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Cesare Gravina
Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era who appeared in more than 70 films from 1911 to 1929. Born in Naples, Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conductor at La Scala, he worked with performers such as Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso. At some point, he left music to become a character actor, not explaining his reasons for the career change with no one. As the owner of many theaters in South America, Gravina became financially secure to retire from motion pictures by 1924, but he preferred to remain in acting. Partial filmography * '' The White Pearl'' (1915) - Setsu * ''Madame Butterfly'' (1915) - The Soothsayer * '' Poor Little Peppina'' (1916) - Villato * '' Hulda from Holland'' (1916) - Apartment Neighbor (uncredited) * '' Less Than the Dust'' (1916) - Jawan * '' The Price She Paid'' (1917) - Moldini * '' The Siren'' (1917) - Her Father * '' The Fatal Ring'' (1917) * '' Miss Nobody'' (1917) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of Naples, province-level municipality is the third most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,958,410 residents, and the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. Naples metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately . Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope () was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marriage For Convenience
''Marriage For Convenience'' is a 1919 silent film drama directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Catherine Calvert. Prints survive of this feature the BFI National Archive, London, the Library of Congress and George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.112 c.1978 by the American Film Institute Cast * - Natalie Rand * - Barbara Rand * - Oliver Landis * |
The Humming Bird (1924 Film)
''The Humming Bird'' (also known as ''Les loups de Montmartre'') is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Gloria Swanson. Produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on the play of the same name by Maude Fulton, who also starred in the Broadway production.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Humming Bird'' at silentera.com Plot As described in a film magazine review, Toinette, alias "The Humming Bird" and member of the , commits many successful robberies in Paris while disguised as a young man. She falls in love with Randall Carey, an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1923 Film)
''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' is a 1923 American Drama (film and television), drama film starring Lon Chaney, directed by Wallace Worsley, and produced by Carl Laemmle and Irving Thalberg. The supporting cast includes Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Nigel de Brulier, and Brandon Hurst. Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film was the studio's "Super Jewel" of 1923 and was their most successful silent film, grossing $3.5 million. The film premiered on September 2, 1923, at the Astor Theatre (New York City), Astor Theatre in New York, New York, then went into release on September 6. The screenplay was written by Perley Poore Sheehan and Edward T. Lowe Jr., based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, 1831 novel, and is notable for the grand sets that recall 15th century Paris as well as for Chaney's performance and make-up as the tortured hunchback bellringer Quasimodo. This was the seventh film adaptation of the novel. The film elevated Chaney, who was already a well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Circus Days
''Circus Days'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film starring child actor Jackie Coogan, directed by Eddie Cline, produced by Sol Lesser and Jackie Coogan's own production company, and distributed through Associated First National Pictures. It is based on the 1877 novel ''Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus'' by James Otis. Plot Cast * Jackie Coogan as Toby Tyler * Barbara Tennant as Ann Tyler * Russell Simpson as Eben Holt * Claire McDowell as Martha * Cesare Gravina as Luigi, the Clown * Peaches Jackson as Jeannette * Sam De Grasse as Lord the Concessionaire * DeWitt Jennings as Daly * Nellie Lane as Fat Woman * William Barlow as Human Skeleton, 'World's Skinniest Man' Preservation status ''Circus Days'' had been considered a lost film, but a print survived in Russia. It was digitally presented to the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Merry-Go-Round (1923 Film)
''Merry-Go-Round'' is a 1923 American feature film directed by Erich von Stroheim (uncredited) and Rupert Julian, starring Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin, and released by Universal Pictures.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Merry-Go-Round'' at silentera.com A copy of the film is held in a collection and it has been released on DVD. Plot As described in a film magazine, Count Franz Maxmilian (Kerry), a happy-go-lucky, irresponsible count, is attached to the Austrian court of Emperor Francis Joseph (Vaverka) and by the Emperor’s mandate is affianced to Gisella (Wallace), the daughter of the Minister of War and a woman he does not love. Having by chance met the innocent little organ-grinder Agnes (Philbin), a peasant toiling in Vienna’s amuse ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daddy (1923 Film)
