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Sam Hardy (actor)
Samuel B. Hardy (March 21, 1883 – October 16, 1935) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Hardy attended Yale but left there to become an actor on stage. He entered the world of film with Biograph Studios. Hardy appeared in about 85 movies between 1915 and 1935, he was often in comedic roles. His best-known role to modern audiences is perhaps Charles Weston, the theatrical agent, in the 1933 film classic ''King Kong''. Hardy appeared opposite Marie Cahill in the 1910 play ''Judy Forgot'' and the 1915 film adaptation. Hardy became ill while he was working in the film ''Shoot the Chutes'', starring Eddie Cantor. He did not survive emergency surgery at a hospital and died of intestinal problems. Partial filmography * ''Judy Forgot'' (1915) - Freddy * ''Over Night'' (1915) - Percy Darling * '' At First Sight'' (1917) - Hartly Poole * ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1918) - Simon Legree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 as determined by the 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is the third largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport and Stamford and the principal municipality of Greater New Haven, which had a total 2020 population of 864,835. New Haven was one of the first planned cities in the U.S. A year after its founding by English Puritans in 1638, eight streets were laid out in a four-by-four grid, creating the "Nine Square Plan". The central common block is the New Haven Green, a square at the center of Downtown New Haven. The Green is now a National Historic Landmark, and the "Nine Square Plan" is recognized by the American Planning Association as a National Planning Landmark. New Haven is the home of Yale University, New Haven's biggest taxpayer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Old New York (1923 Film)
''Little Old New York'' is a 1923 American silent historical drama film starring Marion Davies and directed by Sidney Olcott that was based on a play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan production unit. Plot summary In 1806 New York City, the late Richard O'Day leaves a million dollar fortune to his nephew, Patrick O'Day, in his homeland of Ireland. The will gives Patrick one year to claim the fortune or it will pass to Richard's stepson, Larry Delavan. Meanwhile, Larry inherits a house and a small allowance. After many months of searching, a solicitor informs the impoverished O'Day family that the sickly Patrick now has only two months to travel to America and claim the fortune. His father, John, and sister, Patricia "Pat," plan for the voyage. When Pat and John arrive at Larry's house, Pat has cut her hair short and poses as her teenage brother. Pat and Larry initially butt heads while she gets accustomed to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Up Broadway
''Burning Up Broadway'' is a 1928 American silent drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Helene Costello, Robert Frazer, and Sam Hardy, and was released February 1928. Plot Spike and Nick own a speakeasy in New York, where the chief chorus girl is Floss. When native New Yorker Harry Wells is visited by his friend from out west, Bob Travers, he takes Bob to the club. At the club, Travers becomes entranced with Floss, which becomes an issue with Spike, who is also romantically interested in her. Travers goes back to the club the following night, where he runs into Wells. Trying to find out more about Floss, Travers discovers that not only do Spike and Nick own the club, but they are also bootleggers. When he is discovered snooping, Spike and Nick knock Travers out, then take Floss with them as they go to receive their next shipment of bootleg liquor. Wells discovers Travers and revives him, revealing that he is in fact a revenue agent. He and Travers join Wells other agents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Texas Steer
''A Texas Steer'' is a lost 1927 American silent film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Will Rogers. It was a cinematic adaptation from an eponymous play by Charles H. Hoyt.Mordaunt HallA Texas Steer (1927) ''The New York Times'', January 2, 1928 Plot summary Maverick Brander, a newly elected Congressman from the fictional town of Red Dog, Texas, moves to Washington, D.C. to serve in the United States House of Representatives. He supports the Eagle Rock Dam bill. Meanwhile, he flirts with a woman. Cast *Will Rogers as Cattle Brander *Louise Fazenda as Mrs. Ma Brander *Sam Hardy as Brassy Gall * Ann Rork as Bossy Brander *Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Farleigh Bright *Lilyan Tashman as Dixie Style *George F. Marion as Fishback *Bud Jamison as Othello (as Bud Jamieson) *Arthur Hoyt as Knott Innitt *Mack Swain as Bragg *William Orlamond as Blow *Lucien Littlefield as Yell Critical reception The film was reviewed in ''The New York Times'' by film critic Mordaunt Hall Mordaun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Of Riley (1927 Film)
''The Life of Riley'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. Distributed by First National, the film stars Charles Murray in the title role, George Sidney, Stephen Carr, and June Marlowe. ''The Life of Riley'' is now presumed lost. Cast * Charles Murray as Timothy Riley (fire chief) * George Sidney as Otto Meyer (police chief) * Stephen Carr as Steve Meyer * June Marlowe as Molly O'Rourke * Myrtle Stedman as Penelope Jones * Sam Hardy as Al Montague * Bert Woodruff as Aaron Brown * Edwards Davis Cader Edwards Davis (June 17, 1873 – May 16, 1936) was an American actor, producer, and playwright of vaudeville and the silent film era, known as a character actor. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he was an ordained Christian mi ... as John King References External links * * 1927 films 1927 comedy films 1927 lost films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Nights
