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Robert Schable
Robert Schable (August 31, 1873 – July 7, 1947) was an American stage and screen actor as well as a stage manager from Hamilton, Ohio. Biography A longtime stage player from the Charles Frohman company since the 1890s, Schable began in silent films in 1919. In films he often played comedic, character parts or men with a European flair. He died, from Ptomaine poisoning, in Hollywood in 1947. Alternately ''IMDb'' has his death as a suicide. Two films Schable appeared in have been restored, ''Sherlock Holmes'' (1922) and ''The Man and the Moment'' (1929). Broadway shows in which Schable appeared included ''On With the Dance'' (1917), ''The Fallen Idol'' (1915), ''Inconstant George'' (1909), ''Jack Straw'' (1908), ''De Lancey'' (1905), ''The Duke of Killicrankie'' (1904), ''Captain Dieppe'' (1903), ''The Mummy and the Humming Bird'' (1903), ''The Mummy and the Humming Bird'' (1902), ''The Second in Command'' (1901), ''Richard Carvel'' (1900), ''Beau Brummell'' (1899), ''Cyrano de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton, Ohio
Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Ohio, United States. Located north of Cincinnati, Hamilton is the second largest city in the Greater Cincinnati area and the 10th largest city in Ohio. The population was 63,399 at the 2020 census. Hamilton is governed under a council-manager form of government; the current mayor is Patrick Moeller and the city manager is Joshua Smith. Most of the city is served by the Hamilton City School District. Hamilton has three designated National Historic Districts: Dayton Lane, German Village, and Rossville. The industrial city is seeking to revitalize through the arts; it declared itself the "City of Sculpture" in 2000. Its initiative has attracted many sculpture installations to the city, which founded the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park. History Fort Hamilton Hamilton started as Fort Hamilton (named to honor Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury), constructed in Sept.-Oct. 1791 by General Arthur St. Clair, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experience (1921 Film)
''Experience'' is a 1921 American silent morality drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The allegorical film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Richard Barthelmess. It was based on George V. Hobart's successful 1914 Broadway play of the same name. It was the film debut of Lilyan Tashman. ''Experience'' is presumed to be a lost film. Plot The plot of ''Experience'' was summarized in the August 1921 issue of ''Photoplay'' magazine. File:Experience (1921) - Bruce Barthelmess & Daw.jpg, Youth (Richard Barthelmess) hears Ambition's call and leaves his mother (Kate Bruce) and Love ( Marjorie Daw) to seek his fortune. File:Experience (1921) - John Miltern.jpg, Experience (John Miltern) is to teach Youth many things about life. File:Experience (1921) - Youth encounters Pleasure Beauty & Wealth.jpg, Youth encounters Pleasure, Beauty, and Wealth. He asks Opportunity to wait for him. But Opportunity cannot! File:Experience (1921) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Of Sunya
''The Love of Sunya'' (also known as ''The Loves of Sunya'') is an American silent drama film made in 1927. It was directed by Albert Parker, and was based on the play ''The Eyes of Youth'' by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon. Produced by and starring Gloria Swanson, it also stars John Boles and Pauline Garon. A copy of ''The Love of Sunya'' survives in the Paul Killiam collection. The film is in the public domain in the United States both because it was not renewed, and because the play it is based on from 1918 is also in the public domain. Plot The film depicts a young woman (Swanson) given by a mystic an occasional glimpse into her future, notably her future with different men. Cast *Gloria Swanson as Sunya Ashling * John Boles as Paul Judson *Pauline Garon as Anna Hagan *Ian Keith as Louis Anthony * Andres de Segurola as Paola deSalvo *Anders Randolf as Robert Goring *Hugh Miller as The Outcast *Robert Schable as Henri Picard *Ivan Lebedeff as Ted Morgan *John Miltern as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silken Shackles
''Silken Shackles'' is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Walter Morosco, the son of theater owner Oliver Morosco, and based on a play by Charles Harris. Irene Rich leads the cast. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Howard Lake realizes that he has neglected his wife Denise, so he takes her abroad. With the desire for romance, she flirts with any available man, and her second affair threatens to become serious. After she flirts with young violinist Tade Adrian, Howard seeks to cure her of this romantic fever. He makes a deal with the musician whereby he is to make love to Denise for a sum of money and then Howard is to expose the scheme and show the wife how the violinist was paid for his romantic services. However, the plan miscarries and Howard sees that his wife and the violinist really are in love. As a last resort, Howard digs up information on the low class of Tade's family, which leaves Denise dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partners Again
''Partners Again'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film that was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, and directed by Henry King. This ethnic Jewish humor film is based on the 1922 Broadway play ''Partners Again'' starring Alex Carr and Barney Bernard, which reprises their characters from the very successful 1913 Broadway play ''Potash and Perlmutter'' (which had 441 performances from 1913 to 1915). Goldwyn produced a 1923 film adaptation of ''Potash and Perlmutter'', and a 1924 sequel called ''In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter''. In ''Partners Again'' the two are in the automobile industry. As with the 1924 film, ''In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter'', George Sidney George Sidney (October 4, 1916May 5, 2002) was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics '' Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). With an extensive backgr ... plays Potash, taking up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stranger (1924 Film)
