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Robert Brower
Robert Brower (July 14, 1850 – December 1934) was an actor who appeared in many American films. He appeared in several Edison films. He was lauded for his "characterizations" including in ''Apples of Sodom''. Brower was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. While in his teens he performed in theater. Filmography *''Aida'' (1911) as High Priest of Isis *''Silver Threads Among the Gold'' (1911) *'' Hearts and Diamonds'' (1912) *'' The Shadow on the Blind'' (1912) *'' Helping John'' (1912) *'' The Ambassador's Daughter'' (1913) *'' Apples of Sodom'' (1913) *'' Dolly Varden'' (1913) *''The Diamond Crown'' (1913) as Inspector Dalton *''The Substitute Stenographer'' (1913) as the Police Inspector *'' The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints'' (1914) as Detective Narko *'' The Mystery of the Glass Tubes'' (1914) as Detective Narko *'' The Vanishing Cracksman'' (1914) as Detective Narko *'' Vanity Fair'' (1915) as Mr. Osborne *''When Love Is King'' (1916) as The Prime Minister *'' Builder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brower (Edison Still)
Robert Brower (July 14, 1850 – December 1934) was an actor who appeared in many American films. He appeared in several Edison Film Company, Edison films. He was lauded for his "characterizations" including in ''Apples of Sodom''. Brower was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. While in his teens he performed in theater. Filmography *''Aida (1911 film), Aida'' (1911) as High Priest of Isis *''Silver Threads Among the Gold (1911 film), Silver Threads Among the Gold'' (1911) *''Hearts and Diamonds (1912 film), Hearts and Diamonds'' (1912) *''The Shadow on the Blind'' (1912) *''Helping John'' (1912) *''The Ambassador's Daughter (1913 film), The Ambassador's Daughter'' (1913) *''Apples of Sodom (film), Apples of Sodom'' (1913) *''Dolly Varden (film), Dolly Varden'' (1913) *''The Diamond Crown'' (1913) as Inspector Dalton *''The Substitute Stenographer'' (1913) as the Police Inspector *''The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints'' (1914) as Detective Narko *''The Mystery of the Glass Tubes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Love Is King
''When Love Is King'' is a 1916 silent film comedy drama, that was produced and distributed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in conjunction with George Kleine. The film is a starring debut for stage actress Carroll McComas. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast *Richard Tucker - Felix, the King *Carroll McComas - Marcia Morton *Bigelow Cooper Jackson Bigelow Cooper (December 21, 1867 – 1953) was an American stage and screen character actor prominent in the silent film era. Biography Born in Springfield, Ohio in 1867, Cooper's early acting experience came in stock theater, includi ... - J.P. Morton *Vivian Perry - The Princess Louise *John Sturgeon - The Prince of Trebizond *Harold Meltzer - Baron Tarnow * Carlton S. King - Stepan (as Carlton King) *T. Tamamoto - Janzi *Robert Brower - The Prime Minister * Charles Sutton - The Ambassador *Guido Colucci - The Viscount *Helen Strickland - Mrs. Morton *Lucille Allen - The Countess Irma *James Harris References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A City Sparrow
''A City Sparrow'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and written by Kate Jordan and Clara Genevieve Kennedy. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Walter Hiers, Clyde Fillmore, Lillian Leighton, William Boyd, and Rose Cade. The film was released on October 17, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As summarized in a film magazine, Milly West (Ethel Clayton), a cabaret dancer becomes injured, and after a surgeon says she cannot become a mother, she gives up on love. Tim (Walter Hiers) loves her and after she rejects him, writes his mother in the country that he has killed himself. David (Clyde Fillmore), a man from the country, takes her there to recover and later wins her over. The magazine also used stills to illustrate the plot: File:A City Sparrow (1920) - 1.jpg, Milly, a cabaret dancer, offers Tim her pie at a theatrical boarding house File:A City Sparrow (1920) - 2.jpg, In her dressing room, Milly muses over the seriousness of the surgeon's decree File:A Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Straw (1920 Film)
