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Gerald Duffy
Gerald C. Duffy (1896 – June 25, 1928) was a screenwriter of the silent film era, as well as a journalist, and short story writer and copyeditor. He is best known for his many contributions to Redbook magazine, which he edited, as well as being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Title Writing in the 1st Academy Awards for the film ''The Private Life of Helen of Troy''. His prolific fiction career brought him to the attention of First National Pictures who hired him on as a writer. Gerald died in 1928 while dictating a script in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography *'' A Fighting Colleen'' (1919) *''Jinx'' (1919) * '' Dollars and Sense'' (1920) *''The Slim Princess'' (1920) *''Officer 666'' (1920) *'' What Happened to Rosa'' (1920) * ''Hold Your Horses'' (1921) *''Trust Your Wife'' (1921) *'' Through the Back Door'' (1921) *''Her Social Value'' (1921) *''Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?'' (1922) *'' Head Over Heels'' (1922) *'' Mr. Barnes of New York'' (1922) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Happened To Rosa
''What Happened to Rosa'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and featuring Mabel Normand and Doris Pawn.Progressive Silent Film List: ''What Happened to Rosa'' at silentera.com Plot A fortune teller tells a store clerk with a romantic disposition that she was a Spanish noblewoman in an earlier life. The girl begins to live the part of the Spanish noblewoman and romance and comedy ensue.Cast * as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro * as Gwen Ap ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth For Sale
''Youth for Sale'' is a 1924 silent American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring May Allison, Sigrid Holmquist, and Richard Bennett. It was released on August 1, 1924. Cast list * May Allison as Molly Malloy * Sigrid Holmquist as Connie Sutton * Richard Bennett as Montgomery Breck * Charles Emmett Mack as Tom Powers * Alice Chapin Alice Chapin or Alice Ferris (August 28, 1857 – July 5, 1934) was an American actress, playwright and suffragette active in England. She returned to America and played roles in silent films. Life Chapin was born in Keene, New Hampshire to Ephr ... as Mrs. Malloy * Tom Blake as Bill Brophy * Dorothy Allen as Pansy Mears * Charles Byer as George Archibald * Harold Foshay as Edward Higgins References External links * * * American silent feature films Films directed by Christy Cabanne American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1924 drama films 1924 films 1920s English-language films 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Own Free Will
''Her Own Free Will'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Helene Chadwick, Holmes Herbert, and Violet Mersereau. It was based on a novel of the same name by the British writer Ethel M. Dell. Cast * Helene Chadwick as Nan Everard * Holmes Herbert as Peter Craddock * Allan Simpson as Jerry Lister * George Backus as Col. Everard * Violet Mersereau as Mona Everard Preservation With no copies of ''Her Own Free Will'' located in any film archives, it is a 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 .... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Recoil (1924 Film)
''The Recoil'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter based on a Rex Beach story. Mahlon Hamilton and Betty Blythe star. Blythe filmed some scenes for the picture in Paris in November 1923. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Gordon Kent, an enormously wealthy American, comes from South America to paint Europe red with wild parties with beautiful women and where champagne flows from fountains. In Deauville he meets and loves Norma Selbee, a penniless American who rings herself in during one of Kent's lavish parties. They marry, but despite receiving showered attentions from her husband, Norma elopes with the wily adventurer Marchmont. William Sothern, Kent's famous detective friend, discloses that Marchmont is a crook, and that Norma's crook husband Jim Selbee is still alive. Kent revenges himself by forcing Marchmont and Noima to always live together under penalty of his turning both over to the police. The two wander over Europe and hate one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roulette (1924 Film)
''Roulette'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Edith Roberts, Norman Trevor, and Maurice Costello. Plot As described in a film magazine review, on her father's death from shock after his partner cheats him in a card shuffle, Lois Carrington becomes the ward of gambler John Tralee. He utilizes the young woman as a decoy when playing his games. She meets and falls in love with Peter Marineaux. Peter fancies that Loris helped Tralee to cheat him. She offers herself as payment but Tralee objects as he also has designs on her. Finally, the men agree to play with the winner getting the young woman and the money. Loris controls the roulette wheel using a foot control so as to give Peter the victory. Later developments show that she made a wise choice and they are married. Cast Preservation With no copies of ''Roulette'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three O'Clock In The Morning (film)
