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Lionel Adams (actor)
Lionel Adams (1866, New Orleans – 10 August 1952, New York City) was an American silent film and theater actor. Filmography * ''The Great Problem'' (1916) * ''Thais (1917 American film), Thais'' (1917) * ''The Impostor'' (1918) * Fantômas (1920 serial), ''Fantômas'' (1920) * Yes or No?, ''Yes or No'' (1920) * ''Janice Meredith'' (1924) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Lionel American male actors Actors from New Orleans American silent film actors 1866 births 1952 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Problem
''The Great Problem'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Violet Mersereau, Dan Hanlon and Lionel Adams. It marked Ingram's directorial debut of a feature film, having previously made a short. It was shot at Fort Lee in New Jersey. A complete copy of the film is held by the Museum of Modern Art.Great Problem, The, International Federation of Film Archives, Brussels. Cast * Violet Mersereau as Peggy Carson * Dan Hanlon as Bill Carson * Lionel Adams as George Devereaux * Kittens Reichert as Peggy - as a child * William J. Dyer as Skinny McGee * Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Devereaux * Howard Crampton Howard Crampton (January 12, 1865 – June 15, 1922) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York, New York. Partial filmography * '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' ... as Joseph References Bibliography * Leonhard Gmür. ''Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thais (1917 American Film)
''Thais'' is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1890 novel ''Thaïs'' by Anatole France. This film featured opera prima donna Mary Garden, making her film debut at the then-lavish weekly salary of US$15,000. Other cast members include Lionel Adams, Crauford Kent, and Charles Trowbridge. This film is considered "one of the most colossal flops in movie history, both artistically and financially". Plot As described in a film magazine, Thais (Garden), a lustful dancer, tries to get Paphnutius (Revelle) under her power, but since he is a Christian he leaves to become a monk. Later, he returns to reclaim her soul and convinces the petted, spoiled, and lustrous Thais to cast off her riches, luxuries, and friends and to follow in his footsteps. Attempting to live solitary lives, the tortuous remembrance of their past lives causes them to forget everything and rush out into the desert. Thais is rescued by some sisters who take her to a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantômas (1920 Serial)
''Fantômas'' is a 1920 American crime film serial directed by Edward Sedgwick. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Edward Roseman as Fantômas * Edna Murphy as Ruth Harrington * Johnnie Walker as Jack Meredith * Lionel Adams as Prof. James D. Harrington * John Willard as Detective Fred Dixon * Eve Balfour as The Woman in Black * Rena Parker as The Countess * Irving Brooks as The Duke * Ben Walker as The Butler * Henry Armetta as The Wop * Rita Rogan Chapter titles #On the Stroke of Nine #The Million Dollar Reward #The Triple Peril #Blades of Terror #Heights of Horror #The Altar of Sacrifice #Flames of Destruction #At Death's Door #The Haunted Hotel #The Fatal Card #The Phantom Sword #The Danger Signal #On the Count of Three #The Blazing Train #The Sacred Necklace #The Phantom Shadow #The Price of Fang Wu #Double-Crossed #The Hawk's Prey #The Hell Ship See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films For this list of lost film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yes Or No?
''Yes or No?'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Norma Talmadge in a duo role. It is based on the 1917 Broadway play ''Yes or No'' by Arthur Goodrich. Talmadge and Joe Schenck produced the picture and released it through First National Exhibitors. It is preserved at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation. Plot Cast * Norma Talmadge as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry * Frederick Burton as Donald Vane *Lowell Sherman as Paul Derreck *Lionel Adams as Dr. Malloy * Rockliffe Fellowes as Jack Berry * Natalie Talmadge as Emma Martin *Edward Brophy as Tom Martin (credited as Edward S. Brophy) *Dudley Clements as Horace Hooker *Gladden James Gladden James (February 26, 1888 – August 28, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1911 and 1946. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California, from leukemia. Family In 1914 he ... as Ted Leach Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Meredith
''Janice Meredith'', also known as ''The Beautiful Rebel'', is a silent film starring Marion Davies, released in 1924 and based on the book and play of the same name written by Paul Leicester Ford and Edward Everett Rose. The play opened at the end of 1900 and was the first starring vehicle for stage actress Mary Mannering. The movie follows the actions of Janice Meredith, who helps George Washington and Paul Revere during the American Revolutionary War. Plot Following a disappointment in love, Lord Brereton assumes the name of Charles Fownes, arranges passage to the American Colonies as a bondservant, and finds a place with Squire Meredith, a wealthy New Jersey landowner. When Charles falls in love with the squire's daughter, Janice, she is sent to live with an aunt in Boston. Janice learns of the planned British troop movement to the Lexington arsenal and gives the warning that results in Paul Revere's ride. Charles reveals his true station and becomes an aide to Washington. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors From New Orleans
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine ''The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with supporters of Maronite leader Youssef Bey Karam, at St. Doumit in Lebanon; the Ottomans are defeated. * January 12 ** The '' Royal Aeronautical Society'' is formed as ''The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain'' in London, the world's oldest such society. ** British auxiliary steamer sinks in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, on passage from the Thames to Australia, with the loss of 244 people, and only 19 survivors. * January 18 – Wesley College, Melbourne, is established. * January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins. * February 7 – Battle of Abtao: A Spanish naval squadron fights a combined Peruvian- Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao, in the Chiloé Archipelago of southern Chile. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
