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Larry Steers
Lawrence Wells Steers (February 14, 1888 – February 15, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 550 films between 1917 and 1951. He was born in Indiana, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Partial filmography * '' Old Wives for New'' (1918) * '' The City of Dim Faces'' (1918) * '' A Pair of Silk Stockings'' (1918) * ''Little Comrade'' (1919) * '' Heartsease'' (1919) * '' The Roaring Road'' (1919) (uncredited) * '' The Right of Way'' (1920) * '' Dollar for Dollar'' (1920) * ''Wealth'' (1921) * '' The Blot'' (1921) (uncredited) * '' Elope If You Must'' (1922) * '' Bell Boy 13'' (1923) (uncredited) * ''Mind Over Motor'' (1923) * '' Soul of the Beast'' (1923) * '' The Girl in the Limousine'' (1924) * '' Ten Scars Make a Man'' (1924) * '' A Cafe in Cairo'' (1924) * '' Paint and Powder'' (1925) * '' The Love Gamble'' (1925) * ''Wild West'' (1925) * '' New Brooms'' (1925) * '' The Best People'' (1925) * ''Flattery'' (1925) * '' Hearts and Spangles'' (1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west. Various Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples inhabited what would become Indiana for thousands of years, some of whom the U.S. government expelled between 1800 and 1836. Indiana received its name because the state was largely possessed by native tribes even after it was granted statehood. Since then, settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States; the state's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Scars Make A Man
''Ten Scars Make a Man'' is a 1924 American adventure film serial written by Phillip Barry and directed by William Parke. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Allene Ray as Jean Morell * Jack Mower as Jack O'Day * Rose Burdick as Rita Morell * Frank Whitson as Henry O'Day * Larry Steers as Edgar Venable * Leon De La Mothe as Luther Candle (as Leon Kent) * Harry Woods as Buck Simpson * Frank Lanning as Aztinca See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. R ... References External links *''Ten Scars Make a Man'' at SilentEra 1924 films 1924 lost films American silent serial films 1924 adventure films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange film serials Lost American fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fire Detective
''The Fire Detective'' is a 1929 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Gladys McConnell as Gladys Samuels * Hugh Allan as Capt. Jeff Tarrant * Leo D. Maloney as Chief Carson * Frank Lackteen as Mr. Tarrant * John Cossar as Dist. Atty. Samuels * Larry Steers as Charles Lewis * Bruce Gordon Chapter titles # The Arson Trail # The Pit of Darkness # The Hidden Hand # The Convict Strikes # On Flaming Waters # The Man of Mystery # The Ape Man # Back from Death # Menace of the Past # The Flame of Love See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ... References External links * 1929 films 1929 adventure films Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terrible People (serial)
''The Terrible People'' is a 1928 American adventure silent film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace. It was released as a 10-chapter serial. The film is now considered to be lost. Most of the books of Edgar Wallace have been adapted into films many times over the years in both England in the 1930s, and in Germany in the 1960s in a series known as the ''crimis''. ''The Terrible People'' was remade as a German ''crimi'' film under the same title in 1960. Plot An heiress is threatened by the gang of a criminal who seems to have returned from the dead. Clay Shelton was executed for his crimes, but it seems he has returned to life to exact revenge on the people responsible for his death. Cast * Allene Ray as Nora Sanders * Walter Miller as Arnold Long * Larry Steers as Jack Crayley * Al Craven as Joshua Monkford (as Allen Craven) * Alyce McCormick as Alice Cravel * Wilfrid North as Godley Long * Frederick Vroom as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Flyer
''The Phantom Flyer'' (aka ''The Phantom Ranger'') is a 1928 American silent Western and aviation film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and starring Al Wilson, Lillian Gilmore and Buck Connors. The film was produced and distributed by the Universal Pictures. ''The Phantom Flyer'' was one of a series of films that showcased the exploits of the stunt pilots in Hollywood. ''The Phantom Flyer'' is not to be confused with another 1928 film of the same title, a 2-reeler starring Jack Hoxie. Plot Farmer James Crandall ( Buck Connors) is homesteading on a western tract with the aid of his daughter, Mary (Lillian Gilmore), his son, Nick (Billy "Red" Jones), and Isabella (Myrtis Crinley), an orphan girl. Rancher Julia Hart (Mary Cornwallis), is in a struggle with the Crandalls over the water rights of her ranch. Mary catches Julia's men running brands on their cattle and after running away from them, is rescued by Dick Stanton (Al Wilson), a border patrol aviator, who agrees to help her. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Control (film)
