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Fay Holderness
Fay Holderness (née MacMurray; April 16, 1881 – May 13, 1963) was an American vaudeville performer and film actress. Family Fay Holderness was born Fay MacMurray in Oconto, Wisconsin, the daughter of Thomas James MacMurray and Mary E. MacMurray (née Barnes)."California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8NQ-ZGD: accessed December 19, 2014), Edmund Ayars Leeds and Fay Holderness, August 25, 1923; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,426. Her father was a prominent organist and her brother, Frederick MacMurray, was a respected violinist and a composer, whose son was actor and businessman Fred MacMurray. The family left Wisconsin in the late 1880s, living in Ohio, Michigan, and later Illinois. Career Holderness performed in a vaudeville production in Olean, New York in 1920, a presentation of ''The Village Four''. Three actors along with Holderness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oconto, Wisconsin
Oconto is a city and county seat of Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,609 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Green Bay metropolitan area. The city is located partially within the town of Oconto. History Oconto is home to Copper Culture State Park, which has remains dated to around 5000-6000 B.C. It is a burial ground of the Copper Culture Indians. This burial ground is considered to be the oldest cemetery in Wisconsin and one of the oldest in the nation. Their descendants include the Menominee, who have lived here for thousands of years. The first Europeans to come to the area were the French, who considered it to be part of New France. The French Jesuit, Roman Catholic priest, and missionary, Father Claude-Jean Allouez said the first Mass in Oconto on December 3, 1669. The Menominee living here began participating in the fur trade network and converting to Christianity. This area was included in the land ceded by the Menominee to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hog Wild (1930 Film)
''Hog Wild'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ... Laurel and Hardy film, directed by James Parrott. Plot Ollie is embroiled in a futile search for his missing hat, initially accusing his wife of misplacing it until the absurdity dawns on him as he gazes into the mirror, revealing the hat perched atop his own head. As Ollie endeavors to join Stan for a leisurely afternoon, his domestic tranquility is abruptly disrupted by his wife's insistence on his long-neglected task of installing a radio antenna atop their roof. Stan arrives on the scene, offering his assistance to Ollie's chagrin. However, their attempts at home improvement quickly devolve into a series of calamitous mishaps, with Hardy inadvertently demolishing his chimney and endur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flaming Disc
''The Flaming Disc'' is a 1920 American silent adventure film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The first episode of the series, "Rails of Death", opened on November 21, 1920. A total of 18 film episodes were produced. ''The Flaming Disc'' is now presumed to be a lost film. Cast * Elmo Lincoln as Elmo Gray / Jim Gray * Louise Lorraine as Helen * Monte Montague as Bat * Lee Kohlmar as Prof. Wade * George B. Williams as Stanley Barrows (credited as George Williams) * Jenks Harris as Con * Ray Watson as Rodney Stanton * Fred Hamer as Briggs * Fay Holderness * Bob Reeves Episode titles # "Rails of Death" # "Span of Life" # "Perilous Leap" # "Fires of Hate" # "Vanishing Floor" # "Pool of Mystery" # "Circle of Fire" # "Through Walls of Steel" # "The Floating Mine" # "Spiked Death" # "The Dynamite Trail" # "The Tunnel of Flame" # "Caged In" # "The Purple Rays" # "Poisoned Waters" # "Running Wild" # "Rails of Destruction" # "End of the Trail" See also * List of Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distilled Love
''Distilled Love'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring Alice Howell co-directed by Vin Moore and Richard Smith, and featuring Oliver Hardy, who was billed as "Babe Hardy" in this film. Cast * Alice Howell as The Milkmaid * Richard Smith as The Color Blind Artist (as Dick Smith) * Oliver Hardy as Mr. Peeble Ford (billed as Babe Hardy) * Billy Bevan * Fay Holderness * Ida Mae McKenzie * Ray Godfrey as Diving Girl (as Rae Godfrey) Reception The Film Daily gave it a mainly positive review on April 11, 1920, writing: "In addition to numerous touches in which common farmyard animals appear—bits of the sort that always appeal—there are several humorous bits in this two reeler that place it in the successful class of knock-about comedies. It is just a trifle disconnected, and may need cutting in places, but as a whole it is quite certain to register." See also * List of American films of 1920 * Oliver Hardy filmography :''These are the films of Oliver H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Husbands
''Blind Husbands'' is a 1919 American drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The film is an adaptation of the story ''The Pinnacle'' by Stroheim. Plot A group of holiday-makers arrives at Cortina d'Ampezzo, an Alpine village in the Dolomites. Among them are an American Doctor who does not pay much attention to his wife and an Austrian Lieutenant, who decides to seduce her. He manages to befriend the couple so that, when the Doctor has to leave to help a local physician, he asks the Lieutenant to look after his wife. When the Lieutenant becomes too pressing, she promises to leave with him but asks him to give her more time. During the night, she puts a letter under the door of his bedroom. The Doctor goes on a climbing expedition with the Lieutenant, who has been bragging about his exploits as a mountaineer. In fact, he is not in very good shape and the Doctor must help him to reach the summit. In the process, the Doctor finds his wife's letter in the pocket of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Pepper
