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Dorcas McKim
Dorcas Neville Matthews (5 November 1890 – 24 January 1969) was an English actress in silent films in the U.S. She had numerous roles as a supporting actress and was well known. Biography Dorcas Neville Matthews was born in Lancashire, England,"Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1922" (12 January 2020)Dorcas Neville Matthews in entry for Robert Morton McKim, 1912 in 1890. She came to North America as part of the Jeanne Russell Theatrical Company, along with actor William Henry Pratt who became known as Boris Karloff. 1911 census records show that Matthews resided in a lodging house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada."Recensement du Canada de 1911" (16 March 2018)Dorcas Matthews in entry for Antonio Toffoletto, 1911 citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 19-50, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,662. of census sheet. She married fellow actor Robert McKim (actor), Robert McKim in Hawaii on 25 April 1920, and had two chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The largest settlement is Preston, Lancashire, Preston, and the county town is the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster. The county has an area of and a population of 1,490,300. Preston is located near the centre of the county, which is urbanised and includes the towns of Blackburn and Burnley; the seaside resort of Blackpool lies to the west, and Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster is in the north. For Local government in England, local government purposes the county comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas: Blackburn with Darwen and Borough of Blackpool, Blackpool. Lancashire County Council and the two unitary councils collaborate through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Letters (1917 Film)
''Love Letters'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Ella Stuart Carson and Shannon Fife. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, William Conklin, Dorcas Matthews, Thurston Hall, Hayward Mack, and William Hoffman. The film was released on December 24, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. A print of ''Love Letters'' is held by the Library of Congress. Plot As described in a film magazine, Eileen Rodney (Dalton) is in love with Raymoond Moreland (Connklin), a lecturer who favors the mating of souls without the usual ceremony. When she learns his true convictions she is disgusted and accepts the proposal of her guardian, John Harland (Hall). After she is married, Eileen meets Moreland and requests the return of her love letters, and he invites her to his home. When she gets there he forces his attentions on her. In self-defense she strikes him and, believing him dead, rushes from the home. The guilt of her action weighs on her life. Later, a half c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In The Suitcase
''The Woman in the Suitcase'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo, and is the first Paramount film released in the 1920s. A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It also administers Copyright law o .... Plot Mary's (Bennett) father James Moreland (Conklin) returns from a business trip to Philadelphia and while searching his suitcase for a promised present, she finds the autographed picture of Dolly Wright (Matthews). Mary does not inform her mother (McDowell) of this fact, but instead decides to save her father from this wicked woman. She advertises for an escort to take about town in a search of the Wright woman. Billy Friske (Lee), the son of the owner of the newspaper, answers the advertisement and they soon discover Morela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Luck Of Geraldine Laird
''The Luck of Geraldine Laird'' is a 1920 silent film drama directed by Edward Sloman and starring Bessie Barriscale. It was produced by Bessie Barriscale Productions and released through the Robertson Cole Distributing Corp. Plot As described in a film magazine, Geraldine Laird, her husband, Dean, and their two children all live together with Geraldine's mother. This arrangement is not ideal to Dean, who has ambitions of being a playwright. After Kennedy Bond, New-York play-broker, encourages Dean, he travels to New York. Bond also begins a flirtation with Geraldine, further alienating the couple. Dean deserts his family. Later, Geraldine relocates to New York and becomes a popular music hall entertainer. Geraldine is reunited with Dean at a dinner held in her honor and finds that he has found only failure as a playwright. Initially, Geraldine rebukes him, but once she sees how much he has suffered, forgives him and they reconcile. Cast *Bessie Barriscale - Geraldine Laird * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beckoning Roads
''Beckoning Roads'' is a 1919 American silent drama film based on the novel ''The Call of Life'' by Jeanne Judson. The novel was originally serialized in Red Book Magazine from August to December 1918. It was directed by Howard C. Hickman and Bessie Barriscale was producer and star. It was released by Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. on December 14, 1919. Plot As described in a film magazine, Marquita Shay was brought up by an adoptive father, John Grayson, on a farm in Canada. The two travel to St. Louis, where she meet and subsequently marries Humphrey Wells. Their marital bliss dissolves quickly when Marquita meets Humphrey's parents, especially his domineering father. Her in-laws treat her very poorly and upon the discovery that new husband has no backbone, Marquita leaves her husband to return to her father's farm. Unfortunately, Marquita discovers that her father has committed suicide after a ruinous financial turn engineered by her swindler father-in-law. Marquita v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunted Bedroom
