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Crauford Kent
Crauford Kent (12 October 1881 – 14 May 1953) was an English character actor based in the United States. He has also been credited as Craufurd KentCraufurd Kent at IBDB and Crawford Kent.Crawford Kent at IBDB Biography 
Kent was born on 12 October 1881 in London. A stage actor in England, Kent first came to the United States as a first-class passenger on the S/S ''Teutonic'', docking at the Port of New York late in July 1910; for ...
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London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deep Purple (1915 Film)
''The Deep Purple'' is a lost 1915 film directed by James Young from a play written by Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner. The film stars Clara Kimball Young and Milton Sills, and was remade in 1920 again titled '' The Deep Purple'' by director Raoul Walsh. The film is based on a 1910 play, produced on Broadway in 1911 starring Catherine Calvert. This is the first film of actress Esther Ralston, then 13 years old, who has a bit role. Cast *Clara Kimball Young - Doris Moore *Edward Kimball - Rev. William Moore *Milton Sills - William Lake *Mae Hopkins - Ruth Lake *Mrs. E.M. Kimball - Mrs. Lake *William J. Ferguson - 'Pop' Clark *Grace Aylesworth - 'Fresno' Kate Fallon *Crauford Kent - Harry Leland *Frederick Truesdell - Inspector Bruce *DeWitt Jennings - Gordon Laylock *Walter Craven - Pat Connelly ''unbilled cast'' *Esther Ralston Esther Ralston (born Esther Louise Worth, September 17, 1902 – January 14, 1994) was an iconic American silent film star. Her most prominen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Better Half (film)
''The Better Half'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Alice Brady, David Powell and Crauford Kent.Connelly p.322 Plot summary Louise and Trixie Thorley are twins, one is kind-hearted and the other selfish. Although Louise loves Michael Thwaite, he is dazzled by the pampered Trixie and marries her. Trixie soon tires of Michael and departs for Europe with Hendrick Thurston, "an idler." The night she leaves him, Michael is attacked by thugs and loses his sight. To spare his feelings, Louise tends to him posing as Trixie. When Trixie returns, the twins argue, and Trixie kills herself in a fit of remorse. Michael finally regains his sight and, realizing Louise's love, marries her. Cast * Alice Brady as Louise / Beatrix Thorley * David Powell as Michael Thwaite * Crauford Kent as Hendrick Thurston * William T. Carleton William T. Carleton (1859–1930) was an English-born actor, and producer. He died in Saint John, New Brunswick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare Of Storm
''Kildare of Storm'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Harry L. Franklin. It stars Broadway actress Emily Stevens. June Mathis and Jere F. Looney provided the scenario. Plot As described in a film magazine, Kate (Stevens), urged on by her ambitious mother (Lindroth), weds Basil Kildare (Baggot), the last of the famous Kildares of Kentucky, and goes to Storm, the family estate, to live. Her husband proves to be a beast, and Kate and Dr. Jacques Benoix (Kent), Basil's best friend, fall in love despite their mutual knowledge that they should not. When Basil is slain, Jacques is convicted of murder. He is pardoned after five years and devotes his life to curing the sick at a mountain sanitarium. Mahaly (Short), former housekeeper to the Kildares, comes to the sanitarium and confesses on her deathbed that it was she that slew Basil because he had wronged her. Exonerated before the world, Dr. Benoix feels justified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Danger Mark
''The Danger Mark'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford and starring Elsie Ferguson. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a play by Robert W. Chambers. Prior to the film's release, the play was published in "serial form and later issued as a book." Plot As described in a film magazine, Geraldine Seagrave (Ferguson), addicted to the drinking habit, becomes intoxicated the night of her debut and later, because of this condition, refuses the love of Duane Mallett (Hamilton). Jack Dysart (Kent), eager to recuperate his fallen fortunes, endeavors to win Geraldine but she, after learning that Duane's sister Sylvia (McCoy) loves Jack, cleverly arranges it so that Sylvia and Jack become engaged and then married. Duane, after finally persuades Geraldine to become engaged to him, comes to believe that she has been false and leaves a note stating that he will never return. The craving for alcohol almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ordeal Of Rosetta
''The Ordeal of Rosetta'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Alice Brady, Crauford Kent and Ormi Hawley.Bertellini p.233 Cast * Alice Brady as Rosetta / Lola Gelardi (twins) * Crauford Kent as Aubrey Hapgood * Ormi Hawley as Ruth Hapgood * Henry Leone as Professor Gelardi * Maude Turner Gordon as Mrs. Hapgood * Hazel Washburn as Mildred Sanders * Edmund Burns as Dick * George Henry as Theatrical Agent References Bibliography * Giorgio Bertellini Giorgio Bertellini an Italian-American media historian who specializes in the ways national and racial diversity informed American cinema's representation of citizenship, stardom, and leadership during the era of migrations, fascism, and World .... ''Italy in Early American Cinema: Race, Landscape, and the Picturesque''. Indiana University Press, 2010. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Emile Chautard American silent fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Of Songs (1918 Film)
