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George Cowl
George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Dan'' (1914) * '' The Rack'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The Beloved Adventuress'' (1917) * '' Her Hour'' (1917) * '' The Stolen Paradise'' (1917) * '' The Crimson Dove'' (1917) * ''Youth'' (1917) * '' Betsy Ross'' (1917) * '' The Corner Grocer'' (1917) * '' The Iron Ring'' (1917) * '' The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1919) * '' Love, Honor and Obey'' (1920) * '' The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes'' (1920) * '' The Plaything of Broadway'' (1921) * '' Whispering Shadows'' (1921) * '' The Glory of Clementina'' (1922) * '' Pink Gods'' (1922) * '' Fashionable Fakers'' (1923) * ''The Prisoner'' (1923) * '' Secrets'' (1924) * '' The Jade Cup'' (1926) * '' Marriage License?'' (1926) * '' Broadway Madness'' (1927) * ''Court Martial'' (1928) * '' The Adventurer'' (1928) * '' The Jazz Cinderella'' (1930) * '' Secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (1928 Film)
''The Adventurer'' is a 1928 American silent adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and an uncredited W.S. Van Dyke with a screenplay written by Ruth Cummings and Jack Cunningham. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Charles Delaney, George Cowl and Michael Visaroff. The film was released on July 14, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Mining engineer Jim McClellan is in love with Dolores de Silva, the daughter of the deposed president of a South American country. McClellan tries to help de Silva regain power but finds himself involved in a series of dangerous adventures that even lead him to a firing squad. Eventually, the revolutionaries are defeated and the president returns to the government while McClellan finally wins the girl he loves. Cast *Tim McCoy as Jim McClellan *Dorothy Sebastian as Dolores de Silva *Charles Delaney as Barney O'Malley *George Cowl as Esteban de Silva *Michael Visaroff as Somaroff *Gayne Whitman Gayne Whitman (born Alfred D. Vosbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plaything Of Broadway
''The Plaything of Broadway'' is a 1921 American drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by John Francis Dillon and written by E. Lloyd Sheldon. The film stars Justine Johnstone, Crauford Kent, Macey Harlam, Edwards Davis, George Cowl, and Lucy Parker. The film was released in February 1921, by Realart Pictures Corporation. Plot Cast *Justine Johnstone as Lola *Crauford Kent as Dr. Jennings *Macey Harlam as Pell *Edwards Davis as Whitney *George Cowl as Dr. Dexter *Lucy Parker as Mrs. O'Connor *Claude Cooper as The Patriarch *Garry McGarry as Dr. Hastings *Gertrude Hillman as Mrs. Ford *Mrs. Charles Willard as Mrs. Slattery References External links * 1921 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1921 drama fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riptide (1934 Film)
''Riptide'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshall, written and directed by Edmund Goulding, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was released a few months before the Production Code was enforced. This film had a noteworthy appearance by Mrs. Patrick Campbell, a famous stage actress known for her friendship and correspondence with playwright George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ... and her creation of Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's play ''Pygmalion''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of Hollywood
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency. Secrecy can exist in a number of different ways: encoding or encryption (where mathematical and technical strategies are used to hide messages), true secrecy (where restrictions are put upon those who take part of the message, such as through government security classification) and obfuscation, where secrets are hidden in plain sight behind complex idiosyncrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jazz Cinderella
''The Jazz Cinderella'' is a 1930 American romantic drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Myrna Loy, Jason Robards Sr. and Nancy Welford.Leider p.323 In Britain it was released under the alternative title of ''Love Is Like That''. Plot Cast * Myrna Loy as Mildred Vane * Jason Robards Sr. as Herbert Carter * Nancy Welford as Patricia Murray * Dorothy Phillips as Mrs. Consuelo Carter * David Durand as Danny Murray * Freddie Burke Frederick as Junior Carter * Frank McGlynn Sr. as Henry Murray * James P. Burtis as Ollie * George Cowl as Darrow * Murray Smith as Epstein * William H. Strauss as Fineman * Roland Ray as Pierre * June Gittelson June Gittelson (May 6, 1910November 28, 1993) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1928 and 1945. Career Due to her rotund figure, Gittelson was often cast as a love interest who often intimidated her husband ... as Sylvia de Sprout References Bibliography * Leid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court Martial (1928 Film)
''Court Martial'' is a 1928 American silent film war drama film directed by George B. Seitz, starring Jack Holt, Betty Compson as Belle Starr, and Frank Austin as Abraham Lincoln, and released by Columbia Pictures. A foreign release print of the film survives and is preserved in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was shown at the annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival in 2014. Publicity for the film stated that several sequences were shot in early Technicolor, but these do not appear to have survived. Cast * Jack Holt as James Camden *Betty Compson as Belle Starr *Pat Harmon as Bull * Doris Hill as General's Daughter *Frank Lackteen as 'Devil' Dawson * Frank Austin as President Abraham Lincoln *George Cowl as General Robert Hackathorne * Zack Williams as Negro Preservation status *Prints held at National Archives of Canada, Cineteca del Friuli (Gemona), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), and 16mm at Library of Congress. See also * List of early color featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Madness
''Broadway Madness'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Donald Keith, and Betty Hilburn. Plot A young farmer in upstate New York City becomes obsessed with a Broadway actress due to her radio broadcasts. She later becomes involved in a plot to defraud him of his inheritance, but instead falls in love and confesses everything to him. Cast * Marguerite De La Motte as Maida Vincent * Donald Keith as David Ross * Betty Hilburn as Josie Dare * Margaret Cloud as Mary Vaughn * George Cowl as Henry Ableton * Louis Payne as Jared Ableton * Robert Dudley as Thomas * Orral Humphrey as Larry Doyle * Tom Ricketts as Lawrence Compton * Alfred Fisher as Ev * Jack Haley as Radio Announcer Preservation With no copies listed in any film archives, ''Broadway Madness'' is a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage License?
