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The Red Mill (film)
''The Red Mill'' is a 1927 American comedy film, starring Marion Davies, directed by Roscoe Arbuckle (as William Goodrich) and produced by King Vidor. Plot Tina (Marion Davies) is the drudge of the Red Mill Tavern in Holland. She works hard and long hours, with her only company being a mouse, named Ignatz. Willem (George Siegmann) is the mean Tavern proprietor who catches her feeding the mouse. He is outraged and scares away the mouse and takes it out on Tina. Dennis Wheat (Owen Moore) is a foreigner who came to the Netherlands for the damsels. He was accompanied by his valet Caesar Rinkle (Snitz Edwards). One day, Tina notices Wheat and immediately falls in love with him. She sneaks out of the tavern to be closer to him and hears him saying he will judge an ice skating race. The winner of the race will be kissed by him. Tina decides to enter and wins. When Dennis is about to kiss her, Willem storms out and takes Tina with him. She later finds out Dennis is leaving town and beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd as well as with his nephew, Al St. John. He also mentored Charlie Chaplin, Monty Banks and Bob Hope, and brought vaudeville star Buster Keaton into the movie business. Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for $14,000 (). Arbuckle was the defendant in three widely publicized trials between November 1921 and April 1922 for the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe. Rappe had fallen ill at a party hosted by Arbuckle at San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel in September 1921, and died four days later. A friend of Rappe accused Arbuckle of raping and accidentally killing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snitz Edwards
Snitz Edwards (born Edward Neumann, 1 January 1868 – 1 May 1937) was a stage and character actor of the early years of the silent film era into the 1930s. Biography Born into a Jewish household on New Year's Day 1868 in Budapest, Hungary (then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire), Edwards immigrated to the United States and became a successful Broadway stage actor during the early twentieth century. His first show was the musical comedy ''Little Red Riding Hood'', which opened on January 8, 1900. He often appeared in the first decade of the 20th century on Broadway in productions for such prominent stage directors as Arthur Hammerstein and Charles Frohman. He traveled with touring companies across the United States and in South America. On one trip, the company manager absconded with the box office receipts, leaving Snitz and the rest of the marooned troupers to find their way across Panama to catch a steamship back to New York City. In later years, Snitz told of touring c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Diana
''The Young Diana'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani and Robert G. Vignola and written by Luther Reed. The film stars Marion Davies, Macklyn Arbuckle, Forrest Stanley, Gypsy O'Brien, and Pedro de Cordoba. It is based on the 1918 novel ''The Young Diana'' by Marie Corelli. The film was released on August 27, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Marion Davies as Diana May *Macklyn Arbuckle as James P. May *Forrest Stanley as Commander Cleeve *Gypsy O'Brien as Lady Anne * Pedro de Cordoba as Dr. Dimitrius Production In her 14th film, Marion Davies plays the young Diana May. The film required Davies to play a faded, aged woman and also employs a science fiction theme of rejuvenation. This was a troubled production. Albert Capellani began production in April 1921, but he was replaced by Robert G. Vignola (who may have re-shot all of Capellani's footage), and the film was finally released in August 1922. Forrest Stanley Forrest Stanley ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dillingham
Charles Bancroft Dillingham (May 30, 1868 – August 30, 1934) was an American theatre manager and producer of over 200 Broadway shows. Biography Charles Bancroft Dillingham was born on May 30, 1868 in Hartford, Connecticut to Edmund Bancroft Dillingham, an Episcopalian clergyman and Josephine Potter. He graduated from the Hartford schools and went to work for a newspaper in Hartford, which sent him to Washington D.C. as a correspondent. He then went to Chicago where he joined the staff of the Chicago Times-Herald. He subsequently moved to New York City and was hired by The Evening Sun for $15 per week. He became a theater critic for the New York Post. In 1896 he wrote a play "Ten P.M." which was produced at the Bijou Theater. The producer Charles Frohman saw it and offered Dillingham a job as a advertising agent. They formed a theatrical alliance and a friendship that lasted until Frohman died in the 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania. After leaving the employ of Frohman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Stone
Fred Andrew Stone (August 19, 1873 – March 6, 1959) was an American actor. Stone began his career as a performer in circuses and minstrel shows, went on to act in vaudeville, and became a star on Broadway and in feature films, which earned him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Biography He was particularly famous for appearing on stage opposite David C. Montgomery. They had a 22-year partnership until Montgomery's death in 1917. They performed in shows such as '' The Wizard of Oz'' premiering in 1902, the Victor Herbert operetta ''The Red Mill'' in 1906, and '' Chin-Chin, a Modern Aladdin'', in 1914. In 1939, he appeared in a radio program promoting the new MGM film '' The Wizard of Oz,'' in which he got to meet the actor who played the Scarecrow, Ray Bolger, who was a great admirer of Stone's work, and although Bolger was too young to have seen Stone play the Scarecrow in the stage play, he did see Stone in ''The Red Mill''. In 1917, he appeared on Broadway in ''Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Eilers
