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Roy Overbaugh
Roy F. Overbaugh (1882–1966) was an American cinematographer. He worked primarily in the United States often in association with the Canadian born director John S. Robertson, but also worked on several prestige films in Britain. Partial filmography *''Cassidy'' (1917) * ''Grafters'' (1917) * ''American - That's All'' (1917) * ''Her Father's Keeper'' (1917) *'' A Case at Law'' (1917) * ''The Man Who Made Good'' (1917) * ''On the Jump'' (1918) * ''The Misleading Widow'' (1919) * ''Erstwhile Susan'' (1919) * '' Wanted: A Husband'' (1919) * ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1920) * ''Away Goes Prudence'' (1920) * ''A Dark Lantern'' (1920) * ''39 East'' (1920) * ''Sentimental Tommy'' (1921) * '' The Magic Cup'' (1921) * ''Footlights'' (1921) * ''Love's Boomerang'' (1922) * '' The Spanish Jade'' (1922) * '' Fury (1923) * ''The Bond Boy'' (1923) * ''The White Sister'' (1923) * ''Classmates'' (1924) * ''Romola'' (1924) * ''Soul-Fire'' (1925) * ''Shore Leave'' (1925) * ''The Beautiful Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dark Lantern
''A Dark Lantern'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced and released by Realart Pictures. It is based on a 1905 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Robins. John S. Robertson directed and Alice Brady and her then husband James Crane star. According to the AFI Catalog, the film was shot at the Essanay studios in Chicago as that was where Alice Brady was appearing in a play at the time. Plot As described in a film magazine, mistaking the intentions of Prince Anton (Denny) of Argovinia in seeking her hand, young English woman Katherine Dereham (Brady) suffers a great shock when his attentions culminate in a proposal that she be his morganatic wife, his country requiring an alliance with a royal princess. This, together with the blow of her father's death, shatters Katherine's nerves and causes a breakdown. She recovers under the rigid administrations of Dr. Garth Vincent (Crane). Her attitude of antagonistic exaggeration of his sternness that conceives it as sheer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shore Leave (1925 Film)
''Shore Leave'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Mackaill. It was produced by Barthelmess's production company, Inspiration, and released by First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count .... ''Shore Leave'' is based on the stage play of the same name written by Hubert Osborne. The play ran on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre from August 8 to December 1922 for a total of 151 performances. The play starred James Rennie and Frances Starr in the leads played by Barthelmess and Mackaill in the film. Cast Preservation ''Shore Leave'' survives in the public domain and is available for download at archive.org. It is also available with musical accompaniment from online streami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul-Fire
''Soul-Fire'' (also known as ''Soul Fire'') is a 1925 American silent drama film starring Richard Barthelmess and Bessie Love. It was directed by John S. Robertson and was based on the Broadway production ''Great Music'' (1924) by Martin Brown. The film was funded by Barthelmess through his Inspiration Pictures and released by First National Pictures. Plot Eric Fane (Barthelmess) leaves New York City and travels to Italy to study music composition. He then travels to Paris and Port Said, where he encounters women who inspire him to write new types of music. When he finally arrives in the South Seas, he meets Teita (Love), who inspires him to write the best music of all. Cast Actors Helen Ware, Harriet Sterling, Edward LaRoche, and Leah La Roux were all cast members of the original play. Production Most interiors were filmed at deForest Studios in Manhattan. Exteriors for the South Seas Today the term South Seas, or South Sea, is used in several contexts. Most common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romola (film)
''Romola'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and shot on location in Italy. The film stars Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, and Ronald Colman, and is based on the 1863 George Eliot novel of the same name. This was the second film in which Henry King directed Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman for ''Inspiration Films'', an independent production company which chiefly consisted of King, Charles Duell, and stars Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, a boat approaching Italy is set upon by pirates and Baldassaro, a noted scholar, gives his adopted son Tito a ring that will be a passport with all men of learning. Tito escapes but Baldassaro is captured. Tito reaches Florence at the time that the people incited by the priest, Savonarola, has risen and cast out their ruler, Piero de Medici. Accidentally he aids Bardi, a blind man and noted scholar and is received with honors, finally winning consent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classmates (1924 Film)
''Classmates'' is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Richard Barthelmess, produced by his company Inspiration Pictures, and distributed by Associated First National Pictures. The film was directed by John S. Robertson and starred Richard Barthelmess and a still teenaged Madge Evans. The film is based on a popular 1907 play by William C. deMille and Margaret Turnbull. The play was previously filmed in 1908 and 1914. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Duncan Irving, Jr. (Barthelmess), son of the village postmaster in a small Carolina town, is admitted to West Point. He is in love with Sylvia Randolph (Evans), whose family are wealthy snobs, and her cousin, Bert (Sheffield), openly insults Duncan. When Duncan is in the graduation class, Bert comes to West Point and resents being ordered about by the upper classmen, especially Duncan, who he considers his social inferior. Finally, he insults Duncan, who strikes him. Feigning blindness, he finally leaves the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Sister (1923 Film)
