Joseph W. Smiley (born June 18, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an actor and director in the United States. His films include ''The Gray Horror'' (1915), ''The Other Sister'' (1915) and ''The Living Fear'' (1914), as well as many other films. He was married to the Scottish actress

Lila Leslie Lila Leslie (1 January 1890 – 8 September 1940) was a Scottish actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1933. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmograp ...

. He died on December 2, 1945, in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

, New York, USA.

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The Scarlet Letter ''The Scarlet Letter: A Romance'' is a work of historical fiction Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym ...

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Threads of Destiny is a 2006 cell phone novel series written by Mei. ''Akai Ito'' was first published on the website ''Mahō no Toshōkan'', where it became the #1 ranked story within the first month of publication. The popularity of ''Akai Ito'' has been ...

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Life Without Soul ''Life Without Soul'' (1915) is a lost horror film, directed by Joseph W. Smiley and written by Jesse J. Goldburg. This film is an adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''. The film is about a ...

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Sleeping Fires ''Sleeping Fires'' was a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford, and starring Pauline Frederick. The film is now considered lost. Cast *Pauline Frederick - Zelma Bryce * Maurice Steuart - The Little Fellow * Helen Dahl - Helen Ki ...

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Public Be Damned ''Public Be Damned'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Mary Fuller, Charles Richman (actor), Charles Richman and Chester Barnett. The film's negative portrayal of food hoarding at a time ...

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The Lesson ''The Lesson'' (french: La Leçon) is a one-act play by French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco. It was first performed in 1951 in a production directed by Marcel Cuvelier (who also played the Professor). Since 1957 it has been in permanen ...

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Double Crossed ''Double Crossed'' is the debut solo album by Jim Diamond (singer), Jim Diamond, released in 1985. The album features Diamond's first three solo singles, "I Should Have Known Better (Jim Diamond song), I Should Have Known Better", "I Sleep Alone ...

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Joan of Plattsburg ''Joan of Plattsburg'' is a 1918 American propaganda comedy-drama film co-directed by William Humphrey and George Loane Tucker, written by Tucker from a story by Porter Emerson Browne, photographed by Oliver T. Marsh, released by the Goldwyn Pic ...

'' (1918) *'' Her Final Reckoning'' (1918) * ''

The Heart of a Girl ''The Heart of a Girl'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Barbara Castleton, Irving Cummings and Charles Wellesley.Spehr p.187 Cast * Barbara Castleton as Betty Lansing * Irving Cummings as Br ...

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The Face in the Dark ''The Face in the Dark'' is a 1918 American silent mystery film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Mae Marsh, Niles Welch and Alec B. Francis.Wlaschin p.80 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hugo Ballin. Cast * Mae Marsh as Jan ...

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The Road to France ''The Road to France'' is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Evelyn Greeley and Jack Drumier.Connelly p.404 Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as Tom Whitney * Evelyn Greeley as Helen Bemi ...

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Heart of the Wilds ''Heart of the Wilds'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Elsie Ferguson. The story is from "Pierre and His People", by Gilbert Parker, which Edgar Selwyn also based his play ''Pierre of the Plains ...

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Hitting the Trail ''Hitting the Trail'' is a 1918 American silent crime drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Evelyn Greeley and George MacQuarrie.Connelly p.363 Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as Kid Kelly * Evelyn Greeley as Flo ...

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Never Say Quit ''Never Say Quit'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Dillon. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Reginald Jones (Walsh) is a jinx and is always getting ...

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The Isle of Conquest ''The Isle of Conquest'' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and produced by Talmadge and her husband Joseph Schenck. The film is now considered lost. Plot Based upon a short review in a film magazine, a young woman (Ta ...

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As a Man Thinks ''As a Man Thinks'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by George Irving and starring Leah Baird, Henry Clive and Warburton Gamble. It is adapted from the 1911 Broadway play ''As a Man Thinks'' by Augustus Thomas.Goble p.676 Cast * Le ...

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A Daughter of Two Worlds ''A Daughter of Two Worlds'' is a surviving 1920 silent film adventure drama directed by James Young and starring Norma Talmadge, Jack Crosby, and Virginia Lee. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jennie Malone (Talmadge), daughter of promine ...

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The Law of the Yukon ''The Law of the Yukon'' is a 1920 American silent drama film inspired by the poem, ''The Law of The Yukon'', by Robert W. Service. The film was directed by Charles Miller, and stars June Elvidge and Edward Earle. Portions of the movie were fil ...

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The Wild Goose ''The Wild Goose: A Collection of Ocean Waifs'' was a hand-written newspaper created in late 1867 by Fenian prisoners aboard ''Hougoumont'', the last ship to transport convicts to Australia. Seven issues of the newspaper were produced, and ea ...

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The Woman God Changed ''The Woman God Changed'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne and Doty Hobart. The film stars Seena Owen, E.K. Lincoln, Henry Sedley, Lillian Walker, H. Cooper Cliffe and Pa ...

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The Scarab Ring ''The Scarab Ring'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Joyce, Maude Malcolm and Joe King.Wlaschin p.196 Cast * Alice Joyce as Constance Randall * Maude Malcolm as Muriel Randall * Joe King as W ...

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The Face in the Fog ''The Face in the Fog'' is a 1922 American silent film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Alan Crosland and starred Lionel Barrymore. An incomplete print is preserved at the Library of C ...

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The Blonde Vampire ''The Blonde Vampire'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Wray Physioc and starring De Sacia Mooers, Joseph W. Smiley and Miriam Battista.Munden p.69 Cast * De Sacia Mooers as Marcia Saville * Joseph W. Smiley as John Saville ...

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Old Home Week Old Home Week or Old Home Day is a practice that originated in the New England region of the United States similar to a harvest holiday or festival. In its beginning in the 19th–20th century it involved a municipal effort to invite former resid ...

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The Police Patrol ''The Police Patrol'' is a 1925 American silent crime film directed by Burton L. King and starring James Kirkwood, Edna Murphy and Edmund Breese.Munden p.367 Plot A patrolman falls in love with a dressmaker, is ordered to arrest her when a do ...

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Wild, Wild Susan ''Wild, Wild Susan'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring popular Bebe Daniels. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures distributed. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Wild, W ...

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The Untamed Lady ''The Untamed Lady'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Tuttle, and starring Gloria Swanson and Lawrence Gray. The film was also the debut of Nancy Kelly who was a child actress at the time. The film was written by James A ...

'' (1926) *'' Aloma of the South Seas'' (1926) *''

The Show-Off ''The Show-Off'' is a 1924 stage play by George Kelly about a working-class North Philadelphian family's reluctance to accept their daughter's suitor Aubrey Piper, an overly confident Socialist buffoon. The play has been revived five times on Bro ...

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The Potters A potter is someone who makes pottery. Potter may also refer to: Places United States *Potter, originally a section on the Alaska Railroad, currently a neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, US * Potter, Arkansas * Potter, Nebraska *Potters, New Jer ...

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