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The Lights O' London
''The Lights o' London'' is a melodramatic play, by George R. Sims, first produced in London on 10 September 1881 at the Princess's Theatre, produced by and starring Wilson Barrett. The play was a hit, running for 226 nights, and was frequently revived thereafter. It also opened in New York at the Union Square Theatre in December 1881 and was revived twice on Broadway.In August 1883 at the Grand Opera House (formerly Pike's). The play was twice made into silent films, both titled ''Lights of London'', in 1914, directed by Bert Haldane and 1923, directed by Charles Calvert. Synopsis Harold Armytage and Bess Marks elope. Harold's father is rich but after the elopement disowns him. Clifford Armytage, Harold's scheming cousin, and Seth Preene, a friend of Harold's father, frame innocent Harold for a crime so that Clifford will inherit the father's money instead of Harold. Seth aids Clifford because he hopes that his daughter, Hetty (who declares "I hate poor people"), would th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights O' London 02 - Weir Collection
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Doris Keane
Doris Keane (December 12, 1881 – November 25, 1945) was an American actress, primarily in live theatre. Early life and family Keane was born in Michigan to Joseph Keane and Florence Winter. She was educated privately in Chicago, New York, Paris, and Rome and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Her first professional role was in ''Whitewashing Julia'' in 1903. This was a small role, but she went on to play leading roles in ''The Happy Marriage'' in 1909 and ''The Lights o' London'' in 1911. In 1913, she played Margherita Cavallini in Edward Sheldon's ''Romance''. Her leading man in this long-running play was William Courtenay, who played the part of a priest. Sheldon originally had offered the male lead to his friend John Barrymore, but Barrymore turned it down, preferring to still do comedies. Sheldon reportedly fell in love with her and yearned for her all his life. She played this part in the United States and Europe for the next five years and returned in re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 Plays
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Charles Calvert (director)
Charles Calvert was a British, silent-era film director. He was sometimes credited as C.C. Calvert or Captain Charles Calvert. Calvert had a reputation as a journeyman director who produced old-fashioned films.Bamford p.58 Selected filmography * ''Disraeli'' (1916) * '' The Edge of Youth'' (1920) * ''Walls of Prejudice'' (1920) * ''A Prince of Lovers'' (1922) * ''Bonnie Prince Charlie Bonnie, is a Scottish given name and is sometimes used as a descriptive reference, as in the Scottish folk song, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean. It comes from the Scots language word "bonnie" (pretty, attractive), or the French bonne (good). That ...'' (1923) * '' Lights of London'' (1923) References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British film directors {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights Of London (1923 Film)
''Lights of London'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Warburton Gamble. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama ''The Lights o' London'' by George Sims and was made at the Lime Grove Studios. Cast * Wanda Hawley as Bess Marks * Nigel Barrie as Harold Armytage * Warburton Gamble as Clifford Armytage * James Lindsay as Seth Preene * Mary Clare as Hetty Preene * Cecil Morton York as Sir Oliver Armytage * Dorothy Fane as Belle * A. Harding Steerman as Bertram Marks * H.R. Hignett as Simon Jarvis * Mary Brough Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ... as Mrs. Jarvis References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Haldane
Bert Haldane (1871–1937) was a British film director of the silent era. Filmography Filmography - based on IMDb - is complete. 1910 *'' Coals of Fire'' (1910) *'' Tried and Found True'' (1910) *'' Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters'' (1910) *''Behind the Scenes'' (1910) *'' A Village Love Story'' (1910) *'' The Thieves' Decoy'' (1910) *'' The Queen of the May'' (1910) *'' The Miser's Lesson'' (1910) *'' Her Debt of Honour'' (1910) *'' Hunger's Curse'' (1910) *'' Dora'' (1910) *'' Circumstantial Evidence'' (1910) *'' All Is Not Gold That Glitters'' (1910) *'' Woman vs. Woman'' (1910) *'' The Farmer's Two Sons'' (1910) *'' A Plucky Kiddie'' (1910) *'' A Chum's Treachery'' (1910) 1911 *'' Right Is Might'' (1911) *'' A Girl's Love Letter'' (1911) *'' A Fool and His Money'' (1911) *'' The Faith Healer'' (1911) *'' The Road to Ruin'' (1911) *'' The Man Who Kept Silent'' (1911) *'' Lottery Ticket No. 66'' (1911) *'' The Silver Lining'' (1911) *'' A Touch of Nature'' (1911) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights Of London (1914 Film)
