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Thomas N. Heffron
Thomas N. Heffron (June 13, 1872 – May 24, 1951) was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing him a role with Paramount Pictures a few years later. He left the movie industry in 1922, making all his movies in the silent era. Heffron directed films for Famous Players studio. He died in 1951 at the age of 79 in San Francisco, California. Partial filmography *'' The Brute'' (1914) *'' The Only Son'' (1914) *'' The Scales of Justice'' (1914) *''The Man from Mexico'' (1914) *'' Aristocracy'' (1914) *'' Mrs. Black Is Back'' (1914) *'' The Million'' (1914) *''Gretna Green'' (1915) * ''The House of a Thousand Candles'' (1915) *'' Are You a Mason?'' (1915) *'' The Planter'' (1917) *''Mountain Dew'' (1917) * '' The Stainless Barrier'' (1917) *''Tony America'' (1918) *'' A Man's Fight'' (1919) *'' Thou Art the Man'' (1920) *'' The City of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state. Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); as the " Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the " Sage-hen State". The name means "snowy" in Spanish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man's Fight
''A Man's Fight'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Dustin Farnum and Lois Wilson. Plot As described in a film magazine, wealthy clubman Roger Carr (Farnum) assumes responsibility for a murder for which he believes his sister is guilty. He serves his sentence and returns home only to find that his father will not accept him back as he has besmirched the family name. His sister has entered a convent. He goes west and engages in his profession, mining engineer, soon becoming the leader of the independent miner operators against trust persecution. Here he meets and learns to love a western girl that works as his stenographer. When success is about to crown his efforts, his antagonists discover his prison record and use it against him. Then his sister appears with a signed confession of a butler, formerly in their employ, who told the truth of the murder on his dying bed. This results in a happy ending. Cast * Dustin Farnum as Rog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wife's Romance
''A Wife's Romance'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Clara Kimball Young, Lewis Dayton and Alan Roscoe.Munden p.901 Synopsis A female artist, neglected by her diplomat husband, becomes involved with a Spaniard whose portrait she is painting. Cast * Clara Kimball Young as Joyce Addison * Lewis Dayton as John Addison * Alan Roscoe as Ramón * Lillian Adrian as Joseffa * Wedgwood Nowell as Marquis de Castellar * Robert Cauterio as Pablo * Arthur Stuart Hull as Evan Denbigh * Louise Bates Mortimer Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ... as Isabel de Castellar References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truthful Liar
''The Truthful Liar'' is a lost 1922 American mystery silent film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Percy Heath and Will J. Payne. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Guy Edward Hearn, Charles A. Stevenson, Casson Ferguson, Lloyd Whitlock, George Siegmann, and E. Alyn Warren. The film was released on April 23, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Tess Haggard (Hawley) plunges Arthur Sinclair (Ferguson) into despair after she marries the sturdy David Haggard (Hearn), a rising engineer. While her husband is away on "location," she visits an illegal gambling house with Arthur and other friends. While there the place is first robbed by crooks and then raided by the police, and she loses her rings, lies to her husband but is detected, writes a silly letter and is blackmailed, and is briefly charged with murder. Her troubles are resolved when a Peteer Vanetti (Warren) confesses to the crime and all of the deceptions by Tess are laid bare and forgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Much Wife
''Too Much Wife'' is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron, written by Percy Heath and Lorna Moon, and starring Wanda Hawley, T. Roy Barnes, Arthur Hoyt, Lillian Langdon, Leigh Wyant, Willard Louis, and Bertram Johns. It was released on January 1, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Myra (Hawley) marries Jack Morgan (Barnes), a dealer in hides. He has a love-sick stenographer (Wyant) who is fond of holding hands. Myra overhears her sobbing as she talks to her husband, so she forthwith discharges her. She becomes Jack's assistant in everything from business to golf until he becomes bored. He sends himself a fake telegram so he can get away on a fishing trip, and while fishing his boat capsizes and he is reported lost. He swims to an island where he runs into his former stenographer. She uses "cave man" methods on him and calls him a "jellyfish." His wife and party arrive off shore to strew flowers on his watery gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobbed Hair (1922 Film)
''Bobbed Hair'' is a 1922 American romance film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Harvey F. Thew. The film stars Wanda Hawley, William Boyd, Adele Farrington, Leigh Wyant, Jane Starr, and Margaret Vilmore. The film was released on March 12, 1922, by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Polly Heath (Hawley), a romantic young woman, runs away from home when her approved suitor, Dick Barton (Boyd), dwells too consistently upon material considerations like money and diamonds. She takes up abode with an old school chum in a new thought colony and bobs her hair and dons Grecian vestments. Her suitor follows her and rescues her from ultra modern poet Paul Lamont (Carleton) who has engineered a compromising situation, whereupon she sees his proffered solitaire in a new light and forswears romance and futurism indefinitely. Cast *Wanda Hawley as Polly Heath *William Boyd as Dick Barton * Adele Farrington as Aunt Emily *Leigh Wyant as Zo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truant Husband
