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Conrad Wells
Conrad Wells (June 27, 1901 – January 2, 1930) was an American cinematographer and film editor. Biography Wells began his film career as a camera assistant, becoming a full cameraman in 1919. He specialized in outdoor cinematography often on Westerns and action-adventure films. Conrad Wells was born as Abraham Fried but began using "Conrad Wells" in 1927. On January 2, 1930, while filming aerial scenes for the film ''Such Men Are Dangerous'', he was killed in a plane crash over the Pacific Ocean along with 9 others: pilot Walter Ross Cook, cameraman George Eastman, assistant director Ben Frankel, assistant director Max Gold, Tom Harris, Harry Johannes, Otho Jordan, director Kenneth Hawks, and pilot Halleck Rouse. The planes that crashed into each other were identical Stinson SM-1F Detroiters; temporary blindness from sun glare was listed as a probable cause. He is buried at the Home of Peace Memorial Park in East Los Angeles, California. Filmography * '' The Lost Ba ...
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The Woman Who Fooled Herself
''The Woman Who Fooled Herself'' is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film directed by Charles A. Logue and starring May Allison, Robert Ellis and Frank Currier.Munden p.920 Cast * May Allison as Eva Lee * Robert Ellis as Fernando Pennington * Frank Currier as Don Fernando Casablanca * Bessie Wharton as Doña Marie Pennington * Robert Schable as Cameron Camden * 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 the ... as Eban Burnham * Rafael Arcos as The Padre References Bibliography * 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 * 1922 films 1922 drama films Films directed by Charles A. Logue American silent feature films Am ...
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The Brute (1927 Film)
''The Brute'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is considered to be a lost film. Plot Cast * Monte Blue as Easy Going Martin Sondes * Leila Hyams as Jennifer Duan * Clyde Cook as Oklahoma Red * Carroll Nye as The El * Paul Nicholson as Square Deal Felton See also * List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and/or Vitaphone, talking movies produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and its subsidiary First National Pictures, First National (FN) for the years 1927–1931. Synchronized Sound ... References External links ''The Brute'' on IMDB 1927 films 1927 lost films 1927 Western (genre) films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films English-language Western (genre) films Films directed by Irving Cummings Lost American Western (genre ...
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Bertha, The Sewing Machine Girl
''Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl'' is a 1926 American drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Gertrude Orr. It is based on the 1906 play ''Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl'' by Theodore Kremer. The film stars Madge Bellamy, Allan Simpson, Sally Phipps, Paul Nicholson, Anita Garvin and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on December 19, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Madge Bellamy as Bertha Sloan *Allan Simpson as Roy Davis *Sally Phipps as Jessie *Paul Nicholson as Jules Morton *Anita Garvin as Flo Mason * J. Farrell MacDonald as Sloan *Ethel Wales as Mrs. Sloan *Arthur Housman Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Housman was one of the first screen comedians known to the public by name, and on ... as Salesman *Harry A. Bailey as Sam Ginsberg References External links * 1926 films Silent American dra ...
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The Country Beyond (1926 Film)
''The Country Beyond'' is a 1926 American silent Western film, also classified as a Northern, directed by Irving Cummings and written by Irving Cummings, Ernest Maas, H. H. Caldwell and Katherine Hilliker. It is based on the 1922 novel ''The Country Beyond'' by James Oliver Curwood. The film stars Olive Borden, Ralph Graves, Gertrude Astor, J. Farrell MacDonald, Evelyn Selbie, and Fred Kohler. The film was released on October 17, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Valencia, a young Northwoods woman, falls in love with Roger McKay, a young trapper wanted by the police for robbery. Sgt. Cassidy, a happy-go-lucky Mountie, loathes the assignment of bringing in McKay because he knows that he is not a bad sort. Henry Harland, a theatrical producer, stopping at a summer hotel on the lake, sees Valencia and offers her a place in his show. To further his scheme, Harland forces Cassidy on McKay's trail. Meanwhile, Valencia, who lives with M ...
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The Midnight Kiss
''The Midnight Kiss'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Janet Gaynor. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It is a lost film. Plot Cast * Richard Walling as Thomas H. Atkins Jr. * Janet Gaynor as Mildred Hastings * George Irving as Thomas H. Atkins Sr. * Doris Lloyd as Ellen Atkins *Tempe Pigott as Grandma * Gladys McConnell as Lenore Hastings * Herbert Prior as Smith Hastings * Gene Cameron as Spencer Hastings *Arthur Housman Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Housman was one of the first screen comedians known to the public by name, and on ... as Uncle Hector * Bodil Rosing as Swedish maid References External links * 1926 films American silent feature films Lost American comedy films Fox Film films Films directed by Irving Cummings American black-and-white films Sil ...
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Rustling For Cupid
''Rustling for Cupid'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Irving Cummings and starring George O'Brien (actor), George O'Brien, Anita Stewart, and Russell Simpson (actor), Russell Simpson.Langman, p. 386 Plot Upon returning to his father's ranch from college, Bradley Blatchford encounters Sybil Hamilton, who is arriving in the ranch town to work as a schoolteacher. Soon after, Bradley's father becomes suspected of cattle rustling, but he vehemently denies the accusation. As Bradley and Sybil's relationship blossoms, Bradley catches a rustler in the act, only to discover that it is his own father. His father explains that he is grappling with an uncontrollable hereditary predisposition. Witnessing the scene, some acquaintances rustle cattle from Blatchford's ranch, branding it with Sybil's mark, and falsely accusing her of rustling and harboring a concealed past. Sybil reveals that her brother brought shame to the family, but upon lea ...
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