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Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter)
Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish novelist, playwright and screenwriter in silent films. Early life Turnbull was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She was the older sister of producer Hector Turnbull and sister to Jean, Mary, Alice, Donald, and Isabel. Her family moved to the United States during her childhood, and she attended school in New Jersey. Career Turnbull wrote plays, including ''Genessee of the Hills'' (1905), ''A Society Policeman'' (1905), ''Classmates'' (1907, with William C. deMille), ''On the Square'' (1913, with her brother), ''The Deadlock'' (1913), and ''At the Mitre'' (1914). In 1912, a script she submitted anonymously was produced in New York by Henry Wilson Savage, as ''The Stronger Claim.'' Turnbull wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She worked for Paramount Pictures and the Famous Players–Lasky studios in Islington, and also spent some of her career in Hollywood. In 1915, she wrote at least three films that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda (1917 Film)
''Magda'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Clara Kimball Young, Alice Gale, and Valda Valkyrien. It is based on the play '' Heimat'' by Hermann Sudermann Hermann Sudermann (30 September 1857 – 21 November 1928) was a German dramatist and novelist. Life Early career Sudermann was born at Matzicken, a village to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia (now Macikai, in southwestern .... at silentera.com Cast References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Kaye
''Shirley Kaye'' is a lost 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Kaufman and starring Clara Kimball Young, Corliss Giles and George Fawcett.Spehr p.178 Cast * Clara Kimball Young as Shirley Kaye * Corliss Giles as John Rowson * George Fawcett as T.L. Magen * George Backus as Egerton Kaye * Claire Whitney as Daisy Magen * Nellie Lindrith as Mrs. Magen * John Sunderland as Earl Rosselvin * Mrs. F.O. Winthrop Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard English pronunciation: ) is a commonly used English honorific for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title or rank, such as ''Doctor'', ''Profess ... as Mrs. Bayliss * Frank Otto as Dingwall References Bibliography * Paul C. Spehr. ''The Movies Begin: Making Movies in New Jersey, 1887-1920''. Newark Museum, 1977. External links * 1917 films 1917 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Lost Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Victory Of Conscience
''The Victory of Conscience'' is a 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse L. Lasky at Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Frank Reicher directed and Lou Tellegen and Cleo Ridgely star. Cast * Cleo Ridgely - Rosette Burgod *Lou Tellegen - Louis, Count De Tavannes *Elliott Dexter - Prince Dimitri Karitzin *Thomas Delmar - Remy *Laura Woods Cushing - Mother Burgod *John McKinnon - Father Burgod Preservation status The film is preserved at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It also administers Copyright law o .... References External links * 1916 films American silent feature films Films directed by George Melford Paramount Pictures films 1916 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1910s American films 1910s En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Opinion (1916 Film)
Public opinion, or popular opinion, is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to society. It is the people's views on matters affecting them. In the 21st century, public opinion is widely thought to be heavily influenced by the media; many studies have been undertaken which look at the different factors which influence public opinion. Politicians and other people concerned with public opinion often attempt to influence it using advertising or rhetoric. Opinion plays a vital role in uncovering some critical decisions. Sentiment analysis or opinion mining is a method used to mine the thoughts or feelings of the general population. One of the struggles of public opinion is how it can be influenced by misinformation. Etymology The term "public opinion" was derived from the French ', which was first used in 1588 by Michel de Montaigne, one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, in the second edition of his famous ''Essays'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Souls
''Alien Souls'' is a 1916 silent film feature directed by Frank Reicher and starring Sessue Hayakawa, his real-life wife Tsuru Aoki and Earle Foxe. It was developed as a vehicle for Hayakawa after the success of his film The Cheat (1915 film), The Cheat. Cast *Sessue Hayakawa - Sakata *Tsuru Aoki - Yuri Chan *Earle Foxe - Aleck Lindsay *Grace Benham - Mrs. Conway *J. Parks Jones - Jack Holloway *Violet Malone - Gertrude Van Ness *Dorothy Abril - Geraldine Smythe Preservation With no prints of ''Alien Souls'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. References External links * 1916 films American silent feature films Paramount Pictures films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Frank Reicher 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Lost American drama films 1916 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films Lost silent American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Have And To Hold (1916 Film)
