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Walter P. Lewis
Walter P. Lewis (June 10, 1866 – January 30, 1932) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 55 films between 1912 and 1931. He was born in Albany, New York. Partial filmography * '' My Hero'' (1912) * '' Brutality'' (1912) * '' My Baby'' (1912) * ''Gold and Glitter'' (1912) * ''Heredity'' (1912) * ''The Musketeers of Pig Alley'' (1912) * ''The New York Hat'' (1912) * ''The Painted Lady'' (1912) * ''The Chief's Blanket'' (1912) * '' Blind Love'' (1912) * ''Love in an Apartment Hotel'' (1913) * ''Brothers'' (1913) * ''A Misappropriated Turkey'' (1913) * ''Fate'' (1913) * ''An Adventure in the Autumn Woods'' (1913) * ''The Telephone Girl and the Lady'' (1913) * ''Three Friends'' (1913) * ''The Tender Hearted Boy'' (1913) * ''The Eternal Sapho'' (1916) * ''The Seven Pearls'' (1917) * ''The Avenging Trail'' (1917) * ''To Hell with the Kaiser!'' (1918) * ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1918) * ''Out of a Clear Sky'' (1918) * ''The White Moll'' (1920) *''The Birth of a Soul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Barthelmess
Richard Semler Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's '' Broken Blossoms'' (1919) and ''Way Down East'' (1920) and was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. The following year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for two films: ''The Patent Leather Kid'' and '' The Noose''. Early life Barthelmess was born in New York City, the son of Caroline W. Harris, a stage actress, and Alfred W. Barthelmess. His father died when he was a year old. Through his mother, he grew up in the theatre, doing "walk-ons" from an early age. In contrast to that, he was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack, New York and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut. He did some acting in college and other amateur productions. By 1919 he had five years in stock company experience. Career Russian actress Alla N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fate (1913 Film)
''Fate'' is a 1913 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. This film survives in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.55 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * – Sim Sloane * – The Beloved Son * John T. Dillon – A Friend * |
The Ghost In The Garret
''The Ghost in the Garret'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and written by Fred Chaston and Wells Hastings. The film stars Dorothy Gish, Downing Clarke, Mrs. David Landau, William Parke Jr., Ray Grey, Walter P. Lewis, and Mary Foy. The film was released in February 1921, by Paramount Pictures. It is presumed to be a lost film. at silentera.com Dorothy Gish was the younger sister of the celebrated actress Lillian Gish, although she never became as popular as her sister. Plot Delsie O'Gill (Dorothy Gish) visits the home of her aunt and uncle, during which time her aunt's $75,000 necklace is stolen. Delsie attempts to get back the necklace and traces ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birth Of A Soul
''The Birth of a Soul'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edwin L. Hollywood and written by Arthur Edwin Krows. The film stars Harry T. Morey, Jean Paige, and Charles Eldridge. Cast list Plot Charles Drayton, an attorney from New York City, is in the mountains of the southeastern United States, visiting his relatives. While there, he meets and falls in love with Dorothy Barlow. The Drayton and the Barlow families have a long history of a feud, however it has been dormant for several years. While he is there, Charles' uncle George has an argument with Dorothy's grandfather. The two men fight, resulting in George killing the other man. Dorothy has another suitor, Philip Grey, who is virtually a double of Charles. Philip uses the opportunity of the murder to finger Charles as the murderer, in order to remove the competition. The local sheriff deputizes members of the slain man's family to pursue Charles. He is captured and sentenced to death. However, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Moll
''The White Moll'' is a lost 1920 American silent feature length crime drama film directed by Harry Millarde and starring Pearl White. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. at silentera.com It was based on a novel by the same name, by . It marked Pearl White's return to feature films and her first film for Fox Film Corporation. Cast * as Rhoda, The White Moll * |
Out Of A Clear Sky
''Out of a Clear Sky'' is a lost 1918 American silent romantic drama film starring Marguerite Clark and directed by Marshall Neilan. Based upon a novel by Maria Thompson Daviess, Famous Players-Lasky produced the film and Paramount Pictures distributed. Plot As described in a film magazine, Celeste (Clark), Countess of Bersek et Krymm, a self-willed Belgian maiden, refuses to be used as a pawn of state to further the political ambitions of her scheming Uncle Dyreck (Ratcliffe), who has ordered her to marry a German prince. When he insists, Celeste slips away with her governess and steams to New York City. Uncle Dyreck follows and begs her to return to Belgium, but she refuses. She goes to Tennessee followed by her persistent relative, and ultimately finds herself alone and friendless in a mountain gorge. A prey to despair, she is discovered by Robert Lawrence (Meighan), a wealthy land owner, who promises to help her. Learning that Uncle Dyreck is in the vicinity, Robert leaves Celes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918 Film)
''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' was a 1918 American silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley, produced by Famous Players–Lasky Corporation and distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Famous Players–Lasky name. The film is based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' and George Aiken's eponymous play. ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' starred Marguerite Clark, who portrayed both Topsy and Little Eva. It is now considered to be a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Uncle Tom is an old slave living on George Shelby's plantation in Kentucky. Along with Uncle Tom, are Eliza and her son Jim Crow. Shelby is in great debt, and although he doesn't want to, he must sell Uncle Tom and Jim to a slave trader. Eliza hears that this is happening and decides to run away. She manages to escape by crossing an icy river despite being chased by bloodhounds. While this is happening, a farmer named St. Clair and his daughter Eva have decided to visit their old souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Hell With The Kaiser!
