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Henry Bergman
Henry Bergman (February 23, 1868 – October 22, 1946) was an American actor of stage and film, known for his long association with Charlie Chaplin. Biography Born in San Francisco, California, Bergman acted in live theatre, appearing in ''Henrietta'' in 1888 at the Hollis Street Theatre in Boston and in the touring production of '' The Senator'' in 1892 and 1893. He made his Broadway debut in 1899 appearing with Anna Held in ''Papa's Wife'', the musical hit of the year. He made his first film appearance with the L-KO Kompany in 1914 at the age of forty-six. In 1916, Bergman started working with Charlie Chaplin, beginning with ''The Floorwalker''. For the rest of his career, Bergman remained a character actor for Chaplin and worked as a studio assistant, including Assistant Director. He played in many Chaplin shorts and later features, including '' The Pawnshop'', '' The Immigrant'', ''A Dog's Life'', ''The Gold Rush'', '' The Circus'', and ''City Lights''. Bergman's last on-sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (1917 Film)
''The Adventurer'' is an American short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and is the last of the twelve films made under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation. Plot The police are hunting for an escaped convict (Charlie Chaplin) who has cleverly eluded the guards so far. One officer ( Henry Bergman) is told to guard the beach in case he comes within sight again. However, unbeknownst to the officer, Charlie is actually buried under sand next to him. Fully aware of the danger, he is very cautious regarding his escape. He unburies himself very cautiously, however, Bergman is asleep, and he falls back on the hole which Charlie created while un-burying himself. Of course, Charlie makes a run, but it is too late. The officer fires, missing Charlie by an inch. Charlie hurriedly climbs up a vertical wall of mud and stone, and the officer chases after him. Charlie, however, finishes Bergman off by throwing a rock at him. In vain, he shoots, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Lights
''City Lights'' is a 1931 American synchronized sound film, sound romance film, romantic comedy drama, comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The story follows the misadventures of The Tramp, Chaplin's Tramp as he falls in love with a blind woman (Virginia Cherrill) and develops a turbulent friendship with an alcoholic millionaire (Harry Myers). Although sound film, talking pictures (or films with recorded dialogue) were on the rise when Chaplin started developing the script in 1928, he decided to continue working without dialogue only incorporating sound with the use of a synchronized musical score with sound effects. Filming started in December 1928 and ended in September 1930. ''City Lights'' marked the first time Chaplin composed the film score to one of his productions and it was written in six weeks with Arthur Johnston (comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Stork
''The Black Stork'', also known as ''Are You Fit To Marry?'', is a 1916 American feature film and dramatization of the Bollinger incident, a national scandal where a hospital chief of staff, Harry J. Haiselden, advised Anna Bollinger and her husband against a surgery that would have saved their deformed child on eugenic grounds. The film depicts Haiselden's fictionalized story of a woman who has a nightmare of a severely disabled child being a menace to society. Once awoken from the nightmare, she visits a doctor and realizes all was fine with her child. The film warns teenagers of the dangers of sexual promiscuity and race mixing, as these actions were believed to be the cause of disabilities in children at the time. Haiselden's film garnered mixed reviews, and his actions earned him the criticism of Progressivist champions of the Social Gospel while emboldening more moderate eugenicists. At this point in history, when the word "disability" was brought up, all anyone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Street (1917 Film)
''Easy Street'' is a 1917 short action-comedy film starring and directed by Charlie Chaplin. Plot In a slum area called Easy Street, the police are failing to maintain law and order. The Tramp, The Little Tramp, a down-and-out derelict, is sleeping rough outside the Home mission society, Hope Mission near the streets of a lawless slum. The sounds of a service in progress draws him wearily inside. After the sermon from the preacher, he is entranced by a beautiful mission worker and organist and he stays after the service. Holding his hand, she pleads him to join the mission, inspiring his religious "awakening". He vows to reform, returning the collection box that he slipped into capacious pants. Spotting a help-wanted ad for a job at the police station, the Tramp accepts and is assigned the rough-and-tumble Easy Street as his beat (police), beat. Upon entering the street he finds a bully roughing up the locals and pilfering their money. The Tramp gets on the wrong side of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rink (film)
''The Rink'', a silent film from 1916 in film, 1916, was Charlie Chaplin's eighth film for Mutual Film Corporation, Mutual Films. The film co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell (actor), Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, and Albert Austin, and is best known for showcasing Chaplin's roller skating skills. Chaplin's obvious skill on roller skates surprised many of his fans, but Charlie was an experienced performer. As a touring vaudevillian with Fred Karno's pantomime troupe, Chaplin appeared in a roller-skating skit in which he displayed a talent for comedic falls—and the ability to cause other skaters to topple. Plot Charlie is an inept and sometimes clumsy waiter at a restaurant. He is serving one of his customers, the hot-tempered Mr. Stout. Charlie determines his bill by examining what he has spilled on his suit. While he is not a great server, Charlie is an excellent skater at the nearby roller rink. He meets a girl there and saves her from the unwanted attentions of the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vendetta In A Hospital
