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Stormswept
''Stormswept'' is a 1923 silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ... starring brothers Wallace Beery and Noah Beery. The advertising phrase used for the movie was "Wallace and Noah Beery, The Two Greatest Character Actors on the American Screen." The film was written by Winifred Dunn from the H. H. Van Loan story, and directed by Robert Thornby. A print of the film survives in London's BFI National Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, William McCabe (Wallace Beery) is a bitter man seeking solitude in which to forget the wife whom he loved and who betrayed him. He wanders about the waterfront and, seeing a man falling from the deck, rescues him. The two become friends and when the rescued man, Shark Moran (Noah Beery), learns that William wants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stormswept (1923) - 1
''Stormswept'' is a 1923 silent film starring brothers Wallace Beery and Noah Beery. The advertising phrase used for the movie was "Wallace and Noah Beery, The Two Greatest Character Actors on the American Screen." The film was written by Winifred Dunn from the H. H. Van Loan story, and directed by Robert Thornby. A print of the film survives in London's BFI National Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, William McCabe (Wallace Beery) is a bitter man seeking solitude in which to forget the wife whom he loved and who betrayed him. He wanders about the waterfront and, seeing a man falling from the deck, rescues him. The two become friends and when the rescued man, Shark Moran (Noah Beery), learns that William wants solitude, he suggests that he take a job on a Lightvessel, lightship as he is its captain. "You will find solitude there," he says. William takes the job and the monotony of the life has upset the minds of many of the men who live on the ''Relief''. There a tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' (1932), as the pirate Long John Silver in '' Treasure Island'' (1934), as Pancho Villa in '' Viva Villa!'' (1934), and his title role in '' The Champ'' (1931), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 films during a 36-year career. His contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stipulated in 1932 that he would be paid $1 more than any other contract player at the studio. This made Beery the highest-paid film actor in the world during the early 1930s. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr. For his contributions to the film industry, Beery was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early life Beery was born the youngest of three boys on April 1, 1885, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Beery
Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of character actor Noah Beery Jr. He was billed as either Noah Beery or Noah Beery Sr. depending upon the film. Early life Noah Nicholas Beery was born on a farm in Clay County, Missouri, not far from Smithville, Missouri, Smithville.''Dictionary of Missouri Biography'', Lawrence O. Christensen, University of Missouri Press, 1999. The Beery family left the farm in the 1890s and moved to nearby Kansas City, Missouri, where the father was employed as a police officer. While still a young boy Beery got his first exposure to theatre, and at the same time showed budding entrepreneurship by selling lemon drops at the Gillis Theater in Kansas City. Beery's deep, rich voice in his early teens led several actors at the Gillis Theater to encourage him to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Browne Faire
Virginia Brown Faire (born Virginia Cecelia Labuna; June 26, 1904 – June 30, 1980) was an American silent film actress, appearing in dramatic films and, later, in sound westerns. Early years Virginia Cecelia Labuna was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Joseph Labuna and Martha Delsand. Other sources have her last name as La Buna. She attended Wadleigh High School for Girls. She was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being one of the four winners of the '' Motion Picture Classic'' magazine's "Fame and Fortune" contest, which she had entered as Virginia Brown, using her stepfather's last name. The winners later appeared in a short film, ''A Dream of Fair Women'' (1920). Film Not long after she turned 15 years-old she presented herself at the Metro studio where she was almost immediately put on. Shortly after she appeared in pictures for Fox Films she was working at Universal Pictures. Between 1920 and 1935, she appeared in some 75 films. Her first film credit was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Thornby
Robert Thornby (March 27, 1888 – March 6, 1953) was an American film director, director and actor of the silent film, silent era. He directed 75 films between 1913 and 1927. He also appeared in 48 films between 1911 and 1930. He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''When Ghost Meets Ghost'' (1913) * ''Bianca (1913 film), Bianca'' (1913) * ''On Dangerous Ground (1917 film), On Dangerous Ground'' (1917) * ''A Little Sister of Everybody'' (1918) * ''Lawless Love'' (1918) * ''Her Inspiration'' (1918) * ''Carolyn of the Corners'' (1919) * ''The Prince and Betty (film), The Prince and Betty'' (1919) * ''Fighting Cressy'' (1919) * ''Are You Legally Married?'' (1919) * ''The Deadlier Sex'' (1920) * ''Simple Souls'' (1920) * ''The Girl in the Web'' (1920) * ''Felix O'Day (film), Felix O'Day'' (1920) * ''The Magnificent Brute (1921 film), The Magnificent Brute'' (1921) * ''That Girl Montana'' (1921) * ''The Fox (1921 film), T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Storm (film)
