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Leo Willis
Leo Willis (January 5, 1890Katchmer, George A. (2009). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 401. . – April 10, 1952) was an American actor who began his career in the silent era. He played mainly tough guys and comic villains, notably opposite Harold Lloyd, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy at the Hal Roach Studios. Early life and career Born in Wapanucka, Oklahoma, Willis was the son of Joe Willis and Margurate Holdebery. Regarding Willis's third film, the 1916 William S. Hart western '' The Return of Draw Egan'', the ''Nashville Tennessean'' singled out as one of the film's principal "thrill a fight staged between the star and Willis, whom the paper dubs "one of Inceville's strongest men." Willis again figured prominently, this time alongside fellow villain Thomas Kurihara, in Hart's followup western, ''The Devil's Double''. ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', in its contemporaneous review of Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Stewart (silent Film Actor)
Roy Stewart (October 17, 1883 – April 26, 1933) was an American actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1933. He was born in San Diego, California. On April 26, 1933, he died at his Westwood, California, home, of a heart attack. He was 49 years old. Partial filmography * ''The Solution to the Mystery'' (1915) * ''The Silver Lining (1915 film), The Silver Lining'' (1915) * ''The Substitute Minister'' (1915) * ''The Wasp (1915 film), The Wasp'' (1915) * ''The Exile of Bar-K Ranch'' (1915) * ''The Diamond from the Sky'' (1915) * ''The Hungry Actors'' (1915) * ''From Italy's Shores'' (1915) * ''Just Nuts'' (1915) * ''Willie Runs the Park'' (1915) * ''The House Built Upon Sand'' (1916) * ''Liberty (serial), Liberty'' (1916) * ''The Bruiser'' (1916) * ''The Craving (1916 film), The Craving'' (1916) * ''The Smugglers of Santa Cruz'' (1916) * ''The Thoroughbred (1916 film), The Thoroughbred'' (1916) * ''The Other Side of the Door ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Double (1916 Film)
''The Devil's Double'' is a lost film, lost 1916 silent film, silent film western directed by and starring William S. Hart. It was produced by the New York Motion Picture Company and released through Triangle Film Corporation. Cast * William S. Hart - Bowie Blake * Enid Markey - Naomi Tarleton * Robert McKim (actor), Robert McKim - Van Dyke Tarleton * Kisaburo Kurihara - Jose Ramirez (* as Thomas Kurihara) References External links * lobby poster 1916 films 1916 Western (genre) films 1916 lost films American black-and-white films Films directed by William S. Hart English-language Western (genre) films Lost American Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 In Film
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Film for a salary of $10,000 a week and a signing on fee of $150,000, making him one of the highest-paid people in the United States. * June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year. * July 19 – Famous Players–Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures. * August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film ''The Battle of the Somme (film), The Battle of the Somme'' is premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release (from 20 August) 20 million people view it. * September 5 – Release of D. W. Griffith's epic film ''Intolerance (film), Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages'', starring Lillian Gish (as "The Eterna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell's Hinges
''Hell's Hinges'' is a 1916 American silent Western film starring William S. Hart and Clara Williams. Directed by Charles Swickard, William S. Hart and Clifford Smith, and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan. In 1994, ''Hell's Hinges'' was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and is considered by some to be one of the finest silent Westerns. Plot ''Hell's Hinges'' tells the story of a weak-willed minister, Rev. Bob Henley (played by Standing), who comes to a wild and debauched frontier town with his sister, Faith (played by Williams). The owner of the saloon, Silk Miller (played by Hollingsworth), and his accomplices sense trouble and encourage the local rowdies to disrupt the attempts to evangelize the community. Hard-bitten gunman Blaze Tracy (played by Hart), the most dangerous man around, is, however, won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 In Film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * February 1: Fox Film Corporation founded * February 8: D.W Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks both box office and film length records (running at a total length of over three hours). * February: Metro Pictures, a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is founded * February 22: The Allan Dwan directed film '' David Harum'' is released. The film is the first in long line of a successful romantic onscreen pairings of actors May Allison and Harold Lockwood. * March 15: Universal Studios Hollywood opens (1964). * June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) is formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California. * July: Triangle Film Corporation is founded in Culver City, California and attracts filmmakers D. W. Griffith, Thomas H. Ince and Mack Sennett * September 11: A nitrate fire at Famous Players in New York destroys several co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Italian (1915 Film)
''The Italian'' is a 1915 American silent film feature which tells the story of an Italian gondolier who comes to the United States to make his fortune but instead winds up working as a shoeshiner and experiencing tragedy while living with his wife and child in a tenement on New York's Lower East Side. The film was produced by Thomas H. Ince, directed by Reginald Barker, and co-written by C. Gardner Sullivan and Ince. The film stars stage actor George Beban in the title role as the Italian immigrant, Pietro "Beppo" Donnetti. In 1991, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Plot The film tells the story of Pietro "Beppo" Donnetti. Donnetti is a poor, but happy, gondolier in Venice, Italy. Beppo falls in love with Annette Ancello, but her father, Trudo, wants her to marry another suitor, one who is a successful businessman. If Beppo can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Wrong Trek
''On the Wrong Trek'' is a 1936 short film starring Charley Chase, directed by Harold Law, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by MGM. It features a cameo appearance by Laurel and Hardy. Plot Charley recounts the story of his vacation to his co-workers. For his vacation, Charley and his family drive to California, and it ends up everything but a "vacation". Charley isn't happy about having his back-seat-driving mother-in-law along. In trying to help stalled motorist Clarence Wilson, Chase accidentally pushes his car over a cliff. Some "friendly hitchhikers" steal their car and belongings, and force the Chase's to switch clothes with them. They arrive in a hobo camp and are welcomed with open arms, and it becomes the only part of their vacation they actually enjoy. When he finally gets back to the office, Chase discovers the irate Wilson is his new boss. Cast *Charley Chase *Rosina Lawrence *Bonita Weber * Clarence Wilson *Stan Laurel *Oliver Hardy Laurel and Hardy cameo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Elephants
''Flying Elephants'' is a two-reel silent film from 1928 directed by Frank Butler and co-written and produced by Hal Roach. It stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as a pair of battling cavemen. Plot The narrative unfolds within a Stone Age The Stone Age was a broad prehistory, prehistoric period during which Rock (geology), stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years and ended b ... setting, where the ruler of the cave-dwelling populace mandates that all males aged 13 to 99 must secure a female partner or risk exile. Hardy embarks on a quest to find a spouse, enduring repeated blows from irate "husbands" in his pursuit. Eventually, he encounters a potential mate but remains unaware that Laurel, his companion, also seeks her hand in marriage. As Laurel and Hardy vie for the same woman, their rivalry escalates, leading to a series of competitions to win her favor. In a piv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The Cuckoo
''Call of the Cuckoo'' (1927) is a Hal Roach two reel silent film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film's principal star is comedian Max Davidson, though the film is just as well known for cameos from other Roach stars at the time. These cameos include renowned supporting player Jimmy Finlayson (the source of Homer Simpson's "D'oh!" catchphrase), the oft underrated/ignored Charley Chase, and a pre-teaming Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Retrieved May 10, 2017 Plot Papa Gimplewart (Davidson) exchanges his house, in order to escape the antics of inmates of the lunatic asylum next door, including characters played by |
Harriette Underhill
Harriette Underhill (1877-1928) was an American film critic for the ''New-York Tribune'' and its successor the ''New York Herald Tribune''. She was the most prominent American female film critic of the silent film era. Slide, AnthonyInside the Hollywood Fan Magazine p. 40 (2010). Biography Underhill was born in Troy, New York and came to New York City not long after marrying (at age 16 according to older reports of her life). She then played minor parts in some theatre productions, including in the original chorus for the popular musical ''Florodora''. Her father Lorenzo Underhill was a sportswriter, and she turned to journalism after his death, taking over her father's sports column at the ''New-York Tribune'' in 1908, first writing about horse and dog shows. Sometime after seeing her first movie, '' The Coward'' (1915), she asked to start writing film reviews. This was when films were first starting to get reviews in newspapers.Callender, Agnes (9 May 1925)Turning the Tables ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New-York Tribune
The ''New-York Tribune'' (from 1914: ''New York Tribune'') was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley. It bore the moniker ''New-York Daily Tribune'' from 1842 to 1866 before returning to its original name. From the 1840s through the 1860s it was the dominant newspaper first of the American Whig Party, then of the Republican Party. The paper achieved a circulation of approximately 200,000 in the 1850s, making it the largest daily paper in New York City at the time. The ''Tribune''s editorials were widely read, shared, and copied in other city newspapers, helping to shape national opinion. It was one of the first papers in the North to send reporters, correspondents, and illustrators to cover the campaigns of the American Civil War. It continued as an independent daily newspaper until 1924, when it merged with the '' New York Herald''. The resulting '' New York Herald Tribune'' remained in publication until 1966. Among those who served on the paper's ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olin Francis
Olin Caldwell Francis (September 13, 1891 in Mooreville, Mississippi – June 30, 1952 in Hollywood, California) was an American actor. Francis graduated in engineering from the University of Mississippi and acted on stage before he went to Hollywood. He was one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild. He performed in silent films, including melodramas, romances and Westerns. He starred in a few films early in his career, but he more frequently had smaller parts such as a deputy sheriff, a henchman, or a member of a posse. His films included ''The Kid Brother'' (1927), ''Fightin' Devil'' (1922), and ''A Knight of the West'' (1921). On June 30, 1952, Francis died at Culver City Hospital, aged 60. Selected filmography *'' Hell's Hinges'' (1916) *''Walloping Wallace'' (1924) *'' Let's Go, Gallagher'' (1925) *'' The Call of the Klondike'' (1926) *''The Flying U Ranch'' (1927) * '' Born to Battle'' (1927) *'' Stormy Waters'' (1928) *'' Free Lips'' (1928) *''The Law of the Tong' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
