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Arthur Millett
Arthur Nelson Millett (April 21, 1874 in Pittsfield, Maine – February 24, 1952 in Los Angeles, California), was an early American motion picture actor whose career was at its height in the silent film era. Biography Born in 1874, Millett was signed on to appear in his first film relatively late in life at age 40 in 1914, but immediately work began to pick up. His first film ''The Lost Treasure'' was released in 1914. In 1915, he starred in films such as ''Coals of Fire (1915 film), Coals of Fire'' and ''The Law of the Wilds'', working with prolific actors such as Harry von Meter and Vivian Rich. Millett starred in a total of 116 film in his career. With the advent of sound films, however, his career declined significantly. In the majority of the roles in his 60 or so films after 1927, Millett was uncredited. Millett was married to actress Neva Gerber. He retired from film in 1940 and died in 1952. Partial filmography * ''Coals of Fire (1915 film), Coals of Fire'' (1915) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsfield, Maine
Pittsfield is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,908 at the 2020 census. Pittsfield is home to the Maine Central Institute, a semi-private boarding school, and the annual Central Maine Egg Festival. History The area was part of the Kennebec Purchase. First called Plymouth Gore, it was settled in 1794 by Moses Martin and his family from Norridgewock. In 1815, the town was organized as the Plantation of Sebasticook, but was incorporated on June 18, 1819, as Warsaw after Warsaw, Poland. In 1824, the name was changed to Pittsfield after William Pitts of Boston, a large landowner after Maine's independence as there was a Pittsfield incorporated already in Massachusetts. Pittsfield was noted for fine orchards, and became an agricultural trade center. Water power from the Sebasticook River attracted industry, and a gristmill and sawmill were built at the falls. Blacksmith shops and a carriage shop were established. In 1855, the Penobscot and Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Of The Times
''Todd of the Times'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Eliot Howe and starring Frank Keenan, Charles A. Post, and Aggie Herring Agnes Herring (February 4, 1876 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1939. She was born in San Francisco and died in Santa Monica, California. [Baidu] |
Tracked To Earth
''Tracked to Earth'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by William Worthington and written by Wallace C. Clifton. The film stars Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli, Harold Goodwin, Duke R. Lee, Buck Connors, and Arthur Millett. The film was released on March 6, 1922, by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast * Frank Mayo as Charles Cranner * Virginia Valli as Anna Jones * Harold Goodwin as Dick Jones * Duke R. Lee as Stub Lou Tate * Buck Connors as Shorty Fuller * Arthur Millett Arthur Nelson Millett (April 21, 1874 in Pittsfield, Maine – February 24, 1952 in Los Angeles, California), was an early American motion picture actor whose career was at its height in the silent film era. Biography Born in 1874, Millett wa ... as 'Big Bill' Angus * Lon Poff as Meenie Wade * Percy Challenger as Zed White References External links * {{William Worthington 1922 films 1922 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Films directed by William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Broken Doll
''A Broken Doll'' is a 1921 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Monte Blue, Mary Thurman and Mary Jane Irving.Lombardi p.117 Plot The film centers on a ranch hand named Tommy Dawes and a young girl called Rosemary, who is disabled and the daughter of his boss, Bill Nyall. One day, Tommy accidentally breaks Rosemary’s favorite doll. He borrows a $20 gold coin to replace it, but on his way into town, he’s attacked and robbed by an escaped prisoner, named Knapp Wyant. The police erroneously identify Tommy as the perpetrator, leading to his arrest. Cast * Monte Blue as Tommy Dawes * Mary Thurman as Harriet Bundy * Mary Jane Irving as Rosemary * Les Bates as Bill Nyall * Lizette Thorne as Mrs. Nyell * Arthur Millett as Sheriff Hugh Bundy * Jack Riley as Knapp Wyant References Bibliography * Frederic Lombardi. ''Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios''. McFarland, 2013. External links * 1921 films 1921 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Match-Breaker
''The Match-Breaker'' is a lost 1921 American silent romantic comedy film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. It was directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starred Viola Dana. Plot Cast *Viola Dana as Jane Morgan * Jack Perrin as Thomas Butler Jr * Edward Jobson as Thomas Butler Sr. * Julia Calhoun as Mrs. Murray * Wedgwood Nowell as Hack De Long * Kate Toncray as Aunt Martha *Lenore Lynard as Madge Larlane *Fred Kelsey as Detective *Arthur Millett as Richard Van Loytor Production Some of ''The Match-Breaker'''s exteriors were shot at the Hotel del Coronado The Hotel del Coronado, also known as The Del and Hotel Del, is a historic beachfront hotel in Coronado, California, just across San Diego Bay from San Diego. A rare surviving example of an American architectural genre—the wooden Victorian be .... References External links * 1921 films 1921 lost films 1921 romantic comedy films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Steel (1921 Film)
''Cold Steel'' is a 1921 American silent action film directed by Sherwood MacDonald and starring J.P. McGowan, Kathleen Clifford and Stanhope Wheatcroft.Munden p.137 Plot Cast * J.P. McGowan as Steele Weir * Kathleen Clifford as Janet Hosmer * Stanhope Wheatcroft as Ed Sorenson * Arthur Millett as Mr. Sorenson * Charles Inslee as Vose * Milton Brown as Burkhart * Nigel De Brulier as Martinez * George Clair as Gordon * Andrew Waldron as Johnson * Elinor Fair Elinor Virginia Martin (''née'' Crowe; December 21, 1903 – April 26, 1957), known professionally as Elinor Fair, was an American motion picture actress. Early years Elinor Virginia Crowe was born on December 21, 1903, in Richmond, Virginia, ... as Mary Johnson * V.L. Barnes as Bartender * William Steele as Sheriff References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Up
