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George Berrell
George Berrell (December 16, 1849 – April 20, 1933) was an American actor of both the 19th and early 20th century stage and of the silent film era. He appeared in numerous stage plays as well as more than 50 films over the course of a career that ran from 1850 to 1927. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 16, 1849, Berrell joined the Gardiner Theatre Company in October 1874, earning a salary that was less than the eighty dollars per week paid individually to its top three stars. In later years, Berrell was signed to a two-year contract with the Neil Shipman Production syndicate in Spokane, Washington. During that time, he appeared on screen and toured the United States and Canada, performing in a variety of theatrical productions. (advertisement mentioning Berrell). Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McKenzie Morrison
William McKenzie Morrison (March 23, 1857 – March 24, 1921) was an American photographer best known for photographs of theater performers in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Biography Morrison was born in 1857 in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, but moved to Chicago at the beginning of the American Civil War. He began working in a photography studio at the age of ten. He attended the Metropolitan Business College in Chicago, graduating in 1879, and he used his education to manage a series of photography studios until 1889, when he opened his own studio, located in the Haymarket Theatre (Chicago), Haymarket Theatre. In 1899, he moved his studio out of the theater building to its own location. In addition to photography, Morrison had numerous business interests, including real estate and ranching. He retired from photography in 1911, selling his business to his employees. Photographer Clara Louise Hagins worked for Morrison.Pearl Grace Loehr"The Relation of the Women's Federation to the Pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As The Sun Went Down
''As the Sun Went Down'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Edith Storey, Lew Cody, and Harry S. Northrup. It was released on February 10, 1919. Plot Colonel Billy is an ex-dance hall girl who has now gained a reputation as a gunfighter. She lives on the outskirts of Rattlesnake Gulch, where the women look down on her due to her past, while the men respect her due to her gun. She is in love with Faro Bill, a prospector who has promised to wed Billy once he strikes enough gold. One day the stage brings a preacher, Albert Atherton, and a destitute actor and his wife, Gerald and Mabel Morton, and their infant daughter to town. As a joke on Billy, they send Atherton to her house, saying that she has a room to board. Morton, in order to support his wife and child, files a claim and begins prospecting. Morton strikes gold, and when word of his strike reaches San Francisco, the gambler Arbuthnot devises a plot to take his claim away from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Deaths
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1849 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series (France), Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in the Hungarian capitals, Buda and Pest, Hungary, Pest. The Hungarian government and parliament flee to Debrecen. * January 8 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: Romanian armed groups massacre 600 unarmed Hungarian civilians, at Aiud, Nagyenyed.Hungarian HistoryJanuary 8, 1849 And the Genocide of the Hungarians of Nagyenyed/ref> * January 13 ** Second Anglo-Sikh War – Battle of Tooele: British forces retreat from the Sikhs. ** The Colony of Vancouver Island is established. * January 21 ** General elections are held in the Papal States. ** Hungarian Revolution of 1848: At Sibiu, Nagyszeben (now Sibiu in Romania)– The Hungarian army in Transylvania, led by Josef Bem, is defeated by the Austrians, led by Anton Puchner. * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Jack (1927 Film)
''Black Jack'' is a lost 1927 American silent Western film directed by Orville O. Dull and written by Harold Shumate. The film stars Buck Jones, Barbara Bennett, Theodore Lorch, George Berrell, Harry Cording and William Caress. The film was released on September 25, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Buck Jones as Phil Dolan * Barbara Bennett as Nancy Blake * Theodore Lorch as Sam Vonner * George Berrell George Berrell (December 16, 1849 – April 20, 1933) was an American actor of both the 19th and early 20th century stage and of the silent film era. He appeared in numerous stage plays as well as more than 50 films over the course of a care ... as Judge * Harry Cording as Haskins * William Caress as First Deputy * Buck Moulton as Second Deputy * Murdock MacQuarrie as Holbrook * Frank Lanning as Kentuck * Mark Hamilton as Slim * Sam Allen as Ed Holbrook Preservation status * The film is currently a lost film. References External links * {{IMDb ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Imperial (1927 Film)
''Hotel Imperial'' is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is set in Austria-Hungary during World War I and starring Pola Negri as a hotel chambermaid. It is based on the 1917 Hungarian play of the same name by Lajos Bíró.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Hotel Imperial'' at silentera.com Plot Officer Paul Almasy is separated from his unit behind enemy lines and hides in the Hotel Imperial in Lemberg (nowadays , ), where chambermaid Anna disguises him as a waiter ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea Beast (1926 Film)
