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Joseph Striker
Joseph Striker (December 23, 1898 – February 24, 1974) was an American actor. He appeared in 28 films between 1920 in film, 1920 and 1929 in film, 1929. Later in the 1930s he appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway. He was born in New York City. A resident of Cranford, New Jersey, Striker died at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, New Jersey on February 24, 1974.Staff"Joseph Striker, Actor, 74, Played in 'King of Kings'" ''The New York Times'', February 27, 1974. Accessed February 25, 2011. "Joseph Striker, a film and stage actor in the nineteentwenties and early thirties, died Sunday in St. Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, N. J. He was 75 years old and lived at 4 Riverside Drive in Cranford, N.J." Partial filmography * ''The Unseen Witness'' (1920) - Harry Gray * ''The Bromley Case'' (1920) - Bruce Bromley * ''The Scrap of Paper'' (1920) - Harry Gray * ''The Wall Street Mystery'' (1920) - Tom Williams * ''Help Yourself'' (1920) - Oliver Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Striker, Silent Film Actor (SAYRE 9542)
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef (given name), Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish language, Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian language, Persian, the name is , and in Turkish language, Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil language, Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughters Who Pay
''Daughters Who Pay'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger, starring Marguerite De La Motte and John Bowers, and featuring Bela Lugosi as Serge Romonsky. Plot Margaret Smith attempts to save her brother by visiting Henry Foster, from whom her brother stole, but Foster refuses leniency. Sonia Borisoff, a Broadway dancer, visits Foster with the offer that she will break her engagement with Dick Foster, the son of the wealthy man, if Margaret's brother is given a pardon. He accepts. In the presence of a crowd of Russian Reds, Sonia makes love to their leader when Dick appears. He is indignant, but Sonia then insults the Communist leader after Dick leaves. The Reds lure her to a lonely house where they plan to kill her, but Dick intervenes. Some of the Reds again corner her in her apartment, but secret service men arrest them. Margaret and Sonia are then revealed to be the same young woman and to be an agent of the secret service. She and Dick then we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Deaths
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a Metapolitefsi, parliamentary republic and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 Births
Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, , is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper , accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. February * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 266 men. The event precipitates the United States' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrecker (1929 Film)
''The Wrecker'' () is a 1929 British-German sound crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker, and Benita Hume. The sound version was a Part-Talkie prepared by Tiffany-Stahl Productions and was copyrighted by them in 1929 in the United States making the sound version public domain. The film has two short sequences with audible dialog at the start and towards the end of the film. The rest of the film features a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film was based on the play of the same title by Arnold Ridley. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Gainsborough Pictures in a co-production with the German firm Felsom Film. Plot A criminal referred to by the press as "The Wrecker" is orchestrating accidents on Britain's railways. One such accident occurs on the (fictional) United Coast Lines Railway, whose train is carrying Roger Doyle (Joseph Striker), who has retired from cricket to work on the railway. Roger survives, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Secrets (1929 Film)
''The House of Secrets'' is a 1929 American mystery film directed by and starring Joseph Striker, Marcia Manning and Elmer Grandin.Pitts p.87 The screenplay was written by Adeline Leitzbach, based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Sydney Horler. The film is considered lost. It was remade in 1936. Plot An American named Barry Wilding travels to England to check out a castle he has inherited there. After hearing of mysterious goings on at the castle, he and his detective friend Joe Blake suspect that a Chinese man named Wu Chang is behind it all. Cast * Joseph Striker as Barry Wilding * Marcia Manning as Margery Gordon * Elmer Grandin as Dr. Gordon * Herbert Warren as Detective Joe Blake * Francis M. Verdi as Sir Herbert Harcourt * Richard Stevenson as Bill * Harry Southard as Warton * Edward Roseman as Wu Chang * Walter Ringham as Home Secretary Forbes Commentary Critic Troy Howarth stated "(The film) is a variation on the formula of a mystery surroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise (1928 Film)
