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Winifred Kingston
Winifred Kingston (11 November 1894 – 3 February 1967) was a British-born American silent film actress. Kingston was educated in Scotland and Belgium. She acted on stage in England before she began acting in the United States. On Broadway, Kingston portrayed Crobyle in ''Thais'' (1911), Juliette Corton in ''The Matrimonial Bed'' (1927), and Helen Farquhar in ''Caste'' (1927). She married actor Dustin Farnum on August 24, 1924, in Los Angeles, and they had a daughter, Estelle. Kingston appeared with her husband often onscreen most notably in ''The Squaw Man'' and ''The Virginian''. After Farnum's death in 1929, she was married to oil executive Carman R. Runyon. On February 3, 1967, Kingston died at her home in La Jolla. Filmography *''Soldiers of Fortune'' (1914) *'' The Squaw Man'' (1914) *'' Brewster's Millions'' (1914) *'' The Call of the North'' (1914) *'' The Virginian'' (1914) *''Where the Trail Divides'' (1914) *'' Cameo Kirby'' (1914) *''The Love Route'' (1915) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Picture Magazine
''Motion Picture'' was an American monthly fan magazine about film, published from 1911 to 1977.Fuller, Kathryn H. “Motion Picture Story Magazine and the Gendered Construction of the Movie Fan.” ''At the Picture Show: Small-Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture''. Smithsonian Institution: Washington, 1996. pp. 133–149. It was later published by Macfadden Publications. History and profile The magazine was established by Vitagraph Studios co-founder J. Stuart Blackton and partner Eugene V. Brewster under the title ''The Motion Picture Story Magazine.'' In contrast to earlier film magazines such as ''The Moving Picture World'', which were aimed at film exhibitors, ''The Motion Picture Story Magazine'' was aimed at regular film goers. It has been regarded as the first fan magazine. The magazine was very successful from its inception, with an initial run of 50,000 copies and a circulation of 200,000 by 1914. Writers were amazed at the outset to receive their ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The Cumberlands
''The Call of the Cumberlands'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by Julia Crawford Ivers based upon the novel of the same name by Charles Neville Buck. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Herbert Standing, Page Peters, Howard Davies, and Richard L'Estrange. The film was released on January 23, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot The story is about a family feud in the mountains of Kentucky. Cast *Dustin Farnum as Samson South *Winifred Kingston as Sally Spicer *Herbert Standing as Spicer South *Page Peters as Wilfred Horton *Howard Davies as James Farbish *Richard L'Estrange as Tamarack Spicer *Joe Ray as Aaron Hollis *Myrtle Stedman as Adrienne Lescott *Virginia Foltz as Mrs. Lescott *Michael Hallvard as George Lescott Preservation status A print is preserved in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Squaw Man (1931 Film)
''The Squaw Man'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was his third time filming the same play but the first in sound. It stars Warner Baxter in the leading role. Plot A British army officer, Captain James Wingate, is left disgraced when he takes the blame for his cousin Henry's misappropriation of the regiment's charitable fund. He is also in love with Henry's wife, Diana, who loves him in return and knows he is innocent and her husband guilty. They both agree he must leave the country to save her marriage and their honour. He heads to the Wild West of the United States, taking over a ranch in Montana. A local bootlegger, Cash Hawkins, wants James' land as a smuggling route from Mexico, and also tries to force a beautiful Indian woman, Naturich, to his will. James rescues her, earning her gratitude and love; when Cash Hawkins openly comes in to kill him, James does not resist because he is pining over a picture of Lady Diana and wants to die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trail Of The Axe
''Trail of the Axe'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston and Joseph J. Dowling.Munden p.826 Cast * Dustin Farnum as Dave Malkern * Winifred Kingston as Betty Somers * George Fisher as Jim Malkern * Joseph J. Dowling Joseph Johnson Dowling (September 4, 1850 – July 8, 1928) was an American stage and silent film actor. Early life and career Born in Pittsburgh, the son of James and Fredericka (''nee'' Edstrem) Dowling. His father was a native of Pennsy ... as Dr. Somers References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * 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 * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond (1921 Film)
''Beyond'' is a 1921 American drama silent film based on the play ''The Lifted Veil'' by Henry Arthur Jones. The film was directed by William Desmond Taylor and produced by Jesse L. Lasky. It stars Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith (actor), Charles Meredith and Earl Schenck. The feature was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was set in part in New Zealand. Plot Cast *Ethel Clayton as Avis Langley *Charles Meredith (actor), Charles Meredith as Geoffrey Southerne *Earl Schenck as Alec Langley *Fontaine La Rue as Mrs. Langley *Winifred Kingston as Viva Newmarch *Lillian Rich as Bessie Ackroyd *Charles K. French as Samuel Ackroyd *Spottiswoode Aitken as Rufus Southerne *Herbert Fortier as Dr. Newmarch Background The director, William Taylor told the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1921 that, "motion pictures are in their occult age...mysticism has a strong grip on popular fancy, there are those who absorb with avidity every new idea in the subject, from the Ouija, ouija board on. Others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corsican Brothers (1920 Film)
