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Blanche McIntosh
Blanche McIntosh was a British screenwriter of the silent era. She worked for Cecil M. Hepworth's Hepworth Pictures, and was employed on films such as ''The American Heiress'' (1917).Wintour p.173 Selected filmography * ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1913) * ''The Heart of Midlothian'' (1914) * '' The Nightbirds of London'' (1915) * ''Trelawny of the Wells'' (1916) * ''The American Heiress'' (1917) * ''Sheba'' (1919) * ''Mrs. Erricker's Reputation'' (1920) * ''Anna the Adventuress'' (1920) * ''The Tinted Venus ''The Tinted Venus'' is a 1921 British silent fantasy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, George Dewhurst and Maud Cressall.Palmer p.92 ''The Tinted Venus'' was based on the 1885 novella by F. Anstey (pseudonym of Thom ...'' (1921) * '' Mr. Justice Raffles'' (1921) References Bibliography * Wintour, Barry. ''Britain and the Great War, 1914-1918: A Subject Bibliography of Some Selected Aspects''. Greenengle publishing, 2014. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief " scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of intertitle, title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a piano, pianist, theatre organ, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or musical improvisation, improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil M
Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada * Cecil, Alberta, Canada United States * Cecil, Alabama * Cecil, Georgia * Cecil, Ohio * Cecil, Oregon * Cecil, Pennsylvania * Cecil, West Virginia * Cecil, Wisconsin * Cecil Airport, in Jacksonville, Florida *Cecil County, Maryland Computing and technology * Cecil (programming language), prototype-based programming language *Computer Supported Learning, a learning management system by the University of Auckland, New Zealand Music *Cecil (British band), a band from Liverpool, active 1993-2000 * Cecil (Japanese band), a band from Kajigaya, Japan, active 2000-2006 Other uses * Cecil (lion), a famed lion killed in Zimbabwe in 2015 * Cecil (''Passions''), a minor character from the NBC soap opera ''Passions'' *Cecil (soil), the dominant red clay soil in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hepworth Pictures
Hepworth Picture Plays was a British film production company active during the silent era. Founded in 1897 by the cinema pioneer Cecil Hepworth, it was based at Walton Studios west of London. In February 1909 the company took part in the Paris Film Congress, a failed attempt by leading European producers to form an organisation similar to the MPPC cartel recently established in the United States. Around the time of the First World War, the company gradually switched from traditional short films to the feature films that increasingly dominated the world market. It also developed many early stars of British cinema, including Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome, Violet Hopson, Chrissie White, Henry Edwards and Gerald Ames. The company attempted to expand after the war, as part of a wider boom in the British industry. Many of the company's most popular works were directed by Edwards, who starred in many of them. In 1923 the company went bankrupt and Hepworth retired from filmmaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Heiress
''The American Heiress'' is a 1917 British silent crime film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Violet Hopson and Stewart Rome.Wintour p.173 Cast * Alma Taylor as Bessie * Violet Hopson as Cynthia Hunks * Stewart Rome as Parker * Lionelle Howard as Bob Summers * John MacAndrews as Viper Smith * Johnny Butt John William H. Butt (1870–1931) was an English film actor of the silent era. He was born in Bradford and died in North Bierley, West Yorkshire. Selected filmography * ''The Chimes'' (1914) * ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915) * '' The G ... as Sir John Higgins References Bibliography * Wintour, Barry. ''Britain and the Great War, 1914-1918: A Subject Bibliography of Some Selected Aspects''. Greenengle publishing, 2014. External links * 1917 films 1917 crime films British crime films British silent short films 1917 short films Films directed by Cecil Hepworth Films set in England Hepworth Pictures films British black-and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vicar Of Wakefield (1913 Film)
''The Vicar of Wakefield'' is a 1913 British silent historical drama film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Violet Hopson, Harry Royston and Chrissie White.Palmer p.900 The film is an adaptation of the 1766 novel '' The Vicar of Wakefield'' by the Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. Cast * Violet Hopson as Olivia Primrose * Harry Royston as Richard Thornhill * Warwick Buckland as Dr Charles Primrose * Chrissie White as Sophia Primrose * Harry Gilbey as Sir William Thornhill * Marie de Solla as Mrs Primrose * Jack Raymond as Moses Primrose * Harry Buss as Jenkinson * John MacAndrews John MacAndrews was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1913) * ''The Heart of Midlothian'' (1914) * ''The Chimes'' (1914) * '' For Her People'' (1914) * '' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915) ... as Minister References Bibliography * Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988. External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of Midlothian (film)
