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Jack Nelson (actor)
Jack Nelson (October 15, 1882 – November 10, 1948) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1935. He also directed 58 films between 1920 and 1935. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and died in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Biography Upon arriving in North Bay, Nelson took over management of the Capital Theatre, one of two movie theatres in North Bay at the time. Years later after World War Two broke out, Nelson played an important role in the nine national Victory Loan Drives (1941–1945). Acting as chairman of public relations, Nelson served on the Nipissing District National War Finance Committee. His duties included organizing parades, corresponding with the local North Bay Daily Nugget Newspaper, and hosting occasional free movie admission nights for residents who purchased bonds. During the Sixth Victory Loan Drive in May 1944, Nelson and his employees at the Capital Theatre were awarded a coveted fl ...
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the County seat, seat of Shelby County, Tennessee, Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the List of municipalities in Tennessee, second-most populous city in Tennessee, after Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville. Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, the nation's List of United States cities by population, 28th-largest overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River. The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South (region), Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi and the Missouri Bootheel. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the Southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and List of neighborhoods in ...
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Rough Riding Romance
''Rough Riding Romance'' is a lost 1919 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring cowboy Tom Mix. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Phineas Dobbs (Mix), cowboy and dairyman, becomes rich when oil is discovered on his land. His first thought is to give a party with the whole town as his guests. The party is at its height when a mysterious and beautiful young woman with two frock-coated escorts alight from a nearby stalled train who are menaced by the town badman. Disposing of the bad man in his best style, Phineas takes to the open country on his horse. The train passes and the lady throws him a note from the window, asking him to follow and rescue her. His quest takes him to San Francisco and thence to an estate in the San Mateo hills, where a secret society of foreign noblemen are seeking to force the young woman to marry one of their members. Her father is held prisoner and his life is to b ...
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The Devil's Gulch
''The Devil's Gulch'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson. The film stars Bob Custer, and Hazel Deane. Cast * Bob Custer as Ace and Deuce Remsen * Hazel Deane as Merrill Waverly * Charles Belcher as Max Crew * Pat Beggs as Bill Griggs * Roy Laidlaw Roy James Laidlaw (born 5 October 1953) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, pp145, 146 Rugby Union career Amateur career Much of his domestic rugby was played with Jed-Forest RFC, who were in the Scottish Second Divi ... as Seth Waverly * Mark Hamilton as the Sheriff References External links * 1926 films American black-and-white films 1926 Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films American silent feature films Films directed by Jack Nelson 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{silent-film-stub ...
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The Mile-a-Minute Man
''The Mile-a-Minute Man'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring William Fairbanks, Virginia Brown Faire, and George Periolat. It was produced by the independent Gotham Pictures. The plot revolves around two rival automobile producers and their respective son and daughter who are in love. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Old Ironsides Rockett, the owner of an automobile factory, loves his business rival Mrs. Greydon, and his son Speedy has come to love his rival’s daughter Paula. The rival concern gets out an improved motor for their car "Greyhound," so the father has his son Speedy try to retain the supremacy of their car "Skyrocket." Before the big race the Rockett's attend a social event where James Brett, the son’s rival for the love of Paula, has him kidnaped. Speedy escapes after numerous exciting incidents and arrives just in time to enter the race. The two rival cars race to a tie. The father marries his business rival ...
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The Valley Of Bravery
''The Valley of Bravery'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Bob Custer, Eugenia Gilbert and Artie Ortego.Munden, p. 853 Synopsis Two veterans of World War I return home and help a young woman fend off a man who is trying to steal her ranch. Cast * Bob Custer as Steve Tucker * Tom Bay as Jim Saunders * Eugenia Gilbert as Helen Coburn * William Gillespie as Percy Winthrop * Ernie Adams as Valet * Artie Ortego as Joe * Nelson McDowell as Missouri * Bobby Nelson Bobby Nelson, born Charles Karass (17 April 1917 - 20 February 2002) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler and businessman who appeared frequently in the National Wrestling Alliance midwest territories beginning in 1936 and continuing th ... as Young Boy 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 * ...
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Hair-Trigger Baxter
''Hair-Trigger Baxter'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Bob Custer, Eugenia Gilbert and Lew Meehan. Cast * Bob Custer as Baxter Brant * Eugenia Gilbert as Rose Moss * Lew Meehan as Mont Blake * Murdock MacQuarrie as Joe Craddock * Fanny Midgley as Mrs. Craddock * Jim Corey as Jim Dodds * Ernie Adams as Shorty Hillis * Hugh Saxon Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ... as Silas Brant References External links * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Jack Nelson Film Booking Offices of America films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ...