''Jack Straw'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. William C. deMille directed the film and Robert Warwick and Carroll McComas star. The film is based on a 1908 stage play by W. Somerset Maugham starring John Drew and a young Mary Boland. Winston Churchill made a cameo appearance in the original film. In 1926 Paramount attempted a remake of this film called ''The Waiter from the Ritz'' which was begun and/or completed but never released. James Cruze directed and Raymond Griffith starred; this film, if completed, is now lost. The 1920 film survives at the Library of Congress. Plot Based upon a review of the plot in a film publication, Jack Straw (Warwick) is an iceman who becomes a waiter to be closer to the girl (McComas) he is interested in. Later, to impress her, he impersonates an Archduke from Pomerania. A Count from Pomerania (Brower) who is the ambassador arrives and learns of the long-missing son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Cumberland Romance
''A Cumberland Romance'' is a 1920 American silent drama film written and directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter and Monte Blue, based on the 1899 novel ''A Mountain Europa'' by John Fox Jr. It is one of approximately a dozen of Minter's features still known to survive today. Plot As described in film magazine reviews, Easter Hicks (Minter), a mountain girl, meets Clayton (Bowers), an engineer from the city, when she is on her way to market. Easter is fascinated by the "furriner" from the city, and despite her crude dress and rough mannerisms, Clayton is equally taken with her. Sherd Raines (Blue), a young circuit rider of the mountains, is also in love with Easter. "Pap" Hicks (Oliver), Easter's drunkard father, sees Clayton with Easter and vows to shoot the city man, but Sherd overpowers him. Later, Sherd wrestles with his own jealousy and contemplates shooting Clayton, but his faith will not allow him to take a human life. The next day, when Clayton is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Held By The Enemy (film)
''Held by the Enemy'' is a lost 1920 American silent Civil War melodrama film directed by Donald Crisp and based on the 1886 play by William Gillette. The film starred Agnes Ayres, Lewis Stone, and Jack Holt. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Rachel Hayne (Ayres), whose husband, a Southern soldier, is believed to have died in battle, renews a former love affair with Union fighter Colonel Charles Prescott (Holt). She also cultivates the friendship of another Northerner, Brigade Surgeon Fielding (Cain), for the purpose of obtaining quinine from him to pass on to Southern soldiers. Prescott is about to avow his love when the husband Captain Gordon Haine (Stone) returns. When Hayne is recaptured as a spy, Fielding accuses Prescott of trumping up the charge to dispose of the husband. Hayne escapes from his imprisonment, but is then recaptured, and after several incidents commits suicide. This leaves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of Youth
''The Heart of Youth'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Lila Lee, Tom Forman, Buster Irving, Charles Ogle, Fanny Midgley, Guy Oliver, and Lydia Knott. The film was released on August 24, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Calvin Prendergast (Oliver) and Os Whipple (Ogle), small town neighbors, quarrel over a strip of land on which there is a spring to which both claim ownership. Josephine Darchat (Lee), granddaughter of Calvin, and Russ Prendergast, son of Os, are much attracted to each other although the old men object. Calvin and Os leave town to seek legal advice regarding the spring. During their absence the youngster's romance progresses, rousing the jealousy of a young woman guest of the Prendergasts. She causes a misunderstanding between Jo and Russ by changing a love note of Russ' until it is almost an insult. Calvin and Os arrive back in town, and each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everywoman (1919 Film)
''Everywoman'' is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on a 1911 play ''Everywoman'' by Walter Browne. Violet Heming appears as the title character supported by several Paramount character stars. Cast *Theodore Roberts as Wealth *Violet Heming as Everywoman *Clara Horton as Youth *Wanda Hawley as Beauty *Margaret Loomis as Modesty *Mildred Reardon as Conscience *Edythe Chapman as Truth *Bebe Daniels as Vice *Monte Blue as Love *Irving Cummings as Passion * James Neill as Nobody *Raymond Hatton as Flattery *Lucien Littlefield as Lord Witness *Noah Beery as Bluff *Jay Dwiggins as Stuff *Tully Marshall as Puff *Robert Brower as Age *Charles Stanton Ogle as Time *Fred Huntley as Dissipation *Clarence Geldart as Auctioneer See also *''Experience Experience refers to conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these conscious processes. Understood as a consc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawthorne Of The U
