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Ernest Joy
Ernest C. Joy (January 20, 1878 – February 12, 1924) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1911 and 1920. Selected filmography * '' Article 47, L''' (1913) * '' Salomy Jane'' (1914) * '' Mignon'' (1915) * '' The Goose Girl'' (1915) * '' After Five'' (1915) * '' The Woman'' (1915) * ''The Wild Goose Chase'' (1915) * '' Chimmie Fadden'' (1915) * '' The Voice in the Fog'' (1915) * '' Chimmie Fadden Out West'' (1915) * ''Temptation'' (1915) * ''The Golden Chance'' (1915) * '' The Heart of Nora Flynn'' (1916) * '' Maria Rosa'' (1916) * '' The Clown'' (1916) * ''The Heir to the Hoorah'' (1916) * '' Joan the Woman'' (1916) * '' The Silent Partner'' (1917) * ''The Inner Shrine'' (1917) * '' Nan of Music Mountain'' (1917) * ''Rimrock Jones'' (1918) * ''The House of Silence'' (1918) * '' Believe Me, Xantippe'' (1918) * '' We Can't Have Everything'' (1918) * '' The Goat'' (1918) * ''The Dancin' Fool'' (1920) * '' A Lady in Love'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell County, Iowa
Mitchell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,565. The county seat is Osage. It is not clear whom the county is named after: the county website mentions John Mitchell, an early surveyor, and an Irish patriot John Mitchel. History Mitchell County was founded in 1851. It was named after John Mitchel, an Irish patriot. The county's courthouse was completed in 1858, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The courthouse has since been razed. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.09%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 218 * Iowa Highway 9 Adjacent counties * Mower County, Minnesota (north) * Howard County (east) * Floyd County (south) * Cerro Gordo County (southwest) * Worth County (west) Demographics 2020 census The 2020 census recorded a population of 10,565 in the county, with a population density of . 97.47% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of Nora Flynn
''The Heart of Nora Flynn'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is reportedly preserved at George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. Cast See also *''The House That Shadows Built ''The House That Shadows Built'' (1931) is a feature compilation film from Paramount Pictures, made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. The film was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular thea ...'' (1931 promotional film by Paramount) References External links * * 1916 films 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancin' Fool
''The Dancin' Fool'' is a surviving 1920 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Sam Wood directed this one of his earliest efforts. Wallace Reid and Bebe Daniels star, at the time Paramount was making them a popular team in replacement of Reid's previous female lead Ann Little.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Dancin' Fool'' at silentera.com A copy of this film survives in the collection of the , New York. Plot As described in a film publication, Sylvester Tibble (Reid), a country yokel, comes to New Yor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goat (1918 Film)
''The Goat'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Frances Marion. The film stars Fred Stone, Fanny Midgley, Charles McHugh, Rhea Mitchell, Sylvia Ashton, Philo McCullough, and Winifred Greenwood. The film was released on September 29, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, ironworker Chuck McCarthy (Stone) loves Molly O'Connors (Greenwood), a stenographer for the Filmcraft Studio. While working near an open stage of the studio, Chuck decides to become a motion picture star. He rescues a pet monkey belonging to Bijou Lamour (Rhea Mitchell), the leading lady of the company, and is signed to "double" for her in a skating scene. He forgets himself and in another scene whips a half dozen "Germans" in a war film. Finally, he is cast to double for Marmaduke X. Caruthers (McCullough), who refuses to ride a horse in a western film. Chuck falls off the horse and is badly injured. Caruthers is lionized for his bravery w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Can't Have Everything
''We Can't Have Everything'' was a 1918 American silent drama film directed and written by Cecil B. DeMille based upon a novel by Rupert Hughes. The film is considered to be lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, very much in love with her husband, Charity Coe Cheever (Williams) discovers that her husband is in love with Zada L'Etoile (Breamer), a popular dancer, and so she divorces him. Jim Dyckman (Dexter), who has always loved Charity since their childhood days, after finding it impossible to win Charity had married film actress Kedzie Thropp (Hawley). When Jim is free but Charity is not, Jim is very disappointed, but both decide to make the best of it. During one of Jim's absences Kedzie meets the young British airman, the Marquis Of Strathdene (Hatten), and falls very much in love with him. Out for a ride one evening, Jim and Charity are forced during a storm to remain in a roadhouse. Here is Kedzie's chance, she sues for divorce and marries her English aviator. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Believe Me, Xantippe