''Lights of London'' is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Arthur Chesney, Phyllis Relph and Fred Paul. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama ''The Lights o' London'' by George Sims and was made at Ealing Studios. The play was again turned into a silent film in 1923. Cast * Arthur Chesney as Harold Armytage * Phyllis Relph as Hetty Preene * Fred Paul as Clifford Armytage * Thomas H. MacDonald * J. Hastings Batson * Roy Travers * Rolf Leslie Rolf Leslie was a British actor born in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK. Selected filmography * ''Sixty Years a Queen'' (1913) * '' East Lynne'' (1913) * '' Lights of London'' (1914) * ''Jane Shore'' (1915) * '' The Faith of a Child'' (191 ... Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1914-1918''. Routledge, 2005. External links * 1914 films 1914 drama films British drama films Films directed by Bert Haldane British silent feature films British films based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including '' The Thief of Bagdad'', ''Robin Hood'', and '' The Mark of Zorro'', but spent the early part of his career making comedies. Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. He was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. With his marriage to actress and film producer Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became 'Hollywood royalty', and Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood", a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable. Though he was considered one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the 1910s and 1920s, Fairbanks's career rapidly declined with the advent of the "talkies". His final film was ''The Private Life of Don Juan'' (1934). Early life Fairbanks was born Douglas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric Theatre (1903 New York City)
Lyric Theatre or Lyric Theater may refer to: Australia *Lyric Theatre, Adelaide, former open-air cinema in Grote Street, Adelaide, 1912–c.1914 * Lyric Theatre, Brisbane part of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, in Brisbane, Queensland * Lyric Theatre, Hilton, former name of the Star Theatres in Hilton, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia * Lyric Theatre, Sydney (1911) * Sydney Lyric theatre, within The Star casino in Sydney, New South Wales Canada * Lyric Theater (Swift Current) in Saskatchewan Hong Kong * Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ireland * Lyric Theatre, Dublin United Kingdom * Lyric Theatre, Belfast in Belfast (also known as the Lyric Players' Theatre) * Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith) in Hammersmith, London * Lyric Theatre, London * Lyric Theatre, part of the Lowry in Salford United States * Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center (Lexington, Kentucky) * Lyric Theatre (Anniston, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodrama
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or excessively sentimental, rather than action. Characters are often flat, and written to fulfill stereotypes. Melodramas are typically set in the private sphere of the home, focusing on morality and family issues, love, and marriage, often with challenges from an outside source, such as a "temptress", a scoundrel, or an aristocratic villain. A melodrama on stage, filmed, or on television is usually accompanied by dramatic and suggestive music that offers cues to the audience of the drama being presented. In scholarly and historical musical contexts, ''melodramas'' are Victorian dramas in which orchestral music or song was used to accompany the action. The term is now also applied to stage performances without incidental music, novels, films, tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Opera House (Manhattan)
Pike's Opera House, later renamed the Grand Opera House, was a theater in New York City on the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and 23rd Street, in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. It was constructed in 1868, at a cost of a million dollars (equivalent to about US dollars in ), for distiller and entrepreneur Samuel N. Pike (1822–1872) of Cincinnati. The building survived in altered form until 1960 as an RKO movie theater, after which it was replaced by part of Penn South, an urban renewal housing development.Pike was a German Jew, born in 1822 in Schwetzingen/Baden, Germany. His birth name was "Samuel N. Hecht"; his family changed the name in 1827 in the USA to "Pike". See: Rehs, Michael. ''Wurzeln in fremder Erde: Zur Geschichte der südwestdeutschen Auswanderung nach Amerika'' (Stuttgart: DRW-Verlag (de), 1984) ; . History Pike's Opera House was built on what had been the property of Clement Clarke Moore, whose home, "Chelsea", has given its name to the neighborhood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names (12 others used neither), with many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also using the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, are the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District and the Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the thoroughfare is eponymous with the district and its collection of 41 theaters, and it is also closely identified with Times Square, only three of the theaters are located on Broadway itself (namely the Broadwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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