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Agnes Christine Johnston
Agnes Christine Johnston was an American screenwriter who wrote for more than 80 films between 1915 and 1948. Biography Early life Johnston was born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, to John Johnston and Isabel McElhany. She attended the Horace Mann School and later took a playwright class at Harvard. Her sister Isabel Johnston also became a screenwriter. Career When Vitagraph Studios, Vitagraph gave her an assignment to write a scenario for a James Oliver Curwood novel ''God's Country and the Woman'', she reportedly completed the scenario in 24 hours. Johnston penned a number of Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney—among them ''The Hardys Ride High'', ''Andy Hardy's Double Life'', and ''Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble''. Her other films included the comedy ''Seventeen (1940 film), Seventeen'', the romantic comedy ''Janie (1944 film), Janie'' and its sequel, ''Janie Gets Married'', plus the 1946 adaptation of ''Black Beauty (1946 film), Black Beauty''. She also wrote the musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swissvale, Pennsylvania
Swissvale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, east of downtown Pittsburgh. Named for a farmstead owned by James Swisshelm, during the industrial age it was the site of the Union Switch & Signal, Union Switch and Signal Company of George Westinghouse. The population was 8,624 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Swissvale is named after the Swisshelm family. John Swisshelm (1752–1838), who owned a farm where the town is located. John Swisshelm served under General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, and camped at Valley Forge. Swisshelm married Mary Elizabeth Miller, and they had many children. Their son, James Swisshelm, married Jane Grey Cannon, noted abolitionist and political activist, Jane Swisshelm named the town Swissvale as the town overlooked the Monongahela River Valley. The Pittsburgh neighborhood of Swisshelm Park, adjacent to Swissvale, is named after John Swisshelm. Since 1874, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time, The Place And The Girl (1946 Film)
''The Time, the Place and the Girl'' is a 1946 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Janis Paige and Martha Vickers. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is unrelated to the 1929 film '' The Time, the Place and the Girl''. Plot Steve and Jeff are about to open a nightclub when a man named Martin Drew who represents conductor Ladislaus Cassel claims that Cassel, who is living next door, objects to the club's music and that it disturbs his granddaughter, Victoria, an aspiring opera singer. It turns out that Cassel himself is fine with the club but Vicki's grandmother Lucia is against it. Cassel also urges Vicki not to marry Andrew, her fiancée, without being certain. After she meets Steve, she is attracted to him. Steve has a girlfriend, Elaine Winters, who is trying to persuade John Braden, a rich Texan, to finance the club. Elaine is upset about Vicki's presence and threatens to marry B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Men's Wives
''Rich Men's Wives'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring House Peters, Claire Windsor and Gaston Glass. Plot A bored wife of a wealthy man is irritated by his neglect, and is drawn into a flirtation with another man. When her husband discovers this he banishes this from the family home, and forbids her from seeing their son. Cast * House Peters as John Masters * Claire Windsor as Gay Davenport * Richard Headrick as Jackie * Gaston Glass as Juan Camillo * Charles Clary as Mr. Davenport * Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Davenport * Mildred June as Estelle Davenport * Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Lindley-Blair * Carol Holloway as Maid * Martha Mattox as Nurse * William Austin as Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Stuff
''Home Stuff'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Albert H. Kelley and starring Viola Dana, Tom Gallery and Josephine Crowell.Munden p.360 Plot Cast * Viola Dana as Madge Joy * Tom Gallery as Robert Deep * Josephine Crowell as 'Ma' Deep * Nelson McDowell as 'Pa' Deep * Priscilla Bonner as Susan Deep * James Robert Chandler as Mr. 'Pat' * Aileen Manning as Mrs. 'Pat' * Philip Sleeman Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the n ... as Jim Sackett References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Husband's Friend
''Her Husband's Friend'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo starring Enid Bennett. A copy of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Plot Princeton Hadley (Chatterton), because of favors done during his college days by Billy Westover (Lee), feels a moral obligation upon Billy's sudden death in an automobile accident to hold to the responsibility of paying the widow's alimony to Judith (Bennett) as her husband's bondsman, even though the law does not require this. Shortly before his death, Billy had been divorced from his wife and had lost his fortune. Later, Princeton meets the widow without knowing her identity and falls in love with her. Judith is revealed when the two are brought before their lawyer, and Princeton convinces her that he wishes to continue his obligation as her husband. Cast * Enid Bennett as Judith Westover * Rowland V. Lee as Billy Westover (credited as Roland Lee) * Tom Chatterton as Princeton Hadley * Mae Busch Mae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alarm Clock Andy
