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Dorothy Devore
Dorothy Devore (born Alma Inez Williams; June 22, 1899 – September 10, 1976) was an American silent film actress and comedian. Early life Born as Alma Inez Williams in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 22, 1899, her family soon moved to Los Angeles when she was still a young girl and completed her education there. Career Before she began working in films, Devore sang at a cafe in Los Angeles. Devore joined a musical comedy company, with which she appeared for one year. She then went to Lyons and Moran comedies at Universal Pictures. At Universal she was "discovered" by director and producer Al Christie She began playing in small parts in films for Christie, but soon received leads and moved from one-reelers to two-reelers, which would make her a star. Devore specialized in comedic roles, such as in '' Know Thy Wife'' (1918), directed by Christie. Devore was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923. During a good deal of her career, she achieved stardom in the comedic two-re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population, 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Texas, Wise. According to a 2022 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 958,692. Fort Worth is the city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States. The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River (Texas), Trinity River. Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade. It still embraces its Western heritage and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold Your Breath (1924 Film)
''Hold Your Breath'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Dorothy Devore, Walter Hiers, and Tully Marshall. Cast Preservation Copies of ''Hold Your Breath'' are maintained in the collections of the Library of Congress, UCLA Film and Television Archive, George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f ..., and other film archives. References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey and Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * *at silentsaregolden.com 1924 films 1924 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Scott Sidney American blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Night (film)
''The First Night'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Bert Lytell, Dorothy Devore, and Harry Myers.Munden p. 248 It was produced and distributed by the independent Tiffany Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis. Synopsis When a couple announce an engagement, they are both confronted by former associates who claim that they are either married or engaged already. They decide to elope, but things do not go entirely to plan. Cast * Bert Lytell as Dr. Richard Bard * Dorothy Devore as Doris Frazer * Harry Myers as Hotel Detective * Frederick Ko Vert as Mimi / Jack White * Walter Hiers as Mr. Cleveland * Lila Leslie as Mrs. Cleveland * James T. Mack as The Drunk * Hazel Keener as Miss Leeds * Joan Standing Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''. She appeared in more than 60 films between 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gilded Highway
''The Gilded Highway'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Dorothy Devore, John Harron and Macklyn Arbuckle.Leider, Emily W. ''Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood''. University of California Press, 2011. p.315 Cast * Dorothy Devore as Primrose Welby * John Harron as Jack Welby * Macklyn Arbuckle as Jonathan Welby * Myrna Loy as Inez Quartz * Florence Turner as Mrs. Welby * Sheldon Lewis as Uncle Nicholas Welby * Andrée Tourneur as Amabel * Gardner James as Hugo Blythe * Mathilde Comont as Sarah * Thomas R. Mills Thomas R. Mills, billed as Tom Mills, was an actor and director of silent films. He was a theater actor until he joined Vitagraph to make films. He was born in Headcorn, Kent, England. Filmography Actor * '' The Making Over of Geoffrey Manning ... as Adolphus Faring References External links * * 1926 films 1926 drama films 1926 lost films 1920s English-language films America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money To Burn (1926 Film)
''Money to Burn'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Walter Lang. The film survives in the archives of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art. Cast * Malcolm McGregor as Dan Stone * Dorothy Devore as Dolores Valdez * Eric Mayne as Don Diego Valdez * Nina Romano as Maria González * George Chesebro as Manuel Ortego * Orfa Casanova as Señora Sanguinetti * Jules Cowles as The Giant * John T. Prince John T. Prince (September 11, 1871 – December 23, 1937), sometimes credited as John Printz, was an American stage and silent film actor. After some years on the stage he appeared in around forty films (including some shorts and serials ... as Bascom * Arnold Melvin as The Mysterious Native References External links * 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Walter Lang Gotham Pictures films 1920s American f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Social Highwayman
''The Social Highwayman'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. Cast * John Patrick as Jay Walker * Dorothy Devore as Elsie Van Tyler * Montagu Love as Ducket Nelson * Russell Simpson as The Mayor's Partner * George C. Pearce as Old Van Tyler (as George Pearce) * Lynn Cowan as Bobbie * James Gordon as Editor * Frank Brownlee as Simpson * Fred Kelsey Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films bet ... as Chief of Police * Charles Hill Mailes as The Mayor References External links * 1926 films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Beaudine 1926 comedy films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Señor Daredevil