''The Haunted Bedroom'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett and Dorcas Matthews. The film was also distributed under the title ''The Ghost of Whispering Oaks''.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 211.. Plot As described in a film magazine, New York reporter Betsy Thorne (Bennett) travels to the railroad station in a Southern state to investigate a missing man where she overhears a conversation between the sheriff and an imported detective that reporters are barred from the house and grounds where the mystery has taken place. By good fortune she comes across a maid sent to the house from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law Of Men (1919 Film)
''The Law of Men'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by Fred Niblo. Plot As described in the film magazine ''Moving Picture World'', Laura Dayne (Bennett), an ambitious young sculptor courted by neighboring young artist Denis Connors (Welch), has limited contact with the social world and knows little of the "law of men" and so unsuspicious when decadent architect Jamison Keene (MacDonald) lures her to the Tarrytown Inn one night with a promise to consummate her dream of having her work in a municipal building. Keene had recently had the artist paint a miniature of Mildred Wade (Matthews), the foolish wife of Laura's dear friend Benton Wade (Robson). Laura goes to the Tarrytown Inn and into the trap set for he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Market Of Souls
''The Market of Souls'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and written by John Lynch and C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Holmes Herbert, Philo McCullough, Dorcas Mathews, Donald McDonald, and George Williams. The film was released on September 7, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Helen Armes (Dalton), a nurse, comes to New York City from Albany to visit her married brother. She arrives on New Year's Eve and is immediately added to a cabaret party being made up to include her brother's wife and Lyle Bane (McCullough), a wealthy bachelor. At the cabaret she meets his brother Temple Bane (Herbert), a woman-hater who begins to believe in her. When she wearies of the performance, Lyle takes her home, lures her into his apartment, and attempts familiarities. She escapes but is judged guilty by her sister-in-law, so she leaves at once and goes to the nurse headquarters. Temple arrives and, after bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virtuous Thief
''The Virtuous Thief'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by Fred Niblo. Plot As described in a film magazine, Dick Armitage (Hughes), essentially honest but weak, steals a small sum from his employer, Walter Haskell (Conklin), but confesses the theft prior to its discovery in hopes of leniency. Haskell asks him to sign a confession and gives him three days to raise the money, meanwhile discharging him. Dick is unable to raise the sum so his sister Shirley (Bennett) enters Haskell's employ as a stenographer to pay back the debt. Haskell becomes enamored of her and allows her marked attentions, to the dismay of Bobby Baker (Welch), also in Haskell's employ and Shirley's sweetheart. Matters reach a climax when H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Nine O'Clock Town
''A Nine O'Clock Town'' is a 1918 American comedy silent film written and directed by Victor Schertzinger. The film stars Charles Ray, Jane Novak, Otto Hoffman, Gertrude Claire, Catherine Young, and Dorcas Matthews. The film was released on July 28, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, and it may be a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, David Clary has big ideas on how to run a store, but John Clary, his crusty old dad, lets his business run downhill. David goes to the big city and while working as a clerk in a department store absorbs a few more pointers. He is also fleeced by a cabaret habitué (Young). Finally, his father sends for him to rejuvenate the "Emporium." By employing the town band and advertising, he fills the store with customers. The cabaret girl comes to town on the pretext of returning his watch and lures him to her hotel room. Here her fake husband (Ross) blackmails the young manager, but is exposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Claws Of The Hun
''The Claws of the Hun'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Ella Stuart Carson and R. Cecil Smith. The film stars Charles Ray, Jane Novak, Robert McKim, Dorcas Matthews, Melbourne MacDowell, and Mollie McConnell. The film was released on June 30, 1918, 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 .... Plot A propaganda film about a bad agent trying to find the secret formula for an explosive. Cast * Charles Ray as John Stanton * Jane Novak as Virginia Lee * Robert McKim as Alfred Werner * Dorcas Matthews as Muriel Charters * Melbourne MacDowell as Godfrey Stanton * Mollie McConnell as Mrs. Godfrey Stanton * Henry A. Barrows Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The Claws of the Hun'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me (1918 Film)
''Love Me'' is a surviving 1918 American drama silent film directed by Roy William Neill and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt, William Conklin, Dorcas Matthews, Melbourne MacDowell and Elinor Hancock. The film was released on March 18, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Dorothy Dalton as Maida Madison * Jack Holt as Gordon Appleby * William Conklin as Rupert Fenton * Dorcas Matthews as Eunice * Melbourne MacDowell as Grant Appleby *Elinor Hancock as Mrs. Appleby * Robert McKim as Mortimer Appleby Preservation status *Prints survive in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It also administers Copyright law o ... collection and the Academy Film Archive(Beverly Hills). References External links * 1918 films 1910s Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
