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Rose Tapley
Rose Elizabeth Tapley (June 30, 1881 – February 23, 1956) was an American actress of the stage and an early heroine of silent films. Early life Tapley was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She was the cousin of Captain Robert Bartlett, commander of the S.S. ''Roosevelt'' and the S.S. '' Karluk''. All of her relatives on her father's side for generations were sailors. Her grandfather's generation included nine sailing masters or captains. Tapley's mother's name was Elizabeth Stagg Riker. She was the granddaughter of Abram Polhemus, one of the founders of the old Dutch Reformed Church in New York City. He was a merchant marine prince as a young man. Tapley was educated in the public schools of Malden, Massachusetts and at Boston University. Career Tapley performed on stage from 1900 to 1909. Her first theatrical engagement was with the Myron B. Rice Company, as ''Bernice'', in ''My Friend From India''. During the season of 1900 she played every other woman's part in this play. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sign Of The Cross (play)
''The Sign of the Cross'' is an 1895 four- act historical tragedy, by Wilson Barrett and popular for several decades. Barrett said its Christian theme was his attempt to bridge the gap between Church and stage. The plot resembles that of Henryk Sienkiewicz's historical novel ''Quo Vadis'', which was first published between 26 March 1895 and 29 February 1896 in the ''Gazeta Polska'', 11 months after the play's first production. It was the basis for the 1932 film adaptation directed by Cecil B. DeMille: the first DeMille sound film with a religious theme, following two silent films. Plot Marcus Superbus, a Roman patrician under Nero, falls in love with a young woman (Mercia) and converts to Christianity for her. Poppea, Nero's wife, is in unrequited lust for Marcus. At the end, Mercia and Marcus sacrifice their lives in the arena to the lions. Comparison to ''Quo Vadis'' Much of the plot of ''Quo Vadis'' is similar, as far as both featuring main characters named Marcus, against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Can't Always Tell
''One Can't Always Tell'' is a short American silent comedy film. Release ''One Can't Always Tell'' was released on May 31, 1913, in the United States, where it was presented as a split-reel with ''If Dreams Came True; or, Who'd Have Thunk It?'', another Vitagraph comedy. It reached Ashland, Oregon, in July, 1913, and Ocala, Florida, in August. It was released in England on September 18, 1913, reached Christchurch, New Zealand, a month later, and Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ... in November. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Java Head (1923 Film)
''Java Head'' is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by George Melford and starring Leatrice Joy, Jacqueline Logan, Frederick Strong, Alan Roscoe, and Betty Bronson in a bit part. It is based on a popular novel of the same name by Joseph Hergesheimer,Progressive Silent Film List: ''Java Head'' at silentera.com which in turn is named after the . ''Java Head'' was remade in a 1934 British sound film starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Majesty (1922 Film)
''Her Majesty'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by George Irving and starring Mollie King, Creighton Hale and Rose Tapley.Munden p.341 Synopsis Orpahned identical twins sisters Rosalie and Susan are separated and brought up in completely different households. One becomes a snob while the other becomes a farm-raised girl next door. Confusion ensues when the latter's boyfriend encounters the former. Cast * Mollie King as Susan Bowers / Rosalie Bowers * Creighton Hale as Ted Harper * Rose Tapley as Aunt Worthington * Neville Percy Neville may refer to: Places *Neville, New South Wales, Australia *Neville, Saskatchewan, Canada * Néville, in the Seine-Maritime department, France * Néville-sur-Mer, in the Manche department, France *Neville, Ohio, USA *Neville Township, Pen ... as Wilfred Parkington * T. Jerome Lawler as 'Slick' Harry References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chattel
''The Chattel'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring stage actor E. H. Sothern. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.114 c.1953 by Daniel Blum Cast *E. H. Sothern - Blake Waring *Peggy Hyland - Leila Bard *Rose Tapley Rose Elizabeth Tapley (June 30, 1881 – February 23, 1956) was an American actress of the stage and an early heroine of silent films. Early life Tapley was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She was the cousin of Captain Robert Bartlett, comm ... - Mrs. Delavan (*as Rose E. Tapley) * Charles Kent - Mr. Bard *Lark Taylor - Walter Horley *Florence Radinoff - Maid References External linksThe Chattel at IMDb.com* 1916 films American silent feature films Lost American films Vitagraph Studios films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1916 drama films Films directed by Frederick A. Thomson 1916 lost films Lost d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts And The Highway
''Hearts and the Highway'' is a 1915 silent film historical drama directed by Wilfrid North and produced by the Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on a novel of the same title by Cyrus Townsend Brady. The film is now lost with no archival holdings. Cast *Lillian Walker - Lady Katherine *Darwin Karr - Sir Harry Richmond *Donald Hall - King James II *L. Rogers Lytton - Lord Jeffries * Charles Kent - Earl of Clanaranald *Charles Eldridge - Master Dunn *Charles Wellesley - General Ramesey *Anders Randolf - Chief Justice of Scotland *Ned Finley - General Feversham *Harry Northrup - Lord Stenwold *William Gilson - Alison McLeod *Rose Tapley Rose Elizabeth Tapley (June 30, 1881 – February 23, 1956) was an American actress of the stage and an early heroine of silent films. Early life Tapley was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She was the cousin of Captain Robert Bartlett, comm ... - Dame McLeod References External links Hearts and the Highway at IMDb.com* *Promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As You Like It (1912 Film)
