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Muriel Frances Dana
Muriel Frances Dana (1916–1997) was a child actress in thirteen silent films from 1921 to 1926, appearing in two of them as a boy, ''Hail the Woman'' and ''Can a Woman Love Twice?''. Dana was born in Clinton, Iowa. Her parents were Walter C. Dana and Lois Mildred Dana. They divorced, and her mother married Harry K. Gibson. In 1926, Dana's parents were involved in a legal battle when her mother charged Dana's father, grandfather, and uncle with breaking into her house in an attempt to take Dana. Gibson, who was suing Dana's mother for divorce, was also charged in the incident, as were four employees of a detective agency who accompanied the four men. Although Dana's father had custody of the girl, who was 9 years old, her mother had taken her, saying that her father had spent all of the girl's income. He responded that the expenditures were necessary for the actress's career. Dana died in Thousand Oaks, California. Filmography *'' Hail the Woman'' (1921) *'' White Hands'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton, Iowa
Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. It borders the Mississippi River. The population was 24,469 as of 2020 United States census, 2020. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa, DeWitt (also located in Clinton County), was named in honor of the sixth List of governors of New York, governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Incorporated on January 26, 1857, Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton United States micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is coterminous with Clinton County. History Elijah Buell, among the first European-American settlers in the Clinton area, established the town of Lyons in 1837. It was named after the French city Lyon. It grew with the lumber and railroad industry through the century, and merged in 1895 with the City of Clinton. Clinton was platted as the Town of New York in 1836 by Joseph Bartlett. He was looking for gold deposits in the area. In 1855, the Chicago, Iowa, Nebraska Railroad announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fast Worker
''The Fast Worker'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Laura La Plante, and Ethel Grey Terry.Goble p. 839 Cast Preservation Prints of ''The Fast Worker'' are located in the collections of the UCLA Film and Television Archive and EYE Film Institute Netherlands Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in .... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links *Lobby cardsat silenthollywood.com 1924 films 1924 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by William A. Seiter American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Universal Pictures films American black-and-white films 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Births
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign – The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive – Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in modern-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi (1916), Battle of Wadi – Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German Empire, German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Clinton, Iowa
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Iowa
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. 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 acting pertains 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Child Actresses
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 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Actresses
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Key to entries: : born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth : ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life : a range is ''birth''–''death'' years : if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly A *Beverly Aadland 1942–2010 *Mariann Aalda born *Caroline Aaron born *Diahnne Abbott born *Rose Abdoo born *Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Whitney Able born *Candice King, Candice Accola born *Amy Acker born *Jean Acker 1893–1978 *Bettye Ackerman 1924–2006 *Isabella Acres born *Amy Adams born (born in Italy) *Brooke Adams (actress), Brooke Adams born *Edie Adams 1927–2008 *Jane Adams (actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike (1926 Film)
''Mike'' is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film directed by Marshall Neilan. The film is a modest production, featuring Sally O'Neil and William Haines. Plot As described in a film magazine review, "Mike," a young woman, lives with her two brothers, sister, and father in an old freight car on a railroad siding in the desert. She enlists the aid of a circus manager from a nearby town to cure her father and his pal of drinking. Both swear off alcohol after seeing a vision of colored elephants and other beasts. Mike learns of a plot to hold up the Limited train. She and the children narrowly escape death when their freight car is sent wildly down grade. She tells her sweetheart Harlan, a telegraphist, of the bandits' scheme. The authorities are notified and the outlaws are captured. Cast * Sally O'Neil as Mike (credited as Sally O'Neill) * William Haines as Harlan * Charles Murray as Father (credited as Charlie Murray) * Ned Sparks as Slinky * Ford Sterling as Tad * Franki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compromise (1925 Film)
''Compromise'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced and distributed by Warner Bros.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Compromise'' at silentera.com The film was based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Jay Gelzer. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Joan (Rich), a woman of high ideals, from cliildhood has had to play second fiddle to her selfish, pampered half-sister. Joan expects marriage to bring happiness and it does for a time, but Nathalie (Garon), the sister, true to form, schemes to win Joan's husband Alan (Brook) and succeeds, and, not content with this, arranges a surprise meeting to gloat over her conquest. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sign Of The Cactus
''The Sign of the Cactus'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Helen Holmes, and J. Gordon Russell. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, settler Old Man Hayes (Swickard) resists the attempt of the water company to secure his property and is killed. Years later, a mysterious champion known as Whitehorse Champion arises and helps the settlers in their fight to keep their cattle from dying of thirst. He is called that because of the color of his mount and because he leaves a bit of cactus as a sign of his visit. Lawyer John Henderton (Russell) is the representative of the water interests and his daughter Belle (Holmes), while riding through the woods, sees her horse run off to be with its mate, the horse of Whitehouse Cactus (Hoxie), who is really Hayes' son Jack (Hoxie). He discovers by a scar on the hand of Belle that she was the little girl playmate of his many years ago when he was a child, and they become f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandering Husbands
''Wandering Husbands'', also known as ''Loves and Lies'', is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William Beaudine William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out a remarkable 179 feature-length films in a wide variety of genres. He is best know .... It stars James Kirkwood, Lila Lee, and Margaret Livingston. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Diana Moreland is aware of her husband's attentions to Marilyn Foster. As he does not reform, she surprises the pair while they are dining at a Roadhouse (premises), roadhouse and invites Marilyn to her home. The three of them go for a boat-ride. Diana has arranged to have the boat start leaking. Threatened with death by drowning, Moreland's affection for Diana reasserts itself and he starts to swim ashore with her. Marilyn, abandoned, is saved by another boat and retires defeated. The Morelands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