''Alarm Clock Andy'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Jerome Storm and written by Agnes Christine Johnston. The film stars Charles Ray, Millicent Fisher, George Webb, Tom Guise, and Andrew Robson. The film was released on March 14, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Andrew Gray (Ray) is a shy young man who stutters but knows more about the automobile business of his employer Mr Wells (Guise) than anyone else in the office, but his bashfulness keeps him back. William Blinker (Webb), a cocky young bluffer, advances to assistant manager just four months after starting work. Andrew hopelessly worships his employer's daughter Dorothy (Fisher). The immediate success of the firm depends upon it landing a contract for large motor trucks from Josiah Dodge (Robson). William tries, but his freshness antagonizes Josiah and he fails. In the meantime Andrew meets Dorothy and when she thinks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 Film)
''Daddy-Long-Legs'' is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, and based on Jean Webster's 1912 novel '' Daddy-Long-Legs''. The film stars Mary Pickford. Plot A police officer finds a baby in a trash can, and Mrs. Lippett, the cruel matron at an orphanage where children are made to work, names her "Jerusha Abbott" (she picks "Abbott" out of a phone book and gets "Jerusha" from a tombstone). The orphan, who comes to be called Judy, does what she can to stand up for the younger children, frequently clashing with both Mrs. Lippett and the cold hearted trustees. At one point she leads a rebellion against being served prunes with every meal and at another, steals a doll from a selfish rich girl to lend to a dying orphan. Years later, wealthy Jervis Pendleton, a mysterious benefactor, pays to send Judy, now the oldest and most talented child in the orphanage, to college. He insists, however, that Judy must never try to contact him in person. Judy calls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Adventure (1918 Film)
''The Great Adventure'', also known as ''Her Great Adventure'' and ''Spring of the Year'', is a 1918 American silent film, silent comedy-drama film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, and starring Bessie Love. The film is preserved at the BFI National Archive. Production The film was made at Solax Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Plot Rags (Love), has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but dreams of stardom on Broadway theatre, Broadway. She and her aunt (Finch) go to New York, where she unsuccessfully looks for work in a Broadway chorus. On the advice of Billy Blake (Barnett), she holds up the producer of a Broadway show to get a job. The lead actor in the show, Sheen (Hall), likes Rags, but on a date together, he cannot ride a horse, paddle a canoe, or swim. Embarrassed, he leaves the Broadway show, allowing Billy to take over the male lead, and Rags to take over the female lead. Cast * Bessie Love as Ragna "Rags" Jansen * Flora Finch as Aunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Could You, Caroline?
''How Could You, Caroline?'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Frederick A. Thomson, with a screenplay by Agnes Christine Johnston. It stars Bessie Love, James W. Morrison, and Dudley Hawley. The film, filmed in Charleston, South Carolina, is presumed lost. Plot Caroline (Love), a student at a boarding school, attends the wedding of her sister Ethel (Earle), where handsome taxi driver Reginald (Hawley) is to be her date. Reginald's taxi breaks down while giving Caroline a ride, and Caroline is late to the wedding. As punishment, she is sent to her room, but she escapes and decides to elope with Reginald, only to discover that he is married. Later, Caroline is engaged to Bob (Morrison). Caroline disguises herself as a masked dancer at his bachelor party to see whether he truly loves her. Bob marries the masked dancer. Caroline reveals her identity, which Bob already had realized, and they are happy together. Cast * Bessie Love as Caroline Rodgers * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Love Was Blind (1917 Film)
''When Love Was Blind'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Frederick Sullivan and starring Florence La Badie, Thomas A. Curran and Boyd Marshall. It was shot at studios in Jacksonville, Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ....Miller p.92 Cast References Bibliography * Blair Miller. ''Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida''. Hamilton Books, 2013. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language drama films Films directed by Frederic Richard Sullivan Films shot in Jacksonville, Florida Pathé Exchange films Silent American drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her New York
''Her New York'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by O. A. C. Lund and Eugene Moore and starring Gladys Hulette, William Parke Jr. and Riley Chamberlin.Connelly p.361 Cast * Gladys Hulette as Phoebe Lester * William Parke Jr. as Philip Dawes * Riley Chamberlin as Farmer Si Brown * Carey L. Hastings as Brown's Wife * Robert Vaughn as Stuyvesant Owen * Ethyle Cooke Ethyle Cooke (August 4, 1880 - April 20, 1949) was an American silent film actress of the 1910s. In 1915, she married another prominent silent film actor of the time, Harry Benham. Cooke starred in many popular films, such as ''A Small Town Gi ... as Laura * Gerald Badgley as Young Child References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened To Adele
''It Happened to Adele'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Van Dyke Brooke and starring Gladys Leslie, Carey L. Hastings and Peggy Burke.Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema p.55 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Gladys Leslie as Adele * Carey L. Hastings as Adele's Mother * Peggy Burke as Blanche * Charles Emerson as Vincent Harvey * Clarine Seymour as Mary * Wayne Arey as John W. Horton * Justus D. Barnes Justus D. Barnes (October 2, 1862 – February 6, 1946), named George Barnes in some sources, was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his role in the 1903 silent Short film, short ''The Great Train Robbery (1903 film), The Gre ... as Vincent's Uncle References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