''Three O'Clock in the Morning'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Kenneth S. Webb and starring Constance Binney, Edmund Breese, and Richard Thorpe.Munden p. 805 It is now considered to be a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Elizabeth Winthrop becomes fascinated with cabaret life and makes friends who are objectionable to her parents. She resents her father's treatment of her friends and leaves home. She seeks work as a chorus girl in New York City and is aided by Hugo von Strohm, who unknown to her pays for her salary at the cabaret. Clayton Webster, her fiancé, objects to her work so she returns his engagement ring. Hugo invites her to a roadhouse and tries to force his attentions on her. On the way to the roadhouse, she is recognized by her mother and is rescued. Clayton is bound to leave by steamship to South America. Elizabeth arrives at the pier just as the ship is pulling away and wigwags that she loves him. He jumps overboard and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Lights Of Broadway
''Bright Lights of Broadway'' is a surviving 1923 American silent drama film directed by Webster Campbell. An independent film it stars Doris Kenyon, Harrison Ford, and Lowell Sherman. A print of ''Bright Lights of Broadway'' survives with the Library of Congress. Cast *Doris Kenyon as Irene Marley *Harrison Ford s Thomas Drake *Edmund Breese as Reverend Graham Drake * Claire de Lorez as Connie King *Lowell Sherman as Randall Sherrill *Charles Murray as El Jumbo *Effie Shannon as Mrs. Grimm, Landlady *Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''Jesse James (193 ... as John Kirk References External links * * 1923 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1923 drama films Films with screenplays by Gerald Duffy Films p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are Guilty
''You Are Guilty'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring James Kirkwood, Doris Kenyon and Robert Edeson.Connelly p. 439 Synopsis Stephen Martin takes the blame over some missing funds in order to spare his half-brother shame. He is forced to give up his sweetheart and travel around the world. Cast * James Kirkwood as Stephen Martin * Doris Kenyon as Alice Farrell * Robert Edeson as Theodore Tennent * Mary Carr as Mrs. Grantwood * Russell Griffin as 'Buddy' Tennent * Edmund Breese Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 – April 6, 1936) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Biography Breese was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Renshaw Breese and Josephine Busby. The Opera House in Eureka Springs ... as Judge Elkins * Carlton Brickert as Joseph D. Grantwood * Riley Hatch as Murphy References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spider And The Rose
''The Spider and the Rose'' is a 1923 American silent historical drama film directed by John McDermott and starring Alice Lake, Richard Headrick and Gaston Glass.Munden p.755 Cast * Alice Lake as Paula * Richard Headrick as Don Marcello, as a child * Gaston Glass as Don Marcello * Joseph J. Dowling as The Governor * Robert McKim as Mendozza * Noah Beery as Maître Renaud * Otis Harlan as The Secretary * Frank Campeau as Don Fernando * Andrew Arbuckle as The Priest * Alec B. Francis as Good Padre * Edwin Stevens as Bishop Oliveros * Louise Fazenda Louise Fazenda (June 17, 1895 – April 17, 1962) was an American film actress, appearing chiefly in silent comedy films. Early life Fazenda was born in her maternal grandparents' house in Lafayette, Indiana, the daughter of merchandise bro ... as Dolores References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sure Fire Flint
''Sure Fire Flint'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Johnny Hines. Cast *Johnny Hines as Sure Fire Flint *Edmund Breese as Johnny Jets *Robert Edeson as Anthony De Lanni *Effie Shannon as Mrs. De Lanni * J. Barney Sherry as The Proud Father *Doris Kenyon as June De Lanni * Charles K. Gerrard as Digby Poole Preservation With no prints of ''Sure Fire Flint'' located in any film archives, it is a 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 .... References External links * * 1922 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films directed by Dell Henderson American black-and-white films Silent American comedy films Films with screenplays by Gerald Duffy 1922 comedy films 1922 lost films Lost comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
