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Tote Du Crow
Tote Du Crow (also known as George Skyrock or Shyroch) was a film actor and circus performer who acted in many silent films during the early days of Hollywood. Biography Tote was born in Watsonville, California, to parents of Castilian and French origins. According to some accounts, as children, Tote and his brother Daniel ran away from home to join the circus; other sources say their father apprenticed them out to a circus showman. Tote Du Crow portrayed Bernardo in the silent ''Zorro'' films. Gene Sheldon later popularized this role for Disney in the late 1950s. Sheldon's depiction of that character was a full-blooded Spaniard. He played 36 minor roles from 1915 until his death. His last film is '' The Blue Streak'' from 1926. Selected filmography * '' The Americano'' (1916) as Alberto de Castille * ''The Fighting Trail'' (1917) * ''Rimrock Jones'' (1918) * ''Treasure of the Sea'' (1918) * ''The Ghost Flower'' (1918) * ''Hugon, The Mighty'' (1918) * ''The Prospector's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mark Of Zorro (1920 Film)
''The Mark of Zorro'' is a 1920 American silent Western romance film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery Sr. This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of ''The Mark of Zorro''. Based on the 1919 story ''The Curse of Capistrano'' by Johnston McCulley, which introduced the masked hero, Zorro, the screenplay was adapted by Fairbanks (as "Elton Thomas") and Eugene Miller. The film was produced by Fairbanks for his own production company, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation, and was the first film released through United Artists, the company formed by Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith. Noah Beery Jr. makes his first of many dozens of screen appearance spanning six decades. He portrayed a young child; his father began sporadically billing himself as Noah Beery Sr. as a result. The film has been remade twice, once in 1940 (starring Tyrone Power) and again in 1974 (starring Frank Langella). In 2015, the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorro
Zorro (Spanish language, Spanish for 'fox') is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp magazine, pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and indigenous peoples of California against corrupt and tyrannical officials and other villains. His signature all-black costume includes a cape, a hat known as a , and a mask covering the upper half of his face. In the stories, Zorro has a high Bounty (reward), bounty on his head, but is too skilled and cunning for the bumbling authorities to catch, and he also delights in publicly humiliating them. Because of this, the townspeople started calling him ''"El Zorro"'' due to his foxlike cunning and charm. Zorro is an acrobat and an expert in various weapons, but the one he employs most frequently is his rapier, which he uses often to carve the initial "Z" on his defeated foes, and othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prairie Pirate
''The Prairie Pirate'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edmund Mortimer and featuring Harry Carey Harry Carey may refer to: *Harry Carey (actor) (1878–1947), American actor * Harry Carey Jr. (1921–2012), American actor * Harry Carey (footballer) (1916–1991), Australian rules footballer See also * Henry Carey (other) * Harry Car .... Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, Brian Delaney, returning one evening from herding the cattle, finds his sister Ruth dead on the floor of the little cabin that served as their home. To discover the murderer of his sister, he decides to turn bandit and hides his real identity, soon becoming known and feared throughout the countryside as the “Yellow Seal.” In a little town near the foothills, the gambling house of Howard Steele is in full operation. Suddenly the Yellow Seal appears, rifles the cash drawer, demands the combination of the safe and, after cleaning it out, locks Steele in it and depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spook Ranch
''Spook Ranch'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edward Laemmle (Carl Laemmle's nephew) and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film featured a white actor in blackface (Ed Cowles) playing Hoot Gibson's black sidekick, George Washington Black. Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle persuaded his nephew Edward to enter the family business in 1915, after which he specialized mostly in directing westerns. Actress Helen Ferguson retired from acting in 1930 and became a Hollywood publicist. Hoot Gibson enjoyed a sensational career as a major Western star in the 1920s and early 1930s, but wound up dying penniless in 1962, from cancer. Plot In a small mining town in the West, the sheriff orders a cowboy named Bill Bangs (Hoot Gibson) and his Negro sidekick to investigate a haunted ranch. They discover that the ranch is not haunted, but rather is inhabited by a gang of criminals who have kidnapped the ranch owner's daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Q, Son Of Zorro
''Don Q, Son of Zorro'' is a 1925 American silent swashbuckler romance film and a sequel to the 1920 silent film '' The Mark of Zorro''. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel ''Don Q.'s Love Story'', written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard. The story was reworked in 1925 (after Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard's death) into a vehicle for the Johnston McCulley character Zorro. The film adaptation was made by screenwriters Jack Cunningham and Lotta Woods for United Artists studios. Douglas Fairbanks both produced the film and starred as its lead character. It was directed by Donald Crisp, who also played the villain Don Sebastian. The film was well-received: the ''New York Times'' rated it one of its top ten films of 1925. Plot Don Diego de la Vega (Zorro)'s son, Cesar (Douglas Fairbanks), is in Spain finishing his education. While Cesar is showing off to friends his remarkable prowess with the whip, he accidentally clips off the feather shako on the hat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women And Gold
