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Joan Standing
Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940. Partial filmography * ''The Loves of Letty'' (1919) - Slavey * '' The Branding Iron'' (1920) - Maude Upper * ''Silk Hosiery'' (1920) - Sophia Black * ''Lorna Doone'' (1922) - Gwenny Carfax (uncredited) * ''Oliver Twist'' (1922) - Charlotte * '' Hearts Aflame'' (1923) - Ginger * '' The Cricket on the Hearth'' (1923) - Tillie Slowboy * '' Pleasure Mad'' (1923) - Hulda * '' A Noise in Newboro'' (1923) - Dorothy Mason * '' Three Weeks'' (1924) - Isabella * ''Women Who Give'' (1924) - Sophia Higginboottom * ''Happiness'' (1924) - Jenny * ''What Shall I Do?'' (1924) - Lizzie * ''The Beauty Prize'' (1924) - Lydia Du Bois * ''Empty Hearts'' (1924) - Hilda, the maid * ''Greed'' (1924) - Selina * '' The Dancers'' (1925) - Pringle * ''Faint Perfume'' (1925) - The Hired Girl * ''Love on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see History of Worcestershire). Over the centuries the county borders have been modified, but it was not until 1844 that substantial changes were made. Worcestershire was abolished as part of local government reforms in 1974, with its northern area becoming part of the West Midlands and the rest part of the county of Hereford and Worcester. In 1998 the county of Hereford and Worcester was abolished and Worcestershire was reconstituted, again without the West Midlands area. Location The county borders Herefordshire to the west, Shropshire to the north-west, Staffordshire only just to the north, West Midlands to the north and north-east, Warwickshire to the east and Gloucestershire to the south. The western border with Herefordshire includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cricket On The Hearth (1923 Film)
''The Cricket on the Hearth'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Lorimer Johnston and starring Josef Swickard, Fritzi Ridgeway, and Paul Gerson. Cast Preservation Prints of ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' are in the Archives Du Film Du CNC in Bois d'Arcy, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library .... References Bibliography * Glavin, John. ''Dickens on Screen''. Cambridge University Press, 2003. External links * * 1923 films 1923 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Films based on works by Charles Dickens Films directed by Lorimer Johnston Films set in England American black-and-white films Selznick Pictures films 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counsel For The Defense
''Counsel for the Defense'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, and House Peters. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Leroy Scott. Plot As described in a film magazine review, two men who wish to give the town's waterworks into the hands of a private company are opposed by Doc West, an old doctor. To clear the path for their scheme, they have the doctor arrested and charged with bribery. No local lawyer wishes to oppose the powerful schemers, so the doctor's daughter Katherine defends him. He loses his case, but the young woman unearths evidence against his enemies, clears his name, and has the others brought to justice. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Counsel for the Defense'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With This Ring (1925 Film)
''With This Ring'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Fred Windemere and starring Alyce Mills, Forrest Stanley, and Lou Tellegen.Connelly p. 435 In America it was distributed by the independent outfit Preferred Pictures while its British release was originally to be handled by Vitagraph, before that company was acquired by Warner Bros. who distributed it on the British market in 1926. Synopsis While marooned on a desert island, Cecilie Vaughn and Donald Van Buren live as man and wife and she falls pregnant. Donald is attacked and believed dead and Cecilie is rescued. She visits his wealthy family, but they refuse to recognize her or her son and Donald's brother Rufus offers to make her his mistress Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (''master'' + ''-ess'') and may refer to: Romance and relationships * Mistress (lover), a term for a woman who is in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a .... She agrees inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranger Of The Big Pines
''Ranger of the Big Pines'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Kenneth Harlan, Eugene Pallette and Helene Costello.Munden, p. 634 Cast * Kenneth Harlan as Ross Cavanagh * Eugene Pallette * Helene Costello as Virginia Weatherford * Eulalie Jensen as Lize Weatherford * Will Walling as Sam Gregg * Lew Harvey as Joe Gregg * Robert Graves as Redfield * Alan Hale * Joan Standing Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940. Partial filmography * ''The Loves of ... 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 * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke Vitagraph Studios films Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faint Perfume
