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Fanny Hatton
Fanny Hatton (1875 – November 27, 1939) was an American playwright and screenwriter known for the works she wrote with her husband/writing partner, Frederic Hatton. The couple, who had many of their works presented on Broadway—were known foremost for their comedies. Biography She began writing after her first husband, John Kenneth Mackenzie, was killed in Mexico in an incident that was widely covered. It was through her writing that she met Frederic Hatton, the drama critic who became her writing partner and second husband. Together they wrote dozens of plays and screenplays between 1912 and the early 1930s. Some of their Broadway productions include ''Years of Discretion'' (1912), ''The Great Lover'' (1915), ''Upstairs and Down'' (1916), ''Lombardi, Ltd.'' (1917), ''The Indestructible Wife'' (1918), ''The Squab Farm'' (1918), ''The Checkerboard'' (1920), ''We Girls '' (1921), ''Treat 'em Rough '' (1926), ''Synthetic Sin '' (1927), ''Love, Honor and Betray '' (1930), ''His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = U.S. state, State , subdivision_type2 = List of counties in Illinois, Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook County, Illinois, Cook and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Municipal corporation, Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council government, Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor of Chicago, Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Whirl
''The Mad Whirl'' is a 1925 American jazz age black-and-white silent drama film about the "loosening of youth morals" that took place during the 1920s. Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Lewis Milestone, and directed by William A. Seiter for Universal Pictures, the film stars May McAvoy and Jack Mulhall. at silentera.com The film was released during the , when the sale of alcoholic drinks in the United States was banned. Plot Cathleen Gillis ( May McAvoy) falls in love with Jack ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Albany Night Boat
''The Albany Night Boat'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Alfred Raboch and starring Olive Borden, Ralph Emerson and Duke Martin.Connelly p.7 It was produced and distributed by the independent Tiffany Pictures, one of the largest companies outside the major studios. Synopsis Ken, the searchlight operator on the night boat to Albany rescues Georgie from drowning in the Hudson River after she jumps off a yacht. The two get married but their happiness is threatened by Ken's colleague Steve who attempts to seduce her. Cast * Olive Borden Olive Mary Borden (July 14, 1906 – October 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actress who began her career during the silent film era. She was nicknamed "the Joy Girl", after playing the lead in the 1927 film of that same title. Borden ... as Georgie * Ralph Emerson as Ken * Duke Martin as Steve * Nellie Bryden as Morth Crary * Helen Marlowe as The Blonde References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man In Hobbles
''The Man in Hobbles'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring John Harron, Lila Lee and Lucien Littlefield.Babington & Barr p.133 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hervey Libbert. Cast * John Harron as Joe Coleman * Lila Lee as Ann Harris * Lucien Littlefield as Pa Harris * Betty Westmore as Gertie Harris * Edward J. Nugent as Jake Harris * William Anderson as Elmer Harris * Vivien Oakland Vivien Oakland (born Vivian Ruth Andersen; May 20, 1895 – August 1, 1958), was an American actress best known for her work in comedies in Hollywood in the 1920s and 1930s, most notably with the Hal Roach Studios. Oakland appeared in 157 films ... as Mrs. Maynard * Sunshine Hart as Ma Harris References Bibliography * Bruce Babington & Charles Barr. ''The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama''. Indiana University Press, 2018. External links * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Against The World
''A Woman Against the World'' is a lost 1928 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Harrison Ford, Georgia Hale, and Lee Moran. Cast * Harrison Ford as Schuyler Van Loan * Georgia Hale as Carol Hill * Lee Moran as Bob Yates * Harvey Clark as City Editor * Walter Hiers as Reporter * Gertrude Olmstead as Bernice Crane, Bride * William H. Tooker William H. Tooker (September 2, 1869 – October 10, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. Tooker acted with the Tivoli Comic Opera Company in San Francisco. On Broadway, he performed in ''The Coronet of the Duchess'' (1904) and ''The Gove ... as Mortimer Crane, Bride's Father * Ida Darling as Mrs. Crane, Bride's Mother * Wade Boteler as Jim Barnes, Chauffeur * Charles Clary as Warden * Sally Rand as Maysie Bell * Rosemary Theby as Housekeeper * Jim Farley as Detective References Bibliography * Gates, Phillipa. ''Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bugle Call
