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Gladys Coburn
Gladys Coburn was an actor, actress in theater and films. She had starring roles during the silent film era including in the 1917 film ''The Primitive Call'' and the 1920 film ''Heart Strings (1920 film), Heart Strings''. She also performed in theatrical productions. Her appearance was described as being similar to June Caprice. Gladys was born on August 22, 1893, in Arkansas. She lived most of her life in New Castle, Indiana. She died in January 1969 at the age of 75. Filmography *''Madame X (1916 film), Madame X'' (1916) as Helene *''The Primitive Call'' (1917) as Betty Malcolm *''The Firing Line'' (1919) as Jessie Bradley *''The Fatal Hour (1920 film)'' as Dorothy Gore *''Voices (1920 film), Voices'' (1920) as Marion Lord * ''Out of the Snows'' (1920) *''Heart Strings (1920 film), Heart Strings'' (1920) as Kathleen Noyes *''God's Crucible (1921 film), God's Crucible'' as Marjorie Menzies *''The Battle of Life'' References External linksGladys Coburn at Internet Broadway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film Era
A silent film is a film without synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of inter-Intertitle, title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era, which existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in larger cities, an orchestra—would play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or Musical improvisation, improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Primitive Call
''The Primitive Call'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Gladys Coburn, Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Along with Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery. Life ..., and John Webb Dillion.Solomon p. 237 Cast References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Bertram Bracken Fox Film films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Strings (1920 Film)
''Heart Strings'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring William Farnum, Gladys Coburn, Betty Hilburn, and Paul Cazeneuve. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on January 18, 1920. Plot Cast * William Farnum as Pierre Fournel *Gladys Coburn Gladys Coburn was an actor, actress in theater and films. She had starring roles during the silent film era including in the 1917 film ''The Primitive Call'' and the 1920 film ''Heart Strings (1920 film), Heart Strings''. She also performed in the ... as Kathleen Noyes *Betty Hilburn as Gabrielle *Paul Cazeneuve as La Touche *Robert Cain as Rupert Blake *Rowland G. Edwards as Rouget *Kate Blancke as Mrs. Noyes Preservation The film is now considered lost. References External links * 1920 drama films Fox Film films Silent American drama films 1920 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost American drama films 1920 lost films 1920s American fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Broadway Database
The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. It was conceived and created by Karen Hauser in 1996 and is operated by the Research Department of The Broadway League, a trade association for the North American commercial theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ... community. History Karen Hauser, research director for the Broadway League, developed the Internet Broadway Database, which was launched in 1996 or 2001. Prior to that, she served as the League's media director. She has written on the economic health of Broadway and how it contributes to New York City's economy as well as that of the cities that touring productions visit. Hauser co-produced the 2000 production of Keith Reddin's ''The Perp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Caprice
June Caprice, born Helen Elizabeth Lawson, November 19, 1895 – November 9, 1936, was an American silent film actress. Early life and career Born Helen Elizabeth Lawson in Arlington, Massachusetts, Caprice was educated in Boston. She began her acting career in live theatre and in 1916 signed with the Fox Film Corporation. In 1916 William Fox searched to find a "second Mary Pickford." By the summer of that year he believed he had located the woman he predicted would be the best known female on the screen within six months time. The 1916 press release claimed both that she was a 17-year-old teenager, and in the same press release "just a little over 17 years of age." Her obituary in 1936 listed her age as 40, making her about 20 years of age at her discovery. Caprice's screen debut came in '' Caprice of the Mountains'' (1916). A New York Times film critic said of her, "she is young, pretty, graceful, petite, with an eloquence of gesture that augurs a bright future in the movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame X (1916 Film)
''Madame X'' is a lost 1916 American silent 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 George F. Marion that was based on the 1908 play of the same name by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848 – 1912). Dorothy Donnelly, star of the 1910 Broadway production of the play, which was also directed by Marion, reprised her starring role for the film. Plot A woman is thrown out of her home by her jealous husband and sinks into depravity. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is. He finds himself defending her without knowing her background. Cast * Dorothy Donnelly as Jacqueline Floriot * John Bowers as Monsieur Floriot * Edwin Forsberg as Laroque (credited as Edwin Fosberg) * Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Firing Line
