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Vernon Steele
Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was the actress Hilda Anthony. ''Stage Beauty.net''. Filmography * '' Hearts in Exile'' (1915) as Paul Pavloff (film debut) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago, Chile
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated Regions of Chile, region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 8 million which is nearly 40% of the country's population, of which more than 6 million live in the city's continuous urban area. The city is entirely in the country's Chilean Central Valley, central valley. Most of the city lies between above mean sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has been the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city has a downtown core of 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side-streets, dotted by art deco, neo-gothic, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is shaped by several stand-alone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, lined by parks such as Parque Forestal and Balm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Highest Bidder
''The Highest Bidder'' is a lost 1921 American drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and written by Lloyd Lonergan. It is based on the 1920 novel ''The Trap'' by Maximilian Foster. The film stars Madge Kennedy, Lionel Atwill, Vernon Steele, Ellen Cassidy, Zelda Sears and Joseph Brennan. The film was released on January 15, 1921, by Goldwyn Pictures. Cast *Madge Kennedy as Sally Raeburn *Lionel Atwill as Lester *Vernon Steele as Hastings *Ellen Cassidy as Fanny de Witt *Zelda Sears Zelda Sears (née Paldi; January 21, 1873 – February 19, 1935) was an American actress, screenwriter, novelist and businesswoman. Early life and background She was born as Zelda Paldi near Brockway Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, into ... as Mrs. Steese *Joseph Brennan as Horace Ashe *Reginald Mason as Mawsby *Brian Darley as Butts * William Black as Mr. Steese References External links * ''The Highest Bidder'' at silentera.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Highest Bidder 1921 films Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forgive And Forget (1923 Film)
''Forgive and Forget'' is a 1923 American silent mystery film directed by Howard M. Mitchell and starring Estelle Taylor, Pauline Garon, and Philo McCullough. It was made by Columbia Pictures at the Sunset Gower Studios in Los Angeles. Plot A woman (Taylor) having an affair is blackmailed by her lover's roommate (McCullough). When her lover (Steele) is founded dead, her husband (Standing) is then arrested for the murder. Cast Preservation A print of ''Forgive and Forget'' with one reel missing is located in the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f .... References Bibliography * Dick, Bernard F. ''The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures''. University Press of Kentucky. External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Wives Want
''What Wives Want'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Ethel Grey Terry, Vernon Steele and Niles Welch.Parish & Pitts p.77 Cast * Ethel Grey Terry as Claire Howard * Vernon Steele as Austin Howard * Ramsey Wallace as John Reeves * Niles Welch as David Loring * Margaret Landis as Alice Loring * Lila Leslie Lila Leslie (1 January 1890 – 8 September 1940) was a Scottish actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1933. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmogra ... as Mrs. Van Dusen * Henry A. Barrows as Newhart References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Jack Conway American black-and- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Adams (1923 Film)
''Alice Adams'' is a 1923 silent film drama directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Florence Vidor. It was produced by King Vidor. It is based on the 1921 novel '' Alice Adams'' by Booth Tarkington, later made into a 1935 sound film. Cast *Florence Vidor as Alice Adams *Claude Gillingwater as Virgil Adams * Harold Goodwin as Walter Adorns *Margaret McWade as Mrs. Adams *Tom Ricketts as J. A. Lamb *Margaret Landis as Henrietta Lamb *Gertrude Astor as Mildred Palmer *Vernon Steele Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele ... as Arthur Russell Preservation status A fragment is preserved in the BFI National Film & Television Archive. References External links Alice Adams at IMDb.com* 1923 films American silent feature films Films directed by Rowland V. Lee Lost Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temptation (1923 Film)