''The White Sister'' is a 1923 American silent drama film starring Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman, directed by Henry King, and belatedly released by Metro Pictures. It was based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Francis Marion Crawford. It is the second of four adaptations of the novel, preceded by a 1915 production and followed by a 1933 sound film, starring Helen Hayes and Clark Gable, and a 1960 Mexican production. Plot Angela Chiaromonte (Lillian Gish) and Captain Giovanni Severini (Ronald Colman) are deeply in love, but Angela's wealthy father, Prince Chiaromonte, does not know this and arranges her marriage, without her knowledge, to the son of Count del Ferice. However, the prince dies in an accident. While Angela grieves, her older half-sister, the Marchesa di Mola, looks through their late father's papers and secretly burns one of them. No will can be found, so not only does the entire estate go to the Marchesa, but because the prince's second marriage was not r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bond Boy
''The Bond Boy'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring Richard Barthelmess. It was produced by Barthelmess and Charles Duell and released through Associated First National Pictures. Cast *Richard Barthelmess as Peter Newbolt/John Newbolt *Charles Hill Mailes as Isom Chase *Ned Sparks as Cyrus Morgan *Lawrence D'Orsay as Colonel Price *Bob Williamson as Lawyer Hammer (*Robert Williamson) * Leslie King as District Attorney *Jerry Sinclair as Sheriff *Tom Maguire as Saul Greening (*as Thomas Maguire) *Lucia Backus Seger as Mrs. Greening *Virginia Magee as Alice Price *Mary Alden as Mrs. Newboat *Mary Thurman Mary Thurman (née Christiansen; April 27, 1895 – December 22, 1925) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early life Mary Christiansen was born in Richfield, Utah on April 27, 1895, one of seven children raised in the Church of ... as Ollie Chase References External links The Bond Boy at IMDb.com* 1922 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fury (1923 Film)
''Fury'' is a 1923 American silent drama adventure film produced by and starring Richard Barthelmess. It was directed by Henry King and released through First National Pictures which was then called Associated First National. The synopsis of this film has a strange foreboding character concerning actor Tyrone Power whose character Captain Leyton dies of heart attack, leaving his son, called 'Boy' played by Barthelmess, to carry on. In real life actor Power would die of a heart attack in 1931 in the arms of his own son Tyrone Power, the later film star. Plot As described in a film magazine, Boy Leyton (Barthelmess) is second mate on board the ''Lady Spray'', the ship on which his father is Captain Leyton (Power). Boy is often chided by his father for his effeminacy and more often beaten. While in port Boy proposes to Minnie (Gish) and suggests that she go to Glasgow to meet him there to be married. The ship sails and the Captain learns of his son's intention to marry. He calls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Jade (1922 Film)
''The Spanish Jade'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. The film is considered to be lost. It was shot at Islington Studios in London by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The story had previously been made into a 1915 film of the same title. Cast * David Powell as Gil Pérez * Marc McDermott as Don Luis Ramónez de Alavia * Charles de Rochefort as Esteban * Evelyn Brent as Mañuela * Lionel d'Aragon as Mañuela's Stepfather * Frank Stanmore as Tormillo, Don Luis' servant * Roy Byford as Esteban's Spy and Confident * Harry Ham as Oswald Manvers See also * Alfred Hitchcock filmography * '' The Spanish Jade'' (1915) * 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 (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Reas . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Boomerang
''Love's Boomerang'' (also known as ''Perpetua'') is a 1922 British crime film directed by John S. Robertson. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. The film is now lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, young Perpetua (Fosse), an orphan, is adopted by Brian McCree (Powell), an artist. The two go on a holiday tour through France where they meet Monsieur Lamballe (Byford), the owner of a circus. The circus elephant has been pawned by Lamballe, and the artist, seeking the discomfort in the eyes of Perpetua, buys the claim against the animal. The two wanders join the circus troupe. For several years the artist and girl travel with the circus, leading delightful vagabond lives. Later, Perpetua is sent to a convent and the discovery is made by the criminal Russell Felton (Miltern) that she is his abandoned daughter. The crook has been leading a youth, who is heir to some wealth, to physical destruction, and sees in Perpetua (Forrest) an opportunity to further assure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footlights (1921 Film)
''Footlights'' is a 1921 American silent film romantic drama directed by John S. Robertson. It stars Elsie Ferguson and Reginald Denny as the lead characters. The film marked the only time star Ferguson and director Robertson worked together on a picture. Cast *Elsie Ferguson as Lisa Parsinova / Lizzie Parsons * Reginald Denny as Brett Page *Marc McDermott as Oswald Kane * Octavia Handworth as Etta Survival status This romantic adventure cannot be assessed today as ''Footlights'' is presumably a lost film with no prints known to exist. Wayback) It was later remade in 1927 as '' |
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