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The Still Alarm (1918 Film)
''The Still Alarm'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Tom Santschi, Bessie Eyton, and Eugenie Besserer.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 It is an adaptation of the 1887 play '' The Still Alarm'' by Joseph Arthur. Cast * Tom Santschi as Jack Manley * Bessie Eyton as Eleanor Fordham * Eugenie Besserer as Undetermined Role * William Scott as Undetermined Role * Fritzi Brunette Fritzi Brunette (born Florence Brunet; May 27, 1890 – September 28, 1943) was an American actress. Early years Fritzi Brunette was born Florence Brunet in Savannah, Georgia, or in Boston although some sources list her birthname as Florence Si ... as Undetermined Role References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Sil ...
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Colin Campbell (director)
James Colin Campbell (11 October 1859 – 26 August 1928) was a Scottish-born film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed more than 170 films between 1911 and 1924. He also wrote for 60 films between 1911 and 1922. He was born in Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California. Campbell married actress Blanche Crozier on March 2, 1912.California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com Selected filmography * ''Brown of Harvard (1911 film), Brown of Harvard'' (1911) * ''An Assisted Elopement (1912 Selig film), An Assisted Elopement'' (1912) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo (1912 film), The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1912) * ''Alas! Poor Yorick!'' (1913) * ''A Wise Old Elephant'' (1913) * ''Wamba A Child of the Jungle'' (1913) * ''The Spoilers (1914 film), The Spoilers'' (1914) * ''Shotgun Jones'' (1914) * ''Chip of the Flying U (1914 film), Chip of the Flying U'' (1914) * ''The Ros ...
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The Still Alarm
''The Still Alarm'' is a melodramatic play by Joseph Arthur that debuted in New York in 1887 and enjoyed great success, and was adapted to silent films in 1911, 1918, and 1926. Though never a favorite of critics, it achieved widespread popularity. It is best known for its climactic scene where fire wagons are pulled by horses to a blazing fire.Rahill, FrankThe world of melodrama p. 257 (1967) ("the greatest of all the fireman plays") Background The play debuted at the Fourteenth Street Theatre in New York City on August 30, 1887.Brown, Thomas AllstonA history of the New York stage p. 495-96 (1887 original production), p. 498 (March 1888 return)(31 August 1887) ''The New York Times''Burt, Daniel S. (ed.The chronology of American literature p. 271 (2004)(28 August 1887)Notes of the Week ''The New York Times'' Harry Lacy played the lead role of Jack Manley.
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Films Directed By Colin Campbell
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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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
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1918 Drama Films
This year is noted for the end of the World War I, First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui people, Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) ...
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1918 Films
The year 1918 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events *January 27 – Tarzan makes his film debut in ''Tarzan of the Apes''. *March 10 – Warner Bros. release their first produced picture, ''My Four Years in Germany''. *July – The animated ''The Sinking of the Lusitania'' is one of the first examples of animation being used for something other than comedy. *Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the Motion Picture Patents Company disbands. *Louis B. Mayer arrives in Los Angeles and forms Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation. *28 mm safety standard film, designed by Alexander Victor, becomes one of the earliest film formats to use "safety film" film base, bases in order to safeguard the amateur market against nitrate fires. Top-grossing films (U.S.) Notable films released in 1918 Argentina *''Buenos Aires tenebroso'', directed by Juan Glize *''En un día de gloria'', directed by Mario Gallo and Alberto Traversa *''La garra porteña'', direct ...
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Fritzi Brunette
Fritzi Brunette (born Florence Brunet; May 27, 1890 – September 28, 1943) was an American actress. Early years Fritzi Brunette was born Florence Brunet in Savannah, Georgia, or in Boston although some sources list her birthname as Florence Simone. She was educated in New York City. Career Brunette made her film debut in the 1912 short ''A Waiter of Weight'', followed by ''The Joy Ride'' (1912), and ''His Neighbor's Wife'' (1912). Brunette appeared in films such as ''Unto Those Who Sin'' (1916), in which she played a working girl of squalor, lured by wealth and luxury, ''The Woman Thou Gavest Me'' (1919), '' While Satan Sleeps'' (1922), ''Bells of San Juan'' (1922), and ''Camille of the Barbary Coast'' (1925). In the 1930s and 1940s, Brunette mainly acted in uncredited roles, with her final screen appearance being in ''You're Telling Me'' (1942). Personal life Brunette was the third wife of William Robert Daly, a silent film actor and director. Daly, who died around 1935, di ...
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William Scott (actor)
William Scott (August 1, 1893 – August 22, 1967) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1934. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley'' (1918) * ''The Still Alarm'' (1918) * '' The City of Purple Dreams'' (1918) * ''Thieves'' (1919) * '' Who's Your Servant?'' (1920) * ''The Mother of His Children'' (1920) * '' Jackie'' (1921) * ''Hickville to Broadway'' (1921) * '' A Voice in the Dark'' (1921) * ''Deserted at the Altar'' (1922) * '' Alias Julius Caesar'' (1922) * '' Only a Shop Girl'' (1922) * ''His Last Race'' (1923) *''The Fourth Musketeer'' (1923) * '' Yesterday's Wife'' (1923) * ''Innocence'' (1923) * ''Not a Drum Was Heard'' (1924) * '' Against All Odds'' (1924) * ''Dante's Inferno'' (1924) * '' Beyond the Border'' (1925) * '' After Business Hours'' (1925) * '' The Light of Western Stars'' (1925) * ''The Great Jewel Robbery'' (1925) * ' ...
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Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ...
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