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Charles K. Gerard
Charles K. Gerrard (20 December 1883 – 1 January 1969), also known as Charles Kavanagh, was an Irish-American motion-picture actor, and the elder brother of actor and film director Douglas Gerrard.''Silent Film Necrology'', p.194 by Eugene Michael Vazzana c.2001 ISBN 0-7864-1059-0 Selected filmography * ''His Brother's Wife (1916 film), His Brother's Wife'' (1916) * ''The Prince Chap'' (1916) - Jack Rodney, Earl of Huntington * ''Miss Petticoats'' (1916) - Count Renier * ''The Country That God Forgot'' (1916) - Craig Wells * ''The Plow Girl'' (1916) - Lord Percy Brentwood * ''The Heart of Texas Ryan'' (1917) - Sen. J. Murray Allison (uncredited) * ''Melting Millions (1917 film), Melting Millions'' (1917) - Hamilton * ''A Woman's Awakening'' (1917) - Lawrence Topham * ''Down to Earth (1917 film), Down to Earth'' (1917) - Charles Riddles - Ethel's Lover * ''Little Miss Optimist'' (1917) - Samuel Winter * ''The Fair Barbarian'' (1917) - Capt. Francis Barold * ''The Legion of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlow
Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, twelfth-largest urban center in Ireland. The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic boundary between counties County Laois, Laois and Carlow. However, the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 included the town entirely in County Carlow. The settlement of Carlow is thousands of years old and pre-dates written Irish history. The town has played a major role in Irish history, serving as the capital of the country in the 14th century. The town is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Etymology The name is an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish ''Ceatharlach''. Historically, it was anglicised as ''Caherlagh'', ''Caterlagh'' and ''Catherlagh'', which are closer to the Irish spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fair Barbarian
''The Fair Barbarian'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Edith M. Kennedy, based on an 1881 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Vivian Martin, Clarence Geldart, Douglas MacLean, Jane Wolfe, Josephine Crowell, and Mae Busch. The film was released on December 17, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine 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 whi ..., Octavia Bassett (Martin) of Bloody Gulch, after a breakup with her sweetheart, decides to visit her Aunt Belinda (Wolfe) in Slowbridge. Her apparel and automobile shock the inhabitants of Slowbridge, and tongues are set wagging at the musicale of Lady Theobald (Crowell). Octavia matches wits with C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispers (1920 Film)
A whisper is a sound produced by whispering. Whisper(s) or The Whisper(s) may also refer to: Fictional characters * Whisper (''Fable''), from the video game ''Fable'' * Whisper A'Daire, from the DC Comics supervillain team Intergang * Whisper the Wolf, from the IDW Publishing comic series ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' * The Whisper (Arrowverse), from the TV series ''Batwoman'' Films * ''Whisper'' (film), a 2007 American horror film directed by Stewart Hendler * ''Whispers'' (1920 film), an American comedy drama film directed by William P. S. Earle * ''Whispers'' (1990 film), a Canadian horror film based on the novel by Dean Koontz Music Groups * Mosaic Whispers, or The Whispers, a Washington University co-ed a cappella group * Ray Brown & the Whispers, a 1960s Australian rock band * The Whispers, an American R&B singing group Albums * ''Whisper'' (EP), by VIXX LR, or the title song, 2017 * ''Whispers'' (Passenger album) or the title song, 2014 * ''Whispers'' (Thomas Anders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Women Sin
''Why Women Sin'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Anna Luther, Charles K. Gerrard and Claire Whitney.Munden p.226 Plot Cast * Anna Luther as Dorothy Pemberton * E. J. Ratcliffe as Philip Pemberton * Baby Ivy Ward as Little Grace * Claire Whitney as Baroness de Ville * Charles K. Gerrard as Baron de Ville * Al Hart as Horton * Jack W. Johnston J. W. Johnston (October 2, 1876 – July 29, 1946) was an Irish American stage and film actor who started as a supporting actor and, briefly, leading man in the 1910s and early 1920s, continued as a character performer from the mid-1920s, and en ... as Captain Morelake 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 * 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ellen Comes To Town
''Mary Ellen Comes to Town'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Wells Hastings and Helen G. Smith. Starring Dorothy Gish, Kate Bruce, Ralph Graves, Adolph Lestina, Charles K. Gerrard, and Raymond Cannon, the film was released on March 21, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Mary Ellen (Gish) lives in a very small and unprogressive village, her entertainment being to watch the New York City train that passes through each day. A lucky chance gives her a card of introduction to a New York theatrical producer, and she goes to the city, innocently engaging as an entertainer at the Coster Cabaret, which is the headquarters of Willie the Weasel (Gerrard) and his band. The Weasel seeks to obtain the fortune recently inherited by Bob Fairacres (Graves), also of Mary Ellen's village, though she does not know it. The Weasel forces Mary Ellen to aid him by throwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counterfeit (1919 Film)
''Counterfeit'' is a 1919 American silent detective drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Elsie Ferguson. The assistant director was C. Van Arsdale. The picture was the fourth film Fitzmaurice and Ferguson worked on together. Plot As described in a film magazine, Virginia Griswold (Ferguson), whose family is in financial straits, resolves to remedy the situation by finding the source of widely distributed counterfeit bills, as a large reward is offered for the capture of the maker of the fake bills. A clue takes her to Newport where she poses as one of the idle rich and falls in love with Stuart Kent (Powell), a man of means, who returns her affection. Vincent Cortez (Gerard), about whom little is known, also becomes enamored of Virginia and she accepts his affections, much to the consternation of Stuart. She offers no acceptable explanation to Stuart for this. Carefully and craftily she leads Vincent to the point of sharing confidences, although this course g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teeth Of The Tiger (film)
