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The Lights O' London
''The Lights o' London'' is a melodramatic play, by George R. Sims, first produced in London on 10 September 1881 at the Princess's Theatre, produced by and starring Wilson Barrett. The play was a hit, running for 226 nights, and was frequently revived thereafter. It also opened in New York at the Union Square Theatre in December 1881 and was revived twice on Broadway.In August 1883 at the Grand Opera House (formerly Pike's). The play was twice made into silent films, both titled ''Lights of London'', in 1914, directed by Bert Haldane and 1923, directed by Charles Calvert. Synopsis Harold Armytage and Bess Marks elope. Harold's father is rich but after the elopement disowns him. Clifford Armytage, Harold's scheming cousin, and Seth Preene, a friend of Harold's father, frame innocent Harold for a crime so that Clifford will inherit the father's money instead of Harold. Seth aids Clifford because he hopes that his daughter, Hetty (who declares "I hate poor people"), would t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights O' London 02 - Weir Collection
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Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked Vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckler film, swashbuckling roles in silent films. One of the biggest stars of the silent era, Fairbanks was referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He was also a founding member of United Artists as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Motion Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. Born in Denver, Colorado, Fairbanks started acting from an early age and established himself as an accomplished stage actor on Broadway theatre, Broadway by the late 1900s. He made his film debut in 1915 and quickly became one of the most popular and highest paid actors in Hollywood. In 1919, he co-founded United Artists alongside Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith. Fairbanks married Pickford in 1920 and the couple came to be re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Plays
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1881 Plays
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Charles Calvert (director)
Charles Calvert was a British, silent-era film director. He was sometimes credited as C.C. Calvert or Captain Charles Calvert. Calvert had a reputation as a journeyman director who produced old-fashioned films. Selected filmography * '' Disraeli'' (1916) * '' The Ace of Hearts'' (1916) * '' The Edge of Youth'' (1920) * ''Walls of Prejudice'' (1920) * '' A Prince of Lovers'' (1922) * ''Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, ...'' (1923) * '' Lights of London'' (1923) References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British film directors {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights Of London (1923 Film)
''Lights of London'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Warburton Gamble. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama '' The Lights o' London'' by George Sims and was made at the Lime Grove Studios. It revolves around a rich heir who is framed by his cousin and sent to jail. Cast * Wanda Hawley as Bess Marks * Nigel Barrie as Harold Armytage * Warburton Gamble as Clifford Armytage * James Lindsay as Seth Preene * Mary Clare as Hetty Preene * Cecil Morton York as Sir Oliver Armytage * Dorothy Fane as Belle * A. Harding Steerman as Bertram Marks * H.R. Hignett as Simon Jarvis * Mary Brough as Mrs. Jarvis Reception ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...'' called it a "very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Haldane
Bert Haldane (1871–1937) was a British film director of the silent era. Filmography 1910 *''Coals of Fire (1910 film), Coals of Fire'' (1910) *''Tried and Found True'' (1910) *''Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters'' (1910) *''Behind the Scenes (1910 film), Behind the Scenes'' (1910) *''A Village Love Story'' (1910) *''The Thieves' Decoy'' (1910) *''The Queen of the May'' (1910) *''The Miser's Lesson'' (1910) *''Her Debt of Honour'' (1910) *''Hunger's Curse'' (1910) *''Dora (1910 film), Dora'' (1910) *''Circumstantial Evidence (1910 film), Circumstantial Evidence'' (1910) *''All Is Not Gold That Glitters'' (1910) *''Woman vs. Woman'' (1910) *''The Farmer's Two Sons'' (1910) *''A Plucky Kiddie'' (1910) *''A Chum's Treachery'' (1910) 1911 *''Right Is Might'' (1911) *''A Girl's Love Letter'' (1911) *''A Fool and His Money (1911 film), A Fool and His Money'' (1911) *''The Faith Healer (1911 film), The Faith Healer'' (1911) *''The Road to Ruin (1911 film), The Road to Ruin'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights Of London (1914 Film)
