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William Elmer
William Elmer (April 25, 1869 – February 24, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1913 and 1942. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died in Hollywood, California. Elmer acted in stock theater in addition to his work in films. Selected filmography * ''The Left-Handed Man'' (1913, Short) - Policeman * '' The Squaw Man'' (1914) - Cash Hawkins * '' The Master Mind'' (1914) - Cash Hawkins * '' Brewster's Millions'' (1914) - 1st Prizefighter * ''Shotgun Jones'' (1914, Short) - Hays * '' The Master Mind'' (1914) - Creegan * ''The Man on the Box'' (1914) - Troop Commander * '' The Virginian'' (1914) - Trampas * '' Ready Money'' (1914) - Jim Dolan * '' Rose of the Rancho'' (1914) - Half Breed * ''The Circus Man'' (1914) - Isaac Perry * '' The Ghost Breaker'' (1914) - Robledo * '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1915) - Ashby * '' A Gentleman of Leisure'' (1915) - Spike Mullins * ''The Unafraid'' (1915, Short) - Jack McCart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncharted Channels
''Uncharted Channels'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring H. B. Warner, Kathryn Adams and Sam De Grasse Samuel Alfred De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. He was the uncle of cinematographer Robert De Grasse. Biography Samuel Alfred De Grasse was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick to Lange De Grasse (1828–1891) ....''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 166 Cast References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Henry King American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Of The Golden West (1915 Film)
''The Girl of the Golden West'' is a surviving 1915 American Western silent black-and-white film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1905 play '' The Girl of the Golden West'' by David Belasco. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress film archive. It was the first of four film adaptations that have been made of the play. Plot A hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from catching him and sending him to prison. Cast * Mabel Van Buren as The Girl * Theodore Roberts as Jack Rance * House Peters Sr. as Ramerrez * Anita King as Wowkle * Sydney Deane as Sidney Duck * William Elmer as Ashby (credited as Billy Elmer) * Jeanie MacPherson as Nina (credited as Jeane McPherson) * Raymond Hatton as Castro * Richard L'Estrange as Senor Slim (credited as Dick Le Strange) * Tex Driscoll as Nick, The Bartender * Artie Ortego as Antonio (credited as Arthur Ortego) * John Oretgo as Stagecoach Driver * James Griswold as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Selfish Woman
''The Selfish Woman'' is a lost 1916 American drama silent film directed by E. Mason Hopper and written by Hector Turnbull and Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Wallace Reid, Cleo Ridgely, Edythe Chapman, Charles Arling, Joe King and Jane Wolfe. The film was released on July 9, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Wallace Reid as Tom Morley *Cleo Ridgely as Alice Hale Morley *Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Hale *Charles Arling as Thomas Morley Sr * Joe King as Donald McKenzie *Jane Wolfe as Indian Servant *William Elmer as Jim *Horace B. Carpenter Horace B. Carpenter (January 31, 1875 – May 21, 1945) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 330 films between 1914 and 1946. He also directed 15 films between 1925 and 1934. Born in Grand Rapids, ... as Mike *Bob Fleming as Foreman *Milton Brown as Sheriff References External links * * lobby poster 1916 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gutter Magdalene
''A Gutter Magdalene'' is a lost 1916 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Clinton Stagg. The film stars Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Charles West, William Elmer, Gertrude Kellar and Ronald Bradbury. The film was released on June 4, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Maida Carrington (Fannie Ward) goes to a city with a gambler (Charles West) but runs away after she witnesses the gambler steal money from Steve Boyce (Jack Dean). The woman takes a job with the Salvation Army and after that she meets Steve again because he now has no money and needs help. They fall in love and Steve asks her to marry him, but Maida thinks she isn't a good match for him because of her past association with the gambler. She goes and finds the gambler and tries to get him to return the money to Steve. He refuses and they struggle, and Maida accidentally shoots him with his own gun. The sheriff knows about the gambler and clears her of the murder charge. After that, the woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blacklist (film)
''The Blacklist'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by Marion Fairfax and William C. deMille. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Charles Clary, Ernest Joy, William Elmer, Horace B. Carpenter, and Lucien Littlefield. The film was released on February 20, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Colorado miners strike, this forces, Warren Harcourt, the coal company manager to come to the scene. This causes a chain of events that will change the current status quo. Cast *Blanche Sweet as Vera Maroff *Charles Clary as Warren Harcourt *Ernest Joy as Mark Norton *William Elmer as King *Horace B. Carpenter as Sergius Maroff *Lucien Littlefield as Frederick Holtz *Jane Wolfe as Mary See also * Colorado Coalfield War The Colorado Coalfield War was a major labor uprising in the Southern and Central Colorado Front Range between September 1913 and December 1914. Striking began in late summer 1913, organized by the United Mine Workers of Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ragamuffin
