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Nigel De Brulier
Nigel De Brulier (born Francis George Packer; 8 August 1877 – 30 January 1948) was an English stage and film actor who began his career in the United Kingdom before relocating to the United States. Biography Nigel De Brulier was born in Frenchay, a suburb of Bristol on August 8, 1877 as Francis George Packer, the son of James Packer, a Gloucestershire coachman, and his wife Louisa Packer (née Field). De Brulier launched his career as an actor and singer on the stage in his native country and transferred to the American stage after moving to Canada and then to the United States in 1898. In the 1900 U.S. census, he was recorded as Francis G. Packer, butler, in a private household in Denver, Colorado. His first film role was a poet in '' The Pursuit of the Phantom'' in 1914. In 1915, he acted in the film ''Ghosts'' based on a play by Henrik Ibsen. He portrayed Cardinal Richelieu in the following four films, ''The Three Musketeers'' (1921), '' The Iron Mask'' (1929), ''The Three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frenchay
Frenchay is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is part of the Bristol Built-up Area, located north-east of Bristol city centre. Frenchay was designated as a conservation area in 1975 in recognition of its unique architectural and historic character and appearance. The village is situated between the B4058 road, which runs parallel to the M32 motorway in the west, and the wooded River Frome valley to the south and east. To the north, the built-up area ends at the A4174 Avon ring road, beyond which is the Avon Green Belt. Frenchay village has much green space, including the common, walks along the River Frome, and a moor owned by The National Trust. The Village Hall is a village hub, and there is an annual village flower show. Frenchay Park, an adjacent suburb, is situated within Bristol city limits. Frenchay gives its name to the Frenchay Campus of the University of the West of England, though the campus itself is situated in the neighbouring parish of Stok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salomé (1923 Film)
''Salomé'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Charles Bryant and Alla Nazimova, who also stars. It is an adaptation of the 1891 Oscar Wilde play of the same name. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the Baptist (here, as in Wilde's play, called Jokanaan) at the request of Herod's stepdaughter, Salomé, whom he lusts after. ''Salomé'' is often called one of the first art films to be made in the United States. The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting, minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development. Plot The film starts by giving context for the banquet that is about to unfold. The Tetrarch is said to have murdered his brother to obtain the throne and for access to his brother's (now his) wife and daughter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intolerance (film)
''Intolerance'' is a 1916 American Anthology film, anthology silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. Subtitled as ''Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages'' and ''A Sun-Play of the Ages'',Internet Archive foIntolerance (1916), D. W. Griffith. Retrieved May 21, 2016. the three-and-a-half-hour Epic film, epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Biblical story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and fourth, a Babylonian story: the Battle of Opis, fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive Colour Tint, color tint in the original print. The scenes are linked by shots of a figure representing Eternal Motherhood, rocking a cradle. Griffith chose to explore the theme of Toleration, intolerance partly in response to his previous film ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purity (film)
''Purity'' is a 1916 American Silent film, silent Drama (film and television), drama film, directed by Rae Berger and starring Audrey Munson, an Model (person), artist's model who posed for many statues in New York City and the 1915 San Francisco Panama–Pacific International Exposition. The film's plot was written by Clifford Howard, art direction was by Edward Langley, and choreography was by Geneva Driscoll. The film's Nudity in film, nude scenes caused it to be banned and preached against in some towns. Plot Following a prologue introducing Munson, poet Thorton Darcy is writing an allegorical poem, which the film enacts with Munson portraying Virtue who meets beings such as the Muses and Evil. Darcy takes a nap and meets Purity, a simple country girl, who seems like the Virtue of his poem, which they read together. Darcy tries to publish his poems, but the publisher (Burton) wants $500 in advance for the printing, which Darcy lacks. He tells Purity he would marry her if not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale (film)
''Pasquale'' is a 1916 American comedy silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by George Beban and Lawrence McCloskey. The film stars George Beban, Helen Jerome Eddy, Page Peters, Jack Nelson, Myrtle Stedman and Nigel De Brulier. The film was released on May 21, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *George Beban as Grocer *Helen Jerome Eddy as Margarita * Page Peters as Bob Fulton * Jack Nelson as Charlie Larkin *Myrtle Stedman as Banker's wife *Nigel De Brulier as Banker Preservation status *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 ... collections.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.137 c.1978 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramona (1916 Film)
