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My Wife (1918 Film)
''My Wife'' is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film. It is based on Michael Morton (dramatist), Michael Morton's 1907 play of the same name. The film was directed by Dell Henderson. It was made by the Empire All-Star Corporation and distributed by Mutual Film. The film premiered February 18, 1918. Plot Beatrice Hammond has inherited a million dollars from her aunt, but can only collect the funds if she marries prior to her eighteenth birthday. Unable to marry her boyfriend, Ronald Farwell, who is away fighting in a war; she instead marries her guardian, Gerald Eversleigh, with the understanding that they will divorce upon Ronald's return. Gerald falls in love with Beatrice and does not want to give up their marriage when Ronald comes home. Cast *Anna Murdock as Beatrice Hammond *Rex McDougall as Gerald Eversleigh *Hubert Druce as John Hammond *Amy Veness as Mrs. Hammond *Ferdinand Gottschalk as Biggy Gore *Grace Carlyle as Miriam Hawthorne *Jules Raucourt as Ronald Farwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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My Wife may refer: *My Wife (1918 film), ''My Wife'' (1918 film), an American silent film *''My Wife'', English language title for the 1942 Indian film ''En Manaivi'' *My Wife (1964 film), ''My Wife'' (1964 film), an Italian comedy film *My Wife (song), ''My Wife'' (song), a 1971 song by the British rock band the Who See also *''Be My Wife'', a song by English musician David Bowie *That's My Wife (other) *My Wife and I (other) * My Woman (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Carlyle
Grace Carlyle (July 24, 1877 – September 20, 1953) was an American stage and film actress.Dietz p.242 Selected filmography * '' The Eagle's Wings'' (1916) * '' An International Marriage'' (1916) * '' The Place Beyond the Winds'' (1916) * '' Please Help Emily'' (1917) * ''My Wife'' (1918) * ''Bringing Up Betty'' (1919) * '' Held to Answer'' (1923) * '' Trimmed in Scarlet'' (1923) * '' The Fast Set'' (1924) * '' By Divine Right'' (1924) * ''Wine'' (1924) * '' Shameful Behavior?'' (1926) * '' The Notorious Lady'' (1927) * '' Lonesome Ladies'' (1927) * '' She's My Baby'' (1927) * ''Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two Volume (bibliography), volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans ...'' (1927) References Bibliography * Dietz, Dan . ''The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. * Munde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Comedy-drama Films
The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people worldwide. In Russia, this year runs with only 352 days. As the result of Julian to Gregorian calendar switch, 13 days needed to be skipped. Wednesday, January 31 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was immediately followed by Thursday, February 14 ''(Gregorian Calendar)''. Events World War I will be abbreviated as "WWI" January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 8 – American president Woodrow Wilson presents the Fourteen Points as a basis for peace negotiations to end the war. * January 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinebook
Cinebook Ltd is a British publishing company that publishes comic albums and graphic novels. It describes itself as "the 9th art publisher," the 9th art being comics in continental Europe, especially France, Belgium and Italy. They typically translate Franco-Belgian comics – predominantly originating from the Franco-Belgian comic publishers Dargaud, Dupuis and Le Lombard – into English language, English and have also issued an original series about the French Queen Marguerite de Valois, also known as Queen Margot. Cinebook works with a team of translators, including native speakers of French language, French, British English and American English. Titles Softcover album series So far, the company has published, or plans to publish, the following comic series in softcover editions: Hardcover series * ''Valerian: The Complete Collection'' During 2017 and 2018 the British publisher Cinebook Limited published a hardcover collection of the series titled; ''Valerian: Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowker-Saur
Bowker-Saur was a publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ... and former operating company owned by Reed Elsevier plc. Bowker-Saur served business and library markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa with book, journal, directory and online database products. The company had its own publishing programme and marketed the products of its sister companies Bowker of the United States and K G Saur in Germany. Bowker-Saur was based in East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK. Bowker-Saur was merged with Reed Reference Publishing, another Reed Elsevier company, in the late 1990s. Reed Reference Publishing was itself later merged with Reed Business Information. Bowker-Saur and R. R. Bowker were acquired by Cambridge Information Group in 2001. References {{Authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Hill (actor)
Dudley Hill is a village in the borough of City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England and is in Tong ward. History There are a few mentions of the name Dudley Hill prior to the Industrial Revolution. Religious history John Wesley (1703–1791) visited Dudley Hill in 1744. The Wesleyan Sunday School opened in 1816, the Wesleyan Chapel in 1823 and the Ebenezer Primitive Methodists Chapel opened in 1833, and in 1861 Salem Chapel opened on Sticker Lane. Industrial history To the north Bowling Iron Works was founded in 1788. Terry's Mill opened in 1823, and Albion Mill, and Perseverance Mill appeared after 1850. Industry Mill was destroyed in a fire in 1890 but rebuilt in brick. In 1935 Jubilee Mills opened. Transport history Dudley Hill was at the junction of three turnpikes: the Cutler Heights to Bradford turnpike (1740) down Rooley Lane; the Bradford to Wakefield turnpike (1752) and Dudley Hill, Killinghall and Harrogate turnpike (1804) along Sticker Lane. Dudley Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romaine Callender
Alfred Romaine Callender (February17, 1883February5, 1976) was an English born American actor of stage and screen. He should not be confused with several other men in his family also known publicly as Romaine Callendar, including his father, the stage actor Edwin Romaine Callendar (1845-1922), and his uncle, the music educator, conductor, composer, organ builder, and book author William Romaine Callender (1859-1930). Callender began his career as a stage actor in 1906 performing with Robert B. Mantell's Shakespeare company. He had a prolific career as an actor on Broadway from 1910 through 1935. He simultaneously worked periodically in film; making his screen debut in the silent film ''My Wife'' in 1918. While predominantly a stage actor during the silent film era, in 1935 he transitioned away from the theatre and became am actor in sound films under contract with Columbia Pictures; starring as a character actor in almost 50 feature films from 1935-1945. Early life and stage caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Thompson (actress)
Harriet Thompson may refer to: * Harriet Diana Thompson (1811–1896), Victorian writer * Harriet Alfarata Thompson (1871–1922), American author * Harriet Thompson (diplomat), high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Ghana since 2021 * Princess Wee Wee Princess Wee Wee was the stage name of Harriet Elizabeth Thompson Williams Franco (born c 1890) an African-American dancer and performer with dwarfism. Thompson was well known in her time as a singing and dancing star of sideshows, circuses and ..., stage name of Harriet Elizabeth Thompson (born c 1892) dancer and performer with dwarfism See also * Harriette Thompson (1923–2017), American classical pianist {{hndis, Thompson, Harriet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Sauerman
Carl Sauerman (c. 1868, Stockholm - 9 April 1924, Brooklyn, New York) was a Swedish-born actor of the stage and screen. He began his career as a leading stage actor in Berlin before moving to New York City in 1908 to become a member of the German-language theatre company at the Irving Place Theatre. He is best remembered for creating the role of Professor Friedrich Bhaer in the original production of Marian de Forest's ''Little Women (play), Little Women''; an immensely popular stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same that played on Broadway and toured the United States in 1912–1913. In addition to starring in plays on Broadway, he was a silent film actor. Life and career Born c. 1868 in Stockholm, Sweden,Vazzana, p. 467 Sauerman was trained as an actor in Germany.E.E.v.B, p. 88 Prior to coming to the United States, he was a leading actor at the Lessing Theater in Berlin under Otto Brahm and also acted in plays in that city under the direction of Max Reinhardt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