Dorothea Sally Eilers (December 11, 1908 – January 5, 1978) was an American actress. Early life Eilers was born in New York City to a Jewish-American mother, Paula (or Pauline) Schoenberger, and a German-American father, Hio Peter Eilers (an inventor). She had one sibling, a brother, Hio Peter Eilers Jr. When Eilers was young, she moved to Los Angeles with her parents, and in 1927 she graduated from Fairfax High School. Career She made her film debut in 1927 in ''The Red Mill'', directed by Roscoe Arbuckle. After several minor roles as an extra, in 1927–1928 she found work with Mack Sennett as one of his "flaming youth" comedians in several comedy short subjects, along with Carole Lombard, who had been a school friend. In 1928, she was voted as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, a yearly list of young actresses selected by publicity people in the film business, with selection based on the actresses' having "shown the most promise during the past 12 months." Eilers was a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Deslys
Kay Deslys (28 September 1899, in London – 15 August 1974 in West Covina, California) was an English comedy actress, based in the United States from the 1920s on. Born as Kathleen Herbert in London, one of her earliest roles was in Charlie Chaplin's celebrated feature ''The Gold Rush''; she later appeared in several comedies at the Hal Roach Studios, including several early Laurel and Hardy comedies. During the 1930s and 1940s, she played mainly bit and extra roles in feature films before retiring in the early 1950s. She died of congestive heart failure and a stroke in West Covina, Los Angeles County, California, aged 74.* Selected filmography Laurel and Hardy Films * ''Their Purple Moment'' (1928) * '' Should Married Men Go Home?'' (1928) * ''We Faw Down'' (1928) * '' Perfect Day'' (1929) * '' Below Zero'' (1930) * ''Fra Diavolo'' (1933) Other appearances * ''Tarnish'' (1924) * ''The Gold Rush'' (with Chaplin) (1925) * ''Her Man o' War'' (1926) * '' The Johnstown Flood'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatz
Ignatz is a masculine given name. Notable people with the given name * Ignatz Bubis (1927–1999), German Jewish leader and chairman of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland from 1992 to 1999 * Ignatz Leo Nascher (1863–1944), Austrian-born, American medical doctor who coined the term "geriatrics" in 1909 * Ignatz Lichtenstein (1824–1909), Hungarian Orthodox rabbi who wrote pamphlets advocating conversion to Christianity * Ignatz Urban (1848–1931), German botanist * Ignatz von Popiel (1863–1941), Polish-Ukrainian chess player * Ignatz Waghalter (1881–1949), Polish-German composer and conductor *Ignatz Wiemeler (1895–1952), German bookbinder Fictional characters * Ignatz, a central character in the comic strip '' Krazy Kat'' * Ignatz Victor, from the game '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' See also * Ignaz * Ignatz Award, for comics and cartooning * Ignatz Series, international comic imprint * Ignatius Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Gamble (actor)
Fred Gamble (born Fred Alvin Gambold, October 26, 1868 – February 17, 1939) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1913 and 1928. He was sometimes billed as Fred Gambold. Biography Gamble was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. At age 15, he left his home to join a minstrel show, beginning his career as an entertainer. He performed in vaudeville as a member of the Queen City Four and acted in stock theater. In 1912 he became a part of the American Film Company. On February 17, 1939, Gamble died in Hollywood, California, at 70. Partial filmography * '' Susie's New Shoes'' (1914) * ''A Broadway Scandal'' (1918) * ''The Woman Under Cover'' (1919) * ''Homespun Folks'' (1920) * ''The Screaming Shadow'' (1920) * '' Bullet Proof'' (1920) * '' Love Never Dies'' (1921) * ''Golf'' (1922) * '' Boy Crazy'' (1922) * '' The Firebrand'' (1922) * '' Black Oxen'' (1923) * '' The Tornado'' (1924) * ''A Woman of the World'' (1925) * ''Tumbleweeds'' (1925) * ''To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Powell
Russ Powell (September 16, 1875 – November 28, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in 186 films between 1915 and 1943. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''The Fashion Shop'' (1915, Short) - Fat Customer * ''The Tale of the Night Before'' (1915) - Henry's friend * ''Fat and Furious'' (1917) - Merta's Father * '' Clean Sweep'' (1918) - The Butcher * ''Smoldering Embers'' (1920) - Tramp * ''Dangerous Days'' (1920) - Bartender (uncredited) * ''The Slim Princess'' (1920) - The Governor General * ''The Soul of Youth'' (1920) - Patrolman Jones * ''One Stolen Night'' (1923) * ''Kindled Courage'' (1923) - Marshal * ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (uncredited) (1923) * '' A Boy of Flanders'' - Baas Kronstadt (1924) * '' Open All Night'' (1924) (uncredited) * '' Dynamite Smith'' (1924) * '' The Wheel'' (1925) * ''The Red Mill'' (1927) * ''Tillie the Toiler'' (1927) (uncredited) * ''Soft Cushions'' (1927) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RH Louise Davies Red Mill
RH, Rh, rH, or rh may refer to: Companies * Red Hat, an American software company * Republic Express Airlines (IATA designator), a cargo airline in Indonesia * RH (company), an American furniture chain formerly known as Restoration Hardware Science and technology * Relative humidity, the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor to the equilibrium vapor pressure of water at a given temperature * Releasing hormone * Rh blood group system (''Rhesus factor''), a classification to describe blood types in humans * Rhodium, symbol Rh, a chemical element * RH, the Rydberg constant for hydrogen * Riemann hypothesis, an important unsolved problem in mathematics Places * RH postcode area, in the UK * , an official name of Croatia in Croatian * Other uses * Rh (digraph) * The Right Honourable, an honorific preceding a name in the UK * Radical honesty, the practice of always being completely honest and refraining from telling even white lies See also * Royal Hospital (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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