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Fontaine La Rue
Matilda Fernández, stage name Fontaine La Rue (July 18, 1890 in Hermosillo, Mexico – September 13, 1964) was an American silent film actress appearing in films from 1918 to 1929. Her career ended with the advent of talkies. She was one of seven children born to Diego and Carlotta Monreal Fernandez. After immigrating to the United States in 1907, Matilda married Victor Garcia Rojas. The couple had three children, Victor Paul, Matilda Garcia, and Victoria Grace. After the couple divorced, Matilda entered show business. She got her start on stage as a toe dancer and in musical comedy. She toured with the Trimble Musical Comedy Company in 1914 before breaking into films the following year in comedy shorts for Keystone. She first used the name Dora Rodgers, but reinvented herself with the name Fontaine La Rue, tiring of playing vamps. On occasions she would switch between the names. Notably she appeared in the lost film, '' A Blind Bargain'' with Lon Chaney. After a lengthy lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermosillo, Mexico
Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's capital and largest city, as well as the primary economic center for the state and the region. As of 2020, the city has a population of 936,263, making it the 18th largest city in Mexico. The recent increase in the city's population is due to expanded industrialization, especially within the automotive industry. Hermosillo was ranked as one of the five best cities to live in, in Mexico, as published in the study "The Most Livable Cities of Mexico 2013" by the Strategic Communications Cabinet of the Mexican Federal Government. Hermosillo was also ranked in 2016 as the seventh most competitive city in the country according to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), based on factors such as its economic diversification, geographica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sins Of Rosanne
''The Sins of Rosanne'' is a surviving 1920 American silent drama film starring Ethel Clayton and directed by actor/director Tom Forman. The Famous Players–Lasky studio produced the film with release by Paramount Pictures. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress, but is incomplete and missing reels 1 and 3. Plot As described in a film magazine, when physicians despair of the life of little Rosanne Ozanne, infant daughter of the Kimberly widow Mrs. Ozanne (Van Buren), Rachel Bangat (La Rue), a Malay servant credited with mystic powers, offers to save the child's life on the condition that the child is sold to her for two years for a farthing. The distracted mother, living in the Kimberly mining country of South Africa, agrees. At the end of the two years the child is returned with the information that two gifts have been given her by the Malay servant, one a passion for bright stones, especially diamonds, and the other the art of hating intensely. Grown to young womanh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Torrent (1924 Film)
''The Torrent'' is a lost 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by A. P. Younger and William Doner, from a screenplay by A. P. Younger. The film stars William Fairbanks, Ora Carew Ora Carew (born Ora Whytock; April 19, 1891 – October 26, 1955), was an American silent film actress. She starred in several films between 1915 and 1925. She was known as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties. Early life Ora Whytock was born i ..., and Frank Elliott. at silentera.com Plot summary Cast References External links * * * American black-and-white films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trigger Fingers (1924 Film)
''Trigger Fingers'' is a 1924 American silent Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ... film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Bob Custer, George Field (actor), George Field, and Margaret Landis. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, in order to better be able to run down a notorious bandit, “The Black Hawk,” Sgt. Steele (Custer) of the Rangers, who has captured another bandit, “Lightning” Brady, impersonates him and joins the gang of unsavory characters led by Murtison (Bennett). Soon he finds The Black Hawk has attacked an official of the mining company and paralyzed his sense of speech. He sends for Dr. Deering (Field), who arrives with his daughter, Ruth (Landis), but returns for instruments and fails to come back. Instead, Murtiso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unseen Hands
''Unseen Hands'' is a 1924 American silent horror film directed by Jacques Jaccard and starring Wallace Beery, Joseph J. Dowling and Fontaine La Rue. This was apparently the only horror film Jaccard directed, although he made over 80 (mostly action and Western) films from 1914 to 1936. It was also producer Walker Coleman Graves Jr.'s only screenwriting credit. Plot Jean Scholast (Beery) makes a favorable impression on a wealthy businessman's wife (La Rue), and she gets her husband George Le Quintrec to hire him. Scholast works his way into the millionaire's life, stealing his wife and his fortune, and eventually murdering the old man. He later begins to experience hallucinations involving the ghost of the murdered man, and in the end, he is frightened to death by the apparition out in the desert. Cast * Wallace Beery as Jean Scholast * Joseph J. Dowling as George Le Quintrec * Fontaine La Rue as Madame Le Quintrec * Jack Rollens as Armand Le Quintrec * Cleo Madison as Mata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughters Of Today (1924 Film)