''No Control'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver and Jack Duffy.Munden p.547 Cast * Harrison Ford as John Douglas Jr * Phyllis Haver as Nancy Flood * Jack Duffy as Noah Flood * Tom Wilson as Asthma * Toby Claude as Mrs. Douglas * E.J. Ratcliffe as John Douglas * Larry Steers Lawrence Wells Steers (February 14, 1888 – February 15, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 550 films between 1917 and 1951. He was born in Indiana, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Partial filmography * ' ... as Kid Dugan * Albert Schaefer as The Fat Kid 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 * 1927 films 1927 come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lodge In The Wilderness
''The Lodge in the Wilderness'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Anita Stewart, Edmund Burns and Larry Steers.Connelly, p. 153. It is a Northern based on a 1909 short story of the same title by Canadian writer Gilbert Parker. Cast * Anita Stewart as Virginia Coulson * Edmund Burns as Jim Wallace * Larry Steers as John Hammond * Jim Farley as Bill Duncan * Victor Potel as Goofus * Eddie Lyons as Buddy O'Brien * Duane Thompson Duane Thompson (born Lura Duane Malony; July 28, 1903 – August 15, 1970) was an American film actress during Hollywood's silent film era. When Talkies pushed silent films into the background, she worked in stock theater for a time befor ... as Dot Marshall 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 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts And Spangles
''Hearts and Spangles'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Wanda Hawley, Robert Gordon and Frankie Darro.Munden p.334 A medical student is expelled from college and disowned by his father, and goes to join the circus. Cast * Wanda Hawley as Peg Palmer * Robert Gordon as Steve Carris * Barbara Tennant as Grace Carris * Eric Mayne as Dr. Carris * Frankie Darro as Bobby * Larry Steers as Peter Carris * J.P. Lockney as Harry Riley * George Chesebro George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Mi ... as Barclay * Charles Force as Hawkins 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 link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flattery (film)
''Flattery'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Tom Forman (actor), Tom Forman and starring John Bowers (actor), John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, and Alan Hale Sr., Alan Hale. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Reginald Mallory (Bowers) has been susceptible to flattery since youth. Politicians make him city engineer so that they may have a “goat,” and he is wheedled into signing a contract without reading it. All lose faith in Mallory except Betty Biddle (De La Motte), his sweetheart, daughter of the president of a construction company. Mallory apparently plays the game and turns crooked, but in the end it is discovered that he has been obtaining evidence against the crooks. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Flattery'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best People
''The Best People'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Warner Baxter in the leading role. The film was remade in 1930 as '' Fast and Loose'' starring Miriam Hopkins. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Mrs. Lenox (Williams) is marrying her daughter Miriam (Morris) to the scion of another "best family," but the girl prefers their chauffeur, who has red blood instead of blue. Bertie Lenox (Striker) has fallen in love with an impossible chorus girl who will not marry him until he gives up his money and goes to work. Arthur Rockmere (Austin), the fiancé, has arranged a supper with Alice O'Neill (Ralston), the chorus girl, and her chum, Millie Montgomery (Livingston), also of the chorus, with the idea of buying Alice off. Bertie resents this private-room affair. There is a sidewalk fight outside the supper club that lands most of them in the police station, where Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brooms
''New Brooms'' is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film, directed by William C. deMille, and starring Bessie Love, Neil Hamilton, and Phyllis Haver. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes .... It is based on Frank Craven's 1924 Broadway play of the same name. The film is presumed lost. Plot The wealthy Bates family owns a profitable broom factory, but father Thomas Sr. (McWade) is criticized by son Thomas Jr. (Hamilton) for his outdated methods of running the family business. Thomas Sr. agrees to let his son run the business for a year. The family also takes in Geraldine Marsh (Love), the daughter of a family friend, who has fallen on hard times. Thomas Jr. falls for Geraldine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild West (serial)
''Wild West'' is a 1925 American silent Western film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. This serial is considered to be a lost film. Cast Chapters # The Land Rush # On the Show # The Outlaw Elephant # Ride 'Em Cowboy # The Rustler's Stampede # The Diamond Girl # The Champion Cowboy # Under the Buffalo # Stolen Evidence # The Law Decides See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. R ... References External links * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films 1925 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Films directed by Robert F. Hill Lost Western (genre) films Lost American films Pathé Exchange film serials Silent American Western (genre) fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
