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The Torch Bearer
''The Torch Bearer'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by William Russell and Jack Prescott. The film stars Charlotte Burton. Cast * Charlotte Burton as Janet Dare * Harry Keenan as William Wendell * Marie Van Tassell as Mrs. Huntley-Knox * William Russell as John Huntley-Knox * Alan Forrest * Margaret Nichols * Rena Carlton * Nate Watt Nathan Watt (April 6, 1889 – May 26, 1968) was an American film director. He directed 30 films between 1916 and 1961. Filmography * ''The Torch Bearer'' (1916) (actor) * ''Persistent Percival'' (1916, short) * ''Cooking His Goose'' (1916 ... External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Prescott
Jack Prescott (c.1880–1959) was an early American silent film actor and director. Prescott starred in 19 films as an actor, between the end of 1914 and 1918, working with actors such as Charlotte Burton in films such as '' The Thoroughbred'' (1916). He also directed five short silent films in 1916 and retired from film in 1918. Prescott directed the films '' The Man Who Would Not Die'' and ''The Strength of Donald McKenzie'' in 1916. Filmography *''Cyclone Higgins, D.D.'' (1918) (as John Prescott) .... Jasper Stone *''The Strength of Donald McKenzie'' (1916) (as John Prescott) .... Pierre *''The Man from Manhattan'' (1916) .... Squire Benjamin Barton *''Overalls'' (1916) .... Buck Finnegan *''Margy of the Foothills'' (1916) .... Pete *''Powder'' (1916) *''The Silent Trail'' (1916) *'' The Thoroughbred'' (1916) .... Tom Cook *''The Keeper of the Flock'' (1915) *''Martyrs of the Alamo ''Martyrs of the Alamo'' (also known as ''The Birth of Texas'') is a 1915 American histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Van Tassell
Marie Van Tassell (April 6, 1871 – January 22, 1946) was an American stage and silent film actress. Early life Marie Van Tassell was born on April 6, 1871, in Little Falls, New York. From an early age, she performed in the theater. Career In 1914, Van Tassell starred as Mrs. Collins in '' Fine Feathers'' with the All Star Players Company. She began acting in film in 1915. She first starred in ''The Rose Garden Husband'' for Universal Pictures. In 1918, she was loaned to Flying A. After acting, she worked for the Works Progress Administration and directed the KLX radio program ''Alameda City School of the Air''. She then helped train young people in acting. Personal life According to a 1914 piece in the ''Seattle Times'', Van Tassell married five times. She married Jack King, a circus performer. He predeceased her. Towards the end of her life, she lived with Marie King on 25th Avenue in Oakland. Van Tassell died on January 22, 1946, aged 72, at a hospital in Oakland. Filmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature Films
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Silent American Drama Films
Silent may mean: People * Brandon Silent (born 1973), South African former footballer * Charles Silent (1842-1918), German-born American jurist * List of people known as the Silent Music * Silent (band), a Brazilian rock band * The Silents, an Australian psychedelic rock band * Silent, a song by Gerald Walker, from the album I Remember When This All Meant Something... Other uses * Silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ..., a film with no sound * Dark (broadcasting) or silent, an off-air radio or TV station * Air Energy AE-1 Silent, a German self-launching ultralight sailplane * Buffalo Silents, a 1920s exhibition basketball team whose members were deaf and/or mute * Silent Pool, a lake in Surrey, United Kingdom * Silent (TV series), a 2022 Japanese te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Drama Films
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign – The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive – Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in modern-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi (1916), Battle of Wadi – Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German Empire, German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Films
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Film for a salary of $10,000 a week and a signing on fee of $150,000, making him one of the highest-paid people in the United States. * June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year. * July 19 – Famous Players–Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures. * August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film '' The Battle of the Somme'' is premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release (from 20 August) 20 million people view it. * September 5 – Release of D. W. Griffith's epic film '' Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages'', starring Lillian Gish (as "The Eternal Motherhood") and Constance Talmadge (in two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate Watt