Vendetta in a Hospital is a 1915 silent short comedy film starring Billie Ritchie, Henry Bergman and Louise Orth. It was produced by the L-KO Kompany and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast *Billie Ritchie as Billie *Louise Orth as Senorita Paprika *Hank Mann as Mr. Jowlfish *Henry Bergman as Fat La Jolla *Gene Rogers as Nursie *Raymond Griffith Raymond Griffith (January 23, 1895 – November 25, 1957) was an American silent movie actor and comedian. Later in his career, he worked behind the camera as writer and producer. Biography Griffith was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He lost ... as ?unknown Preservation *A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress''(<-book title) p.200 c.1978 The American Film Institute References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Melting Pot (1915 Film)
''The Melting Pot'' is a lost film, lost 1915 silent film drama based on the novel and 1909 Broadway play by Israel Zangwill. The film starred stage actor Walker Whiteside reprising his role from the Broadway play. Cast *Walker Whiteside - David Quixano *Valentine Grant - Vera Ravendal *Flethcher Harvey - Baron Ravendal *Henry Bergman - Mendel Quixano *Julia Hurley (actress), Julia Hurley - Frau Quixano *Doc Crane - Quincy Davenport (as Harold *Reginald Denny (actor), Reginald Denny - unknown role (uncredited) *Wheeler Oakman - unknown role (uncredited) References External links * 1915 films 1915 drama films 1915 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films American films based on plays American silent feature films Films based on British novels Films directed by James Vincent Lost American drama films Silent American drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kreutzer Sonata (1915 Film)
''The Kreutzer Sonata'' is a lost 1915 American silent romantic drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and costarring Nance O'Neil, Theda Bara, and William E. Shay. The film was based on the 1902 play of the same name by Jacob Gordin, which was based on Leo Tolstoy's 1889 novella. Produced by Fox Film Corporation, it was shot at the company's studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Cast * Nance O'Neil as Miriam Friedlander * Theda Bara as Celia Friedlander * William E. Shay as Gregor Randar * Mimi Yvonne * Henry Bergman as Raphael Friedlander * Sidney Cushing as G. Belushoff * Maude Turner Gordon as Rebecca Friedlander * John Daly Murphy as Sam Friedlander * Anne Sutherland as Olga Belushoff Reception ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' was released two months after '' A Fool There Was'', the first film that featured Theda Bara in the role of a femme fatale. Bara later confessed that she did not enjoy filming and was also dissatisfied that Fox had cast her in yet another " vamp" role. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culver City, California
Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. It is mostly surrounded by Los Angeles, but also shares a border with the unincorporated area of Ladera Heights, California, Ladera Heights to the east. The city was named after its founder, Harry Culver, who first attempted to establish it in 1913. In the 1920s, Culver City became a center for film and later television production. It was best known as the home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios from 1924 to 1986. From 1932 to 1986, it was the headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company. National Public Radio West and Sony Pictures Entertainment have headquarters in the city. History Early history Archaeology, Archaeological evidence suggests a human presence in the area of present-day Culver City since at least 8000 BCE. The region was the homeland of the Tongva people, Tongva-Gabrieliño Native Americans. For centuries, native people lived in areas curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Culver City, California, United States. Many Jewish people from the entertainment industry are buried there. The cemetery is known for Al Jolson's elaborate tomb (designed by Los Angeles architect Paul Williams (architect), Paul Williams), a 75-foot-high pergola and monument atop a hill above a water cascade, all visible from the adjacent Interstate 405 (California), San Diego Freeway. History Built on 35 acres of rolling hills in an undeveloped area near Inglewood, California, Inglewood, the cemetery was originally founded as B'nai B'rith Memorial Park in 1941 by Lazare F. Bernhard and Robert S. Groman, Robert S. and Harry Groman, founders of Groman Mortuaries in 1936 and sons of Charles Groman, who co-founded the first licensed Jewish mortuary west of Chicago, Glasband-Groman-Glasband, before it was renamed "Hillside Memorial Park" in 1942. Because of objections by the Inglewood Chamber of Commerce, they were not grante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myocardial Infarction
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is retrosternal Angina, chest pain or discomfort that classically radiates to the left shoulder, arm, or jaw. The pain may occasionally feel like heartburn. This is the dangerous type of acute coronary syndrome. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, nausea, presyncope, feeling faint, a diaphoresis, cold sweat, Fatigue, feeling tired, and decreased level of consciousness. About 30% of people have atypical symptoms. Women more often present without chest pain and instead have neck pain, arm pain or feel tired. Among those over 75 years old, about 5% have had an MI with little or no history of symptoms. An MI may cause heart failure, an Cardiac arrhythmia, irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. Most MIs occur d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