''The Perfect Storm'' is a 2000 American biographical disaster drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and based on the 1997 creative non-fiction book of the same name by Sebastian Junger. The film was adapted by William D. Wittliff, with an uncredited rewrite by Bo Goldman, and tells the story of '' Andrea Gail'', a commercial fishing vessel that was lost at sea with all hands after being caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991. The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and John C. Reilly. ''The Perfect Storm'' was released on June 30, 2000, by Warner Bros. Despite mixed reviews, the film grossed $328 million worldwide, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 2000. Plot In October 1991, the commercial swordfishing boat '' Andrea Gail'' returns to port in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a poor catch. Boat owner Bob Brown ridicules and taunts Captain Billy Tyne over his rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugged Water
''Rugged Water'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and written by James Shelley Hamilton and Joseph C. Lincoln. The film stars Lois Wilson, Wallace Beery, Warner Baxter, Phyllis Haver, Dot Farley, J. P. Lockney, James Mason, and Willard Cooley. The film was released on August 17, 1925, by Paramount Pictures. Plot A Cape Cod melodrama about the U.S. Life-Saving Service based on a novel by Joseph C. Lincoln. When the captain of the Setauket Life Saving Station retires, the second in command, Calvin Homer ( Warner Baxter), expects to be promoted; but the appointment goes instead to Benoni Bartlett (Wallace Beery), a religious fanatic who has been named a hero as the only survivor of dangerous rescue that claimed the lives of his fellow crewmen at a neighboring station. Bartlett's daughter Norma ( Lois Wilson)) convinces Homer to stay in spite of her father's antagonistic ways. Soon a romance springs up between the two of them, even though Myra F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Of The Sea
''Code of the Sea'' is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Victor Fleming and starred Rod La Rocque and Jacqueline Logan. Cast Preservation Prints of ''Code of the Sea'' survive in the Library of Congress collection as well as George Eastman House and UCLA Film and Television Archive.''Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.32 c.1978 by The American Film Institute See also * '' Godless Men'' (1920) * '''' (1923) * ''Rugged Water
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Godless Men
''Godless Men'' is a 1920 American silent adventure drama film directed by Reginald Barker and produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. It stars Russell Simpson (actor), Russell Simpson and James Mason (American actor), James "Jim" Mason as a father and son. It is based on a ''Saturday Evening Post'' short story "Black Pawl" by Ben Ames Williams. This film exists in a private collection. Plot Cast *Russell Simpson (actor), Russell Simpson as 'Black' Pawl *James Mason (American actor), James "Jim" Mason as 'Red' Pawl *Helene Chadwick as Ruth Lytton *John Bowers (actor), John Bowers as Dan Darrin *Alec B. Francis as Reverend Sam Poor *Bob Kortman as Seaman Speiss *Irene Rich as 'Black Pawl's' Wife *Lionel Belmore as Seaman Neighbor *Frankie Lee as 'Red Pawl' as a Boy (uncredited) *Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Seaman (uncredited) See also *''Stormswept'' (1923) *''Code of the Sea'' (1924) *''Rugged Water'' (1925) *''Sensation Seekers'' (1927) *''The Perfect Storm (film), Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred Dunn
Winifred Dunn ( 1898 - 1977) was an American screenwriter, editor, radio scenario writer, and art critic in the early 20th century. She was one of the youngest scenario editors of the silent era and was credited with writing over 40 productions.Hansen, James. "Winifred Dunn." In Jane Gaines, Radha Vatsal, and Monica Dall'Asta, eds. Women Film Pioneers Project. Center for Digital Research and Scholarship. New York, NY: Columbia University Libraries, 2013. Web. September 27, 2013.Imperato, Pascal James., and Eleanor M. Imperato. ''They Married Adventure: The Wandering Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson''. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1992. Print. Early life Born around 1898, Winifred Dunn spent her childhood on an island at Squirrel Lake, Wisconsin.Motion Picture News, Inc. ''Motion Picture News Booking Guide and Studio Directory (Oct 1927)''. N.p.: New York, Motion Picture News, 1927. Print. Coming from a family of writers, Dunn made her decision to be a writer at the age of 6. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arline Pretty
Arline Pretty (September 5, 1885 – April 14, 1978) was an American film actress of the silent era. Life and career Pretty was born September 5, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a musician. For three years, Pretty acted on stage in Washington, D. C., with the Columbia Stock Company before debuting in films in 1913. Her early film experience was as a supporting actress for King Baggot at Universal. After that, she acted for the Vitagraph Company in leading ingenue parts. She appeared as the daughter of a jailer with Douglas Fairbanks in '' In Again, Out Again''. Pretty's film work included the Vitagraph serial ''The Secret Kingdom'' (1917), Selected filmography * '' One Best Bet'' (1914) * '' The Surprises of an Empty Hotel'' (1916) * '' In Again, Out Again'' (1917) * ''A Woman in Grey'' (1920) * ''Life'' (1920) * '' The Valley of Doubt'' (1920) * '' When the Devil Drives'' (1922) * '' Love in the Dark'' (1922) * ''Stormswept'' (1923) * '' The White Flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines which principally serve as a consumer guide to movies. Magazines and trade publications Scholarly journals References * Bibliography * Slide, Anthony. ''International Film, Radio, and Television Journals''. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985. xiv, 428 p. * Loughney, Katharine. ''Film, Television, and Video Periodicals: A Comprehensive Annotated''. New York: Garland Publ, 1991. 431 External links at FIAF {{Filmstudies Film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