Nathan Watt (April 6, 1889 – May 26, 1968) was an American film director. He directed 30 films between 1916 and 1961. Filmography * ''The Torch Bearer'' (1916) (actor) * ''Persistent Percival'' (1916, short) * ''Cooking His Goose'' (1916, short) * ''The Man Who Would Not Die (film), The Man Who Would Not Die'' (1916) * ''The Galloping Devil'' (1920) * ''What Women Love'' (as Nate C. Watt) (1920) * ''Three Good Pals'' (1921, short) * ''The Raiders'' (1921) * ''The Hunger of the Blood'' (1921) * ''Bad Breaks'' (1926, short) * ''Pound Foolish'' (1926, short) * ''All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film), All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930; assistant director) * ''High Spirits'' (1927, short) * ''Dear Season'' (1927, short) * ''Hot Cookies'' (1927, short) * ''Air Maniacs'' (1933, short) * ''Hopalong Cassidy Returns'' (1936) * ''Trail Dust (film), Trail Dust'' (1936) * ''Mariners of the Sky, Mariners of the Sky/Navy Born'' (1936) * ''Carnival Queen (film), Carnival Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Nichols
Marguerite Olive Nichols (August 3, 1891 – March 17, 1941) was an American silent film actress. She starred in 21 films between 1915 and 1918. Actress Norma Nichols was her sister. Marriage and death Nichols was born in Los Angeles, California. She was married to comedy film producer Hal Roach for the last 26 years of her life. (He survived her by more than a half-century, dying at age 100 in 1992). They had two children, Hal Jr. and Margaret Roach. She died from pneumonia on March 17, 1941, in Los Angeles. Filmography *''The Quality of Forgiveness ''(1915) *''Beulah ''(1915) *''The Maid of the Wild ''(1915) *''Counsel for the Defense ''(1915) *''Big Brother ''(1916) *'' Little Mary Sunshine ''(1916) .... Sylvia Sanford *''The Witch of the Mountains ''(1916) *''The Reclamation ''(1916) .... Edith Phelan *''Jack ''(1916) (as Margaret Nichols) *''The Oath of Hate ''(1916) (as Margaret Nichols) *'' Pay Dirt ''(1916) .... Kate Gardner *''The Matrimonial Martyr ''(1916) .... Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Forrest
Allan Forrest Fisher (September 1, 1885 – July 25, 1941) was an American silent film actor. Life and career Allan Forrest Fisher starred in 119 films, mostly silent, between 1913 and 1932. He appeared in films such as '' The Torch Bearer'', with actress Charlotte Burton. in 1916, he married actress Ann Little; they were divorced in 1918. On January 8, 1922, Forrest married actress Lottie Pickford in Hollywood. They divorced in 1928. Partial filmography * '' Called Back'' (1914) * '' The Ruby Circle'' (1914) * '' The Sign of the Spade'' (1916) * '' Dulcie's Adventure'' (1916) * '' Periwinkle'' (1917) * '' Melissa of the Hills'' (1917) * '' Charity Castle'' (1917) * '' Her Country's Call'' (1917) * '' Peggy Leads the Way'' (1917) * '' The Mate of the Sally Ann'' (1917) * '' Beauty and the Rogue'' (1918) * '' Powers That Prey'' (1918) * '' A Bit of Jade'' (1918) * '' Social Briars'' (1918) * '' The Ghost of Rosy Taylor'' (1918) * '' The Eyes of Julia Deep'' (1918) * '' R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Keenan
Harry George Keenan (June 15, 1867, Richmond, Indiana – April 18, 1944, Santa Ana, California) was an early American silent film actor. He starred in about 45 silent films mostly shot between 1912 and 1916, including '' The Highest Bid'', with actresses such as Charlotte Burton Charlotte E. Burton (May 30, 1881 – March 28, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Biography Early life and education Charlotte E. Burton was born on May 30, 1881, in San Francisco, California. However there is some debate .... Selected filmography * '' The Winged Idol'' (1915) * The Strength of Donald McKenzie (1916) * The Torch Bearer (1916) References External links * 1867 births 1944 deaths American male silent film actors Male actors from Indiana People from Richmond, Indiana People from Santa Ana, California 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell (American Actor)
William Russell (born William Lerche; April 12, 1884 – February 18, 1929) was an American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He appeared in over two hundred Silent film, silent-era motion pictures between 1910 and 1929, directing five of them in 1916 and producing two through his own production company in 1918 and 1925. Early life and career Born in the Bronx borough of New York City, Russell began his acting career on the Theatre, stage when he was eight years old. He appeared with such notables as Ethel Barrymore, Chauncey Olcott, Blanche Bates, Maude Adams and others. Russell's Broadway credits include ''Princess Flavia'' (1925), ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1923), and ''The Tenderfoot'' (1904). His career came to a stop when he was 16, however, when he became an invalid. Through rigorous physical therapy, he recovered his health six years later. He then became an amateur boxing champion. Motion pictures Russell began his Film, screen career in New York wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