''The Firing Line'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Irene Castle. It was based on the 1908 novel by Robert W. Chambers and produced by Famous Players–Lasky. Paramount Pictures distributed the film. Cast * Irene Castle as Sheila Cardross * Isabel West as Mrs. Cardross * May Kitson as Constance Paliser * Anne Cornwall as Cecile Cardross *Gladys Coburn as Jessie Bradley * Vernon Steele as John Garrett "Garry" Hamil III (credited as R. Vernon Steele) * David Powell as Louis Malcourt *J. H. Gilmore as Neville Cardross * Frank Losee as James Wayward * Rudolph de Cordova as One of the Faithful Three * Charles Craig as One of Faithful Three *Philip S. Rice as One of Faithful Three * Robert Schable as William Portlaw *Jane Warrington as Virginia Suydam * Shaw Lovett as Gary Cardross Reception Variety's review was mostly negative, criticizing the lackluster story for missing "complete effect" and stated that "The pity is that this feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fatal Hour (1920 Film)
''The Fatal Hour'' is a lost 1920 American feature-length silent film directed by George W. Terwilliger. It starred Broadway star Thomas W. Ross (1873–1959) and Wilfred Lytell, and was released by Metro Pictures. Plot Cast *Thomas W. Ross - Jim Callender * Wilfred Lytell - Nigel Villiers *Frank Conlan - Lord Adolphus Villiers (credited as Francis X. Conlan) * Lionel Pape - The Duke of Exmoor *Jack Crosby - Dudley *Henry Hallam - Anthony *Louis Sealy - Felix (credited as Louis Sealey) * Frank Currier - The Abbot *Gladys Coburn - Dorothy Gore *Thea Talbot - Bessie Bissett *Jennie Dickerson - Mrs. Bissett *Florence Court - Lily de Mario *Marie Schaefer - Lady Margaret Villiers (credited as Marie Shaffer) * Effie Conley - Sally Production ''The Fatal Hour'' was filmed at Metro's East Coast facility in Manhattan Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voices (1920 Film)
Voices or The Voices may refer to: Film and television * Voices (1920 film), ''Voices'' (1920 film), by Chester M. De Vonde, with Diana Allen * Voices (1973 film), ''Voices'' (1973 film), a British horror film * Voices (1979 film), ''Voices'' (1979 film), a film by Robert Markowitz * Voices (1995 film), ''Voices'' (1995 film), a film about British composer Peter Warlock * Voices (2007 film), ''Voices'' (2007 film), a South Korean horror film * ''The Voices'', a 2014 horror comedy film * Voices (Ghost Whisperer), "Voices" (''Ghost Whisperer''), an episode of the TV drama * Voices (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), "Voices" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'') Literature * Voices (Indriðason novel), ''Voices'' (Indriðason novel), a 2006 translation of a 2003 crime novel by Arnaldur Indriðason * Voices (Le Guin novel), ''Voices'' (Le Guin novel), a 2006 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin * Voices (magazine), ''Voices'' (magazine), a monthly English literary magazine 1919–1921 * The Voices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Snows
''Out of the Snows'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ince, Zena Keefe and Gladys Coburn. It was filmed on location in Lake Placid, New York, with Whiteface Mountain as a backdrop. Plot A member of the Canadian Mounted Police, Robert Holliday is engaged to Ruth Hardy, a young woman orphaned after the death of her father. On the eve of their wedding, Ruth learns from John Blakeman that he and her father had been partners in the fur trade, until her father was killed by Robert, her fiancé, during a shootout between police and smugglers. Shaken by that revelation, Ruth sends Robert a suicide note and leaves with Blakeman for a trading post located on Sampson's Pass. When Robert is later sent on duty at the pass, he sets out in search of his ex-girlfriend. Blakeman warns him to stay away. Meanwhile, Anitah, a mountie who is in love with Robert, kills a man who was harassing her, and Robert is ordered to arrest her; he, after managing to ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Crucible (1921 Film)
''God's Crucible'' (also known as ''The Foreigner'') is a lost 1921 Canadian silent religious melodrama directed by Henry MacRae and written by Faith Green, based on a Ralph Connor novel called ''The Foreigner''. The film was narrated by Ernest Shipman. Plot A young political refugee flees to Winnipeg to escape Russian enemies, where his resolve is tested in the snow-capped mountains, his violin his only company. Eventually, he is rewarded for toughing it out. Cast * Gaston Glass as Ivan Kalmar * Gladys Coburn Gladys Coburn was an actor, actress in theater and films. She had starring roles during the silent film era including in the 1917 film ''The Primitive Call'' and the 1920 film ''Heart Strings (1920 film), Heart Strings''. She also performed in the ... as Marjorie Menzies * Wilton Lackaye as Michael Kalmar * Edna Shipman as Irma Kalmar * Anne Sutherland as Kalmars' Servant * Frances Eldridge as Hope French or Margaret Production The film was shot in and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
