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Theodore Von Eltz
Theodore von Eltz (November 5, 1893 – October 6, 1964) was an American film actor, appearing in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1957. He was the father of actress Lori March. Von Eltz was a Yale University professor's son. After 12 years at an eastern private boarding school, he served in France for eight months during World War I. He followed his war experience with ventures into oil fields in Texas and on the stage in New York. In September 1921, von Eltz married Peggy Prior. They had a daughter, Lori, and a son, Theodore, Jr. In 1928, the couple separated, reconciled, and finally divorced on November 7. Filmography * '' His Wife'' (1915) - Harry Dennys * ''The Traffic Cop'' (1916) - Casey's Brother * ''The Man Who Had Everything'' (1920) - Master of Ceremonies at Party (uncredited) * ''Extravagance'' (1921) - Dick Vane * '' The Old Nest'' (1921) - Stephen McLeod * ''The Speed Girl'' (1921) - Tom Manley * '' The Fourteenth Lover'' (1922) - Clyde Van Ness * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four Feathers (1929 Film)
''The Four Feathers'' is a 1929 American war film directed by Merian C. Cooper and starring William Powell, Richard Arlen, Clive Brook and Fay Wray. This was the third of numerous film versions of the 1902 novel ''The Four Feathers'' written by A. E. W. Mason. The 1929 version of ''The Four Feathers'' premiered at the Criterion Theatre in New York City on June 12, 1929. Plot As children, Harry promises to marry Ethne, both the offspring of English Army officers, but she consents only if he will dress as a soldier. When Harry is still a child, his father tells him stories about the Crimean War, including one where a runaway soldier is spurred into suicide by Harry's father, who sent him a white feather to show his disapproval of cowardice. As a young man, Harry joins the Royal West Kent Regiment and is engaged to Ethne. His best friends are Durrance, Trench, and Castleton. Harry receives a telegram that their regiment is being deployed to the Soudan Expedition, and he resigns fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can A Woman Love Twice?
''Can a Woman Love Twice?'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by James W. Horne and starring Ethel Clayton, Muriel Frances Dana and Kate Lester.Munden p.108 Synopsis Mary Grant, a war widow, supports herself and her child by working in a cabaret. She receives an offer from Abner Grant to live at his ranch, and he mistakenly believes her to be the wife of his own son who died in World War I. Unexpectedly this son does return home alive and eventually the two become a genuine couple. Cast * Ethel Clayton as Mary Grant * Muriel Frances Dana as Thomas Jefferson Grant Jr * Kate Lester as Mrs. Grant * Fred Esmelton as Coleman Grant * Victory Bateman as Mary's Landlady * Wilfred Lucas as Franklyn Chase * Bertram Anderson-Smith as Detective Means * Al Hart as Abner Grant * Malcolm McGregor as Abner's Son * Theodore von Eltz as Thomas Jefferson Grant * Carrie Clark Ward as Housekeeper * Madge Hunt Madge may refer to: Places * Madge, Wisconsin, United States, a town * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thoroughbred (1925 Film)
''The Thoroughbred'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Macklyn Arbuckle, Theodore von Eltz and Gladys Hulette.Rainey p.140 Cast * Macklyn Arbuckle as Peter Bemis * Theodore von Eltz as Robert Bemis * Gladys Hulette as Mitzi Callahan * Hallam Cooley as Dan Drummond * Virginia Brown Faire as Gwen Vandermere * Carter DeHaven as Archie de Rennsaler * Thomas Jefferson * Robert Brower * Edith Murgatroyd * Lillian Langdon Lillian Langdon (November 25, 1860 – February 8, 1943) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1928. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Langdon was a descendant of Montgomery Pike, dis ... References Bibliography * Rainey, Buck. ''Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 actresses appearing in Western movies''. McFarland & Company, 1992. External links * 1925 films 1925 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting Chance
''The Sporting Chance'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Lou Tellegen, Dorothy Phillips, and George Fawcett George Fawcett (August 25, 1860 – June 6, 1939) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Biography Born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1860, Fawcett graduated from the University of Virginia. His initial inclination was to .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, when Darrell Thornton rejects the attentions of her wealthy Northerner admirer, she learns that her sweetheart, a Southerner, is in danger of having his race horse attached by the Sheriff for his debts. The Northerner is willing to keep the horse from being attached and keep the Southerner from jail if Miss Thornton will be his bride. She makes the promise to marry the Northerner. However, after the race horse has been smuggled onto the race track and hitched to an ice cream truck, it wins the race, recovering enough prize money to stay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Fang (1925 Film)
''White Fang'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Laurence Trimble and featuring Theodore von Eltz, Ruth Dwyer, and Matthew Betz. It was produced by FBO Pictures as a starring vehicle for Strongheart, an Alsatian who appeared in a number of films during the decade. It is based on the 1906 novel ''White Fang'' by Jack London. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Joe Holland, superintendent of the Lucky 13 mine, saves his sick friend Weadon Scott from a pack of wolves. He discovers that someone is stealing gold ore from the mine. Frank Wilde, one of the foremen, buys White Fang, a man killing dog. He enters him into a dog fight A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft conducted at close range. Dogfighting first occurred in Mexico in 1913, shortly after the invention of the airplane. Until at least 1992, it was a component in every maj ... match against Cherokee, a bull dog. White Fang is rescued when Weadon enters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Thin Ice (1925 Film)