''The Song of Songs'' is a 1918 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and based on a 1914 stage play version by Edward Sheldon of the 1908 novel by Hermann Sudermann, '' The Song of Songs''. This picture was directed by Joseph Kaufman and stars Elsie Ferguson. This was Kaufman's last film before his death on February 1, 1918, very early on during the 1918 flu pandemic. This film is now considered a lost film. The story was remade as '' Lily of the Dust'' (1924) with Pola Negri and Ben Lyon. Marlene Dietrich starred in the first sound version '' The Song of Songs'' (1933). Plot summary Lily, an innocent young girl, is convinced to pose nude for a young sculptor. They fall in love, but the sculptor fears the effect of marriage on his work and neglects Lily. Ultimately, in despair, she marries a wealthy older man but does not find happiness there. Only near-tragedy and scandal are able, ironically, to bring her that happiness. Cast *Elsie Ferguson as Lily K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Beneath as Rupert Brantley
* Eugenie Woodward as Mrs. Connolly
''The Woman Beneath'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Travers Vale and starring Ethel Clayton, Crauford Kent and Isabel Berwin. Cast * Ethel Clayton as Betty Fairchild * Curtis Cooksey as Tom Connolly * Isabel Berwin as Mrs. Fairchild * Frank de Vernon as Mr. Fairchild * Crauford Kent Crauford Kent (12 October 1881 – 14 May 1953) was an English character actor based in the United States. He has also been credited as Craufurd Kent References External links * 1917 films 1917 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Antics Of Ann
''The Antics of Ann'' is a lost 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Dillon and starring Ann Pennington. Plot As described in a film magazine, after breaking every rule in the Bredwell Seminary, Ann Wharton (Pennington) is dismissed. Seeking to beat the notification of her dismissal to her father, she runs away from school that night. She goes to sleep in a row boat and is awakened the next morning when her craft bumps a railroad bridge. After meeting Tom Randall (Ham), with whom she has formed a friendship, he takes her home where her father (Carleton) finds them, having been appraised by the seminary principal who hinted at an elopement. Ann is then taken to a winter resort where her father and sister Olive (Hawley) are staying. Here Tom finds her again. She breaks up an elopement of her sister and a fortune hunter by going to the latter's room and staying there until the time for the tryst has passed. Accused of compromising herself by her father, she goes to T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Crossed (1917 Film)
''Double Crossed'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starred Pauline Frederick and Crauford Kent. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film's story was written by Hector Turnbull and the scenario by Eve Unsell. This film is now considered lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, while attending a house party with her husband, Eleanor Stratton (Frederick) overhears a conversation between a detective Jim Foley (Hatch) and her husband Frederick (Kent), in which the latter is commanded to produce a receipt held by Worthington Lawrence (Handyside), their host, under penalty of being exposed for a petty theft committed years ago. To save her husband, Eleanor obtains the receipt and motors to the city the next day with it, where Foley has promised to deliver to her the signed confession of her husband. Foley tricks her up to his rooms, where he obtains the receipt but fails to deliver the confession. He pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Jones (film)
''Broadway Jones'' is a lost 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Joseph Kaufman and starring George M. Cohan, in his film debut, in a motion picture based on his 1912 play, ''Broadway Jones''. at silentera.com 
Though no known copies survive of the film, a 1931 Paramount promotional film, '''', contains a clip of Cohan which may be from either ...
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The Heart Of The Hills (1916 Film)
The heart of The Hills Is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Richard ridgely AND starring Mabel trunnelle, conway tearle AND raymond mckee ''The Heart of the Hills'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Richard Ridgely and starring Mabel Trunnelle, Conway Tearle and Raymond McKee.Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.229 Cast * Mabel Trunnelle as Hester * Conway Tearle as Redgell * Bigelow Cooper as Sir Christopher Madgwick * Raymond McKee as Eric * Marie La Corio as Edith * Herbert Prior as Ali * George A. Wright as Sani * Robert Conness as Karaji * Edith Strickland as Natali * Crauford Kent as McInnes * Charles Sutton as Dr. Pettigrew * Henry Leone Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) * Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ... as Darton References Bibliography * John T. Soister, Henry N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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