''The Sea Beast'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Millard Webb, starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and George O'Hara (actor), George O'Hara. The film was a major commercial success and one of the biggest pictures of 1926 becoming Warner Brothers' highest grossing film. ''The Sea Beast'' is the first adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel ''Moby-Dick'', a story about a monomaniacal hunt for a great white whale. However, the film alters the novel's plotline by establishing prequel and sequel elements that are not in the original story—such as the romancing of Esther and Ahab's safe return, respectively—and substitutes a happy ending for Melville's original tragic one. Some of the characters in the film do not appear in Melville's original novel. The film was so successful that in 1930 Warner Bros redid it in English and German, under the title ''Moby Dick (1930 film), Moby Dick,'' with Joan Bennett taking the role of Ahab's love becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Everlasting Whisper
''The Everlasting Whisper'' is a lost 1925 American silent Western film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Wyndham Gittens. It is based on the 1922 novel ''The Everlasting Whisper, a Tale of the California Wilderness'' by Jackson Gregory. The film stars Tom Mix, Alice Calhoun, Robert Cain, George Berrell, Walter James and Virginia Madison. The film was released on October 11, 1925, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Tom Mix as Mark King * Alice Calhoun as Gloria Gaynor * Robert Cain as Gratton * George Berrell George Berrell (December 16, 1849 – April 20, 1933) was an American actor of both the 19th and early 20th century stage and of the silent film era. He appeared in numerous stage plays as well as more than 50 films over the course of a care ... as Old Honeycutt * Walter James as Aswin Brody * Virginia Madison as Mrs. Gaynor * Karl Dane as Jarrold * Tony the Horse as Mark's Horse References External links * 1925 films 1925 lost films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grub-Stake
''The Grub-Stake'' is a 1923 American silent western film co-directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman, who played the lead role. The screenplay was written by Shipman and produced by her company, Nell Shipman Productions. Nell Shipman Productions was form in October 1920, and its first film, ''The Girl from God's Country'', was a financial failure. $180,000 was raised from investors and filming was done in Spokane, Washington, Ione, Washington, Lake Pend Oreille, and Priest Lake from March to August 1922. Shipman brought her large collection of animals with her for use in the film. The production suffered from financial difficulties and lawsuits for unpaid wages. A judge initially ordered for Shipman's animals to be auctioned off, but this was reversed and the animals were later acquired by the San Diego Zoo. American Releasing Corporation acquired the distribution rights, but went bankrupt before earning revenue from the film. The only money Shipman earned from the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracks (1922 Film)
''Tracks'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Joseph J. Franz and written by L. V. Jefferson and Mark Noble. The film stars Bill Patton, George Berrell George Berrell (December 16, 1849 – April 20, 1933) was an American actor of both the 19th and early 20th century stage and of the silent film era. He appeared in numerous stage plays as well as more than 50 films over the course of a care ..., and François Dumas. Cast list References External links * 1922 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Joseph Franz Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fire Eater
''The Fire Eater'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and featuring Hoot Gibson. Plot As described in a film magazine, Smilin' Bob Corey (Gibson) and his partner Jim O'Neil (Perry) are rangers employed by the Forestry Preserve Bureau who are directed to make a "peaceful penetration" into Paradise Valley to save timber from the depredations of Jacob Lemar (Lingham), a notorious lumber thief, and the uneducated settlers who are robbing the mountains and valleys of all of the best trees. This makes them the objects of hatred in the camp. Bob falls in love with Martha McCarthy (Lorraine), the daughter of woodsman Day McCarthy (Berrell), who receive Bob and Jim into their home even though they distrust them. After several fights between Bob and Jacob and a spectacular forest fire that sweeps the mountainside, Jacob kidnaps Martha hides her in a bear trap. Bob rescues her and they escape the flames by hiding in a waterhole. Jacob is caught and punished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Barbarian (1920 Film)
''The Barbarian'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Monroe Salisbury and George Berrell. It is based upon a short story by Theodore Seixas Solomons. at silentera.com Plot As described in a , Eric (Salisbury) is brought up in the Canadian north woods by his reclusive father Elliott Straive (Berrell), who was a college professor. The boy supplements his immense knowledge of nature with book learning of society and polite customs. A party of ultra-rich people led by James Heatherton (Sherry) arrive and camp on the land, building a tent city for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