''The Stranger'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Betty Compson and Richard Dix. It is based on a 1918 novel, ''The First and the Last'', by John Galsworthy. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a review of the film in a film magazine, just as Keith Darrant (Stone), a high-class Englishman, has a chance for political honors, his ne'er-do-well brother Larry (Dix) appears on the scene. Larry makes the acquaintance of Peggy Bowlin (Compson), a girl who is down and out, and a strong friendship begins. After a time Larry installs the girl in a better neighborhood and just as they are preparing to marry and leave England, a convict who blames her for his having to go to jail returns, and in a fight Larry accidentally kills him. "The Stranger" (Marshall), an outcast working in the saloon which the girl frequented, is arrested for the murder and refuses to say anything, fear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cheat (1923 Film)
''The Cheat'' is a 1923 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is a remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1915 film of the same name using the same script by Hector Turnbull and Jeanie MacPherson. This version stars Pola Negri and was directed by George Fitzmaurice. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Carmelita De Cordoba a beautiful young South American woman who has been betrothed by her stern father to Don Pablo, whom she despises, meets and falls in love with Dudley Drake, a New York City broker, while in Paris. Claude Mace, an art swindler masquerading as East Indian Prince Rao-Singh, hopes to marry her for her wealth. Carmelita elopes with Dudley and is disinherited. The Prince, after lending her some money, induces her to dine alone with him. Meanwhile Dudley makes a fortune. Carmelita and the Prince quarrel and she shoots him. Dudley, arriving on the scene, takes responsibility for the crime. He is convict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Partner (1923 Film)
''The Silent Partner'' is a 1923 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was based on a series of articles from the ''Saturday Evening Post'' by Maximilian Foster and directed by Charles Maigne. Leatrice Joy and Owen Moore star in the feature. The film is a remake of the 1917 film of the same name. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Lisa Coburn is a young wife who has seen the folly of living on all that her husband earns when he is on Wall Street. She determines, unknown to her husband George, to prepare against any coming disaster. The husband's employee is infatuated with the young wife and plans to ruin the husband and obtain her. His plans succeed, but he fails to win the wife. Instead, she goes to the husband, who has left her in anger and haste, and wins him back by convincing him of the truth of her story. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Silent Partner'' located in any film archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Search Of A Thrill
''In Search of a Thrill'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Viola Dana, Warner Baxter, and Mabel Van Buren. Cast Preservation A complete print of ''In Search of a Thrill'' is held by Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It is a state cultural institution — curator of films collection and othe ... in Moscow. 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 * * 1923 films 1923 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Oscar Apfel American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Metro Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slander The Woman
''Slander the Woman'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by Allen Holubar and written by Violet Clark. The film stars Dorothy Phillips, Lewis Dayton, Robert Anderson, Mayme Kelso, George Siegmann, and Ynez Seabury. The film was released on April 16, 1923, by Associated First National Pictures. Cast *Dorothy Phillips as Yvonne Desmarest * Lewis Dayton as Monsieur Duroacher * Robert Anderson as Dr. Emile Molleur *Mayme Kelso as Nanette *George Siegmann as Scarborough *Ynez Seabury as Indian Girl *Herbert Fortier as Father Machette *Gino Corrado as Tetreau *William Orlamond as The Stranger *Robert Schable as Monsieur Redoux *Rosemary Theby as Madame Redoux *Irene Haisman as Marie Desplanes *Cyril Chadwick Cyril Chadwick (11 June 1879 – 3 November 1955) was an English actor of the silent era. He appeared in 70 films between 1913 and 1938. He was born in Kensington, London. Partial filmography * ''Doc'' (1914) - Eastman * ''Mrs. Black Is Ba ... as Monsieur Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Donna (1923 Film)
''Bella Donna'' is a 1923 American silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1909 novel, '' Bella Donna'', by Robert Smythe Hichens which was later adapted for a 1912 Broadway play starring Alla Nazimova. This film is also a remake of the 1915 Paramount film '' Bella Donna'' starring Pauline Frederick. The 1923 film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Pola Negri in her first American film. Plot Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involved with brutish Baroudi. Cast *Pola Negri as Bella Donna *Conway Tearle as Mahmoud Baroudi *Conrad Nagel as Nigel Armine *Adolphe Menjou as Mr. Chepstow *Claude King as Doctor Meyer Isaacson * Lois Wilson as Patricia * Antonio Corsi as Fortune Teller *Macey Harlam as Ibrahim *Robert Schable as Doctor Hartley Song "Bella Donna (Beautiful Lady)" by Harry B. Smith, Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Masquerade (1922 Film)
''Love's Masquerade'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by William P.S. Earle and starring Conway Tearle, Winifred Westover and Florence Billings.Munden p.463 Cast * Conway Tearle as Russell Carrington * Winifred Westover as Dorothy Wheeler * Florence Billings as Rita Norwood * Robert Ellis as Herbert Norwooood * Danny Hayes as 'Sly Sam' * Arthur Housman as Newspaper Reporter * Robert Schable Robert Schable (August 31, 1873 – July 7, 1947) was an American stage and screen actor as well as a stage manager from Hamilton, Ohio. Biography A longtime stage player from the Charles Frohman company since the 1890s, Schable began in silent ... as Ross Gunther 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 * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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