''The Truant Husband'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Mahlon Hamilton, Betty Blythe and Francelia Billington.Munden p.327 Cast * Mahlon Hamilton as Billy Sayre * Betty Blythe Betty Blythe (born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter; September 1, 1893 – April 7, 1972) was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as ''The Queen of Sheba'' (1921). She appeared in 63 silent films and 56 t ... as Vera Delauney * Francelia Billington as Sybil Sayre * Edward Ryan as Bram Woller References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Thomas N. Heffron Films distributed by W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Charm
''The Love Charm'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron, starring Wanda Hawley, Mae Busch, and Sylvia Ashton. Cast *Wanda Hawley as Ruth Sheldon *Mae Busch as Hattie Nast * Sylvia Ashton as Julia Nast *Warner Baxter as Thomas Morgan *Carrie Clark Ward Carrie Clark Ward (January 9, 1862 – February 6, 1926) was an American actress of the silent era. Biography Ward was born in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1862. In 1885 Clark acted in a company at the San Francisco Bush Street Theatre. War ... as Housekeeper *Molly McGowan as Maybelle Mooney * Richard Rosson * Michael D. Moore as the little boy References External links * * 1921 films Silent American comedy films 1921 comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Thomas N. Heffron 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Face Value
''Her Face Value'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Percy Heath based upon a story by Earl Derr Biggers. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Lincoln Plumer, Richard Rosson, T. Roy Barnes, Winifred Bryson, Donald MacDonald, and Harvey Clark. The film was released on October 13, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, chorus girl Peggy Malone (Hawley) marries the press agent of her company Jimmy Parsons (Barnes) and, after it disbands, retires to domestic life. She returns to the stage when her constantly visiting relatives cause a drifting apart of husband and wife. She subsequently joins a motion picture company, wins fame, is injured, and by the end of the film regains her husband and happiness. Cast *Wanda Hawley as Peggy Malone * Lincoln Plumer as Pop Malone * Richard Rosson as Eddie Malone (credited as Dick Rosson) * T. Roy Barnes as Jimmy Parsons *Winifred Bryson as Laurette * Donald MacDonald as Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sham (film)
''Sham'' is a lost 1921 American silent romantic drama directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Ethel Clayton and Theodore Roberts. The film is based on the 1905 play of the same name written by Elmer Harris and Geraldine Bonner, and was adapted for the screen by Douglas Z. Doty. Plot Based upon a description in a film publication, Katherine Van Riper (Clayton) is an extravagant young society girl who is very much in debt, and her wealthy aunts and uncle refuse to give her any money. Katherine is desperate enough that she is considering marrying the wealthy Montee Buck (Hiers), although she is in love with the westerner Tom Jaffrey (Fillmore), who says he is poor. Finally, Katherine decides to sell the famous Van Riper pearls, pay off her debts, and marry Tom. However, upon examination the jewelry turns out to be paste, with her father having sold the genuine pearls several years earlier before his death. Montee is assured by the aunts that Katherine will marry him and tell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Kiss In Time (film)
''A Kiss in Time'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Douglas Z. Doty. The film stars Wanda Hawley, T. Roy Barnes, Bertram Johns, Walter Hiers, and Margaret Loomis. The film was released in July 1921, by Realart Pictures Corporation. Cast *Wanda Hawley Wanda Hawley (born Selma Wanda Pittack; July 30, 1895 – March 18, 1963) was an American actress during the silent film era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the United States and Can ... as Sheila Ashlone * T. Roy Barnes as Brian Moore *Bertram Johns as Robert Codman Ames * Walter Hiers as Bertie Ballast * Margaret Loomis as Nymph References External links * 1921 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1921 comedy films Films directed by Thomas N. Heffron American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Sturdy Oak
''Her Sturdy Oak'' (also known as ''The Clinging Vine'') is a 1921 black & white silent American comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Elmer Blaney Harris. Released by Realart Pictures Corporation, the film stars Wanda Hawley, Walter Hiers, and Sylvia Ashton, with a supporting cast of Mayme Kelso, Leo White and Fred R. Stanton. ''Her Sturdy Oak'' is considered a "lost silent feature" by the US Library of Congress. Cast *Wanda Hawley as Violet White * Walter Hiers as Samuel Butteers * Sylvia Ashton as Belle Bright *Mayme Kelso as Mrs. White *Leo White Leo White (November 10, 1882 – September 20, 1948), Leo Weiss, was a German-born British-American film and stage actor who appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. Biography Born in Germany, White grew up in England where ... as Archibald Mellon * Fred R. Stanton as Ranch Foreman References External links * 1921 films American black-and-white films Silent American come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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