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Whitman Bennett
Whitman Bennett (1883–1968) was an American film producer and director of the silent era.Munden p.34 Selected filmography * ''The Truth About Husbands'' (1920) * ''The Devil's Garden'' (1920) * '' The Master Mind'' (1920) * '' Salvation Nell'' (1921) * ''Wife Against Wife'' (1921) * ''The Iron Trail'' (1921) * '' Not Guilty'' (1921) * '' The Great Adventure'' (1921) * '' Jim the Penman'' (1921) *''The Darling of the Rich'' (1922) * ''The Secrets of Paris'' (1922) * ''How Women Love'' (1922) * ''Fair Lady'' (1922) * ''Modern Marriage'' (1923) * ''Loyal Lives'' (1923) * '' The Leavenworth Case'' (1923) * ''Love of Women'' (1924) * ''Virtuous Liars'' (1924) * ''Two Shall Be Born'' (1924) * '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' (1924) * '' Back to Life'' (1925) * ''Children of the Whirlwind'' (1925) * ''Share and Share Alike'' (1925) * '' Lena Rivers'' (1925) * ''A Man of Iron ''A Man of Iron'' (also known as ''The Iron Man'') is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, and Springfield. It is one of two de jure county seats of Middlesex County, although the county's executive government was abolished in 1997. Situated directly north of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, once also an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lesley University, and Hult International Business School are in Cambridge, as was Radcliffe College before it merged with Harvard. Kendall Square in Cambridge has been called "the most innovative square mile on the planet" owing to the high concentration of successful startups that have emerged in the vicinity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Women Love
''How Women Love'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Kenneth S. Webb and starring Betty Blythe, Gladys Hulette and Julia Swayne Gordon.Munden p.367 A promising singer his signed up by a backer for the new opera he is producing, but lays down the condition that she must not fall in love and distract herself. However, she soon develops an attachment for a composer. Cast * Betty Blythe as Rosa Roma * Gladys Hulette as Natalie Nevins * Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Nevins * Katherine Stewart as Nana * Jane Thomas as Peasant Sweetheart * Anna Ames as Olga * Robert Frazer as Griffith Ames * Charles Lane as Ogden Ward * Henry Sedley as Count Jurka * Signor N. Salerno as Jacobelli * Harry Sothern as Dmitri Kavec * Templar Saxe as Casanova * Charles Byer as Peasant Lover * George Majeroni George Majeroni, also known as Giorgio Majeroni, (1877–1924) was a stage and screen actor. His starring roles in silent films included ''My Lady Incog'' opposite Hazel Dawn. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Of Iron
''A Man of Iron'' (also known as ''The Iron Man'') is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and directed by Whitman Bennett and distributed through Chadwick Pictures. The film starred Lionel Barrymore. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Philip Durban marries Claire Bowdoin, a spoiled daughter of an improvised society matron. Their marriage as such is in name only. Claire loves Prince Novakian, a worthless fortune hunter. Within a year, Claire comes to love her husband, but he resents her advances. Ill, Claire goes to Italy for a rest. Once there, the Prince annoys her with his advances, so she sends for her husband. Arriving in Italy, Philip strikes the Prince, who challenges him to a duel. The Prince is killed and, with this cloud removed, Philip and Claire have a life of sunshine. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''A Man of Iron'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Rivers (1925 Film)
''Lena Rivers'' is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Earle Williams and Gladys Hulette. It is based on the novel ''Lena Rivers'' by Mary Jane Holmes. Synopsis An unhappy woman falls for a man far above her station in life. To further exasperate her torment, she learns that her own father is the stepfather of the man she desires. Cast *Earle Williams as Henry Rivers Graham *Johnnie Walker as Durward Belmont (credited as Johnny Walker) *Gladys Hulette as Lena Rivers *Edna Murphy as Carrie Nichols *Marcia Harris as Granny Nichols *Doris Rankin as Mathilde Nichols *Irma Harrison as Anne Nichols * Frank Sheridan as Henry Rivers Graham Jr. *Herman Lieb as Captain Atherton *Harlan Knight Harlan Knight (1875–1940) was an American stage and film actor. During the early 1920s he featured in several Canadian silent films including ''Blue Water'' alongside the future star Norma Shearer.Morris p.259 Filmography * ''The Iron Trail'' ... as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Share And Share Alike
''Share and Share Alike'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Jane Novak, James Rennie and Henry Sands.Koszarskip.75 Cast * Jane Novak as Marcia Maynard * James Rennie as Sam Jefford * Henry Sands as Titus * Cortland Van Deusen as Banjamin Maynard * Frank Conlan as Duncan * Joseph Burke as Le Blanc * Bernard Randall as Alfonse * Mario Majeroni as Sick Man * Henri Myrial Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the ' List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Mon ... as Mark, Opie References Bibliography * Koszarski, Richard. ''Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff''. Rutgers University Press, 2008. External links * 1925 films 1925 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Whitman Bennett American silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of The Whirlwind
