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What Women Want (1920 Film)
''What Women Want'' is a surviving 1920 silent film drama directed by George Archainbaud and starring Louise Huff. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Cast * Louise Huff - Francine D'Espard *Van Dyke Brooke - William Holliday Sr. * Robert Ames - William Holliday Jr. * Clara Beyers - Countess de Chevigny *Howard Truesdale Howard Truesdale (January 3, 1861 – December 8, 1941; also credited as Truesdell, Truedell, and Truesdall) was an American stage actor and a film actor in both the silent and sound eras. He appeared in the films ''A Corner in Cotton'', ''The P ... - Ezekiel Bates *Betty Brown - Susan References External links * 1920 films American silent feature films Films directed by George Archainbaud American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1920 drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Archainbaud
George Archainbaud (May 7, 1890 – February 20, 1959) was a French-American film and television director. Biography In the beginning of his career he worked on stage as an actor and manager. He came to the United States in January 1914, and started his film career as an assistant director to Emile Chautard at the World Film Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1917 he made his own directorial debut '' As Man Made Her''. During the next three and a half decades he directed over one hundred films. After the beginning of the 1950s he moved to television. While working at RKO Radio Pictures in the beginning of the 1930s, he showed some artistic and skillful eye with many of his films. The finest examples include ''Thirteen Women'' (1932), a story of ethnic discrimination and revenge, with Myrna Loy as a half-caste Hindu; ''The Lost Squadron'' (1932), a memorable thriller about Hollywood stunt flyers, who risk their lives under the direction of monstrous Erich von Stroheim; ''Peng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Beyers
Clara Beyers (c.1880 – c.1950?) was an American silent film stock actress.A stock actress was an actress who was employed by the studio on a contract much like present day employee contracts. Beyers acted on stage for nine years before she began making films. She acted with stock theater companies in Omaha, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Vancouver. When she turned to film, she signed with the Balboa company. She was signed in 1913 and starred in 32 films before her retirement from film in 1922. She starred with William Garwood in films such as '' His Picture''. Filmography *''The Field Foreman'' (1913) *''Just a Song at Twilight'' (1914) *''The Reform Candidate'' (1914) *''The Rector's Story'' (1914) (as Clara Byers) *'' Salomy Jane'' (1914) (as Clara Byers) *''Mignon'' (1915) *''The Bribe'' (1915) *''The Lily of Poverty Flat'' (1915) *'' Under Southern Skies'' (1915) (as Clara Byers) *''The Meddler'' (1915) *''The Law of Life'' (1916) *''The Strength of the Weak'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent American Drama Films
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American Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By George Archainbaud
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature Films
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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Films
The year 1920 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top three films released in 1920 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events * March 28 - "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford and "Everybody's Hero" Douglas Fairbanks marry, becoming the first supercouple of Hollywood. * August – Jack Cohn, Joe Brandt and Harry Cohn form C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation which would later become Columbia Pictures. * November 27 – '' The Mark of Zorro'', starring Douglas Fairbanks opens. Notable films released in 1920 Austria :For a complete list see: ''List of Austrian films of the 1920s'' * ''Anita'' (aka ''Trance''), directed by Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck; an obscure adaptation of George Du Maurier's novel ''Trilby'' *''Boccaccio'', directed by Michael Curtiz. *''The Prince and the Pauper'' directed by Alexander Korda. *'' The Scourge of God'' directed by Michael Curtiz. *''The Star of Damascus'' directed by Michael Curtiz. France :For a complete li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Truesdale
Howard Truesdale (January 3, 1861 – December 8, 1941; also credited as Truesdell, Truedell, and Truesdall) was an American stage actor and a film actor in both the silent and sound eras. He appeared in the films ''A Corner in Cotton'', ''The Purple Lady'', ''The Pretenders'', '' Bolshevism on Trial'', ''What Women Want'', '' French Heels'', '' No Trespassing'', '' Out of Luck'', ''Ashes of Vengeance'', '' Ride for Your Life'', ''Why Men Leave Home'', '' The Night Message'', '' The Foolish Virgin'', ''The Ridin' Kid from Powder River'', '' Go West'', '' The Combat'', '' Fighting with Buffalo Bill'', '' The Jazz Girl'', ''The Stolen Ranch'', ''The Denver Dude'', '' Singed'', '' The Tigress'', ''Burning Daylight'', '' A Trick of Hearts'', ''Three-Ring Marriage'', '' The Lawless Legion'' and '' The Long Long Trail'', among others. Selected filmography * '' The Embarrassment of Riches'' (1918) * ''Youthful Folly'' (1920) * ''The Whisper Market'' (1920) * ''Painted Faces ''Paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ames (actor)
Robert Downing Ames (March 23, 1889 – November 27, 1931) was an American actor. Early life Ames was born in Hartford, Connecticut, where his father, Louis Mason Ames, was employed as an accountant for an insurance company and his mother, Mary Elma (née Downing) Ames, worked as a voice coach. Career Non-acting Ames's first association with the theater came when he worked as a clerk in the box office of Parsons's Theater. In 1907, he left that job to become treasurer of the Academy of Music at Fall River He returned to Parsons's Theater in 1908, once more selling tickets. Stage career Ames's first big acting break came when a friend brought him to the attention of the actor Henry Miller, which led to a role in Miller's production of ''The Great Divide'' by William Vaughn Moody. Ames spent eleven seasons with Miller's company before moving on to Jessie Bonstelle's stock company for eight seasons and the Municipal Stock Company for three. His first Broadway success came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Middleton (playwright)
George Middleton (October 27, 1880, in Paterson, New Jersey – December 23, 1967, in Washington, D.C.) was an American playwright, director, and producer. Career In 1902 George Middleton first had his work produced professionally when he worked on the stage adaptation of ''The Cavalier'' with Paul Kester and the novel's author, George W. Cable. In 1911 he published ''Embers: And Other One-Act Plays''; it was among the earliest such collections published by an American. Middleton authored many one-act plays and was a known proponent of the form. He collaborated with Guy Bolton several times. The comedy '' Polly With a Past'' (1917) was one of their successes, running for 315 performances and making a star of Ina Claire. A film adaptation was made in 1920, and in 1929 the stage musical ''Polly'' was based on it. In 1919 they had another success with ''Adam and Eva'', selected by theater critic Burns Mantle as one of the best plays of 1919–1920. This play was also made int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Dyke Brooke
Van Dyke Brooke, ''né'' Stewart McKerrow (22 June 1859–17 September 1921) was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director, whose works include '' The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln'' (1908) and '' Lights of New York'' (1916). He worked as a stage actor for many years before going to work in the film industry in 1909. He became an actor, writer and director for Vitagraph where he found fame and financial reward almost from the outset. He wrote and directed many of the screenplays for the films in which he acted. He worked for the studio until 1916 when he was laid off with other ageing actors. He continued to work as an actor until his death in 1921. He directed many films starring Norma Talmadge. Selected filmography *'' We Must Do Our Best'' (1909) * ''The Child Crusoes'' (1911) * ''Some Good in All'' (1911) as Ben Hartley *''One Can't Always Tell'' (1913) *''The Doctor's Secret'' (1913) *'' A Helpful Sisterhood'' (1914) *'' Lights of New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains a conservation center in Culpeper, Virginia. The library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 470 languages." Congress moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800 after holding sessions for eleven years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. In both cities, members of the U.S. Congress had access to the sizable collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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