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Charles McHugh (actor)
Charles McHugh (1870–1931) was an American film actor of the silent era. He frequently played Irish characters in a mixture of comedies and westerns.Katchmer p.251 Selected filmography * '' Down to Earth'' (1917) * '' The Goat'' (1918) * '' Fame and Fortune'' (1918) * '' Rustling a Bride'' (1919) * '' Smiling All the Way'' (1920) * '' La La Lucille'' (1920) * '' Be My Wife'' (1921) * '' A Shocking Night'' (1921) * '' The Beautiful and Damned'' (1922) * '' The Eagle's Feather'' (1923) * '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1923) * '' Cupid's Fireman'' (1923) * '' Babbitt'' (1924) * '' The Trouble Shooter'' (1924) * ''Brand of Cowardice ''Brand of Cowardice'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Bruce Gordon (actor/director), Bruce Gordon, Carmelita Geraghty and Harry Lonsdale (actor), Harry Lonsdale. C ...'' (1925) * '' Smilin' at Trouble'' (1925) * '' The Golden Cocoon'' (1925) * '' Lights of Old Broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights Of Old Broadway
''Lights of Old Broadway'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Monta Bell, produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Marion Davies in a dual role and Conrad Nagel, and is an adaptation of the play ''The Merry Wives of Gotham'' by Laurence Eyre (USA). The film has color sequences using Film tinting, tinting, Technicolor#Process 2, Technicolor, and the Handschiegl color process. The play was produced on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre from January 16, 1924 to April 1924. Davies' role was played on the stage by actress Mary Ellis. Plot As described in a film magazine review, two young women, twins, whose mother dies while the family is en route from Ireland to the United States, are separated in New York City, Anne being adopted by a wealthy family and the other, Fely, by a poor family. Dirk, Anne's adopted brother, meets the poor sister, and love draws them together. The youth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupid's Fireman
''Cupid's Fireman'' is a 1923 American silent action drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation 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 (producer), William Fox. It was the corporate successor to .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, fireman Andy McGee adopts a little orphan girl after the death of his mother. He falls in love with chorus girl Agnes Evans who has a brutal husband. The house where Agnes lives catches fire, and the fire department responds by dispatching Andy's fire brigade. Andy saves Agnes and then attempts to save her drunken husband, but the floor collapses beneath him and he dies. Agnes and Andy are then united. Cast Preservation The film is now lost. References External links * 1923 films 1923 adventure films 1923 lost films 1923 rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Quitter (1929 Film)
''The Quitter'' is a 1929 silent film from Columbia Pictures directed by Joseph Henabery starring Ben Lyon, Dorothy Revier and Fred Kohler. Plot Cast *Ben Lyon as Neal Abbott *Dorothy Revier as Patricia *Fred Kohler as Duffy Thompson * Charles McHugh as Shorty *Sherry Hall as Nick * Jacqueline Gadsden as Doris *Henry Otto as Dr. Abbott *Claire McDowell as Mrs. Abbott Preservation and status A complete copy of the film is held at the EYE Film Institute Netherlands Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in .... References External links * * * 1929 films 1929 drama films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Columbia Pictures films English-language drama films Films directed by Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Of The Range
Phantom, phantoms, or the phantom may refer to: * Spirit (metaphysics), the vital principle or animating force within all living things ** Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living Aircraft * Boeing Phantom Eye, a High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle * Boeing Phantom Ray, a stealthy unmanned combat air vehicle * McDonnell FH Phantom, a jet fighter aircraft, introduced 1947 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a supersonic air-defense fighter and fighter-bomber, introduced 1960 * Phantom (UAV), a series of unmanned aerial quadcopters developed by DJI * Phantom X1, ultralight aircraft Boats * DC‐14 Phantom, an American catamaran design * Flying Phantom Elite, a French hydrofoil catamaran sailboat design * Flying Phantom Essentiel, a French hydrofoil catamaran sailboat design * Phantom (dinghy), a British catboat design * Phantom (pilot boat), Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1867 from the designs by Dennison J. Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess From Hoboken
''The Princess from Hoboken'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Allen Dale and featuring Boris Karloff. Cast * Edmund Burns as Terence O'Brien * Blanche Mehaffey as Sheila O'Toole * Ethel Clayton as Mrs. O'Brien * Lou Tellegen as Prince Anton Balakrieff * Babe London as Princess Sonia Alexandernova Karpoff * Will Walling as Mr. O'Brien (credited as Will R. Walling) * Charles McHugh as Pa O'Toole * Aggie Herring as Ma O'Toole * Charles Crockett as Whiskers * Robert Homans as McCoy * Harry A. Bailey as Cohen (credited as Harry Bailey) * Sidney D'Albrook as Tony * Broderick O'Farrell as Immigration Officer * Boris Karloff as Pavel Preservation This film survives at the BFI National Archive. See also * Boris Karloff filmography * List of rediscovered films This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought lost, have since been discovered, in whole or in part. See List of incomplete or partially lost films and List of rediscovered film footage for fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnegan's Ball
''Finnegan's Ball'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Blanche Mehaffey, Mack Swain and Cullen Landis. It is based on an 1894 Broadway play of the same title.Munden p.246 Synopsis The Finnegan family emigrate from Ireland to the United States, but get into a dispute with their neighbors the Flannigans. The Finnegans mistakenly believe they have inherited a large fortune and become very snobbish, but all is resolved by a marriage between the two families. Cast * Blanche Mehaffey as Molly Finnegan * Mack Swain as Patrick Flannigan * Cullen Landis as Flannigan Jr * Aggie Herring as Maggie Finnegan * Charles McHugh as Danny Finnegan Sr * Westcott Clarke as Lawyer O'Connell * Kewpie Morgan Kewpie Morgan (born Horace Allen Morgan, February 1, 1892 – September 24, 1956) was an American silent film comedian who also performed in a few early sound films. He appeared in 99 films from 1915 to 1936. He appeared in the films of su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince Of Broadway
