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Eugene Gaudio
Eugene Gaudio (December 31, 1886 – August 1, 1920) was a cinematographer. Biography Brother of future A.S.C. member Tony Gaudio, Eugene Gaudio was born in Cosenza in Italy on December 31, 1886. He learned photography in his father's portrait studio and developed an interest in movies around 1905. After coming to the United States, he served as lab superintendent for IMP and the Life Photo Film Corporation. Arriving in California in 1915, Gaudio came out of the darkroom and went behind the camera for Universal. The best-known of his early efforts as a cinematographer is the 1916 production of ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''. He later photographed films for Metro's top female stars, Alla Nazimova and May Allison. His final work was with actress Bessie Barriscale’s B. B. Features. Gaudio suffered an acute attack of appendicitis and died on August 1, 1920, from general peritonitis after an operation. Gaudio is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosenza
Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of Cosenza, which has a population of more than 700,000. The ancient town is the seat of the Cosentian Academy, one of the oldest academies of philosophical and literary studies in Italy and Europe. To this day, Cosenza remains a cultural hub, with several museums, monuments, theatres and libraries. The modern city is the centre of an urban agglomeration including, among others, the municipality of Rende, where the University of Calabria is located. Geography Situated at the confluence of two historical rivers, the Busento and the Crati, Cosenza stands 238 m Above mean sea level, above sea level in a valley between the La Sila, Sila and the coastal range of mountains. The old town, overshadowed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Fear (1915 Film)
''The House of Fear'' is a 1915 American silent film, silent mystery film based on a story by John T. McIntyre. It was the third and final film in the ''Ashton-Kirk, Investigator'' series, all directed by Ashley Miller (director), Ashley Miller and Arnold Daly and starring Daly. This film is presumed lost film, lost. Synopsis Grace Cramp (Jeanne Eagels) and her brother Charles (Sheldon Lewis), ask Ashton-Kirk to investigate strange events involving Mexicans that are occurring at their house. Ashton-Kirk learns from information provided by an agent in Mexico that their father had been an Engraving, engraver who made Counterfeit, forged currency plates when in need of money. The siblings' father had forged currency plates for a thief (Charles Kraus) but had never delivered them. The thief's aunt, Miss Hohenlo (Ina Hammer), and her accomplices have been breaking into the father's house to try to find the engraving plates. Ashton-Kirk captures the intruders and destroys the forged pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Notorious Mrs
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty Kelly, M
Kitty may refer to: Animals * Cat, a small, domesticated carnivorous mammal ** Kitten, a young cat Film * Kitty Films, an anime production company in Japan * ''Kitty'' (1929 film), based on the Deeping novel; the first British talking picture * ''Kitty'' (1945 film), starring Paulette Goddard * ''Kitty'' (2002 film), a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film starring Darshan * ''Kitty'' (2016 film), a short film written and directed by Chloe Sevigny Games and money * Kitty, in poker terminology, a pool of money built by collecting small amounts from certain pots, often used to buy refreshments, cards, and so on * Kitty, in card game terminology, additional cards dealt face down in some card games * Kitty, a colloquial term for prize money or other moneys collected by a group Music * Kitty (musician) (born 1993), American musician * "Kitty" (song), by the Presidents of The United States of America * Kitty Kitty Corporation, a defunct English record label * "Mickey" (Toni B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brat (1919 Film)
''The Brat'' is a 1919 American silent drama film produced by and starring Alla Nazimova and directed by Herbert Blache. The film was released by Metro Pictures, who had Nazimova under contract, and is based on Maude Fulton's 1917 Broadway play in which she starred. It was remade as the 1931 film ''The Brat'' with Sally O'Neil in the lead role. The film is lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, the Brat (Nazimova), a chorus girl known by no other name, is discharged from the Summer Garden chorus when she refuses to submit to the advances of Stephen Forrester (Foss), a young waster. He follows her down the street and quarrel ensues, after which she is arrested. At court she is found by MacMillan Forrester (Bryant), her prosecutor's elder brother, who is a novelist in search of an underworld character to study. The judge allows her to go to his home to live for that purpose. Here her unvarnished manner cause Forrester's fiancee and her father, as well as Mrs. Forrester ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Stayed At Home (1919 Film)
''The Man Who Stayed at Home'' is a 1919 American silent adventure drama film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring King Baggot, Claire Whitney. It was based on the play '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' by J. E. Harold Terry and Lechmere Worrall. Plot Set in Virginia 1918, German spies passing information on American coastal defences are thwarted by Christopher Brent (Baggot) who is working for the secret service. Cast * King Baggot as Christopher Brent * Claire Whitney as Molly Preston * Robert Whittier as Fritz * A.J. Herbert as Norman Preston * Lila Leslie as Miriam Lee * Frank Bennett as Carl Sanderson * Ricca Allen as Miss Myrtle * Robert Paton Gibbs as Judge Preston * Julia Calhoun as Fraulein Schroder * Ida Darling Ida Darling (February 23, 1880 – June 5, 1936) was an American actress of the stage and in silent motion pictures. Biography Darling was born in New York City. She performed on the New York stage for 40 years. During the 10 years she re ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Uplifters (film)
