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The Set-Up (1926 Film)
''The Set-Up'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Art Acord, Alta Allen, and Albert Schaefer. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Thora Barton's father is killed by robbers who fail to find the bag of money he was carrying. Stratton, deputy sheriff who is in love with Thora, is set to guard the Barton ranch for latter's creditors. The bag is found by two youngsters who rush to tell Thera. Thora goes with them to get the money and is followed by thugs, but rescued by Stratton, who tricks one of the criminals into confessing to the Cliff Barton murder. Cast * Art Acord as Deputy Art Stratton * Alta Allen as Thora Barton * Albert Schaefer as Tub Jones * Thomas G. Lingham as Seth Tolliver * C. Montague Shaw Charles Montague Shaw (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1968) was an Australian character actor, often appearing in small supporting parts in more than 150 films. Shaw was born in Adelaide, South Australia, Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Smith (director)
Clifford Smith (1894–1937) was an American film director who also occasionally film actor, acted and film producer, produced. He directed over eighty films between 1915 and 1937 as well as several serial film, serials, doing much of his work for Universal Pictures. Primarily a director of western film, westerns he worked with leading genre stars such as William S. Hart. Selected filmography * ''The Apostle of Vengeance'' (1916) * ''One Shot Ross'' (1917) *''The Boss of the Lazy Y'' (1917) * ''The Learning of Jim Benton'' (1917) * ''The Medicine Man (1917 film), The Medicine Man'' (1917) * ''The Red-Haired Cupid'' (1918) * ''The Cyclone (1920 film), The Cyclone'' (1920) * ''3 Gold Coins'' (1920) * ''Crossing Trails'' (1921) *''Daring Danger (1922 film), Daring Danger'' (1922) * ''Ridgeway of Montana'' (1924) * ''The Back Trail'' (1924) * ''Singer Jim McKee'' (1924) * ''Fighting Fury'' (1924) * ''The Sign of the Cactus'' (1925) * ''A Roaring Adventure'' (1925) * ''Ridin' Thunder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas G
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Silent American Western (genre) Films
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American Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By Clifford Smith
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Universal Pictures Films
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1926 Western (genre) Films
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1926 Films
The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). *August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, ''Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. *August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film ''The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. *October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Welsh (actor)
William Welsh (February 9, 1870 – July 16, 1946) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 153 films between 1912 and 1936. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Los Angeles, California at age 76. Selected filmography * ''Robespierre'' (1913) - Dumont * ''Traffic in Souls'' (1913) - William Trubus * '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1914) - King Neptune * ''Courtmartialed'' (1915) - General Bleirot * ''The White Terror'' (1915) - David Duncan * ''Conscience'' (1915) - John Benson * ''Thou Shalt Not Lie'' (1915, Short) - Fred Wales * ''The Primrose Path'' (1915) - Cartwright * ''The Lords of High Decision'' (1916) - Walsh * ''Autumn'' (1916) * ''Elusive Isabel'' (1916) - Chief Campbell * ''The Narrow Path'' (1916) - Bessie's Father * '' Two Seats at the Opera'' (1916, Short) - Dr. Jones * ''The Foolish Virgin'' (1916) - Jim's father * ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916) - Charles Denver * '' The Eternal Sin'' (1917) - Gubetta * ''Parentage'' (1917) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Quinn (actor)
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Western (genre)
The Western is a genre Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier and commonly associated with Americana (culture), folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a hostile, sparsely populated frontier in a state of near-total lawlessness patrolled by outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other Stock character, stock "gunslinger" characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, Manifest Destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. History The first films that belong to the Western genre are a series of short single reel silents made in 1894 by Edison Studios at their Edison's Black Maria, Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. These featured vet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle (; born Karl Lämmle; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films. Regarded as one of the most important of the early film pioneers, Laemmle was born in what is now Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1884 and worked in Chicago for 20 years before he began buying nickelodeons, eventually expanding into a film distribution service, the Laemmle Film Service, then into production as Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), later renamed Universal Film Manufacturing Company, and later still renamed Universal Pictures Company. Early life and education Karl Lämmle was born in 1867 to Julius Baruch Lämmle and Rebekka Lämmle, a Jewish couple in the Radstrasse, a street in the Jewish quarter of Laupheim, in the Kingdom of Württemberg. His father was a cattle merchant, also involved in land transactions. The family struggled financial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