''To Hell with the Kaiser!'' is a lost 1918 American silent Great War propaganda comedy film produced by Screen Classics Productions and distributed by Metro Pictures. It was directed by George Irving and starred Lawrence Grant as the Kaiser. Made toward the close of World War I, this film falls in line with other films of this popular genre, ''the wartime propaganda film'', made at the same time i.e. ''The Kaiser, Beast of Berlin'', '' The Prussian Cur'', ''The Claws of the Hun'', ''Yankee Doodle in Berlin'', ''Civilization'', ''Hearts of the World'', ''The Heart of Humanity'', ''Over the Rhine'', ''The False Faces'', ''The Unpardonable Sin'', ''My Four Years in Germany'', and ''The Sinking of the Lusitania ''The Sinking of the Lusitania'' (1918) is an American silent animated short film by cartoonist Winsor McCay. It is a work of propaganda re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS ''Lusitania''. At twelve minut ...'' to name a few. Plot L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avenging Trail
''The Avenging Trail'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Francis Ford and starring Harold Lockwood, Sally Crute, and Joseph Dailey. It was released on December 31, 1917. Plot Gaston Olaf returns home from college and finds out that his father has been murdered, and his timberlands stolen. To exact revenge, he becomes a lumberjack. One day he saves Rose Havens from the unwanted attention of Lefty Red. Impressed with the young man, Dave Taggert replaces Red with Olaf as his lumber supervisor. When Olaf learns of Taggert's plan to cheat Rose out of payment for the lumber his men have felled on her property, Olaf stands up to his boss and demands that Rose receive payment. Olaf refuses to make delivery of the wood until payment is made. Taggert pretends to concede to Olaf's demands, and makes payment to Rose. However, he orders one of his men, Lefty Red, to go to Rose's place of business and steal the money back. Olaf foils the robbery and he and Lefty Red struggle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven Pearls
''The Seven Pearls'' is a 1917 American silent action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. Fragments are held by the Library of Congress. Cast * Mollie King as Ilma Bay * Creighton Hale as Harry Drake * Léon Bary as Perry Mason * John J. Dunn as Grady * Henry G. Sell as Handsome Jack * Floyd Buckley * Walter P. Lewis Chapter titles # The Sultan's Necklace # The Bowstring # The Air Peril # Amid the Clouds # Between Fire and Water # The Abandoned Mine # The False Pearl # The Man Trap # The Message on the Wire # The Hold-Up # Gems of Jeopardy # Buried Alive # Over the Falls # The Tower of Death # The Seventh Pearl Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The Seven Pearls'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Chapter 5, a cut of the scenes where an airman threw two bombs at an automobile and of the shooting of a man in a ship; in Chapter 7, of the binding of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eternal Sapho
''The Eternal Sapho'' (also known as ''A Modern Sapho'' and ''The Eternal Sappho'') is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Theda Bara. The film was loosely based on the 1881 French novel ''Sapho'', by Alphonse Daudet. The film is now considered lost. ''The Eternal Sapho'' was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Some filming took place at the Marble House, a mansion located on a hill above 215th Street in New York."'On Location' -- East Coast and Metropolitan." ''Photoplay Magazine'', Dec. 1916, Vol. XI, No. 1, pp 36-42. Accessed: August 1, 2018. Cast * Theda Bara as Laura Bruffins * James Cooley as Billy Malvin * Walter Lewis as Mr. Marvin, Sr. * Hattie Delaro as Mrs. Marvin, Sr. * Einar Linden as John Drummond * Mary Martin as Mrs. Drummond * Kittens Reichert as Drummond Child * George MacQuarrie as Jack McCullough * Warner Oland as H. Coudal * Frank Norcross as Grubbins * Caroline Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tender Hearted Boy
''The Tender Hearted Boy'' is a 1913 American silent black and white drama film directed by D.W. Griffith, written by Lionel Barrymore and starring Robert Harron, Kate Bruce and Mae Marsh. Cast * Robert Harron as The Tender-Hearted Boy * Kate Bruce as The Tender-Hearted Boy's mother * Mae Marsh as The Tender-Hearted Boy's Sweetheart * W. Chrystie Miller as The Sweetheart's Father * John T. Dillon as The Butcher * Gertrude Norman as The Miser * Lionel Barrymore as Undetermined Secondary Role * Clara T. Bracy as Old Woman * Walter P. Lewis as Rent Collector * Alfred Paget as Policeman * W.C. Robinson Walter Charles Robinson (April 22, 1873 – July 13, 1942) was an American actor of the silent era. Biography Robinson was born on April 22, 1873 in Manhattan, New York City, to James H. Robinson and Emma Holzlander. He appeared in more th ... as Man on Street * J. Waltham as Policeman References External links * American silent films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
