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Florence Dagmar
Florence Dagmar Oberg (October 22, 1895 – May 7, 1986) was an American silent film actress. She had several leading roles and worked for the Famous Players-Lasky film company, appearing at least twice with Thomas Meighan and Victor Moore while being directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Born to Swedish parents in Oregon, Dagmar was a stage actress in the Pacific Northwest before relocating with her family to Los Angeles and pursuing a film career. She began her film career in 1914, appearing in several features including DeMille's '' The Man from Home''. She subsequently appeared in DeMille's '' Kindling'' (1915). Other credits include the drama ''Blackbirds'', the Western '' Chimmie Fadden Out West'', and '' The Clown''. Biography Dagmar was born in Portland, Oregon in 1895. Both her parents were immigrants from Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Press
''The Pittsburgh Press'' (formerly ''The Pittsburg Press'' and originally ''The Evening Penny Press'') was a major afternoon daily newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1884 to 1992. At one time, the ''Press'' was the second largest newspaper in Pennsylvania, behind only ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. For four years starting in 2011, the brand was revived and applied to an afternoon online edition of the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. Early history The history of the ''Press'' traces back to an effort by Thomas J. Keenan Jr. to buy '' The Pittsburg Times'' newspaper, at which he was employed as city editor. Joining Keenan in his endeavor were reporter John S. Ritenour of the Pittsburgh ''Post'', Charles W. Houston of the city clerk's office, and U.S. Representative Thomas M. Bayne. After examining the ''Times'' and finding it in a poor state, the group changed course and decided to start a new penny paper in hopes that it would flourish in a local market full of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Country Boy (film)
''The Country Boy'' is a lost 1915 American comedy silent film directed by Frederick A. Thomson based upon a play by Edgar Selwyn. The film stars Marshall Neilan, Florence Dagmar, Dorothy Green, Loyola O'Connor, Mrs. Lewis McCord, and Horace B. Carpenter. The film was released on February 18, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Marshall Neilan as Tom Wilson * Florence Dagmar as Jane Belknap * Dorothy Green as Amy Leroy *Loyola O'Connor as Mrs. Wilson *Mrs. Lewis McCord as Mrs. Bannon * Horace B. Carpenter as Merkle *Edgar Lewis as Weinstein *Ernest Joy Ernest C. Joy (January 20, 1878 – February 12, 1924) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1911 and 1920. Selected filmography * '' Article 47, L (1913) * '' Salomy Jane'' (1914) * '' ... as Judge Belknap *Tex Driscoll as Hez * Al Ernest Garcia as Jimmy Michaelson References External links * 1915 films 1910s English-language films Silent Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circus Man
''The Circus Man'' is a 1914 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Cecil B. DeMille from a story based on the novel ''The Rose in the Ring'' by George Barr McCutcheon. It is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast *Theodore Roberts - Thomas Braddock * Mabel Van Buren - Mary Braddock * Florence Dagmar - Christine Braddock *Hubert Whitehead - Frank Jenison * Jode Mullally - David Jenison *Raymond Hatton - Ernie Cronk *Frank Hickman - Dick Cronk *Fred Montague Fred Montague (1864 – 3 July 1919) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1912 and 1919. He was born in London and died in Los Angeles, California California is a state in the We ... - Colonel Grand * William Elmer - Isaac Perry (*as Billy Elmer) * James Neill - Richard Jenison References External links * * 1914 films Silent American drama films American silent fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ready Money (film)
''Ready Money'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film directed by Oscar Apfel adapted by James Montgomery from his play of the same name. The film stars Edward Abeles, Monroe Salisbury, Jode Mullally, Jane Darwell, Bessie Barriscale and Florence Dagmar. The film was released on November 5, 1914, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Edward Abeles as Steve Baird *Monroe Salisbury as Sidney Rosenthal * Jode Mullally as John H. Tyler *Jane Darwell as Mrs. Tyler *Bessie Barriscale as Grace Tyler *Florence Dagmar as Ida Tyler * James Neill as Jackson Ives *Theodore Roberts as Mike Reardon *William Elmer as Jim Dolan *Sydney Deane as Owner of the Skyrocket *Dick La Reno as Captain West *Fred Montague as James R. Morgan Preservation *This film is listed as being preserved in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy of every American film to be deposited at the Library of Congress at the time of copyright registration, but the Librarian of Congress was not required to retain those copies: "Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, authority is granted for the return to the claimant of copyright of such copyright deposits as are not required by the Library." A report created by Library of Congress film historian and archivist David Pierce claims: * 75% of original silent-era films have perished. * 14% of the 10,919 silent films released by major studios exist in their original 35 mm or other formats. * 11% survive only in full-length foreign versions or film formats of lesser image quality. Of the American sound films made from 1927 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Messenger-Inquirer
