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Roped
''Roped'' was a 1919 American Western-comedy film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost. ''Roped'' is one of at least 25 films in which director John Ford and actor Harry Carey collaborated on between the years of 1917 and 1921. Ford saw Carry as a mentor and their worked on the story ideas for several of their films together. During these collaborations, Carey made more per film then Ford. By 1919, the year ''Roped'' came out, Ford was making 300 dollars a week, Carey was making 1,250. This differential in pay led to tension between the two. Plot Cheyenne Harry is a wealth ranch owner. After his cowboys put an ad in the newspaper trying to find him a wife, Harry marries Aileen Judson-Brown. A year into their marriage, Aileen gives birth to their first child. The new family live with Aileen’s status seeking mother, Mrs. Judson-Brown. Mrs. Judson-Brown tries everything in her power to break up the marriage so her daughter ca ...
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John Ford Filmography
John Ford (1894–1973) was an American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. During this time he directed more than 140 films however nearly all of his silent films are lost. Born in Maine, Ford entered the filmmaking industry shortly after graduating from high school with the help of his older brother, Francis Ford, who had established himself as a leading man and director for Universal Studios. After working as an actor, assistant director, stuntman, and prop man – often for his brother – Universal gave Ford the opportunity to direct in 1917. Initially working in short films, he quickly moved into features, largely with Harry Carey as his star. In 1920 Ford left Universal and began working for the Fox Film Corporation. During the next ten years he directed more than 30 films, including the westerns '' The Iron Horse'' (1924) and ''3 Bad Men'' (1926), both starring George O'Brien, the war drama ''Four Sons'' and the Irish romantic drama '' Hangman's Hou ...
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Harry Carey Filmography
This is a list of films featuring Harry Carey. 1910 * '' Bill Sharkey's Last Game'' * ''Gentleman Joe'' 1912 * ''An Unseen Enemy'' as The Thief * ''Two Daughters of Eve'' as In Audience * ''Friends'' as Bob Kyne - the Prospector * ''So Near, yet So Far'' as A Thief * ''A Feud in the Kentucky Hills'' as Second Clan Member * '' In the Aisles of the Wild'' as Bob Cole * '' The One She Loved'' as The Neighbor's Friend * ''The Painted Lady'' as At Ice Cream Festival (uncredited) * ''The Musketeers of Pig Alley'' as Snapper's Sidekick * ''Heredity'' as White Renegade Father * '' Gold and Glitter'' as Lumberman (uncredited) * '' The Informer'' as The Union Corporal * '' Brutality'' as At Theatre * '' My Hero'' as Indian * '' The Burglar's Dilemma'' as Older Crook * '' A Cry for Help'' as The Thief * ''The God Within'' 1913 * '' Three Friends'' as In Saloon / In First Factory (uncredited) * '' The Telephone Girl and the Lady'' as The Thief * '' Pirate Gold'' * ''An Adventure in ...
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Arthur Shirley
Arthur Shirley (31 August 1886 – 24 November 1967) was an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director of theatre and film. He experienced some success as a film actor in Hollywood between 1914 and 1920. Biography Early life Born Henry Raymond Shirley in Hobart to civil servant Henry Shirley and Sarah Ann, ''née'' Morton, he was baptised Arthur and attended Catholic schools. He then worked for Tattersall's Lottery and as a junior solicitor's clerk, when at age sixteen he decided to join a semi-professional troupe of entertainers which toured Tasmania in a two horse caravan.Graham Shirley, 'Arthur Shirley of Sydney Australia', Shirley Family Association
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Mollie McConnell
Mollie McConnell (September 24, 1865 – December 9, 1920) was an American silent film actress. McConnell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Mills Seminary in Oakland, California. She studied further at "Miss Grant's college" in Chicago, but left there in favor of acting. Before her 1913 movie debut, she was a national and international theater performer. In 1914, she signed a contract with Balboa Amusement Producing Company and played matronly roles in many of their films. She starred with William Garwood in the 1914 western '' A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch''. She married Will A. McConnell in the fall of 1890. Partial filmography *'' A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch'' (1914) *'' The Red Circle'' (1915) * ''Should a Wife Forgive?'' (1915) *'' Pay Dirt'' (1916) * '' Shadows and Sunshine'' (1916) *'' Joy and the Dragon'' (1916) *'' Vengeance of the Dead'' (1917) *'' The Wildcat'' (1917) *''The Neglected Wife'' (1917) *'' Bab the Fixer'' (1917) *'' The Climber'' (1917) *'' Set ...
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Neva Gerber
Genevieve Dolores Gerber (April 3, 1894 – January 2, 1974) was an American silent film actress who appeared in more than 120 films between 1912 and 1930. Early life and career She was born in Argenta, Illinois, to S. Nelson Gerber (1870–1902) and Juanetta Jean Pullman. Her parents separated when she was young and her mother moved her to Los Angeles, California. She was raised by nuns from the College of the Immaculate Heart. After the death of her father, Gerber's impoverished mother gave guardianship of her daughter to an attorney. After her graduation from high school, Gerber became an actress and appeared in several one-reelers. Her film debut came in ''The Flower Girl's Romance'' (1912). Beginning in 1917, she starred in multiple serial films, and she is considered one of the top ten "serial queens" of the silent film period. She teamed with director and actor Ben F. Wilson in many of these productions, and starred in the first crude sound era serial, ''The Vo ...
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John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He was the recipient of six Academy Awards including a record four wins for Best Director. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. In a career of more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although most of his silent films are now lost). He is renowned both for Westerns such as '' Stagecoach'' (1939), '' The Searchers'' (1956), and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962) and adaptations of classic 20th century American novels such as '' The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940). Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who named him one of the greate ...
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American Black-and-white Films
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American Western (genre) Comedy Films
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Films Directed By John Ford
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1919 Lost Films
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Lost Western (genre) Comedy Films
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Universal Pictures Films
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