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Winifred Greenwood
Winifred Greenwood (January 1, 1885 – November 23, 1961) was an American silent film actress. Born in 1885 in Geneseo, New York, Greenwood studied to be a teacher but left New York Normal School to perform in vaudeville in the United States and Canada. Greenwood's career began in vaudeville, performing with the Kings Carnival Company in Canada and the United States. She went on to act with stock theater companies, one of which she headed. She was signed in 1910 and starred in over 200 films before her retirement in 1927. She starred in a number of films with Charlotte Burton including ''The Shriner's Daughter'' in 1913. She was married to actor George Field from 1913 to 1918. She died in 1961, age 76 in Woodland Hills, California. File:Release flier for THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER, 1913.jpg, Flier for ''The Devil and Tom Walker'', 1913 File:The Reclamation.jpg, ''The Reclamation'' (1916) Partial filmography * ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (1910) (undetermined) * '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneseo, New York
Geneseo is a town in Livingston County in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. It is at the south end of the five-county Rochester Metropolitan Area. The population of the town was 10,483 at the 2010 census. The English name "Geneseo" is an anglicization of the Iroquois name for the earlier Iroquois town there, ''Gen-nis-he-yo'' (which means "beautiful valley"). The village of Geneseo lies within the western portion of the town. The village and town are known today mainly as the home of the State University of New York at Geneseo. History Pre-revolution Near Geneseo was the largest Seneca village, Chenussio, a center of power for the Iroquois Confederacy. It was also the confederacy's "bread basket", with orchards, vineyards, and fields of maize and vegetables. During the American Revolution, the Seneca joined the British and the Tories against the colonists who were fighting for independence. The alliance's raids from the west were a major threat to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Redemption Of A Pal
''The Redemption of a Pal'' is a 1914 American silent film, silent Drama film, drama Short subject, short directed by Henry Otto starring Edith Borella, Charlotte Burton, George Field (actor), George Field, Winifred Greenwood and Edward Coxen. External links * American black-and-white films American silent short films 1914 drama films 1914 films Films directed by Henry Otto 1914 short films Silent American drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many Millions (1918 Film)
''Too Many Millions'' is a lost 1918 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Gardner Hunting based upon the novel by Porter Emerson Browne. The film stars Wallace Reid, Ora Carew, Tully Marshall, Charles Ogle, James Neill, and Winifred Greenwood. The film was released on December 8, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, the Bass brothers (Beery and Williams) are unscrupulous misers while Artemus Wilkins (Marshall) is their confidential bookkeeper. The brothers are afraid that young Walsingham Van Doren (Reid), their nephew, will squander their ill-gotten gains, and on the day they propose to execute a will that will cut him off without a cent, they are both killed in an accident. Van Doren, who previously sold books door-to-door for a living, proceeds to have a good time with the $40 million left by his uncles. At an expensive New York hotel he takes a suite of rooms where he wines and dines to his hearts content, the onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goat (1918 Film)
''The Goat'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Frances Marion. The film stars Fred Stone, Fanny Midgley, Charles McHugh, Rhea Mitchell, Sylvia Ashton, Philo McCullough, and Winifred Greenwood. The film was released on September 29, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, ironworker Chuck McCarthy (Stone) loves Molly O'Connors (Greenwood), a stenographer for the Filmcraft Studio. While working near an open stage of the studio, Chuck decides to become a motion picture star. He rescues a pet monkey belonging to Bijou Lamour (Rhea Mitchell), the leading lady of the company, and is signed to "double" for her in a skating scene. He forgets himself and in another scene whips a half dozen "Germans" in a war film. Finally, he is cast to double for Marmaduke X. Caruthers (McCullough), who refuses to ride a horse in a western film. Chuck falls off the horse and is badly injured. Caruthers is lionized for his bravery w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deciding Kiss
''The Deciding Kiss'' is a 1918 American comedy film directed by Tod Browning. The film was considered a lost film for decades. A print was discovered at the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy. Plot As described in a film magazine, Eleanor Hamlin (Roberts), who has been living with an old and impoverished couple, is adopted by two couples, Mr. and Mrs. Sears and Beulah Page (Greenwood) and Peter Bolling (Unterkircher), young people who have read of cooperative parenting and wish to try out the theory. It works very well until Jimmy Sears (Cooley) loses control of himself under the spell of his adopted daughter's kisses. This passes, however, but then Peter falls in love with her. Beulah then tells Eleanor that she is engaged to Peter, and the heart-broken little girl goes back home. After an exhaustive search, Peter fails to find her, and he and Beulah complete their engagement. Eleanor returns, sees the true state of things, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Believe Me, Xantippe
