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Jack W. Johnston
J. W. Johnston (October 2, 1876 – July 29, 1946) was an Irish American stage and film actor who started as a supporting actor and, briefly, leading man in the 1910s and early 1920s, continued as a character performer from the mid-1920s, and ended as an unbilled bit player during the 1930s and 1940s. He was also an early member of Cecil B. DeMille's repertory company of actors, appearing in five of the director's features released between July and December 1914. Although J. W. Johnston was his most frequent billing, other appellations included J. W. Johnson, Jack W. Johnson, Jack Johnson, F. W. Johnston, John W. Johnston, Jack Johnston, Jack W. Johnston and Jack Johnstone. Biography John William Michael Johnston was born in the County Clare town of Kilkee, on October 2, 1876. John William Michael was the middle child of three known children born to Charles Johnston and Jane Mary Hartney. Johnston had two sisters, Alicia Ellena and Janetta M Little is known of Johnston's life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilkee
Kilkee () is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the parish of Kilkee ''(formerly Kilfearagh)''. Kilkee is midway between Kilrush and Doonbeg on the N67 road and is a popular seaside resort. The horseshoe bay is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by the Duggerna Reef. History In the early 19th century, Kilkee was a small fishing village. Around the 1820s, a paddle steamer service from Limerick to Kilrush made Kilkee more accessible as a tourist destination, particularly for the Anglo-Irish aristocracy. Catty Fitzgerald opened the first hotel, which operated for 40 years. By the 1830s, two more hotels opened in Kilkee. Along with these, three churches were built, a Roman Catholic church in 1831, a Protestant church in 1843, and a Methodist church in 1900. Descriptions of Kilkee during the Irish Famine can be found in John Manners’s travel narrative ''Notes of an Irish Tour, in 1846'' and Sydney Godolphin Osborne's ''Gleanings in the West of Irelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virginian (1914 Film)
''The Virginian'' is a 1914 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film based on the 1902 novel ''The Virginian (novel), The Virginian'' by Owen Wister. The film was adapted from the successful 1903–04 theatre play ''The Virginian (play), The Virginian'', on which Wister had collaborated with playwright Kirke La Shelle. ''The Virginian'' starred Dustin Farnum in the title role, a role he reprised from the original play. It was directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Cast * Dustin Farnum as The Virginian * Horace B. Carpenter as Spanish Ed (uncredited) * Sydney Deane as Uncle Hughey (uncredited) * Cecilia de Mille as Little Girl (uncredited) * Tex Driscoll as Shorty (uncredited) * William Elmer as Trampas (uncredited) * James Griswold as Stage Driver (uncredited) * Jack W. Johnston as Steve (uncredited) * Anita King as Mrs. Ogden (uncredited) * Winifred Kingston as Molly Wood (uncredited) * Dick La Reno as Balaam (uncredited) * Mrs Lewis McCord as Mrs. Balaam (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night And Day (1946 Film)
''Night and Day'' is a 1946 American musical film, a fictionalized account of the life of composer and songwriter Cole Porter. Starring Cary Grant as Porter, the film was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Arthur Schwartz, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Charles Hoffman, Leo Townsend, and William Bowers. The music score by Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner was nominated for an Academy Award. The film features several of the best-known Porter songs, including the title song " Night and Day", " Begin the Beguine", and " My Heart Belongs to Daddy". Alexis Smith plays Linda Lee Thomas, Porter's wife of 35 years. Monty Woolley and Mary Martin appear as themselves. Plot summary Cole Porter is studying law at Yale University, at the encouragement of his grandfather. One of his law professors, Monty Woolley (playing himself), encourages his songwriting. Porter abandons study of law and Woolley leaves Yale as well. Porter's songwritin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reap The Wild Wind
''Reap the Wild Wind'' is a 1942 American adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard, with a supporting cast featuring Raymond Massey, Robert Preston (actor), Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Susan Hayward and Charles Bickford. DeMille's second Technicolor production, the film is based on a serialized story written by Thelma Strabel in 1940 for ''The Saturday Evening Post''. The screenplay was written by Alan Le May (author of the novel ''The Searchers''), Charles Bennett (screenwriter), Charles Bennett, Jesse Lasky, Jr. and Jeanie MacPherson. While he based his film on Strabel's story, set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, DeMille took liberties with details such as sibling relationships and subplots, while staying true to the spirit of the story, which centers on the headstrong, independent woman portrayed by Goddard. Released shortly after the United States' entry into World War II, ''Reap the Wild W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Pacific (film)
