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Charles Arling
Charles Arling (22 August 1875 – 21 April 1922) was a Canadians, Canadian actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1909 and 1922. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died on 21 April 1922 from pneumonia at the age of 46 in Los Angeles. Selected filmography * ''In Little Italy'' (1909) * ''In the Border States'' (1910) * ''A Mohawk's Way'' (1910) * ''Sweet Memories (film), Sweet Memories'' (1911) * ''September Morn (film), September Morn'' (1914) * ''That Little Band of Gold'' (1915) * ''Court House Crooks'' (1915) * ''Chased Into Love'' (1917) * ''Nuts in May (film), Nuts in May'' (1917) * ''Mile-a-Minute Kendall'' (1918) * ''The Border Wireless'' (1918) * ''No Man's Land (1918 film), No Man's Land'' (1918) * ''Smiles (film), Smiles'' (1919) * ''The Turn in the Road'' (1919) * ''Back to God's Country (1919 film), Back to God's Country'' (1919) * ''In Old Kentucky (1919 film), In Old Kentucky'' (1919) * ''The Woman in Room 13'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuts In May (film)
''Nuts in May'' (1917) is a silent comedy short, directed by , produced by Isadore Bernstein, and featuring Stan Laurel, billed as Stan Jefferson, in his onscreen debut. The short was filmed at Bernstein Studios, in Hollywood, California. "A fragment" of the film survives (a little over 60 seconds). Plot Stan plays a resident of "Home for the Weak-Minded", apparently a lunatic asylum. Stan's particular delusion is that he thinks he's Napoleon. Stan walks the grounds of the cuckoo-hatch sticking his right hand into his shirt and wearing a Napoleon hat. He thinks he's Napoleon, but he gives the salute of the British army. Stan has his own personal keeper in the asylum: a taller moustached man who wears a kepi so that Stan will think he's a French officer. Stan gets out and finds some local boys, who eagerly join him in playing soldier. Stan's kepi-wearing keeper pursues him through the film. Stan hijacks a steamroller, and Stan nearly runs down some workers in a road crew. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Daughter Of The Law
''A Daughter of the Law'' is a 1921 American silent crime film directed by Jack Conway and starring Carmel Myers, John B. O'Brien and Fred Kohler.Parish & Pitts p.176 Plot Cast * Carmel Myers as Nora Hayes * John B. O'Brien as Jim Garth * Fred Kohler as George Stacey * Jack Walters as Slim Dolan * Dick La Reno as Pata Marlowe * Charles Arling Charles Arling (22 August 1875 – 21 April 1922) was a Canadians, Canadian actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1909 and 1922. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died on 21 April 1922 from p ... as Insp. Hayes * Joseph Bennett as Eddie Hayes References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1921 films 1921 crime films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American crime films Films directed by Jack Conway American black-an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Streak McCoy
''Blue Streak McCoy'' is a lost 1920 American silent Western film starring Harry Carey. Plot Cast * Harry Carey as Job McCoy * Lila Leslie as Eileen Marlowe * Charles Arling as Howard Marlowe * B. Reeves Eason, Jr. (credited as Breezy Eason) as Albert Marlowe * Ruth Fuller Golden (credited as Ruth Golden) as Diana Hughes * Ray Ripley as Frank Otis * Charles Le Moyne as Mulhall * Ruth Royce as Conchita * Ben Alexander See also * List of American films of 1920 * Harry Carey filmography This is a list of films featuring Harry Carey. References * Male actor filmographies American filmographies {{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, Harry ... References External links * 1920 films 1920 lost films 1920 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by B. Reeves Eason Lost American Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language Western (g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number 99 (film)
''Number 99'' is a 1920 American silent thriller film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Fritzi Brunette and Emmett King.Wlaschin p.258 Plot A man wrongly sent to jail escapes and goes on the run, searching out the real criminal. Cast * J. Warren Kerrigan as Arthur Penryn * Fritzi Brunette as Cynthia Vivian * Emmett King as Compton Vivian * Charles Arling as John Brandt * Kathleen Kirkham as Mrs. Vivian * John Steppling as Stephen Schuyler * Lila Leslie as Renee Etherington * R.D. MacLean as Judge Ellicott * William V. Mong as Jake Trebs * Tom Guise Tom Guise (1857–1930) was an American male actor on stage and screen. He appeared in numerous films in the decade spanning 1917 to 1927. He was one of the popular stars in the film adaptation of the controversial book '' Black Oxen''. His perfo ... as James Valentine References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. *Wlaschin, Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Desperate Hero
