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Russell Bassett
Russell Bassett (October 24, 1845 – May 8, 1918) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 76 silent films between 1911 and 1918. Bassett was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but he moved to Oakland, California at age 3 when his father became a miner. He attended the now-defunct Brayton College in Oakland, and that was where he gained his initial acting experience. Bassett gained early acting experience in stock theater with the Hooley Stock Company in Chicago. Later, he "toured the whole width of America, broadening, mellowing, polishing off his art." On Broadway, he appeared in ''The Other Fellow'' (1910), ''The Top o' th' World'' (1907), and ''Rip Van Winkle'' (1905). During his film career, Bassett acted for the Biograph, Edison, Yankee, Pathe, Imp, Reliance, Nestor, and Famous Players companies. On May 8, 1918, Bassett died from a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in New York City. He was survived by his wife and a son. Selected filmography *'' When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Still
A film still (sometimes called a publicity still or a production still) is a photograph, taken on or off the set of a movie or television program during production. These photographs are also taken in formal studio settings and venues of opportunity such as film stars' homes, film debut events, and commercial settings. The photos were taken by studio photographers for promotional purposes. Such stills consisted of posed portraits, used for public display or free fan handouts, which are sometimes autographed. They can also consist of posed or candid images taken on the set during production, and may include stars, crew members or directors at work. The main purpose of such publicity stills is to help studios advertise and promote their new films and stars. Studios therefore send those photos along with press kits and free passes to as many movie-related publications as possible so as to gain free publicity. Such photos were then used by newspapers and magazines, for example, to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim The Penman (1915 Film)
''Jim the Penman'' is a 1915 silent film crime drama produced by the Famous Players Film Company and released through Paramount Pictures. It was the first movie based on a well-known stage play, ''Jim the Penman'' by Charles Lawrence Young, about a forger in Victorian Britain. The film was directed by Edwin S. Porter and starred stage actor John B. Mason, in his debut film, in line with Adolph Zukor's efforts to recruit famous stage actors for films. Co-starring with Mason was the young up-and-coming favorite Harold Lockwood. Mason had played the part on the stage in the 1910 season on Broadway. Some sources erroneously credit this film as being shot in a stereoscopic format, but it was in fact shot in the conventional 2D format. Stereoscopic tests films were shot by Porter (not for use in the film) using the sets and actors. This film is lost. Plot Louis Percival (Harold Lockwood) uses his forgery talent to woo Nina (Marguerite Leslie). He saves her father from bankruptcy by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Keys To Baldpate (1917 Film)
''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is a 1917 American silent mystery/thriller film produced by George M. Cohan and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. The film is based on Cohan's 1913 play of the 1913 novel by Earl Derr Biggers. Cohan himself stars in this silent version along with Anna Q. Nilsson and Hedda Hopper, billed under her real name Elda Furry. One version of the play preceded this movie in 1916 and numerous versions followed in the succeeding decades such as the early RKO talkie starring Richard Dix. ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is an extant film with much home video availability. Plot As described in a film magazine, George Washington Magee (Cohan) bets a companion $5,000 that he can write a bestseller in twenty-four hours. He goes to an isolated summer hotel in the mountains, receives the only key to the place, and sets about his task. Soon he is interrupted by complications as guests arrive, unexpected and uninvited, each with their own key to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Jones (film)
''Broadway Jones'' is a lost 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Joseph Kaufman and starring George M. Cohan, in his film debut, in a motion picture based on his 1912 play, ''Broadway Jones''. at silentera.com 
Though no known copies survive of the film, a 1931 Paramount promotional film, '''', contains a clip of Cohan which may be from either ...
