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Theodore Wharton
Theodore Wharton (1875–1931) was an American film director, producer and writer. He directed 48 films in the 1910s and 1920s, including the 1915 '' The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford'' featuring Oliver Hardy. Biography Wharton was born April 12, 1875 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the younger brother of Leopold Wharton, who was also became a film director. In 1890, Wharton started in both the business side of the theater as well as acting in Dallas, Texas. He worked for a number of stock companies, including that of Augustin Daly until 1899, and then became a stage manager. In 1907, he visited Edison Studios and worked there until 1909. Over the next 3 years, he wrote and directed many screenplays for various studios including Essanay Studios. In 1912, the US government commissioned him to produce ''The Late Indian Wars'', the first sevel-reel motion picture in America. It was filmed on location in the great plains, with a script by General Charles King and a large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is the 31st largest city in the United States, the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States, and the second largest city on Lake Michigan's shore behind Chicago. It is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwest. Milwaukee is considered a global city, categorized as "Gamma minus" by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with a regional GDP of over $102 billion in 2020. Today, Milwaukee is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the U.S. However, it continues to be one of the most racially segregated, largely as a result of early-20th-century redlining. Its history was heavily influenced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a popular tourist destination, owing to its beaches, surf culture, and historic landmarks. Santa Cruz was founded by the Spanish in 1791, when Fermín de Lasuén established Mission Santa Cruz. Soon after, a settlement grew up near the mission called Branciforte, which came to be known across Alta California for its lawlessness. With the Mexican secularization of the Californian missions in 1833, the former mission was divided and granted as rancho grants. Following the American Conquest of California, Santa Cruz eventually incorporated as a city in 1866. The creation of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in 1907 solidified the city's status as a seaside resort community, while the establishment of the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eagle's Talons
''The Eagle's Talons'' is a 1923 American film serial directed by Duke Worne. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Fred Thomson - Jack Alden * Ann Little - Enid Markham * Al Wilson - Charles Dean * Herbert Fortier - Gregory Markham * Joseph W. Girard - Burton Thorne * Edith Stayart - Helen Thorne * Edward Cecil - Judson Steele * Roy Tompkins - Cinders * Joe Bonomo - Thorne's henchman * Albert J. Smith - Thorne's henchman * George Magrill - Thorne's henchman * Tom Tyler - Extra (uncredited) (unconfirmed) See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ... References External links * 1923 films 1920s action films 1923 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moon Riders (serial)
''The Moon Riders'' is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason and Theodore Wharton. The serial is considered lost. It ran for 18 episodes. Cast * Art Acord as Buck Ravelle, a Ranger * Charles Newton as Arizona Baldwin * Mildred Moore as Anna Baldwin, Arizona's Daughter * George Field as Egbert, Leader of the Moon Riders * Beatrice Dominguez as Rosa, Housekeeper's Daughter * Tote Du Crow as Warpee, the Indian Chief * Albert MacQuarrie as Gant, a crooked attorney Reception ''The Moon Riders'' is considered to be one of the more successful serials of the silent film era and it established Art Acord as a western star. Chapter titles # ''Over the Precipice '' # ''The Masked Marauders'' # ''The Red Rage of Jealousy'' # ''Vultures of the Hills'' # ''The Death Trap'' # ''Caves of Mystery'' # ''The Menacing Monster'' # ''The Moon Rider's Bride'' # ''Death's Door'' # ''The Pit of Fire'' # ''The House of Doom'' # ''Unmasked'' # ''His Hour of Torture'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eagle's Eye
''The Eagle's Eye'' is a 1918 American serial film consisting of 20 episodes that dramatizes German espionage in the United States during World War I. The stories are based on the experiences of William J. Flynn during his career as chief of the United States Secret Service from 1912–1917. It features King Baggot as the president of the Criminology Club and Marguerite Snow as a Secret Service agent who investigate spies. Among the events depicted are the sending of the Zimmermann Telegram, Franz von Rintelen's attempts to sabotage cargo loading in San Francisco Harbor, and the capture of the German espionage plans. It was directed by George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton, and Theodore Wharton, and produced by the Whartons Studio. The serial is now considered lost. Because this serial was a commercial failure, it was the last one made by Whartons due to the studio being forced to declare bankruptcy. Background After Flynn's retirement from the Secret Service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great White Trail
''The Great White Trail'' is a surviving 1917 American silent drama film produced and directed by Leopold Wharton and starring Doris Kenyon.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' by The American Film Institute , c.1988 Cast *Doris Kenyon as Prudence Carrington *Paul Gordon as George Carrington *Thomas Holding Thomas J. Holding (25 January 1880 – 4 May 1929) was a British-born stage and film actor. Biography Born in England in 1880, Holding possibly had an extensive stage career in his native Britain before arriving in the United States. He was po ... as Reverend Arthur Dean *Hans Roberts as Charles Ware *Louise Hotaling as Marie *F. W. Stewart as The Vulture (credited as Richard Stewart) *Edgar L. Davenport as Donald Ware (credited as Edgar Davenport) *Dick Bennard as Grocer boy *Bessie Wharton as Marie's Guardian References External links * *Lobby poster 1917 films American silent feature films Films based on short fiction Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patria (1917 Film)
''Patria'' (pronounced PAY-tree-uh, as in patriot) is a 1917 15-chapter American serial film starring Irene Castle, Milton Sills, and Warner Oland, based on the novel ''The Last of the Fighting Channings'' by Louis Joseph Vance. ''Patria'' was an independent film serial funded by William Randolph Hearst in the lead-up to the United States' entry into World War I. The film in its original form contained anti-Japanese propaganda and was investigated by a Senate committee. The Argentine title for the film was ''La Heroina de Nueva York''. Plot Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr. Cast * Irene Castle as Patria Channing, the heroine of the serial (billed as "Mrs Vernon Castle"), and a lookalike dancer in Episode 4 named Ela ... [...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] |
The Mysteries Of Myra
''The Mysteries of Myra'' is a 1916 American silent film serial with episodes directed by Leopold and Theodore Wharton and starring Jean Sothern and Howard Estabrook. It was produced in Ithaca, New York by the Whartons and distributed by Pathé Exchange. Much of the film is lost with three episodes known to be extant. at silentera.com Cast * as Myra Maynard * as Dr. Payson Alden *Allan Murnane as Arthur Varney *M. W. Rale as Master of the Black Orde ...[...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] |
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 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] |
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