''On Thin Ice'' is a 1925 American silent crime drama film directed by Mal St. Clair and starring Tom Moore, Edith Roberts, and William Russell. It was produced and distributed by the Warner Bros. and based upon a 1924 novel by Alice Ross Colver. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Rose (Roberts), desperately in need of money, finds a bag of money thrown over a fence by crooks. She rushes home with it only to find her father has died. She attempts to return the satchel but it is filled with paper and worthless money. The crooks become friendly with her, and although harassed by the police, she finally wins over one of them into going straight. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''On Thin Ice'' 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 intentiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locked Doors
''Locked Doors'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Betty Compson. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Mary (Compson) is married to architect Norman Carter (Edeson) who is many years her senior. Norman also provides a home for her invalid father (Roberts) who spends his time cheating at solitaire and trying to get a drink. She respects him but does not love him although he is intensely in love with her. While visiting friends at a lodge in the mountains, she strikes up an acquaintance and then deliberately flirts with John Talbot (von Eltz), and they fall madly in love with another. Norman gives John a job at his office and, after discovering that John is in love with some married woman, invites him to his home to allow him to forget about her. Under the watchful eyes of the husband and his sister Laura (Williams), John and Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of Oak (film)
''Hearts of Oak'' is a 1924 American drama film based upon the play by James A. Herne and directed by John Ford. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Terry Dunnivan * Pauline Starke as Chrystal * Theodore von Eltz as Ned Fairweather * James Gordon as John Owen * Francis Powers as Grandpa Dunnivan * Jennie Lee as Grandma Dunnivan * Francis Ford * Frances Teague as Bridesmaid See also * List of lost films *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ... References External links * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1924 lost films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films American films based on plays Films directed by John Ford Fox Film films Lost American films Lost drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turmoil (1924 Film)
''The Turmoil'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and directed by Hobart Henley. It is based on the novel, ''The Turmoil'', by Booth Tarkington. A previous film of the novel, '' The Turmoil'', by Metro Pictures, was released in 1916. Plot As described in a film magazine, James Sheridan, Sr. (Corrigan) has made himself the captain of many industries and the undisputed financial king of his city. He wants his three sons to be like him. Jim, Jr. (von Eltz), is willing. Roscoe (Hearn) is too willing, if he is to be happy with his passionate, selfish, trouble-making wife, Sybil (Percy). Bibbs (Hackathorne) is entirely unwilling. He is of a poetic nature and cares little for industry. Another family, high in social position but low in finances, lives near the Sheridans. There comes a point when Mary Vertrees (Boardman), the daughter, finds it necessary to seek a marriage with Jim Sheridan, Jr., to save the family name from financial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That French Lady
''That French Lady'' is a lost 1924 silent film romance drama directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Shirley Mason. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It was based on a play by William Hurlbut, ''The Strange Woman'' and was played on Broadway in 1913 by Elsie Ferguson. Cast * Shirley Mason - Inez de Pierrefond *Theodore von Eltz - John Hemmingway * Harold Goodwin - Charlie Abbey * Charles Coleman - Uncle Walter See also *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ... References External links That French Lady at IMDb.com* 1924 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films directed by Edmund Mortimer Fox Film films American black-and-white films American romantic drama films 1924 romantic drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Being Respectable
''Being Respectable'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Dorothy Farnum. The film stars Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, Louise Fazenda, Irene Rich, Theodore von Eltz and Frank Currier. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 1, 1924. Plot Charles Carpenter is obliged to marry Suzanne, with pressure from his wealthy and respectable family, although he is in love with young Valerie Winship. Years later, when Valerie is back in town, they renew the affair and Carpenter plans to leave his wife and child for her, but in the end he yields to family duty and respectability. Cast *Marie Prevost as Valerie Winship * Monte Blue as Charles Carpenter *Louise Fazenda as Deborah Carpenter *Irene Rich as Suzanne Schuyler *Theodore von Eltz as Stephen O'Connell *Frank Currier as Darius Carpenter *Eulalie Jensen as Louise Carpenter *Lila Leslie as Mrs. Winship *Sidney Bracey as Philip Deaby *Charles K. French as Mr. Beasley Reception Being Respectable o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Breaking Point (1924 Film)
''The Breaking Point'' is a 1924 American silent mystery film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by Edfrid A. Bingham and Julie Herne. The film, based on the 1922 novel of the same name by Mary Roberts Rinehart, stars Nita Naldi, Patsy Ruth Miller, George Fawcett, Matt Moore, John Merkyl, Theodore von Eltz, and Edythe Chapman. The film was released on May 4, 1924, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, believing that he has killed the husband of Beverly Carlysle, an actress with whom he is infatuated, Judson Clark flees from the darkness of a ranch house in a western town into a snowstorm, is taken ill, and loses his memory. As Richard Livingstone, physician, he succeeds in New York City and becomes engaged to Elizabeth Wheeler. Ten years later while at a theater show, he is recognized from the stage by Beverly, who had thought her husband's killer had perished in the snow. He is taken to face justice back in Wyoming. There the real culprit co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
