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That Sort
''That Sort'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Warda Howard, Duncan McRae and Ernest Maupain.Parish & Pitts p.42 Cast * Warda Howard as Diana Laska * Duncan McRae as John Heppell * Ernest Maupain as Doctor Maxwell * John Lorenz as Philip Goddier * Betty Brown as Maureen Heppell * Peggy Sweeney as An actress * Marian Skinner Marian Skinner (January 8, 1880 – June 7, 1963), was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1915 and 1924. She was born in New York, New York, and died in San Francisco, California. Select ... as Mrs. Heppell References Bibliography *Parish, James Robert & Pitts, Michael R. . ''Film Directors: A Guide to their American Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brabin
Charles Brabin (April 17, 1882 – November 3, 1957) was a British-American film director. Biography Born in Liverpool, England, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier College. Brabin sailed to New York City in the early 1900s and, while holding down odd jobs there, he tried his hand as a stage actor. He joined the Edison Manufacturing Company around 1908, first acting, later writing and directing. He was active during the silent era, then pursued a short-lived career in talkies. His last film was ''A Wicked Woman'' for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934. Brabin married his first wife socialite Suzan "Susette" Jeanette Mosher, the daughter of Edwin Howard Mosher and Jennie Slater Mosher of New York City. They wed December 14, 1913, at Bedford Congregational Church in the Bronx, shortly after Brabin returned from a trip to England and Europe. Brabin's best friend, screen actor Marc MacDermott, served as best man. Charles and Suzan Brabin remained married for seven years."United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Sweeney
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Films Directed By Charles Brabin
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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American Silent Feature Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s English-language Films
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1916 Drama Films
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign: The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive: Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in present-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi: Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. February * February 9 – 6.00 p.m. – Tristan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Films
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Film for a salary of $10,000 a week and a signing on fee of $150,000, making him one of the highest-paid people in the United States. * June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year. * July 19 – Famous Players-Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures. * August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film ''The Battle of the Somme'' is premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release (from 20 August) 20 million people view it. * September 5 – Release of D. W. Griffith's epic film '' Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages'', starring Lillian Gish (as "The Eternal Motherhood") and Constance Talmadge (in two ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Skinner
Marian Skinner (January 8, 1880 – June 7, 1963), was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1915 and 1924. She was born in New York, New York, and died in San Francisco, California. Selected filmography * ''That Sort'' (1916) * ''Sherlock Holmes'' (1916) * '' On Trial'' (1917) * '' Skinner's Dress Suit'' (1917) * ''Skinner's Bubble'' (1917) * '' Which Woman?'' (1918) * ''Gambling in Souls'' (1919) * ''The Amateur Adventuress'' (1919) * ''The Spitfire of Seville'' (1919) * ''A Rogue's Romance'' (1919) * ''The Woman Under Cover'' (1919) * ''The Sleeping Lion'' (1919) * ''Dangerous to Men'' (1920) * ''The House of Toys'' (1920) * ''The Breath of the Gods'' (1920) * '' Billions'' (1920) * ''The Dangerous Moment'' (1921) * ''White and Unmarried'' (1921) * '' Brewster's Millions'' (1921) * ''Morals'' (1921) * ''Billy Jim ''Billy Jim'' is a 1922 American silent comedy western film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Fred Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Brown (actress)
Betty J. Brown (born August 20, 1939) is an American politician and rancher who was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011. Career From 1999 to 2011, Brown represented House District 4 for Henderson and Kaufman counties. When she was initially elected to the position in 1998, the district included Kaufman and Hunt counties. After two terms, the district was changed to Kaufman and Henderson counties as far east as Athens, Texas. In the March 2010 Republican primary, Brown was defeated by Lance Gooden, her former legislative aide. Controversy In 2009, Brown was criticized for her comments made during Texas House Elections Committee testimony on the voting difficulties encountered by Asian Americans who use two different names. During the testimony, Brown suggested that Asian-Americans adopt names that are "easier for Americans to deal with". Though at first defending her statement, accusing Democrats of making the issue "about race", she eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Macdonald Hastings
Basil MacDonald Hastings (20 September 1881 – 21 February 1928) was an English author, journalist, and playwright. Early life and education Hastings was born on 20 September 1881 in London, second son of solicitor S. J. Edward Hastings. He was educated at Stonyhurst and King's College London. His nephew- son of his elder brother, Major Lewis Aloysius Macdonald Hastings (1880-1966), a farmer in Southern Rhodesia, where he had been a diamond prospector, political organizer, and served in the Cape Mounted Police- was the politician Stephen Hastings. Career Hastings was on the War Office staff for eight years before being appointed assistant editor of ''The Bystander'', where he remained for three years. During the First World War, Hastings served as a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, having previously been a corporal in the King's Royal Rifle Corps; he founded and edited the RAF journal, ''The Fledgling'' (later ''Roosters and Fledglings''). Hastings was a friend, col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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