''The Desperate Hero'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Owen Moore, Gloria Hope, Emmett King.Connelly p.339 Plot Cast * Owen Moore as Henry Baird * Gloria Hope as Mabel Darrow * Emmett King as Philip Darrow * Rube Miller as Alan Moss * Arthur Hoyt as Whitty * Charles Arling as Joseph Plant * Nell Craig asEvelyn Plant * Virginia Caldwell as Dorothy Kind * Tom Ricketts Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage actor, stage and motion picture, film actor and film director, director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the fi ... as Butler 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jack-Knife Man
''The Jack-Knife Man'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and his debut film with First National. A story of Christian charity and the virtues of self-help, the work reflects his "Creed and Pledge", a declaration of his artistic principles published the same year. Prints of the film survive in several film archives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Peter Lane (Turner), known as the "jack-knife man" because he spends his time whittling objects from wood, selling them to earn a living, loves and is loved by the Widow Potter (Leighton), desisting from matrimony for reasons known only to himself. When a hungry child, "Buddy," comes to his houseboat in quest of food, Peter asks and receives the aid of the Widow Potter. Returning to the boat he finds the boy's mother, dying, and he buries her and adopts the boy. A while later a tramp, "Booge," joins the queer family and refuses to be ousted. The three become inseparable companions. Then a busybody parson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In Room 13
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be 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 nouns 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 the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Old Kentucky (1919 Film)
In Old Kentucky may refer to: * ''In Old Kentucky'' (1909 film), an American silent short drama film * ''In Old Kentucky'' (1919 film), an American silent drama film * ''In Old Kentucky'' (1927 film), an American silent drama film * ''In Old Kentucky'' (1935 film), an American comedy film * ''In Old Kentucky'' (stage play), see Louise Closser Hale {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To God's Country (1919 Film)
''Back to God's Country'' is a 1919 Canadian drama film directed by David Hartford. It is one of the earliest Canadian feature films. The film starred and was co-written by Canadian actress Nell Shipman. Curwood's story was adapted to the screen by Nell herself. She changed the protagonist of the film from a great dane to the female lead, Dolores. Shipman also shaped her character into a heroine, who saves her husband. Curwood was infuriated with Shipman, but commercially the film was extremely successful, posting a 300 percent profit and grossing a million-and-a-half dollars. Cast Production After leaving Vitagraph Studios, Nell Shipman created a contract with James Oliver Curwood in order to adapt and star in adaptations of his work. Curwood's short story ''Wapi the Walrus'' was adapted into ''Back to God's Country''. Nell stated that the original story "was trash as a movie; a mere outline" and her adaptation increased the role of the female character, which she played. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turn In The Road
The Turn in the Road is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor. His first feature film, the production was financed by the Brentwood Film Corporation and the title and the scenario based on a Christian Science religious tract. No print of this film is known to exist, which suggests that it is a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Paul Perry (Hughes), the son of wealthy iron manufacturer Hamilton Perry (Nichols), openly loves the younger daughter of Reverend Matthew Barker (Hall), while the older daughter, who is more practical, secretly loves him. The young couple get married, and a child is born a year later but the mother dies. Almost insane with grief, the husband reproaches the clergyman for having preached a doctrine of a God who inflicts His children with sorrow. Unable to reconcile himself with his sorrow, he leaves for the slums of Chicago and searches for the truth in connection with the purpose of God. Meanwhile, his son Bob (Alexander) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiles (film)
''Smiles'' is a 1919 American silent war comedy film directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom and starring Jane Lee, Katherine Lee, Ethel Fleming, Val Paul, and Carmen Phillips. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on February 23, 1919. Plot Cast * Jane Lee as Jane * Katherine Lee as Katherine * Ethel Fleming as Lucille Forrest *Val Paul as Tom Hayes *Carmen Phillips as Madame Yelba *Charles Arling as Wagner *Katherine Griffith as Housekeeper * Barbara Maier as Little Girl Preservation The film is now considered lost. See also *List of lost films *1937 Fox vault fire A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults ... References External links * 1919 films 1919 comedy films 1919 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films 1910s war comedy films Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