''The Heart of Midlothian'' is a 1914 British silent historical film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Flora Morris, Violet Hopson and Alma Taylor. It is an adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's 1818 novel '' The Heart of Midlothian''.Palmer p.521 The American company Famous Players released a rival film in May 1914 on the same subject called ''A Woman's Triumph''. Cast * Flora Morris as Effie Deans * Violet Hopson as Jeanie Deans * Alma Taylor as Madge Wildfire * Stewart Rome as The Outlaw * Cecil Mannering as George Staunton * Cyril Morton as Reuben Butler * Harry Gilbey as Duke of Argyll * Warwick Buckland as Davie Deans * Marie de Solla as Old Margery * Harry Royston as Bartoline Saddletree * Harry Buss as The Officer * Hay Plumb as Fiscal Sharpitlaw * John MacAndrews John MacAndrews was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1913) * ''The Heart of Midlothian'' (1914) * ''The Chimes'' (1914) * '' F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightbirds Of London
''The Nightbirds of London'' is a 1915 British silent crime film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Stewart Rome, Chrissie White and Violet Hopson.Palmer p.790 It was based on a play by George R. Sims. Cast * Stewart Rome * Chrissie White * Violet Hopson * Lionelle Howard * William Felton * John MacAndrews * Henry Vibart Henry Vibart (25 December 1863 – 30 August 1943) was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era ... * Arthur Staples References Bibliography * Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988. External links * 1915 films 1915 crime films British crime films British silent feature films Films directed by Frank Wilson Films set in London British films based on plays British black-and-white films Hepworth Pictures films 1910s English-language films 1910s B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trelawny Of The Wells
''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' is an 1898 comic play by Arthur Wing Pinero. It tells the story of a theatre star who attempts to give up the stage for love, but is unable to fit into conventional society. Synopsis ''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' tells the story of Rose Trelawny, a popular star of melodrama plays at the Barridge Wells Theatre (a thinly disguised Sadler's Wells Theatre). Rose gives up the stage when she decides to marry her sweetheart, Arthur Gower, in order to please his conservative family. She finds life with Arthur's grandfather and great-aunt, Sir William and Lady Tralfagar, unbearably dull, and they detest her loud and unrestrained personality. Rose runs back to the theatre, abandoning Arthur. But her experience of the "real world" has killed her talent for melodrama, and she cannot recapture the liveliness that had made her a star. Meanwhile, Arthur has secretly run away to become an actor at the Bristol Old Vic. The problem is solved when Rose encounters Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheba (film)
''Sheba'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Gerald Ames and James Carew.Goble p.391 The film is notable for an early appearance of Ronald Colman in a small part. It was made by Hepworth Pictures at Walton Studios. Cast * Alma Taylor as Sheba Ormatroyd * Gerald Ames as Paul Meredith * James Carew as Levison * Lionelle Howard as Count Pharamend * Eileen Dennes as Bessie Saxton * Mary Dibley as Rhoda Meredith * Diana Carey as Mrs. Ormatroyd * Eric Barker as Rex Ormatroyd * Jacky Craine as Baby Paul * Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ... as Bit part References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna The Adventuress
''Anna the Adventuress'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Jean Cadell and James Carew. It is based on a novel by Phillips Oppenheim. Made by Hepworth Pictures at Walton Studios, it is now considered a lost film. Plot summary Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents. Cast * Alma Taylor as Anna / Annabel Pelissier * Jean Cadell as Nellie Bates * James Carew as Montagu Hill * Gerald Ames as Nigel Ennison * Gwynne Herbert as Aunt * Christine Rayner as Mrs. Ellicote * Ronald Colman as Brendan * James Annand as Sir John Ferringhall See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. R ... References External links * 1920 films 1920 dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tinted Venus
''The Tinted Venus'' is a 1921 British silent fantasy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, George Dewhurst and Maud Cressall.Palmer p.92 ''The Tinted Venus'' was based on the 1885 novella by F. Anstey (pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie), in which a statue of Venus becomes human and responds to social mores and repressed sexuality in Victorian England. (The novella was also the basis for the 1941 musical fantasy, ''One Touch of Venus'', by composer, Kurt Weill, with book by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, and lyrics by Nash. A 1948 film, ''One Touch of Venus'', was based on Guthrie's book and the musical.) Cast * Alma Taylor as Matilda Collum * George Dewhurst as Leander Tweddle * Maud Cressall as Venus * Eileen Dennes as Bella Parkinson * Hugh Clifton as Jauncey * Gwynne Herbert Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress. Partial filmography * ''Liberty Hall'' (1914) * '' The Christian'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
