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Emily Fitzroy
Emily Fitzroy (24 May 1860 – 3 March 1954) was an English theatre and film actress who eventually became an American citizen. She was at one time a leading lady in London for Sir Charles Wyndham. She made her film debut in 1915. Her debut in sound films came in ''Show Boat'' (1929). She retired in 1944. Her last film was ''The White Cliffs of Dover'' (1944). Her Broadway credits include ''What the Public Wants'' (1922), ''I.O.U.'' (1918), ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1916), ''Lady Patricia'' (1912), and ''Just to Get Married'' (1912). Selected filmography * ''Sins of Men'' (1916) - Minor Role * ''East Lynne'' (1916) - Cornelia * ''The Return of Eve'' (1916) - Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy * '' A Broadway Saint'' (1919) - Martha Galt * '' The Climbers'' (1919) - Mrs. Hunter * '' Deadline at Eleven'' (1920) - Mrs. Martha Stevens * '' The Man Who Lost Himself'' (1920) - Richester's Aunt * '' Way Down East'' (1920) - Maria Poole - Landlady * ''The Frisky Mrs. Johnson'' (1920) - Mrs. Chardley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Boat (1929 Film)
''Show Boat'' is a 1929 American romantic drama film based on the 1926 novel ''Show Boat'' by Edna Ferber. The film initially did not use the 1927 stage musical of the same name as a source, but scenes were later added into the film incorporating two of the songs from the musical as well as other songs. This version was released by Universal in two editions, one a silent film for movie theatres still not equipped for sound, and one a part-talkie with a sound prologue. The film was long believed to be lost, but most of it has been found and released on LaserDisc and shown on Turner Classic Movies. A number of sections of the soundtrack were found in the mid-1990s on Vitaphone records, although the film was made with a Movietone soundtrack. Two more records were discovered in 2005. Plot The eighteen-year-old Magnolia meets, falls in love with, and elopes with riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal. After her father Captain Andy dies, Magnolia, Ravenal, and their daughter Kim lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife Against Wife
''Wife Against Wife'' is a 1921 American drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and written by Dorothy Farnum. It is based on the 1911 play ''The Price'' by George Broadhurst. The film stars Pauline Starke, Percy Marmont, Edward Langford, Emily Fitzroy and Ottola Nesmith. The film was released on September 12, 1921, by Associated First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count .... Cast * Pauline Starke as Gabrielle Gautier * Percy Marmont as Stannard Dole * Edward Langford as Dr. Ethan Bristol * Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Dole * Ottola Nesmith as Florence Bromley References External links * {{IMDb title, 0179529, Wife Against Wife 1921 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films First National Pictures f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Came Back (1924 Film)
''The Man Who Came Back'' is a 1924 silent film drama directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring George O'Brien and Dorothy Mackaill. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation. Fox brought the story to the screen again in 1931 as an early talkie, '' The Man Who Came Back''. Plot Cast * George O'Brien - Henry Potter *Dorothy Mackaill - Marcelle * Cyril Chadwick - Captain Trevelan * Ralph Lewis - Thomas Potter * Emily Fitzroy - Aunt Isabel * Harvey Clark - Charles Reisling *Edward Peil, Sr. Edward J. Peil Sr. (January 18, 1883 – December 29, 1958) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1913 and 1951. Biography Peil was born in Racine, Wisconsin, one of 10 children of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Pell ... - Sam Shu Sin *David Kirby - Gibson * James Gordon - Captain Gallon *Walter Wilkinson - Henry Potter (4 years of age) *Winston Miller - Henry Potter (12 years of age) Preservation status *Incomplete or fragment held at Narodni Filmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untamed Youth (1924 Film)
''Untamed Youth'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Derelys Perdue, Lloyd Hughes and Ralph Lewis.Munden p.850 Plot summary Cast * Ralph Lewis as Joe Ardis * Derelys Perdue as Marcheta * Lloyd Hughes as Robert Ardis * Emily Fitzroy as Emily Ardis * Josef Swickard as Pietro * Joseph J. Dowling as Reverend Loranger * Tom O'Brien as Jim Larson * Mickey McBan Mickey McBan (February 27, 1919 – October 30, 1979) was an American child actor. He was born in Spokane, Washington to British theatrical parents. McBan began his acting career at the age of four in ''Poor Men's Wives'' and specialized in por ... as Ralph 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 * * * * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets (1924 Film)
''Secrets'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage. The film is based upon a 1922 play of the same name, and was remade in 1933 with Mary Pickford Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ... in the leading role. on silentera.com Although the film was never released on video or DVD, copies still exist. Plot The films opens in present. 75-year-old Mary Carlton is depressed over her husband John's illness. She feels her life has no use if he dies. She starts reading her diary, after which the film jumps to 1865 in the time ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whispered Name
''The Whispered Name'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by King Baggot and starring Ruth Clifford, Charles Clary, and W.E. Lawrence. It was based on a Broadway play that had previously been made into the 1917 film '' The Co-Respondent''. Plot As described in a film magazine, Lagdon Van Kreel (Clary), millionaire, is sued by his wife Marcia (Mersch) for divorce at the instigation of her attorney, Craig Stephenson (Merkyl), who has been making love to her. They put detectives on Lagdon's trail. In the meantime Anne Gray (Clifford), a young country woman, elopes with Robert Gordon (Lawrence), a scapegrace, who seeks to victimize her. They arrive at Van Kreel's hotel, where he discovers Gordon's plans, interferes, and takes charge of the young woman. The detectives, suspecting that this is a clandestine meeting, obtain a flash photograph of the two. Anne, alarmed, flees. She does not learn Lagdon's name, nor does he hers. She obtains a position on the ''News'', an ultrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jealous Husbands
