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George Schneiderman
George Schneiderman (September 20, 1894 – November 19, 1964) was an American cinematographer. He was employed on more than eighty productions during his career, and is known for his work for the Fox Film Corporation.Solomon p. 300 Partial filmography * ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1917) * '' Cleopatra'' (1917) * '' The Great Love'' (1918) * '' Vagabond Luck'' (1919) * '' Her Elephant Man'' (1920) * ''The Hell Ship'' (1920) * '' Over the Hill to the Poorhouse'' (1920) * '' Love's Harvest'' (1920) * '' Molly and I'' (1920) * '' The Little Wanderer'' (1920) * '' Colorado Pluck'' (1921) * '' Jackie'' (1921) * ''Bare Knuckles'' (1921) * '' Queenie'' (1921) * '' Singing River'' (1921) * ''Pawn Ticket 210'' (1922) * '' The Face on the Bar-Room Floor'' (1923) * '' Cameo Kirby'' (1923) * ''Man's Size'' (1923) * '' The Iron Horse'' (1924) * ''Kentucky Pride'' (1925) * ''Thank You'' (1925) * '' Lazybones'' (1925) * ''The Shamrock Handicap'' (1926) * ''The Blue Eagle'' (1926) * ''3 Bad Men'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie (1921 Film)
''Jackie'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by John Ford. The film is considered to be lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jacqueline (Mason), an orphaned daughter of a famous Russian dancer, has been raised by a French woman who runs a cheap dancing school. Called Jackie for short, her foster mother contracts her to a rough, uncouth showman, Bill Bowman (Carter), who ill treats her. When Bill tries to force his way into her room, he is struck down by Benny (Stone), a cripple. Jackie and Benny go back to London where they accidentally run into Mervyn Carter (Scott), who had previously befriended Jackie. Mervyn arranges for Benny to be sent to a hospital and Jackie to a noted dancing master. She obtains a role in a London show and becomes engaged to Mervyn. Bill shows up and demands that Jackie return with him until her contract is fulfilled. She buys herself out of the contract by paying Bill 500 pounds, and eventually marries Mervyn. Cast * Shirley Mason as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Eagle
''The Blue Eagle'' is a 1926 American action film directed by John Ford. Prints of the film exist in the Library of Congress film archive and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but one reel is missing. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as George Darcy * Janet Gaynor as Rose Kelly * William Russell as Big Tim Ryan * Margaret Livingston as Mrs. Mary Rohan * Robert Edeson as Chaplain Regan, aka Father Joe * Philip Ford as Limpy Darcy (as Phillip Ford) * David Butler as Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani * Lew Short as Sergeant Kelly * Ralph Sipperly as Slats "Dip" Mulligan * Jerry Madden as Baby Tom * Jack Herrick as "On Da Nose" Sailor (uncredited) * Jack Pennick as Ship's crewman (uncredited) * Charles Sullivan as Sailor Giving George Boxing Gloves (uncredited) * Harry Tenbrook Harry Tenbrook (born Henry Olaf Hansen, October 9, 1887 – September 4, 1960) was an American film actor. Henry Olaf Hansen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. His family migrated to the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shamrock Handicap
''The Shamrock Handicap'' is a 1926 American romance film directed by John Ford. Prints of the film still exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive and Cinematheque Royale de Belgique. Cast * Janet Gaynor as Lady Sheila O'Hara * Leslie Fenton as Neil Ross * Willard Louis as Orville Finch * J. Farrell MacDonald as Cornelius Emmet Sarsfield "Con" O'Shea * Claire McDowell as Molly O'Shea * Louis Payne as Sir Miles O'Hara * George Harris as Jockey Bennie Ginsburg (as Georgie Harris) * Andy Clark as "Chesty" Morgan * Ely Reynolds as Virus Cakes * Thomas Delmar as Michaels (uncredited) * Bill Elliott as Well-Wishing Villager (uncredited) * Brandon Hurst Brandon Hurst (30 November 1866 – 15 July 1947) was an English stage and film actor. Early life Born in London, England, Hurst studied philology in his youth and began performing in theater in the 1880s. Before he began acting professionall ... as The Procurer of Taxes (uncredited) * Eric Mayne as Doctor (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazybones (1925 Film)
''Lazybones'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film produced and directed by Frank Borzage and starring Madge Bellamy, Buck Jones, and Zasu Pitts. It opened in New York City on September 22, 1924, and received wider distribution by Fox Film Corporation during 1925. Plot Set around 1900, the titular Lazybones is in love with Agnes. Her sister, Ruth, returns home with a child and a story about marrying a seaman who was lost at sea. She attempts suicide by jumping in the river, but Lazybones saves her and, taking pity on the child, Kit, adopts her without revealing her true mother. Agnes and Ruth's mother is very strict and when told by Ruth of the child, strikes her with a cane. As the years pass, Ruth dies and Lazybones goes off to World War I. When he returns, intending to marry Kit now that she is grown up, he finds that she is in love with Dick Ritchie. Cast Preservation Prints held at Archives Du Film Du CNC (or Bois d'Arcy), Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Brusse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thank You (1925 Film)