''Senor Daredevil'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ken Maynard, Dorothy Devore, and George Nichols.Munden, p. 631 Cast * Ken Maynard as Don Luis O'Flaherty * Dorothy Devore as Sally Blake * George Nichols as 'Tiger' O'Flagherty * Josef Swickard as Juan Estrada * J.P. McGowan as Jesse Wilks * Sheldon Lewis as Ratburn * Buck Black as Pat Muldoon * Billy Franey William Gerald Franey (June 23, 1889 – December 6, 1940) was an American film actor. Born in Chicago in 1889, Franey appeared in more than 400 films between 1914 and 1941, mostly playing comedic roles. He was an actor of disheveled appea ... as The Cook 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 * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell 1920s English-lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Upstairs (1926 Film)
''The Man Upstairs'' is a lost 1926 silent film comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film is based on a novel, ''The Agony Column'' by Earl Derr Biggers. Cast * Monte Blue - Geoffrey West * Dorothy Devore - Marion Larnard * Helen Dunbar - Aunt Hattie * John Roche - Captain Fraser-Freer *Stanley Taylor - Norman Fraser-Freer *Carl Stockdale - Enright *Charles Conklin - Mose (*aka Heinie Conklin Heinie Conklin (born Charles John Conklin; July 16, 1880July 30, 1959) was an American actor and comedian whose career began in the silent film era. Early years Conklin was born Charles John Conklin on July 16, 1880, in San Francisco, Califor ...) Box Office According to Warner Bros records the film earned $151,000 domestic and $29,000 foreign. References External linksThe Man Upstairs @ IMDb.com* 1926 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films directed by Roy Del Ruth Warner B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Baxter Butted In
''How Baxter Butted In'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Henry Baxter is bashful and fails to get ahead in the world because people do not understand him. That is, all but Beulah Dyer, whom he loves blindly. His hard luck increases when a widowed sister-in-law and her two children descend upon his household. He works days at the office and nights doing clerical work for a druggist until his health fails him. Walter Higgins, his office boss, has stolen Henry's idea of boosting newspaper circulation by giving valor banquets to heroes. When Henry recovers from his illness, he is invited to one and finds that his struggles are appreciated as real heroism. When his home catches fire, and spurred on by the desire to be the other sort of hero, Henry thrusts aside the firemen and rescues the children himself. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''How Baxter Butted In'' located in any film archives, it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Broadway Butterfly
''A Broadway Butterfly'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Irene Astaire is befriended by Cookie Dale and gets a job in the chorus, although Cookie is dismissed to please male backers of the show. Irene falls in love with a wealthy youth, Ronald Steel, but Crane Wilder wants Irene and plots with Thelma to disgrace Irene. Cookie foils them although Donald sees Wilder leaving Irene’s apartment, and he turns to Thelma. Irene is discouraged and seeks diversion on Broadway. Cookie saves her again and it then develops Cookie is the runaway daughter of a wealthy family and Donald and Irene are once more united. Cast Status With no prints of ''A Broadway Butterfly'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. References External links * *Lobby cardat moviestillsdb.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Broadway Butterfly 1925 films 1925 comedy films 1925 lost films Silent American comedy films American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Weeks In Paris
''Three Weeks in Paris'' is a 1925 silent movie from Warner Bros. starring Matt Moore and Dorothy Devore. No copies are known to survive. Cast * Matt Moore as Oswald Bates *Dorothy Devore as Mary Brown *Willard Louis as Gus Billikins *Helen Lynch Helen Lynch (April 6, 1900 – March 2, 1965) was an American silent film actress, mainly known for her roles playing gun molls and other morally dubious characters. Biography Lynch was born in 1900 in Billings, Montana, where she was also rai ... as Dolly Withers References External links * Three Weeks in Paris 1925 films American silent feature films Lost American films Warner Bros. films 1926 comedy films 1926 films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films 1925 comedy films 1920s lost films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prairie Wife
''The Prairie Wife'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Hugo Ballin and featuring Boris Karloff, and based on a story by Arthur Stringer. The film is considered to be lost. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a telegram informs Chaddie Green that her father has committed suicide, leaving her penniless. She has been reared in luxury, but, during her passage to the United States, she is so lonely that she makes an acquaintance with Duncan MacKail, a rugged appearing man from the American plains. He loves her and they decide to get married. At his ranch, she is extremely out of place, not knowing the method of ranch life or work and untrained for hard farm work. She is frightened by the presence of Ollie, the caretaker for Duncan. Nearby is Percy Woodhouse, an Englishman seeking health on the prairies. Chaddie is obliged to stay at his ranch over night when her horse bolts from her and she is unable to get a mount from Percy. Duncan is angered when she do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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