''The Ragamuffin'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent drama film directed and written by William C. deMille. The film stars Blanche Sweet in a 'Mary Pickford filmography, Pickfordish' style role. Cast * Blanche Sweet - Jenny * Tom Forman (actor), Tom Forman - Bob Van Dyke * Minnette Barrett - Beth, His Sister * Mrs. Lewis McCord - Mary * Parks Jones - Jack Dexter * James Neill (actor), James Neill - A Broker * William Elmer - Kelly * Agnes de Mille - Jenny, as a child See also *Blanche Sweet filmography Preservation status * A copy is preserved in the George Eastman Museum. References External links * * 1916 films 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Famous Players-Lasky films Films directed by William C. deMille Paramount Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Chance
''The Golden Chance'' is a 1915 American drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. A print of the film survives at George Eastman House. DeMille remade the film in 1921 as ''Forbidden Fruit''. Cast * Cleo Ridgely as Mary Denby * Wallace Reid as Roger Manning * Horace B. Carpenter as Steve Denby * Ernest Joy as Mr. Hillary * Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Hillary * Raymond Hatton as Jimmy The Rat * Lucien Littlefield Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ... as Roger Manning's Valet - Introductory Sequence (uncredited) References External links * 1915 films 1915 drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen (1915 Cecil B
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalised its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. ''Carmen'' has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical canon; the " Habanera" from act 1 and the " Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias. The opera is written in the genre of ''opéra comique'' with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen. José abandons his chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fighting Hope
''The Fighting Hope'' is a 1915 silent film drama directed by George Melford and starring Thomas Meighan and Laura Hope Crews, both in their film debuts. Jesse Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures released. Based on a 1908 play by William J. Hurlbut that was produced by David Belasco. Incomplete surviving film at BFI Institute (London). Cast *George Gebhardt - Robert Granger *Laura Hope Crews - Anna Granger *Gerald Ward - Robert Harold Granger *Thomas Meighan - Burton Temple * Richard Morris - Craven * Florence Smythe - Miss Gorham *Theodore Roberts - Cornelius Brady *Cleo Ridgely - Rose Fanchom * Tom Forman - Detective Clark *William Elmer William Elmer (April 25, 1869 – February 24, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1913 and 1942. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died in Hollywood, California. Elmer acted in ... - Detective Fletcher Plot A man has been convicted of fraud, but his wife believes he is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindling (film)
''Kindling'' is a 1915 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlotte Walker, in her film debut. The film is based on a 1911 Broadway play by Charles A. Kenyon which starred Margaret Illington and was produced by her husband Major Bowes, later of radio fame. Cast * Charlotte Walker as Maggie Schultz * Thomas Meighan as 'Honest' Heine Schultz * Raymond Hatton as Steve Bates * Mrs. Lewis McCord as Mrs. Bates * William Elmer as Rafferty (as Billy Elmer) * Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Jane Burke-Smith * Florence Dagmar as Alice Burke-Smith * Tom Forman as Dr. Taylor * Tex Driscoll as Detective (uncredited) * Ben Hall as Young Thief (uncredited) * Lucien Littlefield as Fence (uncredited) * Jeanie Macpherson Abbie Jean MacPherson (May 18, 1886 – August 26, 1946) was an American silent actress, writer, and director. MacPherson worked as a theater and film actress before becoming a screenwriter for Cecil B. DeMille. She was a pioneer for women i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clue
''The Clue'' is a lost 1915 American drama silent film directed by James Neill and Frank Reicher and written by Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Gertrude Kellar, Edward MacKay, Sessue Hayakawa, Page Peters and Ernest Joy. The film was released on July 8, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Two Russian brothers, Count Boris and Alexis Rabourdin, get their hands on the Japanese coastal defense plan and plan to sell the documents to German agents in London. In the US, Alexis plans to marry rich Eve Bertram who is in love with him. Boris, meanwhile, falls in love with Christine Lesley, a neighbor of Eve, who is also courted by Guy, the brother of the neighbor, an amateur inventor who experiments with explosives. Guy's valet is actually a Japanese spy who wants to get hold of the explosives and destroy the lost documents. Boris, leaving for London, gives Christine an ancient Russian coin as a souvenir. To show the jealous Guy that she is indifferent to Boris's attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arab (1915 Film)
''The Arab'' is a 1915 American silent adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Edgar Selwyn wrote and starred in the Broadway play version of the story in 1911, and this film is based on that play. Selwyn reprises his role from his play. This film was refilmed by Metro Pictures in 1924 as '' The Arab''. The film is now lost. - incorrectly listed as being in Gosfilmofond. It's the 1924 film in Gosfilmofond Cast * Edgar Selwyn as Jamil * Horace B. Carpenter as The Sheik * Milton Brown as Abdullah * William Elmer as Meshur (as Billy Elmer) * Sydney Deane as Dr. Hilbert * Gertrude Robinson as Mary Hilbert * J. Parks Jones as Ibrahim (as Park Jones) * Theodore Roberts as Turkish Governor * Raymond Hatton Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures. Biography Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howev ... as Mysterious Messenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
