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The Wild Girl (1917 Film)
''The Wild Girl'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Estabrook and starring Eva Tanguay, Stuart Holmes, and Tom Moore.Erdman p. 199 Cast * Eva Tanguay as Firefly * Stuart Holmes as Andrio * Tom Moore as Donald MacDonald * Dean Raymond as Undetermined Role * Valerie Bergere as Undetermined Role * John Davidson as Undetermined Role * Herbert Evans as Leo * Nora Cecil Nora Cecil (September 26, 1878 – May 1, 1951) was an English-born American actress whose 30-year career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. Career Stage Cecil's career began on the stage, when she debuted in London at age 19 ... as Undetermined Role References Bibliography * Andrew L. Erdman. ''Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay''. Cornell University Press, 2012 . External links * 1917 films 1917 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Howard Estabrook America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Estabrook
Howard Estabrook (born Howard Bolles, July 11, 1884 – July 16, 1978) was an American actor, film director and producer, and screenwriter. Biography Born Howard Bolles in Detroit, Michigan, Howard Estabrook began his career in 1904 as a stage actor in New York. He made his film debut in 1914 during the silent era, and would go on to appear in several features including '' Four Feathers''. Estabrook left films in 1916 for a try at the business world, but returned in 1921. Estabrook took on executive positions with various studios, and eventually began producing films in 1924. He soon found his calling in screenwriting. He was responsible for several of what have come to be regarded as classics of Hollywood including '' Hell's Angels'' (1930) and '' Street of Chance'' (1930), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The following year, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for '' Cimarron'', starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne. In 1935, he (along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davidson (actor)
John Davidson (December 25, 1886 РJanuary 16, 1968) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1963. He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.''Silent Film Necrology'', p.121 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana .. Selected filmography * ''The Wonderful Adventure'' (1915) - M. Cheivasse * ''The Green Cloak'' (1915) - Paul Duncan * ''The Sentimental Lady'' (1915) - Norman Van Aulsten * ''The Danger Signal'' (1915) - Rodman Cadbury * ''Man and His Soul'' (1916) - Stephen Might Jr. * ''The Red Mouse'' (1916) * ''The Pawn of Fate'' (1916) - Andr̩ Lesar * ''The Wall Between'' (1916) - Capt. Burkett * ''A Million A Minute'' (1916) - Duke de Reves * ''Romeo and Juliet (1916 Metro Pictures film), Romeo and Juliet'' (1916) - Paris * ''The Brand of Cowardice'' (1916) - Navarete *''The Power of Decision'' (1917) - Wood Harding * ''The Beautiful Lie (film), The Beautiful Lie'' (1917) - Howard Hayes * ''Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By Howard Estabrook
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Silent American Comedy Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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1910s English-language Films
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1917 Comedy Films
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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] |
Nora Cecil
Nora Cecil (September 26, 1878 – May 1, 1951) was an English-born American actress whose 30-year career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. Career Stage Cecil's career began on the stage, when she debuted in London at age 19. She appeared in the Broadway production ''The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast'', which ran for more than 240 performances at the Broadway Theatre in 1901–1902. (A 1930 newspaper article says that Cecil "made her debut, three decades ago, on the London stage.") Film Cecil appeared in well over 100 feature films and film shorts. In 1915, she moved from the stage into films, her first appearance being in a starring role in ''The Arrival of Perpetua'', directed by Émile Chautard. She often played "thin-lipped, stern-visaged dowagers and forbidding mothers-in-law" and "welfare workers, landladies, schoolmistresses and maiden aunts". One of the most significant roles was in the W.C. Fields vehicle '' The Old Fashioned Way'' in 1934. Som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Evans (actor)
Herbert Evans (16 April 1882 – 10 February 1952) was an English film actor. He appeared in over 180 films between 1916 and 1952. Biography Evans started his acting career in 1914 at the World Film Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey. His performances include the Earl of Glenheather Castle in The Three Stooges comedy ''The Hot Scots'' and its remake '' Scotched in Scotland'', the well-meaning but clueless butler Wilkes in ''Vagabond Loafers’’ and in the ''Our Gang'' short ''Shrimps for a Day''. In addition to his work in short subjects, Evans appeared—often uncredited—in such films as ''Casablanca'', '' Strangers on a Train'', '' Annie Get Your Gun'' and ''Song of the Thin Man''. He also had bit roles in the Shirley Temple vehicles ''Curly Top'' and ''Wee Willie Winkie''. Evans died on 10 February 1952 shortly after filming for '' The Brigand'' was completed. He was survived by his wife Etta and two children. Selected filmography * '' Where Love Leads'' (1916) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Bergere
Valerie Bergere (born Valerie Zenobia de Beaumont Lieb, February 8, 1867 – September 16, 1938) was a French-born American actress who had a near fifty-year career in theatre and cinema. She began in the chorus of a touring opera company before acting in repertory theatre productions for nearly a decade. Bergere rose to play leading roles, but found her true success in vaudeville where for some seventeen years she remained one of the top draws in variety theatre. Over her later years Bergere also took on character roles in some twenty Broadway and Hollywood productions. Early life Valerie Zenobia de Beaumont Lieb was born in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine.Vazzana, Eugene Michael. ''Silent Film Necrology'' 2001, p.43Hines and Sanford. ''Who's Who in Music and Drama,'' 1914, pp. 39,40 Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