''Daddy'' is a 1923 American Silent film, silent drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper for Associated First National Pictures. It stars Jackie Coogan, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Josie Sedgwick, and Cesare Gravina. The script was written by Jackie Coogan's parents, Jack and Lillian. Coogan plays the son of a poor violin teacher who is separated from his father when his parents break up their marriage, only to be reunited again when his father makes it as a famous musician. The film was shot on six reels. Storyline Paul, a violin teacher with great musical talent, teaches music and performs to earn a living for his family. Helene, his wife, views her husband's love for music as a competitor for his affections. She comes to believe that Paul's attention to his students and the admiration he receives after a performance are leading him away from their marriage, so she leaves home with their baby son, Jackie. Paul tries to find his family, but there is no trace of them. Helene took J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Foolish Wives
''Foolish Wives'' is a 1922 American erotic silent drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures under their Super-Jewel banner and written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The drama features von Stroheim, Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George, and others. When released in 1922, the film was the most expensive film made at that time, and billed by Universal Studios as the "first million-dollar movie" to come out of Hollywood. Originally, von Stroheim intended the film to run anywhere between 6 and 10 hours, and be shown over two evenings, but Universal executives opposed this idea. The studio bosses cut the film drastically before the release date. ''Foolish Wives'', and the fulsome media coverage that added to its “sensational notoriety”, elevated von Stroheim into the ranks of preeminent directors of the early 1920s. In 2008, ''Foolish Wives'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
God's Country And The Law
''God's Country and the Law'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Pine Tree Pictures and distributed by Arrow Films. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Fred C. Jones and Gladys Leslie in the leading roles. It was adapted from the 1915 novel ''God's Country and the Woman'' by James Oliver Curwood, which had been previously filmed under that title in 1916. Plot Cast *Fred C. Jones as André *Gladys Leslie as Marie *William H. Tooker as Jacques Doré *Cesare Gravina as 'Poleon *Hope Sutherland as Oachi Preservation A print is preserved at the Library of Congress and the National Archives of Canada, Ottawa. References External links * website dedicated to Sidney Olcott. American silent feature films Films directed by Sidney Olcott American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films 1921 films Remakes of American films Northern (genre) films Films based on works by James Oliver Curwood Arrow Film Corporation films 1920s American fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Beach Of Dreams
''Beach of Dreams'' is a 1921 American silent adventure film directed by William Parke and starring Edith Storey, Noah Beery and Jack Curtis.St. Romain p.110 It is based on the 1919 novel '' The Beach of Dreams'' by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. Plot Cast * Edith Storey as Cleo de Bromsart * Noah Beery as Jack Raft * Sidney Payne as La Touche * Jack Curtis as Bompard * George Fisher as Maurice Chenet * Josef Swickard as Monsieur de Brie * Margarita Fischer as Madame deBrie * Templar Powell as Prince Selm * Gertrude Norman as La Comtesse de Warens * Cesare Gravina Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era who appeared in more than 70 films from 1911 to 1929. Born in Naples, Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conductor at ... as Prof. Epnard References Bibliography * St. Romain, Theresa. ''Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star''. McFarland, 2008. * Munden, Kenneth Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Leopard Woman
''The Leopard Woman'' is a 1920 American silent adventure romance drama film starring Louise Glaum, House Peters, and Noble Johnson. Directed by Wesley Ruggles and produced by J. Parker Read, Jr., the screenplay was adapted by H. Tipton Steck and Stanley C. Morse based on the novel ''The Leopard Woman'' (1916) by Stewart Edward White. Plot The story is set in Africa. Two rival European governments have sent secret agents to the uncivilized kingdom of M'tela. British agent John Culbertson (played by Peters) survives an attempt on his life and leads a safari from Bajuma, on the edge of the desert, to the savage kingdom. An agent of the rival government, Madame (played by Glaum), who is known as the "Leopard Woman," is also leading a safari to M'tela. Her mission is to prevent the Englishman from reaching the kingdom. The two parties meet in the desert. The Leopard Woman's men are exhausted and dehydrated and she is forced to seek Culbertson's help. The Leopard Woman then feig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Madame X (1920 Film)
''Madame X'' is a 1920 American silent melodrama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Pauline Frederick. The film is based on the 1908 play ''Madame X'', by French playwright Alexandre Bisson, and was adapted for the screen by J.E. Nash and Frank Lloyd. A copy of this film survives in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. The play was previously adapted for the screen in 1910 and in 1916. The play has been subsequently remade several times. Plot As described in a film magazine, jealous husband Louis Floriot (Courtleigh), refusing to forgive his wife Jacqueline (Frederick) for fleeing from his wrath and living with the friend who presses his attentions on her, forces her into the life of a derelict. Twenty years later she returns to France from Buenos Aires believing that her son Raymond has died. Laroque (Ainsworth), a crook who aids her in her return to France, learns that she is married to a man of wealth, and tries, with the help of his two associates M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
