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Silk Hosiery
''Silk Hosiery'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett. A print listed as being in nitrate exists in the Library of Congress and another in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot As summarized in a film publication, Marjorie Bowen (Bennett) is a model who longs for romance and adventure of the story book variety, but never gets further than displaying gowns at an ultra-fashionable clothing shop. Every customer who comes in is buying a gown for a ball thrown by some Prince. Yvette (Pavis), a French woman, comes to order a gown and brings her fiance Sir Leeds (Webb), who immediately attracts Marjorie's attention, but she loses hope after she hears that he is engaged. Marjorie stays alone in the shop to deliver the gown to Yvette and dresses herself in the costume. Some crook business follows in which Yvette and an idler are implicated. Marjorie gets mixed up in it and ends up kidnapped and in a room with Sir Leeds, who tries to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo (born Frederick Liedtke; January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer. Biography He was born Frederick Liedtke (several sources give "Frederico Nobile", apparently erroneously) in York, Nebraska to a French mother and a father who had served as a captain in the American Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Using the stage name Fred Niblo, Liedtke began his show business career performing in vaudeville and in live theater. After more than 20 years doing live performing as a monologist, during which he traveled extensively around the globe, he worked in Australia from 1912 through 1915, where he turned to the burgeoning motion picture industry and made his first two films. On June 2, 1901, Niblo married Broadway actress Josephine Cohan, the older sister of George M. Cohan. He managed the Four Cohans in their two big successes: ''The Governor's Son'' and ''Running for Office''. From 1904 to 1905, Fred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCLA Film And Television Archive
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the archive screens over 400 films and videos a year, primarily at the Billy Wilder Theater, located inside the Hammer Museum in Westwood, California. (Formerly, it screened films at the James Bridges Theater on the UCLA campus). The archive is funded by UCLA, public and private interests, and the entertainment industry. It is a member of the International Federation of Film Archives. The Archive is a division of the UCLA Library. As of January 2021, its collection hosted more than 500,000 items, including approximately 159,000 motion picture titles and 132,000 television titles, more than 27 million feet of newsreels, more than 222,000 broadcast recordings and more than 9,000 radio transcription discs. History The Archive hosted virtual screenin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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Silent American Comedy Films
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1920 Comedy Films
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1920 Films
The year 1920 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top three films released in 1920 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events * March 28 - "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford and "Everybody's Hero" Douglas Fairbanks marry, becoming the first supercouple of Hollywood. * August – Jack Cohn, Joe Brandt and Harry Cohn form C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation which would later become Columbia Pictures. * November 27 – '' The Mark of Zorro'', starring Douglas Fairbanks opens. Notable films released in 1920 Austria :For a complete list see: ''List of Austrian films of the 1920s'' * ''Anita'' (aka ''Trance''), directed by Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck; an obscure adaptation of George Du Maurier's novel ''Trilby'' *''Boccaccio'', directed by Michael Curtiz. *''The Prince and the Pauper'' directed by Alexander Korda. *'' The Scourge of God'' directed by Michael Curtiz. *''The Star of Damascus'' directed by Michael Curtiz. France :For a complete li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Dione