''Paradise'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Betty Balfour, Joseph Striker and Alexander D'Arcy. The screenplay concerns a clergyman's daughter who wins £500, and decides to take a holiday on the French Riviera. There she became ensnared by a foreign fortune hunter, but her true love comes and rescues her. Cast * Betty Balfour as Kitty Cranston * Joseph Striker as Dr. John Halliday * Alexander D'Arcy as Spirdoff * Winter Hall as Reverend Cranston * Barbara Gott as Lady Liverage * Dino Galvani Dino Galvani (born Candido Galvanoni; 27 October 189014 September 1960) was an Italian-British actor, who made his career in Britain on stage and radio and in films. He is remembered for his role in the popular BBC radio comedy series ''ITMA'' fr ... as Manager * Boris Ranevsky as Commissionaire * Albert Brouett as Detective * Ina De La Haye as Douchka References Bibliography * Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wise Wife
''The Wise Wife'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Phyllis Haver, Tom Moore and Jacqueline Logan.Goble p.394 The film's sets were designed by the art director Mitchell Leisen. The costumes were by Adrian. Cast * Phyllis Haver as Helen Blaisdell * Tom Moore as John Blaisdell * Fred Walton as Helen's father * Jacqueline Logan as Jenny Lou * Joseph Striker Joseph Striker (December 23, 1898 – February 24, 1974) was an American actor. He appeared in 28 films between 1920 in film, 1920 and 1929 in film, 1929. Later in the 1930s he appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway. He was born in New York ... as Carter Fairfax * Robert Bolder as Jason, the Butler References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Harp In Hock
''A Harp in Hock'', also known as ''The Samaritan'', is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love, and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell. Plot In New York City, pawnbroker A pawnbroker is an individual that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as Collateral (finance), collateral. A pawnbrokering business is called a pawnshop, and while many items can be pawned, pawnshops typic ... Isaac Abrams (Schildkraut) must take in an orphaned immigrant boy Tommy (Coghlan) after his mother (Bartlett) dies. Tommy assists at the pawn shop and goes to school, but after a fight with a bully, the bully's mother Mrs. Banks (Robson) reports him to authorities and has him sent to an orphanage. Tommy escapes and returns to New York, where he upsets Mrs. Banks and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cradle Snatchers
''Cradle Snatchers'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Howard Hawks. The picture is based on the 1925 Russell Medcraft and Norma Mitchell stage play of the same name that starred Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Raymond Hackett, Gene Raymond, and Humphrey Bogart. The film was remake, remade as ''Why Leave Home?'' (1929). Plot Three unhappy, middle-aged housewives teach their adulterous husbands a lesson by starting affairs with college-aged men during the jazz age. Cast *Louise Fazenda as Susan Martin *Ethel Wales as Ethel Drake *Dorothy Phillips as Kitty Ladd *J. Farrell MacDonald as George Martin *Franklin Pangborn as Howard Drake *William B. Davidson as Roy Ladd *Joseph Striker as Joe Valley *Nick Stuart as Henry Winton *Arthur Lake (actor), Arthur Lake as Oscar *Diane Ellis as Ann Hall (credited as Dione Ellis) *Sammy Cohen as Ike Ginsberg *Tyler Brooke as Osteopath Preservation An incomplete print of ''Cradle Snatchers'', missing part of film re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Laurie (1927 Film)
''Annie Laurie'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by John S. Robertson, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry. It is about the battles of Scottish clans. This was the third film of Lillian Gish at MGM, and its poor box office returns marked a decline in the star's career. On a down note Gish stated that her mother became ill during the production of this film and that "...she only showed up for work" as opposed to putting her all into the film. John Wayne makes an early film appearance as a crowd extra. The film's copyright was not renewed, and fell into the public domain on January 1, 2023. On January 8, 2024, Turner Classic Movies launched the world premiere of the Library of Congress restoration of ''Annie Laurie'', with a new score by Robert Israel. Plot Cast * Lillian Gish as Annie Laurie * Norman Kerry as Ian Macdonald * Creighton Hale as Donald Campbell * Joseph Striker as Alastair Macdonald * Hobart Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Climbers (1927 Film)
''The Climbers'' is a 1927 silent film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and presumed lost film, lost. The film stars Irene Rich and was directed by Paul L. Stein, Paul Stein. It was based on Clyde Fitch's The Climbers (play), 1901 play of the same name, but bore scant resemblance to it. Previous versions of Fitch's play had been made, under the same name, in The Climbers (1915 film), 1915 with Gladys Hanson and also in The Climbers (1919 film), 1919 with Corinne Griffith. Plot The action takes place in Spain and Puerto Rico during the early 19th-century reign of Ferdinand VII. The Duchess of Arrogan (Irene Rich) is the victim of the machinations of court "climber" Countess Veya (Myrna Loy). The Countess arranges to hide the king's enemy, Duke Cordova (Forrest Stanley) in the Duchess's room where he is discovered resulting in the banishment of both to the colony of Puerto Rico, and the Duchess's estrangement from her powerful husband. In exile the Duchess successfully b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