''Broadway Nights '' is a 1927 American lost film. It was the film debut of Barbara Stanwyck, Sylvia Sidney and Ann Sothern.Broadway Nights at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''First National Pictures'' Cast * Sam Hardy as Johnny Fay * Lois Wilson as Fanny Franchette * as Bronson * |
High Hat (1927 Film)
''High Hat'' is a 1927 American film directed by James Ashmore Creelman. Plot High Hat is a movie extra at First National Pictures, but sees himself as the studio pundit, dispensing advice to stars such as John Barrymore and Pola Negri. A studio seamstress named Millie gets him a lucrative "closeup" assignment in the German director Von Strogoff's epic about the Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ..., but he gets fired after falling asleep on a prop bed. Millie loses valuable jewellery entrusted by her to the thief Tony, and High Hat comes to her rescue. His fight with Tony is recorded by Von Strogoff and used in the film. References External links * 1927 films 1920s English-language films 1927 directorial debut films 1927 comedy films First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchids And Ermine
Orchids and Ermine is a 1927 silent film comedy starring Colleen Moore, filmed partly on location in New York. The film still exists. This was Mickey Rooney's first feature-length film (his first film being a short subject released in 1926). Story Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson (Colleen Moore) works as a telephone operator at a cement factory and dreams of marrying rich. Her constant daydreaming of wealth annoys her fellow workers, and ruins the heart of one of her worshipping colleagues. Instead, she interviews at the De Luxe Hotel on Fifth Avenue for the job of hotel switchboard operator, and lands the position despite the large number of women soliciting. During her first day, she befriends Ermintrude De Vere (Gwen Lee), and is invited to accompany her on a date with a young millionaire named Mr. Vandergriff (Brooks Benedict), who is later revealed as a scheming chauffeur at Long Island. Jenkins' boss, an old millionaire, fires him and tries to flirt with the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Sap
''The Perfect Sap'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Higgin. It is based on the 1926 play ''Not Herbert'' by Howard Irving Young. The film stars Ben Lyon, Pauline Starke, Virginia Lee Corbin, Lloyd Whitlock, Diana Kane, Byron Douglas, and Christine Compton. The film was released on January 23, 1927, by First National Pictures. Cast *Ben Lyon as Herbert Alden *Pauline Starke as Polly Stoddard *Virginia Lee Corbin as Ruth Webster *Lloyd Whitlock as Tracy Sutton *Diana Kane as Roberta Alden *Byron Douglas as Stephen Alden *Christine Compton as Mrs. Stephen Alden * Charles Craig as Fletcher * Sam Hardy as Nick Fanshaw *Tammany Young as George Barrow *Helen Rowland Helen May Rowland (; 1875–1950) was an American journalist and humorist. For many years she wrote a column in the ''New York World'' called "Reflections of a Bachelor Girl". Many of her pithy insights from these columns were published in book ... as Cissie Alden References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Tempters
''Prince of Tempters'' is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lois Moran, Ben Lyon and Lya De Putti. It is based on the 1924 novel '' The Ex-Duke'' by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film was made at the Cosmopolitan Studios in New York. It was the first film made in America by the German director Lothar Mendes, who married Dorothy Mackaill while working on the production. A copy of this film is held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Cast * Lois Moran as Monica * Ben Lyon as Francis * Lya De Putti as Dolores * Ian Keith as Mario Ambrosio, later Baron Humberto Giordano * Mary Brian as Mary * Olive Tell as Duchess of Chatsfield * Sam Hardy as Apollo Beneventa * Henry Vibart as Duke of Chatsfield * Judith Vosselli as Signora Wembley * Fraser Coalter as Lawyer * J. Barney Sherry as Papal Secretary * Jeanne Carpenter Theo-Alice Jeanne Carpenter (February 1, 1917 – January 5, 1994) was an American child ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Deception
''The Great Deception'' is a 1926 American silent drama film starring Basil Rathbone, Ben Lyon, and Aileen Pringle. It is based on the 1915 novel ''The Yellow Dove'' by George Gibbs about World War I era espionage, previously adapted as the 1919 film ''Shadows of Suspicion''. This film is currently a lost film. A ''New York Times'' review considered "this photoplay possesses an element of mystery and suspense".Parish & Pitts p.202 Synopsis It portrays the activities of a British undercover agent Cryil Mansfield, who is in Germany as part of a plan to feed false intelligence to the German high command. His mission is threatened by Rizzio, a double agent who uses Mansfield's American lover Lois as part of a scheme to entrap and execute him. Cast *Ben Lyon as Cyril Mansfield *Aileen Pringle as Lois *Basil Rathbone as Rizzio * Sam Hardy as Handy *Charlotte Walker as Mrs. Mansfield *Amelia Summerville as Lady Jane *Hubert Wilke as General Von Frankenhauser *Lucien Prival as Von Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Savage (1926 Film)
''The Savage'' is a lost 1926 silent film comedy directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Ben Lyon and May McAvoy. The film was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. Based on a short story by Ernest Pascal. Wayback) Cast * as Danny Terry * as Ysabel Atwater *Tom Maguire as Professor Atwater * |
