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Jane Thomas (actress)
Jane Thomas (1899–1976) was an American film actress of the silent era.Katchmer p.182 She starred in a number of independent films during the early 1920s, including ''Heedless Moths'' where she doubled for the model Audrey Munson in the acting scenes. Selected filmography * '' S.O.S.'' (1917) * ''The North Wind's Malice'' (1920) * '' Reckless Wives'' (1921) * ''Heedless Moths'' (1921) * '' Silver Wings'' (1922) * '' Queen of the Moulin Rouge'' (1922) * '' The Secrets of Paris'' (1922) * ''How Women Love'' (1922) * ''The Town That Forgot God ''The Town That Forgot God'' is a 1922 American drama film directed by Harry F. Millarde and written by Paul Sloane. The film stars Ben Grauer, Warren William, Jane Thomas, Harry Benham, Edwin Denison and Grace Barton. The film was released o ...'' (1922) * '' Breaking Home Ties'' (1922) * '' The Exciters'' (1923) * '' Lost in a Big City'' (1923) * '' The White Rose'' (1923) * '' Life's Greatest Game'' (1924) * '' Blue Water'' (1924) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exciters (film)
''The Exciters'' is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1922 Broadway play of the same name by Martin Brown. This film was directed by Maurice Campbell and stars Bebe Daniels, then a popular Paramount contract star. On the Broadway stage, Bebe Daniels's role of Ronnie Rand was played by Tallulah Bankhead. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Ronnie Rand, a young woman who loves excitement of all kinds and whose watchword is speed, is obliged to marry by a certain day or lose a rich inheritance. Through dramatic circumstances, she meets Pierre Martel, a member of a band of crooks. Thinking that he is a man's man, Ronnie marries him. Martel's confederates seek to blackmail Ronnie and when she refuses to sign a check, they attempt to kill Martel, but he is saved by the police. It then develops that Martel is no crook at all, but is a United States Secret Service agent who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roaring Road (1926 Film)
''The Roaring Road'' is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Kenneth MacDonald, Jane Thomas and William H. Strauss.Conelly p.237 Location shooting took place around Los Angeles including the Legion Ascot Speedway. A young racing driver pioneers a new car and enters it into a hundred mile race. Cast * Kenneth MacDonald as Jimmie Miller * Jane Thomas as Minnie Rosenburg * William H. Strauss as Sol Rosenburg * George Bunny as James Miller * Jeanne Wray as Betty - Rosenburg's Stenographer *Ben Corbett as Henchman * Paul Hurst Paul Michael Hurst (born 25 September 1974) is an English football manager and former player who is the manager of club Grimsby Town. As a player, he was a defender from 1993 to 2008, notably playing his entire career at Rotherham United, b ... as Checking Board Tabulator References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hidden Way
''The Hidden Way'' is a surviving 1926 American silent crime drama film produced and directed by Joseph De Grasse, written by his wife Ida May Park and starring Mary Carr, Gloria Grey, and Thomas Santschi. Cast *Mary Carr as Mother *Gloria Grey as Mary * Thomas Santschi as Bill *Arthur Rankin as Harry *Ned Sparks as Mulligan * Jane Thomas as The Woman *Billie Jeane Phelps as The Child *Wilbur Mack as Sid Atkins *William Ryno as Samuel Atkins Preservation The film was considered lost for decades until a print surfaced in near mint condition in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun .... References External links * * * 1926 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Joseph De Grasse 1926 crime drama films Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Show (1926 Film)
''The Big Show'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring John Lowell, Evangeline Russell and Jane Thomas.Munden p.59 It is set in a travelling circus show, where a stranger joins the show and becomes a star attraction. He ends up crossing swords with a millionaire who had swindled him out his share in some oil lands during World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, .... Cast * John Lowell as Bill * Evangeline Russell as Ruth Gordon * F. Serrano Keating as Norman Brackett * Jane Thomas as Marian Kearney * Joseph Miller as Col Jim Kearney * Dan Dix as Stumpy Dan * Alice Lecacheur as Fifi * Maida Blatherwick as Dolly * Joe E. Lewis as Abie References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law Of The Snow Country
''The Law of the Snow Country'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Paul Hurst (actor), Paul Hurst and starring Kenneth MacDonald (American actor), Kenneth MacDonald, Jane Thomas (actress), Jane Thomas and Noble Johnson. Cast * Kenneth MacDonald (American actor), Kenneth MacDonald as Sergeant Jimmy Burke * Jane Thomas (actress), Jane Thomas as Marie * Noble Johnson as Martell * William H. Strauss as Father Fajans * Hazel Howell as The Blonde * Bud Osborne as Pig Eye Perkins * Ben Corbett as Jim Wolf * Billy Cinders as Goofy Joe References External links * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Paul Hurst Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Search Of A Hero
