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Coit Albertson
Edward Coit Albertson (October 14, 1880 – December 13, 1953) was an American stage and film actor. Biography Albertson was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of George and Elizabeth (née Stock) Albertson, and began his acting career on Broadway theatre, Broadway, where, among other productions, he played in ''Stubborn Cinderella''. He was also active in vaudeville. Eventually he became a leading man of the 1920s, and was well known for his many character roles in motion pictures. He became one of the large number of silent movie actors who either would not or could not make the transition to the Sound film, talkie era. His cremated Cadaver, remains are located in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, Inglewood, California. Filmography * ''For Freedom'' (1918) * ''The Carter Case'' (1919) * ''Who's Your Brother?'' (1919) * ''Wits vs. Wits'' (1920) * ''The $1,000,000 Reward'' (1920) * ''The Silver Lining (1921 film), The Silver Lining'' (1921) * ''Why Girls Leav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading ( ; ) is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown. Reading is located in the southeastern part of the state and is the principal city of the Berks County, Pennsylvania, Greater Reading area, which had 420,152 residents in 2020. Reading gives its name to the now-defunct Reading Company, also known as the Reading Railroad and since acquired by Conrail, that played a vital role in transporting anthracite coal from Pennsylvania's Coal Region to major East Coast of the United States, East Coast markets through the Port of Philadelphia for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Reading Railroad is one of the four railroad properties in the classic U.S. version of the ''Monopoly (game), Monopoly'' board ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silver Lining (1921 Film)
''The Silver Lining'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Roland West Roland West (February 20, 1885 – March 31, 1952) was an American film director, known for his innovative proto-film noir movies of the 1920s and early 1930s. He is however best known for his possible involvement in the death of Hollywood .... It is not known whether the film currently lost film, survives. Plot While discussing heredity, a man recalls the story of two orphan girls to a pair of cohorts at a ball. Angel (Carmen) is adopted by crooks who teach her to steal, while Evelyn (Valli) is the criminally inclined girl adopted by a wealthy family. When Angel steals a watch from a passenger on the train, the man refuses to press charges and enlists her help in his confidence scheme in Havana. Evelyn is engaged to marry the promising author Robert Ellington (Austin), but after a quarrel, the writer goes to Havana and meets and falls for Angel. Ellington is scheduled to leave on a shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermine And Rhinestones
''Ermine and Rhinestones'' is a 1925 silent film, written by Louise Winter, and directed by Burton L. King Plot Billy Kershaw, the son of a manufacturer in a small western town, comes to New York City on business. He becomes engaged to wealthy Peggy Rice, a member of the modern jazz set, who prefers to "play the field" with other men. Sometime before, Billy had sent Jim Gorman to jail for theft, causing Gorman's girl, Minette Christie, to leave town. At a fashion show, Peggy persuades Billy to buy her an ermine wrap, trimmed with rhinestones, which is modeled by a girl who turns out to be Minette. Billy realizes that Peggy is no more than a gold digger and breaks the engagement. Gorman shows up and attempts to kill Minette, for he believes she turned him in. Billy, however, defeats Gorman in a fight, and at the very last minute saves ''Minette'' from being gassed to death in her apartment. Billy comes to realize that Minette is the girl for him. Cast * Edna Murphy as Minnett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Girl In A Big City
''A Little Girl in a Big City'' is a 1925 silent film drama directed by Burton L. King and starring Gladys Walton. It is based on an off-Broadway play, ''A Little Girl in a Big City'', by James Kyrle MacCurdy. It was Gladys Walton's final film. Several copies are preserved in positive and negative formats in the Library of Congress archive.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p..104 c.1978 by The American Film Institute A DVD of the film was released by Grapevine Video in 2012. Cast * Gladys Walton – Mary Barry * Niles Welch – Jack McGuire * Mary Thurman ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Dancer
''The Mad Dancer'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Ann Pennington, Johnnie Walker, and Coit Albertson. Synopsis Mimi, a dancer who lives in the Latin Quarter of Paris, poses nude for a sculpture. When her father commits suicide she moves to the United States but finds her relatives there disapprove of her. She becomes engaged to the son of an American senator, but her past threatens to catch up with her. Cast Production ''The Mad Dancer'' was filmed at the Tec-Art Studio in New York City. Pennington, who had performed in the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' and ''George White's Scandals'', appeared nude for the modeling scene for the sculpture. At the time, brief stationary nudity, similar to a tableau vivant, appeared in a few American films with scenes involving women posing for painters or sculptors. As an experiment, one scene involving Pennington and Vincent Lopez Vincent Lopez (December 30, 1895 – September 20, 1975) was an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal Street (1925 Film)