''The Bugle Call'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jackie Coogan and Claire Windsor, which was released on August 6, 1927. The Lost Film Files database lists this film as being lost. Plot Billy Randalph (Coogan) who is a young bugler on a frontier cavalry post in the mid-1870s, whose stepmother Alice Tremayne (Windsor) attempts to replace his real mother who only lives in his memory."American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films 1921-1930," University of California Press, 1971, p. 97 Cast * Jackie Coogan as Billy Randolph * Claire Windsor as Alice Tremayne * Herbert Rawlinson as Capt. Randolph * Tom O'Brien as Sgt. Doolan * Harry Todd as Cpl. Jansen * Nelson McDowell as Luke * Sarah Padden Sarah Ann Padden (16 October 1881 – 4 December 1967) was an English-born American theatre and film character actress. She performed on stage in the early 20th century. Her best-known single-act performance was in ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Auction Block
''The Auction Block'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Charles Ray and Eleanor Boardman. It is written by Fanny and Frederic Hatton and is based on the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. The film is a remake of the 1917 film of the same name, released by Goldwyn production starring Rubye De Remer and Tom Powers. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Bob Wharton, spendthrift son of a millionaire, weds beauty contest winner Lory Knight. She repents her marriage to a man who has never worked, abandons Bob, and goes home to Palmdale, South Carolina, where she is wooed by Carter Lane. Bob arrives in town and goes to work in a shoe store and scores a big hit as a salesman. He is vamped by Bernice, the sister of Carter, who compromises him. The Lane family swears that he must marry Bernice or die. However, Bernice confesses her trick, allowing Bob to escape the family. Bob gets his opportunity to win his wife back at a charit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifth Avenue (film)
''Fifth Avenue'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Allan Forrest, and Louise Dresser. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Barbara Pelham, a young woman who arrives in New York City from the South to obtain an advance on her father’s cotton crop, is lured into staying at a disorderly house. It is here that Peter Heffner, the broker from whom she sought a loan, makes unwelcome advances to her. She flees the house just prior to it being raided by the police. Later she meets Neil Heffner, the son of the broker. A friendship that ripens to love forms between the young people. The young man’s father tries to discredit the young woman by calling her a prostitute, but her name is cleared by an explanation by Mrs. Kemp, who was the keeper of the resort. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Fifth Avenue'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exchange Of Wives
''Exchange of Wives'' is a 1925 American comedy drama film directed by Hobart Henley, with screenplay by Fanny Hatton based upon a Broadway play by Cosmo Hamilton. The film stars Eleanor Boardman, Renée Adorée, Lew Cody, and Creighton Hale Creighton Hale (born Patrick Fitzgerald; May 24, 1882 – August 9, 1965) was an Irish-American theatre, film, and television actor whose career extended more than a half-century, from the early 1900s to the end of the 1950s. Career Born in Cou .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, a serious young man and his emotional wife become acquainted with a frivolous young man and his serious minded wife, and it is not long before like attracts like, to the discomfiture of all. The four agree to an exchange of wives during a trip into the mountains, with the result that each is soon glad to go back to the original marital arrangement. Cast Preservation Prints of ''Exchange of Wives'' are held at Archives Du Film Du CNC (Bois d'Arcy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Manicure Girl
''The Manicure Girl'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bebe Daniels. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a poor young manicurist becomes engaged to a poor young man who has saved enough money to build a bungalow to live in after they are married. The young woman craves riches and becomes interested in a married man who treats her gentlemanly and kindly. This "other" man is becoming estranged from his wife. The manicurist realizes her own influence in wrecking the marriage and, in sympathy with the wife, she effects a reconciliation between the two. Her fiancé lover quarrels with her, but there is a happy ending when the two decide to hasten their marriage. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Manicure Girl'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wreckage (film)
''Wreckage'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring May Allison, Holmes Herbert, and John Miljan.Goble p. 163 Cast * May Allison as Rene * Holmes Herbert as Stuart Ames * John Miljan as Maurice Dysart * Rosemary Theby Rosemary Theresa Theby (born Rose Masing, April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940. Early life and career The daughter of George and Katherine Masing, Theby ... as Margot * James W. Morrison as Grant Demarest References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1925 films 1925 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Scott R. Dunlap 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
