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The Silent Battle (1916 Film)
''The Silent Battle'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson and Maude George.Langman p.11 Cast * J. Warren Kerrigan as Tom Gallatin * Lois Wilson as Jane Loring * Maude George as Nina Jaffray * Harry Carter as Coleman Van Duyn * Ray Hanford Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (gra ... as John Kenyon * Jack Connolly as James Loring References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Jack Conway American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Conway (filmmaker)
Hugh Ryan "Jack" Conway (July 17, 1887 – October 11, 1952) was an American film director and film producer, as well as an actor of many films in the first half of the 20th century. Biography He was born as Hugh Ryan Conway, on July 17, 1887, in Graceville, Minnesota, USA. Conway started out as an actor, joining a repertory theater group straight out of high school. He then moved into films, and in 1911, became a member of D.W. Griffith's stock company, appearing primarily in Westerns. Four years later, he made his mark as a director and gained valuable experience at Universal (1916–17 and 1921–23), before moving on to MGM in 1925. He remained there until 1948, often helming prestige assignments featuring the studio's top male star, Clark Gable: ''Boom Town'' (1940), ''Honky Tonk'' (1941), and ''The Hucksters'' (1947) – all solid box-office hits. Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors, who forsook any pretense to a specific individual style in favor of work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Connolly (actor)
Jack Connolly was an actor who appeared in many silent films during the early 20th century. Despite a lengthy filmography, very little is known about Connolly or his personal life. He has been described as "a completely lost player who can only be identified by the movies he made." He had a lead role in the 1916 film ''The Mask of Fortune''. He portrayed a wrongly convicted former prisoner working on a ranch in ''The Wolverine''. Filmography *''Graft (1915 serial)'' as Ben Travers *'' The Mask of Fortune'' (1916) *'' The Decoy (1916 film)'' *'' The Silent Battle (1916 film)'' as James Loring *''Cross Purposes (film)'' (1916) *''A Jewel in Pawn'' (1917) as Bob Hendricks *''The Mate of the Sally Ann'' (1917) as Judge Gordon *'' The Little Patriot'' (1917) *''True Blue (1918 film)'' *'' The Egg Crate Wallop'' (1919) *'' The Lincoln Highwayman'' (1919) as Mack *''The Little Diplomat'' (1919) as Trent Gordon *'' Shod with Fire'' (1920) as Tommy Clary *''Woman's Place'' (1921) *''Night Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By Jack Conway
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] |
Silent American Drama 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] |
1910s English-language Films
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1916 Drama Films
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1916 Films
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Film for a salary of $10,000 a week and a signing on fee of $150,000, making him one of the highest-paid people in the United States. * June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year. * July 19 – Famous Players-Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures. * August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film ''The Battle of the Somme'' is premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release (from 20 August) 20 million people view it. * September 5 – Release of D. W. Griffith's epic film '' Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages'', starring Lillian Gish (as "The Eternal Motherhood") and Constance Talmadge (in two ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Hanford
Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (graph theory), an infinite sequence of vertices such that each vertex appears at most once in the sequence and each two consecutive vertices in the sequence are the two endpoints of an edge in the graph * Ray (optics), an idealized narrow beam of light * Ray (quantum theory), an equivalence class of state-vectors representing the same state Arts and entertainment Music * The Rays, an American musical group active in the 1950s * Ray (musician), stage name of Japanese singer Reika Nakayama (born 1990) * Ray J, stage name of singer William Ray Norwood, Jr. (born 1981) * ''Ray'' (Bump of Chicken album) * ''Ray'' (Frazier Chorus album) * ''Ray'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) * ''Rays'' (Michael Nesmith album) (former Monkee) * ''Ray'' (soundtrack), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fort Gibbs
George Fort Gibbs (March 8, 1870 – October 10, 1942) was an American author, illustrator, artist, and screenwriter. As an author, he wrote more than 50 popular books, primarily adventure stories revolving around espionage in exotic locations. Several of his books were made into films. His illustrations appeared prominently in such magazines as ''The Saturday Evening Post'', '' Ladies' Home Journal'', '' Redbook'' and ''The Delineator''. He also illustrated some of his own novels, and the novels of others. As a painter he produced many portraits, and painted murals for Pennsylvania Station and Girard College in Philadelphia. His screenwriting credits include a film about the life of Voltaire. Biography Parents George Gibbs was born in 1870 in New Orleans. His father, Benjamin F. Gibbs, was a naval surgeon with the ironclad fleet stationed there. Dr. Gibbs had seen much adventure in his naval career. He had taken part in the Paraguay Expedition aboard the . During the Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Carter (actor)
Harry Carter (September 14, 1879 – July 22, 1952) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 84 films between 1914 and 1933. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' The Master Key'' (1914) * ''The Ruby Circle'' (1914) * '' Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings'' (1915) * ''Langdon's Legacy'' (1916) * ''The Right to Be Happy'' (1916) * ''The Beckoning Trail'' (1916) * '' The Social Buccaneer'' (1916) * ''The Silent Battle'' (1916) * '' Secret Love'' (1916) * '' The Measure of a Man'' (1916) * ''The Bugler of Algiers'' (1916) * ''Even As You and I'' (1917) * '' The Gray Ghost'' (1917) * ''The Circus of Life'' (1917) * '' The Lure of the Circus'' (1918) * '' Kiss or Kill'' (1918) * ''Three Mounted Men'' (1918) * '' The Marriage Lie'' (1918) * ''After His Own Heart'' (1919) * ''Proxy Husband'' (1919) * ''The Fatal Sign'' (1920) * '' Go Straight'' (1921) * ''The Hope Diamond Mystery'' (1921) * ''The To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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