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Walter Hitchcock
Walter Edwin Hitchcock (1872 – June 23, 1917) was an American actor. He appeared on stage, in silent films, and had several leading roles. Career Hitchcock was born in 1872 in Malden, Massachusetts or New Castle, Maine. In his youth, Hitchcock acted in amateur theatricals. He eventually moved on to becoming an actor in many silent films. ''Variety'' called his performance in ''The Idler'' (1915) "very good, indeed". He was known for his role in ''The Auction Block'' (1917)."Obituary." ''The Billboard''. Vol. 29, Iss. 26, (Jun 30, 1917): 88-89. Via Proquest. In 1916, his maid discovered some fake money in his hotel room that he had taken from the set of ''The House of Tears'' (1915). It was reported to federal agents, who investigated and "enjoyed a good laugh". Hitchcock died on June 23, 1917, at Hotel Somerset in New York City of heart failure. Personal life He married fellow actress Donna Barrell, also known as Teresa Michelene. Michelene was with him at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of cinema pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walls Of Jericho (1914 Film)
''The Walls of Jericho'' is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd B. Carleton and James K. Hackett. It starring Edmund Breese, Claire Whitney, Walter Hitchcock, Stuart Holmes, and Edward José. It is based on the 1906 play ''The Walls of Jericho'' by Alfred Sutro. The film was released by Box Office Attractions Company on November 19, 1914. Plot In London, Lady Althea Frobisher, prey to the demon of the game, not only loses large sums at bridge, but also lets herself be ensnared by a suitor, a profligate and libertine man who reveals to her that her husband Jack is actually a murderer wanted by the police. for killing a man in America long ago. The truth, however, is another and will come out when the detective arrives from the United States on the trail of the wanted man: the real culprit is not the husband, but her suitor. Reconciled with Jack, Althea also promises to stop playing cards. Cast *Edmund Breese as Jack Frobisher *Claire Whitney as Lady Althea *Walter Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Q
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in Voron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Belle Of The Season
''The Belle of the Season'' is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film, directed by S. Rankin Drew, and stars Emmy Wehlen, S. Rankin Drew, and Walter Hitchcock. It was originally scheduled to be released in 1917, but its premiere was delayed until July 28, 1919. Plot James Alden is the son of a rich scion, the owner of a great newspaper. When he and his father quarrel over the plight of the poor, he leaves home and goes to live and work in a settlement house. There he meets Stedman and Johnson, the first a labor leader, the latter a simple thug. Geraldine "Jerry" Keen, known in the papers as the "Billion Dollar Baby", is a rich twenty-year-old heiress, who has just inherited her father's fortune. However, the control of the empire is in the hands of Clifton Brophy, the executor of the father's estate, until she reaches her 21st birthday. She asks Brophy to take her on a tour of her father's holdings, and is appalled by the working conditions in his mills and the living conditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera, The Medium
''Vera, the Medium'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by G. M. Anderson and starring Kitty Gordon. It was produced by Gordon and Lewis J. Selznick who released through his Select Pictures. The film is considered lost. Cast * Kitty Gordon as Vera * Lowell Sherman as Robert Sterling * Walter Hitchcock Walter Edwin Hitchcock (1872 – June 23, 1917) was an American actor. He appeared on stage, in silent films, and had several leading roles. Career Hitchcock was born in 1872 in Malden, Massachusetts or New Castle, Maine. In his youth, Hitchco ... as Herbert Carlton * Joyce Fair as Carlton's Daughter * Frank Goldsmith as Albert Hastings * Grace Blow as Carlton's Wife * Harris Gordon as Carlton's Son References External links Vera, the Medium at IMDb.com*lobby poster; Motion Picture World 1917 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films directed by Broncho Billy Anderson Films based on American novels American black-and-white films Silent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Raven (1917 Film)
''The White Raven'' is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by B. A. Rolfe's Rolfe Photoplays and distributed by Metro Pictures. This drama stars Ethel Barrymore in an original screen story. A copy of the film is preserved at George Eastman House. Cast *Ethel Barrymore - Nan Baldwin *William B. Davidson - The Stranger *Walter Hitchcock - John Blaisdell *George A. Wright - Arthur Smithson *Viola A. Fortescue - Mrs. Smithson *Herbert Pattee - 'Bill' Baldwin *Mario Majeroni - The Opera Impresario *Phil Sandford - The Dance Hall Proprietor *Ethel Dayton - Sylvia Blaisdell *Ned Finlay - The Miner See also *Ethel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; 1879–1959) was an American actress of stage, screen and radio. She came from a family of actors; she was the middle child of Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore, and had two brothers, Lionel an ... References External links * * * 1917 films American silent feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Libertine (1916 Film)
