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Ruth Cummings
Ruth Cummings (originally credited under her maiden name, Ruth Sinclair) was an American screenwriter and actress active from the 1910s through the 1930s. She was married to actor-director Irving Cummings in 1917, and they had a son, screenwriter Irving Cummings Jr. Biography Cummings was born in Washington, D.C., to actor Henry Dupree Sinclair and his wife, Lillie Schreiner. She followed in her father's footsteps and took to the stage, performing in plays around the D.C. area and eventually winning parts on Broadway. She eventually began appearing in silent films in the 1910s, rising to leading lady status by the 1920s when she won the lead role in 1922's '' The Masquerader''. After marrying Irving Cummings (who she had worked with on films like 1917's '' A Man's Law''), she became Ruth Cummings and began writing titles at MGM. She worked at MGM for many years, and she once told a reporter that she got most of her ideas while drinking chocolate sodas. She appears to have ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Cummings
Irving Caminsky (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor and director. Career Born in New York City, Cummings started his acting career at age 16 in ''Diplomacy''. His Broadway, performances included ''In the Long Run'' (1909) and ''Object -- Matrimony'' (1916). Acting in the Proctor Stock Company, Cummings appeared with Lillian Russell and other actresses. He entered into movies in 1909, acting with the P. A. Powers company in Mount Vernon, New York, and quickly became a popular leading man. Few of the films he made as an actor are easily available, except for Buster Keaton's first feature film, ''The Saphead'' (1920), in which Cummings plays a crooked stockbroker and Fred Niblo's film Sex (1920), one of the first films to depict a new phenomenon in 1920s America, the Flapper. Both films are readily available on home video, as well as '' The Round-Up'' (1920), a Western drama starring Roscoe Arbuckle (with the famous tagline "Nobody loves a fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Sierras
''Beyond the Sierras'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Robert Lord (screenwriter), Robert Lord. The film stars Tim McCoy, Sylvia Beecher, Roy D'Arcy, Polly Moran, Richard Neill and J. Gordon Russell. The film was released on September 15, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast * Tim McCoy as The Masked Stranger * Sylvia Beecher as Rosa del Valle * Roy D'Arcy as Owens * Polly Moran as Inez * Richard Neill as Don Carlos del Valle * J. Gordon Russell as Wells 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 American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...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] |
California (1927 Film)
''California'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings and Frank Davis. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Marc McDermott, Frank Currier and Fred Warren. The film was released on May 7, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot The film dramatized the Battle of San Pasqual, of December 6–7, 1846, a battle of the Mexican–American War 1846-1848, in which General Stephen W. Kearny's U.S. Dragoons fought Californio lancers in the San Pasqual Valley, just east of Escondido, California.Grace Kingsley, "Tim McCoy's New One," ''Los Angeles Times'', March 4, 1927. Cast * Tim McCoy as Capt. Archibald Gillespie * Dorothy Sebastian as Carlotta del Rey * Marc McDermott as Drachano * Frank Currier Frank Currier (September 4, 1857 – April 22, 1928) was an American film and stage actor and director of the silent era. Career Similar to Theodore Roberts, Kate Lester, Ida Waterman, and William H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Laurie (1927 Film)
''Annie Laurie'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by John S. Robertson, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry. It is about the battles of Scottish clans. This was the third film of Lillian Gish at MGM, and its poor box office returns marked a decline in the star's career. On a down note Gish stated that her mother became ill during the production of this film and that "...she only showed up for work" as opposed to putting her all into the film. John Wayne makes an early film appearance as a crowd extra. The film's copyright was renewed, and fell into the public domain on January 1, 2023. Cast * Lillian Gish as Annie Laurie * Norman Kerry as Ian Macdonald * Creighton Hale as Donald * Joseph Striker as Alastair * Hobart Bosworth as The MacDonald Chieftain * Patricia Avery as Enid * Russell Simpson as Sandy * Brandon Hurst as The Campbell Chieftain * David Torrence as Sir Robert Laurie * Frank Currier as Cameron of Loch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Devils (1927 Film)
''Foreign Devils'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Claire Windsor, which was released by MGM on September 3, 1927. Plot Captain Robert Kelly (McCoy) while attached to the American Embassy in Peking at the time of the Boxer Rebellion befriends Lady Patricia Rutledge (Windsor) and rescues her from the priests of a Chinese temple that she has gone to visit. He then asks a friend to escort her to safety and battles the Chinese in order to give them time to escape. Eventually he brings news or the approach of the Eight-Nation Alliance to the barricade.''Motion Picture News'', April 28, 1928, p. 1348 Cast * Tim McCoy as Capt. Robert Kelly * Claire Windsor as Lady Patricia Rutledge * Cyril Chadwick as Lord Vivien Cholmondely * Frank Currier as U.S. Minister Conger * Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Conger * Lawson Butt as Sir Claude * Sôjin as Lama priest (as Sojin) * Frank Chew as Prince Tuan Crew * Cedric Gibbons Austin Cedri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Student Prince In Old Heidelberg
