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The Craving (1916 Film)
''The Craving'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Charles Bartlett starring William Russell, Charlotte Burton, and Rae Berger. Cast * William Russell as Foster Calhoun * Rae Berger as Leroy Calhoun * Charlotte Burton as Roby * Helene Rosson as Margaret Cummings * Roy Stewart Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008) was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran th ... as Oliver Bailey * Robert Miller as Crooky External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bartlett (film Director)
Charles Earl Bartlett (1888-?) was an American silent film director.American film personnel and company credits, 1908-1920: filmographies reordered by authoritative organizational and personal names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American film-index Filmography As actor ;1912 ** '' A Four-Footed Hero'' : Jack ** '' The Massacre of the Fourth Cavalry'' de Frank Montgomery : Lieutenant Davis ** '' The Half-Breed Scout'' de Frank Montgomery : Jim, un pionnier ** '' An Indian Ishmael'' : Lieutenant ** '' A Red Man's Love'' de Frank Montgomery : Caporal Taylor ** ''Trapper Bill, King of Scouts'' : Bill le Trappeur ** '' Star Eyes' Stratagem'' de Frank Montgomery : Crow Face, un guerrier Sioux ** '' The Tattoo'' : Cy Hardy ** '' At Old Fort Dearborn; or, Chicago in 1812'' de Frank Montgomery : Dan Rawlins ** '' The Massacre of Santa Fe Trail'' de Frank Montgomery ** '' The Girl from Golden Run'' ** '' A Shot in the Dark'' de Ben F. Wilson : Tom Selvige ** '' For Love, Life and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell (American Actor)
William Russell (born William Lerche; April 12, 1884 – February 18, 1929) was an American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He appeared in over two hundred silent-era motion pictures between 1910 and 1929, directing five of them in 1916 and producing two through his own production company in 1918 and 1925. Early life and career Born in the Bronx borough of New York City, Russell began his acting career on the stage when he was eight years old. He appeared with such notables as Ethel Barrymore, Chauncey Olcott, Blanche Bates, Maude Adams and others. Russell's Broadway credits include ''Princess Flavia'' (1925), ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1923), and ''The Tenderfoot'' (1904). His career came to a stop when he was 16, however, when he became an invalid. Through rigorous physical therapy, he recovered his health six years later. He then became an amateur boxing champion. Motion pictures Russell began his screen career in New York with the Biograph Company, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Burton
Charlotte E. Burton (May 30, 1881 – March 28, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Career Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She joined Essanay Studios which she sued in 1919 for $25,000 for breach of contract. She originally signed with the company believing she would be acting in mostly drama film but she was cast in mostly comedy films. Her salary had been $200 a week with an option for her services at the rate of $300 a week for a second year. Charlotte claimed that she was signed by Essanay business manager, Vernon R. Day, to a contract extending from November 1916 until November 1918. She was discharged without reason. When Burton came to the Chicago, studio she refused a role offered her in a Black Cat comedy, presented to her by Essanay president George K. Spoor. She declined because she was not a comedian. Instead, she accepted a role as leading lady in a film f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rae Berger
Rae Berger or ''Rhea Berger'' (March 26, 1877 – November 9, 1931) was an early silent film actor and director. He is erroneously listed in Duke University's "Women Film Pioneers"; he was in fact male. He married actress Mary Martin. Director filmography *''Danger Within'' (1918) *'' The Magic Eye'' (1918) *''The Valley of Decision'' (1916) *''Bluff'' (1916) *'' The Voice of Love'' (1916) *'' The Three Pals'' (1916) *'' A Million for Mary'' (1916) *''Purity'' (1916) *''The Overcoat'' (1916) (as Rhea Berger) Actor filmography *'' The Craving'' (1916) .... Leroy Calhoun *'' The First Quarrel'' (1916) *'' Author! Author!'' (1915) .... Marcellus M. Peckinpaw *''Two Hearts and a Thief'' (1915) *''Johnny the Barber'' (1915) *''An Auto-Bungalow Fracas'' (1915) *''Mother's Busy Week'' (1915) *'' Love, Mumps and Bumps'' (1915) *''Incognito Incognito is an English adjective meaning "in disguise", "having taken steps to conceal one's identity". Incognito may also refer to: Film and te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutual Film
Mutual Film Corporation was an early American film conglomerate that produced some of Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedies. Founded in 1912, it was absorbed by Film Booking Offices of America, which evolved into RKO Pictures. Founding Mutual's predecessor film businesses began with the partnership behind the Western Film Exchange, founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July 1906. The partnership included Harry E. Aitken, Roy Aitken, and John R. Freuler. In 1910, Freuler also formed a partnership with Chicago film distributor Samuel S. Hutchinson, establishing a production entity known as the American Film Manufacturing Company. In early 1912 the Shallenberger brothers (Wilbert E. and William Edgar), Crawford Livingston, and others as investors including Charles J. Hite, the President & CEO of Thanhouser Film Corporation, joined Freuler and Harry E. Aitken in the formation of Mutual Film. Mutual Film Corporation was formed in 1912 by a group of American businessmen including Harry E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reel