''The Teeth of the Tiger'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Withey and written by Roy Somerville based upon a novel of the same name by Maurice Leblanc. The film stars David Powell, Marguerite Courtot, Templar Saxe, Myrtle Stedman, Joseph Herbert, Charles L. MacDonald, and Riley Hatch. The film was released on November 2, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is summoned to protect his invalid, wealthy friend Henry Forbes. Despite the watchfulness of Paul and Alexandre Mazeroux, a fellow criminal turned detective, Forbes is murdered. French detective Jabot and the New York detective force have many suspects including Paul, Marie Forbes, the dead man's widow who is suspected on the basis of an apple found with an imprint of her teeth on it, Gordon Savage, her lover, and Florence Chandler, Forbes' secretary and beneficiary under his will. After a series of traps, fals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Isle Of Conquest
''The Isle of Conquest'' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and produced by Talmadge and her husband Joseph Schenck. The film is now considered lost. Plot Based upon a short review in a film magazine, a young woman (Talmadge) marries a wealthy scoundrel so that her mother can live in luxury. While vacationing on his yacht, she becomes shipwrecked and is cast on a desert island with a stoker (Standing) for her companion. They eventually fall in love, but are rescued just before celebrating their wilderness-witnessed nuptials. Her husband later dies, so the lovers are then able to marry. Cast * Norma Talmadge as Ethel Harmon * Wyndham Standing as John Arnold * Charles K. Gerrard as Van Surdam * Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Harmon * Natalie Talmadge as Janis Harmon * Claire Whitney as Claire Wilson * Gareth Hughes as Jack Frazier * Joseph W. Smiley as Dr. Chase * William Bailey * Merceita Esmond See also *List of lost films For this list of lost film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Moon (1919 Film)
''The New Moon'' is a 1919 silent film adventure drama directed by Chester Withey and produced by and starring Norma Talmadge, with Pedro de Cordoba and Charles K. Gerrard. Plot Princess Maria Pavlovna (Norma Talmadge) is at a grand ball in the palace of the Pavlovnas, given in honor of her engagement to Prince Michail Koloyar (Pedro de Cordoba). Marie reveals a democratic side in her kind treatment of the peasants, and is beloved by them. In the midst of the gaiety, a Bolshevik mob led by Orel Kosloff (Stuart Holmes) invades the palace to ruthlessly kill and plunder, leaving the palace in ruins. Kosloff is actually a tool of an uninvited guest, Theo Kameneff (Charles Gerard), who is only a pretend Red, being paid by a foreign government to ruin Russia. The Prince makes one gallant fight after another to save Marie, and finally succeeds in sending her away in a carriage, but loses track of her as he makes his own escape. Disguising himself as a peasant courier, who is a Red, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pest (1919 Film)
''The Pest'' is a lost 1919 silent American comedy-drama film directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Mabel Normand, John Bowers, and Charles K. Gerrard, and released on April 20, 1919. Plot Cast * Mabel Normand as Jigs * John Bowers as Gene Giles * Charles K. Gerard as John Harland * Alec B. Francis as Judge Fisher * Leota Lorraine as Blanche Fisher * Jack Curtis as Asher Blodgett * Pearl Elmore as Amy Blodgett * James Bradbury as "Noisy" Wilson * Vera Lewis Vera Lewis (June 10, 1873 – February 8, 1956) was an American film and stage actress, beginning in the silent film era. She appeared in more than 180 films from 1915 to 1947. She was married to actor Ralph Lewis. Biography She was born ... as Housekeeper References External links * * * 1919 films 1919 comedy-drama films 1919 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Films directed by Christy Cabanne Goldwyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something To Do
''Something to Do'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Maximilian Foster and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Bryant Washburn, Ann Little, Robert Brower, Charles K. Gerrard, Adele Farrington, and Charles Ogle. The film was released on April 13, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jack Merrill (Washburn), wealthy apostle of idleness, is advised by his physician to "find something to do" if he want to live long. His valet, posing as Lord Sidney, seeks to win the hand and fortune of newly rich Mrs. Parkin (Farrington), who has had her relative Peter Remwick (Brower) declared insane and confined to an asylum. Janet Remwick, his daughter, is permitted to stay on as secretary. Merrill learns of his valet's exploits and Janet's predicament, and masquerades as a nobleman to gain entry into the house. Peter Remwick escapes and returns to the house followed by his captors. Jack is instrumental in establishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pettigrew's Girl
''Pettigrew's Girl'' is a lost 1919 silent film drama directed by George Melford and starring Ethel Clayton. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky with distribution through Paramount Pictures. Cast * Ethel Clayton - Daisy Heath *Monte Blue Gerard Montgomery Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player ... - Private William Pettigrew * James "Jim" Mason - Private Jiggers Botley * Charles K. Gerrard - Hugh Varick * Clara Whipple - Piggy References External links Pettigrew's Girl at IMDb.com archived) 1919 films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
