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Charles Giblyn
Charles Giblyn (September 6, 1871 – March 14, 1934) was an American film director and actor of the silent film, silent era. He directed nearly 100 films between 1912 and 1927. He also appeared in 23 films between 1914 and 1934. He was one of the founders of the Motion Picture Directors Association. Beginning in 1914, Giblyn worked with the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company. Giblyn was the screenwriter for ''Scandal (1917 film), Scandal'' (1917). He founded Albion Productions, a film production company, in 1922. On Broadway, Giblyn acted in ''The Song of the Sword'' (1899), ''Wheels Within Wheels'' (1899), and ''The Ambassador'' (1900). Giblyn was born in Watertown, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''The Battle of Gettysburg (1913 film), The Battle of Gettysburg'' (1913) * ''By the Sun's Rays'' (1914) * ''The Oubliette'' (1914) * ''The Higher Law (1914 film), The Higher Law'' (1914) * ''Peggy (1916 film), Peggy'' (1916) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Film
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American independent company that produced motion pictures and was formed in 1914 by the theater "chain" pioneer William Fox. It was the corporate successor to his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attraction Company (founded 1913). The company's first film studios were set up in Fort Lee, New Jersey, but in 1917, William Fox sent Sol M. Wurtzel to Hollywood, California to oversee the studio's new West Coast production facilities, where the climate was more hospitable for filmmaking. On July 23, 1926, Fox Studios bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, William Fox lost control of the company in 1930, during a hostile takeover. Under new president Sidney R. Kent, the new owners merged the company with Twentieth Century Pictures to form Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation in 1935. History Background Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lesson (1917 Film)
''The Lesson'' is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Constance Talmadge, Tom Moore, and Walter Hiers Walter Hiers (July 18, 1893 – February 27, 1933) was an American silent film actor. Biography Born in 1893, during his two decade-long acting career spanning from 1912 to 1932, Hiers acted in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific actor .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, Helen Drayton, bored with her small town sweetheart, elopes with an architect from the city. He allows her very little money, although he spends a great deal on himself. She supports herself secretly by doing interior decorating. When she finds that he has been unfaithful, she leaves him, secures a divorce, and marries her former sweetheart who has also come to the city. Cast References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leavenworth Case (1923 Film)
''The Leavenworth Case'' is a 1923 American silent mystery film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Seena Owen, Martha Mansfield, and Wilfred Lytell. It is based on the 1878 novel ''The Leavenworth Case'' by Anna Katharine Green Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green ..., which was later also adapted into a 1936 sound film of the same title.Goble p. 191 Cast References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * 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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mountain Woman
''The Mountain Woman'' is a 1921 American drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and written by Ashley T. Locke. It is based on the 1919 novel ''A Pagan of the Hills'' by Charles Neville Buck. The film stars Pearl White, Corliss Giles, Richard Travers, George Barnum, Warner Richmond and John Webb Dillion. The film was released on January 23, 1921, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast *Pearl White as Alexander McGiverns *Corliss Giles as Jerry O'Keefe *Richard Travers as Jack Halloway *George Barnum as Aaron McGiverns *Warner Richmond Warner Richmond (born Werner Paul Otto Raetzmann; January 11, 1886 – June 19, 1948) was an American stage and film actor. He began his career as a stock theatre actor and appeared in films in both the silent film and sound eras. His career spa ... as Bud Sellers *John Webb Dillion as Will Brent *Jack Baston as Jase Mallows * Charles E. Graham as Lute Brown References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mountain Woman 1921 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman's Woman
''A Woman's Woman'' is a 1922 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Mary Alden, Dorothy Mackaill and Holmes Herbert.Goble p.1022 Plot Cast * Mary Alden as Densie Plummer * Louise Lee as Harriet Plummer * Dorothy Mackaill as Sally Plummer * Holmes Herbert as John Plummer * Albert Hackett as Kenneth Plummer * Rod La Rocque as Dean Laddbarry * Horace James (actor), Horace James as Sam Hippler * Cleo Madison as Iris Starr * Donald Hall (actor), Donald Hall as Rex Humberstone * J. Barney Sherry as Senator James Gleason Preservation In February 2021, ''A Woman's Woman'' was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list and is therefore Lost Film, presumed lost. References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films English- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singing River (film)
''Singing River'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring William Russell, Vola Vale and Clark Comstock.Solomon, p. 272. Plot Cast * William Russell as Long Rush * Vola Vale as Alice Thornton * Clark Comstock as John Thornton * Jack Roseleigh as Lew Bransom * Arthur Morrison as Sam Hemp * Jack McDonald as Bert Condon * Jack Hull as Freud * Louis King Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Early years King was born in 1898 in Christiansburg, Virginia. His name was also written ... asKane * Charles King as Grimes References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1921 films 1921 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Giblyn Fox Film films Silent American Western (genre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Know Your Men