''The Uplifters'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring May Allison, Pell Trenton, and Alfred Hollingsworth, and was released on June 30, 1919. Cast list *May Allison as Hortense Troutt *Pell Trenton as Saul Shilpick, Jr. *Alfred Hollingsworth Alfred Hollingsworth was an American actor during the silent film era. He was in dozens of films from 1911 until 1925. He also directed four short films in 1916. '' Hell's Hinges'' has been described as a classic and Hollingsworth earned plaudits ... as Saul Shilpick, Sr. * Kathleen Kerrigan as Harriet Peebles Cull * Caroline "Spike" Rankin as Elsa * Howard Gaye as Larry Holden *Lois Wood as Larry's wife References External links * * * Metro Pictures films Films directed by Herbert Blaché Films based on short fiction American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American comedy films 1919 comedy films 1919 films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day
''One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film, directed by John Ince. It stars Bert Lytell, Joseph Kilgour, and Eileen Percy, and was released on June 23, 1919. Cast * Bert Lytell as Stradivarius O'Day * Joseph Kilgour as Charley Carstock * Eileen Percy as Prairie-Flower Marie * Stanton Heck as Gorilla Lawson * William A. Carroll as MacLeod * Jules Hanft as Billings * John Hack as Roughneck M'Dool * Bull Montana Lewis Montagna (born Luigi Montagna; May 16, 1887 – January 24, 1950), better known as Bull Montana, was an Italian-American professional wrestler, boxer and actor. Biography Born in Voghera, Italy, into a poor country family — and at a tim ... References External links * * * 1919 films 1919 comedy films 1919 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films English-language comedy films Films based on works by William Dudley Pelley Films directed by John Ince Lost American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Fog (1919 Film)
''Out of the Fog'' is a lost film, lost 1919 silent film, silent film drama directed by Albert Capellani and starring Alla Nazimova billed as Madame Nazimova. It was produced by Nazimova, Richard A. Rowland and Maxwell Karger with distribution through Metro Pictures. Plot summary Cast * Alla Nazimova - Faith & Eve * Charles Bryant (actor), Charles Bryant - Philip Blake * Henry Harmon - Job Coffin * Nancy Palmer - Maude Standish * T. Morse Koupal - Luke Allen * George Davis (actor), George Davis - Brad Standish * Charles Smiley - Elijah Allen * Tom Blake - Jim Smooth * Hugh Jeffrey - Constable * Dorothy Smoller - Dancer * Marie Grant - Fisher Folk * Ada Scovill - Fisher Folk * J. O'Connor - Fisher Folk * Amelia Burleson - Fisher Folk * Harry Wise - Fisher Folk References External links * * * 1919 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films Metro Pictures films Films directed by Albert Capellani American black-and-white films 1919 drama films Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man's World (1918 Film)
''A Man's World'' is a 1918 American silent drama film, directed by Herbert Blaché. It stars Emily Stevens, John Merkyl, and Frederick Truesdell, and was released on June 24, 1918. It adapts the play of the same name by Rachel Crothers. Cast list * Emily Stevens as Frankie Ware * John Merkyl as David Powell (*aka Wilmuth Merkyl) * Frederick Truesdell as Malcolm Gaskell * Florence Short as Lione Brune * Baby Ivy Ward as Kiddie * Walter Hiers as Larry Hanlon * Sidney Bracy Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. Born into an acting family, he began a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain usually as leading men in musicals and ... as Emile Grimeaux * Vera Royer as Clara Oakes * Lucile Dorrington as Alice Ellery * Vinney Binns as Slavey Reception "In such films as ''A Man's World'' (1918) mily Stevensplayed the same strong modern woman character that she had created on the stage", w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye For Eye (1918 Film)
''Eye for Eye'' is 1918 American silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani. It was produced by Richard A. Rowland and Alla Nazimova and distributed by Metro Pictures. Nazimova is also the star in a production scripted by June Mathis. A trailer of the film is currently held in the Library of Congress, and evidence has arisen that a copy may exist in Gosfilmofond in Russia. Plot As described in a film magazine, Arabs have captured the French Captain de Cadiere (Bryant), but he escapes with the help of Hassouna (Nazimova), a young Bedouin woman of the desert. She is abandoned to die by the irate sheik (Stern), is captured by marauders of the desert sands, and is sold in slavery to the manager of a small French circus. The Captain, at a show near a small town where his ship is anchored, finds the Bedouin woman and takes her to his home. After hearing that the Captain's detachment has killed all of her tribe in the desert, she vows vengeance upon the Frenchman. However, she fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Mirth (1918 Film)
''The House of Mirth'' is a 1918 American silent melodrama film directed by French film director Albert Capellani, starring Katherine Harris Barrymore as Lily Bart. It is a cinema adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel ''The House of Mirth'' and the first-ever cinema adaptation of any of her work. Metro Pictures put many efforts into the film in order to turn the original novel into an "all-star cast" film to earn popularity, as Metro Pictures itself announced that the film was "one of the most important productions" during 1918, and that the film contained "the strongest and the most distinguished cast ever selected for the screen". Initially, Emmy Wehlen starred in the role of Lily Bart in the film. Later, she was replaced by Katherine Harris Barrymore. The film contributed to the huge success of Metro Pictures that year. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot Penniless socialite orphan Lily Bart is living with her wealthy aunt who insists that she take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
