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Thanhouser Company Films
These are the films directed, produced and distributed by the Thanhouser Company, the pioneering American motion picture studio of New Rochelle, New York. 1910 * ''The Actor's Children'' * '' St. Elmo'' * ''She's Done It Again'' * ''Daddy's Double'' * ''A 29-Cent Robbery'' * ''The Old Shoe Came Back'' * ''Her Battle for Existence'' * ''Sand Man's Cure'' * ''She Wanted to Marry a Hero'' * '' The Cigars His Wife Bought'' * ''Jane Eyre'' * '' The Best Man Wins'' * ''Cupid at the Circus'' * ''The Winter's Tale'' * ''The Girl of the Northern Woods'' * ''The Two Roses'' * ''The Writing on the Wall'' * '' The Woman Hater'' * ''The Little Hero of Holland'' * ''Roosevelt's Return'' * ''Thelma'' * ''The Governor's Daughter'' * ''Tempest and Sunshine'' * ''The Flag of His Country'' * ''Booming Business'' * ''Gone to Coney Island'' * ''The Girl Strike Leader'' * '' The Lucky Shot'' * ''The Converted Deacon'' * ''The Girls of the Ghetto'' * '' The Playwright's Love'' * ''Uncle Tom's Cabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupid At The Circus
''Cupid at the Circus'' is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film is a romance with a storyline focused around a country boy who follows a circus parade to the circus grounds and becomes intent on sneaking into the show. He is discovered, but before he can be ejected, a girl asks her father to buy him a ticket of admission. Thankful, the boy gives her his pocket knife. Years later the two meet again and when he sees her using his pocket knife. He proposes and she accepts. Not too much is known for certain about the production of this film, including the writer, director and photographer credits. The circus scenes were done with special arrangement by Barnum & Bailey. The film was released on May 20, 1910, to favorable reviews. The film is presumed lost. Plot Though the film is presumed lost, a surviving official synopsis was published in ''The Moving Picture World''. It states: "Tom Wilk is a poor country lad, living alone with his ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gone To Coney Island
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Booming Business
''Gone to Coney Island'' and ''Booming Business'' are two 1910 American silent short comedy productions by the Thanhouser Company. Both were released together on a single film reel on July 5, 1910. ''Gone to Coney Island'' is a comedy that features Coney Island, which the mere subject would make for a successful film. ''Booming Business'' may have been the very type of slapstick comedy that Edwin Thanhouser specifically said the Thanhouser Company would not produce. The productions of both films have no credits for the cast or crew, but possible candidates for these roles exist. Reviews of the films favored ''Gone to Coney Island'', but some reviewers specifically refused to explain the plot because Coney Island subjects were deemed self-explanatory. ''Booming Business'' received one detailed review in ''The New York Dramatic Mirror'' which was negative. The films are presumed lost. Plots Though the films are presumed lost, a synopsis of ''Gone to Coney Island'' survives in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flag Of His Country
''The Flag of His Country'' is a 1910 American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company. The patriotic film focuses on a man aptly named Walter North who sides with the Union and whilst his wife sides with the Confederacy in the American Civil War. The family is reunited thirty years later at a Grand Army of the Republic reunion through the actions of their grandchild. Little is known about the production and cast of the film, but the role of granddaughter was played by Marie Eline. Released on July 1, 1910, the film took place within living memory of the war and a reviewer in ''The Moving Picture World'' noted that the film would not offend its audience members. The film is presumed lost. Plot Though the film is presumed lost, a synopsis survives in ''The Moving Picture World'' from July 2, 1910. It states: "Walter North is a New York man, married to a Southern girl. At the opening of the play their baby daughter is christened, and the young couple is livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempest And Sunshine
''Tempest and Sunshine'' is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film is an adaptation of Mary Jane Holmes's 1854 novel ''Tempest and Sunshine'', and features the devious Tempest and the benevolent Sunshine being wooed by a Dr. Lacey. Tempest and Bill Jeffreys conspire against Sunshine. By intercepting the lovers' letters the doctor instead decides to marry Tempest, but Jeffreys interrupts the ceremony to reveal the conspiracy. The doctor and Sunshine are reunited. The novel was a popular subject of plays and vaudeville, but the Thanhouser adaptation appears to be the first film version for it predates the adaptations in ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Released on June 28, 1910, the production received a favorable review in ''The Moving Picture News''. The film is presumed lost. Plot ''The Moving Picture World'' synopsis states, "Planter Middleton, of Kentucky, has two beautiful daughters. One of them is known as Tempest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Governor's Daughter
