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Cardigan (film)
''Cardigan'' is a lost film, lost 1922 American silent film, silent war film directed by John W. Noble and starring William Collier, Jr. Set in the American Revolutionary War, it was adapted for the screen by Robert William Chambers from his own 1901 novel ''Cardigan''.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p. 226 by Daniel Blum c.1953 Plot As described in a film magazine, two years before the start of the American Revolutionary War, Michael Cardigan (Collier), a young Irishman who is ward of the English governor, is in love with Felicity Warren (Carpenter), who is known as Silver Heels. Walter Butler (Loyalist), Captain Butler (Pike) is also a suitor for her hand. Cardigan is sent to deliver a message to a distant point but is betrayed by Captain Butler, and almost meets death by being burned at the stake for the murder of the children of Chief Logan (Montgomery). A runner saves him and Cardigan is later admitted to the secret councils of the Minutemen. He hears Patrick Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Film Daily
''The Film Daily'' was a daily publication that existed from 1918 to 1970 in the United States. It was the first daily newspaper published solely for the film industry. It covered the latest trade news, film reviews, financial updates, information on court cases and union difficulties, and equipment breakthroughs. Publication history The publication was originated by Wid Gunning in 1913 (though not as a daily) and was known as ''Wid's Film and Film Folk'' (1915–1916) and ''Wid's Independent Review of Feature Films'' (1916–1918). Gunning was previously film editor at the '' New York Evening Mail''. He also published ''Wid's Weekly'', and ''Wid's Year Book''. In 1918, Joseph ("Danny") Dannenberg and Jack Alicoate purchased an interest in ''Wid's Weekly''. On March 8, 1918, they released a daily publication, '' Wid's Daily''. In 1921, Dannenberg and Alicoate took control of Wid's Films & Film Folk Inc., with Dannenberg as president and editor, and the publication changed name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 [Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. May 18, 1736]June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Virginia Conventions, Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father, he served as the List of governors of Virginia, first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. A native of Hanover County, Virginia, Henry was primarily educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, as well as assisting his father-in-law at Hanover Tavern, he became a lawyer through self-study. Beginning his practice in 1760, Henry soon became prominent through his victory in the Parson's Cause against the Anglican clergy. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he quickly became notable for his inflammatory rhetoric against the Stamp Act 1765. In 1774, Henry served as a delegate to the Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cresap
Colonel Thomas Cresap (1702 1790) was an English-born settler and trader in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Cresap served Lord Baltimore as an agent in the Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary dispute that became known as Cresap's War. Later, together with the Native American chief Nemacolin, Cresap improved a Native American path to the Ohio Valley, and ultimately settled and became a large landowner near Cumberland, Maryland, where he was involved in further disputes near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, including in the French and Indian War and Lord Dunmore's War. Early life Cresap was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, and emigrated across the Atlantic Ocean to the Maryland colony when he was 15 years old. In 1723, he gave his occupation as that of a carpenter. He initially settled at the mouth of the Susquehanna River on the Chesapeake, on the lower end of a floodplain called the Conejohela Valley, and built boats. In 1725, Cresap married Hannah Johnson, whose fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Montgomery (director)
Frank E. Montgomery (June 14, 1870 – July 18, 1944) was an early American silent film director and actor. Biography Montgomery acted in 28 films but is most acclaimed as a silent film director in which he is credited with directing 82 films. He was married to actresses Florence McClain as well as Josephine Mercedes Workman, who used the stage name Princess Mona Darkfeather to forge a career playing Native American roles. Many of Montgomery's film titles contain Native American references, such as ''Darkfeather's Sacrifice'', ''Apache Love'', ''An Indian's Gratitude'', ''The Red Girl's Sacrifice'', ''Mona of the Modocs'', ''An Apache Father's Vengeance'', ''Big Rock's Last Stand'', ''The Half-Breed Scout'', ''A Blackfoot Conspiracy'', ''A Red Man's Love'', ''A Daughter of the Redskins'', ''The Massacre of Santa Fe Trail'', and ''A White Indian.'' He also directed the now-lost film '' The Spirit of '76'' (1917). He is referenced obliquely in Gerald Vizenor's short story "Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jere Austin
Jere Austin (born John Van Akin Austin; March 24, 1876 – November 12, 1927) was an American silent film actor from Minnesota. He began in appearing in films in 1914, and made his last appearance in Cecil B. DeMille's ''King of Kings'' (1927). Austin had entered films with the Kalem Company. Austin died of cancer in Los Angeles, California in 1927, aged 51.''Who Was Who on Screen'' p.17 2nd Edition c.1977 Evelyn Mack Truitt.. Filmography *''Chest of Fortune'' (1914) short *''Wolfe; Or, The Conquest of Quebec'' (1914) *''Nina o' the Theatre'' (1914) short *''The Weakling'' (1914) short *''The Old Army Coat'' (1914) short *''Kit, The Arkansaw Traveler'' (1914) short *''The Green Rose'' (1914) short *''The Viper'' (1914) short *''Fate's Midnight Hour'' (1914) short *''The Lynbrook Tragedy'' (1914) short *''The Riddle of the Green Umbrella'' (1914) short *''The Theft of the Crown Jewels'' (1914) short *''The Price of Silence'' (1914) short *''The School for Scandal'' (1914) sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Johnson