''Know Your Men'' is a 1921 American silent melodrama A melodrama is a Drama, dramatic work in which plot, typically sensationalized for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodrama is "an exaggerated version of drama". Melodramas typically concentrate on ... film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Charles Giblyn, and starring Pearl White. It is now considered to be a lost film. Plot As described in a film publication summary, Ellen (White) is in love with Roy Phelps (Lytell), but marries Warren Schuyler (Clarke), who is a good man, to protect her father's honor. Roy later returns and rekindles her love, and Ellen goes with him. However, she soon discovers his villainy, and, penitent, returns and is taken back by her husband, whom she now realizes she loves. Cast * Pearl White as Ellen Schuyler * Wilfred Lytell as Roy Phelps * Downing Clarke as Warren Schuyler * Harry C. Browne as John Barrett *Estar B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Mirror (1920 Film)
''The Dark Mirror'' is a 1920 American silent horror-drama film and horror film directed by Charles Giblyn and written by E. Magnus Ingleton, based upon the story of the same name by Louis Joseph Vance. The film stars Dorothy Dalton in a dual role, Huntley Gordon, Walter D. Nealand, Jessie Arnold, Lucille Carney, Pedro de Cordoba, and Donald MacPherson. The film was released on May 9, 1920, by Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount .... It is listed as ''Jericho'' in some film reference guides. The film survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, New York society member Priscilla Maine (Dalton) is troubled by strange dreams in which she vividly sees members of the underworld involved in a murder. She confides this to her admirer, Dr. Philip F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upstairs And Down
Upstairs may refer to: * Upstairs, a term relating to stairs * ''Upstairs'' (album), a 2004 album by Shane & Shane * ''Upstairs'' (film), a 1919 American silent comedy film See also * Downstairs (other) * Theatre Upstairs, at the Royal Court Theatre, London, England * Upstairs Theatre, at the Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, Australia * Upstairs Theatre, at the Westside Theatre, New York City, US * Upstairs Theatre, at the theatre complex home to the Steppenwolf Theatre Company Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Chicago theater company founded in 1974 by Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry (American actor), Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise in the Immaculate Conception grade school in Highland Park, Illinois and is now located in Chica ... in Chicago, US * Upstairs at Studio 54, a cabaret venue in New York City, US * Upstairs at the Gatehouse, a theatre in Highgate, North London, England {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spite Bride
''The Spite Bride'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Olive Thomas, Robert Ellis and Jack Mulhall. Cast * Olive Thomas as Tessa Doyle * Robert Ellis as Billy Swayne * Jack Mulhall as Rodney Dolson * Claire Du Brey as Trixie Dennis * Irene Rich as Eileen Moore * Dorothy Wallace as Millicent Lee * Lamar Johnstone as Arthur Derford * Katherine Griffith as Countess di Raspoli * Molly Malone "Molly Malone" ( Roud 16932, also known as "Cockles and Mussels" or "In Dublin's Fair City") is a song set in Dublin, Ireland, which has become the city's unofficial anthem. A statue representing Molly Malone, designed by Dublin artist Jeanne ... as Vaudevillian Preservation *The film is preserved at ''Archives Du Film Du CNC, Bois d'Arcy''. 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 Cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Perfect 36
''A Perfect 36'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Giblyn, written by Tex Charwate, and starring Mabel Normand and Rod La Rocque. The plot involves Normand's clothes being stolen in a mixup while she was swimming, necessitating her spending most of the film running around naked trying to straighten everything out. Cast * Mabel Normand as Mabel * Rod La Rocque as O.P. Dildock * Flora Zabelle as Lena * Leila Romer as Landlady * Louis R. Grisel as The Constable * Edward Bernard as Sol Manheimer Reception Like many American films of the time, ''A Perfect 36'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 4, of four closeups of the young woman on the diving board. References External links * *''A Perfect 36''in Fandango *''A Perfect 36''in Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie channel, movie-oriented pay televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just For Tonight (film)
a scene in the film ''Just for Tonight'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Tom Moore. It was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures, one of the predecessors of MGM. Cast * Tom Moore as Theodore Whitney Jr. * Lucy Fox as Betty Blake * Henry Sedley as Crandall * Henry Hallam as Major Blackburn * Robert Broderick as Theodore 'Ted' Whitney Sr. * Ethel Grey Terry as Lady Roxenham *Eddie Sturgis as Detective Chase (credited as Edwin Sturgis) *Phil Ryley as The Butler * Maude Turner Gordon as Mrs. Blackburn Reception Variety's review was positive, giving praise to the supporting cast and direction, describing the film as "excellent." Preservation status A complete copy of ''Just for Tonight'' is held at Insituto Valenciano De Cinematografia, Valencia in Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
