|
Elliott J. Clawson
Elliott J. Clawson (January 19, 1883 – July 21, 1942) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 80 films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and died in Vista, California. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, four of his films were nominated for Best Writing: '' The Cop'', '' Sal of Singapore'', ''Skyscraper'', and ''The Leatherneck''. Selected filmography * '' The Tragedy of Whispering Creek'' (1914) * ''Madame la Presidente'' (1916) * '' The Circus of Life'' (1917) * ''Polly Redhead'' (1917) * '' The Field of Honor'' (1917) * '' The Silent Lady'' (1917) * ''The Mysterious Mr. Tiller'' (1917) * ''The Double Standard'' (1917) * ''The Little Pirate'' (1917) * '' Mother O' Mine'' (1917) * ''The Door Between'' (1917) * ''The Desire of the Moth'' (1917) * '' The Cricket'' (1917) * '' The Double Room Mystery'' (1917) * '' The Little Orphan'' (1917) * '' Hands Down'' (1918) * '' A Soul for Sale'' (1918) * '' Midnight Madness'' (1918) * '' The Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada). Salt Lake City was founded July 24, 1847, by early pioneer settlers led by Brigham Young, who were seeking to escape persecution they had experienced whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Pirate
''The Little Pirate'' is a 1917 American silent family adventure film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson and starring Zoe Rae, Charles West and Frank Brownlee.Connelly p.377 Cast * Zoe Rae as Margery * Charles West as George Drake * Frank Brownlee as John Baird * Gretchen Lederer as Virginia Baird * Frederick Titus as Butler * Lillian Peacock Lillian Peacock (October 23, 1889 – August 19, 1918) was a silent film actress from Scottdale, Pennsylvania. Her real name was Lillian M. Webb. Peacock owns more than one hundred film credits beginning with an appearance in ''Wanted-A Piano T ... as Maid * Burwell Hamrick as Captain Kidd Jr. References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 adventure films American silent feature films American adventure films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Elsie Jane Wilson 1910 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Trails (1921 Film)
''Desperate Trails'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost. Plot As described in a film publication, Bart Carson (Carey) is in love with Lou (La Marr) and even goes to jail to save Walter A. Walker (Coxen), a man she says is her brother but who is really a husband who has deserted his wife and two children. After he learns the truth, Bart breaks out of jail and trails Walter, who falls off a train trying to escape. Bart then seeks refuge in a cabin with Mrs. Walker (Rich), where he is captured, but the officials have learned the truth and promise him a pardon. Cast * Harry Carey as Bart Carson * Irene Rich as Mrs. Walker * George E. Stone as Dannie Boy * Helen Field as Carrie * Edward Coxen as Walter A. Walker * Barbara La Marr as Lady Lou * George Siegmann as Sheriff Price * Charles Inslee as Doc Higgins Production and release Courtney Ryley Cooper wrote the story ''Christmas Eve at Pilot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Property
Common ownership refers to holding the assets of an organization, enterprise or community indivisibly rather than in the names of the individual members or groups of members as common property. Forms of common ownership exist in every economic system. Common ownership of the means of production is a central goal of communist political movements as it is seen as a necessary democratic mechanism for the creation and continued function of a communist society. Advocates make a distinction between ''collective ownership'' and ''common property'' as the former refers to property owned jointly by agreement of a set of colleagues, such as producer cooperatives, whereas the latter refers to assets that are completely open for access, such as a public park freely available to everyone. Christian societies The first church in Jerusalem shared all their money and possessions (Acts of the Apostles 2 and 4). Inspired by the Early Christians, many Christians have since tried to follow th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleeping Lion
''The Sleeping Lion'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Rupert Julian and starring Monroe Salisbury, Pat Moore and Rhea Mitchell.Langman, p. 291 Synopsis An Italian American from New York heads West to start a new life, but soon makes enemies in the small town he settles in. Cast * Monroe Salisbury as Tony * Pat Moore as Little Tony * Rhea Mitchell as Kate Billings * Herschel Mayall as Durant * Alfred Allen as Col. Doharney * Alice Claire Elliott as Carlotta * Marian Skinner as Her Mother * Sidney Franklin Sidney Franklin may refer to: * Sidney Franklin (bullfighter) (1903–1976), American bullfighter * Sidney Franklin (director) (1893–1972), American film director and producer * Sidney Franklin (actor) Sidney Franklin (1870–1931) was an Amer ... as Her Father References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 Western (genre) films Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Dog (1918 Film)
