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The Whartons Studio
Wharton, Inc. was an early silent film production company in Ithaca, New York from 1914 to 1919. The Ithaca movie studio was established by brothers Theodore Wharton, Theodore and Leopold Wharton on the shores of Cayuga Lake, at the site of what is now Stewart Park (Ithaca, New York), Stewart Park. Currently, efforts are underway to create a silent movie museum in the former Wharton movie studio building in Stewart Park. Ithaca (1912 - 1920) After filming a Cornell University, Cornell-University of Pennsylvania, Penn football game on the way to visit family in Ludlowville, New York, Theodore Wharton returned to Ithaca in 1913 with a cast and crew that included Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne. A year later, his older brother Leopold joined him, and the two set up the Wharton Studio and began making films. The Wharton brothers were responsible for bringing many famous movie stars to Ithaca on the overnight train from New York City, making Ithaca the unofficial capital of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper Hewitt Lights In 'The Mysteries Of Myra'
Cooper, Cooper's, Coopers and similar may refer to: * Cooper (profession), a maker of wooden casks and other staved vessels Arts and entertainment * Cooper (producers), alias of Dutch producers Klubbheads * Cooper (video game character), in ''Dino Crisis'' * "Cooper", a song by Roxette from the 1999 album ''Have a Nice Day (Roxette album), Have a Nice Day'' * The Cooper Brothers, Canadian southern rock band Businesses and organisations * Cooper (company), an American user experience design and business strategy consulting firm * Cooper Canada, defunct sporting goods manufacturer * Cooper Car Company, British car company **Mini Cooper, the name of several cars * Cooper Chemical Company, an American chemical manufacturer * The Cooper Companies, an American medical device company * Cooper Enterprises, Canadian boat builder **Cooper 353, Canadian sailboat **Cooper 416, Canadian sailboat * Cooper Firearms of Montana, an American firearms manufacturer * Cooper Foundation, an Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, California
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area. Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media Companies Disestablished In 1931
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media Companies Established In 1914
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh less t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Establishments In New York (state)
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan begins to erupt, becoming effusive after a very large earthquak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct American Film Studios
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Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exploits Of Elaine
''The Exploits of Elaine'' is a 1914 American film serial in the damsel in distress genre of '' The Perils of Pauline'' (1914). ''The Exploits of Elaine'' tells the story of a young woman named Elaine who, with the help of a detective, tries to find the man, known only as "The Clutching Hand", who murdered her father. The Clutching Hand was the first mystery villain to appear in a film serial. The concept was widely used for the remainder of the format's existence. The serial stars Pearl White (who also starred in ''The Perils of Pauline''), Arnold Daly, Sheldon Lewis, Creighton Hale, and Riley Hatch. Lionel Barrymore had a small role. The serial was written by Arthur B. Reeve (novel), Charles W. Goddard, and George B. Seitz, and directed by Louis J. Gasnier, Seitz, and Leopold Wharton. The film was produced by the Whartons Studios and distributed by Pathé Exchange, the American distribution branch of the French company Pathé at that time. Pathé was the largest film equipme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Exploits Of Elaine
''The New Exploits of Elaine'' is a 1915 American action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton. It is presumed to be lost. Cast * Pearl White as Elaine Dodge * Creighton Hale as Walter Jameson * Arnold Daly as Detective Craig Kennedy * Edwin Arden as Wu Fang. Wu Fang appeared in several Pearl White serials. The name was based on a Chinese diplomat. Wu Ting Fang was a Chinese diplomat in Washington and wrote ''America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat'' (excerpted in ''The New York Times'', March 22, 1914). This was published less than a year before Arthur B. Reeve created the villain character. * M.W. Rale as Long Sin. Long Sin, the Yellow Peril character from the first serial, became just an agent of Wu Fang in this serial. * Bessie Wharton as Aunt Josephine * Gazelle Marche as Innocent Inez * Ah Ling Foo as a Chinese Heavy Chapter titles # ''The Serpent Sign'' # ''The Cryptic Ring'' # ''The Watching Eye'' # ''The Vengean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Romance Of Elaine
''The Romance of Elaine'' is a 1915 American silent adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton, based on the novel by Arthur B. Reeve. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Pearl White as Elaine Dodge * Creighton Hale as Walter Jameson * Lionel Barrymore as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X * Arnold Daly as Detective Craig Kennedy * Warner Oland * Bessie Wharton as Aunt Josephine * George B. Seitz * Howard Cody (uncredited) * Paul Everton (uncredited) * Robin H. Townley (uncredited) * Louis Wolheim (uncredited) Chapter titles # ''The Lost Torpedo'' # ''The Gray Friar'' # ''The Vanishing Man'' # ''The Submarine Harbor'' # ''The Conspirators'' # ''The Wireless Detective'' # ''The Death Cloud'' # ''The Search Light Gun'' # ''The Life Chain'' # ''The Flash'' # ''The Disappearing Helmets'' # ''The Triumph of Elaine'' See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Kirke
''Hazel Kirke'' is a play in four acts written by American actor and dramatist Steele MacKaye. Overview The play was written between 1878 and 1879 in the town of Dublin, New Hampshire.Quinn, p. 497 MacKaye meant it to be expressly for New York City's Madison Square Theatre, which MacKaye had recently renovated and completely remodeled. Originally titled ''An Iron Will'', the play toured Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington until renovations on the Madison Square Theatre were complete. It premiered there on February 4, 1880, and the original production became immensely successful; it starred actress Effie Ellsler in the title role and ran for 486 consecutive performances, the record of its time. before closing May 31, 1881. Because MacKaye revolutionized the concept of multiple companies performing the same production simultaneously, by 1883 the play had been performed more than two thousand times. Legacy By the mid-1910s the play had been produced in England, Australia, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lottery Man (1916 Film)
''The Lottery Man'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy and produced at the Whartons Studio in Ithaca, New York. A print of the film exists in the film archive of the Library of Congress. Plot Cast * Thurlow Bergen as Jack Wright-a son * Elsie Esmond as Miss Helen Heyer-foxeys cousin * Carolyn Lee as Lizzie Roberts-Mrs Peytons pet goat * Allan Murnane as Foxey Peyton-his chum * Lottie Alter as Mrs. Wright-little mother * Ethel Winthrop as Mrs. Peyton-foxey's mother * Mary Leslie Mayo as Hedgwig Jensen-physical instructor * F.W. Stewart as Mcquire the newspaper publisher and the local constable * Oliver Hardy as Maggie Murphy * Edward O'Connor as The Butler * Malcolm Head as Vegetable cart man in accident * Louis A. Fuertes as Lottery drawing host * Clarence Merrick as Chauffeur * Joseph Urband as Newspaper workroom clerk * Frances White as Mrs. Peyton's maid See also * List of American films of 1916 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Fairfax
''Beatrice Fairfax'' is an American Silent film, silent film serial directed and produced by Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton. First released on August 7, 1916 in film, 1916, the series consists of 15 weekly episodes and features the character of "Beatrice Fairfax" (Grace Darling). The character was inspired by the popular newspaper advice column ''Marie Manning (writer), Ask Beatrice Fairfax'', which had been the world's first column of its kind when launched in 1898. The weekly film serial was a popular genre of the time, and the films' producers, the Wharton brothers, also made serials such as ''The Exploits of Elaine''. However, ''Beatrice Fairfax'' is more accurately a series, since the episodes consist of self-contained stories rather than a linked serial narrative. Overview The two protagonists were played by Grace Darling and Harry Fox, the comedian and vaudeville dancer. In the films, the Beatrice character was portrayed as a resourceful agony aunt-cum-crimefighter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
