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Virtue's Revolt
''Virtue's Revolt'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by James Chapin and starring Edith Thornton, Crauford Kent and Betty Morrissey.Munden p.860 Synopsis An ambitious young actress comes to New York City but finds that she can only secure a career by becoming the lover of a theatre manager. Refusing at first, she falls in love with another man, before striking a bargain that launches her on the Broadway theatre, Broadway stage. Cast * Edith Thornton as Streisa Cane * Crauford Kent Crauford Kent (12 October 1881 – 14 May 1953) was an English character actor based in the United States. He has also been credited as Craufurd Kent
as Bertram Winthrope * Betty Morrissey as Ruth Cane * Charles Cruz as Tom Powers * Florence Lee (born 1864), Florence Lee as Mrs. Cane * Eddie Phillips (actor), Eddie Phillips as Elton Marbridge * Melbourne MacDowell as Fa ...
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William Steiner (producer)
William G. Steiner (April 26, 1937 – December 15, 2022) was an American politician, children's advocate and nationally recognized expert on child abuse and neglect. In politics, he was a chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, city councilman for Orange, California, and an Orange Unified School District school board member. He was the founder of both the Orangewood Children's Home, located in Orange, California, and the Good Samaritan Boy's Home, in Corona, California. In addition to his numerous positions as a public official and child advocate in the non-profit sector, he served 16 years on the board of directors for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, based in Alexandria, Virginia. Education and early career Born in Sibley, Iowa, Steiner earned his bachelor's degree in criminology from the University of California, Berkeley, and his master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California. While still in his twenties, Stein ...
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Eddie Phillips (actor)
Eddie Phillips (August 14, 1899 – February 22, 1965) was an American actor. He appeared in 180 films between 1913 and 1952. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in a traffic accident in Hollywood, California. He started as a child actor and during his career also amassed an extensive list of Broadway and television musical credits; once performing in the Soviet Union. Phillips is prominently featured on the 1960 revival cast recording of '' Oh, Kay!'' in the title song and "Fidgety Feet." He was father to the Broadway performer Eddie Phillips, Jr. Partial filmography * ''The Love Light'' (1921) * ''The Scarab Ring'' (1921) * '' Just Around the Corner'' (1921) * ''The Nth Commandment'' (1923) * ''Lost in a Big City'' (1923) * ''The Fog'' (1923) * ''On the Stroke of Three'' (1924) * '' Through the Dark'' (1924) * ''Flapper Wives'' (1924) * ''Virtue's Revolt'' (1924) * '' On Probation'' (1924) * '' Women Who Give'' (1924) * '' The Plunderer'' (1924) * ''The B ...
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Films Set In New York City
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Films Directed By James Chapin
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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American Black-and-white Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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1920s English-language Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ...
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1924 Drama Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ...
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1924 Films
The following is an overview of 1924 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top eight 1924 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 10 – CBC Distributions corp. is renamed and incorporated as Columbia Pictures. * D. W. Griffith, co-founder of United Artists, leaves the company. *April 17 – Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gains control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) *November 15 – In Los Angeles, director Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") meets publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst to work out a deal. When Ince dies a few days later, reportedly of a heart attack, rumors soon surface that he was murdered by Hearst. *Loews Theatres acquires the 4,000 seat Capitol Theatre in New York City becoming the flagship of the theatre chain and site of many ...
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Niles Welch
Niles Eugene Welch (July 29, 1888 – November 21, 1976) was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s. Early life A native of Hartford, Connecticut, after graduating from ''St. Paul's School'', Welch attended Yale and Columbia University. Later he joined a stock company, and from there toured the U.S. in vaudeville. The first film he worked in was ''The Stranger in Grey'' with the Eastern Vitagraph Studios. Career After spending four years on the legitimate stage, Welch started his screen career appearing with World Film Corporation, Universal, Pathé Studios and Goldwyn Pictures. Among his earliest works were two Thomas Ince productions, ''Stepping Out'' and ''The Cup of Life'', followed in rapid succession by ''Miss George Washington,'' with Marguerite Clark; ''The Courage of Marge O'Doone,'' with Pauline Starke; and with Grace Darmond in ''The Gulf Between'' (1917 ...
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Melbourne MacDowell
Willet Melbourne MacDowell (November 22, 1856 – February 18, 1941) was an American stage and screen actor. He began on the legitimate stage in the 1870s and first appeared on the silent screen in 1917. He used the stage name Virginia Drew Prescott. Biography Willet Melbourne MacDowell was born in Little Washington, New Jersey (now South River, New Jersey). He had an older brother named E. A. MacDowell, who was the father of future actress Claire McDowell. As a teen Melbourne went to sea in the Merchant Marines, eventually becoming a mate. Back in the US he had his first acting experience in Montreal at a theatre where he was a ticket seller, assistant doorkeeper and where his brother was employed as an actor. MacDowell was occasionally asked upon to act. Here in Montreal he got a chance to act with Adelaide Neilson, a legend in her short life, in the Shakespeare play ''As You Like It''. Neilson played one of the main characters ''Rosalind'', and MacDowell was briefly on as ''C ...
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