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The Reed Case
''The Reed Case'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Allen Holubar and starring Holubar, Louise Lovely and Fred MontagueConnelly p.401 Cast * Allen Holubar as Jerry Brennon * Louise Lovely as Helen Reed * Alfred Allen as Bull Renfroy * Fred Montague as Chief Grady * George C. Pearce as Senator Reed * Sydney Deane as John Reed * Nanine Wright as Mrs. John Reed * Ernest Shields as Schuyler Hastings * Ed Brady Ed John Brady (born June 17, 1962) is a former American football player. Brady was raised in Morris, Illinois, and attended Morris Community High School, where he led the Morris Redskins football team to a state championship. Brady played for ... as 'Red' References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Holubar
Allen Holubar (August 3, 1890 – November 20, 1923) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter of the silent film era. He appeared in 38 films between 1913 and 1917. He also directed 33 films between 1916 and 1923. Career Allen Holubar started out as an actor on the stage where he met his wife Dorothy Phillips in the Chicago production of ''Every Woman''. While she turned to the screen and continued to act he became a director and even produced. Encouraged by these successes, together they formed the Allen Holubar Production Company in 1920. His 1918 film '' The Heart of Humanity'' was exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art in 2014. Marriage and death Holubar was married to actress Dorothy Phillips for eleven years from 1912 until his death in 1923 from pneumonia, following surgery, at the age of 33. Dorothy herself would die of pneumonia in 1980, at age 90. Selected filmography * ''Into the North'' (1913) * ''Courtmartialed'' (1915) * ''The White Terror'' (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Shields
Ernest Shields (August 5, 1884 – December 13, 1944) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1944. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery'' (1914) * ''The Broken Coin'' (1915) * '' Behind the Lines'' (1916) * ''It Can't Be True!'' (1916) * '' The Voice on the Wire'' (1917) * ''Mr. Dolan of New York'' (1917) * ''The Reed Case'' (1917) * '' The Birth of Patriotism'' (1917) * '' The Double Room Mystery'' (1917) * ''The Little Orphan'' (1917) * ''The Purple Cipher'' (1920) * '' Colleen of the Pines'' (1922) * ''The Purple Riders'' (1922) * ''The Ladder Jinx'' (1922) * ''Rich But Honest'' (1927) * ''Free Lips ''Free Lips'' is a 1928 silent film mystery drama directed by actor Wallace MacDonald. It stars June Marlowe. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Cast *June Marlowe - Ann Baldridge *Frank Hagney - Bill Dugan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures Films
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American Black-and-white Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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1910s English-language Films
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Drama Films
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1917 Films
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood". __TOC__ Events *January – ''Panthea'' is released, the first film from the company that Joseph Schenck formed with his wife, Norma Talmadge, after leaving Loew's Consolidated Enterprises. *February – Buster Keaton first meets Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in New York and is hired as a co-star and gag man. *April 9 – Supreme Court of the United States rule in Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. which ends the Motion Picture Patents Company appeal and results in the end of the company. *April 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Brady (actor)
Edwin J. Brady (December 6, 1889 – March 31, 1942) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 350 films between 1911 and 1942. On Broadway, he appeared in ''The Spy'' (1913). Filmography *''The Heart of a Cracksman'' (1913) * '' The Test'' (1914) * ''A Child of the Prairie'' (1915) - The Gambler * '' Neal of the Navy'' (1915) - Hernandez * ''Spellbound'' (1916) - Katti Hab * ''The Twin Triangle'' (1916) - Marco * '' The Sultana'' (1916) - Count Strelitso * '' The Mainspring'' (1916) - Jerviss * '' The Double Room Mystery'' (1917) - Bill Greely * '' God's Crucible'' (1917) - Wilkins * '' Mutiny'' (1917) - Eben Wiggs * '' The Flame of Youth'' (1917) - McCool * '' The Reed Case'' (1917) - 'Red' * ''The Stolen Paradise'' (1917) - Leroux * ''The Spindle of Life'' (1917) - Jason * ''Wild Sumac'' (1917) - John Lewisa * ''Indiscreet Corinne'' (1917) - P.A. Britton * '' The Learnin' of Jim Benton'' (1917) - Harvey Knowles * ''The High Sign'' (1917) - Hugo Mackensen * '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanine Wright
Nanine Wright (June 3, 1876 – May 23, 1947) was an American silent film actress. She is known for her roles in '' Risky Business'' (1920) and the lost film serial ''Graft'' as Mrs. Larnigan. Filmography * ''The Mysterious Witness'' (1923) as Mrs. John Brant * ''Play Square'' (1921) as Johnny's Mother * '' Risky Business'' (1920) as Grandma * ''The Luck of Geraldine Laird'' (1920) as Mrs. Fitzpatrick * ''Destiny'' (1919) as Mrs. Burton * ''Whom the Gods Would Destroy'' (1919) * '' Rosemary Climbs the Heights'' (1918) as Hilda Van Voort * ''The Square Deal'' (1918) as Mary Gilson * '' The Reed Case'' (1917) as Mrs. John Reed *''The Thief Maker'' (Short) (1917) as Mrs. Stoddard * ''A Blissful Calamity'' (Short) (1917) as Westie's Mother * ''The Circus of Life'' (1917) as Undetermined Role (uncredited) * '' The Phantom's Secret'' (1917) as Mrs. Lavinia Marston * ''The Girl in the Garret'' (Short) (1917) as Mrs. Dunning * ''The Indian's Lament'' (Short) (1917) as Mrs. Conolly * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Lovely
Louise Lovely (born Nellie Louise Carbasse; 28 February 1895 – 18 March 1980) was an Australian film actress of Swiss-Italian descent. She is credited by film historians for being the first Australian actress to have a successful career in Hollywood, signing a contract with Universal Pictures in the United States in 1914. Lovely appeared in 50 American films and ten Australian films before retiring from acting in 1925. Early life Louise Lovely was born Nellie Louise Carbasse in Paddington, Sydney to an Italian musician and composer father, Ferruccio Carlo Alberti, and a Swiss mother, Elise Louise Jeanne de Grüningen Lehmann, who had come to Australia in 1891, in the company of Sarah Bernhardt, and had decided to remain in Sydney once Bernhardt had left Australia. Louise Lovely made her professional debut at age nine as Eva in a stage production of the classic ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', using the name Louise Carbasse. Career Early work Lovely was acting with George Marlow' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
