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The Impostor (1926 Film)
''The Impostor'' is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by Chester Withey and starring Evelyn Brent, Carroll Nye, and James Morrison.Connelly p. 366 Synopsis A financially struggling young man uses a family jewel as security on a loan, only for the jewel to then be stolen by a notorious gambler. His sister Judith takes it upon herself to recover the missing jewel and goes undercover to achieve this. Cast * Evelyn Brent as Judith Gilbert * Carroll Nye as Dick Gilbert * James Morrison as Gordon * Frank Leigh as De Mornoff * James Quinn as Lefty * Carlton Griffin Carlton Griffin (May 23, 1893 - July 24, 1940) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 50 films between the mid-1910s until 1940. In his first films, he was credited as C. Elliott Griffin or C. E. Griffin. He was born in New York, New Yo ... as Morris * Edna Griffin as Ann Penn References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Withey
Chester "Chet" Withey (8 November 1887, Park City, Utah – 6 October 1939, California) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He participated in the production in total of some 100 films. Born in Park City, Utah, the son of Chester Henry Withey and Mary E. Kelso, Withey started his career in 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 ... as an actor in 1913. He starred in films such as the 1916 film ''The Wharf Rat''. He married Virginia Philley, a screenwriter, who also did some acting. However, by 1916, he had already directed several films and decided to concentrate on work behind the camera. Withey was also accredited with writing for 15 films. He retired from film directing in 1928 and died 6 October 1939. Partial filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Quinn (actor)
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Film Booking Offices Of America Films
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] |
Films Directed By Chester Withey
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
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American Crime Films
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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] |
1926 Crime Films
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1926 Films
The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). *August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, ''Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. *August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film ''The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. *October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edna Griffin (actor)
Edna May Griffin (1909 – February 8, 2000) was an American civil rights pioneer and human rights activist. Known as the "Rosa Parks of Iowa", her court battle against the Katz Drug Store in Des Moines in 1948, '' State of Iowa v. Katz'', foreshadowed the civil rights movement and became a landmark case before the Iowa Supreme Court. Life Edna Mae Williams was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1909, was raised in rural New Hampshire and later Massachusetts following her father's career as a dairy farm supervisor. Griffin claimed she learned to read with access to ''The Crisis'', a publication of the NAACP. In 1933, Edna received a degree in English from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, preparing her for a career as a school teacher. While at Fisk University, she protested against Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia as well as met her future husband, Stanley Griffin. Edna and her husband moved to Des Moines, Iowa, on January 2, 1947, as Stanley was accepted as a stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Griffin
Carlton Griffin (May 23, 1893 - July 24, 1940) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 50 films between the mid-1910s until 1940. In his first films, he was credited as C. Elliott Griffin or C. E. Griffin. He was born in New York, New York, and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * ''At the Stage Door'' (1921) * ''Shackles of Gold'' (1922) * ''Girl Shy'' ( 1924) * ''Men'' (1924) * '' Forbidden Paradise'' (1924) * ''The Great Jewel Robbery'' (1925) * '' Lady of the Night'' (1925) * ''Tramp, Tramp, Tramp'' (1926) * ''Her Big Adventure'' (1926) * '' The Impostor'' (1926) * ''The Pip From Pittsburgh'' (1930) * ''Shivering Shakespeare'' (1930) * '' Another Wild Idea'' (1934) * ''The Lady in Question'' (1940) * ''Five Little Peppers in Trouble 5 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 5, five or number 5 may also refer to: * AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era * 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era Literature * ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Leigh
Frank Leigh (18 April 1876 – 9 May 1948) was a British stage and film actor.Goble p. 232 Biography Born in London in 1876, Leigh settled in Hollywood and became a leading man during the silent era. Following the introduction of sound, his roles were much less significant. By the late 1930s all his screen appearances were uncredited. He died in Los Angeles in 1948. Selected filmography * ''On Dangerous Ground'' (1917) * '' Life's Whirlpool'' (1917) * '' Stolen Orders'' (1918) * ''Crown Jewels'' (1918) * '' All of a Sudden Norma'' (1919) * '' The Homebreaker'' (1919) * ''Common Property'' (1919) * ''Her Buckskin Knight'' (1919) * '' Lord and Lady Algy'' (1919) * '' A Regular Fellow'' (1919) * ''Dangerous Days'' (1920) * '' The Cup of Fury'' (1920) * ''The Mother of His Children'' (1920) * ''Nurse Marjorie'' (1920) * ''Help Wanted - Male'' (1920) * ''Pilgrims of the Night'' (1921) * ''The Light in the Clearing'' (1921) * ''Out of the Silent North'' (1922) * '' Truxton King'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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