''Children of the Whirlwind'' is a 1925 American silent crime drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Lionel Barrymore, Johnnie Walker, and Marguerite De La Motte. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a young man freshly released from Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north of ... goes straight with the help of a friendly artist, but his old gang, including his sweetheart, accuse him of informing and plan to blackmail his benefactor. The young woman's father, a convict pal of the younger man, the father of his sweetheart, is released from prison also and determines to kill one of the crooks, whom he paid to keep the young woman straight. However, the turn of events sets aright the affairs of everyone excepting those who refused to reform. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To Life (1925 Film)
''Back to Life'' is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, David Powell, and Lawford Davidson.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Back to Life'' at silentera.com Plot As described in a film magazine review, Margaret Lothbury receives news that her husband, an American volunteer aviator serving with the during , died at the front. In reality, John Lothbury has b ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924 Film)
''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oliver L. Sellers and starring Henry Hull, Jane Thomas, and Frank Dane. It is an adaptation of the novel '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' by Edward Eggleston. The film was remade as a post-Civil War talkie in 1935. Plot As described in a film magazine review, during pre-Civil War days, Ralph Hartsook is the headmaster in the Flat Creek School District of Indiana. Hannah Thompson works for the family where Ralph boards. They fall in love. An epidemic of night robberies breaks out and Ralph is suspected of being the criminal. After a variety of adventures and with the aid of Bud Means, Ralph establishes his innocence, confounds his enemies, and weds Hannah. Cast Preservation A print of ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' with one reel missing is held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Shall Be Born
''Two Shall Be Born'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Jane Novak, Kenneth Harlan, and Sigrid Holmquist. It was written by Marie Conway Oemler who was inspired by the short story "Two Shall Be Born" by Susan Marr Spalding. Synopsis A Polish countess on a mission to promote world peace, arrives in New York where she receives assistance from a traffic policeman who helps her thwart attempts to foil her mission. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Two Shall Be Born'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... References Bibliography * Kris Van Heuckelom. ''Polish Migrants in European Film 1918–2017''. Springer, 2019. External links * * 1924 films 1924 drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtuous Liars with another woman. His wife makes a success of herself, but he then returns and attempts to blackmail her.
''Virtuous Liars'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring David Powell, Edith Allen, Maurice Costello, and Dagmar Godowsky.Munden p. 860 A man abandons his wife and child and goes to live in Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jack Banton deserts his wife Edith and their three-year-old child, goes to Havana, and becomes involved with Juanita, a young Cuban woman. Edith pursues an art career, aided by Josiah Wright, a wealthy man, whose nephew, Dr. Norman Wright, is engaged to Julia Livingston. Josiah dies, leav ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Of Women
''Love of Women'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Helene Chadwick, Montagu Love, and Maurice Costello. Synopsis An unscrupulous millionaire schemes to break up a marriage with the aid of a vamp. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Love of Women'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... 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 Films directed by Whitman Bennett American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leavenworth Case (1923 Film)
''The Leavenworth Case'' is a 1923 American silent mystery film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Seena Owen, Martha Mansfield, and Wilfred Lytell. It is based on the 1878 novel '' The Leavenworth Case'' by Anna Katharine Green Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green ..., which was later also adapted into a 1936 sound film of the same title.Goble p. 191 Cast References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * 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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