The Libertine may refer to: * ''The Libertine'' (1968 film), directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile * ''The Libertine'' (2000 film), a French film starring Vincent Pérez and Fanny Ardant * ''The Libertine'' (2005 film), starring Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton, and Rosamund Pike * "The Libertine" (song), a song by Patrick Wolf * The Libertines, a British rock band ** ''The Libertines'' (album), a 2004 album by The Libertines * ''The Libertine'' (album), by Michael Nyman for the 2004 film * ''The Libertine'' (book), an 1807 English novel by Charlotte Dacre * ''The Libertine'' (play), a 1676 play by Thomas Shadwell * ''The Libertine'', a 1994 play by Stephen Jeffreys John Stephen Gerrard Jeffreys (22 April 1950 – 17 September 2018) was a British playwright and playwriting teacher. He wrote original plays, films and play adaptations and also worked as translator. Jeffreys is best known for his play ''The Libe ... See also * Libertine (other) {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snowbird
''The Snowbird'' is an existing 1916 silent film drama directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Mabel Taliaferro. B. A. Rolfe produced while Metro Pictures distributed. Cast *Mabel Taliaferro as Lois Wheeler *Edwin Carewe as Jean Corteau *James Cruze as Bruce Mitchell *Warren Cook as John Wheeler *Arthur Evers as Pierre *Walter Hitchcock Walter Edwin Hitchcock (1872 – June 23, 1917) was an American actor. He appeared on stage, in silent films, and had several leading roles. Career Hitchcock was born in 1872 in Malden, Massachusetts or New Castle, Maine. In his youth, Hitchcoc ... as Michael Flynn *Kitty Stevens as Zoe *John Melody as Magistrate Le Blanc References External links * allmovie 1916 films American silent feature films Films directed by Edwin Carewe 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Celebrated Scandal
''The Celebrated Scandal'' is a lost 1915 silent film feature directed by James Durkin and starring Betty Nansen. Although the film's copyright registration states that J. Gordon Edwards "picturized" the film, the opinion of film historians, including the American Film Institute, is that while Edwards may have worked on an discarded earlier version, he did not contribute to the picture as released. ''The Celebrated Scandal'' was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast *Betty Nansen - Teodora *Edward José - Don Julian *Walter Hitchcock - Don Severo *Stuart Holmes - Alvarez *Wilmuth Merkyl - Ernesto (*as John Merkyl) *Helen Robertson - Mercedes See also *List of Fox Film films *1937 Fox vault fire *''The World and His Wife ''The World and His Wife'' is a lost film, lost American 1920 silent drama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Directed by Robert G. Vignola, the film was based on the 1908 Broadway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Climbers (1915 Film)
''The Climbers'' is a lost 1915 silent film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and starring Gladys Hanson; it is the first filming of Clyde Fitch's 1901 play of the same name. Later versions of Fitch's play were made in 1919 as '' The Climbers'' with Corinne Griffith and in 1927 also as '' The Climbers'' with Irene Rich. Plot In order to keep his social-climbing wife and daughters in the lifestyle they are accustomed to, wealthy George Hunter makes some large investments in the stock market, but the stocks crash and he loses a great deal of money. His wealthy aunt offers to bail the family out, but complications ensue. Cast *Gladys Hanson - Blanche Sterling *Walter Hitchcock - Dick Sterling *Dorothy DeWolfe - Richard Sterling Jr *Charles Brandt - John Hunter *George Soule Spencer - Ned Warden *Eleanor Barry - Mrs. Hunter *Ruth Bryan - Clara Hunter * Frankie Mann - Jessie Hunter *Edith Ritchie - Ruth Hunter *Clarence Elmer - Mr. Trotter (*Clarence Jay Elmer) *John Smiley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life's Shop Window
''Life's Shop Window'' is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Claire Whitney and Stuart Holmes. It is a film adaptation of the 1907 novel of the same name by Annie Sophie Cory. The film depicts the story of English orphan Lydia Wilton (Whitney), and her husband Bernard Chetwin (Holmes). Although Wilton's marriage is legitimate, it was conducted in secret, and she is accused of having a child out of wedlock. Forced to leave England, she reunites with her husband in Arizona. There, she is tempted by infidelity with an old acquaintance, Eustace Pelham, before seeing the error of her ways and returning to her family. ''Life's Shop Window'' was the first film produced, rather than simply distributed, by William Fox's Box Office Attractions Company, the corporate predecessor to Fox Film. Several reviewers approved of the film's expurgated treatment of the novel's plot, although opinions of the quality of the film itself were mixed. It proved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