''In Search of a Hero'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Duke Worne and starring Ashton Dearholt, Jane Thomas, and James Harrison. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Percy Browning and Jack Strong are expelled from college, and, to toughen them up, Old Browning sends them to work at his lumber camp. Arriving by train, the two discover that time at the camp is very different from their previous college life. Percy falls in love with Peggy Richmond, whose father is a competitor to the Brownings. The latter's foreman, Big Dan, uses unfair means to block work from the Richmonds. Percy, after being groomed by a pugilist, tackles Big Dan and beats him. After his father arrives, Percy explains everything and they are reconciled. Peggy admits that she loves Percy. Cast * Ashton Dearholt as Percy Browning * Jane Thomas as Peggy Richmond * James Harrison as Jack Strong * Garry O'Dell as Dinty * Al Kaufman as Dugan * Claire Vinson as Inez * Les Bates as Big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adorable Deceiver
''The Adorable Deceiver'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film, starring Alberta Vaughn as a princess, forced to flee her home country with her father King Nicholas to New York City, where they make their way as well-meaning con artists. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Adorable Deceiver'' 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 .... Retrieved June 27, 2016 References |
Getting 'Em Right
''Getting 'Em Right'' is a 1925 American silent action film, directed by Jack Harvey. It stars George Larkin, Jane Thomas, and Ollie Kirkby. References External links''Getting 'Em Right''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1925 films American silent feature films 1920s action adventure films Films directed by Jack Harvey American black-and-white films American action adventure films Rayart Pictures films 1920s American films Silent adventure films {{action-adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924 Film)
''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oliver L. Sellers and starring Henry Hull, Jane Thomas, and Frank Dane. It is an adaptation of the novel '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' by Edward Eggleston. The film was remade as a post-Civil War talkie in 1935. Plot As described in a film magazine review, during pre-Civil War days, Ralph Hartsook is the headmaster in the Flat Creek School District of Indiana. Hannah Thompson works for the family where Ralph boards. They fall in love. An epidemic of night robberies breaks out and Ralph is suspected of being the criminal. After a variety of adventures and with the aid of Bud Means, Ralph establishes his innocence, confounds his enemies, and weds Hannah. Cast Preservation A print of ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' with one reel missing is held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floodgates (film)
''Floodgates'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by George Irving and starring John Lowell, Evangeline Russell Evangeline Frances Russell (August 18, 1902 – February 22, 1966) was an American actress known for her work in silent Westerns of the 1920s. She was the daughter of actor John Lowell Russell and screenwriter Lillian Case Russell. Her brot ..., and Jane Thomas.Munden p. 254 Plot As described in a film magazine review, mill owner Lem Bassett desires to erect a dam for water power, and, in order to secure permission from the land owners in the District, he persuades his foreman Dave Trask to encourage the measure. Trask has implicit faith in Bassett and, through his influence, the landowners agree. Later Bassett floods the land in an effort to purchase the land surrounding the lake. The landowners object and accuse Dave of cheating them. Tom Bassett is in love with Dave's sister Ruth and, while motoring his car, strikes Dave's child Peggy, paralyzin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Water (film)
''Blue Water'' is a 1924 Canadian silent film directed by David Hartford and starring Pierre Gendron, Jane Thomas, and Norma Shearer. It is the last feature produced by Ernest Shipman Ernest G. Shipman (December 16, 1871, in Shipman's Mills (now Almonte), Ontario, Canada – August 7, 1931, in New York City) was Canada's most successful film producer during the silent period. Shipman, whose nickname was "Ten Percent Ernie," ..., and is the Montreal-born, future MGM star Shearer's only Canadian film. It had a commercial release in Saint John, N.B., where it was shot, but no print is known to exist.Jacobs & Braum p.80 Cast References Bibliography * Jack Jacobs & Myron Braum. ''The films of Norma Shearer''. A. S. Barnes, 1976. External links * 1924 films Canadian silent films English-language Canadian films Canadian black-and-white films Canadian drama films 1920s Canadian films Silent drama films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
