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Three Weeks (film)
''Three Weeks'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland. The movie is based on the 1907 novel of the same name by Elinor Glyn, and the title refers to the length of an affair by the Queen of Sardalia. Formerly a lost film, the FIAF database indicates a print is preserved by Russia's Gosfilmofond. The novel had previously been made into the American film , directed by Perry N. Vekroff and starring Madlaine Traverse and George C. Pearce, Overview of the 1914 version and in a 1917 Hungarian film titled ''Három hét'' that was directed by . The 1924 production was the first to be authorized and supervised by Glyn, which was noted in advertising for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Crosland
Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, '' The Jazz Singer'' (1927). Early life and career Born in New York City, New York to a well-to-do Jewish family, Crosland attended Dartmouth College. After graduation, he took a job as a writer with the ''New York Globe'' magazine. Interested in the theatre, he began acting on stage, appearing in several productions with Shakespearian actress Annie Russell. Crosland began his career in the motion picture industry in 1912 at Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York, where he worked at various jobs for two years until he had learned the business sufficiently well to begin directing short films. By 1917, he was directing feature-length films and in 1920 directed Olive Thomas in ''The Flapper'', one of her final films before her death in September of that year. In 1925, Crosland was working for Jesse L. Lask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Márton Garas
Márton Garas (1881–1930) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. Selected filmography Director * ''Three Weeks (1917 film), Három het'' (1917) * ''Anna Karenina (1918 film), Anna Karenina'' (1918) * ''Oliver Twist (1919 film), Oliver Twist'' (1919) * ''Sappho (film), Sappho'' (1920) * ''New-York express kábel'' (1921) * ''Christopher Columbus (1923 film), Christopher Columbus'' (1923) * ''Farsangi mámor'' (1923) Actor * ''Struggling Hearts'' (1916) Screenwriter * ''Two and a Lady'' (1926) Bibliography * Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004. External links * 1881 births 1930 deaths Hungarian film directors German-language film directors People from Novi Sad {{Hungary-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gosfilmofond
Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It is a state cultural institution — curator of films collection and other materials, engaged in collecting, creative production, cultural and educational, research, methodological and informational activities in the field of cinematography. The collection includes some historic American films. The Director-General is Nikolay Malakov. History The idea of creating a national film archive was actively discussed by filmmakers in 1920s. The basis of Gosfilmofond was a unique collection of old films, rescued by film historian Sergei Komarov. It was a collection of silent films, which, by the efforts of Komarov, were moved to the State Technical College of Cinematography. Later these films became a part of Gosfilmofond Collection. On October 2, 1935, the Organizational Bureau decided to create a film-negative fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Weeks (SAYRE 14475)
Three Weeks may refer to: * The Three Weeks, a period of mourning commemorating the destruction of both the first and second Jewish Temples in Judaism Arts and entertainment * ''Three Weeks'' (book), an early example of mass-market women's erotic fiction by Elinor Glyn ** '' Three Weeks'', a 1914 film presented by B. S. Moss ** ''Three Weeks'' (film), a 1924 film drama directed by Alan Crosland, based on the Glyn book * ''ThreeWeeks ''ThreeWeeks'' is a magazine that covers the Edinburgh Festivals in August. It has covered the Edinburgh Festival since 1996 . It also covered the Brighton Festival from 2006 to 2010, but withdrew due to lack of financial support. Education ...'', a magazine that covers the Edinburgh Festivals * "Three Weeks", a song on the album '' Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild!'' by Brave Combo {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Haines
Charles William Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973) was an American actor and interior designer. Haines was discovered by a talent scout and signed with Goldwyn Pictures in 1922. His career gained momentum when he received favorable reviews for his role in '' The Midnight Express''. He was cast in the 1926 film '' Brown of Harvard'' and his performance solidified his screen persona as a wisecracking, arrogant leading man. By the end of the 1920s, Haines had appeared in a string of successful films and was a popular box-office draw. Haines' acting career was cut short by the studios in the 1930s due to his refusal to deny his homosexuality. He quit acting in 1935 and started a successful interior design business with his life partner Jimmie Shields, and his work was widely patronized by friends in Hollywood. Haines died of lung cancer in December 1973 at the age of 73. Early life Haines was born on January 2, 1900 (he claimed he was born on January 1) in Staun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Standing
Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940. Partial filmography * ''The Loves of Letty'' (1919) - Slavey * '' The Branding Iron'' (1920) - Maude Upper * ''Silk Hosiery'' (1920) - Sophia Black * ''Lorna Doone'' (1922) - Gwenny Carfax (uncredited) * ''Oliver Twist'' (1922) - Charlotte * '' Hearts Aflame'' (1923) - Ginger * '' The Cricket on the Hearth'' (1923) - Tillie Slowboy * '' Pleasure Mad'' (1923) - Hulda * '' A Noise in Newboro'' (1923) - Dorothy Mason * '' Three Weeks'' (1924) - Isabella * ''Women Who Give'' (1924) - Sophia Higginboottom * ''Happiness'' (1924) - Jenny * ''What Shall I Do?'' (1924) - Lizzie * ''The Beauty Prize'' (1924) - Lydia Du Bois * ''Empty Hearts'' (1924) - Hilda, the maid * ''Greed'' (1924) - Selina * '' The Dancers'' (1925) - Pringle * ''Faint Perfume'' (1925) - The Hired Girl * ''Love on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Dunbar