''The Messenger-Inquirer'' is a local newspaper in Owensboro, Kentucky. ''The Messenger-Inquirer'' serves 15,087 daily and 20,383 Sunday readers in five counties in western Kentucky. History The newspaper's roots trace back to 1875, when Lee Lumpkin founded The Examiner. The newspaper's name was later changed to the Messenger. The Messenger was purchased by the Hager family, owners of the competing Owensboro Inquirer, in 1929. By 1864, when Thomas S. Pettit purchased the paper, it had changed its name to ''The Monitor''.Connelley and Coulter, p. 158 Immediately after taking control of the paper, Pettit published a series of items vigorously criticizing the Republican Party and its policies during the Civil War.''Biographical Cyclopedia'', p. 141 On November 17, 1864, Pettit was arrested on orders from General Stephen G. Burbridge on charges of being "notoriously disloyal" to the Union. He was taken to Memphis, Tennessee, and transferred into Confederate territory. In May 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Romance (film)
''Young Romance'' is a 1915 American silent romance film directed and produced by George Melford. The film is based on the play of the same name by William C. deMille who also wrote the screenplay. Edith Taliaferro, who made only three films in her career, stars in this film which is the only one of her films that still exists. Cast * Edith Taliaferro as Nellie Nolan * Tom Forman as Tom Clancy * Al Garcia as Count Spagnoli * Raymond Hatton as Jack * Florence Dagmar as Lou * Charles Wells as Motor boatman/chauffeur * Mrs. Lewis McCord as Landlady * Marshall Mackaye as Bell Boy * Harry De Vere as Sila Jenkins * J. Parks Jones as Young Jenkins * Violet Drew as Telegraph operator * Gertrude Kellar as Mrs. Jenkins DVD release ''Young Romance'' was released on DVD by Image Entertainment along with Raoul Walsh's ''Regeneration Regeneration may refer to: Science and technology * Regeneration (biology), the ability to recreate lost or damaged cells, tissues, organs and limbs * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The North (1914 Film)
''The Call of the North'' is a 1914 American silent adventure-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on the 1903 novel, ''The Conjuror's House; a Romance of the Free Forest'' by Stewart Edward White and its 1908 play adaptation ''The Call of the North'' by George Broadhurst. Robert Edeson starred in the play and reprises his role in this film. He played a dual role of both Ned Stewart and his own father, Graehme Stewart. A copy of the film exists in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. The film was remade by Paramount in 1921 with Jack Holt in the lead role. Plot Graehme Stewart is accused of adultery and killed although he was innocent. His son Ned decides to avenge his father, but gets captured and sent on the long journey to death "la longue traverse". Virginia saves his life and the film's villain confesses Ned is innocent. Cast * Robert Edeson in a dual role as Ned, and as Graehme Stewart * Theodore Roberts as Galen Albert * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillips Smalley
Wendell Phillips Smalley (August 7, 1865 – May 2, 1939) was an American silent film director and actor. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the grandson of Wendell Phillips; he was the son of George Washburn Smalley, a war correspondent, and his wife Phoebe Garnaut, adopted by Phillips. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1886. Smalley began his career in vaudeville and acted in more than 200 films between 1910 and his death in 1939. He began directing in 1911 and made more than 300 films by 1921. Smalley was married to actress, writer, director, and producer Lois Weber from April 29, 1904, to 1922.Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–present." Division of Vital Records, Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Maude
Arthur John Maude (23 July 1880 – 9 January 1950) was an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Biography Maude was born Arthur John Maud on 23 July 1880 in Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, to William Robert Maud (1849–1919) and his wife Lucy Monkman (1853–1929).''Birth and death certificates for Arthur John Maud, William Robert Maud and Lucy Maud (née Monkman)'' on file with the General Register Office for England and Wales. He would make the claim in later years that he was also the nephew of British general Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, the World War I hero of the Mesopotamia campaign, but this is not supported by British census returns and vital records. Maude began his career as a stage actor. He played for six years with John Martin Harvey's stage company and then became the manager and leading man in Constance Crawley's company in America, including the male lead in the 1910 Broadway production of ''Mr. and Mrs. Daventry''. He and Crawley, who was se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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