''Scandal Street'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Niles Welch, Madge Kennedy, and Edwin August.Munden p.684 Premise When a film star is killed in a car crash during the shooting of his latest pictures, the producers replace him with a near identical man and try to pretend he is still alive. Cast * Niles Welch as Neil Keenly / Harrison Halliday * Madge Kennedy as Sheila Kane * Edwin August as Howard Manning * Coit Albertson Edward Coit Albertson (October 14, 1880 – December 13, 1953) was an American stage and film actor. Biography Albertson was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of George and Elizabeth (née Stock) Albertson, and began his acting career on Br ... as Julian Lewis * Louise Carter as Cora Forman * J. Moy Bennett as Pat O'Malley References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those Who Judge
''Those Who Judge'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Lou Tellegen, and Mary Thurman. Plot As described in a film magazine, any romance between Angelique Dean (Miller) and John Dawson (Tellegen) is shattered when she confesses that she has been made the victim of a mock marriage during World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to .... Chapman Griswold (Albertson), who knows the facts tries to force her to marry him, but is prevented, when John learns at the deathbed of Angelique's deceiver, Major Twilling (Henry), the truth about her noble self sacrifice on behalf of her sister and also that the mock marriage was one in name only. Cast References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lend Me Your Husband (1924 Film)
''Lend Me Your Husband'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor. Biography Born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) was educated at the Culver Military ... and starring Doris Kenyon, David Powell, and Dolores Cassinelli.Munden p. 429 Synopsis A fast living society girl is engaged to be married, but becomes involved with a married man with a bad reputation. Unknown to her, he is also having an affair with her friend. Cast References Bibliography * 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 * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Christy Cabanne Associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sixth Commandment
''The Sixth Commandment'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring William Faversham. Plot John Brant, a devoted minister, is in love with Marian Calhoun, but must keep it a secret because she is engaged to Robert Fields—who, unknown to Marian, is playing around with a variety of different women. Marian finds out and breaks the engagement. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Sixth Commandment'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. .... References External links * 1924 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films Films directed by Christy Cabanne 1924 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1924 lost films Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Average Woman
''The Average Woman'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Pauline Garon, David Powell, and Harrison Ford. It was released on March 1, 1924. Plot Sally Whipple is the daughter of the local judge, who dotes on her and gives in to almost her every whim. While at the library, she catches the interest of a newspaper man, Jimmy Munroe, who is writing an article on "the average woman". Sally fits his idea of what represents that woman, and he begins to follow her around, hoping to collect information for his story. His stalking is noticed, and he is arrested. Judge Whipple, finding him harmless, yet wanting to teach him a lesson, sentences him to regularly visit Sally. During these visits a romance develops between the two. Rudolph Van Alten is the owner of a local notorious speakeasy, although he keeps his involvement in the club secret. He also begins courting Sally, although he has an ulterior motive. He has come into the possessio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restless Wives
''Restless Wives'' is a lost 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Gregory La Cava Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including ''My Man Godfrey'' and ''Stage Door'', which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best .... A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists. Plot Polly is a wealthy wife neglected by her husband James Benson. When a business engagement causes James to miss their wedding anniversary, Polly goes with admirer Curtis Wilbur to a cabaret, and later she decides to go live with her father. James, who is desperate for reconciliation, kidnaps Polly while she's with Wilbur and takes her to his lodge in the mountains. James is shot by a drunken servant and when he falls, he knocks over a lamp and sets the place on fire. Polly drags him out of the lodge to safety, and the couple is reunited. Cast References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Empty Cradle (film)
''The Empty Cradle'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Mary Alden, Harry T. Morey Harry Temple Morey (August 21, 1873 – January 24, 1936) was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly 200 films during his career. Biography Born in Charlotte, Michigan, Morey had two brothers. Their mother was Addie C. ..., and Mickey Bennett. Cast Preservation Although no prints of ''The Empty Cradle'' located are in any film archives, an abridgement exists. References Bibliography * 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 * 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Burton L. King American black-and-white films 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