''The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg'', also known as ''The Student Prince'' and ''Old Heidelberg'', is a 1927 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer silent drama film based on the 1901 play '' Old Heidelberg'' by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and stars Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer. Plot Young Crown Prince Karl Heinrich, heir to the kingdom of Karlsburg (a fictional sovereign state of the German Confederation), is brought to live with his stern uncle, King Karl VII. The king immediately dismisses the boy's nanny without telling the youngster to avoid an emotional farewell. Dr. Friedrich Jüttner, his new tutor, proves to be sympathetic, and they become lifelong friends. Nonetheless, despite the commoners' belief that it must be wonderful to be him, the boy grows up lonely, without playmates his own age. Upon passing his high school examination in 1901 with the help of Dr.Jüttner, the young prince is delighted to learn that both he and Jüttner are being sent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quality Street (1927 Film)
''Quality Street'' is a 1927 American silent romance film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel and Helen Jerome Eddy. Produced by Cosmopolitan Productions for release through MGM, it was based on the 1901 play of the same name by James M. Barrie. Prints of this film are preserved at the Library of Congress and in the Turner Archive. In 2002, the film was released on DVD by the Milestone Films and Video company releasing through Image Entertainment. There was also a sound film version made in 1937, starring Katharine Hepburn. Cast *Marion Davies as Phoebe Throssel *Conrad Nagel as Dr. Valentine Brown *Helen Jerome Eddy as Susan Throssel *Flora Finch as Mary Willoughby *Margaret Seddon as Nancy Willoughby *Marcelle Corday as Henrietta Turnbull * Kate Price as Patty Production In her 26th film, Marion Davies starred in this romantic drama as a young woman about to be married when the man (Conrad Nagel) suddenly goes off to war. Set during the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Old Kentucky (1927 Film)
''In Old Kentucky'' is a 1927 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by John M. Stahl. The film was based on the popular 1893 play of the same name by Charles T. Dazey and stars Helene Costello and James Murray. ''In Old Kentucky'' also features an early performance by Lincoln Perry, who later became known as Stepin Fetchit. The performance proved to be a breakthrough for Perry who signed a five-year contract with Fox Film Corporation shortly after the film's release. The film is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name which was M-G-M studio head Louis B. Mayer's first production as an independent producer. The play was adapted for the screen a third time in 1935 starring Will Rogers in one of his final film appearances. Cast * James Murray as Jimmy Brierly *Helene Costello as Nancy Holden *Wesley Barry as Skippy Lowry *Dorothy Cumming as Mrs. Brierly *Edward Martindel as Mr. Brierly * Harvey Clark as Dan Lowry *Stepin Fet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love (1927 American Film)
''Love'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM made the film in order to capitalize on its winning romantic team of Greta Garbo and John Gilbert who had starred in the 1926 blockbuster ''Flesh and the Devil''. Taking full advantage of the star power, a drama was scripted based on Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel, ''Anna Karenina''. The result was a failure for the author's purists, but it provided the public with a taste of Gilbert-Garbo eroticism that would never again be matched. The publicity campaign for the film was one of the largest up to that time, and the title was changed from the original, ''Heat''. Director Dimitri Buchowetzki began work on ''Love'' with Garbo and Ricardo Cortez. However, producer Irving Thalberg was unhappy with the early filming, and started over by replacing Buchowetzki with Edmund Goulding, cinematographer Merritt B. Gerstad with William H. Daniels, and Cortez with Gilbert. Plot Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming (1928 Film)
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south. With a population of 576,851 in the 2020 United States census, Wyoming is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, least populous state despite being the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 10th largest by area, with the List of U.S. states by population density, second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and List of municipalities in Wyoming, most populous city is Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne, which had an estimated population of 63,957 in 2018. Wyoming's western half is covered mostly by the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern half of the state is high-elevation prairie called the High Plains (United States), High Plains. It is drier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Certain Young Man
''A Certain Young Man'' is a 1928 comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Marceline Day, Renée Adorée, Carmel Myers and Bert Roach. The film is considered lost. A trailer for the film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Synopsis An English lord is overly fond of married women. Cast * Ramon Novarro as Lord Gerald Brinsley * Marceline Day as Phyllis * Renée Adorée as Henriette * Carmel Myers as Mrs. Crutchley * Bert Roach as Mr. Crutchley * Huntley Gordon as Mr. Hammond * Ernest Wood as Hubert Production The film was shot in 1926, but was not released until 1928. Sally O'Neil was originally cast as Phyllis but was replaced by Marceline Day. Joan Crawford, still an ingenue at the time, was considered for that same role, but she was deemed "unsuitable". Castmember Willard Louis died a few months after filming wrapped, and his name was removed from the credits. Release ''A Certain Young Man'' opened to reviews that were lukewarm at bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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