''Hearts Up'' is a 1921 American Silent Western film directed by Val Paul and starring Harry Carey. Plot As summarized in a film publication, Jim Drew (Millett), who is a squaw man (a disparaging term for a white man with an Indian wife), receives word that his wife whom he had long deserted had died and that his daughter was coming by train to live with him. Jim is injured when his cabin catches fire, and dies just as David Brent (Carey) arrives to repay a debt of gratitude. Reading the girl's letter stating that she will meet her father in San Francisco, David decides to meet the girl and tell her of her father's death. But when Lorelei (Golden) arrives, she mistakes David for her father and is so happy with her beautiful home that David cannot bring himself to tell her the truth. She met Gordon Swayne (Braidwood), a surveyor, on the train and retains his friendship, which makes David unhappy. When Gordon discovers that David is not Lorelei's father, he threatens him. When Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Sparks
''Live Sparks'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Mae Talbot, and Roy Laidlaw.Katchmer p.440 Plot Cast * J. Warren Kerrigan as Neil Sparks * Mae Talbot as Aunt Helen * Roy Laidlaw as Hiram Craig * Fritzi Brunette as Myrtle Pratt * Clyde Benson as William Carpenter * Beth Ivins as Bess Kinloch * Zelma Maja as Phyllis Gwynne * John Steppling as Jacob Abbott * Arthur Millett Arthur Nelson Millett (April 21, 1874 in Pittsfield, Maine – February 24, 1952 in Los Angeles, California), was an early American motion picture actor whose career was at its height in the silent film era. Biography Born in 1874, Millett wa ... as Henry Lavigne * Joseph J. Dowling as David Pratt References Bibliography * George A. Katchmer. ''Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known''. McFarland, 1991. External links * 1920 films 1920 comedy films Silent America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
$30,000
''$30,000'' is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Fritzi Brunette and Carl Stockdale. Plot When Sydney Lloyd pawns a necklace to pay his gambling debts, his sister turns to a struggling attorney, John Trask, who is given $30,000 to purchase the necklace. The necklace belongs to Christine Lloyd's wealthy uncle, and was stolen by Sydney for gambling with. The gambler, Ferdinand Spargo, has a paste copy of the necklace and wants to swap it for the real one, and gain the $30,000. Spargo hires Aline Norton to take the fake necklace to Trask and steal the $30,000, which is hidden behind a picture in Trask's office. Aline's father is the building's janitor and upsets the picture and discovers the money concealed behind it, which he liberates. Trask enters the gamblers hideout to investigate and wins $30,000 at roulette, he gives it Aline in exchange for the fake necklace, which he quickly finds out about. He raids the gamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Madness (film)
''Love Madness'' is a 1920 American silent crime film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Louise Glaum, Matt Moore, and Noah Beery Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of characte .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, Mary Norwood's husband, a weakling, is framed by a gang of crooks and sent to prison to die for a murder he has not committed. His wife, believing implicitly in his innocence, assumes the role of a confidence woman, gets in with the gang, learns the truth by playing one gang member against the other for her affections. She has them arrested and frees her husband, who has become regenerated through the ordeal and emerges a bigger and better man. Cast References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scuttlers
''The Scuttlers'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and directed by J. Gordon Edwards. William Farnum and Jackie Saunders star in this adventure. Plot Cast * William Farnum as Jim Landers * Jackie Saunders as Laura Machen * Herschel Mayall as Captain Machen * G. Raymond Nye as Erickson *Arthur Millett as Linda Quist *Harry Spingler as George Pitts * Manuel R. Ojeda as Raymond Caldara *Earl Crain as Don Enrico Ruiz (credited as Erle Crane) *Kewpie Morgan as The Cook * Claire de Lorez as Senorita Juanita Bonneller *Al Fremont as Rosen See also *1937 Fox vault fire A major fire occurred 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-industry laboratories, studios and vaults ... References External links * 1920 films American silent feature films Films directed by J. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drag Harlan
''Drag Harlan'' is a 1920 American silent Western film produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation and directed by J. Gordon Edwards. The film is based on an original story for the screen and stars William Farnum along with Jackie Saunders as leading lady. This film survives in a highly contrasted but complete print at the Library of Congress. It was available on VHS from Grapevine video briefly in the 1990s. Plot As described in a film magazine, Drag Harlan (Farnum) comes upon Lane Morgan (Mayall) dying as a result of an attack by Deveny's gang, who are after his gold mine. After Drag promises to protect Lane's daughter, Lane dies. Appearing on the Morgan ranch, Drag is challenged by John Haydon (Millett). After identification of some watch chain found in the dead man's hand, John is proven to be the murderer. Harlan quickly escapes a near killing and rescues the kidnapped Barbara Morgan (Saunders), restores peace in general, and wins her heart. Cast * William Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |