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Ralph Kellard
Ralph Kellard (June 16, 1883 - 1955) was an actor in the U.S. who appeared in theatrical productions and films. His film work included leading roles in several films such as '' The Shielding Shadow'' (1916), '' The Restless Sex'' (1920) and ''The Cost (film)''. His son Robert Kellard also became an actor. He was born Thomas J. J. Kelly in New York City. Kellard was referred to as a popular local matinee idol of the Auditorium Stock Company in Kansas when he returned on screen in a showing of ''The Cost (film)'' in 1920. In 1915 Kellard was voted the second most handsome film star, and shown in a photograph of "this month's prominent film stars" in ''Motion Picture Classic''. Kellard appeared in the French language publication ''Mon Ciné'' on June 28, 1923. Images of Kellard are available at GettyImages, The Wisconsin Historical Society, and The Silent Film Still Archive. Kellard ate a mostly fruit diet and caused slip and fall problems leaving fruit peels and other bits of frui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shielding Shadow
''The Shielding Shadow'' is a 1916 American action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie and starring Grace Darmond and Ralph Kellard. Plot The 15 chapter story involves the heroine being protected by a shadow with burning eyes. There's also a cloak of invisibility, some hypnotism and a giant octopus added to the mix. Cast * Grace Darmond as Leontine * Ralph Kellard as Jerry Carson * Léon Bary as Sebastian Navarro * Madlaine Traverse as Barbara * Lionel Braham as The Bouncer * Frankie Mann as The Cabaret Singer * Leslie King as One Lump Louie * Hallen Mostyn * Madeline Francine Chapters *1. The Treasure Trove *2. Into the Depths *3. The Mystic Defender *4. The Earthquake *5. Through Bolted Doors *6. The Disappearing Shadow *7. The Awakening *8. The Haunting Hand *9. The Incorrigible Captive *10. The Vanishing Mantle *11. The Great Sacrifice *12. The Stolen Shadow *13. The Hidden Menace *14. Absolute Black *15. The Final Chapter Notes Most of the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hillcrest Mystery
''The Hillcrest Mystery'' is a 1918 silent film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Irene Castle. It was distributed by Pathé Exchange in March 1918. Cast *Irene Castle - Marion Sterling * J. H. Gilmour - Thomas Sterling * Ralph Kellard - Gordon Brett * Wyndham Standing - Hugo Smith *DeWitt Jennings DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in more than 150 films between 1915 and 1937. Biography He was born in Cameron, Misso ... - Tom Cameron Preservation status *The film is lost. References External links * * 1918 films American silent feature films Films directed by George Fitzmaurice Lost American films American mystery films Films with screenplays by Ouida Bergère American black-and-white films 1918 mystery films Pathé Exchange films 1918 lost films Lost mystery films 1910s American films Silent mystery films 1910s English-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Seventh Flee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Everywhere
''Women Everywhere'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical adventure film directed by Alexander Korda and starring J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay, and George Grossmith, Jr. It is set amongst the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. The film's songs include: "Women Everywhere," "Beware of Love," "One Day," "Good Time Fifi," "Bon Jour," "Marching Song" (William Kernell), "All in the Family" (Kernell, George Grossmith), and "Smile, Legionnaire" (Kernell, Charles Wakefield Cadman). Cast * J. Harold Murray as Charles Jackson * Fifi D'Orsay as Lili La Fleur * George Grossmith, Jr. as Aristide Brown * Clyde Cook as Sam Jones * Ralph Kellard as Michael Kopulos * Rose Dione as Zephyrine * Walter McGrail as Lieutenant of Legionnaires * Harry Cording as Legionnaire in Cafe * Hans Fuerberg as German Legionnaire * Bob Kortman as Swedish Legionnaire * Louis Mercier as Waiter * Hector Sarno as Italian Legionnaire * Harry Semels Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtuous Liars with another woman. His wife makes a success of herself, but he then returns and attempts to blackmail her.
''Virtuous Liars'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring David Powell, Edith Allen, Maurice Costello, and Dagmar Godowsky.Munden p. 860 A man abandons his wife and child and goes to live in Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jack Banton deserts his wife Edith and their three-year-old child, goes to Havana, and becomes involved with Juanita, a young Cuban woman. Edith pursues an art career, aided by Josiah Wright, a wealthy man, whose nephew, Dr. Norman Wright, is engaged to Julia Livingston. Josiah dies, leav ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who's Cheating?