''Maggie Pepper'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Ethel Clayton. This film is based on a hit 1911 play by Charles Klein which was a winning success for stage actress Rose Stahl at the Harris Theatre. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Both Rose Stahl's manager, Henry B. Harris, and the original playwright, Charles Klein, died in notable disasters: Harris on the in 1912, and Klein on the in 1915. Plot As described in a film magazine, Maggie Pepper (Clayton) is a self-reliant and snappy saleswoman who supports a young girl Claire (Wilson), the daughter of her sister-in-law Ada (Greenwood), who is in jail for shoplifting. Maggie is being courted by Jake Rothschild (Hatton) and has just rejected him when the young owner of the store, Joe Holbrook (Dexter), comes upon them. She mistakes Joe for a job seeker and advises him to stay away from a concern that is dying painlessly. Joe becomes interested a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Garden (1919 Film)
''The Secret Garden'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English children's literature. The American edition was published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company with illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk, M. L. Kirk, and the British edition by Heinemann (publisher), Heinemann with illustrations by Charles Robinson (illustrator), Charles Heath Robinson. Several stage and film adaptations have been made of ''The Secret Garden''. Plot summary At the turn of the 20th century, Mary Lennox is a neglected and unloved 10-year-old girl, born in Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India to wealthy British parents. She is cared for primarily by native servants, who spoil her and allow her to have free rein. After a cholera epidemic kills her parents, Mary is left alone when the few surviving servants fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Trouble (1918 Film)
Hello Trouble may refer to: * "Hello Trouble" (song), a song by Orville Couch, and by the Desert Rose Band * ''Hello Trouble'' (1918 film), an American silent comedy film * ''Hello Trouble'' (1932 film), an American Western film {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playmates (1918 Film)
''Playmates'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot summary Cast * Billy West as Kid * Oliver Hardy as Kid (as Babe Hardy) * Bud Ross * Fay Holderness * Ethelyn Gibson * Ethel Marie Burton * Myrtle Lind * Charley Chase Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940), known professionally as Charley Chase, was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director. He worked for many pioneering comedy studios but is chiefly associated with pro ... as Dope fiend (as Charles Parrott) References External links * 1918 films 1918 comedy films 1918 short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films English-language comedy short films Silent American comedy short films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright And Early
''Bright and Early'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. This short is preserved in the Library of Congress's collection. Cast * Billy West as A Bellboy * Oliver Hardy as The Boss (credited as Babe Hardy) * Rosemary Theby as His daughter * Leo White as An honest crook * Bud Ross as Old man * Fay Holderness as A Maid * Ethelyn Gibson (credited as Ethlyn Gibson) Reception Like many American films of the time, ''Bright and Early'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, the entire scene of man taking small boy to bathroom and the child's actions outside the room, Reel 2, scene of man in women's underwear where man is peeking through keyhole, man and woman on floor where woman throws her legs up, and the woman on floor showing underwear dropping from her shoulders. See also * List of American films of 1918 * Oliver Hardy filmography :''These are the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mummy's Ghost
''The Mummy's Ghost'' is a 1944 American horror film directed by Reginald Le Borg for Universal. It is the second of three sequels to '' The Mummy's Hand'' (1940), following '' The Mummy's Tomb'' (1942) and preceding '' The Mummy's Curse'' (1944). Lon Chaney Jr. again takes on the role of Kharis the mummy. Plot Andoheb, the aging High Priest of Arkam, has summoned Yousef Bey to the Temple of Arkam to pass on the duties of High Priest. Meanwhile, in Mapleton, Massachusetts, Professor Matthew Norman, who had examined one of Kharis' missing bandage pieces during the mummy's last spree through Mapleton, also explains the legends of the Priests of Arkam and Kharis to his history class, who are less than believing. After the lecture ends, one of the students, Tom Hervey, meets up with his girlfriend Amina Mansori, a beautiful woman of Egyptian descent. However, a strange, clouded feeling in her mind occurs whenever the subject of Egypt is mentioned. Back in Egypt, Andoheb informs Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
