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Astra Film Corp
Astra Film Corp was an American film production company that produced silent films. Louis J. Gasnier was the company's president. George B. Seitz co-founded it. It was making films by 1916. It became Louis J. Gasnier Productions after Seitz left. The studio operated in Jersey City, New Jersey before expanding to Fort Lee, New Jersey. The Fort Lee studio site at 1 Congress Street was acquired from Pathé in 1916. The company distributed its films with Pathé. Rolin Studio in Los Angeles also worked with Pathé. The company's '' Hands Up'' serial included a storyline featuring the Inca. The studio produced Pathé's photoplay films including ''Stranded in Arcady''. It was an adaptation of a story by Francis Lynde and starred Irene Castle. It was directed by Frank Hall Crane. The company also produced ''The Fatal Ring'' and ''The Seven Pearls'' serials. Arthur Miller worked for the company since at least 1916 working under director George Fitzmaurice and signing a contract wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astra Films
Astra Films was a British film production and distribution company of the silent era. It was set up in Leeds following the First World War by the film director Herbert Wilcox, his younger brother Charles Wilcox and H.W. Thompson, a leading figure in film distribution in the North of England.Low p.132-33 After the company's initial success, Wilcox left the firm to set up on his own and rose to become one of the most successful independent producer-directors in the world. After a merger the company released films under the name Astra-National. While smaller than the leading British studios Ideal Films and Stoll Pictures, it was an important producer of films before the Slump of 1924. As was common during the era, many of the same writers, directors and a stock company of actors worked on various different films for the company. After Herbert Wilcox left the company, the majority of films were directed by Kenelm Foss Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Lynde
Francis Lynde (November 12, 1856 – May 16, 1930) was an American writer. Three of his books were adapted to film.Gaston: The amazing career of Francis Lynde April 15th, 2018 by Kay Baker Gaston, Chattanooga Times Free Press He was born in , and wrote adventure novels set in the American West in the early 20th century. The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library has a collection of his papers. His novels were set in the mountains of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Railroading and mining provided settings for his storylines. The main characters were often mining or railroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Romantic Journey
''The Romantic Journey'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring William Courtenay, Macey Harlam and Alice Dovey.Parish & Pitts p.126 Plot Cast * William Courtenay as Peter * Macey Harlam as Ratoor * Alice Dovey as Cynthia * Norman Thorpe as Broadhurst Preservation With no prints of ''The Romantic Journey'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. In February 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board The United States National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) is the board selecting films for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. It was established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988. The National Film Regis ... on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list. References Bibliography *James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1916 films 1916 lost films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shielding Shadow
''The Shielding Shadow'' is a 1916 American action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie and starring Grace Darmond and Ralph Kellard. Plot The 15 chapter story involves the heroine being protected by a shadow with burning eyes. There's also a cloak of invisibility, some hypnotism and a giant octopus added to the mix. Cast * Grace Darmond as Leontine * Ralph Kellard as Jerry Carson * Léon Bary as Sebastian Navarro * Madlaine Traverse as Barbara * Lionel Braham as The Bouncer * Frankie Mann as The Cabaret Singer * Leslie King as One Lump Louie Chapters *1. The Treasure Trove *2. Into the Depths *3. The Mystic Defender *4. The Earthquake *5. Through Bolted Doors *6. The Disappearing Shadow *7. The Awakening *8. The Haunting Hand *9. The Incorrigible Captive *10. The Vanishing Mantle *11. The Great Sacrifice *12. The Stolen Shadow *13. The Hidden Menace *14. Absolute Black *15. The Final Chapter Notes Most of the chapters of this serial are lost w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Of The Army
''Pearl of the Army'' is a 1916 American silent film serial directed by Edward José. The Pathé-Astra Film Corp movie was made when many early film studio and film producers in America's first motion picture industry were based in New Jersey's Hudson River towns, particularly Fort Lee. Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Pearl White as Pearl Date * Ralph Kellard as Captain Ralph Payne * Marie Wayne as Bertha Bonn * Theodore Friebus as Major Brent * William T. Carleton as Colonel Dare (as W.T. Carleton) Chapter titles # ''The Traitor'' # ''Found Guilty'' # ''The Silent Menace'' # ''War Clouds'' # ''Somewhere In Grenada'' # ''Major Brent's Perfidy'' # ''For The Stars and Stripes'' # ''International Diplomacy'' # ''The Monroe Doctrine'' # ''The Silent Army'' # ''A Million Volunteers'' # ''The Foreign Alliance'' # ''Modern Buccaneers'' # ''The Flag Despoiler'' # ''The Colonel's Orderly'' Novelization A French-language novelization in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Wireless
''Via Wireless'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Bruce McRae, Gail Kane and Brandon Hurst. The film was based on a 1908 play of the same name by Paul Armstrong and Winchell Smith and was adapted for the screen by Ouida Bergère. Some location shooting for the film was done in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Greenwich, Connecticut. Plot The lead character, Lieutenant Sommers, of the U. S. Navy, comes to work for John Durant who is designing weapons for the military. Sommers designs a gun for the man but the gun explodes during testing, killing two people. Due to this, Sommers is being sent home from France to face an inquiry. The foil of this story is the character Edward Pinckney who has eyes on John Duran's daughter, Frances. Pinckney, jealous of Frances and Sommers relationship, is the one who had sabotaged his gun before it could be tested. Pinckney is eventually killed in Turkish waters and Sommers and Frances Durant marry. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At Bay
