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The Veiled Adventure
''The Veiled Adventure'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Harrison Ford, Constance Talmadge, and Stanhope Wheatcroft Stanhope Nelson Wheatcroft (May 11, 1888 – February 13, 1966) was an American actor of the stage and screen who was primarily active during Hollywood's silent era. Biography Stanhope was born in New York City in 1888 to Nelson Wheatcroft an .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, after she finds out that her fiancé has been faithless, Geraldine Barker, for a lark, decides to test the code of principles of her brother's friend Richard Annesly. He says that he would hate a woman who lies or steals and would never elope with one. Through a well laid out plot Geraldine arranges for Richard to find her stealing, lies to him, and finally gets him to propose an elopement with her. However, it all turns out all right as the two find that they really love each other and get married. Cast References Bibli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Edwards (director)
Walter Edwards (January 8, 1870 – April 12, 1920), was an American director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 46 films during his career. Edwards initially work at the Elitch Theatre was as a director in 1896, but he later returned for multiple seasons as an actor in the summer stock cast. "In 1896, Mrs. Elitch signed J. H. Huntley to direct a resident stock company... After six weeks of melodrama, however, and a few unsatisfactory notices, the organization of the company was changed. Huntley, who was not very popular with audiences or with newspaper reviewers, was replaced by Walter Edwards." On July 12, 1896, Edwards started as director and his first play was J. K. Tillotson's ''A Gilded Crime''. The newspaper review stated: "Walter Edwards' presence has strengthened the company materially..." Between 1897 and 1908 Edwards was a regular of the Elitch Theatre summer stock cast. ''Commenting on his leading roles in 1898, Mary Elitch remembered,'' "Walter Edwards headed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Doria
Vera Doria (born Veronica Eyton) was an Australian actress and opera singer active in Hollywood during the silent era. Biography Vera was born in Tasmania, Australia, to New Zealanders Robert Eyton and Maude Fosbery. She began singing opera in her native Australia as a young woman and toured Europe in the early 1910s. Eventually followed her older siblings, Alice Eyton (a screenwriter) and Charles Eyton (a film producer) to Los Angeles in 1915 seeking a career as an actress. At the time, she was married to fellow opera singer Juan de la Cruz. She appears to have retired from acting in the late 1910s to focus on her singing career. She eventually moved to Shanghai, where she met and married her second and third husbands, John Snodgrass and Harold Wavell. after she returned, she became a children's author. She died on 22 June 1957. Selected filmography * ''The Veiled Adventure'' (1919) * '' Life's a Funny Proposition'' (1919) * ''A Lady's Name'' (1918) * ''Women's Weapons' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s English-language Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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Films Directed By Walter Edwards
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 Comedy Films
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1919 Comedy Films
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1919 Films
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Bratislava, Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY Iolaire, HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2–January 22, 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation (1918–1919), Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Faisal I of Iraq, Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionism, Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (region), Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Sisson
Vera Sisson (July 31, 1891 – August 6, 1954) was an American actress of the silent era. Biography Vera Sisson was born on July 31, 1891 in Salt Lake City. She received her education at Brownlee Collegiate School for Girls in Denver, Colorado. In 1912, Sisson applied for work as an extra at Universal Pictures and made her film debut in ''The Helping Hand'' (1913). Sisson received recognition as J. Warren Kerrigan's leading lady in seven successful films, including ''The Sandhill Lovers'' (1914), The Oyster Dredger (1915), and ''A Bogus Bandit'' (1915). In 1915, Sisson was offered a contract with Biograph Studios, and the following year she married actor and director Richard Rosson. Sisson costarred with Harold Lockwood and Virginia Rappe in ''Paradise Garden'' (1917), Rudolph Valentino in '' The Married Virgin'' (1918), and Constance Talmadge in '' Experimental Marriage'' (1919). Her final film appearance was in ''Love 'Em and Leave 'Em'' (1926), starring Evelyn Brent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Loomis
Margaret Loomis (1893–1969) was an American film actress of the silent era.Goble p.239 Loomis was an only child. In addition to her acting, Loomis was a Denishawn dancer. She toured the United States as a member of the Denishawn School's initial troupe before she became an actress in films. Loomis was married to Los Angeles businessman Richard Wayne Crook. Selected filmography * ''The Call of the East'' (1917) * ''The Bottle Imp'' (1917) * ''Hashimura Togo'' (1917) * ''The Hidden Pearls'' (1918) * ''When a Man Loves'' (1919) * '' Everywoman'' (1919) * ''Told in the Hills'' (1919) * ''The Veiled Adventure'' (1919) * ''Why Smith Left Home'' (1919) * '' Always Audacious'' (1920) * '' What Happened to Jones'' (1920) * '' The Sins of St. Anthony'' (1920) * ''Conrad in Quest of His Youth'' (1920) * '' 3 Gold Coins'' (1920) * ''A Kiss in Time'' (1921) * ''Turn to the Right'' (1922) * ''The Hands of Nara'' (1922) * ''The Strangers' Banquet'' (1922) * ''Money! Money! Money!'' (1923) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosita Marstini
Rosita Marstini (September 19, 1887 – April 24, 1948) was a French dancer, stage personality, and silent and sound film actress from Nancy, France. Early life Rosita Marstini was born on September 19, 1887, in Nancy, France. She married Belgian actor and director Paul Sablon (1888-1940) before she came with him to the United States in 1913. Theatrical work in California She began making movies for Universal Pictures in 1913 with her first feature being Herbert Blaché's ''A Prisoner in the Harem'', sharing the limelight with her husband (known in the United States as Paul Bourgeois). She was known as Countess Rosita Marstini. In 1916, she debuted at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, California in ''Woman's Wits'', a play by Will Wyatt. She played the Pantages' circuit for an additional eight months. Rosita Marstini's first talking film was ''Hot for Paris'' (1929) by Raoul Walsh, with Victor McLaglen and Fifi D'Orsay. Then she contributed again to nine American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
