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Lucille Lee Stewart
Lucille Lee Stewart (December 25, 1889 – January 8, 1982) was an American film actress of the silent era. Her screen career lasted between 1910 and 1926, during which time she played a mixture of lead and supporting roles. Stewart worked in vaudeville before she began acting in films. Her early film work was in comedies for Vitagraph. Most of her roles were second leads, and her success dwindled in the 1920s. She "lived the remainder of her life in obscurity" after her 1925 divorce. She was the elder sister of actress Anita Stewart. She was married to the actor and director Ralph Ince from 1910 to 1925 when they divorced. Stewart's "debut as a leading player" in a film came in ''The Destroyers'' (1916). Partial filmography * '' Love in Quarantine'' (1910) * '' The Conflict'' (1916) * '' Our Mrs. McChesney'' (1918) * '' The Eleventh Commandment'' (1918) * '' Five Thousand an Hour'' (1918) * '' Sealed Hearts'' (1919) * '' The Perfect Lover'' (1919) * '' A Woman's Business'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Lover
''The Perfect Lover'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Eugene O'Brien. It was produced and distributed by Selznick Pictures Corporation. (Wayback) Cast * Eugene O'Brien as Brian Lazar * as Mrs. Byfield * Marguerite Courtot as Eileen Hawthorn * |
American Silent Film Actresses
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1982 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., United States, then falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 people. * January 14–17, 2022 North American winter storm, January 14 – An Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-26 with an unknown registration crashed near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 73 occupants on board. * January 18 – 1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash: Four Northrop T-38 aircraft of the United States Air Force crash at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, killing all 4 pilots. * January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland. * January 27 – The government of Garret FitzGerald in Republic of Ireland, Ireland is defeated 82–81 on its budget; the 22nd Dáil is dissolved. * January 30 – The first computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Mayerling incident: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder-suicide) at the Mayerling hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Of Paradise Alley
''Sunshine of Paradise Alley'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson (actor), Jack Nelson and starring Barbara Bedford (actress), Barbara Bedford, Kenneth MacDonald (American actor), Kenneth MacDonald, and Max Davidson. Cast * Barbara Bedford (actress), Barbara Bedford as Sunshine O'Day * Kenneth MacDonald (American actor), Kenneth MacDonald as Jerry Sullivan * Max Davidson as Solomon Levy * Nigel Barrie as Stanley Douglas * Gayne Whitman as Glen Wathershoon * Lucille Lee Stewart as Gladys Waldroon * Tui Bow as Queenie May * J. Parks Jones as Chet Hawkins * Bobby Nelson as Bum * Frank Weed as Daddy O'Day * Max Asher (actor), Max Asher * Evelyn Sherman * Leon Holmes * Monty O'Grady as Little Boy * Helene Pirie as Aggie Preservation Prints of ''Sunshine of Paradise Alley'' are in the collections of the Library of Congress, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Archives Du Film Du CNC (Bois d'Arcy), BFI National Archive, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifth Avenue (film)
''Fifth Avenue'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Allan Forrest, and Louise Dresser. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Barbara Pelham, a young woman who arrives in New York City from the South to obtain an advance on her father’s cotton crop, is lured into staying at a disorderly house. It is here that Peter Heffner, the broker from whom she sought a loan, makes unwelcome advances to her. She flees the house just prior to it being raided by the police. Later she meets Neil Heffner, the son of the broker. A friendship that ripens to love forms between the young people. The young man’s father tries to discredit the young woman by calling her a prostitute, but her name is cleared by an explanation by Mrs. Kemp, who was the keeper of the resort. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Fifth Avenue'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature film, featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Company (1925 Film)
''Bad Company'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith, based on a story by John C. Brownell. It stars Madge Kennedy, Conway Tearle, and Bigelow Cooper. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, James Hamilton (Tearle) and his friend Peter Ewing (Cooper) aid a poorly dressed young woman who faints from exhaustion. They are then surprised when she holds them up and robs the safe. At a reception, one of the guests is Gloria Waring (Kennedy), a musical comedy star, and James, struck by her resemblance to the woman who robbed them, finds part of the costume in her automobile and confronts her. She confesses that she adopted this method to obtain her father's will in a desperate effort to prevent the fortune that was left to her brother from falling into the hands of an adventuress named Teddy. James, who has fallen in love with Gloria, offers to help her, discovers that Teddy is the young woman with whom he once had an affair. Just as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendly Enemies (1925 Film)
''Friendly Enemies'' is a 1925 American silent comedy thriller film directed by George Melford and starring Joe Weber, Lew Fields and Virginia Brown Faire. It is based on a 1918 play of the same title, and was part of a cluster of World War I-themed films released during the mid-1920s. It was remade as a sound film '' Friendly Enemies'' in 1942. Plot Two German immigrants have grown prosperous in the United States. However, when World War I breaks out Carl Pfeiffer remains sympathetic to the German Empire, even after America has entered the war. While his friend is steadfastly loyal to America, Pfeiffer provides funds and assistance to a German espionage ring. He unwittingly helps them plan to sabotage a troopship on which his own son is travelling to Europe to fight the Western Front. Pfeiffer has a dramatic change of heart and with the help of his friend and the American intelligence services he thwarts the plan and rounds up the enemy spy ring. Cast Preservation With no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fool (1925 Film)
''The Fool'' is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by Harry Millarde. It is based on the 1922 play ''The Fool'' by Channing Pollock. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the Rector of a wealthy church loses the sympathy and support of parishioners when he preaches the doctrine of Christ to sacrifice worldly goods. He establishes a mission among the lower classes and, although he is beaten for his efforts, he gains happiness by doing good. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Fool'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. See also *1937 Fox vault fire A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults ... References External links * 1925 films 1925 drama films 1925 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Gives
''The Woman Gives'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Norma Talmadge, John Halliday, and Edmund Lowe. Plot As described in a film magazine, artist Inga Sonderson (Talmadge) and her betrothed sculptor Robert Milton (Lowe) owe their success to Daniel Garford (Halliday), who is popularly acclaimed a genius. When Daniel discovers that his wife (Stewart) has been unfaithful, he abandons his career and drowns his sorrow in drink. Inga exerts every effort to save him from himself, much to her fiance's strenuous objections. She follows Daniel to an opium den and where he comes to a realization of his error. Robert breaks with Inga over her interest in Daniel. Daniel reclaims his popularity, and it is popularly assumed that he is to marry Inga, at the last minute she surprises everyone and marries Robert. Cast * Norma Talmadge as Inga Sonderson * John Halliday as Daniel Garford * Edmund Lowe as Robert Milton * Lucille Lee Stewart as Mrs. Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