Claudine Rosalie Gras (1 January 1877 – 1 January 1936), professionally known as Rose Dione, was a French-American actress who appeared in numerous silent era and pre-code films. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1910 and 1932. She was born in Dardilly, Rhône in France, and died in Los Angeles, California. She was probably best known for her final role as Madame Tetrallini in the film ''Freaks'' (1932). Partial filmography * ''The Corsican Brothers'' (1917) * ''The World and Its Woman'' (1919) * '' It Happened in Paris'' (1919) * '' Suds'' (1920) * '' The Woman and the Puppet'' (1920) * '' Silk Hosiery'' (1920) * ''The Land of Jazz'' (1920) * '' The Great Lover'' (1920) * '' The Luck of the Irish'' (1920) * '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921) * ''Cheated Love'' (1921) * ''Silent Years'' (1921) * ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1921) * ''Be My Wife'' (1921) * ''A Parisian Scandal'' (1921) * '' Under Two Flags'' (1922) * '' Omar the Tentmaker'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Holland
Harold Holland (May 12, 1885 – September 27, 1974) was a British theatre and silent film actor and playwright. He was born in Bloomsbury, London. He played Dr. Rogers in the 1913 film '' Riches and Rogues'', and took the lead role of Dr. Thomas "Tom" Flynn in the 1914 comedy '' The Lucky Vest''. After having worked on Charlie Chaplin films including ''Shanghaied'' and '' The Bank'' in 1915, he was hired by the Morosco Photoplay Company in 1916 as it expanded. Before and after working in silent films, Holland had a theatre career in the United Kingdom. His West End roles include ''Bella Donna'', ''One-Act Plays'', and ''Treasure Island''. He also performed as the title character in the UK tour of ''Sherlock Holmes'' in 1919. As a playwright, he wrote the 1918 war play ''True Values'', a propaganda piece encouraging women at home to work and invest in the war, and 1927 play ''The Big Drum'', an early self-referential play set in a fictional theatre. Other works written by Holl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Standing
Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940. Partial filmography * '' The Loves of Letty'' (1919) - Slavey * ''The Branding Iron'' (1920) - Maude Upper * '' Silk Hosiery'' (1920) - Sophia Black * ''Lorna Doone'' (1922) - Gwenny Carfax (uncredited) * ''Oliver Twist'' (1922) - Charlotte * '' Hearts Aflame'' (1923) - Ginger * ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' (1923) - Tillie Slowboy * ''Pleasure Mad'' (1923) - Hulda * ''A Noise in Newboro'' (1923) - Dorothy Mason * '' Three Weeks'' (1924) - Isabella * ''Women Who Give'' (1924) - Sophia Higginboottom * ''Happiness'' (1924) - Jenny * ''What Shall I Do?'' (1924) - Lizzie * ''The Beauty Prize'' (1924) - Lydia Du Bois * ''Empty Hearts'' (1924) - Hilda, the maid * ''Greed'' (1924) - Selina * '' The Dancers'' (1925) - Pringle * ''Faint Perfume'' (1925) - The Hired Girl * ''Love on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Hoffman
Otto F. Hoffman (May 2, 1879 – June 23, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in almost 200 films between 1915 and 1944. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California, from lung cancer. Hoffman's Broadway credits include ''The Strange Woman'' (1913), ''The Spring Maid'' (1910), and ''A Broken Idol'' (1909). He was also active in stock theater productions. Hoffman debuted in film in 1906 in a production of the Edison Company in New York. Later he worked for Goldwyn Pictures. Partial filmography * ''The Haunted Bedroom'' (1919) * '' The Egg Crate Wallop'' (1919) * '' Behind the Door'' (1919) * ''Homer Comes Home'' (1920) * ''Stop Thief!'' (1920) * '' The Jailbird'' (1920) * '' The Great Accident'' (1920) * '' Silk Hosiery'' (1920) * '' Who Am I?'' (1921) * ''Bunty Pulls the Strings'' (1921) * '' The Bronze Bell'' (1921) * '' The Devil Within'' (1921) * '' Mr. Barnes of New York'' (1922) * ''Trimmed'' (1922) * '' The Sin Flood'' (1922) * '' Ridi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacDonald (actor)
Donald MacDonald (February 8, 1886 – August 6, 1972) was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1934. He also directed 40 films between 1913 and 1917. He was born in California and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Almost a Rescue'' (1913) * ''The Abandonment'' (1916 - directed) * ''The Smugglers of Santa Cruz'' (1916 - directed) * ''A Desert Wooing'' (1918) * '' Who Cares?'' (1919) * '' The Law of Men'' (1919) * '' Silk Hosiery'' (1920) * ''The Yellow Typhoon'' (1920) * ''45 Minutes from Broadway'' (1920) * '' The White Dove'' (1920) * ''The Woman in the Suitcase'' (1920) * ''The Sky Pilot'' (1921) * ''Greater Than Love'' (1921) * ''A Midnight Bell'' (1921) * ''Her Face Value'' (1921) * ''The Woman He Married'' (1922) * ''The Bootlegger's Daughter'' (1922) * ''Lorna Doone'' (1922) * ''Crashin' Thru'' (1923) * '' Stepping Fast'' (1923) * '' Another Man's Wife'' (1924) * ''If Marriage Fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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