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Riding To Fame
''Riding to Fame'' is a 1927 American silent sports drama film directed by Barry Barringer and starring George Fawcett, Rosemary Theby and Gladys McConnell.Connelly p.402 Cast * George Fawcett as Old Man Randolph * Rosemary Theby as Marge * Gladys McConnell as Rose Randolph * Arthur Rankin as Jackie * Robert Emmett Tansey as Spec * Henry Sedley as Joe Riordan * Lafe McKee Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee (January 23, 1872 – August 10, 1959) was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912 to 1948. Part of his career was spent with Art Mix Productions. McKee also worked as a stage actor from 19 ... as Dr. Lorentz References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1927 films 1927 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Barry Barringer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Barringer
Barry Barringer (1888–1938) was an American screenwriter. He also directed three films during the silent era He generally worked for low-budget Poverty Row companies.Pitts p.34 Filmography * ''One Glorious Day'' (1922) * '' Vengeance of the Deep'' (1923) * '' Heads Up'' (1925) * '' Smilin' at Trouble'' (1925) * ''Frenzied Flames'' (1926) * ''The Warning Signal'' (1926) * '' Fire and Steel'' (1927) * ''Hazardous Valley'' (1927) * ''Duty's Reward'' (1927) * '' Roaring Fires'' (1927) * ''Riding to Fame'' (1927) * ''Code of the Air'' (1928) * ''Bye, Bye, Buddy'' (1929) * ''Convicted'' (1931) * ''Graft'' (1931) * '' The Lightning Flyer'' (1931) * '' The Face on the Barroom Floor'' (1932) * ''Murder at Dawn'' (1932) * '' Dynamite Denny'' (1932) * ''The Death Kiss'' (1932) * ''The Midnight Patrol'' (1932) * '' Daring Daughters'' (1933) * '' The Dude Ranger'' (1934) * '' The Return of Chandu'' (1934) * '' The Way of the West'' (1934) * '' What's Your Racket?'' (1934) * '' Sixteen Fathom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sedley (actor)
Henry McDonald Sedley (1881–1962) was an American actor. He caused the death of a fellow student while a freshman at Yale University in 1901, which may have been the reason for a young woman being banned by her grandmother from marrying him. Prior to achieving fame in silent film, he owned several racehorses and was a champion jockey. Born in New York in 1881, he attended St. Paul's school, Andover, and the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, though he did not complete a degree at Yale. He bought a 70 foot racing yacht from Alfred G. Vanderbilt, and was described as a bon vivant. When a freshman at Yale in 1901, he caused the death of a classmate, Edward F. Corrigan. He was expelled from Yale in the aftermath. In 1907 he reached a settlement for $300. About the same time, Oliver Barnes, a wealthy friend from Reno, Nevada, took Sedley under his wing and assisted his transition into the film industry. In 1912, he was in the news when a young woman's grandmother forb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Barry Barringer
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