''Lights of London'' is a 1914 British silent film, silent drama film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Arthur Chesney, Phyllis Relph and Fred Paul. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama ''The Lights o' London'' by George Robert Sims, George Sims and was made at Ealing Studios. The play was again turned into Lights of London (1923 film), a silent film in 1923. The film is a Thriller film, thriller and melodrama in which a young man is sent to prison after being framed by his cousin and manages to escape to save his fiancée. The fim was produced by William G.B. Barker, William G.B. Barker. The film had four reels. Cast * Arthur Chesney as Harold Armytage * Phyllis Relph as Hetty Preene * Fred Paul as Clifford Armytage * Thomas H. MacDonald * J. Hastings Batson * Roy Travers * Rolf Leslie References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1914-1918''. Routledge, 2005. External links * 1914 films 1914 drama films Silent British drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Keane
Doris Keane (December 12, 1881 – November 25, 1945) was an American actress, primarily in live theatre. Early life and family Keane was born in Michigan to Joseph Keane and Florence Winter. She was educated privately in Chicago, New York, Paris, and Rome and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Her first professional role was in ''Whitewashing Julia'' in 1903. This was a small role, but she went on to play leading roles in ''The Happy Marriage'' in 1909 and ''The Lights o' London'' in 1911. In 1913, she played Margherita Cavallini in Edward Sheldon's '' Romance''. Her leading man in this long-running play was William Courtenay, who played the part of a priest. Sheldon originally had offered the male lead to his friend John Barrymore, but Barrymore turned it down, preferring to still do comedies. Sheldon reportedly fell in love with her and yearned for her all his life. She played this part in the United States and Europe for the next five years and returned in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodrama
A melodrama is a Drama, dramatic work in which plot, typically sensationalized for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodrama is "an exaggerated version of drama". Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or extremely sentimentality, sentimental, rather than on action. Characters are often Character (arts)#Round vs. flat, flat and written to fulfill established character archetypes. Melodramas are typically set in the private sphere of the home, focusing on morality, family issues, love, and marriage, often with challenges from an outside source, such as a "temptress", a scoundrel, or an aristocratic villain. A melodrama on stage, film, or television is usually accompanied by dramatic and suggestive music that offers further cues to the audience of the dramatic beats being presented. In scholarly and historical musical contexts, melodramas are Victorian era, Victorian dramas in which orchestral music or son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric Theatre (1903 New York City)
Lyric Theatre or Lyric Theater may refer to: Australia *Lyric Theatre, Adelaide, former open-air cinema in Grote Street, Adelaide, 1912–c.1914 * Lyric Theatre, Brisbane part of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, in Brisbane, Queensland *Lyric Theatre, Hilton, former name of the Star Theatres in Hilton, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia * Lyric Theatre, Sydney (1911) * Sydney Lyric theatre, within The Star casino in Sydney, New South Wales Canada * Lyric Theater (Swift Current) in Saskatchewan Hong Kong * Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ireland * Lyric Theatre, Dublin, a former theatre * Lyric Theatre, Belfast in Stranmillis, Belfast; also known as The Lyric Players Theatre United Kingdom * Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), Hammersmith, London * Lyric Theatre, London, Shaftesbury Avenue, West End of London * Lyric Theatre, part of The Lowry in Salford, Greater Manchester United States * Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center (Lexington, Kentucky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Opera House (Manhattan)
Pike's Opera House, later renamed the Grand Opera House, was a theater in New York City on the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and 23rd Street, in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg .... It was constructed in 1868, at a cost of a million dollars (equivalent to about US dollars in ), for distiller and entrepreneur Samuel N. Pike (1822–1872) of Cincinnati. The building survived in altered form until 1960 as an RKO Pictures, RKO movie theater, after which it was replaced by part of Penn South, an urban renewal housing development.Pike was a German Jew, born in 1822 in Schwetzingen/Baden, Germany. His birth name was "Samuel N. Hecht"; his family changed the name in 1827 in the USA to "Pike". See: Rehs, Michael. ''Wurzeln in fremde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