Helen Dunbar (born Katheryn Burke Lackey; October 10, 1863 – August 28, 1933) was an American theatrical performer and silent film actress. Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dunbar first appeared with the Weber & Fields Stock Company, when it began its career on the New York stage. In 1899 she appeared in ''Whirl-i-gig'' and ''The Other Way'' at the Weber and Fields Broadway Music Hall. She also worked with the Charles Dillingham Company and the Boston Opera Company. She appeared in motion pictures beginning in 1912 and continued until 1926. Her stage and screen career extended over thirty-five years. Dunbar's film career started with ''Out of the Depths'' (1912). The production starred Francis X. Bushman. She became a leading lady for the old Essanay Studios. For a number of years she was under contract to Famous Players-Lasky. Aside from Bushman, Dunbar made films with stars like Harry Cashman, Richard Carroll, Ruth Stonehouse, Beverly Bayne, Frank Keenan, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Fuller (actor)
Dale Fuller (born Marie Dale Phillipps; June 17, 1885 – October 14, 1948) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1915 and 1935. She is best known for her role as the maid in ''Foolish Wives''. Early life Marie Dale Phillipps was born in Santa Ana, California on June 17, 1885. She attended convent schools in Los Angeles and Chicago. Fan magazines from the time claimed that she attended and graduated from Mills College, and Myrtle Gebhardt reported that Fuller lost her family at 19. Fuller said family illness brought her to California, where she decided to act. Career In 1908, she performed as a soubrette in the comedy ''The Trouper''. She then joined the cast of Harry Bulgur’s ''The Flirting Princess'', a musical revue, in 1910 and toured with it off and on throughout San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, and Rhode Island. The same year, she performed in the chorus of Florenz Ziegfeld’s ''The Girl in the Kimona'' in Chicago. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire De Lorez
Claire de Lorez (August 12, 1895 – September 21, 1985) was an American film actress of the silent era.Goble p. 258 Partial filmography * ''The Scuttlers'' (1920) * '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921) * ''The Queen of Sheba'' (1921) * ''Enemies of Women'' (1923) * '' Bright Lights of Broadway'' (1923) * '' Three Weeks'' (1924) * '' Beau Brummel'' (1924) * ''The Siren of Seville'' (1924) * ''Her Night of Romance'' (1924) * ''So This Is Marriage'' (1924) * ''The Re-Creation of Brian Kent'' (1925) * ''The Coast Patrol'' (1925) * ''Under the Rouge'' (1925) * ''Northern Code ''Northern Code'' (also written as ''The Northern Code'') is a 1925 American silent Northern romantic drama film directed by Leon De La Mothe and starring Robert Ellis, Eva Novak, and Josef Swickard Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 – 1 March ...'' (1925) * '' Cobra'' (1925) * '' The Crew'' (1928) * '' Morgane, the Enchantress'' (1928) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel De Brulier
Nigel De Brulier (born Francis George Packer; 8 August 1877 – 30 January 1948) was an English stage and film actor who began his career in the United Kingdom before relocating to the United States. Biography De Brulier was born in Frenchay, a suburb of Bristol on August 8, 1877 as Francis George Packer, the son of James Packer, a Gloucestershire coachman, and his wife Louisa Packer (née Field). De Brulier launched his career as an actor and singer on the stage in his native country and transferred to the American stage after moving to Canada and then to the United States in 1898. In the 1900 U.S. census he was recorded as Francis G. Packer, butler, in a private household in Denver, Colorado. His first film role was a poet in '' The Pursuit of the Phantom'' in 1914. In 1915 he acted in the film ''Ghosts'' based on a play by Henrik Ibsen. He portrayed Cardinal Richelieu in the following four films, ''The Three Musketeers'' (1921), '' The Iron Mask'' (1929), ''The Three Musketee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Lewis (actor)
Mitchell Lewis (June 26, 1880 – August 24, 1956) was an American film actor whose career as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player encompassed both silent and sound films. Born in 1880, Lewis appeared in more than 175 films between 1914 and 1956, although many of the roles in his later films were uncredited. He played supporting roles, such as Sheihk Idrim in 1925's '' Ben Hur'' in the silent era and Ernest Defarge in ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1935) in the sound era, but his career would diminish to small uncredited roles like the Captain of the Winkie Guards in '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). His last film was ''The Fastest Gun Alive'', starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford, which was released shortly before Lewis' death in 1956. Mitchell also served as one of the original board members of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, now known as the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Selected filmography * ''The Million Dollar Mystery'' (1914, Serial) - Gang Leader * ''Zudor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Holmes
Stuart Holmes (born Joseph Liebchen; March 10, 1884 – December 29, 1971) was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. He appeared in almost 450 films between 1909 and 1964, sometimes credited as Stewart Holmes. Biography Holmes was born Joseph Liebchen on March 10, 1884, in Chicago, Illinois, where he was educated. For 20 years, Holmes performed in vaudeville and on stage, with the latter often being in Shakespeare's plays. His work in the theater included a stint in Germany. Holmes's film career began in 1911 and ended with '' The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962). As a sculptor Holmes created work for at least three California United States post offices — in Oceanside (1936), Claremont (1937), and Bell (1937). Holmes's wife, Blanca, was an actress; his son, Phillips Holmes, was an actor. Selected filmography * ''The Woman Hater'' (1910, Short) as Carrol Morten * ''Oliver Twist'' (1912) * '' The Young Millionaire'' (1912) * '' The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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