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Violet Knights
Violet Knights (born Violet May Neitz; 15 May 1894 – 13 June 1973) was an American silent film actress. Knights was born in Anacortes, Washington. She was signed in 1913 and starred in about 10 films between 1913 and 1914. She left acting and married and concentrated on raising a family becoming Violet MacKaye. She returned to acting 16 years later in ''The Cheyenne Kid'' in 1930 but her several minor roles following that were uncredited. She died in Newport Beach, aged 79. Filmography *''Stage Frights'' (1935) *''Carnival'' (1935) (uncredited) .... Small Town Woman *''Square Shooter (1935) (uncredited) .... Emma (waitress) *''Wheels of Destiny'' (1934) (uncredited) (as Violet Mackaye) .... Settler *''Ann Vickers'' (1933) (uncredited) .... Prisoner *''The Phantom ''(1931) .... Lucy (the maid) *''The Cheyenne Kid'' (1930) (as Violet McKay) .... Madge ... aka The Fighting Test (UK) *''The Last Supper'' (1914) (as Violet Neitz) *''Retribution'' (1914) (as Violet Neitz) * ...
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Anacortes, Washington
Anacortes ( ) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman.Historical Timeline
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Anacortes' population was 17,637 at the time of the 2020 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the

The Shriner's Daughter
''The Shriner's Daughter'' is a 1913 American silent short film starring Charlotte Burton, Violet Neitz, Helen Armstrong , William Bertram, Edith Borella, Ed Coxen, Reaves Eason, George Field, Winifred Greenwood, Ida Lewis, Nina Richdale and William Tedmarsh William Tedmarsh (3 February 1876 - 10 May 1937) was an English- American early silent film actor. Born in London, Tedmarsh moved to New York City as a child and began stage acting. He was signed into film in 1912 and starred in 34 films u .... External links * 1913 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1910s American films {{short-silent-film-stub ...
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1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ...
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People From Anacortes, Washington
A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal obligation, legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its us ...
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American Silent Film Actresses
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ...
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American Film Actresses
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Key to entries: : born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth : ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life : a range is ''birth''–''death'' years : if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly A * Beverly Aadland 1942–2010 *Mariann Aalda born *Caroline Aaron born *Diahnne Abbott born *Rose Abdoo born * Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Whitney Able born *Candice Accola born *Amy Acker born *Jean Acker 1893–1978 *Bettye Ackerman 1924–2006 *Amy Adams born (born in Italy) * Brooke Adams born *Edie Adams 1927–2008 * Jane Adams born *Joey Lauren Adams born *Julie Adams 1926–2019 *Lillian ...
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Calamity Anne, Heroine
''Calamity Anne, Heroine'' is a 1913 American short silent Western film directed by Lorimer Johnston starring Louise Lester as Calamity Anne. It is the fourth film in the Calamity Anne series. Other cast * Charlotte Burton * J. Warren Kerrigan * Jack Richardson * Helen Armstrong * Violet Neitz * Charles Morrison * George Periolat External links * 1913 films 1913 Western (genre) films American silent short films American black-and-white films Heroine A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly gender-specific terms (like ''actor''), ''hero' ... Silent American Western (genre) films Films directed by Lorimer Johnston 1910s American films {{1910s-US-Western-film-stub ...
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At Midnight (1913 Film)
''At Midnight'' is a 1913 American silent short film written by Gordon V. May starring Harry Van Meter, Violet Neitz, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson and Vivian Rich Vivian Rich (May 26, 1893 – November 17, 1957) was an American silent film actress. Career Rich was born in Philadelphia and spent her early years there. Later the family moved to Boston and she completed her education at the Boston Latin H .... In 2015, George Moore Films produced a feature-length remake of the film. References External links * 1913 films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Lorimer Johnston 1910s American films {{short-silent-film-stub ...
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Trapped In A Forest Fire
''Trapped in a Forest Fire'' is a 1913 American silent short film directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton starring Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard, Violt Neitz, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, and Harry von Meter.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.42 c.1953 Daniel Blum. Cast *Sydney Ayres - Robert Newton *Vivian Rich - Vera Redmond *Harry von Meter - Thomas Nevins *Charlotte Burton - Inez Tremain * Jack Richardson - Jack Graham *Violet Knights -Sally Stanton (*Violet Neitz) *Jacques Jaccard - James Redmond *Louise Lester - Mrs. Newton, Robert's Mother See also *List of firefighting films The following criteria qualify a film for inclusion on this list: * Primary plot of film regards firefighting or related fire/rescue service work in general. * Primary plot of the film involves firefighters or their personal lives as affected by t ... References External links * 1913 films American silent short films American black-and-white films F ...
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A Blowout At Santa Banana
''A Blowout at Santa Banana'' is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama short film starring Sydney Ayres, Vivian Rich, and Harry Van Meter. The film was shot in Santa Barbara by the American Film Manufacturing Company, aka Flying "A" Studios, and released by Mutual Film. Plot Three guardsmen are asked to bring a ton of fireworks to Santa Banana for a big Fourth of July celebration. Overnight, they're intercepted by bandits and decide to set off all the fireworks in an attempt to escape their captors. When they arrive back home without the fireworks, they're forced to decide whether to face death by hanging or be married to three elderly women. Cast * Sydney Ayres * Vivian Rich * Harry Van Meter * Perry Banks * Charlotte Burton * Edith Borella * Caroline Cooke * Julius Frankenburg * Jacques Jaccard * Louise Lester * Charles Morrison * Violet Neitz * Jack Richardson * William Tedmarsh William Tedmarsh (3 February 1876 - 10 May 1937) was an English- American early silent fil ...
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Newport Beach
Newport Beach is a coastal city in South Orange County, California. Newport Beach is known for swimming and sandy beaches. Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries however today, it is used mostly for recreation. Balboa Island, Newport Beach, Balboa Island draws visitors with a waterfront path and easy access from the ferry to the shops and restaurants. History The Upper Bay of Newport is a canyon carved by a stream in the Pleistocene period. The Lower Bay of Newport was formed much later by sand brought along by ocean currents, which constructed the offshore beach now recognized as the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach. For thousands of years, the Tongva people lived on the land in an extensive, thriving community. The Tongva villages of Genga, California, Genga and Moyongna were located in Newport Beach. Throughout the 1800s, Europeans colonized the land and forcibly removed and assimilated the Tongva. Present-day Newport Beach exists upon the unceded homelands of ...
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The Cricket On The Hearth
''The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home'' is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845 with illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Henry Landseer. Dickens began writing the book around 17 October 1845 and finished it by 1 December. Like all of Dickens's Christmas books, it was published in book form, not as a serial. Dickens described the novel as "quiet and domestic ..innocent and pretty." It is subdivided into chapters called "Chirps", similar to the "Quarters" of ''The Chimes'' or the "Staves" of ''A Christmas Carol''. It is the third of Dickens's five Christmas books, preceded by ''A Christmas Carol'' (1843) and ''The Chimes'' (1844), and followed by ''The Battle of Life'' (1846) and ''The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain'' (1848). Background In July 1845, Dickens contemplated forming a periodical focusing on the concerns of the home. It was to be called ''Th ...
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