''Union Pacific'' is a 1939 American Western drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Robert Preston. Based on the 1936 novel ''Trouble Shooter'' by Western fiction author Ernest Haycox, the film is about the building of the Union Pacific Railroad across the American West. Haycox based his novel upon the experiences of civil engineer Charles H. Sharman, who worked on the railroad from its start in Omaha, Nebraska in 1866 until the golden spike ceremony on May 10, 1869Haycox Jr, Ernest. "'A very exclusive party'." Montana; The Magazine of Western History 51.1 (2001): 20. to commemorate the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. The film recreates the event using the same 1869 golden spike, on loan from Stanford University. Plot The 1862 Pacific Railroad Act signed by President Abraham Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad westward across the wilderness toward Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Colorado and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Frank and Irene Newlin and the younger sister of film actress Alice Day. She attended Venice High School (Los Angeles), Venice High School. Career Day began her film career after her sister Alice Day became a featured actress as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties in one and two-reel comedies for Keystone Studios. Day made her first film appearance with her sister in the 1924 Mack Sennett comedy ''Picking Peaches'' before being cast in a string of comedy shorts opposite actor Harry Langdon and a stint in early Hollywood Western (genre), Westerns opposite such silent film cowboy stars as Hoot Gibson, Art Acord and Jack Hoxie. Gradually, Day began appearing in more dramatic roles opposi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty-Fifty (1916 Film)
Fifty-Fifty may refer to: Arts and entertainment Theatre * ''Fifty-Fifty'' (play), a 1932 play by H. F. Maltby Film * ''Fifty-Fifty'' (1916 film), an American silent drama directed by Allan Dwan * ''Fifty-Fifty'' (1925 film), an American silent drama directed by Henri Diamant-Berger * ''Fifty-Fifty'' (1971 film), an Israeli comedy directed by Boaz Davidson * , a Soviet spy drama directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer * '' Fiffty Fiffty'', a 1981 Indian drama, directed by Shomu Mukherjee * ''50/50'' (1982 film), a Norwegian film directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus * ''Fifty/Fifty'' (1992 film), an American thriller; directed by and co-starring Charles Martin Smith * ''Fifty-Fifty'' (2004 film), a Russian-language Kazakh drama, directed by Gulshat Omarova * ''50/50'' (2011 film), an American comedy-drama written by Will Reiser; directed by Jonathan Levine * ''50/50'' (2016 film), a documentary on "the 10,000 year history of women and power" * ''50/50'' (2019 film), an Indian film T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Talmadge
Norma Marie Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent film, silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen. Talmadge specialized in melodrama. Her most famous film was ''Smilin' Through (1922 film), Smilin’ Through'' (1922), but she also scored artistic triumphs teamed with director Frank Borzage in ''Secrets (1924 film), Secrets'' (1924) and ''The Lady (1925 film), The Lady'' (1925). Her younger sister, Constance Talmadge, was also a movie star. Talmadge married millionaire film producer Joseph M. Schenck and they successfully created their own production company. After reaching fame in the film studios on the East Coast, she moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in 1922. Talmadge was one of the most elegant and glamorous film stars of the roaring twenties, Roaring '20s. However, by the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Taliaferro
Mabel Taliaferro (born Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro; May 21, 1887 – January 24, 1979) was an American stage and silent-screen actress, known as "the Sweetheart of American Movies." Early years Taliaferro was born as Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro in Manhattan, New York City and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She was descended on her father's side from one of the early families who settled in Virginia in the 17th century, the Taliaferros, whose roots are from a northern Italian immigrant to England in the 16th century. Taliaferro was a sister of film and stage actress Edith Taliaferro and the cousin of actress Bessie Barriscale. Career Taliaferro began acting on stage at age 2 with Chauncey Olcott. Later she appeared with James A. Hearne and with Sol Smith Russell in ''A Poor Relation.'' In 1899, she achieved distinction in the role of little Esther in Israel Zangwill's play, '' Children of the Ghetto.'' A year later she played the witching elf-child in Yeats's Gaelic fantasy, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Mutual Girl
''Our Mutual Girl'' is a 1914 American film serial shown in weekly installments, starring Norma Phillips. It was created by Mutual Film to be an alternative to "stunt-driven, wild-animal wrestling" serials such as ''The Perils of Pauline''. ''Our Mutual Girl'' ran for 52 weekly installments. Most installments featured cameos by notable figures from the worlds of politics, sports, entertainment, business and art. The serial was "provided free to exhibitors as the figurehead for the Mutual program of one-reel, two-reel and serial films, forming a trademark for the exchange as a whole." It is an example of early national advertising that was specifically targeted to women consumers. Plot Margaret, known as "our Mutual girl," travels from the country to New York City to stay with her wealthy aunt. Over the course of the serial, she is transformed into a "society belle," introduced to notable society figures, and taught how to dress and act to fit into her aunt's world. Cast * Norm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickname
A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait. It is distinct from a pseudonym, stage name, or title, although the concepts can overlap. Etymology The compound word ''ekename'', meaning "additional name", was attested as early as 1303. This word was derived from the Old English word ''eac'', meaning "also", related to ''eacian'', meaning "to increase". By the 15th century, the misdivision of the syllables of the phrase "an ekename" led to its rephrasing as "a nekename". Though the spelling has changed, the meaning of the word has remained relatively stable ever since. Various language conventions English nicknames are generally represented in quotes between the bearer's first and last names (e.g., '' Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower'' and '' Daniel Lamont "Bubba" Franks''). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Film Serials
A list of film serials by year of release. 1910s 1920s 1930s (Film prints exist unless noted otherwise) 1940s 1950s See also * Serial (film) * List of film serials by studio References {{reflist External linksSerial Squadron * Serials Film serials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