''The Corsican Brothers'' is a 1920 American silent historical adventure film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, and Wedgwood Nowell.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 It is an adaptation of the novel ''The Corsican Brothers'' by Alexandre Dumas. Cast * Dustin Farnum as Louis de Franchi / Fabiel de Franchi * Winifred Kingston as Emile de Lesparre * Wedgwood Nowell Wedgwood Nowell (born Harry Wedgwood Nowell; January 24, 1878 – June 17, 1957) was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and musician. He produced 144 plays during his stage career, which began around 1901. Later, while w ... as Chateau Renaud * Will Machin as Le Baron Montigiron * Ogden Crane as Gaeno Orlando * Fanny Midgley as Madame Savilia Dei Franchi * Andrew Robson as General de Lesparre References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light Of Western Stars (1918 Film)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spy (1917 American Film)
''The Spy'' is a 1917 American silent thriller film directed by Richard Stanton and starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, and William Burress.Solomon p. 241 It portrays the actions of American spy who travels to Germany during World War I to get hold of a list of German agents active in the United States. He succeeds with the help of a local woman who falls in love with him, but both are captured and executed. Although the original production ran for 8 reels, it was sometimes reduced to six in certain regions probably due to censorship of some scenes. In Chicago it was banned due to scenes of graphic violence. Cast * Dustin Farnum as Mark Quaintance * Winifred Kingston as Greta Glaum * William Burress as Freiheer Von Wittzchaeft * Charles Clary as American Ambassador * William Lowry as The Shadow * Howard Gaye Howard Gaye (23 May 1878 – 26 December 1955) was a British actor who worked mainly in the United States. He acted in 27 silent films, including D. W. Grif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durand Of The Bad Lands (1917 Film)
''Durand of the Bad Lands'' is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by Richard Stanton and starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston and Tom Mix.Solomon, p. 241. It was remade in 1925. Cast * Dustin Farnum as Dick Durand * Winifred Kingston Winifred Kingston (11 November 1894 – 3 February 1967) was a British-born American silent film actress. Kingston was educated in Scotland and Belgium. She acted on stage in England before she began acting in the United States. On Broadway, K ... as Molly Gore * Tom Mix as Clem Alison * Ethylyn Chrisman as May Bond * Lee Morris as 'Kingdom Come' Knapp * Amy Jerome as Inez * Frankie Lee as Jimmy References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1917 films 1917 Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Richard Stanton Fox Film films Silent American Western ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Son Of Erin
''A Son of Erin'' is an extant 1916 silent film comedy drama directed by Julia Crawford Ivers. It was produced by Pallas Pictures and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures. Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston (real life husband and wife) star.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.170 by The American Film Institute, c.1978 Cast * Dustin Farnum - Dennis O'Harhar *Winifred Kingston - Katie O'Grady *Tom Bates - Patrick O'Grady *Jack Livingston Jack Livingston (born Harold Antill Livingston; November 29, 1885 – February 27, 1944) was a film actor in the United States. He starred in several films including alongside Jane Novak in '' The Golden Trail''. He appeared in at least 44 feat ... - Brian Trelawney *Wilfred McDonald - Terence *Wallace Pyke - Dan O'Keefe *Lee Willard - George Harding *Mabel Wiles - Florence Harding *Hugo B. Koch - John D. Haynes (as Hugh B. Koch) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Intrigue
''The Intrigue'' is a surviving 1916 silent film drama produced by Pallas Pictures and released through Paramount Pictures. Frank Lloyd directed the film which was written by Julia Crawford Ivers and photographed by her son James Van Trees. The star is young Lenore Ulric and a young unknown King Vidor makes one of his earliest appearances in a film as an actor. The movie is also one of the earliest surviving films of Vidor's wife Florence. The film is extant at the Library of Congress along with several early Lloyd directed films from 1915/16.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute and the United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress'' c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast *Lenore Ulric - Countess Sonia Varnli *Cecil Van Auker - Guy Longstreet *Howard Davies - Baron Rogniat *Florence Vidor - Pseudo Countess Sonia *Paul Weigel - Attache to the Baron *Herbert Standing - The Emperor ''unbilled'' *Dustin Farnum *Winifred Kingston *King Vidor King Wallis V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Parson Of Panamint (1916 Film)
''The Parson of Panamint'' is a lost 1916 American Western silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Peter B. Kyne. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Pomeroy Cannon, Howard Davies, Colin Chase and Ogden Crane. The film was released on September 3, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Dustin Farnum as Philip Pharo * Winifred Kingston as Buckskin Liz * Pomeroy Cannon as Chuckawalla Bill * Howard Davies as Bud Deming * Colin Chase as Chappie Ellerton * Ogden Crane as Absolom Randall * Jane Keckley Jane Keckley (September 10, 1876 – August 14, 1963) was an American actress of the silent and sound film eras. Biography Keckley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and went to school there and in Georgia. Before she acted in films, Kec ... as Arabella Randall * Tom Bates as Crabapple Thompson References External links * 1916 films 1916 Western (genre) films Paramount Pictures films Films dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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