''Who's Cheating?'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Ralph Kellard, Zena Keefe and Montagu Love.Nash p.551 Cast * Dorothy Chappell as June Waugh * Ralph Kellard as Larry Fields * Zena Keefe as Myrtle Meers * Montagu Love as Harrison Fields * Marie Burke as Mrs. Fields * William H. Tooker as John Rogers * Frank Montgomery as Alexander Waugh * Edward Roseman as Steve Bowman * Marcia Harris Marcia Harris (born Lena Hill, February 14, 1868 – June 18, 1947) was an American actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1915 and 1932. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and as an amateur acted primarily in male lead roles wi ... as Mrs. Freeman References Bibliography * Nash, Jay Robert. ''The Motion Picture Guide 1988 Annual''. Cinebooks, 1997. External links * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Mind (1920 Film)
''The Master Mind'' (also known as Sinners Three) is a lost 1920 American silent crime drama film produced by Whitman Bennett and released by Associated First National Pictures, later just First National Pictures). Kenneth Webb directed and Lionel Barrymore stars. It is based on a 1913 play, ''The Master Mind'', by playwright Daniel David Cohen also known as Daniel D. Carter. Plot As described in a film magazine, in revenge for the successful prosecution of his younger brother Richard (Helton), accused of murder but innocent, by district attorney Wainwright (Kellard), Henry Allen (Barrymore), whose two passions are the study of psychology and his love for his brother, schemes to return the hurt to the lawyer and take away that which he holds dear. Finding that Wainwright loves a portrait of a young woman with a criminal record, Henry develops a scheme that takes Maggie (O'Brien) from prison and educates her abroad. Upon completion of her education he surrounds her with a preten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Scream In The Night (1919 Film)
''A Scream in the Night'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Leander De Cordova and Burton L. King and starring Ruth Budd, Ralph Kellard and Edna Britton.Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.506 Cast * Ruth Budd as Darwa * Ralph Kellard as Robert Hunter * Edna Britton as Vaneva Carter * John Webb Dillion as Prof. Silvio * Edward Roseman as Lotec * Stephen Grattan as Sen. Newcastle * Adelbert Hugo as Floris * Louis Stern Louis Stern (born January 7, 1945) is a Los Angeles art dealer and President of Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood, California. Stern deals in the secondary market for Impressionist and Modern works. His gallery’s program specializes primaril ... as Mr. Graham References Bibliography * Soister, John T., Nicolella, Henry & Joyce, Steve. ''American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929''. McFarland, 2014. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Of The Army
''Pearl of the Army'' is a 1916 American silent film serial directed by Edward José. The Pathé-Astra Film Corp movie was made when many early film studio and film producers in America's first motion picture industry were based in New Jersey's Hudson River towns, particularly Fort Lee. Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Pearl White as Pearl Date * Ralph Kellard as Captain Ralph Payne * Marie Wayne as Bertha Bonn * Theodore Friebus as Major Brent * William T. Carleton William T. Carleton (1859–1930) was an English-born actor, and producer. He died in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1930. Some sources erroneously list him as being related to William P. Carleton, another actor. He is also not to be mista ... as Colonel Dare (as W.T. Carleton) Chapter titles # ''The Traitor'' # ''Found Guilty'' # ''The Silent Menace'' # ''War Clouds'' # ''Somewhere In Grenada'' # ''Major Brent's Perfidy'' # ''For The Stars and Stripes'' # ''Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Restless Sex
''The Restless Sex'' is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Marion Davies, and Ralph Kellard. It was directed by Leon D'Usseau and Robert Z. Leonard and written by Frances Marion. The film is based upon the 1918 novel of the same name by Robert W. Chambers and was distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation name. A copy of ''The Restless Sex'' is housed at the Library of Congress and Gosfilmofond. Synopsis Stephanie (Steve) is a restless and adventurous young woman. She is in love with Jim, her foster brother and childhood sweetheart. But now, she also finds herself attracted to art student Oswald Grismer. Jim leaves for Paris to become an author. In this period, Steve and Oswald decide to marry each other. When Jim finds out, he returns home to win Steve over. Cast * Marion Davies as Steve * Ralph Kellard as Jim Cleland * Carlyle Blackwell as Oswald Grismer * Charles Lane as John Cleland * Corinne Barker as Helen Davis * Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Precious Parcel
''The Precious Parcel'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Oliver Hardy as Plump (as Babe Hardy) * Billy Ruge as Runt * Florence McLaughlin as Runt's Accomplice (as Florence McLoughlin) * Edna Reynolds as Telegraph Operator See also * List of American films of 1916 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... External links * 1916 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1916 comedy films 1916 short films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
