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Gus Pixley
Gus Pixley (1873 – June 2, 1923) was an American actor-singer and comic on the theatre stage, and an actor of the silent era. He appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, and minstrelsy with "America's greatest female impersonator," Burton Stanley. They toured widely with Emerson's Minstrels in the United States and Australia in the 1880s and 1890s. Pixley was on Broadway and toured America in Victor Herbert's musical Babes In Toyland as the character "Inspector Marmaduke." Pixley appeared in more than 130 films between 1910 and 1921. He died in Saranac Lake, New York, on June 2, 1923, at age 49. Partial filmography * ''For His Son'' (1912 short) (uncredited) * '' The Transformation of Mike'' (1912 short) * '' So Near, Yet So Far'' (1912 short) * '' At Coney Island'' (1912 short) * '' Brutality'' (1912 short) * '' My Hero'' (1912 short) (unconfirmed) * '' The Water Nymph (1912)'' * '' The Mothering Heart'' (1913 short) (uncredited) * ''Almost a Wild Man ''Almost a Wild Man' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Card
The cabinet card was a style of photograph that was widely used for Portrait photography, photographic portraiture after 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm ( by inches). History The ''carte de visite'' was displaced by the larger cabinet card in the second half of the 1860s. Both were most often albumen prints, the primary difference being the cabinet card was larger and usually included extensive logos and information on the reverse side of the card to advertise the photographer's services. However, later into its popularity, other types of papers began to replace the albumen process. Despite the similarity, the cabinet card format was initially used for landscape views before it was adopted for portraiture. Some cabinet card images from the 1890s have the appearance of a black-and-white photograph in contrast to the distinctive sepia toning notable in the albumen print process. These photographs have a neutral ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At Coney Island
''At Coney Island'', also known as ''Cohen at Coney Island'', is a 1912 American short silent comedy starring Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, and Ford Sterling. Sennett also directed and produced the film. Sennett claimed this was the first Keystone Studios production, shot on location at Coney Island Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to ... on July 4, 1912. It was the eleventh Keystone film released, on a split-reel with ''A Grocery Clerk's Romance''. There is one known surviving print, and the short has been screened in 2007 and 2012. Cast * Mack Sennett as The Boy * Mabel Normand as The Girl * Ford Sterling as The Married Flirt * Gus Pixley as The Other Rival References External links * *At Coney Island on Youtube' 1912 films 1912 comedy films 1912 short fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Silent Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Deaths
In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ''(Gregorian Calendar).'' Events January–February * January 9, January 5 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium Occupation of the Ruhr, occupy the Ruhr area, to force Germany to make reparation payments. * January 17 (or 9) – First flight of the first rotorcraft, Juan de la Cierva's Cierva C.4 autogyro, in Spain. (It is first demonstrated to the military on January 31.) * February 5 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class cricket score for the first time in his third match at this level, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, giving the Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the United States Army. February * February 11 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I, and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. * February 12 ** Emilio Castelar, the former foreign minister, becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic. ** The Coinage Act of 1873 in the United States is signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. Coming into effect on April 1, it ends bimetallism in the U.S., and places the country on the gold standard. * February 20 ** The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco. ** British naval officer John Moresby discovers the site of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, and claims the land for Britain. March * March 3 – Censorship: The United States Congress e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Porcupine