''Faint Perfume'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Seena Owen, William Powell, and Mary Alden Mary Maguire Alden (June 18, 1883 – July 2, 1946) was an American motion picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses to work in Hollywood. Life Alden was born in New York City on June 18, 1883. She performed on Br .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, Ledda Perrin is in love with Barnaby Powers, the husband of her cousin Richmiel Crumb. Their child Oliver is put in the custody of Richiel by the divorce decree. However, Richmiel is unhappy with the bother of the child's care. Barnaby stops to visit Richmiel when he returns from Europe to plead for custody of the boy. While in Richmiel's room the whole family of Richmiel enters the place. Richmiel vows to spite them both by keeping possession of the child. However, when Barnaby goes to Richmiel's rooms, he finds her with her lover. She is glad to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancers (1925 Film)
The Dancers may refer to: * ''The Dancers'' (play), a 1923 play by Gerald du Maurier and Viola Tree, written under the pen name Hubert Parsons * ''The Dancers'' (1925 film), an American silent adaptation of the play, directed by Emmett J. Flynn * ''The Dancers'' (1930 film), an American adaptation of the play, directed by Chandler Sprague See also * Dancer (other) * The Dancer (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greed (1924 Film)
''Greed'' is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel ''McTeague''. It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague; ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife; and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler. The film tells the story of McTeague, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's girlfriend Trina. ''Greed'' was one of the few films of its time to be shot entirely on location, with von Stroheim shooting approximately 85 hours of footage before editing. Two months alone were spent shooting in Death Valley for the film's final sequence, and many of the cast and crew became ill. Von Stroheim used sophisticated filming techniques such as deep focus cinematography and montage editing. He considered ''Greed'' to be a Greek tragedy, in which environment and heredity controlled the characters' fates and reduced them to primitive ''bêtes humain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empty Hearts
''Empty Hearts'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Alfred Santell. Adele Buffington wrote the scenario based on Evelyn Campbell's story published in '' Metropolitan''. Plot Milt Kimberlin marries a cabaret dancer who dies after he loses his money. Years later, he regains his fortune and remarries, but he's distant and misses his first wife. His new wife leaves him after a blackmailer's letter arrives suggesting infidelity in his first marriage, but eventually the truth is revealed and their relationship grows stronger. Cast * John Bowers as Milt Kimberlin * Charles Murray as Joe Delane * John Miljan as Frank Gorman * Clara Bow as Rosalie * Buck Black as Val Kimberlin * Lillian Rich as Madeline * Joan Standing as Hilda, the maid Preservation An incomplete print of ''Empty Hearts'' is held by 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 tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beauty Prize (film)
''The Beauty Prize'' is a lost 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Viola Dana. at silentera.com Synopsis A manicurist wins a beauty contest while posing as a debutante, and reveals her deception via a new craze, the radio.Cast * Viola Dana as Connie Du Bois * Pat O'Malley as George Brady * Eddie Phillips as Eddie Schwartz * Eunice Murdock Moore as Madame Estelle ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Shall I Do?
''What Shall I Do?'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Dorothy Mackaill, John Harron, and Louise Dresser. Synopsis After an accident, a man suffers from amnesia and leaves his wife and child to return to his old life. Cast * Dorothy Mackaill as Jeanie Andrews * John Harron as Jack Nelson * Louise Dresser as Mrs. McLean * William V. Mong as Henry McLean * Betty Morrissey as Dolly McLean * Ann May as Mary Conway * Ralph McCullough as Tom Conway * Joan Standing as Lizzie * Tom O'Brien as Big Jim Brown * Danny Hoy as Joe, a Bus Boy Preservation With no copies of ''What Shall I Do?'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happiness (1924 Film)
''Happiness'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by King Vidor and starring stage actress Laurette Taylor in one of her rare film appearances. The film is based on the 1914 Broadway play of the same name written by Taylor's husband J. Hartley Manners. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jenny Wray, the sole support of her mother, obtains work in a Dressmaker, modiste's shop. She is called on to deliver several gowns to Mrs. Chrystal Pole. Mrs. Pole, who is bored with life, becomes interested in Jenny's philosophy of happiness, and induces her to make her home at the Pole mansion. However, Jenny soon tires of it and returns to Brooklyn. She continues to cultivate the friendship of Mrs. Pole, who aids her in her efforts to have her own modiste's shop. Fermoy MacDonough, an electrician, falls in love with Jenny and they marry. In several years Jenny has a shop of her own and continues to spread happiness. Cast Production ''Happiness'' marked th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