''At Bay'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Florence Reed. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, ''At Bay'', by George Scarborough and produced by the Shuberts. On stage, Reed's starring part was played by Chrystal Herne. The play was adapted for the screen by Ouida Bergère. Plot Cast * Florence Reed as Aline Graham * Frank Sheridan as District Attorney Graham *Lyster Chambers as Joe Hunter * DeWitt Jennings as Judson Flagg (credited as De Witt C. Jennings) * Charles Waldron as Captain Holbrook *Richard Taber Preservation With no prints of ''At Bay'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. .... References External links * 1915 films 1915 drama films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selig Polyscope Company
The Selig Polyscope Company was an American motion picture company that was founded in 1896 by William Selig in Chicago, Illinois. The company produced hundreds of early, widely distributed commercial moving pictures, including the first films starring Tom Mix, Harold Lloyd, Colleen Moore, and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Selig Polyscope also established Southern California's first permanent movie studio, in the historic Edendale district of Los Angeles. Ending film production in 1918, the business, which had become known for its film production animals, became an animal and prop supplier to other studios and a zoo and amusement park attraction in East Los Angeles. The amusement park and zoo went into decline during the Great Depression in the 1930s. In 1947, William Selig and several other early movie producers and directors shared a special Academy Honorary Award to acknowledge their role in building the film industry. History William Selig initially worked as a Vaudevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Darmond
Grace Darmond (born Grace Marie Glionna; November 20, 1893 – October 8, 1963) was a Canadian-American actress. Early life Grace Marie Glionna was born in Toronto on November 20, 1893. Her parents were Vincent Baptiste "James" Glionna, an Italian-American barber and violinist who had lived in Canada since 1877, and Alice Louise Sparks Glionna, an Ontario native of Irish descent. Grace was baptised as a Roman Catholic on December 3, 1893, as Mary Gracie Glionna. The 1920 copy of Darmond's birth certificate gives her birth name as Grace Mary Glionna and her birth year as 1898. Vincent died in 1903, and Alice remarried in 1912 to Richard Johnson. After Vincent's death, Grace and her mother emigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago. Career As a teenager, Grace Glionna began to appear on the stage, changing her name to Grace Darmond. She signed with Selig Polyscope Company in 1914, and made her film debut in the comedy short ''The Clock Went Wrong''. Darmond was ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fitzmaurice
George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and Film producer, producer. Career Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1940, he directed a total of over 80 films; several of these were successful, including ''The Son of the Sheik'', ''Raffles (1930 film), Raffles'', ''Mata Hari (1931 film), Mata Hari'', and ''Suzy (1936 film), Suzy''. At the beginning of his directorial career, Fitzmaurice was astute at directing stage actresses in their initial films with the first wave of great Broadway stars that migrated to motion pictures during the World War I era, including Mae Murray, Elsie Ferguson, Fannie Ward, Helene Chadwick, Irene Fenwick, Gail Kane, and Edna Goodrich. Fitzmaurice's long-time cinematographer, Arthur Miller (cinematographer) , Arthur Miller observed: “Fitzmaurice's specialty was in designing a film beautifully, and in handling women stars with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Miller (cinematographer)
Arthur Charles Miller, A.S.C. (July 8, 1895 – July 13, 1970) was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for the Oscar for Best Cinematography six times, winning three times: for ''How Green Was My Valley'' in 1941, '' The Song of Bernadette'' in 1944, and '' Anna and the King of Siam'' in 1947. Career Born in Roslyn, New York, he began his movie career at the age of 13. According to a 1970 interview with Leonard Maltin, he once worked for a horse dealer. One day, he was returning home from delivering some horses and was sitting on a horse when a man offered him a job in motion pictures because he could ride bareback. Miller recalled, "The first day we went out to a golf course in Brooklyn, and I rode this horse all over, got chased, and all." He found himself working as an assistant to filmmaker Fred J. Balshofer. The two remained lifelong friends and in 1967 co-wrote a book about the early days of film titled ''One Reel a Week''. Miller eventually joined Pathé and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven Pearls
''The Seven Pearls'' is a 1917 American silent action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. Fragments are held by the Library of Congress. Cast * Mollie King as Ilma Bay * Creighton Hale as Harry Drake * Léon Bary as Perry Mason * John J. Dunn as Grady * Henry G. Sell as Handsome Jack Chapter titles # The Sultan's Necklace # The Bowstring # The Air Peril # Amid the Clouds # Between Fire and Water # The Abandoned Mine # The False Pearl # The Man Trap # The Message on the Wire # The Hold-Up # Gems of Jeopardy # Buried Alive # Over the Falls # The Tower of Death # The Seventh Pearl Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The Seven Pearls'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Chapter 5, a cut of the scenes where an airman threw two bombs at an automobile and of the shooting of a man in a ship; in Chapter 7, of the binding of the woman and man, in Chapter 10, the int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