''To Have and to Hold'' is a 1916 American silent adventure/drama film directed by George Melford. Based on the 1899 novel of the same name, the film starred Wallace Reid and Mae Murray in her film debut. The film is based on a novel by Mary Johnston which was turned into a play in 1901 by E. F. Boddington. The Broadway version starred Isabel Irving and Robert Loraine in the lead roles. Also in this play was a 20-year-old actor and aspiring playwright named Cecil B. DeMille. The film is identified as lost by IMDb. Cast *Mae Murray – Lady Jocelyn *Wallace Reid – Captain Ralph Percy * Tom Forman – Lord Carnal *Ronald Bradbury – Jeremy Sparrow * Raymond Hatton – Nicolo * James Neill – George Yeardley *Lucien Littlefield – King James I *Bob Fleming – Red Gill *Camille Astor – Patience Worth Other adaptations In 1922, a second version was released once again by Paramount Pictures. It starred Bert Lytell and Betty Compson, and is also considered lost. See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clue
''The Clue'' is a lost film, lost 1915 American Drama film, drama silent film directed by James Neill (actor), James Neill and Frank Reicher and written by Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter), Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Gertrude Kellar, Edward MacKay, Sessue Hayakawa, Page Peters and Ernest Joy. The film was released on July 8, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Two Russian brothers, Count Boris and Alexis Rabourdin, get their hands on the Japanese coastal defense plan and plan to sell the documents to German agents in London. In the US, Alexis plans to marry rich Eve Bertram, who is in love with him. Boris, meanwhile, falls in love with Christine Lesley, a neighbor of Eve, who is also courted by Guy, the brother of the neighbor, an amateur inventor who experiments with explosives. Guy's valet is actually a Japanese spy who wants to get hold of the explosives and destroy the lost documents. Boris, leaving for London, gives Christine an ancient Russian coin as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Goods (film)
''Stolen Goods'' is a lost 1915 American Drama film, drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter), Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Cleo Ridgely, House Peters, Sr., Horace B. Carpenter, Sydney Deane and Theodore Roberts. The film was released on May 24, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Plot An orphan named Margery (Blanche Sweet) is working a dressmaking company in New York. She is sent to prison when a rich kleptomaniac named Helen North (Cleo Ridgely) puts some stolen lace in Margery's handbag. After leaving the prison she becomes a nurse for some time until the hospital she works at finds out she has a record. She leaves and becomes a nurse at a Red Cross emergency hospital in Belgium. At the same time, Helen has come to Belgium to take care of her sick father. After he dies, she is left without any money. She is planning to leave for California to live with her father's wealthy friend when an airship bomb sends Hele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown (1915 Drama Film)
''The Unknown'' is a 1915 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by George Melford, it stars Lou Tellegen, Theodore Roberts, and Dorothy Davenport. Cast * Lou Tellegen as Richard Farquhar *Theodore Roberts as Captain Destinn *Dorothy Davenport as Nancy Preston * Hal Clements as Captain Arnaud * Tom Forman as First Private * Raymond Hatton as Second Private * Horace B. Carpenter as Hotel Proprietor * George Gebhardt *Lucien Littlefield Preservation status A print of this film is preserved in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It also administers Copyright law o ....''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 198, c.1978 by The American F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Sin
''The Secret Sin'' is a surviving 1915 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet, Thomas Meighan and Sessue Hayakawa. This film often thought lost actually survives at the Library of Congress and along with a few other surviving Lasky features from 1915-17 allows viewing of Blanche Sweet during her Paramount period immediately after she left D. W. Griffith's employ. In this film Sweet has a rare chance to act in a double exposure scene playing two different characters.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress'',(<-book title) page 62 by The American Film Institute, c.1978 Cast * - Edith Martin/Grace Martin *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
