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Lassie Lou Ahern
Lassie Lou Ahern (June 25, 1920 – February 15, 2018) was an American actress. Originally discovered by Will Rogers, she was best known for her role as Little Harry in the 1927 silent film ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' and also for her recurring appearances in the ''Our Gang'' films. Except for "Baby Peggy", Ahern was the last living performer who had a substantial career during Hollywood's silent era. Early life Ahern was born on June 25, 1920, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Fred and Elizabeth Wilson Ahern. She was the third in a family of four children; one of her siblings was Peggy Ahern. Career Ahern got her acting career started in 1923 in the silent film ''The Call of the Wild'', produced by Hal Roach. It was the first full-length motion picture made at his studio. Also making her first screen appearance was her older sister Peggy Ahern. It was the actor Will Rogers who recommended that Ahern's father put Ahern and her sister in show business. She appeared in nume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor who started his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrated to the United States where he had a highly successful Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film career. He starred in silent films and successfully transitioned to sound, aided by a distinctive, pleasing voice. He was most popular during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He received Oscar nominations for ''Bulldog Drummond (1929 film), Bulldog Drummond'' (1929), ''Condemned (1929 film), Condemned'' (1929) and ''Random Harvest (film), Random Harvest'' (1942). Colman starred in several classic films, including ''A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film), A Tale of Two Cities'' (1935), ''Lost Horizon (1937 film), Lost Horizon'' (1937) and ''The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film), The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937). He also played the starring role in the Technicolor classic ''Kismet (1944 film), Kismet'' (1944), with Marlene Dietrich. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forbidden Woman (1927 Film)
''The Forbidden Woman'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Jetta Goudal, Ivan Lebedeff and Leonid Snegoff. The film is set in French North Africa. Cast * Jetta Goudal as Zita Gautier * Ivan Lebedeff as Sheik * Leonid Snegoff as Sultan * Josephine Norman as Zita's Maid * Victor Varconi as Col. Gautier * Joseph Schildkraut as Jean La Coste * Lassie Lou Ahern as Little Arabian Girl * Catherine Dale Owen Preservation Complete prints of ''The Forbidden Woman'' are held by the Library of Congress, Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Lobster Films in Paris, the Academy Film Archive and the Archives du Film du CNC in Bois d'Arcy. Additionally, the Library of congress holds a digital copy of the film converted from a 16mm print. The UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the film preservation, preservation, film studies, study, and appreciation of film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jetta Goudal
Jetta Goudal (, born Julie Henriette Goudeket; July 12, 1891 – January 14, 1985) was a Dutch-American actress, successful in Hollywood films of the silent film era. Early life Goudal was born on July 12, 1891, the daughter of Geertruida (''née'' Warradijn; 1866–1920) and Wolf Mozes Goudeket (1860–1942), a wealthy diamond cutter, in Amsterdam.Slide, Anthony. ''Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses''. University Press of Kentucky, 2002. . page 146.Information at classicimages.com Her parents were both Jewish, and her father was Orthodox. She had an older sister, Bertha (1888–1945), and a younger brother, Willem, who died when he was 4 months old in 1896. Her father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrender!
''Surrender'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Charles Kenyon, Edward J. Montagne and Albert DeMond. It is based on the 1915 play ''Lea Lyon'' by Alexander Brody. The film stars Mary Philbin, Ivan Mosjukine, Otto Matieson, Nigel De Brulier, Otto Fries, and Daniel Makarenko. The film was released on November 3, 1927, by Universal Pictures. Cast *Mary Philbin as Lea Lyon * Ivan Mosjukine as Constantine *Nigel De Brulier as Rabbi Mendel Lyon * Otto Matiesen as Joshua * Otto Fries as Tarras *Daniel Makarenko as General Davidoff *Lassie Lou Ahern as Little Jewish Girl (uncredited) *John Bleifer as Peasant Farmer (uncredited) *Russ Powell as Tavern Keeper (uncredited) Preservation Prints of ''Surrender!'' are in film collections of the Library of Congress, Cineteca Del Friuli (Gemona), Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, and Library and Archives Canada Library and Archives Canada (LAC; ) is the federal institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Philbin
Mary Loretta Philbin (July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was an American film actress of the silent film era, who played Christine Daaé in the 1925 film ''The Phantom of the Opera '' opposite Lon Chaney, and Dea in ''The Man Who Laughs'' alongside Conrad Veidt. Early life Philbin was born on July 16, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, into a middle-class, Irish-American family and raised Catholic. She was an only child, and was named after her mother, Mary. Her father, John Philbin, was born in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland, and had emigrated to America in 1900. Career Philbin began her acting career after winning a beauty contest sponsored by Universal Pictures in Chicago. After she moved to California, Erich von Stroheim signed her to a contract with Universal, deeming her a "Universal Super Jewel." She made her screen debut in 1921, and the following year was honored at the first WAMPAS Baby Stars awards, a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Mozzhukhin
Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin ( rus, Иван Ильич Мозжухин, p=ɪˈvan ɨˈlʲjitɕ mɐˈʑːʉxʲɪn; – 18 January 1939), usually billed using the French transliteration Ivan Mosjoukine, was a Russian silent film actor. Career in Russia Ivan Mozzhukhin was born in Kondol, in the Saratov Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Penza Oblast in Russia), the youngest of four brothers. His mother Rachel Ivanovna Mozzhukhina (née Lastochkina) was the daughter of a Russian Orthodox priest, while his father Ilya Ivanovich Mozzhukhin came from peasants and served as an estate manager for the noble Obolensky family. He inherited this position from his own father—a serf whose children were granted freedom as a gratitude for his service.Oleg Sirotin (2014). Double Star: Aleksandr and Ivan Mozzhukhin' double biography in the Penza Regional Library, electronic version (in Russian)Oleg Sirotin. Family and fatherland of Ivan Mozzhukhin' article from the Notes on Film Studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leatrice Joy
Leatrice Joy (born Leatrice Johanna Zeidler; November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era. Early life Joy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to dentist Edward Joseph Zeidler. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, where she had planned on becoming a nun, but left when her father was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was forced to give up his dental practice. She tried out for the New Orleans–based Nola Film Company in 1915 and was hired as an actress. Her mother disapproved of her becoming an actress, but the family needed the money, so her mother accompanied her to California, where she began working in plays and films. Career Silent films Joy began her acting career in stock theater companies and soon made her film debut; between April 1916 and by November 1917, she was the star of about 20 one-reel Black Diamond Comedies produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation in Wilkes-Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excuse Me (1925 Film)
''Excuse Me'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Norma Shearer and Conrad Nagel. It was directed by Alfred J. Goulding, and based on the 1911 play of the same name written by best-selling novelist Rupert Hughes. The comedy concerns naval officer Harry Mallory and his would-be bride Marjorie Newton who spend most of their time running up and down a train looking for a clergyman to marry them. ''Excuse Me'' is a remake of a 1915 film with the same name. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, promoted for bravery and ordered to catch a boat to the Philippines, Lt. Harry Mallory's (Nagel) sweetheart Marjorie Newton (Shearer) decides that she will go with him. There is a mad scramble to get a minister, but to no avail. Just as Marjorie is bidding Harry goodbye at the train station, he spies a minister getting aboard so he yanks her on the train. They fail to find the minister anywhere on the train, and with night coming, Harry and Marjorie have a terrible row ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée (; born Jeanne de la Fonte ; 30 September 1898 – 5 October 1933) was a French stage and film actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. She is best known for portraying the role of Melisande, the love interest of John Gilbert in the melodramatic romance and war epic '' The Big Parade''. Adorée‘s career was cut short after she contracted tuberculosis in 1930. She died of the disease in 1933 at the age of 35. Early life Born in Lille as Jeanne de la Fonte, Adorée was the daughter of circus artists and performed regularly with her parents as a child. She performed as an acrobat, dancer and bareback rider throughout Europe. She adopted the stage name Renée Adorée (French for "reborn" and "adored", both in the feminine form), and established a reputation for her dancing skills in countries including Belgium, France, Germany and Sweden. She was performing in Brussels when World War I began. She was billed as Renée Adorée in an Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Shearer
Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare, and was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, winning Best Actress for '' The Divorcee'' (1930). Reviewing Shearer's work, Mick LaSalle called her a feminist pioneer, or "the exemplar of sophisticated modern womanhood and ... the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen". Early life Shearer was of Scottish, English and Irish descent. Her childhood was spent in Montreal, where she was educated at Montreal High School for Girls and Westmount High School. Her life was one of privilege, due to the success of her father's construction business. However, the marriage between her parents was unhappy. Andrew Shearer was prone to manic depression ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thank You (1925 Film)
''Thank You'' is a lost 1925 American comedy film directed by John Ford. This film is based on a 1921 Broadway play, ''Thank You'', by Winchell Smith and Tom Cushing. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a millionaire banishes his wild son to a chicken farm near a small, slow town. Excitement comes with the arrival from Paris of the local minister’s daughter, for whom the Parisian modistes have done their utmost. She and the young man hit it off too well to please the village gossips, but the gossips lose on every point. Cast * Alec B. Francis as David Lee * Jacqueline Logan as Diane Lee * George O'Brien as Kenneth Jamieson * J. Farrell MacDonald as Andy * George Fawcett as Cornelius Jamieson * Cyril Chadwick as Mr. Jones * Edith Bostwick as Mrs. Jones * Marion Harlan as Milly Jones * Vivia Ogden as Miss Blodgett * James Neill as Doctor Cobb * Billy Rinaldi as Sweet, Jr. * Aileen Manning as Hannah * Maurice Murphy as Willie Jones * Robert Milasch as Swee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
