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Chief John Big Tree
Chief John Big Tree (born Isaac Johnny John, June 2, 1877 – July 6, 1967) was a member of the Seneca Nation and an actor who appeared in 59 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Buffalo, New York and died in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York. His interment was also there. Big Tree claimed to be one of three Native American chiefs whose profiles were composited to make the portrait featured on the obverse of the United States' Indian Head nickel, designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser. The other two chiefs were Iron Tail and Two Moons. Big Tree claimed that his profile was used to create that portion of the portrait from the top of the forehead to the upper lip. Big Tree also claimed to be the sole model for Fraser's most recognized work, the doleful '' End of the Trail''. Both of these claims are broadly disputed, and Fraser identified other models. He also appeared on the March 1964 cover of ''Esquire'' magazine, in a pose commemorating the Indian Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Caravans
''Fighting Caravans'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower and David Burton and starring Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, and Ernest Torrence. Based on the 1929 novel ''Fighting Caravans'' by Zane Grey, the film is about a young frontier scout who helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try to save him from falling in love. Although billed as being based on the Zane Grey novel, the stories have little in common. The film was actually written by Agnes Brand Leahy, Edward E. Paramore, Jr., and Keene Thompson. ''Fighting Caravans'' was remade just three years later as '' Wagon Wheels'', a low-budget production employing extensive stock footage from ''Fighting Caravans'' and starring Randolph Scott George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned the years from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spirit Of '76 (1917 Film)
''The Spirit of '76'' (1917) was a controversial silent film that depicted both factual and fictional events during the American Revolutionary War. The film was directed by Frank Montgomery and produced and written by Robert Goldstein. Goldstein would later go to Federal prison for violating the Espionage Act, because of scenes depicted in the film. No prints of the movie have been known to survive, and it is categorized as a lost film. Synopsis A romance between King George III of Great Britain and a Quaker girl, Catherine, who becomes his morganatic wife, forms the early part of the story. Catherine is really half native, being the daughter of a French adventurer and an indigenous woman, adopted and brought to England by a Quaker voyager. The hardships of the American colonists are shown and their rebellion against the English rule. In this rebellion, Catherine sees a chance to avenge herself upon the King, who has legally married a German princess. She goes to America and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frontiersman
''The Frontiersman'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Reginald Barker and written by Tom Miranda and Gordon Rigby. The film stars Tim McCoy, Claire Windsor, Tom O'Brien, Russell Simpson, Lillian Leighton and Louise Lorraine. The film was released on June 11, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast * Tim McCoy as John Dale * Claire Windsor as Lucy * Tom O'Brien as Abner Hawkins * Russell Simpson as Andrew Jackson * Lillian Leighton as Mrs. Andrew Jackson * Louise Lorraine as Athalie Burgoyne * May Foster as Mandy * Chief John Big Tree as Grey Eagle * Frank Hagney as White Snake * Hans Joby Hans Joby (3 August 1884 – 30 April 1943) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 63 films between 1920 and 1944. He was also billed as "Captain John Peters", and often played aristocratic Prussian-types, memorably in Laurel and Hardy' ... as Col. Coffee References External links * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winners Of The Wilderness
''Winners of the Wilderness'' is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Joan Crawford. In this costume drama, set during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Rene Contrecouer (Crawford), the daughter of a French general falls for a soldier of fortune (McCoy). The film was photographed mostly in black and white, but one scene was in color by Technicolor. Cast *Tim McCoy – Colonel Sir Dennis O'Hara *Joan Crawford – Rene Contrecoeur *Edward Connelly – General Contrecoeur * Roy D'Arcy – Captain Dumas *Louise Lorraine – Mimi * Edward Hearn – General George Washington * Tom O'Brien – Timothy *Will Walling – General Edward Braddock *Frank Currier – Governor de Vaudreuil *Lionel Belmore – Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia *Chief John Big Tree Chief John Big Tree (born Isaac Johnny John, June 2, 1877 – July 6, 1967) was a member of the Seneca Nation and an actor who appeared in 59 films between 1915 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Desert's Toll
''The Desert's Toll'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Kathleen Key, Francis McDonald, and Tom Santschi.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Desert's Toll'' at silentera.com Plot Frank Darwin (Francis McDonald) needs to convince Muriel (Kathleen Key) he did not kill her Father, as claimed by Jasper (Tom Santschi) and Oneta (Anna May Wong).Cast Preservation A print of ''The Desert's Toll'' is preserved in theGeorge Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection
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Mantrap (1926 Film)
