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Straight Shooting
''Straight Shooting'' is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. Prints of this film survive in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House. Like many American films of the time, ''Straight Shooting'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors refused to issue a permit for this film as submitted as it consists of detailed portrayal of murder and outlawry. Plot At the end of the 19th century in the Far West, a farmer is fighting for his right to plough the plains. In order to expel the farmers, the ranchers try to control access to water. Cast * Harry Carey as Cheyenne Harry * Duke R. Lee as Thunder Flint (credited as Duke Lee) * George Berrell as Sweet Water Sims * Molly Malone as Joan Sims * Ted Brooks as Ted Sims * Hoot Gibson as Danny Morgan (credits) / Sam Turner (titles) * Milton Brown as Black-Eye Pete (credited as Milt Brown) * Vester Pegg as Placer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He was the recipient of six Academy Awards including a record four wins for Best Director. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. In a career of more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although most of his silent films are now lost). He is renowned both for Westerns such as '' Stagecoach'' (1939), '' The Searchers'' (1956), and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962) and adaptations of classic 20th century American novels such as '' The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940). Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who named him one of the greate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoot Gibson
Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitioned from silent films to become a leading performer in Hollywood's growing cowboy film industry. During the period between World War I and World War II, he was second only to cowboy film legend Tom Mix as a box office draw. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Early life Born Edmund Richard Gibson in Tekamah, Nebraska, he learned to ride a horse as a young boy. His family moved to California when he was seven years old. As a teenager, he worked with horses on a ranch, which led to competition on bucking broncos at area rodeos. Given the nickname "Hoot Owl" by co-workers, the name evolved to just "Hoot". (Michael Wallis' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures Films
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Silent American Western (genre) Films
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Films Directed By John Ford
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American Black-and-white Films
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1917 Western (genre) 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. 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". __TOC__ Events *January – ''Panthea'' is released, the first film from the company that Joseph Schenck formed with his wife, Norma Talmadge, after leaving Loew's Consolidated Enterprises. *February – Buster Keaton first meets 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 Motion Picture Patents Company appeal and results in the end of the company. *April 23 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoot Gibson Filmography
This is a complete filmography of American actor Hoot Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962), including his performances between 1910 and 1960. Gibson appeared in more than 200 films. Background Gibson's career began in 1910 with early silent film "shorts", and he continued as a movie star once "talkies" were introduced, his first sound film being ''The Long, Long Trail'' (1929). Primarily starring in Western films, Gibson worked with many directors, including John Ford, who would direct many popular American Westerns and Civil War films, over his fifty years of film production, including ''The Horse Soldiers'' (1959), starring John Wayne, in which Gibson played a supporting role. As with many silent and early recordings, a number of Gibson's films are considered to be lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Carey Filmography
This is a list of films featuring Harry Carey. 1910 * ''Bill Sharkey's Last Game'' * ''Gentleman Joe'' 1912 * ''An Unseen Enemy'' as The Thief * ''Two Daughters of Eve'' as In Audience * ''Friends'' as Bob Kyne - the Prospector * '' So Near, yet So Far'' as A Thief * ''A Feud in the Kentucky Hills'' as Second Clan Member * '' In the Aisles of the Wild'' as Bob Cole * ''The One She Loved'' as The Neighbor's Friend * ''The Painted Lady'' as At Ice Cream Festival (uncredited) * ''The Musketeers of Pig Alley'' as Snapper's Sidekick * ''Heredity'' as White Renegade Father * ''Gold and Glitter'' as Lumberman (uncredited) * '' The Informer'' as The Union Corporal * '' Brutality'' as At Theatre * '' My Hero'' as Indian * ''The Burglar's Dilemma'' as Older Crook * '' A Cry for Help'' as The Thief * ''The God Within'' 1913 * '' Three Friends'' as In Saloon / In First Factory (uncredited) * ''The Telephone Girl and the Lady'' as The Thief * '' Pirate Gold'' * ''An Adventure in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vester Pegg
Vester Pegg (May 23, 1889 – February 19, 1951) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in 140 films between 1912 and 1941, mainly Westerns. He was born in Appleton City, Missouri and died in Los Angeles, California. Pegg became a picador in 1909, working in a bull ring in Mexico City. He left that job after a bull charged and killed the horse on which Pegg was riding. He moved to California, where he began acting in stock theater. After 18 months of acting on stage, he began acting in films, eventually signing with Universal Pictures, where he worked with Harry Carey's company. Selected filmography * ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Lucky Transfer'' (1915, Short) - The clerk * ''Jordan Is a Hard Road'' (1915) - (uncredited) * '' Blue Blood and Red'' (1916) * ''Intolerance'' (1916) - Extra (uncredited) * ''Blood Money'' (1917, Short) - Bud Cameron * '' The Bad Man of Cheyenne'' (1917, Short) - Vesta * ''The Outlaw and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Malone (actor)
Violet Elizabeth Malone (stage name Molly Malone) (December 7, 1888 – February 14, 1952) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1929. Her father, Lewis Malone, was a metallurgist for mining companies. Her mother was Violet St. John, born in Nebraska to immigrant parents from England. She started her movie career at the relatively late age of 29 but soon caught the eye of comedic actor and director Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle who cast her in a number of his shorts including ''Back Stage'' and '' The Garage'' plus his feature film '' The Round-Up''. She also appeared in films directed by John Ford and Clarence Badger. Her last film was the Universal-Stern silent comedy short ''The Newlyweds' Pest'' in 1929. Selected filmography * '' Mountain Blood'' (1916) * '' Bucking Broadway'' (1917) * '' A Marked Man'' (1917) * ''Straight Shooting'' (1917) * '' The Car of Chance'' (1917) *'' The Phantom's Secret'' (1917) * ''The Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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