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Bertram Grassby
Bertram Grassby (23 December 1880 – 7 December 1953) was an English actor. He appeared in more than 90 silent era films between 1914 and 1927. Grassby was married to American actress Gerard Alexander. He was born in Lincolnshire, England and died in Scottsdale, Arizona. Selected filmography *'' His Father's Rifle'' (1914) *''Liberty'' (1916) as Manuel Leon *'' Langdon's Legacy'' (1916) * '' It Happened in Honolulu'' (1916) *''The Mysterious Mrs. M'' (1917) * '' Even As You and I'' (1917) *'' Rasputin, The Black Monk'' (1917) * '' The Soul of Satan'' (1917) * '' Cheating the Public'' (1918) *'' Salomé'' (1918) as Prince David *'' The Hope Chest'' (1918) as Stoughton Lounsbury *'' A Romance of Happy Valley'' (1919) as Judas *'' The Delicious Little Devil'' (1919) as Duke de Sauterne *'' Fools and Their Money'' (1919) as Cholly Van Dusen *'' The Gray Horizon'' (1919) as John Furthman *'' The Lone Wolf's Daughter'' (1919) as Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf *'' What Every Woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north-west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is Lincoln, where the county council is also based. The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire consists of the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and the area covered by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Part of the ceremonial county is in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and most is in the East Midlands region. The county is the second-largest of the English ceremonial counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in land use. The county is fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gray Horizon
''The Gray Horizon'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and he himself played the lead role. Bertram Grassby, Tsuru Aoki, Eileen Percy, Mary Jane Irving, and Andrew Robson also featured in the film. Plot As described in a film magazine, the skill of colorful Japanese artist Yamo Masata (Hayakawa), who lives in the hills of California, attracts the attention of a clever counterfeiter who seeks the artist's aid in the preparation of spurious bonds. At first deceived, the artist becomes indignant when he learns the truth of the enterprise, and shows the man the door. The artist's sister, O Haru San (Aoki), who is newly arrived in America and is searching for the American husband who deserted her, identifies the stranger as her spouse. He seeks to escape but in the encounter that follows both the counterfeiter and the sister meet death. In time, the artist is taken up by society and bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Defense (1922 Film)
''For the Defense'' is a 1922 American silent mystery film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1919 Broadway play, ''For the Defense'', by Elmer Rice. Ethel Clayton is the star of the film. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print was discovered in the Netherlands by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (or Nederlands Filmmuseum). at silentera.com Cast * as Anne Woodstock * as Christopher Armstrong *< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty Candles
''Fifty Candles'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Bertram Grassby, Marjorie Daw and Ruth King.Munden p.236 Cast * Bertram Grassby as Hung Chin Chung * Marjorie Daw as Mary-Will Tellfair * Ruth King as Carlotta Drew * Wade Boteler as Mark Drew * William A. Carroll as Henry Drew * George Webb as Dr. Parker * Dorothy Sibley as Mah Li * Edmund Burns Edmund Burns (September 27, 1892 – April 2, 1980 ) was an American actor. He was best known for his films of the silent 1920s, particularly '' The Princess from Hoboken'' (1927), '' Made for Love'' (1926), and ''After the Fog'' (1929), althou ... as Ralph Coolidge 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 mystery films American silent feature films American mystery films Films directed by Irvin W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Parisian Scandal
''A Parisian Scandal'' is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film, directed by George L. Cox. It stars George Periolat, Lillian Lawrence, and Marie Prevost, and was released on December 5, 1921. Plot As described in a film magazine, Liane-Demarest (Prevost), an American girl raised in France and the only daughter of doting parents, has many suitors. She becomes deeply interested in Basil Hammond (Gallery), a studious young American sent by Liane's grandmother to find out what kind of girl she is. Liane goes into his room at night, destroys his notebook, and pleads with him to be her friend. Thinking that he may have compromised her reputation, he offers to marry her. However, Liane follows the wishes of her parents and becomes engaged to Baron Stransky (Grassby). At a casino Basil and the baron meet, and later, taking shelter from a storm at a roadhouse, they meet again, and Basil administers a good beating to the baron. The baron challenges him to a duel, and Basil accepts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straight From Paris ''Straight from Paris'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young, Bertram Grassby and Betty Francisco.Connelly p.46 Cast * Clara Kimball Young as Lucette Grenier * Bertram Grassby as Robert Van Austen * William P. Carleton as John Van Austen * Betty Francisco as Doris Charming * Thomas Jefferson as Henri Trevel * Gerard Alexander as Mrs. Stevenson * Clarissa Selwynne Clarissa Selwynne (26 February 1886 – 13 June 1948) was a British stage and film actress.Kear & King p. 143 She settled in the United States, working in Hollywood where she appeared in around 100 films. Partial filmography * '' Hearts in Exi ... as Mrs. Van Austen References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] |