''The Yellow Dog'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Arthur Hoyt, Antrim Short, and Clara Horton Clara Marie Horton (July 29, 1904 – December 4, 1976) was an American actress of the silent film era. Horton was born in Brooklyn. Her mother gave up a career as a piano soloist and instructor to raise her baby. She planned for Clara ....''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 Cast References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Colin Campbell American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Madness (1918 Film)
''Midnight Madness'' is a 1918 American silent mystery film directed by Rupert Julian and starring Ruth Clifford, Kenneth Harlan and Harry von Meter.Wlaschin p.139 Cast * Ruth Clifford as Gertrude Temple * Kenneth Harlan as Prentice Tiller * Harry von Meter as Aaron Molitor * Claire Du Brey as Lola Montez * Harry Holden as Simon Temple * Louis Willoughby Louis Willoughby (10 July 1876 – 12 September 1968) was an English actor of the silent era. Born in England, he was married to artist Vera Willoughby and the father of artist Althea Willoughby. He lived his final years in the United Stat ... as Chevat References Bibliography *Ken Wlaschin. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009. External links * 1918 films 1918 mystery films American silent feature films American mystery films American black-and-white films Films directed by Rupert Julian Universal Pictures films 1910s English-language films 1910s Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Soul For Sale
''A Soul for Sale'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Allen Holubar and starring Dorothy Phillips, Katherine Kirkwood and Alan Roscoe.Hirschhorn p.30 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Dorothy Phillips as Neila Pendleton * Katherine Kirkwood as Mrs. Pendleton * Alan Roscoe as Steele Minturn * William Burgess as Hale Faxon * Harry Dunkinson Harry Dunkinson (December 16, 1876 – March 14, 1936) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1912 and 1935. He was born in New York City and died in California. Dunkinson began acting on stage whe ... as Wilbur Simons * Joseph W. Girard as Garet Pendleton References Bibliography * Clive Hirschhorn. ''The Universal Story''. Crown, 1983. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Down (film)
''Hands Down'' is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Rupert Julian and starring Monroe Salisbury, W.H. Bainbridge and Ruth Clifford.Parish & Pitts, p. 193. Cast * Monroe Salisbury as Dago Sam * W.H. Bainbridge as Dan Stuyvesant * Ruth Clifford as Hilda Stuyvesant * Rupert Julian as Tom Flynn * Rita Pickering as Marina * Al W. Filson AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media * Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera * Al (''Fullmetal ... as Jack Dedlow References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1918 films 1918 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Rupert Julian Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films 1910s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Orphan (1917 Film)
''The Little Orphan'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Ella Hall, Gertrude Astor and Gretchen Lederer.Parish & Pitts p.75 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Ella Hall as Rene Lescere * Jack Conway as David Clark * Gertrude Astor as Emmeline Warren * Gretchen Lederer as Mrs. Billy Hardwick * Dick La Reno as Dick Porter * George Webb as Jerry Mathers * George Hupp as Henri Pelour * Chandler House as Jean Bourget, as a child * Ernest Shields Ernest Shields (August 5, 1884 – December 13, 1944) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1944. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected film ... as Jean Bourget * Margaret Whistler as Fannie Harrison References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Double Room Mystery
''The Double Room Mystery'' is a 1917 American silent thriller film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Gertrude Selby, Hayward Mack and Ed Brady.Connelly p.342 Cast * Gertrude Selby as Suzanne - a Slavey * Hayward Mack as Speed Cannon * Ed Brady as Bill Greely * Edward Hearn as Silver Joe * Ernest Shields Ernest Shields (August 5, 1884 – December 13, 1944) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1944. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected film ... as James * Mattie Witting as Mrs. Wiggins * Harry Mann as Dago Low References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1910s thriller films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American thriller films American black-and-white films Films directed by Hobart Henley Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cricket (1917 Film)
''The Cricket'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson and starring Gretchen Lederer, Zoe Rae and Winter Hall.Connelly p.335 Cast * Zoe Rae as The Cricket as a child * Rena Rogers as The Cricket as an adult * Fred Warren as Saveline * Harry Holden as Caesar * Winter Hall as Pinglet * George Hupp as Pascal as a boy * Hallam Cooley Hallam Cooley (February 8, 1895 – March 20, 1971) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1936. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Tiburon, California. Cooley attended No ... as Pascal as an adult * Gretchen Lederer as The Cricket's Mother References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
