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Blue Jeans (play)
''Blue Jeans'' is a melodramatic play by Joseph Arthur that opened in New York City in 1890 to great popularity. The sensation of the play is a scene where the unconscious hero is placed on a board approaching a huge buzz saw in a sawmill, which became one of the most imitated dramatic scenes (eventually to the point of cliche and parody). The play remained popular for decades and was made into a successful silent film in 1917, also named ''Blue Jeans''.Bordman, Gerald Martin & Thomas S. HischaThe Oxford companion to American theatre p. 80 (3d ed 2004)Singer, BenMelodrama and modernity: early sensational cinema and its contexts pp. 183-84 (2001) Background The play made its debut on October 6, 1890, at the Fourteenth Street Theatre.Borman, Gerald MartinAmerican theatre: a chronicle of comedy and drama, 1869-1914 p.301 (1994)Brown, T. AllstonA history of the New York stage from the first performance in 1732 to 1901, Vol. II pp. 503-04 (1903) The original New York run of the play ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Arthur (playwright)
Joseph Arthur (1848 – February 20, 1906) was an American playwright best known for his popular (though not critically acclaimed) melodramatic plays of the 1880s and 1890s, including ''The Still Alarm'' (1887) and ''Blue Jeans (play), Blue Jeans'' (1890).(21 February 1906)Playwright Arthur Is Dead: He Wrote "The Still Alarm" and Other Melodramas, and Died Rich ''The New York Times''Shumaker, Arthur WesleyA history of Indiana literature p. 498-500 (1962)(6 October 1900)Joseph Arthur to Retire ''The New York Times'' Biography Arthur was born to John C. and Margaret Hill Smith in Centerville, Indiana in 1848 as Arthur Hill Smith. Most of his life was spent in New York City, where he arrived by the 1870s, but many of his plays took Indiana as their setting. His first successful play was ''The Still Alarm'', which opened in New York City in August 1887 and wowed audiences with its climactic scene where fire wagons are pulled by horses to a blazing fire. In 1890, he followed up that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert D
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Plays
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''On the Elements According to Hippocrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Yeamans
Jennie Yeamans (born Eugenia Marguerite Yeamans; 1862 – 28 November 1906) was a child actress and singer popular in the 1870s and 1880s, and later a famous adult singer and actress. She was the younger sister of early silent film character actress Lydia Yeamans Titus and had another sister, Emily Yeamans, who died young. Of the three, Jennie was the most famous and successful right up to her death. Their mother was Annie Yeamans (1835–1912), a character actress in the Victorian era stage. Her father was Edward Yeamans (died 1866 or 1868), a circus clown. The Yeamans family came from Australia and toured China, Japan and Java in traveling shows before arriving in San Francisco in 1865. After arriving in America, Edward Yeamans died in 1866 or 1868. As an adult, Jennie appeared in a popular stage melodramas or musicals; one musical being ''Blue Jeans'' in 1890, which was later made into a 1917 silent film ''Blue Jeans'', starring Viola Dana.''Pictorial History of the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fawcett
George Fawcett (August 25, 1860 – June 6, 1939) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Biography Born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1860, Fawcett graduated from the University of Virginia. His initial inclination was to be an attorney, but he became a Shakespearean actor instead. Fawcett had his own acting troupe, the Fawcett Stock Company. He appeared on stage in such plays as ''Ghosts'' (1905) with Mary Shaw, ''The Squaw Man'' (1905) with William Faversham, ''The Great John Ganton'' (1909) with an up-and-coming actress Laurette Taylor in the cast, and ''Getting a Polish'' (1910) with actress May Irwin. He portrayed Inspector Cochrane in the 1914-1915 hit Broadway play '' The Law of the Land'' at the 48th Street Theatre. Fawcett's film debut came in 1915 in '' The Majesty of the Law'', and he appeared in 151 films between 1915 and 1933. He also directed films. He returned to the stage in 1930 in a production of ''The Great John Ganton'' at the Vine Theate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Burt