''Daughters of Today'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Ralph Graves, and Edna Murphy. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Lois Whittall's father Leigh is interested in a young blonde charmer. Lois and her college friends are out for a good time and en route pick up Mabel Vandegrift, a young country woman who was very strictly reared by her parents. Their gay roadside party is wound up by a moonlight bathing frolic. The young people are then scattered by outraged villagers and they are in an automobile accident. Lois and Mabel then become mixed up in a murder mystery. In the end, it all comes out alright and the two young women find happiness with their respective lovers. Cast Production ''Daughters of Today'' was originally developed by Irving Thalberg as a flapper film, but was assigned to be directed by Sturgeon when Thalberg left for MGM. Censorship Films during that period were subject to cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Radio King
''The Radio King'' is a 1922 American adventure film serial directed by Robert F. Hill and released by the Universal Film Manufacturing Co. The ten chapters began with "A Cry for Help" released October 22, 1922. The film is now considered to be a lost film. Cast * Roy Stewart as Bradley Lane * Louise Lorraine as Ruth Leyden * Sidney Bracey as Marnee * Albert J. Smith as Renally (credited as Al Smith) * Clark Comstock as John Leyden * Ernest Butterworth Jr. as Jim Lawton * Fontaine La Rue as Doria * Slim Whitaker as The Mystery Man * Lew Meehan * Marion Feducha (credited as Marion Faducha) * Helen Broneau * Joseph North * D. Mitsoras (credited as D.J. Mitsoras) * Laddie Earle * Charles Force See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bearcat
''The Bearcat'' is a 1922 American silent Western film, now considered lost. It was directed by Edward Sedgwick and featured Hoot Gibson in the lead role. Plot As described in a film magazine, The Singin' Kid rides into town after a brief sojourn south of the border where he had been hiding because of an unjust charge. While employed as a "runner" on a ranch where he discovers a plot to mulct his employer. He frustrates the plan, exposes a trick that attempted to railroad him into jail, and discloses the worthlessness of Archer Aitken, lover of the ranch owner's daughter Alys May. Cast * Hoot Gibson Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitioned ... as The Singin' Kid * Lillian Rich as Alys May * Charles K. French as Sheriff Bill Garfield (credited as Charles French) * Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dangerous Little Demon
''The Dangerous Little Demon'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Doris Schroeder. The film stars Marie Prevost, Jack Perrin, Robert Ellis, Bertram Anderson-Smith, Fontaine La Rue, and Edward Martindel. The film was released on March 27, 1922, by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Plot Cast *Marie Prevost as Teddy Harmon *Jack Perrin as Kenneth Graham * Robert Ellis as Gary McVeigh *Bertram Anderson-Smith as Demy Baker *Fontaine La Rue as Helene Westley *Edward Martindel as Harmon *Lydia Knott as Aunt Sophia *Herbert Prior Herbert Prior (2 July 1867 – 3 October 1954) was an English silent film actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1908 and 1934. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, and died in Los Angeles, California. Prior was married to actress ... as Jay Howard References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dangerous Little Demon 1922 films 1920s English-language films Silent Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh, Mabel Behave
''Oh, Mabel Behave'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand, Owen Moore, Mack Sennett, and Ford Sterling. Sennett and Sterling also directed the film. at silentera.com This film was likely filmed in 1915 or 1916 as it is listed as produced by , which was defunct by 1922. Cast * as Innkeeper's Daughter * |
Exit The Vamp
''Exit the Vamp'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Urson and written by Clara Beranger. The film stars Ethel Clayton, T. Roy Barnes, Fontaine La Rue, Theodore Roberts, William Boyd, and Michael D. Moore. The film was released on November 6, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, successful lawyer John Shipley (Barnes) becomes fascinated by a vampire (La Rue) of the accepted type. His wife Marion (Clayton) becomes aware of the infatuation and adopts the ways of her opponent, pretending incidentally an affection for a World War I veteran (Boyd) whom she knew in France. At a house party to which Marion had invited the other woman, her husband discovers his mistake in his judgment of womanly values and the wife emerges from the conflict victorious. Cast * Ethel Clayton as Marion Shipley * T. Roy Barnes as John Shipley *Fontaine La Rue as Mrs. Willy Strong *Theodore Roberts as Old Man Shipley *William Boyd as Robert Pitts * Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Impersonation (1921 Film)
''The Great Impersonation'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Monte M. Katterjohn and E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film stars James Kirkwood, Sr., Ann Forrest, Winter Hall, Truly Shattuck, Fontaine La Rue, Alan Hale, Sr., and Bertram Johns. The film was released on October 9, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, at silentera.com which suggests that it is a . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
