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Ranson's Folly (1926 Film)
''Ranson's Folly'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film produced by and starring Richard Barthelmess and co-starring Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Richard Harding Davis novel and 1904 play, ''Ranson's Folly'', and was filmed previously in 1910 and Ranson's Folly (1915 film), in 1915 by Edison Manufacturing Company, Edison. Cast * Richard Barthelmess - Lt. Ranson * Dorothy Mackaill - Mary Cahill * Anders Randolf - The Post Trader * Pat Hartigan (actor), Pat Hartigan - Sgt. Clancy * William Bailey (actor), William Bailey - Lt. Crosby (* William Norton Bailey) * Brooks Benedict - Lt. Curtis * C. C. Smith - Col. Bolland (as C.C. Smith USA) * Pauline Neff - Mrs. Bolland * Billie Bennett - Mrs. Truesdale * Frank Coffyn - Post Adjutant * Hans Joby - Judge Advocate (* as Capt. John S. Peters USN) * Taylor N. Duncan - Capt. Carr (* as Taylor Duncan) * J. C. Fowler - Col. Patten (as Jack Fowler) * Edward W. Bowman - Pop Henderson (as E. W. Borman) * Bud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Olcott
Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott, September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great directors of the motion picture business. With a desire to be an actor, a young Sidney Olcott went to New York City where he worked in the theatre until 1904 when he performed as a film actor with the Biograph Studios. In 1907, Frank J. Marion and Samuel Long, with financial backing from George Kleine, formed a new motion picture company called the Kalem Company and were able to lure the increasingly successful Olcott away from Biograph. Olcott was offered the sum of ten dollars per picture and under the terms of his contract, Olcott was required to direct a minimum of one, one-reel picture of about a thousand feet every week. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including '' Ben Hur'' (1907) with its dramatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |