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The Food Chopper War
''The Food Chopper War'' is a 1913 American silent film drama produced by Lorimer Johnson. The film stars Charles Clary, Adrienne Kroell, Timmy sheehan and Julius Frankenberg. The film status is uncertain but a release flier survives which is now at the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, it was part of the Charles G. Clarke collection. Plot Two old country merchants, proprietors of the only two general stories in an old fashioned village, have been lifelong business enemies, each hating the other with a vengeance. One has a son, the other a daughter. These children help their fathers in their stores, but are secretly in love with each other. Eventually, the fathers learn of the secret love of their children, and each one raises a parental uproar, forbidding his child to see his enemy's "brat". The son and daughter make their plans, regardless of their elder's wrath and begin to save money, with which to marry and start up a store opposit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorimer Johnson
Lorimer Johnston (November 2, 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky – February 20, 1941 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, California) was an American silent film actor and Film director, director. He was involved in the production of over 60 films in acting and directing and he also wrote the scripts for twelve films, according to IMDb, nearly all shorts. In 1913, Johnston directed the short films ''For the Crown'' and ''For the Flag'', working with actresses such as Charlotte Burton. Towards the end of his career Johnston starred as an actor in sound motion pictures such as the popular Frankenstein films ''Ghost of Frankenstein'' and ''Son of Frankenstein''. Partial filmography As director and writer * ''For the Flag'' (1913 short) * ''For the Crown'' (1913 short) * ''At the Potter's Wheel'' (1914 short) * ''The Coming of the Padres'' (1914 short) As director * ''The Flirt and the Bandit'' (1913) * ''At Midnight'' (1913) * ''The Cricket on the Hearth (1923 film), The Cricket on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Clary
Charles Clary (March 24, 1873 – March 24, 1931) was an American actor of the silent film era. Clary appeared in more than 200 films between 1910 and 1930. He was born in Charleston, Illinois and died on his 58th birthday in Los Angeles, California. He worked for Selig and the Fine Arts Film Company. Before Clary joined Selig, he "played stock companies and road shows all over America". Selected filmography *'' Brown of Harvard'' (1911) *''The Carpet from Bagdad'' (1915) *''At the Stroke of the Angelus'' (1915) (short) *''The Penitentes'' (1915) *''Joan the Woman'' (1917) *'' The Innocent Sinner'' (1917) *'' The Spy'' (1917) *'' The Honor System'' (1917) *''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1917) *''Madame Du Barry'' (1917) *'' The Silent Lie'' (1917) *''The Soul of Satan'' (1917) *'' The Conqueror'' (1917) *'' The Rose of Blood'' (1917) *''The Man Hunter'' (1919) *'' The Lone Star Ranger'' (1919) *''A Girl Named Mary'' (1919) * ''The Day She Paid'' (1919) *''The Woman in Room 13'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Kroell
Adrienne Kroell (December 13, 1892- October 2, 1949), was an American actress. She appeared in over 75 to 90 films between 1909 and 1914. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She later moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Yeatman High School. Kroell began acting on stage in St. Louis in 1906 after she won a beauty contest there. She first appeared in film in 1909 and appeared in films mostly made by the Selig Polyscope Company until 1914. '' The Cowboy Millionaire'' was her first film appearance which also starred Tom Mix. She retired from acting in 1917 after she developed arthritis. On October 2, 1949, Kroell died at Sturgis Convelescent Home in Evanston, Illinois, of complications from arthritis and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. Filmography *'' The Cowboy Millionaire'' (1909) *''The Adventuress'' (1910) *''A Touching Affair'' (1910) *''The Rummage Sale'' (1910) *''Her Husband's Deception'' (1910) *''Girlies'' (1910) *''His First Long Trousers'' (1911) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selig Polyscope Company
The Selig Polyscope Company was an American motion picture company that was founded in 1896 by William Selig in Chicago. The company produced hundreds of early, widely distributed commercial moving pictures, including the first films starring Tom Mix, Harold Lloyd, Colleen Moore, and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Selig Polyscope also established Southern California's first permanent movie studio, in the historic Edendale district of Los Angeles. Ending film production in 1918, the business, based on its film production animals, became an animal and prop supplier to other studios and a zoo and amusement park attraction in East Los Angeles until the Great Depression in the 1930s. In 1947, William Selig and several other early movie producers and directors shared a special Academy Honorary Award to acknowledge their role in building the film industry. History William Selig had worked as a magician and minstrel show operator on the west coast in California. Later on, in Chicago, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of cinema pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Frankenberg
Julius Frankenberg was an American silent film actor and director. He starred in films such as '' The Haunted House'', ''Personal Magnetism'' and ''A Blowout at Santa Banana'' working with actors such as Harry von Meter and Louise Lovely. He also directed two silent films. Filmography *''The Girl at the Cupola'' (1912) *''Betty Fools Dear Old Dad'' (1912) *''The Miller of Burgundy'' (1912) - a collector *''Bread Upon the Waters'' (1912) *''The Lost Inheritance'' (1912) *''A Freight Train Drama'' (1912) *''The False Order'' (1913) *''The Understudy'' (1913) *''A Husband Won by Election'' (1913) *''The Food Chopper War'' (1913) - a drummer (billed as Julius Frankenberg) *''Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy'' (1913) *''Arabia Takes the Health Cure'' (1913) *'' The Haunted House'' (1913) *''Tobias Wants Out'' (1913) *''Personal Magnetism'' (1913) *''A Blowout at Santa Banana ''A Blowout at Santa Banana'' is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama short film starring Sydney Ayres, Vivian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles G
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Frankenburg
Julius Frankenberg was an American silent film actor and director. He starred in films such as '' The Haunted House'', ''Personal Magnetism'' and ''A Blowout at Santa Banana'' working with actors such as Harry von Meter and Louise Lovely. He also directed two silent films. Filmography *''The Girl at the Cupola'' (1912) *''Betty Fools Dear Old Dad'' (1912) *''The Miller of Burgundy'' (1912) - a collector *''Bread Upon the Waters'' (1912) *''The Lost Inheritance'' (1912) *''A Freight Train Drama'' (1912) *''The False Order'' (1913) *''The Understudy'' (1913) *''A Husband Won by Election'' (1913) *''The Food Chopper War'' (1913) - a drummer (billed as Julius Frankenberg) *''Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy'' (1913) *''Arabia Takes the Health Cure'' (1913) *'' The Haunted House'' (1913) *''Tobias Wants Out'' (1913) *''Personal Magnetism'' (1913) *''A Blowout at Santa Banana ''A Blowout at Santa Banana'' is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama short film starring Sydney Ayres, Vivian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Films
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United States Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Drama Films
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Josip Broz Tito, Tito alongside Alban Berg, Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Short Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