''Thank You'' is a 1925 American comedy film directed by John Ford. This film is based on a 1921 Broadway play, ''Thank You'', by Winchell Smith and Tom Cushing. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a millionaire banishes his wild son to a chicken farm near a small, slow town. Excitement comes with the arrival from Paris of the local minister’s daughter, for whom the Parisian modistes have done their utmost. She and the young man hit it off too well to please the village gossips, but the gossips lose on every point. Cast * Alec B. Francis as David Lee * Jacqueline Logan as Diane Lee * George O'Brien as Kenneth Jamieson * J. Farrell MacDonald as Andy * George Fawcett as Cornelius Jamieson * Cyril Chadwick as Mr. Jones * Edith Bostwick as Mrs. Jones * Marion Harlan as Milly Jones * Vivia Ogden as Miss Blodgett * James Neill as Doctor Cobb * Billy Rinaldi as Sweet, Jr. * Aileen Manning as Hannah * Maurice Murphy as Willie Jones * Robert Milasch as Sweet, Sr. * Ida M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Pride
''Kentucky Pride'' is a 1925 American silent drama film from Fox Film about the life of a horse breeder and racer, directed by the famed film director John Ford and starring Henry B. Walthall (who had previously played the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's controversial 1915 film ''The Birth of a Nation''). It is among Ford's lesser-known works, but has been praised for sweetness and charm and its beautiful depiction of the life of horses and the relationship between the protagonist and his daughter. Several well-known thoroughbred racehorses appear in the film, including the legendary Man o' War. A print of ''Kentucky Pride'' is in the Museum of Modern Art film archive. Plot The plot concerns Beaumont, a horse breeder with a penchant for gambling, who is down on his luck. After losing at poker and being forced to give up several of his horses to cover his losses, Beaumont bets it all and loses again when his horse, Virginia's Future, suddenly falls and breaks a leg while ... [...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 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man's Size
''Man's Size'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell and starring William Russell, Alma Bennett, and Stanton Heck. It is based upon the novel ''Man Size'' by William MacLeod Raine. at silentera.com Plot As described in a , Tom Morse (Russell), while in the Northwest on business for his uncle, meets Jessie McRae, a young woman of the wilderness, who destroys the barrels of whiskey that were being smuggled to the Indians. He at first mistakes her for a boy, owing to the clothing she was wearing, and carries her to her father to be punished and only then discovers ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo Kirby (1923 Film)
''Cameo Kirby'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John Ford which starred John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead and featuring Jean Arthur in her onscreen debut. It was Ford's first film credited as John Ford instead of Jack Ford. The film is based on a 1908 play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The story had been filmed as a silent before in 1914 with Dustin Farnum, who had originated the role on Broadway in 1909. The film was remade as a talking musical film in 1930. Cast Preservation Prints of ''Cameo Kirby'' are maintained in the UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the ar ... and at the Cinemateca Portuguesa (Portuguese Film Archive), in Lisbon. References External links * *Cameo Kirbyat Virtual History 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face On The Bar-Room Floor (1923 Film)
''The Face on the Bar-Room Floor'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by John Ford. It is considered to be a lost film. The film was adapted from the poem of the same name by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy. Plot As described in a film magazine, famous artist Robert Stevens (Walthall) is in love with Marion (Clifford). While spending a vacation along the cost of Maine, Robert paints a picture of one of the daughters of a fisherman (Saville). Some time later the body of the girl is found in the sea, and Robert is accused of being the cause of her death. Marion refuses to have anything more to do with him, and Robert drifts from bad to worse. He becomes the victim of some thieves who leave a stolen wallet on him, and he is sent to prison. During a prisoner uprising he escapes, but also saves the life of the Governor (MacGregor) who had been visiting the prison. Robert swims out to a small island and walks to the lighthouse where he finds the keeper ill and unable to keep his signal on. Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawn Ticket 210
''Pawn Ticket 210'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Shirley Mason, Robert Agnew, and Irene Hunt. Plot As described in a film magazine, On the day that Mrs. Levi (Manners) leaves her husband Harris (Warren), another woman comes into his pawn shop and tries to purchase a handgun. While she is in there, a policeman brings in a baby girl whom he says the woman left in the street. Harris gives the woman, Ruth Sternhold (Hunt), a pawn ticket for the child and promises to care for her. Years later, when the child has become the young woman Meg (Mason), Harris discovers that she is falling in love with Chick Saxe (Agnew), one of the young fellows of the neighborhood who has a rather shady reputation. Harris wants to give Meg every opportunity, so he arranges for a friend, supposedly a wealthy bachelor, to let her live at his home. Meg goes to her new surroundings and one day by chance meets her old sweetheart Chick, who swears that he has r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