''Believe Me, Xantippe'' is a lost 1918 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Jesse Lasky for release through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by actor/director Donald Crisp and stars Wallace Reid and Ann Little. The film is based on a 1913 William A. Brady-produced play ''Believe Me Xantippe'' by John Frederick Ballard, which on the Broadway stage had starred John Barrymore. Plot As described in a film magazine, George MacFarland (Reid) makes a bet with two of his friends that, having committed a forgery, he will be able to elude the officers of the law for one year. As his friends are very thorough, he does not find it an easy matter getting around town. He finally goes to a small town in the west where he lives unmolested for eleven months. On a hunting expedition he meets Dolly Kamman (Little), daughter of Sheriff Kamman (Beery), who takes George to meet her father. As Dolly has fallen in love with George's photograph, he is a somewhat privileged prisoner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M'Liss (1918 Film)
''M'Liss'' is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on a Bret Harte story. The film was made previously in 1915 and was remade again in 1922 as ''The Girl Who Ran Wild'', starring Gladys Walton. Another same-titled remake was released in 1936, starring Anne Shirley. Plot The film takes place in the mining town of Red Gulch in the High Sierra. M'Liss (Mary Pickford) is one of the inhabitants whose father "Bummer" (Theodore Roberts) lost his fortune in the gold mines. Now his only investment, which pays a dividend, is his chicken Hildegarde. M'Liss regards herself as a crook and robs Yuba Bill's stage coach. Yuba, however, is fascinated by the young lady and does not mind. M'Liss is the only person in Bummer's life, since his brother Jonathan, a wealthy pioneer, lives in San Francisco. One day, Jonathan turns his face toward the Sunset Trail. Clara Peterson (Winifred Goodwin) has been his nurse for over three yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crystal Gazer
''The Crystal Gazer'' is a lost 1917 American drama silent film directed by George Melford, and written by Eve Unsell, Edna G. Riley, and Marion Fairfax. The film stars Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Winifred Greenwood, Harrison Ford, Raymond Hatton and Edythe Chapman. The film was released on July 30, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Fannie Ward as Rose Jorgensen / Rose Keith / Norma Dugan *Jack Dean as The Great Glen Carter * Winifred Greenwood as Belle * Harrison Ford as Dick Alden *Raymond Hatton as Phil Mannering *Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Mannering *Jane Wolfe Sarah Jane Wolfe (March 21, 1875 – March 29, 1958) was an American silent film character actress who is considered an important female figure in magick. She was a friend and a colleague of Aleister Crowley and a founding member of Agape Lodg ... as Mrs. Dugan References External links * * * 1917 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films Paramount Pict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Blood (film)
''Alien Blood'' is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Burton George and starring Winifred Greenwood. It is taken from a short story, ''The Alien Blood'', by Louise Rice. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' page4 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Clifford Grey - *Winifred Greenwood Winifred Greenwood (January 1, 1885 – November 23, 1961) was an American silent film actress. Born in 1885 in Geneseo, New York, Greenwood studied to be a teacher but left New York Normal School to perform in vaudeville in the United St ... - References External links * listing; allmovie.com 1917 films Films based on short fiction American silent feature films 1917 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films Surviving American silent films Films directed by Burton George 1910s American films {{1910 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife Wanted (1915 Film)
''Wife Wanted'' (also known as ''Wanted - A Wife'') is a 1915 American silent short comedy-drama film directed by Henry Otto starring Ed Coxen, John Steppling, and Winifred Greenwood. Cast * Ed Coxen as Andy Fortune * Winifred Greenwood as Ruth Moore * John Steppling as J.D.P. Moore * George Field as Count Raphio * William Bertram * Charlotte Burton Charlotte E. Burton (May 30, 1881 – March 28, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Career Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She join ... External links * 1915 films 1915 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Henry Otto 1915 short films 1910s American films Silent American comedy-drama films American comedy-drama short films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Resolve
''The Resolve'' is a 1915 American silent short drama film directed by Henry Otto starring Ed Coxen, Lizette Thorne, and Winifred Greenwood. Cast * Ed Coxen as Steven Brooks * Lizette Thorne as Mrs. Stephen Brooks * Winifred Greenwood as Nell * Charlotte Burton Charlotte E. Burton (May 30, 1881 – March 28, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Career Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She join ... * George Field * Lillian Knight * John Steppling External links * 1915 films 1915 drama films Silent American drama films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Henry Otto 1915 short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American drama short films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Town Of Nazareth
''The Town of Nazareth'' is a 1914 American silent short drama film starring Ed Coxen, Charlotte Burton, William Bertram, Albert Cavens, Jean Durrell, George Field and Winifred Greenwood. Written by Marc Edmund Jones, the film was released by the American Film Manufacturing Company on March 30, 1914, in two reels.< Cast * as Ralph Rosney, the Poet-Philosopher * William Bertram as Wilson, a wealthy cloth manufacturer * as Miriam, his daughter * Josephine Ditt as Jane Rosney, Ralph's sister * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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