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Eulalie Jensen
Eulalie Jensen (December 24, 1884 – October 7, 1952) was an American actress on the New York stage and in silent films. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she was selected as one of six extra girls from the 200 applicants responding to a New York newspaper ad inserted by Sarah Bernhardt. The famed actress was making a visit to New York City. At this time, Miss Jensen was completely unknown, but this was the beginning of her film career. A number of years of stage experience enabled Jensen to become a fine ''emotional actress''. Her stage engagements included a role in ''The Million'' at the 39th St. Theatre. This was a four-act farce by M. M. Ber and Guille Ward. The show was also featured in New Haven, Connecticut at the Hyperion Theatre. Both productions were in 1911. In 1912, Jensen wired the managers of the Panama-Pacific Exposition of her candidacy for the model of the ''Spirit of the Golden Gate''. The event was to be in San Francisco, California in 1915. She was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. At 1.5 billion years old, the St. Francois Mountains are among the oldest in the world. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center and into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield, and Columbia, Missouri, Columbia. The Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Doctor
''Society Doctor'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Chester Morris, and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was inspired by an unproduced play by Theodore Reeves. Plot In a hospital two doctors compete romantically for their colleague Madge Wilson, a nurse. When Doctor Morgan them is fired for taking an ethical stand in conflict yo his superior's tendency to indulge his wealthy clients, he decides to accept an offer to set up a private practice catering to high society. This offends Madge who sees him as being motivated by greed rather than principle and agrees to marry his friend Doctor Ellis even though she is in love with Morgan. Reception According to MGM records the film earned $331,000 in the US and Canada and $203,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $187,000. Cast * Chester Morris as Dr. Bill Morgan * Robert Taylor as Dr. Tommy 'Sprout' Ellis * Virginia Bruce as Madge Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cinema Murder
''The Cinema Murder'' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Marion Davies, adapted from the 1917 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim. ''The Cinema Murder'' is considered to be a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Elizabeth Dalston (Davies), who is training for a future on the stage, witnesses what appears to be a murder. Horrified, she is not quite clear as to the details, but maintains a strict secrecy. On an ocean liner returning to the United States she becomes acquainted with Philip Romilly (Barrie), a playwright, who prepares her for her first stage vehicle. The murderer is also a passenger on the ship, but the trip is made without serious adventure. The play opens and is a success, Elizabeth sharing in the calling. Sylvanus Power (Randolf), whose money made the show possible, lays siege to Elizabeth's affections, but the new star is in love with Philip. Sylvanus then determines to ruin Philip by connecting him to the murder, only to find that the man su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Desire (1919 Film)
''Human Desire'' is a 1919 American silent romantic drama film starring Anita Stewart who produced along with Louis B. Mayer. It was distributed by Associated First National. A copy of ''Human Desire'' is preserved in the Library of Congress and the Academy Film Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, the orphan Bernice (Stewart) is raised almost to womanhood by the good sisters in an Italian convent. Worshiping a picture of the Madonna and Child, she is seized by a great desire to have a child she can call her own. Running away to America, where she has been told babies are plentiful, she is taken in by Robert Bruce, an artist whose wife has refused to divorce him, and poses for his projected masterpiece, a Madonna. Bernice falls in love with the baby borrowed for this posing and is filled with sorrow when the child is taken away. Robert, who has become sincerely but honorably in love with the girl, adopts a baby for her. His wife meets Bernice and the baby, believes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thin Ice (1919 Film)
''Thin Ice'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Thomas R. Mills and starring Corinne Griffith. It was produced and distributed through the Vitagraph Company of America. This film is preserved at the Bois d'Arcy Archive in Paris. Plot As described in a film magazine, Ned Winton (McLean) is employed in the office of Benjamin Graves (Lytton), a crooked dealer in mining company stocks, and speculates using the firm's funds. Alice (Griffith), his sister, prevents his arrest by signing a note for the amount stolen and puts up as collateral the mining firm stock sold to her father by Graves. Alice marries an author of note. Graves then manipulates the stock and ruins the mining company used as collateral, and notifies Alice that the stock is worthless and that she must put up new security. She goes to see him only to find that he has concocted evidence which would convince her husband that she has been his mistress, and Graves insists that she gratify his desires. She es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Temperamental Wife