''The Prince of Broadway'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by John Gorman and starring George Walsh, Alyce Mills, and Freeman Wood. Plot As described in a film magazine review, middleweight boxing champion George Burke leads a convivial life and his careless living results in him being knocked out in a match. Actress Nancy Lee, who was his boyhood sweetheart, persuades her wealthy lover Wade Turner to let George use his California ranch to rehabilitate and train. Turner does so but notifies his foreman to hinder George from getting into fighting shape. George, however, rounds back into shape under the care of and training by James J. Jeffries James Jackson Jeffries (April 15, 1875 – March 3, 1953) was an American professional boxer and List of world heavyweight boxing champions, world heavyweight champion. He was known for his enormous strength and stamina. Jeffries fought out of .... Wade and Nancy arrive, the former having told her that George is not m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waning Sex
''The Waning Sex'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Based on the 1923 play of the same name by Fanny and Frederic Hatton, the film starred Norma Shearer and Conrad Nagel. Synopsis Nina Duane (Norma Shearer) is a criminal lawyer who's resented by Philip Barry (Conrad Nagel), a chauvinistic District Attorney, for her gender. She wins acquittal for a widow named Mary Booth ( Mary McAllister), then "defeats her in romancing the D.A". Cast Preservation Prints of ''The Waning Sex'' currently exists in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy The Fort de Bois-d'Arcy (), also called the Batterie de Bois-d'Arcy (), is one of the forts constructed at the end of the 19th century to defend Paris. It is located in the commune of Bois d'Arcy in the Yvelines département of France. The fort ..., France. References External links *Lobby card and stillsat norm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting Lover
''The Sporting Lover'' is a 1926 American silent sports romance film directed by Alan Hale and starring Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford and Ward Crane. It was based on the British play '' Good Luck'' by Ian Hay. Plot During the First World War an American officer and a British aristocrat fall in love but are separated. After the war he returns to find her engaged to another man. The issue is settled by a bet on The Derby horse race. Captain Terrance Connaughton loses his stable of horses in a card game with Algernon Cravens. The next day he is wounded and taken to a military hospital where he meets and falls in love with Lady Gwendolyn. After an attack on the hospital Captain Terrence and Lady Gwen are separated for a while until the end of the war, where Terrance returns home without anything. To Captain Terrences surprise, Cravens, has made Lady Gwen promise to marry him and has entered the horses he won from Terrance in the National Derby. Terrance goes to London to attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Honor, The Governor
''Her Honor, the Governor'' is a 1926 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick, directed by Chester Withey and featuring Boris Karloff. Cast * Pauline Frederick as Adele Fenway * Carroll Nye as Bob Fenway * Greta von Rue as Marian Lee * Tom Santschi as Richard Palmer * Stanton Heck as Jim Dornton * Boris Karloff as Snipe Collins * Jack Richardson as Slade * Charles McHugh * Kathleen Kirkham * William Worthington Preservation Complete prints of ''Her Honor, the Governor'' survive. See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris Karloff (1887–1969) was an English actor. He became known for his role as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 ''Frankenstein'' (his 82nd film), leading to a long career in film, radio, and television. Born William Henry Pratt in England, ... References External links * 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films Surviving American silent films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Cocoon
''The Golden Cocoon'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb and written by Louis D. Lighton, and Hope Loring. It is based on the 1924 novel ''The Golden Cocoon'' by Ruth Cross. The film stars Huntley Gordon, Helene Chadwick, Richard Tucker, Frank Campeau, Margaret Seddon, and Carrie Clark Ward. The film was released by Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ... on January 30, 1926. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Molly Shannon (Chadwick), an innocent country girl who wins a university scholarship offered by Gregory Cochran (Gordon), a wealthy judge. She falls in love with one of the professors, Mr. Renfro (Tucker), who jilts her on the eve of their wedding. Aimlessly she wanders about and faints in front of a roadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smilin' At Trouble
''Smilin' at Trouble'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Helen Lynch and Kathleen Myers.Katchmer p. 293 Location shooting took place around San Pedro, Los Angeles, San Pedro and at a dam construction site, likely the Pit 3 Dam in Northern California. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Michael Arnold, a wealthy contractor who hopes to crash into high society with the aid of Lafaette Van Renselaer, a worthless and dishonest aristocratic youth he carried on a dam construction job, engages a young civil engineer Jerry Foster to help him over several structural difficulties in the work. The engineer falls in love with his employer's daughter Alice, and she returns his affection until she believes him to be in love with another woman. The dishonest youth's success in having used inferior cement in the dam results in a flood in which he is drowned. The engineer saves his employer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |