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Cecil Raleigh
Cecil Raleigh was the pseudonym of Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands (27 January 1856 – 10 November 1914, London, England), an English actor and playwright. Personal life Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands was born on 27 January 1856 in Monmouthshire, the son of Cecilia Anne Daniel Riley (1813–1911) and her second husband Dr. John Fothergill Rowlands (1823–1878), He took the stage name of Cecil Raleigh. On 19 December 1882, he married Effie Adelaide Henderson (1859 – 16 October 1936), a British novelist who published as Effie Adelaide Rowlands and later E. Maria Albanesi, whom he later divorced. On 31 March 1894, he remarried Isabel Pauline Ellissen (8 August 1862 – 22 August 1923), an actress under the stage name Saba Raleigh. Career He played for a time in musical theatre, but deserted acting for playwriting and, either alone or in collaboration, produced melodramas, other plays and musical pieces, staged at first chiefly at the Comedy Theatre, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, England
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting Duchess (1915 Film)
''The Sporting Duchess'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Barry O'Neil and starring Rose Coghlan and Ethel Clayton. It was produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company. The film was remade Bas-Lag is the fictional world in which several of English author China Miéville's novels are set. Bas-Lag is a world where both magic (referred to as "thaumaturgy") and steampunk technology exist, and is home to many intelligent races. It is inf ... by Vitagraph Studios in 1920 with Alice Joyce in the title role. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Sporting Duchess'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. References External links * * 1915 films American silent feature films Lost American films Lubin Manufacturing Company films American films based on plays American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films 1915 lost films Lost drama films Films directed by Barry O'Neil 1910s American films 1910s English-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Life (1925 Film)
''Sporting Life'' is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and a remake A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same ... of Tourneur's 1918 film of the same title based on Seymour Hicks's popular play. Universal Pictures produced and released the film. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Lord Woodstock loses money as the backer of a musical show and hopes to recoup his losses by betting on his protégé, Joe Lee, a pugilist, and by winning the Derby with his horse, Lady Love. Olive Carteret, an actress, tries to win Woodstock, but he is in love with Nora, the daughter of his trainer. Olive conspires with Phillips, a gambler, to break him. On the night of the fight Lee is drugged. Woodstock takes his place in the ring and wins. Phillip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Life (1918 Film)
''Sporting Life'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. It is the first film for sisters Faire Binney and Constance Binney, from the Broadway stage. Tourneur would re-film this story again in 1925. Plot As described in a film magazine, Lord Woodstock (Graves) is in financial difficulties and is counting on a fight and a race to reestablish his fortune. He has plighted his troth to Norah (Binney), daughter of his trainer Miles Cavanagh (Eldridge). His sister Kitty (Binney) is in love with Joe Lee (Richmond), a Gypsy. Malet de Carteret (Craig) and his wife Olive (Kershaw) are anxious to ruin Woodstock for their own gain. Olive attempts to fascinate Joe so that he will throw the fight as, under the rules of the Club, unless Woodstock can pay his debts after the fight he cannot race. Unable to arrange it any other way, Olive has Joe poisoned. Woodstock then goes into the ring himself and wins the fight. His horse Lady Love has been stolen, but Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seymour Hicks
Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and producing Edwardian musical comedy, often together with his famous wife, Ellaline Terriss. His most famous acting role was that of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's '' A Christmas Carol''. Making his stage début at the age of nine and performing professionally by sixteen, Hicks joined a theatrical company and toured America before starring in ''Under the Clock'' in 1893, the first musical revue ever staged in London. Following this, he starred in a revival of '' Little Jack Sheppard'' at the Gaiety Theatre, London which brought him to the attention of impresario George Edwardes. Edwardes cast Hicks in his next show, '' The Shop Girl'', in 1894. Its success led to his participation in two more of Edwardes's hit "girl" musicals, '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Orders
''Stolen Orders'' is a lost 1918 silent propaganda film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Kitty Gordon and Montagu Love. Cast *Montagu Love – John Le Page * Kitty Gordon – Felicia Gaveston *June Elvidge – Ruth Le Page *Carlyle Blackwell – Lt. Dennis Gaveston *Madge Evans – Ruth Le Page, as a child *George MacQuarrie – Admiral Gaveston *Frank Leigh – Baron Kurdman *Edward Elkas Edward Elkas (February 8, 1862 – December 17, 1933) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1926. He was born in New York City. On Broadway, Elkas portrayed a headwaiter in ''A Tale of ... – Maurice Levonshon *Robert Barring – Caversham * Dore Davidson – Mendel Hart *Philip W. Masi – Bertie Hart (*Philip Masse) *Walter Greene – Joe Allen *Marie Pagano – Mame * J. Gunnis Davis – Bill Cory *Jack Newton – Baron Charlier References External linksStolen Orders at IMDb.com* 1918 films American silent feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whip (1928 Film)
''The Whip'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Dorothy Mackaill. It was based on a 1912 play '' The Whip'' by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton and distributed by First National. This film was a silent released with a Vitaphone soundtrack of music and effects. It is set in the horse racing world of England. Cast *Dorothy Mackaill as Lady Diana *Ralph Forbes as Lord Brancaster * Anna Q. Nilsson as Iris d'Aquila *Lowell Sherman as Greville Sartoris *Albert Gran as Sam Kelley *Marc McDermott as Lord Beverly *Louis Payne as Lambert * Arthur Clayton as Richard Haslam * Jack McDonald as Detective (uncredited) Preservation status ''The Whip'' survives in archives at Cineteca Italiana, Milan, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whip (1917 Film)
''The Whip'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur that is based on the play of the same name by Henry Hamilton and Cecil Raleigh. The film stars Alma Hanlon, June Elvidge, and Irving Cummings. It also features Bobby Vernon, Wallace Beery, as well as Gloria Swanson in one of her early film roles. The film survives and has been released on DVD. Plot The movie tells the story of the training of a racehorse, the Whip, of the amnesiac nobleman who loves the horse, and of the villains who attempt to keep it from racing. Cast * Alma Hanlon as Diana Beverley *June Elvidge June Elvidge (June 30, 1893 – May 1, 1965) was an early 20th-century silent film actress. She was of English and Irish descent. Biography Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elvidge attended Pennsylvania College and was a concert singer before ... as Mrs. D'Aquilia * Irving Cummings as Herbert Brancaster * Warren Cook as Judge Beverley * Paul McAllister as Baron Sartoris *Alfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hamilton (playwright)
Henry Hamilton (c. 1854 – 4 September 1918) was an English playwright, lyricist and actor. He is best remembered for his musical theatre libretti, including '' The Duchess of Dantzic'' (1903), ''The School Girl'' (1903), '' Véronique'' (1905) and '' The Little Michus'' (1907), often adapting foreign works for the British stage. He began as an actor in 1873 but turned to writing plays in 1881 and was especially successful in the first decade of the 20th century. He was also the author of the popular song "Private Tommy Atkins" (1893). Away from his professional life, Hamilton studied theosophy. Early life and acting Hamilton was born in late 1854 or early 1855 at Nunhead, Surrey, to James Hamilton and his second wife Janette (''née'' Ferguson) and baptised 14 March 1855 at St Mary Magdalen, Peckham, Surrey. His father is described as a gentleman, a merchant and, in his death announcement, formerly of the Hon. East Indian Civil Service. Within a year of Henry's baptism, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whip (play)
''The Whip'' is a melodrama by Henry Hamilton and Cecil Raleigh, first performed in 1909 at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. The play's original production had intricate scenery and spectacular stage effects, including a horse race and a train crash. There were later productions in the United States and Australia, and the play inspired two silent films. Reception Tallulah Bankhead offers a reminiscence of attending ''The Whip'' at the Manhattan Opera House as a child: The heroine, "Lady Di" Sartoris, created by Jessie Bateman, was referenced in P. G. Wodehouse's '' Heavy Weather'' (1933). Adaptations A novelization A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent of ... by Richard Parker was published in 1913. The play was adapted into films of the same name in 1917 and aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Are Trumps (1920 American Film)
''Hearts are Trumps'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Winter Hall, Frank Brownlee and Alice Terry.Goble p.793 Cast * Winter Hall as Lord Altcar * Frank Brownlee as Michael Wain * Alice Terry as Dora Woodberry * Francelia Billington as Lady Winifred * Joseph Kilgour as Lord Burford * Brinsley Shaw as Maurice Felden * Thomas Jefferson as Henry Dyson * Norman Kennedy as John Gillespie * Edward Connelly as Brother Christopher, the Abbot of St. Bernard * Bull Montana as Jake * Howard Crampton Howard Crampton (January 12, 1865 – June 15, 1922) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York, New York. Partial filmography * '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' ... as Butler References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films Silent Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Ruby
''The Great Ruby'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Barry O'Neil, based on the play of the same name by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. The film stars Beatrice Morgan, Octavia Handworth Octavia Handworth (1887–1978) was an American actress of Danish heritage during the silent film era. She was born Octavia Boas and was married to Harry Handworth(1878/or1882-1916) an actor, producer and film director who headed Excelsior Feature ..., and Eleanor Barry. Cast list References {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Ruby, The 1915 films 1915 drama films Films directed by Barry O'Neil American silent feature films 1910s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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