''Women and Gold'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Frank Mayo, Sylvia Breamer and William B. Davidson.Connelly p.437 It was produced by the independent Gotham Pictures. Synopsis In South America, bored Myra Barclay runs off with Señor Ortego the owner of the mine for which her husband is manager. Soon realizing she has made a mistake she decides to return to her husband but suffers a head injury and suffers amnesia. Meanwhile, her husband is arrested for the attempted murder of Ortego. Breaking free he manages to find his wife, and the sight of him restores her memory. Ortego has been dealt justice by being stabbed to death by another man he has wronged. Cast * Frank Mayo as Dan Barclay * Sylvia Breamer as Myra Barclay * William B. Davidson as Señor Ortego * Frankie Darro as Dan Barclay Jr. * Ina Anson as Carmelita * Tote Du Crow as Ricardo * James Olivio James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saddle Hawk
''The Saddle Hawk'' is a lost 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Ben Johnson (Gibson), a despised sheepherder, works for an old Mexican, but is unhappy because he loves cattle and wants to be a cowboy. Riding to town one day, he sees a Rena (Nixon) and asks for a drink which she refuses to give him because she is a cattleman’s daughter with cattle owners’ prejudices. The next day several men go looking for this young woman from her father’s ranch. They visit Ben’s employer while Ben is away. When Ben returns, his boss gives him a beautiful golden mare, hat, and other necessities to bedeck him for real riding. Then he tells Ben to visit the very young woman who had slighted him the prior day, and take her to her father. As Ben arrives, a neighboring bad man is wooing her over-strenuously. Ben knocks him out, and drives him off. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Robinson Crusoe
''Little Robinson Crusoe'' is a 1924 American comedy film starring Jackie Coogan. The film was directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Willard Mack. Plot Mickey Hogan (Jackie Coogan) is an orphan cabin boy on a ship commanded by a cruel captain (Tom Santschi). His only friend is a black cat, called Man Friday. A storm shipwrecks Mickey on an island, where is made into a captive war god. The next island is run by a white man Adolphe Schmidt (Bert Sprotte), who lives there with his daughter Gretta (Gloria Grey). Cast * Jackie Coogan as Mickey Hogan * Chief Daniel J. O'Brien as Chief of Police * Will Walling as Captain of Police * Tom Santschi as Captain Dynes * Clarence Wilson (actor), Clarence Wilson as 'Singapore' Scroggs * Eddie Boland as Wireless Operator * Noble Johnson as Marimba (cannibal chief) * Tote Du Crow as Ugandi Medicine Man * Bert Sprotte as Adolphe Schmidt * Gloria Grey as Gretta Schmidt Preservation A copy of ''Little Robinson Crusoe'' is housed at the Gosfilm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thief Of Bagdad (1924 Film)
''The Thief of Bagdad'' is a 1924 American silent swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks, and written by Achmed Abdullah and Lotta Woods. Freely adapted from ''One Thousand and One Nights'', it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad. In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Fairbanks considered this to be the favorite of his films, according to his son. The imaginative gymnastics suited the athletic star, whose "catlike, seemingly effortless" movements were as much dance as gymnastics. Along with his earlier ''Robin Hood'' (1922), the film marked Fairbanks's transformation from genial comedy to a career in "swashbuckling" roles. The film, strong on special effects of the period (flying carpet, magic rope and fearsome monsters) and featuring massive Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thundergate
''Thundergate'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by Joseph De Grasse and written by Perry N. Vekroff. The film stars Owen Moore, Virginia Brown Faire, Edwin B. Tilton, Sylvia Breamer Sylvia Poppy Bremer (9 June 1897 – 7 June 1943), known professionally as Sylvia Breamer, was an Australian actress who appeared in American silent motion pictures beginning in 1917. Childhood and early career in Australia Sylvia Poppy Bremer ..., Robert McKim, and Richard Cummings. The film was released on October 15, 1923, by Associated First National Pictures. Cast Preservation A print of ''Thundergate'' is held by the Archives Du Film Du CNC in Bois d'Arcy. References External links * *{{allmovie, 113737, Synopsis 1923 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1923 drama films First National Pictures films Films directed by Joseph De Grasse American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Social Buccaneer (1923 Film)
''The Social Buccaneer'' is a 1923 American film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The serial consisted of ten episodes and was based on the novel of the same name by Frederic S. Isham. ''The Social Buccaneer'' is now considered to be a lost film. Cast * Jack Mulhall as Jack Norton * Margaret Livingston as Princess Elise * William Welsh as Raymond Norton * Harry De Vere as Harvey Vail * Wade Boteler as Madison Ames * Percy Challenger as Steele * Lucille Ricksen as Lucille Vail * Robert Anderson as Terry Malone * Buck Connors as Phillip Dupre (as George Connors) * Tom London as Louis Lenoir (as Leonard Clapham) * Sidney Bracey as Bentley Craven * Tote Du Crow * Fontaine La Rue * Scott Pembroke as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) Episodes # Missing Millions # Secret Ally # Tell-Tale Coin # Spider's Web # Black Shadows # Into the Depths # A Kingdom at Stake # Treason # The Coronation # Justice Triumphant See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pride Of Palomar
''The Pride of Palomar'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Grant Carpenter, Peter B. Kyne, and John Lynch. The film stars Forrest Stanley, Marjorie Daw, Tote Du Crow, James O. Barrows, Joseph J. Dowling, and Alfred Allen. The film was released on November 26, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. A print of this film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Set at the "Rancho El Palomar", it was filmed largely at Rancho Guajome and Mission San Luis Rey in Vista and Oceanside, CA, respectively. As such, it gives some valuable glimpses of these two historical sites as they were about a century ago (though the back of the ranch building was stuccoed for the movie, which one can still see at Guajome). It also shows a few scenes featuring Pullman porters and dining cars of the 1920s. The movie was unusual in showing some kind of themed background to the intertitles. Cast *Forrest Stanley as Don Mike Farrell * Marjorie Daw a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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