Brigadier-general (United Kingdom), Brigadier-General Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet (5 November 1741 – 4 January 1830) was an American-born military officer, politician and landowner who fought as a Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War. He was the son of Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, a prominent British Indian Department official in the Thirteen Colonies. Johnson inherited his father's Johnson baronets, baronetcy and estate in 1774. Johnson moved to the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec during the Revolutionary War with his family and allies, as he was at risk of arrest by Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot authorities. During the war, he served in the King's Royal Regiment of New York and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1782. In the same year, Johnson was also appointed as Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, a position he occupied until his dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Dean
Louis Dean (3 May 1874 – 8 April 1933), was an American actor. He appeared in 16 films between 1917 and 1923. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Personal life During the 1930s, Dean lived in Honolulu with his wife Virginia Duncan, where they owned a hotel and cafe on Kalākaua Avenue. He died of a heart attack while at the business on April 8, 1933. Partial filmography *''The Darling of Paris'' (1917) *'' The Tiger Woman'' (1917) *''My Four Years in Germany ''My Four Years in Germany'' is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed by William Nigh, based on the experiences of real life U. S. Ambassador to Germany James W. Gerard as described in his book. It is notable as being the first film p ...'' (1918) *'' Queen of the Sea'' (1918) *'' The Birth of a Race'' (1918) *'' The Common Cause'' (1919) *'' The Symbol of the Unconquered'' (1920) * '' The Blood Barrier'' (1920) * '' Man and His Woman'' (1920) *'' Cardigan'' (1922) * '' The Woman Who Fooled Herself'' (1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hattie Delaro
Hattie Delaro (1861 – April 18, 1941) was an American actress. She had a career in theater, then became an actress in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. Delaro was born in Brooklyn. Delaro debuted on stage in 1881 at Brooklyn's Grand Opera House (Brooklyn), Grand Opera House "in a repertory of comic operas". She portrayed Melissa in the first authorized New York production of Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' in 1884 and an 1885 production of ''The Mikado'' at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1888, she was in the production ''The Queen's Mate''. Her other Broadway credits included ''The Pearl of Pekin'' (1889), ''Mam'selle 'Awkins'' (1900), and ''Babes in Toyland (operetta), Babes in Toyland'' (1903) She began her film career in 1913 short film ''Love in an Apartment Hotel''. Delaro was married to attorney William S. Barnes. She died on April 18, 1941, in New York at age 80. Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Murray, 4th Earl Of Dunmore
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – 25 February 1809) was a British colonial administrator who served as the List of colonial governors of Virginia, governor of Virginia from 1771 to 1775. Dunmore was named List of colonial governors of New York, governor of New York in 1770. He succeeded to the same position in the colony of Virginia the following year after the death of Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt. As Virginia's governor, Dunmore directed a series of campaigns against the trans-Appalachian Native Americans in the United States, Indians, known as Lord Dunmore's War. He is noted for issuing a 1775 document, Dunmore's Proclamation, offering freedom to Slavery in the colonial history of the United States, slaves who fought for the British Crown against Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot rebels in Virginia. Dunmore fled to New York after the burning of Norfolk in 1776 and later returned to Britain. He was List of governors of the Bahamas, Governor of the Baha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Johnson
Major-General Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ( – 11 July 1774), was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Ireland known for his military and governance work in British colonial America. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Royal Navy officer Peter Warren, which was located in territory of the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League, or ''Haudenosaunee''. Johnson learned the Mohawk language and Iroquois customs, and was appointed the British agent to the Iroquois. Johnson commanded Iroquois and colonial militia forces against the French and their allies during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). His role in the British victory at the Battle of Lake George in 1755 earned him a baronetcy of New York. His capture of Fort Niagara from the French in 1759 brought him additional renown. Throughout his career as a British official among the Iroquois, Johnson combined person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battles Of Lexington And Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 were the first major military actions of the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot militias from America's Thirteen Colonies. Day-long running battles were fought in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Massachusetts, Lexington, Concord, Massachusetts, Concord, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Lincoln, Arlington, Massachusetts, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge. The American victory resulted in an outpouring of support for the anti-British cause. In the summer of 1774, Colonial leaders in Suffolk County, Massachusetts adopted the Suffolk Resolves in resistance to the Massachusetts Government Act, alterations made to the Massachusetts colonial government by the British parliament in the Intolerable Acts following the Boston Tea Party. The leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Revere
Paul Revere (; December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.)May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord. Born in the North End of Boston, Revere eventually became a prosperous and prominent Bostonian, deriving his income from silversmithing and engraving. During the American Revolution, he was a strong supporter of the Patriot cause and joined the Sons of Liberty. His midnight ride transformed him into an American folk hero, being dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, " Paul Revere's Ride". He also helped to organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the movements of British forces. Revere later served as an officer in the Massachusetts Militia, though his serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
