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The Show Down
''The Show Down'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Myrtle Gonzalez, George Hernandez and Arthur Hoyt.Spehr & Lundquist p.287 Cast * Myrtle Gonzalez as Lydia Benson * George Hernandez as John Benson * Arthur Hoyt as Oliver North * George Chesebro as Robert Curtis * Edward Cecil as Langdon Curtis * Jean Hersholt Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is best known for starring on the radio series '' Dr. Christian'' (1937–1954) and in the film ''Heidi'' (1937).Obitua ... as Parkes References Bibliography * Paul C. Spehr & Gunnar Lundquist. ''American Film Personnel and Company Credits, 1908-1920''. McFarland, 1996. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Lynn Reynolds 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Reynolds
Lynn Fairfield Reynolds (May 7, 1889 – February 25, 1927) was an American director and screenwriter. Reynolds directed more than 80 films between 1915 and 1928. He also wrote for 58 films between 1914 and 1927. Reynolds was born in Harlan, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Death Returning home in 1927 after being snowbound in the Sierras for three weeks, Reynolds telephoned his wife, actress Kathleen O'Connor, to arrange a dinner party at their Hollywood home with another couple. During the dinner, Reynolds and O'Connor engaged in a heated quarrel in which each accused the other of infidelity. With his guests following in an attempt to calm him down, Reynolds left the table to retrieve a pistol from another room where he shot himself in the head. Selected filmography * '' It Happened in Honolulu'' (1916) * ''The Secret of the Swamp'' (1916) * ''Up or Down?'' (1917) * ''Broadway Arizona'' (1917) * ''The Greater Law'' (1917) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Hersholt
Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is best known for starring on the radio series '' Dr. Christian'' (1937–1954) and in the film ''Heidi'' (1937).Obituary ''Variety'', 6 June 1956, p. 63. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told ''The Literary Digest'', "In English, ''her'sholt''; in Danish, ''hairs'hult''." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films (140 total); he directed four. Early life Hersholt was born Jean Pierre Carl Buron in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hersholt claimed to be born into a family of actors, but in reality, both of his parents Henri Pierre Buron, the son of a French Catholic father and a Danish Protestant mother, and Clara (née Petersen), the daughter of a Danish Protestant father and a Danish Jewish mother, were hairdressers, though the father later was a cigar and wine retailer/vendor. Hersholt appeared in two of the first short films of Danish f ... [...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 Ha ... [...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 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Cecil (actor)
Edward Cecil (September 13, 1878 – December 13, 1940) was an American film actor.Munden p. 57 During the silent era he played supporting roles and the occasion lead. Following the introduction of sound, he mainly appeared in more minor roles until his death. Selected filmography * '' The Beast'' (1916) * ''The Love Thief'' (1916) * ''The Show Down'' (1917) * ''The Yankee Way'' (1917) * '' The Wildcat of Paris'' (1918) * ''Bread'' (1918) * ''Fast Company'' (1918) * '' A Girl in Bohemia'' (1919) * ''The Price of Redemption'' (1920) * ''Blackmail'' (1920) * '' Big Game'' (1921) * ''The Love Gambler'' (1922) * ''My Wild Irish Rose'' (1922) * ''The Scarlet Car'' (1923) * ''The Fast Express'' (1924) * ''Secrets of the Night'' (1924) * ''Hidden Loot'' (1925) * ''The Canvas Kisser'' (1925) * ''Wild Horse Canyon'' (1925) * ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1925) * '' What Happened to Jones'' (1926) * ''The Stolen Ranch'' (1926) * ''The Fighting Doctor'' (1926) * ''The Smoke Eaters'' (1926) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldemar Young
Waldemar Young (July 1, 1878 – August 30, 1938) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 80 films between 1917 and 1938. Biography He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Hollywood, California from pneumonia. Waldemar was a grandson of Brigham Young. He was also a brother of Mahonri Young. Young joined the staff of the '' Salt Lake Herald'' after he graduated from high school. He then went to Stanford University starting in 1900. At Stanford, he played on the football team. He majored in English but also studied economics and history. Young did not finish his studies at Stanford. Instead, he took jobs with the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and the ''San Francisco Examiner''. In 1912, Young married Elizabeth Haight, who was a great-niece of the early California Mormon leader, Sam Brannan. Young started into films by writing comedy routines for Franklyn Farnum and Brownie Vernon. In the 1920s, he often worked on films with Lon Chaney, Tod Browning Tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chesebro
George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Mignon'' (1915) * '' Because of a Woman'' (1917) * ''The Show Down'' (1917) * ''Indiscreet Corinne'' (1917) * ''Broadway Arizona'' (1917) * '' Mr. Opp'' (1917) * ''Wild Sumac'' (1917) * '' Hands Up!'' (1918) * '' Modern Love'' (1918) * '' The She Wolf'' (1919) * ''The Hope Diamond Mystery'' (1921) * '' The Diamond Queen'' (1921) * ''Wolf Blood'' (1925) * '' Money to Burn'' (1926) * ''Rustlers' Ranch'' (1926) * ''Hearts and Spangles'' (1926) * ''The Mile-a-Minute Man'' (1926) * ''Mountains of Manhattan'' (1927) * ''The Silent Avenger'' (1927) * '' Should a Girl Marry?'' (1928) * ''Handcuffed'' (1929) * ''Lariats and Six-Shooters'' (1931) * ''The Sheriff's Secret'' (1931) * ''Wild West Whoopee'' (1931) * ''The Kid from Arizona'' (1931) * '' 45 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
