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Lost In A Big City
''Lost in a Big City'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent drama film directed by George Irving (American actor), George Irving and starring John Lowell (actor), John Lowell, Charles Byer and Jane Thomas (actress), Jane Thomas.Munden p.452 Cast * John Lowell (actor), John Lowell as Harry Farley * Baby Ivy Ward as Florence * Jane Thomas (actress), Jane Thomas as Helen * Charles Byer as Sidney Heaton / Richard Norman * Evangeline Russell as Blanche Maberly * Edgar Keller as Salvatori * Whitney Haley as Duboni * Eddie Phillips (actor), Eddie Phillips as Trooper Ned Livingston * Ann Brody as Mrs. Leary * Charles A. Robins (actor), Charles A. Robins as 'Raisin' Jackson * Jimmy Phillips (actor), Jimmy Phillips as Dick Watkins * Charles Mackay (actor), Charles Mackay as Simeon Maberly * Jules Cowles as Jasper References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Irving (American Actor)
George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961) was an American film actor and director. Career Irving started his career as a theatre actor, notably as leading man to Maude Adams. He came to Hollywood in 1914 and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948. Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent films, which are mostly forgotten today. He switched exclusively to acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later 1940s. Irving usually played reputable and stern persons of authority in supporting roles. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert Wentworth in '' Coquette'' (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in '' Bringing Up Baby'' (1938). He ended his prolific career with two television roles in the 1950s. Personal life George Irving and his wife, Katherine Gilman, had two daughters, Katharine and Dorothy. He died from a heart attack in Hollywood in 1961, aged 86. Selected filmography Actor *'' Pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Brody
Ann Brody Goldstein (August 29, 1884 – July 16, 1944), known professionally as Ann Brody, was an American film actress of the silent era A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh .... Brody was known as a pioneer film actress. Career Brody started acting on stage when she was nine years old in a children's theatre in New York. She later toured throughout the United States as part of stock companies. Her first film role was in a 1912 Vitagraph Studios, Vitagraph film, and she later became a part of the studio. People that she worked with included Norma Talmadge, Wally Van, Hughie Mack, and Flora Finch. She acted in Hollywood film productions in the 1920s. ''The Tennessean'' said in 1926 that Brody was most interested in "comedy with a tear" roles and that the film ''Too Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By George Irving
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American Black-and-white Films
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Silent American Drama Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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 that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920s English-language Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 (number), 18 and preceding 20 (number), 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics Nineteen is the eighth prime number. Number theory 19 forms a twin prime with 17 (number), 17, a cousin prime w ... * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * '' 19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * '' Diciannove'', a 2024 Italian drama film informally referred to as "Nineteen" in some sources Science * Potassium, an alkali metal * 19 Fortuna, an asteroid Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * '' Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Drama Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * '' 19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * '' Diciannove'', a 2024 Italian drama film informally referred to as "Nineteen" in some sources Science * Potassium, an alkali metal * 19 Fortuna, an asteroid Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle * "Stone in Focus", officially "#19", a composition by Aphex Twin * "Nineteen", a song from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' by Bad4Good * "Nineteen", a song from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Films
This is an overview of 1923 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top eight films released in 1923 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events *April 4 – Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. incorporated in the United States. *April 15 – Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers. * Henry Roussel's ''Les Opprimés'' is released, introducing mattes (painted by W. Percy Day) to French cinema. *October 16 – Brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney establish Disney Brothers Studio (later to be known as Walt Disney Productions). Notable films released in 1923 American films unless stated otherwise A *'' Adam's Rib'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille *'' The Ancient Law (Das alte Gesetz)'', directed by E. A. Dupont, starring Henny Porten – (Germany) *'' Ashes of Vengeance'', directed by Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Cowles
Jules Cowles (October 18, 1877 – May 22, 1943) was an American film actor.Munden p.193 He was also billed as J. D. Cowles and Julius D. Cowles. Biography Born in Farmington, Connecticut, Cowles attended Yale University and was a writer in addition to being an actor. Before he began acting in films, he performed in a Shakespearean repertory company with Augustin Daly for five years. Cowles died on May 22, 1943, in Hollywood, California, aged 65. Selected filmography * '' A Royal Family'' (1915) * '' Notorious Gallagher'' (1916) * '' The Bar Sinister'' (1917) * '' The Service Star'' (1918) * '' To the Highest Bidder'' (1919) * '' The Poor Rich Man'' (1918) * '' The Cambric Mask'' (1919) * '' A Fool and His Money'' (1920) * '' Tangled Trails'' (1921) * '' The Idol of the North'' (1921) * '' The Bootleggers'' (1922) * '' The Ne'er-Do-Well'' (1923) * '' Lost in a Big City'' (1923) * '' The Love Bandit'' (1924) * '' High Speed'' (1924) * '' The Lost World'' (1925) * '' Seven Chance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mackay (actor)
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Jimmy Phillips (actor)
James, Jim or Jimmy Phillips may refer to: Arts and entertainment * James Madhlope Phillips (1919–1987), South African artist * John Turner (lyricist) (James John Turner Phillips, 1902–1982), English songwriter * Jim Phillips (illustrator), American graphic designer and cartoonist * James Phillips (South African musician) (1959–1995), South African rock singer, songwriter and performer * James Phillips (playwright) (born 1977), British playwright and director * LRoc (James Elbert Phillips, (fl. 1995–present), American songwriter and producer * James Phillips (Canadian musician), Canadian multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer * James Atlee Phillips (1915–1991), American writer Politics and law * James Phillips (MP) (1672–1730), Welsh politician * James M. Phillips (1822–1891), American politician from Pennsylvania * James Robert Phillips (1864–1897), British colonial administrator * Jimmy Phillips (politician) (1913–2002), American politician, Tex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