''A Temperamental Wife'' is a 1919 silent film adventure drama directed by David Kirkland and starring Constance Talmadge, Wyndham Standing and Ben Hendricks Sr. Based on a stage play entitled Information, Please, written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin. Plot A young bride is jealous of her husband's female secretary. Cast * Constance Talmadge as Billie Billings * Wyndham Standing as Senator Newton * Ben Hendricks Sr. as Dr. Wise * Eulalie Jensen as Smith * Armand Kaliz as Count Tosoff de Zoolac * Ned Sparks Ned Sparks (born Edward Arthur Sparkman, November 19, 1883 – April 3, 1957) was a Canadian character actor of the American stage and screen. He was known for his deadpan expression and comically nasal, monotone delivery. Life and career Spark ... as The Hotel Clerk References External links * 1919 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1910s adventure drama films Films based on works by Jane Cowl Films based on works by Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain's Captain
''The Captain's Captain'' is a lost 1919 silent film comedy drama directed by Tom Terriss and starring Alice Joyce. It is based on a novel by James A. Cooper. It was produced and released by Vitagraph Company of America. Cast * Alice Joyce – Louise Greyling *Arthur Donaldson – Cap'n Abe/Am'zon *Percy Standing – Cap'n Joab *Julia Swayne Gordon – Aun Euphemia *Eulalie Jensen – Betty Gallup *Maurice Costello Maurice George Costello (February 22, 1877 – October 29, 1950) was a prominent American vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s who later played a principal role in early American films as leading man, supporting player, and director ... – Lawford Tapp References External links * 1919 films American silent feature films Films directed by Tom Terriss Vitagraph Studios films Lost American comedy-drama films American black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1919 comedy-drama films 1919 lost films English-language comedy-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Primrose
''Wild Primrose'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring Gladys Leslie, Richard Barthelmess, Eulalie Jensen, Charles Kent, and Claude Gillingwater. The film was released by V-L-S-E, Incorporated on August 12, 1918. Plot Cast *Gladys Leslie as Primrose Standish *Richard Barthelmess as Jack Wilton *Eulalie Jensen as Marie * Charles Kent as Williams *Claude Gillingwater as Standish *Ann Warrington as Emily *Arthur Lewis as Griff *Bigelow Cooper Jackson Bigelow Cooper (December 21, 1867 – 1953) was an American stage and screen character actor prominent in the silent film era. Biography Born in Springfield, Ohio in 1867, Cooper's early acting experience came in stock theater, including ... as Newton *Gladys Valerie Preservation The film is now considered lost. References External links * 1918 drama films Silent American drama films 1918 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Vitagraph Studios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangled Lives (1918 Film)
''Tangled Lives'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon. It stars Harry T. Morey, Betty Blythe and Jean Paige.Connelly p.418 Cast * Harry T. Morey as John Howland * Betty Blythe as Hilda Howland * Jean Paige as Lola Maynard * Albert Roccardi as Peter Hyde * George Majeroni as Paul West * Eulalie Jensen Eulalie Jensen (December 24, 1884 – October 7, 1952) was an American actress on the New York stage and in silent films. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she was selected as one of six extra girls from the 200 applicants responding to a ... as Cora West * Charles Kent as Col. West References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Vitagraph Studios films Films directed by Paul Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Triumph Of The Weak
''The Triumph of the Weak'' is a 1918 Vitagraph American drama film that was directed by Tom Terriss, written by Garfield Thompson based upon a play by Edith Ellis and Forrest Halsey, and starring Alice Joyce. It is the story of a woman who steals to provide food for her child and the consequence which follow her act, the narrow escapes she has of the many pitfalls, in her efforts to live in the straight and narrow path. This film appears to be lost. Plot Frank Merrill, a Great Lakes pilot, loses his life in a storm and his wife, Edith, to support her child leaves for the city where she steals and is imprisoned. Three years later, upon her release, she takes her child from the state orphanage and goes to another city where she secures employment in a department store. She marries the superintendent, Jim Roberts. Mabel, who served time with Edith, is freed and arranges with Mickey Bill to enlist the aid of Edith in a robbery under threat of exposure. The burglary is committed, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jane's Pa (1917 Film)
''Mary Jane's Pa'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Charles Brabin and William P.S. Earle and starring Marc McDermott, Mildred Manning and Eulalie Jensen.Parish & Pitts p.42 It is based on the 1906 play ''Mary Jane's Pa'' by Edith Ellis, later adapted into a 1935 sound film of the same title. Cast * Marc McDermott as Hiram Perkins * Mildred Manning as Mary Jane * Eulalie Jensen as Portia Perkins * Emmett King as Rome Preston * Clio Ayres as Lucille Perkins * William R. Dunn as Barrett Sheridan * Templar Saxe as Joel Skinner References Bibliography *Parish, James Robert & Pitts, Michael R. . ''Film Directors: A Guide to their American Films''. Scarecrow Press Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns ..., 1974. External links * 1917 films 1917 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tarantula
''The Tarantula'' is a 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by George D. Baker and starring Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno. (Wayback) Cast * Edith Storey as Chonita Alvarado * as Pedro Mendoza * Charles Kent as Van Allen * |