''The Girl from Porcupine'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Faire Binney, William Collier Jr. and Jack Drumier. Plot Cast * Faire Binney as Hope Dugan * William Collier Jr. as Jim McTvish * Jack Drumier as Bill Higgins * James Milady as Sam Hawks * Adolph Milar as Red McTavish * Tom Blake as Dugan * Marcia Harris as Schoolteacher * Jack Hopkins as Her Brother * Sam J. Ryan as Brandt * Gus Pixley Gus Pixley (1873 – June 2, 1923) was an American actor-singer and comic on the theatre stage, and an actor of the silent era. He appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, and minstrelsy with "America's greatest female impersonator," Burton Stanl ... as Miller * Mary Malatesta as Mrs Miller * Tom Wallace as First holdup man * Ben Lewis as Second holdup man References External links * 1921 films 1921 Western (genre) films Films directed by Dell Henderson Arrow Film Corporation films Silent American Western (genre) fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Chumley
''Lord Chumley'' is a 1914 American short drama film directed by James Kirkwood. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress. The film began production before November 1913, but it was not released until June 1914. It is based on the 1888 play that starred E. H. Sothern. ''Lord Chumley'' was remade into the 1925 film ''Forty Winks''. Plot Gaspar La Sage and Blink Blunk decide to plan another robbery upon their release from prison. After Blink Blunk is caught and locked up in prison again, Le Sage poses as a gentleman in England. Lt. Hugh Butterworth allows his friend Lord Chumley to stay at his summer home, and Chumley becomes attracted to Butterworth's sister Eleanor while Butterworth's aunt Adeline is attracted to Chumley. La Sage now runs a casino and defeats Butterworth in gambling, leading Butterworth to lose a large amount of money. The army barracks helps arrange over £1,000 for the widow of a fallen soldier named McGregor and they hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost A Wild Man
''Almost a Wild Man'' is a 1913 Canadian silent short black and white film directed by Dell Henderson, written by William Beaudine and starring Dorothy Gish. Cast * Charles Murray as McDoo * Gus Pixley as The Wild Man * Edward Dillon as Rooly, Pooly, Dooly * Clarence L. Barr as Guppy (of Guppy and Fugg) * Bud Duncan as Fugg (of Guppy and Fugg) / Sideshow Patron * Kathleen Butler as Actress in The Rise & Fall of McDoo * Florence Lee as Actress in The Rise & Fall of McDoo * Dorothy Gish as Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron * William J. Butler as Policeman / In Audience * Gertrude Bambrick as Member of Lizzy and Her Dancing Girls Troupe / Blackface Sideshow Patron * Viola Barry as In Audience * Lionel Barrymore as In Audience * George Beranger as In Audience * Adelaide Bronti as In Audience * Christy Cabanne as In Audience * William A. Carroll as In Audience * Nan Christy as Member of Lizzy and Her Dancing Girls Troupe * John T. Dillon as In Audience * Charles Gorman as At St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mothering Heart
''The Mothering Heart'' is a 1913 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art. Plot The film opens by showing a young woman (Lillian Gish) in a garden. She is tender hearted, demonstrated by her appreciation of the flowers and the rescuing of a puppy. A melancholic young man ( Walter Miller) woos her and she is foolishly swayed more by his pain of rejection than her love for him and eventually agrees to marry. Later in their new home together she takes in washing to help support them when her new husband has little income. Things change when he finds some success in a well paid job. He insists they celebrate at a restaurant where there is an Apache dance cabaret. He wears a new suit but she her plain street clothes. Her husband's eye is caught by a sophisticated single woman ( Viola Barry) at the next table. Later, encouraged by the woman, the husband begins to deceive his wife and have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Water Nymph (1912 Film)
''The Water Nymph'' (also known as ''The Beach Flirt'') is a 1912 American silent comedy split-reel short film starring Mabel Normand and directed by Mack Sennett. Normand performed her own diving stunts for the film, which was the first comedy released by Keystone Studios. The film precedes and may have directly inspired the Sennett Bathing Beauties, a publicity staple first introduced in 1915. Cast * Mabel Normand as Diving Venus * Mack Sennett as Mack * Ford Sterling as Mack's father * Gus Pixley * Fred Mace * Edward Dillon * Mary Maxwell as Nymph * Mae Busch (unconfirmed) Production ''The Water Nymph'' was filmed on location in Venice, Los Angeles Venice is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, whe .... References External links * ''The Water Nymph'' (1912) at arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero (1912 Film)
''My Hero'' is a 1912 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the n ... and starring Dorothy Gish. Cast References External links * 1912 films 1912 short films 1912 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Short films directed by D. W. Griffith Silent American Western (genre) short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language Western (genre) short films {{1910s-US-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