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Public Be Damned
''Public Be Damned'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Mary Fuller, Charles Richman (actor), Charles Richman and Chester Barnett. The film's negative portrayal of food hoarding at a time of increased shortages due to the American entry into World War I led to it being publicly endorsed by Herbert Hoover, who shot a prologue to introduce the film. It was followed shortly afterwards by a similarly-themed production ''The Food Gamblers'' by Allan Dwan.Lombardi p.77 Cast * Mary Fuller as Marion Fernley * Charles Richman (actor), Charles Richman as John Black * Chester Barnett as Robert Merritt * Joseph W. Smiley as Bill Garvin * Russell Bassett as David Higgins * Herbert Hoover as Himself References Bibliography * Frederic Lombardi. ''Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios''. McFarland, 2013. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Stanner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honeymoon
''The Honeymoon'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Constance Talmadge, Earle Foxe, and Maude Turner Gordon Maude Turner Gordon (November 10, 1868 – January 12, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in 81 films between 1914 and 1938. Biography Born in Franklin, Indiana, Gordon was the daughter of Alexander and Nancy Wright Turner. She wa ....''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 262 Cast References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1917 films 1917 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Charles Giblyn American silent feature films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films Selznick Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Coney Island Princess
''A Coney Island Princess'' is a lost 1916 silent film comedy drama directed by Dell Henderson and starring Irene Fenwick. It is based on the play ''Princess Zim-Zim'' by Edward Sheldon. This film was Fenwick's first for the Famous Players Film Company and was partly filmed on location at Coney Island. Synopsis The story evolves from a spat which Milholland has with his fiancée, Alice Gardner. While imbibing too freely in a foolish effort to assuage the pangs besetting him, he decides to sail for Europe, but he lands at Coney Island via the sight-seeing-car route, and in the course of zig-zag events he meets the Princess, an Oriental dancer, in a music hall. He becomes infatuated with her, and for the first time in his young pampered life he earns ten dollars playing a piano while she does her act on the stage. Eventually he takes the Princess to the home of his wealthy aunt, Mrs. King. Their betrothal is announced at a dinner on which occasion the Princess worries Pete and the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Lady Eileen
''Little Lady Eileen'' is a lost film, lost 1916 silent fantasy drama starring Marguerite Clark. It was directed by J. Searle Dawley and produced by Adolph Zukor. The film had double exposure photography since Vernon Steele plays two different characters within the same scene. Cast *Marguerite Clark - Eileen Kavanaugh *Vernon Steele - Stanley Churchill/Sir George Churchill *John L. Shine - Eileen's father *J.K. Murray - Father Kearney *Harry Lee - Powdein *Maggie Fisher - Lady Gower *Russell Bassett - Mike Cafferty References External linksLittle Lady Eileen at IMDb.com 1916 films American silent feature films Films directed by J. Searle Dawley Paramount Pictures films Lost A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Less Than The Dust
''Less than the Dust'' is a 1916 American silent feature film produced by and starring Mary Pickford with a release by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. John Emerson directed and Eric von Stroheim was one of the assistant directors. There is a 35mm copy of this film that still survives. Cast *Mary Pickford - Radha * David Powell - Capt. Richard Townsend *Frank Losee - Capt. Bradshaw *Mary Alden - Mrs. Bradshaw *Mario Majeroni - Ramlan *Cesare Gravina - Jawan *Francis Joyner - A Derelict *Russell Bassett Russell Bassett (October 24, 1845 – May 8, 1918) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 76 silent films between 1911 and 1918. Bassett was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but he moved to Oakland, California at age 3 when his ... - Ahmed *Walter Morgan - Bhesstie *Merceita Esmond - A Gossip(*as Mercita Esmonde) *Nathaniel Sack - Undetermined Role *Frank Lackteen - (*unbilled) References External links * allmovie/synopsis; ''Less Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulda From Holland
''Hulda from Holland'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by John B. O'Brien that was produced by Famous Players Film Company and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Mary Pickford, then the biggest movie star in America. The story is an original for the screen called ''Miss Jinny''. Plot Upon the death of her parents, little Hulda find herself sole guardian of her three small brothers. Fortunately, she receives a letter from her wealthy Uncle Peter in Pennsylvania inviting the three orphans to come to America and live with him. Shortly afterwards, Uncle Peter drives to the Port of New York to pick them up, but is injured by an automobile accident and taken to a hospital where he lies unidentified. Uncle Peter's disappearance not only causes distress to the three newly arrived Dutch immigrants, but also to a railroad president, Mr. Walton, who is trying to buy the right-of-way through Uncle Peter's farmland and has only three deals left in which to close the deal. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplomacy (1916 Film)
''Diplomacy'' is a 1916 silent film drama produced by the Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1878 stage play ''Diplomacy'', adapted from the French play ''Dora'' (1877) by Victorien Sardou, which had enjoyed revivals and road shows for decades. This film stars Doro reprising her 1914 Broadway revival role. The film is now lost with just a fragment, 1 reel, remaining at the Library of Congress. The story was filmed again in 1926 as ''Diplomacy'' by Paramount with Blanche Sweet starring and her then husband Marshall Neilan directing. Cast *Marie Doro - Dora *Elliott Dexter - Julian Beauclerc *Edith Campbell - Comtesse Zicka(*as Edith Campbell Walker) *George Majeroni - Count Orloff * Frank Losee - Henri Beauclerc *Russell Bassett Russell Bassett (October 24, 1845 – May 8, 1918) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 76 silent films between 1911 and 1918. Bassett was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nearly A King
''Nearly a King'' is a 1916 silent film romantic comedy directed by Frederick A. Thomson, produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. John Barrymore stars in a story written for the screen. Barrymore's first wife Katherine Corri Harris makes her screen debut with him in this picture. Frederick Thomson directed and this is now a lost film. Retrieved December 11, 2015 One of the earliest screen appearances of a young |
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