A reel is an object around which a length of another material (usually long and flexible) is wound for storage (usually hose are wound around a reel). Generally a reel has a cylindrical core (known as a '' spool'') with flanges around the ends (known as the ''rims'') to retain the material wound around the core. In most cases the core is hollow in order to pass an axle and allow the reel to rotate like a wheel, and crank or handles may exist for manually turning the reel, while others are operated by (typically electric) motors. Construction The size of the core is dependent on several factors. A smaller core will obviously allow more material to be stored in a given space. However, there is a limit to how tightly the stored material can be wound without damaging it and this limits how small the core can be. Other issues affecting the core size include: * Mechanical strength of the core (especially with big reels) * Acceptable turning speed (for a given rate of material ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intertitle
In films, an intertitle, also known as a title card, is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (i.e., ''inter-'') the photographed action at various points. Intertitles used to convey character dialogue are referred to as "dialogue intertitles", and those used to provide related descriptive/narrative material are referred to as "expository intertitles". In modern usage, the terms refer to similar text and logo material inserted at or near the start or end of films and television shows. Silent film era In this era intertitles were mostly called "subtitles" and often had Art Deco motifs. They were a mainstay of silent films once the films became of sufficient length and detail to necessitate dialogue or narration to make sense of the enacted or documented events. ''The British Film Catalogue'' credits the 1898 film ''Our New General Servant'' by Robert W. Paul as the first British film to use intertitles. Film scholar Kamilla Elliott identifies another early use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film
A silent film is a film with no 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, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of cinema pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Rosson
Helene M. Rosson (June 14, 1897 – May 5, 1985), also known as Hellene M. Rosson, was an American silent film actress. Biography Hellene M. Rosson, born June 14, 1897, was the sixth child and third daughter of jockey and horse trainer Arthur Richard Rosson (1857–1935) and Hellen Rochefort Rosson (1860–1933). Rosson entered film in 1915 and starred in 37 films over her ten-year career until 1925. She starred in films such as '' The Craving'' in 1916 with actors such as Charlotte Burton. She died in 1985, aged 87. She is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. Partial filmography * '' The Grind'' (1915) * ''The White Rosette'' (1916) * '' The Craving'' (1916) * ''True Nobility'' (1916) * '' The Release of Dan Forbes'' (1916) * ''The Abandonment'' (1916) * '' The Sign of the Spade'' (1916) * ''The Undertow'' (1916) * ''The Price of a Good Time'' (1917) * ''Ace High'' (1919) * '' Get Your Man'' (1921) * ''Devil Dog Dawson'' (1921) * ''At Devil's Gorge'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Stewart (silent Film Actor)
Roy Stewart (October 17, 1883 – April 26, 1933) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1933. He was born in San Diego, California. On April 26, 1933, he died at his Westwood, California, home, of a heart attack. He was 49 years old. Partial filmography * ''The Solution to the Mystery'' (1915) * '' The Silver Lining'' (1915) * '' The Substitute Minister'' (1915) * '' The Wasp'' (1915) * ''The Exile of Bar-K Ranch'' (1915) * ''The Diamond from the Sky'' (1915) * ''The Hungry Actors'' (1915) * ''From Italy's Shores'' (1915) * ''Just Nuts'' (1915) * ''Willie Runs the Park'' (1915) * ''The House Built Upon Sand'' (1916) * ''Liberty'' (1916) * '' The Bruiser'' (1916) * '' The Craving'' (1916) * ''The Smugglers of Santa Cruz'' (1916) * '' The Thoroughbred'' (1916) * ''The Other Side of the Door'' (1916) * ''A Daughter of the Poor'' (1917) * ''The Double Standard'' (1917) * '' The Medicine Man'' (1917) * ''The Boss of the Lazy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Films
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Film for a salary of $10,000 a week and a signing on fee of $150,000, making him one of the highest-paid people in the United States. * June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year. * July 19 – Famous Players-Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures. * August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film ''The Battle of the Somme'' is premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release (from 20 August) 20 million people view it. * September 5 – Release of D. W. Griffith's epic film '' Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages'', starring Lillian Gish (as "The Eternal Motherhood") and Constance Talmadge (in two ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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