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Roy D'Arcy
Roy D'Arcy (born Roy Francis Giusti; February 10, 1894 – November 15, 1969) was an American film actor of the silent film and early sound period of the 1930s noted for his portrayal of flamboyant villains. He appeared in 50 different films between 1925 and 1939, such as ''The Temptress'' in 1926 with actresses such as Greta Garbo. Finishing his film career around the age of 45, D'Arcy retired to his own real estate business. He died in 1969 and was buried at Montecito Memorial Park in Colton, California. Partial filmography * ''Pretty Ladies'' (1925) - Paul Thompson * ''The Merry Widow'' (1925) - Crown Prince Mirko * ''Graustark'' (1925) - Dangloss * ''The Masked Bride'' (1925) - Prefect of Police * ''La Bohème'' (1926) - Vicomte Paul * ''Monte Carlo'' (1926) - Prince Boris * ''Beverly of Graustark'' (1926) - General Marlanax * '' The Gay Deceiver'' (1926) - Count de Sano * ''Bardelys the Magnificent'' (1926) - Comte de Chatellerault * ''The Temptress'' (1926) - Manos D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Calamity (film)
''Captain Calamity'' is a 1936 American South Seas (genre), South Seas adventure film directed by John Reinhardt (director), John Reinhardt and starring George F. Houston, George Houston released by Grand National Films Inc., Grand National Pictures. It was filmed in an early colour process called Hirlicolor at Talisman Studios and Santa Catalina Island, California. Plot A penniless ship's captain is taking a passenger ashore after their voyage. The passenger throws a gold coin in the ocean that he says has been bad luck to him as it was a gift from his ex-fiancee. The Captain sends one of his men, an experienced underwater diver, to successfully retrieve it. The passenger explains that is a gold Spanish doubloon and the Captain is more than welcome to it. Going ashore, the Captain decides to have some fun by telling stories indicating that he discovered four chests full of the coins, which were pirate treasure. The news spreads throughout the island and leads to kidnapping, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gay Deceiver
''The Gay Deceiver'' is a 1926 film directed by John M. Stahl. The film stars Lew Cody and Carmel Myers. The film is considered lost. Plot A deceiver leads the fast set in Paris and is involved in love affairs and blackmail until he mends his way for his daughter's sake. Cast * Lew Cody as Toto / Antoine di Tillois * Malcolm McGregor as Robert Le Rivarol * Marceline Day as Louise de Tillois * Carmel Myers as Countess de Sano * Roy D'Arcy as Count de Sano * Dorothy Phillips as Claire * Edward Connelly - Merinville, the lawyer * Tony D'Algy Tony D'Algy (born Antonio Eduardo Lozano Guedes; 1897 – 29 April 1977) was a Portuguese film actor. He appeared in 57 films between 1924 and 1949, including '' The Boob'', a silent comedy where Joan Crawford makes one of her first appearan ... as Merinville's nephew References External links * * 1926 films 1926 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domestic Meddlers
''Domestic Meddlers'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Flood and starring Claire Windsor, Lawrence Gray and Roy D'Arcy.Darby p.373 Cast * Claire Windsor as Claire * Lawrence Gray as Walter * Roy D'Arcy as Lew * Jed Prouty Jed Prouty (born Clarence Gordon Prouty; April 6, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an American film actor. Biography Born as Clarence Gordon Prouty in Boston, Massachusetts, Prouty was a vaudeville performer before becoming a film actor. Mostly app ... as Jonsey References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991. External links * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by James Flood American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Tiffany Pictures films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Of Blondes (1928 Film)
''Beware of Blondes'' is a 1928 American Silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. With no copies listed in any film archives, ''Beware of Blondes'' is now lost with a trailer surviving in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' railer only p. 15, c. 1978, The American Film Institute Cast * Dorothy Revier as Mary * Matt Moore as Jeffrey * Roy D'Arcy as Harry * Robert Edeson as Costigan * Walter P. Lewis as Tex * Hazel Howell as Blonde Mary * Harry Semels Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Career Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictu ... as Portugee Joe References External links * * 1928 films 1928 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Hours
''Forbidden Hours'' is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont as a vehicle for Mexican-born star Ramon Novarro. It was the second of four films to pair Novarro with leading lady Renée Adorée. Plot Set in the fictitious European kingdom of Balanca, Prince Michael IV is being coerced, by his advisers, to marry a young woman of royal blood. However, he has fallen for a peasant. Cast *Ramon Novarro as His Majesty, Michael IV *Renée Adorée as Marie de Floriet *Dorothy Cumming as Queen Alexia *Edward Connelly as Prime Minister * Roy D'Arcy as Duke Nicky *Mitzi Cummings as Princess Ena *Alberta Vaughn as Nina *Maurice de Canonge as Bit Part (uncredited) Production The film was shot in Los Angeles with a budget of $293,000. Working titles included ''The Sun King'', ''His Night'' and ''The Loves of Louis''. The script originally contained reworked plot elements from ''Man in the Iron Mask'' but these elements were eventually discarded and the film took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Actress (1928 Film)
