawn O'Day." The film survives today. The film is essentially the same story as Mary Pickford's '' Rosita'' which was filmed around the same time as ''The Spanish Dancer'' with Negri's old colleague from Germany Ernst Lubitsch directing. Negri's ''The Spanish Dancer'' was considered the better film. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Maritana, a beautiful Spanish young woman, is so full of life and fun that she is adored by the poor people among whom she lives and who dote on her dancing in the public squares. Through her daring, she and her sweetheart Don Cesar de Bazan become involved in the affairs of the Spanish court, and he with his life is to pay the supreme penalty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage Maker
''The Marriage Maker'' is a lost 1923 American silent fantasy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a Broadway play, ''The Faun'', by Edward Knoblock. On stage the faun character was played by William Faversham. William C. deMille directed and his wife Clara Beranger wrote the scenario. Cast *Agnes Ayres - Alexandra Vancy * Jack Holt - Lord Stonbury *Charles de Rochefort - Sylvani *Robert Agnew - Cyril Overton *Mary Astor - Vivian Hope-Clarke *Ethel Wales - Mrs. Hope-Clarke *Bertram Johns - Fish *Leo White Leo White (November 10, 1882 – September 20, 1948), Leo Weiss, was a German-born British-American film and stage actor who appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. Biography Born in Germany, White grew up in England where ... - Morris References External links *allmovie/synopsis; ''The Marriage Maker'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
''Bluebeard's 8th Wife'' (alternately ''Bluebeard's Eighth Wife'') is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Sam Wood and stars Gloria Swanson. The film is based on the French play ''La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue'' by Alfred Savoir which is based on the Bluebeard tales of the 15th century. The play ran on Broadway in 1921 starring Ina Claire in the Swanson role. Paramount remade the story in 1938 directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Mona marries John Brandon and immediately after discovers that she is his eighth wife. Determined that she will not be the eighth to be divorced from him, she sets out on a teaser campaign which proves very effective until Brandon tells her that she is bought and paid for. Furious, she determines to give him grounds for a divorce and is subsequently found in her room w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only 38
''Only 38'' is a lost 1923 American drama silent film directed by William C. deMille and written by Clara Beranger, Walter Prichard Eaton and A.E. Thomas. The film stars May McAvoy, Lois Wilson, Elliott Dexter, George Fawcett, Robert Agnew and Jane Keckley. The film was released on June 17, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *May McAvoy as Lucy Stanley * Lois Wilson as Mrs. Stanley *Elliott Dexter as Professor Charles Giddings *George Fawcett as Hiram Sanborn *Robert Agnew as Bob Stanley *Jane Keckley as Mrs. Newcomb * Lillian Leighton as Mrs. Peters *Taylor Graves as Sydney Johnson *Anne Cornwall Anne Cornwall (January 17, 1897 – March 2, 1980) was an American actress best known for her roles in ''College'' (1927) and ''The Roughneck'' (1924). Biography Born in Brooklyn in 1897, Cornwall performed for forty years in many silent film ... as Mary Hedley References External links * * 1923 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1923 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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