''Marriage License?'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Bradley King and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. It is based on the 1925 play ''The Pelican'' by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood. The film stars Alma Rubens, Walter McGrail, Richard Walling, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Lane, and Emily Fitzroy. The film was released on September 5, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Alma Rubens as Wanda Heriot *Walter McGrail as Marcus Heriot * Richard Walling as Robin *Walter Pidgeon as Paul * Charles Lane as Sir John *Emily Fitzroy as Lady Heriot * Langhorn Burton as Cheriton *Edgar Norton as Beadon *George Cowl as Amercrombie *Lon Poff Alonzo M. "Lon" Poff (February 8, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 100 films between 1917 and 1951. Born in Bedford, Indiana, he was the son of Mrs. Mary E. Poff, and he had a sister, Grace Poff. He ... as Footman Preservation A print of ''Marriage License?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jade Cup
''The Jade Cup'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent mystery film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Evelyn Brent, Jack Luden and Eugene Borden.Munden p.391 Cast * Evelyn Brent as Peggy Allen * Jack Luden as Billy Crossan * Eugene Borden as Milano * George Cowl as Anoine Gerhardt * Charles Delaney as 'Dice' Morey * Violet Palmer (actress), Violet Palmer as Poppy References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1926 films 1926 mystery films American silent feature films English-language mystery films American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films Films directed by Frank Hall Crane 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American mystery films {{mystery-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets (1924 Film)
''Secrets'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage. The film is based upon a 1922 play of the Secrets (1922 play), same name, and was Secrets (1933 film), remade in 1933 with Mary Pickford in the leading role. on silentera.com Although the film was never released on video or DVD, copies still exist. Plot The films opens in present. 75-year-old Mary Carlton is depressed over her husband John's illness. She feels her life has no use if he dies. She starts reading her diary, after which the film jumps to 1865 in the time she fell in love with John. She feels she has to hide her love for her strict mother, fearing she will disapprove because of their social class differences. Mary lives within the very wealthy Marlowe f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner (1923 Film)
''The Prisoner'' is a 1923 American silent drama film set in a fictional kingdom, directed by Jack Conway and featuring Herbert Rawlinson, Eileen Percy, June Elvidge, George Cowl and Boris Karloff. Karloff was paid $150.00 a week salary for working on this film. The screenplay was written by Edward T. Lowe Jr., based on a novel called ''Castle Craneycrow'' by George Barr McCutcheon. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Herbert Rawlinson as Philip Quentin * Eileen Percy as Dorothy Garrison * George Cowl as Lord Bob * June Elvidge as Lady Francis * Lincoln Stedman as Dickey Savage * Gertrude Short as Lady Jane * Bertram Grassby as Prince Ugo Ravorelli * Mario Carillo as Count Sallonica * Hayford Hobbs as Duke Laselli * Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Garrison * Bert Sprotte as Courant * Boris Karloff as Prince Kapolski * Esther Ralston as Marie * J. P. Lockney as Father Bivot See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris Karloff (1887–1969) was an English actor. He became known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fashionable Fakers
''Fashionable Fakers'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by William Worthington and starring Johnnie Walker, Mildred June and Lillian Lawrence.Munden p.231 It was released in Britain with the alternative title ''A Going Concern''. Synopsis Thaddeus, an employee at a furniture store who is hired by his unscrupulous boss to doctor furniture to make it seem antique, buys an oriental rug that turns out to have magical powers. Dramatically his luck improves and he marries his sweetheart and gains enough money to buy the shop. Cast * Johnnie Walker as Thaddeus Plummer * Mildred June as Clara Ridder * George Cowl as Creel * J. Farrell MacDonald as Pat O'Donnell * Lillian Lawrence as Mrs. Ridder * Robert Balder as Mr. Carter * George Regas George Thomas Regas (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος Θωμάς Ρεγάκος; November 9, 1890 – December 13, 1940) was a Greek American actor. Biography Regis was born near Sparti (municipality), Sparta, Greece, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
