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Gertrude Short
Carmen Gertrude Short (April 6, 1902 – July 31, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent and early sound era. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1912 and 1945. Biography Carmen Gertrude Short was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, aged 66, from a heart attack. One of her siblings was actor Antrim Short. Actress Blanche Sweet was a cousin. Selected filmography * ''Hearts in Conflict'' (1912 short) * '' Cinders'' (1913 short) * '' The Sea Urchin'' (1913 short) * ''The Honor of the Mounted'' (1914 short) * '' The Embezzler'' (1914 short) * ''The Test'' (1914) * '' The Cowboy and the Lady'' (1915) * '' The Little Princess'' (1917) * '' The Only Road'' (1918) * '' Riddle Gawne'' (1918) * '' In Mizzoura'' (1919) * '' Blackie's Redemption'' (1919) * '' You Never Can Tell'' (1920) * ''She Couldn't Help It'' (1920) * ''Cinderella's Twin'' (1920) * '' The Blot'' (1921) * ''Leap Year'' (1921) * '' Fool's Paradise'' (1921) * ''Rent F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. With an estimated population of 2,256,884, it is Ohio's largest metropolitan area and the nation's 30th-largest, and with a city population of 309,317, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 64th in the United States. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-most populous city from 1840 until 1860. As a river town crossroads at the junction of the North, South, East, and West, Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Only Road (film)
''The Only Road'' is a 1918 American silent Western film starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Frank Reicher. This picture is preserved at the BFI National Film and Television archive in London. Plot As described in a film magazine, Nita (Dana), in order to escape marrying Pedro Lupo (Blue), vainly calls for help and Bob Armstrong (Ferguson), who once before had rescued Nita from Pedro, again plays the hero. However, through the father of Pedro, a wrong light is placed upon this brave act such that Bob is forced to marry Nita. As Nita is of poor parentage while Bob is the son of a millionaire sent out west to gain his manhood, the match does not strike Bob as being a choice one, but the point of a pistol has considerable to do with his acquiescing. Nita is placed in a convent but escapes and, in the garb of a boy, seeks employment at the ranch where Bob is living. When found in the arms of her husband, the owner of the ranch, Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaking Into Society
''Breaking Into Society'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Hunt Stromberg and starring Carrie Clark Ward, Bull Montana Lewis Montagna (born Luigi Montagna; May 16, 1887 – January 24, 1950), better known as Bull Montana, was an Italian-American professional wrestler, boxer and actor. Biography Born in Voghera, Italy, into a poor country family — and at a tim ..., and Kalla Pasha. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the O'Toole's of Tin Can Alley inherit a great fortune. Determined to achieve a position in society, they settle Pasadena and entertain there in a lavish scale. However, their manners and disposition to rush matters get them into various scrapes. The final touch comes when a boxer and his bride from Chatham Square, an old pal of Tim O'Toole from the Alley days, without waiting for an invitation, pays the family a visit. A lurid time results, as stories of former fights are related and profusely illustrated, and all table rules are r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner (1923 Film)
''The Prisoner'' is a 1923 American silent drama film set in a fictional kingdom, directed by Jack Conway and featuring Herbert Rawlinson, Eileen Percy, June Elvidge, George Cowl and Boris Karloff. Karloff was paid $150.00 a week salary for working on this film. The screenplay was written by Edward T. Lowe Jr., based on a novel called ''Castle Craneycrow'' by George Barr McCutcheon. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Herbert Rawlinson as Philip Quentin * Eileen Percy as Dorothy Garrison * George Cowl as Lord Bob * June Elvidge as Lady Francis * Lincoln Stedman as Dickey Savage * Gertrude Short as Lady Jane * Bertram Grassby as Prince Ugo Ravorelli * Mario Carillo as Count Sallonica * Hayford Hobbs as Duke Laselli * Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Garrison * Bert Sprotte as Courant * Boris Karloff as Prince Kapolski * Esther Ralston as Marie * J. P. Lockney as Father Bivot See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headin' West
''Headin' West'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by William James Craft and featuring Hoot Gibson. It is not known if the film survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Bill Perkins (Gibson), a stowaway on a mail plane, escapes by parachuting with his dog onto a farm and, because he cannot ride the worst horse on the ranch, is assigned cooking duties with French cook Honey Giroux (White) and his assistant Potato Polly (Short). A young woman from the neighboring ranch, Ann Forest (Lorraine), takes an interest in Bill because he does not eat with his knife, which brings trouble on both of them from the ranch bully. When Ann is in town shopping, a burr is put under the saddle of her horse and it runs away with her. Bill, however, saves her and whips the bully, compelling him to apologize. The foreman, as a joke, makes Bill the owner of the ranch, but when it turns out that Bill really is the owner, the joke is on them. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Bill Perkins * Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rent Free