''Mantrap'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis. ''Mantrap'' stars Clara Bow, Percy Marmont, Ernest Torrence, Ford Sterling, and Eugene Pallette, and was directed by Victor Fleming. Plot Ralph Prescott (Marmont) is a New York divorce lawyer tired of his clientele. Woodbury (Pallette), who runs a ladies hosiery business across the hall, suggests that they get away from the city and camp in Mantrap, Canada. Bachelor Joe Easter (Torrence) runs a dry-goods store in Mantrap. Joe, wanting female company, goes to Minneapolis. In a barbershop there, backwoods Joe meets flirtatious manicurist Alverna (Bow), who agrees to meet Joe for dinner. Prescott and Woodbury fight while camping. Joe separates them by taking Prescott back to Mantrap—where Prescott meets Alverna, now married to Joe and bored with backwoods life. Alverna throws a party and flirts, especially with Prescott, who's attracted to her but honorable enough t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frontier Trail
''The Frontier Trail'' is a lost 1926 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Harry Carey. Plot Cast * Harry Carey - Jim Cardigan * Mabel Julienne Scott - Dolly Mainard * Ernest Hilliard - Captain Blackwell * Frank Campeau - Shad Donlin * Nelson McDowell - Pawnee Jake * Charles Hill Mailes - Major Mainard (as Charles Mailes) * Harvey Clark - Sergeant O'Shea * Aggie Herring - Mrs. O'Shea * Chief John Big Tree - Chief Gray Wolf See also * 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 ... References External links * * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films 1926 lost films American black-and-white films Films directed by Scott R. Dunlap Lost Western (genre) films Lost American films Pathé Exchange film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranson's Folly (1926 Film)
''Ranson's Folly'' is a 1926 American silent Western film produced by and starring Richard Barthelmess and co-starring Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Richard Harding Davis novel and 1904 play, ''Ranson's Folly'', and was filmed previously in 1910 and in 1915 by Edison. Cast * Richard Barthelmess - Lt. Ranson * Dorothy Mackaill - Mary Cahill * Anders Randolf - The Post Trader * Pat Hartigan - Sgt. Clancy * William Bailey - Lt. Crosby (* William Norton Bailey) * Brooks Benedict - Lt. Curtis * C. C. Smith - Col. Bolland (as C.C. Smith USA) * Pauline Neff - Mrs. Bolland * Billie Bennett - Mrs. Truesdale * Frank Coffyn - Post Adjutant * Hans Joby - Judge Advocate (* as Capt. John S. Peters USN) * Taylor N. Duncan - Capt. Carr (* as Taylor Duncan) * J. C. Fowler - Col. Patten (as Jack Fowler) * Edward W. Bowman - Pop Henderson (as E. W. Borman) * Bud Pope - Abe Fisher * Forrest Seabury - Drummer * Chief Eagle Wing - Indian Pete * Chief John Big Tree - Chief Standing Bear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Rider (1925 Film)
''The Red Rider'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Cast * Jack Hoxie as White Elk * Mary McAllister as Lucy Cavanaugh * Jack Pratt as Black Panther * Natalie Warfield as Nautauka * Marin Sais as Silver Waters * William McCall as John Cavanaugh * Francis Ford as Brown Bear * George Connors as Tom Fleming * William Welsh as Ben Hanfer * Clark Comstock Clark Comstock (1862–1934) was an American film actor of the silent and early sound era. He appeared in around 50 films and serials between 1915 and 1930, many of them westerns.Katchmer p.69 Selected filmography * '' The Westerners'' (191 ... as Indian Chief References External links * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Clifford Smith Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Iron Horse (film)
''The Iron Horse'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and produced by Fox Film. It was a major milestone in Ford's career, and his lifelong connection to the western film genre. It was Ford's first major film, in part because the hastily planned production went over budget, as Fox was making a hurried response to the success of another studio's western. In 2011, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Plot The film is about the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It depicts Irish, Italian, and Chinese immigrants, as well as African Americans, as the men who did the backbreaking work that made this feat possible. The primary villain is an unscrupulous businessman who masquerades as a renegade Cheyenne. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Huntress (film)
''The Huntress'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by Lynn Reynolds and written by Percy Heath. It is based on the 1922 novel ''The Huntress'' by Hulbert Footner. The film stars Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Russell Simpson, Walter Long, C.E. Anderson, and Snitz Edwards. The film was released on August 20, 1923, by Associated First National Pictures. Cast Production This was the first of five films, in three years, with Moore and Hughes starring in the lead roles. They also appeared together in '' Sally'' (1925), '' The Desert Flower'' (1925), ''Irene'' (1926), and ''Ella Cinders'' (1926). Preservation With no prints of ''The Huntress'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy .... References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Primitive Lover
''The Primitive Lover'' is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by and starring Constance Talmadge and distributed by Associated First National (later First National Pictures). Sidney A. Franklin served as the director of the movie and Frances Marion wrote the scenario based on a play, ''The Divorcee'', by Edgar Selwyn. This film survives and has been released on DVD. Plot As described in a film magazine, Phyllis Tomley (Talmadge), a romance-stricken young woman, has grown tired of her prosaic, practical husband Hector (Ford) and mourns the loss of the popular author Donald Wales (Harlan), who supposedly died in South America. Wales returns and rushes to Phyllis' arms, not knowing she has married Hector. Wales accuses Hector of taking advantage of his absence, and Phyllis rushes to get a divorce in Nevada. Hector follows and becomes acquainted with an attractive grass widow. Reading Wales' book ''The Primitive Lover'', Hector decides to put its methods into practice. He k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