''The Actress'' is a lost 1928 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, and starred Norma Shearer. This film was based on the 1898 play '' Trelawny of the "Wells"'' by Arthur Wing Pinero that had first premiered on Broadway in 1898, starring Mary Mannering, which was revived by Ethel Barrymore in 1911, Laurette Taylor in 1925, and at the time this film was produced (1927) by Helen Gahagan. The play was first brought to the screen as a British made silent film '' Trelawny of the "Wells"'' in 1916. This film is one of many lost MGM films dating from the 1920s. Plot Cast * Norma Shearer as Rose Trelawny * Owen Moore as Tom Wrench * Gwen Lee as Avonia * Lee Moran as Colpoys * Roy D'Arcy as Gadd * Virginia Pearson as Mrs. Telfer * William J. Humphrey as Mr. Telfer * Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Mossop * Ralph Forbes as Arthur Gower * O. P. Heggie as Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower * Andree Tourneur as Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riders Of The Dark
''Riders of the Dark'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Nick Grinde and written by W. S. Van Dyke and Madeleine Ruthven. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Dwan, Rex Lease, Roy D'Arcy and Frank Currier. The film was released on April 21, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast * Tim McCoy as Lt. Crane * Dorothy Dwan as Molly Graham * Rex Lease as Jim Graham * Roy D'Arcy as Eagan * Frank Currier as Old Man Redding * Bert Roach as Sheriff Snodgrass * 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 betw ... as Rogers References External links * 1928 films 1920s English-language films 1928 Western (genre) films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Nick Grinde American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To Romance
''The Road to Romance'' is a 1927 American silent action film directed by John S. Robertson, based upon the 1903 Joseph Conrad-Ford Madox Ford novel ''Romance''. A copy of the film survives at the New Zealand Film Archive. Plot Serafina (Marceline Day) is captured by Don Balthasar (Roy D'Arcy)'s pirates on a Caribbean island, when José Armando (Ramon Novarro) arrives from Spain to the rescue. Cast * Ramon Novarro as José Armando * Marceline Day as Serafina * Marc McDermott as Pópolo * Roy D'Arcy as Don Balthasar * Cesare Gravina as Castro * Jules Cowles as Smoky Beard * John George * Bobbie Mack as Drunkard (credited as Bobby Mack) * Otto Matieson Otto Matieson (27 March 1893 – 19 February 1932) was a Danish actor of the silent era. He appeared in 45 films between 1920 and 1931. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died in a car accident in Safford, Arizona. Filmography * '' ... as Don Carlos (credited as Otto Matiesen) References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam And Evil (1927 Film)
''Adam and Evil'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by F. Hugh Herbert, Florence Ryerson and Ralph Spence. The film stars Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Gwen Lee, Gertrude Short, Hedda Hopper, and Roy D'Arcy. The film was released on August 27, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Premise "The little fur-bearing animals that are sacrificed for the vanity of women desiring fur coats have a posthumous revenge." Cast *Lew Cody as Adam Trevelyan / Allan Trevelyan * Aileen Pringle as Evelyn Trevelyan *Gwen Lee as Gwen De Vere *Gertrude Short as Dora Dell *Hedda Hopper as Eleanor Leighton *Roy D'Arcy as Mortimer Jenkins Preservation status With no copies listed in any film archives, ''Adam and Evil'' is currently 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 inten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Ze Boulevard
''On Ze Boulevard'' is a 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Harry F. Millarde and written by Earl Baldwin, William Scott Darling, Joseph Farnham and Richard Schayer. The film stars Lew Cody, Renée Adorée, Anton Vaverka, Dorothy Sebastian and Roy D'Arcy. The film was released on June 25, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Cast *Lew Cody as Gaston Pasqual *Renée Adorée as Musette *Anton Vaverka as Ribot *Dorothy Sebastian as Gaby de Sylva *Roy D'Arcy Roy D'Arcy (born Roy Francis Giusti; February 10, 1894 – November 15, 1969) was an American film actor of the silent film and early sound period of the 1930s noted for his portrayal of flamboyant villains. He appeared in 50 different films ... as Counnt de Guissac References External links * 1927 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1927 comedy films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Films with screenplays by Flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovers (1927 Film)
''Lovers'' or Lovers? is a 1927 silent film romance drama produced and distributed by MGM and directed by John M. Stahl. It stars Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry. It is based on the 1908 play ''The World and His Wife'' and is a remake of a 1920 silent of the same name from Paramount. ''Lovers'' is a lost film. Cast *Ramon Novarro - Jose *Alice Terry - Felicia *Edward Martindel - Don Julian *Edward Connelly - Don Severo *George K. Arthur - Pepito *Lillian Leighton - Dona Mercedes *Holmes Herbert - Milton *John Miljan - Alvarez *Roy D'Arcy - Senor Galdos See also *''The Celebrated Scandal'' (1915) *''The World and His Wife ''The World and His Wife'' is a lost film, lost American 1920 silent drama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Directed by Robert G. Vignola, the film was based on the 1908 Broadway play of the s ...'' (1920) References External links Lovers at IMDb.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frisco Sally Levy
''Frisco Sally Levy'' (a.k.a. "Véspera de Natal") is a lost 1927 comedy silent film directed by William Beaudine and starring Sally O'Neil and Roy D'Arcy, which was released on April 2, 1927. Plot Colleen Lapidowitz (O'Neil) falls in love with an Irish police officer named Patrick Sweeney (Delaney), which is a relief to her Jewish father Isaac (Holtz) and Irish mother Bridget (Price) who have tried to discourage her interest in a sleazy lounge lizard named Stuart Gold (D'Arcy).Cast * as Isaac Solomon Lapidowitz *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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