Hawthorne often refers to the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne may also refer to: Places Australia *Hawthorne, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane Canada *Hawthorne Village, Ontario, a suburb of Milton, Ontario United States *Hawthorne (Prairieville, Alabama), a plantation house listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hale County, Alabama *Hawthorne, California **Hawthorne Municipal Airport (California) in Hawthorne, California *Hawthorne, Florida *Hawthorne Township, White County, Illinois *Hawthorne, Iowa *Hawthorne, Louisville, Kentucky *Hawthorne, Minneapolis, Minnesota *Hawthorne, Nevada **Hawthorne Army Depot near Hawthorne, Nevada *Hawthorne, New Jersey *Hawthorne, New York *Hawthorne, Portland, Oregon *Hawthorne, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *Hawthorne, Washington, D.C. *Hawthorne, Wisconsin, a town *Hawthorne (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Hawthorne Bridge, Portland, Oregon *Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago, Illinois Roads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose O' The River
''Rose o' the River'' is a 1919 American drama silent film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Lila Lee, Darrell Foss, George Fisher, Robert Brower, Josephine Crowell, and Sylvia Ashton. The film was released on July 20, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Rose (Lee) is the center of a typical circle of small town admirers, dangling them all but laying most carefully the chosen suitor Steve Waterman (Foss), foreman of the lumber gang working the forest near her home. They become engaged and he begins constructing a little home when Claude Merrill, a ribbon clerk from Boston who is pretending to be a big businessman, arrives in the community and gives ardent court. Although true to her first love, she is so impressed by her new admirer's devotion that she gives him a tender farewell, which is seen by her fiance. Believing the worst, Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beauty Market
''The Beauty Market'' is a 1919 American drama film directed by Colin Campbell and written by Margery Land May. The film stars Katherine MacDonald, Roy Stewart, Kathleen Kirkham, Wedgwood Nowell, Winter Hall, and Robert Brower. The film was released on December 1, 1919, by First National Exhibitors' Circuit. There are no known archival holdings of the film, so it is presumably a lost film. Plot Cast *Katherine MacDonald as Amelie Thorndike *Roy Stewart as Capt. Kenneth Laird *Kathleen Kirkham as Christine Appleby *Wedgwood Nowell as Hobie Flagg *Winter Hall as Ashburton Gaylord *Robert Brower Robert Brower (July 14, 1850 – December 1934) was an actor who appeared in many American films. He appeared in several Edison films. He was lauded for his "characterizations" including in ''Apples of Sodom''. Brower was born in Point Pleasant, ... as Amelia's Uncle Issacs References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauty Market, The 1919 films 1910s English-language fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something To Do
''Something to Do'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Maximilian Foster and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Bryant Washburn, Ann Little, Robert Brower, Charles K. Gerrard, Adele Farrington, and Charles Ogle. The film was released on April 13, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jack Merrill (Washburn), wealthy apostle of idleness, is advised by his physician to "find something to do" if he want to live long. His valet, posing as Lord Sidney, seeks to win the hand and fortune of newly rich Mrs. Parkin (Farrington), who has had her relative Peter Remwick (Brower) declared insane and confined to an asylum. Janet Remwick, his daughter, is permitted to stay on as secretary. Merrill learns of his valet's exploits and Janet's predicament, and masquerades as a nobleman to gain entry into the house. Peter Remwick escapes and returns to the house followed by his captors. Jack is instrumental in establishing P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