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Sunshine Of Paradise Alley
''Sunshine of Paradise Alley'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Barbara Bedford, Kenneth MacDonald, and Max Davidson.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 103 Cast * Barbara Bedford as Sunshine O'Day * Kenneth MacDonald as Jerry Sullivan * Max Davidson as Solomon Levy * Nigel Barrie as Stanley Douglas * Gayne Whitman as Glen Wathershoon * Lucille Lee Stewart as Gladys Waldroon * Tui Bow as Queenie May * J. Parks Jones as Chet Hawkins * Bobby Nelson as Bum * Frank Weed as Daddy O'Day * Max Asher * Evelyn Sherman Evelyn may refer to: Places * Evelyn, London * Evelyn Gardens, a garden square in London * Evelyn, Ontario, Canada * Evelyn, Michigan, United States * Evelyn, Texas, United States * Evelyn, Wirt County, West Virginia, United States * Eve ... * Leon Holmes * Monty O'Grady as Little Boy * Helene Pirie as Aggie References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ' ...
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The Mysterious Stranger (1925 Film)
''The Mysterious Stranger'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Richard Talmadge, Josef Swickard, and Carmelita Geraghty Carmelita Geraghty (March 21, 1901 – July 7, 1966) was an American silent-film actress and painter. Early life The daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty, she was the sister of writers Maurice and Gerald Geraghty. Her father wrote scenarios .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, Raoul Lesage, a great artist, lives happily in his large home with his four year old son Paul and his wife April until he is deceived by Herman Bennett, who attempts to caress April. Raoul believes his wife has been unfaithful and takes the child to another home. Paul Lesage grows to be 24 years old without having seen a woman. Bennet, who is also an artist, has spent the last twenty years forging the works of the master Lesage. Paul starts walking in his sleep. He is picked up by a band of merrymakers and is taken to a roadhous ...
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He Who Laughs Last (film)
''He Who Laughs Last'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Kenneth MacDonald, David Torrence and Gino Corrado.Munden p.328 Cast * Kenneth MacDonald as Jimmy Taylor * Margaret Cloud as Janice Marvin * David Torrence David Torrence may refer to: *David Torrence (actor) (1864–1951), Scottish-American film character actor * David Torrence (athlete) (1985–2017), Peruvian-American Olympic runner See also *David Torrance (other) David Torrance may ref ... as George K. Taylor * Gino Corrado as Elwood Harkness * Harry Northrup as James Marvin References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * 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 * 1925 films 1925 drama films 1920s English-language films American si ...
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The Wall Street Whiz
''The Wall Street Whiz'', also known under the title ''The New Butler'', is a 1925 American silent action film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Richard Talmadge, Marceline Day Marceline Day (born Marceline Newlin; April 24, 1908 – February 16, 2000) was an American motion picture actress whose career began as a child in the 1910s and ended in the 1930s. Early life Marceline Newlin was born in Colorado Springs, Color ..., and Lillian Langdon.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Wall Street Whiz''
at silentera.com The film was billed as, "A rip-roaring comedy action drama of Wall Street chuck full of thrilling and interesting situations from beginning to end."


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After A Million
''After a Million'' is a 1924 silent film comedy starring Kenneth McDonalds and Ruth Dwyer and was directed by Jack Nelson. This film survives in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', page 2 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Kenneth MacDonald - Gregory Maxim * Ruth Dwyer - Countess Olga * Alphonse Martell Alphonse Martell (1890 - 1976) was a French actor who wrote and directed '' Gigolettes of Paris'' (1933). He portrayed a director in the 1934 film ''I'll Be Suing You''. He often portrayed a waiter as in the 1946 film '' Falcon's Alibi'', in which ... - Ivan Senine * Joe Girard - * Hal Craig - * Jay Hunt- * S.J. Bingham - (*as Stanley Bingham) * Ada Bell - * Victor Metzetti - * Otto Metzetti - * Stella Nova - * Paul Gerson - * Martin Turner - * Jack Waltemeyer - References External links * * 1924 films American silent feature films American b ...
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A Fighting Heart
''A Fighting Heart'' is a 1924 American silent action film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Frank Merrill, Margaret Landis and Otto Lederer.Connelly p.347 Cast * Frank Merrill as Jack Melford * Margaret Landis as Rae Davis * Milburn Morante as Cloudy Day * May Sherman as Julia Cunningham * Otto Lederer as Dr. Logan * Alphonse Martell Alphonse Martell (1890 - 1976) was a French actor who wrote and directed '' Gigolettes of Paris'' (1933). He portrayed a director in the 1934 film ''I'll Be Suing You''. He often portrayed a waiter as in the 1946 film '' Falcon's Alibi'', in which ... as Dr. Dehli * Cathleen Calhoun as Blanche Renault References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * 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 * 1924 films 1920 ...
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