''Believe Me, Xantippe'' is a lost 1918 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Jesse Lasky for release through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by actor/director Donald Crisp and stars Wallace Reid and Ann Little. The film is based on a 1913 William A. Brady-produced play ''Believe Me Xantippe'' by John Frederick Ballard, which on the Broadway stage had starred John Barrymore. Plot As described in a film magazine, George MacFarland (Reid) makes a bet with two of his friends that, having committed a forgery, he will be able to elude the officers of the law for one year. As his friends are very thorough, he does not find it an easy matter getting around town. He finally goes to a small town in the west where he lives unmolested for eleven months. On a hunting expedition he meets Dolly Kamman (Little), daughter of Sheriff Kamman (Beery), who takes George to meet her father. As Dolly has fallen in love with George's photograph, he is a somewhat privileged prisoner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Silence
''The House of Silence'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Elwyn Alfred Barron and Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Adele Farrington, Winter Hall, Ernest Joy, and Henry A. Barrows. The film was released on April 8, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Wallace Reid as Marcel Levington * Ann Little as Toinette Rogers *Adele Farrington as Mrs. Clifton *Winter Hall as Dr. Henry Rogers *Ernest Joy as Leroy * Henry A. Barrows as Carter Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The House of Silence'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit for the film and required cuts, in Reel 1, of the intertitles "You know nothing" etc. and "You've made a mess of it" etc., Reel 3, the intertitle "No, I'm not interested in that sort of thing", entire incident of old woman stumbling on street and young woman assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimrock Jones
''Rimrock Jones'' is a lost 1918 American silent Western film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Wallace Reid. Cast * Wallace Reid as Rimrock Jones * Ann Little as Mary Fortune * Charles Stanton Ogle as Hassayamp Hicks * Paul Hurst as Ike Bray * Guy Oliver as Andrew McBain * Fred Huntley as Leon Lockhart * Edna Mae Cooper as Hazel Hardesty * Tote Du Crow as Juan Soto * Gustav von Seyffertitz as Stoddard * Ernest Joy as Jepson * George Kuwa George Kuwa (born Keichii Kuwahara) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1931. He was the first actor to portray Charlie Chan on-screen in the 19 ... as Woe Chong * Mary Mersch as Mrs. Hardesty Reception Like many American films of the time, ''Rimrock Jones'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 1, of two scenes of a Mexican and Jones shooting at each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nan Of Music Mountain
''Nan of Music Mountain'' is a 1917 American Silent film, silent drama film directed by George Melford and Cecil B. DeMille (who receives no screen credit). The film is based on Frank H. Spearman's novel of the same name and stars Wallace Reid and Ann Little, Anna Little. Plot As described in a film magazine, Henry de Spain (Reid) is determined to find the man who murdered his father. He becomes sort of an outsider with Duke Morgan's (Roberts) gang, cattlemen, and outlaws. Nan (Little), daughter of the head of the clan, secretly loves Henry and when he is wounded in a fight with the Morgan clan, she helps him escape. This angers her father and he declares that she shall marry her cousin. Nan dispatches a message to Henry for assistance and he brings her safely to his clan. Nan then learns that her father was the murder of Henry's father. She returns to her father to learn the truth and together they go to Henry and reveal the murder's name. After a thorough understanding and forg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inner Shrine
''The Inner Shrine'' is a 1917 silent produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the first of only two films that starred Margaret Illington, a noted Broadway actress. The story is from a 1909 novel, The Inner Shrine', by Basil King, an author popular with actresses. The film is now lost. Cast * Margaret Illington – Diane Winthrop *Hobart Bosworth – Derek Pruyn * Jack Holt – Viscount D'Arcourt *Elliott Dexter Elliott Dexter (March 29, 1870 – June 21, 1941) was an American film and stage actor. Dexter started his career in vaudeville and did not move to films until he was 45. He retired from acting in 1925. Biography Dexter was born in Galves ... – Marquis de Bienville *Madame I. D'Juria – Madame D'Arcourt References External linksThe Inner Shrine at IMDb.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Partner (1917 Film)
''The Silent Partner'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan from a screen story by Edmund Goulding and starred Blanche Sweet, who in a few years would marry Marshall Neilan. at silentera.com The film was remade in 1923, and also released by . Plot summary Cast * as Jane Col ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan The Woman
''Joan the Woman'' is a 1916 American epic silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc. The film premiered on Christmas Day in 1916. This was DeMille's first historical drama. The screenplay is based on Friedrich Schiller's 1801 play ''Die Jungfrau von Orleans'' ('' The Maid of Orleans'').Aberth, John. "Chapter 6. Movies and the Maid: Joan of Arc Films". ''A Knight at the Movies''. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2012. 264–306. This film was considered to be the "first cinematic spectacle about Joan of Arc." This was the first film to use the Handschiegl Color Process (billed as the "Wyckoff-DeMille Process") for certain scenes. This process is especially noticeable in the scene of Joan burning at the stake, the use of red and yellow gave this a heightened dramatic effect. A print of the film still exists. DeMille has said that in the weeks before shooting he became obsessed with historical research, costume and set design, and casti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