Laura Burt (September 16, 1872 - October 16, 1952) was a British-born actress known for her American and English stage performances. Burt was born on the Isle of Man on September 16, 1872, and her family soon emigrated to the United States. Her mother was a temperance movement activist.(21 May 1911)The One Welsh Theatrical Star Coming to the Grand ''Pittsburgh Gazette-Times''(6 March 1914)Mrs. Burt Dead ''Youngstown Vindicator'' Burt first drew attention for her stage performances in the hit 1890 play ''Blue Jeans''. Another of her most famous performances was as Madge in '' In Old Kentucky''.Briscoe, JohnsonThe Actors' Birthday Book, Vol. 3 p. 216 (1909) She married British actor Henry Stanford on March 2, 1902, and they performed together in some cases until Stanford's death in 1921. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert C
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rising Sun, Indiana
Rising Sun is a city in Randolph Township, Ohio County, Indiana, Randolph Township and the county seat of Ohio County, Indiana, Ohio County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. It is also the only incorporated community in the county. The population of Rising Sun was 2,248 at the 2020 census. History The town was registered in 1816 by John James, originally of Frederick County, Maryland. At the time, it had a population of about 700. Many German American, German immigrants settled in Rising Sun. The Rising Sun post office has been in operation since 1844. In the 1830s, Rising Sun was a seasonal stop for hundreds of flatboats daily heading down the Ohio River. The Clore Plow Works-J.W. Whitlock and Company and Rising Sun Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Joseph Barricklow (1867–1924), Illinois lawyer and state legislator, was born in Rising Sun. Geography According to the 2010 census, Rising Sun has a total area of , of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola Dana
Viola Dana (born Virginia Flugrath; June 26, 1897 – July 3, 1987) was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent films. She appeared in over 100 films, but was unable to make the transition to sound films. Early life Born Virginia Flugrath on June 26, 1897, in Brooklyn, New York City, where she was raised, she was the middle sister of three siblings who all became actresses. Her sisters were known as Edna Flugrath and Shirley Mason (actress), Shirley Mason. Dana appeared (billed as Viola Dana) in the Broadway play ''The Poor Little Rich Girl'' by Eleanor Gates. She began performing in vaudeville with Dustin Farnum in ''The Little Rebel'' and played a bit part in ''The Model'' by Augustus Thomas.Stone, Tammy"Viola Dana."''The Silent Collection''; retrieved October 22, 2014. Film career With the stage name of Viola Dana, she entered films in 1910, including ''A Christmas Carol'' (1910). Her first motion picture was made at a former Manhattan (New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourteenth Street Theatre
The Fourteenth Street Theatre was a theatre located at 107 West 14th Street just west of Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.Berg, J.C. (9 January 2011)The Fourteenth Street Theater, ''nycvintageimages.com'' History It was designed by Alexander Saeltzer and opened in 1866 as the Theatre Français, as a home for French language dramas and opera.Fisher, Hames and Londré, Felicia Hardison"Modernism"in ''The A to Z of American Theater'' Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. . pp.180–81 The theatre was renamed the Lyceum in 1871. In 1879, it was taken over by producer J.H. Haverly, who renamed it Haverly's 14th Street Theatre. By the mid-1880s, it had become simply the Fourteenth Street Theatre.Steinberg, Mollie BThe history of the Fourteenth street theatre(1931) By the mid-1910s, it was being used as a movie theatre. Actress Eva Le Gallienne made it the home of her stage company, renaming it the Civic Repertory Theatre in 1926. She conducted acting classes and mounted 34 succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Still Alarm
''The Still Alarm'' is a melodramatic play by Joseph Arthur (playwright), Joseph Arthur and Andrew Carpenter Wheeler, A.C. Wheeler that debuted in New York in 1887 and enjoyed great success, and was adapted to silent films in 1911, 1918, and 1926. Though never a favorite of critics, it achieved widespread popularity. It is best known for its climactic scene where fire wagons are pulled by horses to a blazing fire.Rahill, FrankThe world of melodrama p. 257 (1967) ("the greatest of all the fireman plays") Background The play debuted at the Fourteenth Street Theatre in New York City on August 30, 1887.Brown, Thomas AllstonA history of the New York stage p. 495-96 (1887 original production), p. 498 (March 1888 return)(31 August 1887) ''The New York Times''Burt, Daniel S. (ed.The chronology of American literature p. 271 (2004)(28 August 1887)Notes of the Week ''The New York Times'' Harry Lacy played the lead role of Jack Manley. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
