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The Hidden Children
''The Hidden Children'' is a 1917 American silent historical drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Harold Lockwood, May Allison and Lillian West.Lowe p.9 It is based on a 1914 novel by Robert W. Chambers, set in Colonial America. Location shooting took place in the San Bernardino Mountains. Cast * Harold Lockwood as Evan Loskiel * May Allison as Lois de Contrecoeur * Lillian West as Jeeanne de Contrrecoeur * Henry Hebert as Mayaro * George A. McDaniel as Amochol * Lester Cuneo as Lt. Boyd * Albert Ellis as Cavert * Lillian Hayward as Mrs. Rannock * Howard Davies as Gen. Sullivan * Daniel Davis Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actor. Davis is best known for portraying Niles the butler on the sitcom ''The Nanny'' (1993 to 1999), and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on ... as Hiaowoc * Clara Lucas as Marie Loskiel * Arthur Allardt as Capt. Jean de Contrecoeur * Charles Cummings as Guy Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Apfel
Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927. Biography Apfel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After a number of years in commerce, he decided to adopt the stage as a profession.Carolyn Lowrey (1920) ''The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen'', Moffat, Yard and Company, New York He secured his first professional engagement in 1900, in his hometown. He rose rapidly and soon held a position as director and producer and was at the time noted as being the youngest stage director in America. He spent eleven years on the stage on Broadway then joined the Edison Manufacturing Company. Apfel first directed for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911–12, where he made the innovative short film '' The Passer-By'' (1912). He also did some experimental work at Edison's laboratory in Orange, on the Edison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Cuneo
Lester H. Cuneo (October 25, 1888 – November 1, 1925) was an American stage and silent film actor. He began acting in live theatre while still in his teens. Early years Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cuneo attended Culver Military Academy and was a law student at Northwestern University when he turned to acting. Career Cuneo's stage career included work with stock theater companies in Brooklyn, Chicago, and Winnepeg. Cuneo began a film career in 1912 with the Chicago-based Selig Polyscope Company then joined Essanay Studios in 1914. Working in early Hollywood, his popularity increased after he switched from comedic roles to the increasingly popular western film genre. However, his career was temporarily interrupted when he served with the United States Army during World War I. He served in France in 1917-1919 with the 33rd Division from Illinois. At war's end, Lester Cuneo returned to film and in the early 1920s set up his own production company making primarily western films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Oscar Apfel
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white 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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Historical 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 * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature 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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s Historical Films
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Films
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood". __TOC__ Events *January – ''Panthea'' is released, the first film from the company that Joseph Schenck formed with his wife, Norma Talmadge, after leaving Loew's Consolidated Enterprises. *February – Buster Keaton first meets Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in New York and is hired as a co-star and gag man. *April 9 – Supreme Court of the United States rule in Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. which ends the Motion Picture Patents Company appeal and results in the end of the company. *April 23 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cummings (actor)
Charles Cummings (c. 1870, Indiana – October 4, 1918, Los Angeles, California) was an early American actor. He starred in 16 films between 1913 and 1917 in films such as Rose of San Juan and American Born with actors such as Harry von Meter and Louise Lester. Filmography *''American Born'' (1913) *''Rose of San Juan'' (1913) *''The Substitute Jewel'' (1915) *''The Disappearing Necklace'' (1915) *''Mysteries of the Grand Hotel'' (1915) *''The Strangler's Cord ''(1915) *''The Mother Call'' (1916) *''Circumstantial Guilt'' (1916) *''When He Came Back'' (1916) *''Behind Life's Stage'' (1916) *''The Chalice of Sorrow'' (1916), aka ''The Fatal Promise'' (UK), Marion Leslie *''The Little Mascot'' (1916) *''The Right Man'' (1917) *''Jerry's Trial'' (1917) *''The Hidden Children ''The Hidden Children'' is a 1917 American silent historical drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Harold Lockwood, May Allison and Lillian West.Lowe p.9 It is based on a 1914 novel by Robert W. Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Allardt
Arthur Allardt (April 7, 1883 - 1940) was an actor in silent films. He appeared in several movies with Joseph Franz (actor). Allardt was born in New York City. Filmography *''The Ranger's Reward'' (1914), short *''Nugget Nell's Ward'' (1914) *'' The Poison (1914 film)'' *''Strange Evidence'' (1914) *'' The Heart of Smiling Joe'' (1914 ) as the sheriff *'' Through the Keyhole (1914 film)'' *'' The Gun Men of Plumas'' (1914) *'' The Fatal Card (1914 film)'' *'' The Runaway (1914 film)'' *''Put Yourself in his Place'' (1914) *'' The Girl and the Hobo'' (1914) * '' The Sheriff's Deputy'' (1914) *'' The Fight in Lonely Gulch'' *'' The Sheriff's Story'' (1914) *''Memories of Years Ago'' (1914) *'' A Frontier Romance'' *''The Curse of Eve'' (1917) *''The Hidden Children'' (1917) *Alimony (1917 film) as Elijah Stone *''Rose o' Paradise'' (1918) as Thomas Singleton *'' A Man's Man'' (1918) as Dr. Pacheo *''One Dollar Bid'' (1918) * '' Inside the Lines'' (1918) *''Patriotism (1918 film)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Lucas (actress)
Clara Lucas Balfour ( Lucas; 21 December 1808 – 3 July 1878) was an English temperance campaigner, lecturer and author. For many years, she was associated with the philanthropic movements of her time. Early life Clara Lucas Liddell was born in the New Forest, Hampshire, on 21 December 1808, the only child of John Lydell Lucas (''c''.1767–1818), a butcher and cattle dealer from Gosport, and his wife Sarah. The family name was Liddell. Her parents appear to have separated when she was very young (it was later said that John had deceived Sarah into entering into a bigamous marriage), and Clara went to live with her father on the Isle of Wight. Following John's death in 1818, Balfour was baptized, and taken by her mother to live in London. The two were not well off, and supported themselves by needlework. The mother was highly intellectual, while the daughter was very early in life characterised by a love of reading and of elocutionary exercises. In September 1824, at the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Davis (actor)
Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actor. Davis is best known for portraying Niles the butler on the sitcom ''The Nanny'' (1993 to 1999), and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (a role he reprised on Star Trek: Picard), affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. He voices the intelligent Cro-Magnon, Longhair, from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts from Cartoon Network's '' Big Pick''. Early life and education Davis was born in Gurdon, Arkansas, and grew up in Little Rock. His parents operated a cinema. His first acting job was at the age of 11, when he was cast in a local broadcast program, ''Betty's Little Rascals''. Davis graduated from Hall High School in Little Rock in 1963. He graduated from the Arkansas Arts Center with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, followed by work with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and six year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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