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Art-O-Graf
The Art-O-Graf Film Company was an American film production and Film distributor, distribution company founded by Otis B. Thayer that operated between 1919 and 1923 during the silent era. Four time Academy Awards nominee Vernon L. Walker started his career as the head cameraman for the company. Cameraman, William E. Smith, previously worked for Essanay Studios in Chicago. The company had offices in the Guardian Trust Building in Denver, Colorado, and Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The studio was at Englewood, Colorado, Englewood, Colorado. The company also filmed in Grand Junction, Colorado and surrounding areas. Many of the films produced by the company are now considered lost films, lost, but a number still survive. Perhaps the company's best known film is ''Wolves of the Street (1920 Film), Wolves of the Street'', also known as ''The Wolves in Wall Street''. Staff and crew Board of Directors: Alden Van Epps Wessels (owner of the Steamboat Springs Orph ...
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David Townsend (art Director)
David Wood Townsend (November 2, 1891 – August 5, 1935) was an American art director. Career 1919 secretary/treasurer of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. 1920 sales manager of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. 1921 vice president of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. From 1919 through 1921, Art-o-Graf produced the following films: " Miss Arizona (1919 Film)", "Wolves of the Street (1920 Film)", " The Desert Scorpion", " Finders Keepers (1921 Film)", and Out of the Depths (1921 Film). 1922 President of the "Mountain Plains Enterprise Film Company" in Denver. There were plans by the "Mountain Plains Enterprise Company" to build "Sunshine Studios" at Tim McCoy's Owl Creek Dude ranch in order to shoot a film titled, "The Dude Wrangler" written by Caroline Lockhart. The project was abandoned. He was also still listed as a scenario writer for Art-O-Graf Film company. His work with MGM: 1927 "Frisco Sally Levy" (art dire ...
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The Art-O-Graf Film Company was an American film production and distribution company founded by Otis B. Thayer that operated between 1919 and 1923 during the silent era. Four time Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ... nominee Vernon L. Walker started his career as the head cameraman for the company. Cameraman, William E. Smith, previously worked for Essanay Studios in Chicago. The company had offices in the Guardian Trust Building in Denver, Colorado, and Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The studio was at Englewood, Colorado, Englewood, Colorado. The company also filmed in Grand Junction, Colorado and surrounding areas. Many of the films produced by the company are now considered lost films, lost, but a number still survive. Perha ...
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Wolves Of The Street (1920 Film)
''Wolves of the Street'' (also known as ''The Wolves of Wall Street'' or ''Wolves in Wall Street'') is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Otis B. Thayer and starring Edmund Cobb and Vida Johnson. The film was shot in Steamboat Springs, Colorado by the Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company. Franklyn Farnum was originally cast for the lead role, but he did not appear in the completed film.''Filmarama: The Flaming Years'', 1920-1929, Scarecrow Press, September 1, 2002, page 735 Plot James Trevlyn's father, who is battling profiteers working to corner the wheat market, is murdered. James leaves his mine work out west to pick up where his father left off on wall Street. The profiteers foment a Bolshevist strike at Trevlyn's mines in his absence. Eleanor locates a James Trevlyn look-alike at a mission house who takes his place on Wall Street to allow the real James to travel back west to take control of the mines. James is kidnapped and his look-alike is bribed and changes sid ...
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Countess Stoeffel
Margaret “Gretchen” Ustick (aka ''Countess'' Stoeffel; 1874 – June 19, 1928) was a Swiss- American actress. Career In 1919 Mrs. Wood founded the Art-O-Graf Film company of Denver, and she was on the board of directors. In 1920 Mrs. Wood was an actress in the films; ''Wolves of the Street'' and '' The Desert Scorpion''. Personal life and death Mrs. Wood, as she was known, was born Margarita Gager in 1874, Vienna, Austria. She married a German national named Fischer and on December 22, 1896, in Todtmoos, Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Germany they had one child, Phillip Heinrich Carl Fischer. Margarita and Fischer divorced in 1900. Margarita returned home to Vienna and in 1898, with the help of Count Louis K. Stoeffel of the Arbon Castle at Lake Maggiore at Ticino, she regained custody of her son. She later married "Count" Stoeffel, and it was in Switzerland in 1900 that her son, Heinrich Carl Fischer, was abducted by his father's family. Mrs. Wood was the first woma ...
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Out Of The Depths (1921 Film)
''Out of the Depths'' is a 1921 American silent Western film based on a book by author Robert Ames Bennet and directed by Otis B. Thayer and Frank Reicher, starring Edmund Cobb and Violet Mersereau. The film was shot in Denver, Colorado by Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company. It is now considered a lost film. Plot summary Two engineers developing irrigation systems for desert land fall for the same girl. One of the men tries unsuccessfully to murder the other man, who eventually is identified as the girl's long lost brother. Cast * Edmund Cobb * Violet Mersereau Crew * Otis B. Thayer Managing Director * Vernon L. Walker Head Camermaan * H. Haller Murphy H is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet. H may also refer to: Musical symbols * H number, Harry Halbreich reference mechanism for music by Honegger and Martinů * H, B (musical note) * H, B major People * H. (noble) (died after 1 ... Cameraman References External links * 1921 films 1921 Western (ge ...
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The Desert Scorpion
''The Desert Scorpion'' (originally titled ''The Last of the Open Range'') is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Otis B. Thayer and starring Edmund Cobb and Vida Johnson. The film was shot in Denver, Colorado by the Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company."The strong, silent type: over 100 screen cowboys, 1903-1930" by Buck Rainey, McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub, 2004, page 159-160 Plot A feud between sheepherders and cattlemen heats up when the cattlemen set fire to the sheepherder's homes. The Sheepherder, who is in love with the Cattle Queen's daughter, leads a robbery on the cattlemen's bank. The Sheriff's daughter is impregnated and deserted by the Cattle Queen's daughter's fiancé. The sheepherders rescue her and abduct the Cattle King's daughter to nurse her back to health. The cattlemen track them back to the cabin where everything is revealed and forgiven. And the Cattle Queen's daughter falls in love with the Sheepherder. Cast * Edmund Cobb as the Sheepher ...
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American Film Studios
Major film studios are production and distribution companies that release a substantial number of films annually and consistently command a significant share of box office revenue in a given market. In the American and international markets, the major film studios, often known simply as the majors or the Big Five studios, are commonly regarded as the five diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85% of U.S. box office revenue. The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate. Since the dawn of filmmaking, the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry. U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cul ...
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The Wolf Breed (1922 Film)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ...
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Trail's End (1922 Film)
Trail's End, or variations, may refer to: Arts and Entertainment * "Trail's End", a 1957 episode of American TV series ''Sugarfoot'' * "Trail's End", a 1994 episode of ''The Joy of Painting'' with Bob Ross * "The Trail's End" or "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde", a poem by Bonnie Parker * ''Trails End'', a 1949 American western film * ''Trails End'' (1935 film), a 1935 American western film Other uses * Trail End, a historic home in Sheridan, Wyoming, NRHP-listed * Trail's End (brand), a popcorn brand sold by the Boy Scouts of America and Scouts Canada * Trail's End (Denver, Colorado), a Denver landmark * Trail's End Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, or simply Trail's End * Trailsend, Kettering, Ohio, NRHP-listed in Montgomery County, Ohio See also * *End of the Trail (other) End of the Trail may refer to: * ''End of the Trail'' (1932 film), an American Western film * ''End of the Trail'' (1936 film), an American Western film * ''End of the Trail'' (Fraser), a ...
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