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Orral Humphrey
Thomas Orral Humphrey (April 3, 1880 - August 12, 1929) was an American silent film actor and director. Humphrey was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He starred in 46 films between 1914 and 1929 and is credited for directing four films. His younger sister Ola Humphrey was an actress. Humphrey's first film was one of the most popular of 1915, ''The Diamond from the Sky'' in which he starred alongside Lottie Pickford, Charlotte Burton, Jack Hoxie, and other popular actors. He died in 1929 aged 49 in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Under the Crescent'' (1915) * ''The Diamond from the Sky ''The Diamond from the Sky'' is a 1915 American silent adventure-film serial directed by Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor and starring Lottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, and William Russell. No copies of this serial’s “chapters” h ...'' (1915) * ''Beauty and the Rogue'' (1918) * ''The Midnight Man (1919 film), The Midnight Man'' (1919) * ''All of a Sudden Pegg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Man (1919 Film)
''The Midnight Man'' is a 1919 American film serial directed by James W. Horne. It is now considered to be a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Bob Gilmore (Corbett), a young Washington clubman, pleads guilty to his foster father's forgery and becomes a fugitive from justice. As he is about to leave, he learns that his supposed parents adopted him from a foundling society. His only clue to his identity is some baby clothing and a ring. While escaping from the city, he is set upon by the White Circle gang of thieves who throw him in front of a train. He miraculously escapes from death and reaches New York City. While robbing a barroom, one of the thieves is killed and the police, finding Gilmore's jewelry on the body, believe that he is dead. Gilmore then takes the name Stevens and breaks into the homes of the wealthy at midnight in an attempt to learn his identity. At each place he takes nothing of value but leaves an impression of his ring in an effort to trace hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Silent Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Deaths
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * '' Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 Births
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Old California (1929 Film)
''In Old California'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Burton L. King and starring Tom Keene, Helen Ferguson and Henry B. Walthall.Liebman, p. 109. Cast * Tom Keene as Lt. Tony Hopkins * Helen Ferguson as Dolores Radanell * Henry B. Walthall as Don Pedro De León * Carlotta Monti as Juanita * Ray Hallor as Pedro DeLeón * Orral Humphrey as Ike Boone * Larry Steers as Ollie Radanell * Richard Carlyle as Arturo * Harry Allen as Sgt. Washburn * Louis Stern as Ramón De Hermosa * Paul Ellis as José * Gertrude Chorre Gertrude Chorre (April 30, 1885 – September 3, 1972) was an American film actress and talent scout based in southern California. Early life Gertrude Martinez was born in southern California, to Estefano Martinez (1824–1902) and Regina Gua ... as Indian Servant References Bibliography * Roy Liebman. ''From Silents to Sound: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Performers who Made the Transition to Talking Pictures''. McFarland, 1998. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Madness
''Broadway Madness'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Donald Keith, and Betty Hilburn. Plot A young farmer in upstate New York City becomes obsessed with a Broadway actress due to her radio broadcasts. She later becomes involved in a plot to defraud him of his inheritance, but instead falls in love and confesses everything to him. Cast * Marguerite De La Motte as Maida Vincent * Donald Keith as David Ross * Betty Hilburn as Josie Dare * Margaret Cloud as Mary Vaughn * George Cowl as Henry Ableton * Louis Payne as Jared Ableton * Robert Dudley as Thomas * Orral Humphrey as Larry Doyle * Tom Ricketts as Lawrence Compton * Alfred Fisher as Ev * Jack Haley as Radio Announcer Preservation With no copies listed in any film archives, ''Broadway Madness'' is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huckleberry Finn (1920 Film)
''Huckleberry Finn'' is a surviving American silent dramatic rural film from 1920, based on Mark Twain's 1884 classic ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. William Desmond Taylor directed ''Huckleberry Finn'', as he had the 1917 film version of ''Tom Sawyer'', using a scenario written by Julia Crawford Ivers, who also had been the writer for ''Tom Sawyer''. It was the first version of the story entirely entrusted to a youth cast. Lewis Sargent (''Huck'') and Gordon Griffith (''Tom'') were child actors who already had a long and successful career and were well known to the public. Plot As described in a film publication, Huckleberry Finn (Sargent) has been adopted by the Widow Douglas (K. Griffith) who plans to "civilize" him. With Tom Sawyer (G. Griffith) he forms a robber gang, and in a cave has the local boys take an oath to stick together. In his bedroom he runs into his no-account father (Lanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Of A Sudden Peggy
''All of a Sudden Peggy'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1907 Broadway play ''All-of-a-Sudden-Peggy'' which starred Henrietta Crosman. It is Clark's third to last film. Director Edwards died in Hawaii that same year of 1920. Plot As described in a film magazine, Peggy O'Hara (Clark) who with her widowed mother Mrs. O'Hara (Leighton) is staying at the manor of Lord Anthony Crackenthorpe (Humphrey), a scientist engrossed in the study of spiders. Mrs. O'Hara is assisting Lord Anthony. The sister of the peer sends for her son Jimmy (Mulhall) because she thinks Peggy has designs on Lord Anthony. Jimmy falls in love with Peggy, and in order to further her mother's love affair with Lord Anthony, Peggy announces her engagement with Jimmy. She goes to London where her pocket is picked, and has to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty And The Rogue
''Beauty and the Rogue'' is a 1918 American silent comedy crime drama film directed by Henry King and starring Mary Miles Minter. It was filmed under the working title of "Mademoiselle Tiptoe," based on a story by Arthur Berthelet and adapted for the screen by Elizabeth Mahoney, who was the screenwriter for many of Minter's Mutual Film features. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. Plot As described in various film magazine reviews, Roberta "Bobby" Lee (Minter) is a wealthy and optimistic girl who believes in prison uplift work. She persuades her father Thomas (Periolat) to take ex-convict "Slippery" Bill Dorgan (Humphrey) into his employ as a gardener. The same night that Roberta leaves for a vacation on a country ranch, Dorgan steals her jewellery and runs away. While working on the ranch, Roberta meets Richard "Dick" Van Stone (Forrest), who initially thinks she is a boy as she is dressed in boy's overalls. Once he realises the truth, a romanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
