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Lawrence Grant
Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant (30 October 1870 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England – 19 February 1952 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) was an English actor known for supporting roles in films such as '' The Living Ghost'', '' I'll Tell the World'', '' Shanghai Express'', '' The Mask of Fu Manchu'' and ''Son of Frankenstein''. He was host of the 4th Academy Awards ceremonies in 1931. Selected filmography * '' The Eternal City'' (1915) - English Ambassador * '' To Hell with the Kaiser!'' (1918) - The Kaiser / Robert Graubel * ''Someone Must Pay'' (1919) - Walter Hargrave * ''Held In Trust'' (1920) - Dr. Babcock * '' The Chorus Girl's Romance'' (1920) - Jose Brasswine * ''Someone in the House'' (1920) - Walter Hargrave * ''Extravagance'' (1921) - Uncle Mark * '' The Great Impersonation'' (1921) - Emperor William of Germany * '' The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln'' (1924) - Actor at Ford's Theatre * ''Happiness'' (1924) - Mr. Rosselstein * '' His Hour'' (1924) - Steph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth
Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the English south coast, equidistant () from Dorchester and Southampton. Bournemouth is part of the South East Dorset conurbation, which has a population of 465,000. Before it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the area was a deserted heathland occasionally visited by fishermen and smugglers. Initially marketed as a health resort, the town received a boost when it appeared in Augustus Granville's 1841 book, ''The Spas of England''. Bournemouth's growth accelerated with the arrival of the railway, and it became a town in 1870. Part of the historic county of Hampshire, Bournemouth joined Dorset for administrative purposes following the reorganisation of local government in 1974. Through local government changes in 1997, the town began to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extravagance (1921 Film)
''Extravagance'' is a lost 1921 American silent melodrama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars May Allison, Robert Edeson, and Theodore Von Eltz, and was released on March 7, 1921. Cast list * May Allison as Nancy Brown * Robert Edeson as Richard Vane * Theodore Von Eltz as Dick Vane * William Courtwright as Pa Brown * Grace Pike as Ma Brown * Lawrence Grant Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant (30 October 1870 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England – 19 February 1952 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) was an English actor known for supporting roles in films such as '' The Living Ghost'', '' I'll Tel ... as Uncle Mark References External links * * * Films directed by Phil Rosen Metro Pictures films Melodrama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films 1921 films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold 'Em Yale (1928 Film)
''Hold 'Em Yale'', alternately known as ''At Yale'', is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Rod La Rocque, Jeanette Loff, and Hugh Allan. It was adapted from the Owen Davis play of the same name, and executive-produced by Cecil B. DeMille. The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013. Cast *Rod La Rocque as Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez *Jeanette Loff as Helen Bradbury *Hugh Allan as Jack Bradbury *Joseph Cawthorn as Professor George Bradbury *Tom Kennedy as Detective *Jerry Mandy as Jaime's Valet *Lawrence Grant Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant (30 October 1870 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England – 19 February 1952 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) was an English actor known for supporting roles in films such as '' The Living Ghost'', '' I'll Tel ... as Don Alvaro Montez * Oscar Smith as Black Butler Production Production of ''Hold 'Em Yale'' began on December 27, 1927. References External links * 1928 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Always Happens (1928 Film)
''Something Always Happens'' is a 1928 American silent horror film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Esther Ralston. The plot was the work of director Frank Tuttle, from which the screenplay was written by Florence Ryerson and Raymond Cannon, and the subtitles were provided by Herman J. Mankiewicz. The supporting cast features Neil Hamilton, Sôjin Kamiyama, Charles Sellon, Roscoe Karns, Lawrence Grant, and Mischa Auer. The picture was released on March 24, 1928, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film survives, or who holds the rights. at silentera.com The Oriental character played by |
Red Hair (film)
''Red Hair'' is a 1928 silent film starring Clara Bow and Lane Chandler, directed by Clarence G. Badger, based on a 1905 novel by Elinor Glyn, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film had one sequence filmed in Technicolor, and is now considered a lost film except for the color sequence at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and a few production stills. Plot A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted. Cast *Clara Bow as Bubbles McCoy *Lane Chandler as Robert Lennon * William Austin as Dr. Eustace Gill * Jacqueline Gadsden as Minnie Luther *Lawrence Grant as Judge Rufus Lennon *Claude King as Thomas L. Burke * William Irving as Demmy See also *List of lost films *List of early color feature films This is a list of early feature-length color films (including primarily black-and-white films th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomsday (1928 Film)
''Doomsday'' is a 1928 American romance drama silent film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Florence Vidor and Gary Cooper. Written by Julian Johnson, Donald W. Lee, and Doris Anderson, based on the 1927 novel ''Doomsday'' by Warwick Deeping, the film is about a woman who marries a wealthy landowner to escape her life of poverty, leaving behind the handsome farmer she truly loves. Produced by Jesse L. Lasky, Rowland V. Lee, Hector Turnbull, and Adolph Zukor for Paramount Pictures, ''Doomsday'' was released on February 18, 1928 in the United States. Plot In Sussex, England after the Great War, former aristocrat Mary Viner (Florence Vidor) and her father, retired sea captain Hesketh Viner (Charles A. Stevenson), live in a small humble cottage on Doomsday, a large and valuable farm property owned by a wealthy landlord named Percival Fream (Lawrence Grant). Mary is attracted to another tenant at Doomsday, Arnold Furze (Gary Cooper), a young ex-officer and farmer who works the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenade (1927 Film)