''Rent Free'' is a 1922 American silent comedy feature film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film starred Wallace Reid and his current regular co-star Lila Lee. It was directed by Howard Higgin and adapted by Elmer Rice from a story written directly for the screen by Izola Forrester and Mann Page. Currently this film is lost. Reid plays the part of a young painter who moves into an abandoned house but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner. In real life Reid was a talented painter. This was Higgin's first film as a director. Plot As described in a film magazine, Buell Arnister Jr. (Reid) is a New York City artist cast off by his father Buell Arnister Sr. (Barrows) who had planned a legal career for him. Facing poverty and dispossessed by an irate landlady (Leighton), he moves his belongings including his dog to the roof of a 68th Street apartment building, and then becomes a squatter in a mansion that had a door to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fool's Paradise (film)
''Fool's Paradise'' is a 1921 American silent romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Dorothy Dalton and Conrad Nagel and was based on the short story "Laurels and the Lady" by Leonard Merrick. Prints of ''Fool's Paradise'' are preserved at the George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine, Arthur Phelps (Nagel) has been injured during World War I and while in a French had become dazzled by the beauty of French dancer Rosa Duchene (Harris). Back in the United States in an oil town along the Mexican boarder, Arthur meets American dancer Poll Patchouli (Dalton) in a Mexican cantina, and she falls in love with him. Rosa and her troupe are billed for a show in the local theater and while Arthur is waiting at the stage door to see his charmer, he lights a cigar that had been given to him by Poll. The cigar is of the trick kind, and the explosion that follows so injures Arthur's eyes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Year (1921 Film)
''Leap Year'' is an American silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe Arbuckle. Though produced in 1921, the film was not released in the United States due to Arbuckle's involvement in the Virginia Rappe death scandal; it received its first release in Finland in 1924. The film finally saw an American release of sorts in 1981. Prints are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Library of Congress. Plot summary Roscoe Arbuckle plays Stanley Piper, heir to his uncle’s millions. He lives at Piper Hall. His valet is Mumford. Inside the house, Jeremiah Piper, Stanley’s uncle, who is gouty, grouchy and a girl-hater, is being looked after by his nurse, Phyllis Brown. He decides to send Stanley on a fishing trip to keep him away from women as he falls in love with every woman he meets. The ‘fool nephew,’ stutters when he’s excited and is relived only by drink (water). Nurse Brown is upset to hear this news. Stanley brings flowers for Nurse Brown only to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blot
''The Blot'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Lois Weber, who also co-wrote (with Marion Orth) and produced the film (with her then-husband, Phillips Smalley). The film tackles the social problem of genteel poverty, focusing on a struggling family. It stars Philip Hubbard, Margaret McWade, Claire Windsor, and Louis Calhern. Weber filmed in real locations, using as much natural lighting as possible. Scenes were filmed on location around Los Angeles, particularly at the old University of Los Angeles campus, now Los Angeles City College. Many supporting roles were given to non-professionals. ''The Blot'' was restored by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill for British television. Brownlow singles out the film for praise in his book ''Behind the Mask of Innocence'' (1990). ''The Blot'' screened at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in 2002. It was released on DVD in 2006 with expert audio commentary by film historian Shelley Stamp. Plot At the end of class, poorly p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinderella's Twin
''Cinderella's Twin'' is a lost 1920 silent film comedy directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures to poor audience reception. Cast * Viola Dana as Connie McGill * Wallace MacDonald as Prentice Blue * Ruth Stonehouse as The Lady *Cecil Foster as Helen Flint * Edward Connelly as Pa Du Geen * Victory Bateman as Ma Du Geen * Gertrude Short as Marcia Valentine *Irene Hunt Irene Hunt (May 18, 1907 – May 18, 2001) was an American children's writer known best for historical novels. She was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal for her first book, ''Across Five Aprils'', and won the medal for her second, '' Up a Ro ... as Gwendolyn Valentine *Edward Cecil as Williams *Calvert Carter as Boggs, a Butler References External links * * 1920 films American silent feature films Lost American films Metro Pictures films American black-and-white films 1920 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Couldn't Help It
''She Couldn't Help It'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by Maurice Campbell and starring Bebe Daniels. The story is based on the novel ''In the Bishop’s Carriage'' by Miriam Michelson and play of the same name by Channing Pollock. at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022. The novel and play were previously filmed in 1913 as '' In the Bishop's Carriage'' starring . Cast * |
You Never Can Tell (1920 Film)
''You Never Can Tell'' is a 1920 American romantic comedy film produced by the Realart company, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures, and distributed by Realart. Chester M. Franklin directed and Bebe Daniels starred in the film. The film is based on several short stories ''You Never Can Tell'' and ''Class'' by Grace Lovell Bryan. A surviving print of the film is housed in the Library of Congress. Cast * Bebe Daniels - Rowena Patricia Jones * Jack Mulhall - Prince * Edward Martindel - William Vaughn * Helen Dunbar - Mrs. Vaughn * Harold Goodwin - Jimmy Flannery * Neely Edwards - Mysterious Sport * Leo White - Mr. Renan * Milla Davenport - Mrs. Jones * Graham Pettie - Wilberforce Jones * Gertrude Short Carmen Gertrude Short (April 6, 1902 – July 31, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent and early sound era. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1912 and 1945. Biography Carmen Gertrude Short was born in Cincinnati, ... - Vera References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