''Temptation'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Bryant Washburn, Eva Novak, and June Elvidge.Dick p. 38 Cast * Bryant Washburn as Jack Baldwin * Eva Novak as Marjorie Baldwin * June Elvidge as Mrs. Martin * Phillips Smalley as Frederick Arnold * Vernon Steele Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele ... as John Hope References Bibliography * Dick, Bernard F. ''The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. External links * * 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward LeSaint Columbia Pictures films 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Danger Point
''The Danger Point'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Carmel Myers, William P. Carleton and Vernon Steele.Munden p.164 Cast * Carmel Myers as Alice Torrance * William P. Carleton as James Benton * Vernon Steele as Duncan Phelps * Joseph J. Dowling as Banjamin * Harry Todd Harry Todd (December 13, 1863 – February 15, 1935) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1909 and 1935. On Broadway, Todd was a member of the ensemble in '' The American Way'' (1939). Todd died in Glendale, Cal ... as Sam Biggs * Margaret Joslin as Elvira Hubbard References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma (1922 Film)
''Thelma'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Jane Novak, Barbara Tennant and Gordon Mullen. It is based on the 1887 novel of the same title by the British writer Marie Corelli. A Norwegian woman falls in love with an Englishman and moves to London to live with him. However his jealous friends plot to drive them apart. Thelma as a child was played by Jane Novak's four-year-old daughter Virginia. Cast * Jane Novak as Thelma Guildmar * Barbara Tennant as Britta * Gordon Mullen as Lovissa * Bert Sprotte as Olaf Guildmar * Vernon Steele as Sir Phillip Errington * Peter Burke as Lorimer * Jack Rollens as Sigurd * Harvey Clark as Dyceworthy * June Elvidge as Lady Clara Winsleigh * Wedgwood Nowell as Lennox * Virginia Novak as Little Thelma * Harry Lonsdale Harold K. Lonsdale (January 19, 1932 – November 11, 2014) was an American scientist, businessman, and politician. A Democrat, he ran for United States Senate in the U.S. state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Ran Wild
''The Girl Who Ran Wild'' is a 1922 American comedy-drama film directed by Rupert Julian. It is a black and white silent film released by Universal which is based on the 1863 novella ''M’liss: An Idyll of Red Mountain'' by Bret Harte. It is a remake of the 1918 film '' M’Liss''. The film was written by George C. Hull and features cast such as Gladys Walton (as M’liss), Marc Robbins (“Bummer” Smith), and Vernon Steele (The Schoolmaster). It is a western melodrama which was released on October 9, 1922. It was filmed in Seven Oaks, California. Plot As described in a film magazine, Melissa Bummer (Walton), whom everyone called "Old Man Bummer's Wildcat," told the world that she could take care of herself after her Dad (Robbins) died and left her alone in a shack in the hills. Shabbily clad, barefoot, her hair knotted and uncombed, M'Liss scorned the girls from the city who had Mamas and always had ribbons in their hair. But this was before the new Schoolmaster (Steele) ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hands Of Nara
''The Hands of Nara'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young, Elliott Dexter and Vernon Steele.Munden p.323 It is based on the novel of the same title by Richard Washburn Child. Cast * Clara Kimball Young as Nara Alexieff * Count John Orloff as Boris Alexieff * Elliott Dexter as Emlen Claveloux * Edwin Stevens as Connor Lee * Vernon Steele as Adam Pine * John Miltern as Dr. Haith Clavelous * Margaret Loomis as Emma Gammell * Martha Mattox as Mrs. Miller * Dulcie Cooper as Carrie Miller * Edward Cooper as Gus Miller * Myrtle Stedman as Vanessa Yates * Eugenie Besserer Eugenie Besserer ( – May 29, 1934) was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie ... as Mrs. Claveloux References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Defense (1922 Film)
''For the Defense'' is a 1922 American silent mystery film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1919 Broadway play, ''For the Defense'', by Elmer Rice. Ethel Clayton is the star of the film. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print was discovered in the Netherlands by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (or Nederlands Filmmuseum). at silentera.com Cast * as Anne Woodstock * as Christopher Armstrong *< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Devil Drives (film)
''When the Devil Drives'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Leah Baird, Arline Pretty and Richard Tucker.Munden p.886 Cast * Leah Baird as Blanche Mansfield * Arline Pretty as Grace Eldridge * Richard Tucker as John Graham * Vernon Steele Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele ... as Robert Taylor * Katharine Lewis as Nanette Henley References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Paul Scardon Associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