''The Governor's Daughter'' is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The story details a convict who is being sent to prison when the train is wrecked and the sheriff escorting him is killed. The convict frees himself, but halts his escape to save the life of a little girl. As he returns the girl to her nurse, a policeman identifies and recaptures him. Later the little girl accompanies her father, the governor, on a tour of the prison and the father pardons the hero-convict. The film included scenes of a real train wreck and the scenario was written around the filming of the disaster. The film received praise for the before and after scenes which were described as shocking to ''The Moving Picture World''s reviewer. The film was released on June 24, 1910, and was shown as far away as Australia. The film is presumed lost. Plot Though the film is presumed lost, a synopsis survives in ''The Moving Picture World'' from June 25, 1910. It states: "Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma (1910 Film)
''Thelma'' is a 1910 American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company. The story was based on Marie Corelli's 1887 novel of the same name, it focuses on a Norwegian maiden who meets Sir Phillip and the two are wed. Lady Clara conspires to ruin the marriage and tricks Thelma with a letter purported to be from her husband. Thelma returns to Norway and to the death of her father. Thelma, alone in the world, prays at her mother's grave for strength. Sir Phillip searches for Thelma, ultimately finding her, uncovers the tricks which have been played on them and they fall back in love. Released on June 21, 1910, the film was met with praise in ''The Moving Picture World''. An incomplete print of the film survives in the Library of Congress archives. Plot Though the film is presumed lost, a surviving synopsis was published in ''The Moving Picture World'' on June 25, 1910. It states: "Thelma is a simple Norwegian maiden living alone with her father in the land of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roosevelt's Return
The Thanhouser Company (formerly the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser. It operated until 1920. It produced over 1,000 films, but several dozen of the films were of small filler subjects, educational or documentaries. Many of these smaller subjects were listed as a quarter or half a reel in length and received very little critical review or analysis by film critics and the media. Quarter reel comedies ''The Old Shoe Came Back'' The first quarter reel comedy, of about 250 feet, was ''The Old Shoe Came Back''. It was released on April 15, 1910. The film was appended to ''A 29-Cent Robbery'' and was first split reel released by the company. There is almost no information surrounding the short filler comedy. Film historian Q. David Bowers credits Thanhouser cameraman, Blair Smith, for the photography, but could not find any information about the film in contemporary trade journals. The film was advertised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Hero Of Holland
''The Little Hero of Holland'' is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. It is an adaptation of the short fictional story popularized in ''Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates'', about a boy who plugs a leaking dike with his finger to prevent it from bursting. The role of the boy was played by Marie Eline, but little else is known about the production and cast of the film. The director may have been Barry O'Neil and the writer may have been Lloyd Lonergan. Parts of the film were shot on Glen Park Island in New Rochelle, New York. The film was released on June 17, 1910 and saw a wide release, including the United Kingdom. The film is presumed lost. Plot Though the film is presumed lost, a synopsis of the film was published in '' The Moving Picture World'' on June 18, 1910. It states: "Hans is a little Dutch boy, the son of a poor fisherman. He, like all children of Holland, is early impressed with the fact that the safety of the whole community dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Hater (1910 Thanhouser Film)
''The Woman Hater'' is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film focuses on Tom Taylor, a woman-hater, who sells his property to a financier at a play. In order to finalize the transaction, Taylor must go to the financier's hotel and becomes the subject of a bet by Lou Bennett that she can win his affections. Lou succeeds in the bet, but Taylor finds out and is preparing to leave forever when Lou speaks to him. Little is known about the production or the cast other than a single credit of Violet Heming as Lou Bennett. The film was released on June 14, 1910, but is not known to have been reviewed by any trade publications. The film is presumed lost, but another production of the same name released the same year was rediscovered in New Zealand in 2010. Plot Though the film is presumed lost, a synopsis was published in '' The Moving Picture World'' on June 18, 1910. It states: "Tom Taylor, the owner of a pretty rustic cottage, where he live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Writing On The Wall (film)
''The Writing on the Wall'' is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. Directed by Barry O'Neil from a script by Lloyd Lonergan, this presumed lost film focuses on a young girl named Grace who becomes attracted to a wealthy man named Jack. Two men, named Turner and Hank plot to rob Jack after he withdraws a large sum of money from a bank, but Grace warns him of a plot to drug him. Jack escapes and marries Grace. The film has no known trade publication reviews, but reviews may exist for this film. Theaters were advertising this film as late as 1913. Plot The film is presumed lost, but a surviving synopsis of the film was published in '' The Moving Picture World'' on June 11, 1910. It states: "Turner, a man of bad character, conducts an inn in the country. His stepdaughter Grace is his trudge. When on an errand to the village she meets Jack, wealthy young man. He is much attracted by her. Jack goes to the bank and draws a large sum of money. Hank, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