''Jealous Husbands'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Earle Williams, Jane Novak, and Ben Alexander. Plot As described in a film magazine review, returning from Europe, Ramón Martinez overhears a conversation which causes him to doubt the fidelity of Alice, his wife. On reaching home, who is away. He finds a note among her belongings which increases his suspicions. A burglar appears and is made the instrument of Ramón's revenge, being hired to abduct Ramón's little son. The son grows up in the company of Romani people. Years later, he is found by his real parents and a packet of letters turns up which establishes Alice's innocence, leading to happiness for all. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Jealous Husbands'' 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. Condi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers Of The Night
''Strangers of the Night'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. It was produced by Louis B. Mayer and released through Metro Pictures. The film was adapted by C. Gardner Sullivan from the 1921 stage play, '' Captain Applejack'', by Walter C. Hackett, which on Broadway had starred Wallace Eddinger. It was remade as a talkie by Warner Brothers in 1931 under the '' Captain Applejack'' title. The 1923 film is now lost. Cast * Matt Moore as Ambrose Applejohn * Enid Bennett as Poppy Faire * Barbara La Marr as Anna Valeska * Robert McKim as Borolsky * Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Whatcombe * Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Pengard * Otto Hoffman as Horace Pengard * Tom Ricketts Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of '' A Chr ... as Lush (as Thomas Ricketts) Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Purple Highway
''The Purple Highway'' is a lost 1923 American comedy-drama film directed by Henry Kolker and starring Madge Kennedy. It was released by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1921 Broadway play, ''Dear Me'', by Hale Hamilton and Luther Reed. Hamilton's wife Grace La Rue starred in the play version. Cast *Madge Kennedy as April Blair *Monte Blue as Edgar Prentice aka Edgar Craig *Vincent Coleman as Dudley Quail * Pedro de Cordoba as Joe Renard *Dore Davidson as Manny Bean *Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Carney *William H. Tooker as Mr. Quail *Winifred Harris Winifred Vera Emily Harris (17 March 1880 – 18 April 1972) was a British actress with a substantial career in America. She appeared in New York plays beginning in 1914 and acted in numerous plays up to 1934. She left Broadway plays for films tho ... as Mrs. Quail *John W. Jenkins as Shakespeare Jones * Charles Kent as Mr. Ogilvie References External links * *Lantern slide coming attraction; ''The Purple Highway'' 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driven (1923 Film)
''Driven'' is a 1923 American silent romance film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The director of the film was Charles Brabin. This film appears to be lost. The film was adapted from "The Flower of the Flock", a short story by Jay Gelzer. Cast *Emily Fitzroy - Mrs. Tolliver * Burr McIntosh - Mr. Tolliver *Charles Emmett Mack - Tom Tolliver *George Bancroft - Lem Tolliver *Fred Koser - Tolliver Son *Ernest Chandler - Tolliver Son * Leslie Stowe - John Hardin *Elinor Fair Elinor Virginia Martin (''née'' Crowe; December 21, 1903 – April 26, 1957), known professionally as Elinor Fair, was an American motion picture actress. Early years Elinor Virginia Crowe was born on December 21, 1903, in Richmond, Virginia, ... - Essie Hardin References External links * * 1923 films American silent feature films Films directed by Charles Brabin Lost American films 1923 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American black-and-white films Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fury (1923 Film)
''Fury'' is a 1923 American silent drama adventure film produced by and starring Richard Barthelmess. It was directed by Henry King and released through First National Pictures which was then called Associated First National. The synopsis of this film has a strange foreboding character concerning actor Tyrone Power whose character Captain Leyton dies of heart attack, leaving his son, called 'Boy' played by Barthelmess, to carry on. In real life actor Power would die of a heart attack in 1931 in the arms of his own son Tyrone Power, the later film star. Plot As described in a film magazine, Boy Leyton (Barthelmess) is second mate on board the ''Lady Spray'', the ship on which his father is Captain Leyton (Power). Boy is often chided by his father for his effeminacy and more often beaten. While in port Boy proposes to Minnie (Gish) and suggests that she go to Glasgow to meet him there to be married. The ship sails and the Captain learns of his son's intention to marry. He calls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Trespassing (1922 Film)
''No Trespassing'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Edwin L. Hollywood and starring Irene Castle and Ward Crane. It was distributed by W. W. Hodkinson and is based upon a novel by Joseph C. Lincoln, ''The Rise of Roscoe Paine''.Garza, Janiss''No Trespassing'' (1922)at allmovie.com Plot As described in a film magazine, Roscoe Paine (Crane), a wealthy young man with no job and little ambition who lives with his invalid mother (Barry) in a small fishing village, owns a lane leading to the shore which skirts the wealthy James Colton (Truesdale) property. Debutante Mabel Colton (Castle) and her father James and her mother (Fitzroy) are newly arrived to the village, and the passing of the fish carts on the lane annoys Mrs. Colton. The father thereupon tries to purchase the lane, but Roscoe refuses to close it to his friends and neighbors. Roscoe and Mabel become friends after he saves her from a runaway horse. Victor Carver (Roscoe), a suitor for Mabel's hand, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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