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Violet La Plante
Violet La Plante (born Violet LaPlant; January 17, 1908 – June 1, 1984), also known as Violet Avon, was an American silent film actress. Biography Violet La Plante, born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, was the younger sister of future Hollywood star Laura La Plante, and started acting in the early 1920s, adapting her surname to "La Plante", like her sister. Her first film was in 1924, starring opposite Buddy Roosevelt, in ''Battling Buddy''. She starred in four films in 1924. The following year, she made just one film, but was included in the WAMPAS Baby Stars (at the time, baby star was common slang for starlet). Her sister Laura was a 1923 WAMPAS Baby Stars. Despite the title as a WAMPAS Baby Star, she never achieved the same level of success as her sister. In 1926 and 1927, she starred in only one film for each year, then in 1928 she had only two films. Her career ended before the advent of sound films, and her last role was in the 1928 film '' How to Handle Women''. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Jolla, California
La Jolla ( , ) is a hilly, seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego, California, United States, occupying of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. La Jolla is surrounded on three sides by ocean bluffs and beaches and is located north of Downtown San Diego and south of the Orange County, California, Orange County line. The climate is mild, with an average daily temperature of . La Jolla is home to many educational institutions and a variety of businesses in the areas of lodging, dining, shopping, software, finance, real estate, bioengineering, medical practice and scientific research. The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is located in La Jolla, as are the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Salk Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (part of UCSD), Scripps Research Institute, and the headquarters of National University (California), National University (though its academic campuses are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hurricane Kid
''The Hurricane Kid'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, the Hurricane Kid (Gibson) falls in love with one young woman after another. When he breaks his arm, Joan (Nixon) takes him to her father Colonel Langdon's (Mackley) ranch. Foreman Lafe Baxter (Steele) is jealous, and the Kid whips him in a fist fight for insulting Joan. The Colonel and ranchman Hezekiah Potts (Todd) stage a horse race and bet their ranches. The Kid tames Pal, a wild mare of great speed which the Colonel had captured and then turned loose, and the Kid wins the race on that horse. Joan, who has mocked him for playing the gallant, now relents. Cast See also * Hoot Gibson filmography Preservation A print of ''The Hurricane Kid'' is listed as being held by the Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute ( da, Det Danske Filminstitut) is the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Film Actresses
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American Child Actresses
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1984 Deaths
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1908 Births
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The Ramblin' Galoot
''The Ramblin' Galoot'' is a 1926 American silent Western film. Directed by Fred Bain at the Poverty Row studios of Action Pictures, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Violet La Plante, and Frederick Lee. It was released on November 21, 1926. Cast list * Buddy Roosevelt as Buddy Royle * Violet La Plante as Pansy Price * Frederick Lee as Roger Farnley * Al Taylor * Slim Whitaker (credited as Charles Whitaker) * Nelson McDowell * Charles McClary * Harry Delmour * Hank Bell Hank Bell (January 21, 1892 – February 4, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1920 and 1950. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack A myo ... References External links * * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Associated Exhibitors films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walloping Wallace
''Walloping Wallace'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Norbert A. Myles and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Violet La Plante and Lew Meehan.Goble p.1009 Cast * Buddy Roosevelt as Buddy Wallace * Violet La Plante as Carol Grey * Lew Meehan as Squinty Burnt * N.E. Hendrix as Shorty * Lillian Gale as Ma Fagin * Terry Myles as Spud * Olin Francis as Sheriff * Dick Bodkins Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to: Media * ''Dicks'' (album), a 2004 album by Fila Brazillia * Dicks (band), a musical group * ''Dick'' (film), a 1999 American comedy film * "Dick" (song), a 2019 song by Starboi3 featuring Doja Cat Names ... as Cattle buyer References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante (born Laura Laplante; November 1, 1904 – October 14, 1996) was an American film actress, whose more notable performances were in the silent era. Early life La Plante was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 1, 1904, the daughter of William A. Laplante and Elizabeth E. Turk. Her father taught dancing. After her parents were divorced, her mother took Laura and her sister Violet to live in San Diego, California. In her teens, Laura stayed with a cousin, Mary MacMahon, in Hollywood during a summer vacation and replied to a newspaper ad asking for children for moving pictures, and she was hired. Silent film career La Plante made her acting debut at age 15, and in 1923 she was named as one of that year's WAMPAS Baby Stars. During the 1920s, she appeared in more than 60 films. Her early films include ''Big Town Round-Up'' (1921), with cowboy star Tom Mix, the serials ''Perils of the Yukon'' (1922), ''Around the World in Eighteen Days'' (1923), and several movies wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battling Buddy
''Battling Buddy'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Violet La Plante and William Lowery. Cast * Buddy Roosevelt as Buddy West * Violet La Plante as Dorothy Parker * William Lowery as Pete Hall * Kewpie King Kewpie is a brand of dolls and figurines that were conceived as comic strip characters by cartoonist Rose O'Neill. The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby cupid characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic ... as Ginger * N.E. Hendrix as Fred Burrows * Charles E. Butler as Sam White References External links * 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Richard Thorpe Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clean Heart
''The Clean Heart'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Percy Marmont, Otis Harlan and Marguerite De La Motte.Munden p.131 Cast * Percy Marmont as Philip Wriford * Otis Harlan as Puddlebox * Marguerite De La Motte as Essie Bickers * Andrew Arbuckle as Bickers * Martha Petelle as Mrs. Bickers * Violet La Plante Violet La Plante (born Violet LaPlant; January 17, 1908 – June 1, 1984), also known as Violet Avon, was an American silent film actress. Biography Violet La Plante, born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, was the younger sister of future Holl ... as Brida * George Ingleton * Anna Lockhardt 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 * 1924 films 1924 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1920s English-language fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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