''As You Like It'' is a 1912 American silent film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton, Charles Kent, and James Young, and was produced by the Vitagraph Company. The film brings stage star Rose Coghlan to the screen to costar alongside Maurice Costello Maurice George Costello (February 22, 1877 – October 29, 1950) was a prominent American vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s who later played a principal role in early American films as leading man, supporting player, and director .... At 61 or 62 Coghlan is an older Rosalind than usual. Cast Preservation status A print of this film survives in 16 mm format. at silentera.com References
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Her Choice (1912 Film)
''Her Choice'' is an American silent film. It has been cited as the first film of actress Anita Stewart. Cast *Zena Keefe as Edith, the Poor Niece * Anna M. Stewart as May, the Vain Niece *Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Leticia Summers, the Aunt *Mary Maurice as May's Mother *Rose Tapley as Edith's Mother Production At the time she appeared in this film, Anita Stewart was making $25.00 a week as an extra at Vitagraph. Release ''Her Choice'' was released in the United States on September 30, 1912, and was still in circulation on both coasts in early November. Preservation A 16mm print of ''Her Choice'' has been preserved by the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ....Keil, Charlie. ''Early American Cinema in Transition: Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Cure For Pokeritis
''A Cure for Pokeritis'' is a 1912 short silent film starring John Bunny and Flora Finch. After Bunny's death in 1915, a re-release was announced with the alternative title ''A Sure Cure for Pokeritis''. The film, a domestic comedy, depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on his weekly poker game. It was one of many similar shorts produced by Vitagraph Studios—one-reel comedies starring Bunny and Finch in a domestic setting, known popularly as "Bunnygraphs" or "Bunnyfinches"—whose popularity made Bunny and Finch early film stars. The film has been recognized as an historically important representative of its period and genre. Plot Upon returning home from an evening spent losing at poker, George Brown swears off gambling forever. However, his friend Bigelow convinces him to secretly continue attending the weekly poker game and to tell his wife Mary that he has been admitted to the Sons of the Morning, a fraternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telephone (1910 Film)
''The Telephone'' is a 1910 American silent black and white drama film produced by Vitagraph Company of America. Cast * Leo Delaney as The Husband * Rose Tapley as The Wife * Dolores Costello Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903Costello's obituary in ''The New York Times'' says that she was born on September 17, 1905. – March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. ... as The Child References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Telephone American silent short films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1910 drama films 1910 films Vitagraph Studios short films General Film Company 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoga Park, California
Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Before the Mexican–American War, the district was part of a rancho, and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and then subdivided, with part of it named Owensmouth as a town founded in 1912. It joined Los Angeles in 1917 and was renamed Canoga Park on March 1, 1931, after Canoga, New York. History Pre-American history The area of present-day Canoga Park was the homeland of Native Americans in the Tongva-Fernandeño and Chumash-Venturaño tribes, that lived in the Simi Hills and along to the tributaries of the Los Angeles River. They traded with the north Valley Tataviam-Fernandeño people. Native American civilizations inhabited the Valley for an estimated 8,000 years. Their culture left the Burro Flats Painted Cave nearby. From 1797 to 1846, the area was part of Mission San Fernando Rey de España (Mission San Fernando). After the Mexican War of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodland Hills, California
Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Geography Woodland Hills is in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, which is located east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana. On the north it is bordered by West Hills, Canoga Park, Winnetka, and Reseda, and on the south by the Santa Monica Mountains. Some neighborhoods are in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Running east–west through the community are U.S. Route 101 (the Ventura Freeway) and Ventura Boulevard, whose western terminus is at Valley Circle Boulevard in Woodland Hills. History The area was inhabited for around 8,000 years by Native Americans of the Fernandeño-Tataviam and Chumash-Venturaño tribes, who lived in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills and close to the Arroyo Calabasas (Calabasas Creek) tributary of the Los Angeles River in present-day Woodland Hills. The first Europeans to enter th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