''Serenade'' is a lost 1927 American drama silent film directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Ernest Vajda. The film stars Adolphe Menjou, Kathryn Carver, Lawrence Grant, Lina Basquette and Martha Franklin. The film was released on December 24, 1927, by Paramount Pictures. Plot summary Cast * Adolphe Menjou as Franz Rossi * Kathryn Carver as Gretchen * Lawrence Grant as Josef Bruckner * Lina Basquette Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette; April 19, 1907 – September 30, 1994) was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a gi ... as The Dancer * Martha Franklin as Gretchen's Mother References External links * * * * 1927 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1927 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films set in Vienna Films about composers Films about classical music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gentleman Of Paris (1927 Film)
''A Gentleman of Paris'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film loosely based on the novel and play ''Bellamay the Magnificent'' by Roy Horniman. The film was directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and stars Adolphe Menjou, Arlette Marchal, Nicholas Soussanin, Lawrence Grant, and William B. Davidson. The feature has been preserved and was released on DVD in 2010. The movie was also the basis for the 1928 film ''A Certain Young Man''. Plot summary Marquis de Marignan is a brazen womanizer who spends most of his life escaping the wrath of husbands he has angered. Joseph, his faithful valet frequently rescues Marignan from disaster. But when Joseph finds out that his boss has been sleeping with his wife, he plots a scheme to publicly humiliate Marquis by exposing him as a card cheat. The ruse works, but Marignan manages to have the last laugh by faking his own suicide and returning to haunt Joseph into confessing his scheme. Cast * Adolphe Menjou as Marquis de Marignan * Shirley O'Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Service For Ladies (1927 Film)
''Service for Ladies'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and written by Benjamin Glazer, George Marion Jr., Chandler Sprague, and Ernest Vajda. Starring Adolphe Menjou, Kathryn Carver, Charles Lane, Lawrence Grant, André Cheron, James A. Marcus and Nicholas Soussanin, it was released on April 6, 1927, by Paramount Pictures. It was remade in 1932, directed by Alexander Korda and starring Leslie Howard and Elizabeth Allan. Cast * Adolphe Menjou as Albert Leroux *Kathryn Carver as Elizabeth Foster * Charles Lane as Robert Foster *Lawrence Grant as King Boris * André Cheron as Rajah * James A. Marcus as The head * Nicholas Soussanin as Waiter with heart ache Preservation With no prints of ''Service for Ladies'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duchess Of Buffalo
''The Duchess of Buffalo'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film produced by and starring Constance Talmadge and released through First National Pictures. It is based on the 1916 Broadway stage musical ''Sybil'', which is this film's alternate title. Cast *Constance Talmadge as Marian Duncan *Tullio Carminati as Lt. Vladimir Orloff *Edward Martindel as Grand Duke Gregory Alexandrovich *Rose Dione as Grand Duchess Olga Petrovna *Chester Conklin as Hotel Manager *Lawrence Grant as The Commandant *Martha Franklin as The Maid *Jean De Briac as Adjutant *Ellinor Vanderveer Ellinor Vanderveer (August 5, 1886 – May 27, 1976), was an American actress who usually played dowagers, high class society matrons or party guests. She appeared in 111 films between 1924 and 1953, including several Laurel and Hardy com ... as Lady in Waiting (uncredited) References External links * * *Stillsat silentfilmstillarchive.com * 1926 films American silent feature films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grand Duchess And The Waiter (1926 Film)
''The Grand Duchess and the Waiter'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Mal St. Clair and starring Florence Vidor and Adolphe Menjou. The film is based on a 1925 Broadway play of the same name starring stage actress Elsie Ferguson, who had recently returned to Broadway after years in the film colony. A print of this film is preserved at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, a Paris millionaire becomes infatuated with a grand duchess. Ignored in his efforts to meet her, he becomes a floor-waiter in the suite which the royal guests occupy. He fails miserably in this job and the grand duchess, to punish him, makes him a member of her cortege, and assigns him to very menial la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Hour
''His Hour'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor. This film was the follow-up to Samuel Goldwyn's '' Three Weeks'', written by Elinor Glyn, and starring Aileen Pringle, one of the biggest moneymakers at the time of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer amalgamation. Plot Gritzko (John Gilbert) is a Russian nobleman and Tamara (Aileen Pringle) is the object of his desire. Cast * Aileen Pringle as Tamara Loraine * John Gilbert as Gritzko * Emily Fitzroy as Princess Ardacheff * Lawrence Grant as Stephen Strong * Dale Fuller as Olga Gleboff *Mario Carillo as Count Valonne * Jacqueline Gadsden as Tatiane Shebanoff (credited as Jacquelin Gadsdon) * George Waggner as Sasha Basmanoff (credited as George Waggoner) * Carrie Clark Ward as Prinncess Murieska * Bertram Grassby as Boris Varishkine * Jill Reties as Sonia Zaieskine * Wilfred Gough as Lord Courtney * Frederick Vroom as English Minister * Mathilde Comont as Fat Harem Lady * E. Eliazaroff as Khedive * David Mir as Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
