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God's Man (film)
''God's Man'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Irving and starring H.B. Warner, Kate Lester and Albert Tavernier. It is based on the novel of the same title by George Bronson Howard.Goble p.230 Cast * H.B. Warner as Arnold L'Hommedieu * Kate Lester as Mrs. L'Hommedieu * Albert Tavernier as Richard L'Hommedieu * Stanhope Wheatcroft as Paul L'Hommedieu * Barbara Castleton as Bertie * Barbara Gilroy as Eunice * Sydney Vorzimer as Hans * Edward Earle as Archie Hartogensis * Harry B. Eytinge as Hartogesis Sr. * Mario Fouche as Carol Cato * Ricca Allen Ricca Allen (June 9, 1863 – September 13, 1949) was a Canadian-born stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1941. Allen was born in Victoria, Colony of Vancouver Island to John Allen of Oakland, Califo ... as Mrs. Pickens * Walter Hiers as Hugo Waldemar * William Frederic as Joh Waldemar * Tom Burrough as The Philosopher * Marion Cumming as The Philoso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Irving (American Actor)
George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961) was an American film actor and director. Career Irving started his career as a theatre actor, notably as leading man to Maude Adams. He came to Hollywood in 1914 and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948. Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent films, which are mostly forgotten today. He switched exclusively to acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later 1940s. Irving usually played reputable and stern persons of authority in supporting roles. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert Wentworth in '' Coquette'' (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in '' Bringing Up Baby'' (1938). He ended his prolific career with two television roles in the 1950s. Personal life George Irving and his wife, Katherine Gilman, had two daughters, Katharine and Dorothy. He died from a heart attack in Hollywood in 1961, aged 86. Selected filmography Actor *'' Pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burrough
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Metro Pictures Films
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Films Directed By George Irving
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American Black-and-white Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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1910s English-language Films
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1917 Drama Films
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1917 Films
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913 in film, 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as Classical Hollywood cinema, "Classical Hollywood". __TOC__ Events *January – ''Panthea (film), Panthea'' is released, the first film from the company that Joseph Schenck formed with his wife, Norma Talmadge, after leaving Loews Theatres, Loew's Consolidated Enterprises. *February – Buster Keaton first meets Roscoe Arbuckle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in New York and is hired as a co-star and gag man. *April 9 – Supreme Court of the United States rule in Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. which ends the Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Jarrett
Daniel Jarrett (November 6, 1886 or 1894 - March 13, 1938) was an actor and screenwriter in the United States. He was the brother of screenwriter and actor Arthur L. Jarrett. He acted in the 1914 film '' The Scales of Justice (film)'', the 1916 film '' Kennedy Square'', the 1917 film ''Miss Robinson Crusoe'', the 1917 film '' The Slacker'' and the 1922 film '' Sunshine Harbor''. Filmography *'' The Scales of Justice (film)'' (1914) *'' Kennedy Square'' (1916) *''Miss Robinson Crusoe ''Miss Robinson Crusoe'' is a 1917 silent American comedy-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 ...'' (1917) *'' The Slacker'' (1917) *'' Sunshine Harbor'' (1922) as Dugan * '' The Cowboy Millionaire (1935 film)'', story and screenplay * '' Daniel Boone (1936 film)'', screenplay * '' Roll Along, Cowboy'' (1937), screenplay * '' Windjammer (1937 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Sherrill
Jack Sherrill (April 14 1898 – November 26, 1973) was an American film actor of the silent era. He was one of the leading players for the Frohman Amusement Company.Fox & Silver p.128 Selected filmography * '' The Conquest of Canaan'' (1916) * '' The Woman in 47'' (1916) * '' Then I'll Come Back to You'' (1916) * '' The Accomplice'' (1917) * '' God's Man'' (1917) * '' The Silent Witness'' (1917) * ''The Rainbow ''The Rainbow'' is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence, first published by Methuen & Co. in 1915. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, focusing particularly on the individual's struggle for growt ...'' (1917) * '' The Profiteer'' (1919) * '' The Invisible Ray'' (1920) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Graham, Cooper C. & Irmscher, Christoph. ''Love and Loss in Hollywood: Florence Deshon, Max Eastman, and Charlie Chaplin''. Indiana Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