''Ramona'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Donald Crisp based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel ''Ramona''. The film's runtime is about three hours and is considered to be lost film, lost with only reel#Motion picture terminology, reel 5 preserved at the Library of Congress. Plot The film opens to a ceremony occurring in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara, California. Ramona Gonzaga (the title character's mother), a Native American woman, and Angus Phail (Richard Sterling), a white man, are getting married. Soon after their marriage, a half-Indian, half-White girl named Ramona (Mabel Van Buren) is born. Meanwhile, in another part of America, the film depicts land-hungry white settlers driving off Native Americans from their lands to occupy them. The film cuts to Ramona (Ann Dvorak) growing up as a child, dearly loved by her mother. In this phase of Ramona's life, her mother passes away and gives Ramona to the care of Senora Moreno (Lurline Lyons) before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dumb Girl Of Portici
''The Dumb Girl of Portici'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent historical film, historical drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber and starring Anna Pavlova, Rupert Julian and Wadsworth Harris. It was adapted by Weber from the libretto by Germain Delavigne and Eugène Scribe for Daniel Auber, Daniel Auber's 1828 opera ''La muette de Portici'' (''The Mute of Portici''). The film marked Pavlova's only feature film performance. Overview The film was Universal's most expensive film to that date, made at a cost at approximately $300,000. It was also the longest film made by a woman director in the 1910s. Plot Fenella (Anna Pavlova) is a poor Italian girl who falls in love with the Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, Duke’s (Wadsworth Harris) son Alphonso, a Spanish nobleman. Cast * Anna Pavlova as Fenella * Rupert Julian as Masaniello * Wadsworth Harris as Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, Duke d'Arcos * Douglas Gerrard as Alphonso * Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghosts (1915 Film)
''Ghosts'' is a 1915 silent film drama based on the famous 1881 play ''Ghosts'' by Henrik Ibsen. It was directed by George Nichols. D. W. Griffith produced the film and Erich von Stroheim served in several capacities as technical advisor, wardrobe assistant and costume designer. George Siegmann was an assistant director. The film had an alternate or working title ''The Wreck''. The play ''Gengangere'' was first performed in America in 1894. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. And copies are also held at George Eastman Museum and UCLA Film & Television Archive Cast * Henry B. Walthall - Captain Arling / Oswald *Mary Alden - Helen Arling, wife of captain Arling and mother of Oswald * Loretta Blake - Regina *Carl Formes – Henrik Ibsen *Al W. Filson – Doctor *Juanita Archer – Johanna, mother of Regina *Thomas Jefferson – Her husband, putative father of Regina *Nigel de Brulier Nigel De Brulier (born Francis George Packer; 8 August 1877 – 30 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Jade (1915 Film)
''The Spanish Jade'' is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by Wilfred Lucas, written by Maurice Hewlett and Louis Joseph Vance, and starring Betty Bellairs, Wilfred Lucas, Nigel De Brulier, Arthur Tavares, Frank Lanning and Howard Davies. It was released on April 11, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. It was the first film produced by Fiction Pictures, Inc., a short-lived production company founded by Vance. Plot Cast *Betty Bellairs as Manuela *Wilfred Lucas as Osmund Manvers *Nigel De Brulier as Don Luis *Arthur Tavares as Don Bartolome *Frank Lanning as Tormillo *Howard Davies as Gil Perez *Lloyd Ingraham Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham (November 30, 1874 – April 4, 1956) was an American film actor and director. Biography Born in Rochelle, Illinois, Ingraham appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1950, as well as directing more than 100 f ... as Sebastian See also * '' The Spanish Jade'' (1922) References External links * * * The Spanish Jade' at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hypocrites (1915 Film)
''Hypocrites'', also known as ''The Hypocrites'' and ''The Naked Truth'', is a 1915 silent drama film written and directed by Lois Weber (1879–1939). The film contains several full nude scenes, and is said to include the first appearance of full frontal nudity in a non-pornographic film by an American actress (Margaret Edwards). The film is regarded as anticlerical, and the nudity, after causing trouble with censorship, was deemed justified by its religious context. Cast * Courtenay Foote as Gabriel, the Ascetic / Gabriel, a minister * Herbert Standing as The Abbot / A pillar of the church * Margaret Edwards as Truth * Myrtle Stedman as a nun / A choir singer * Adele Farrington as The Queen / An aristocrat * Dixie Carr as a Magdalen * Nigel De Brulier as a member of the choir / monk * Matty Roubert as Boy kneeling beside cradle * Charles Villiers as the Minister * Vera Lewis as Parishioner ''(uncredited)'' Cast notes: * Margaret Edwards was 17 years old when she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city located primarily in the Verdugo Mountains region, with a small portion in the San Fernando Valley, of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is located about north of downtown Los Angeles. As of 2024, Glendale had a Census-estimated population of 187,823, down 8,720 (–4.4%) from the 2020 United States census count of 196,543, which in turn was up from 191,719 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, making it the 4th-most populous city in Los Angeles County and the List of largest California cities by population, 24th-most populous city in California. Glendale—along with neighboring Burbank, California, Burbank and nearby Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood—has served as a major production center for the Cinema of the United States, American film industry, and especially animation, and is home to Disneytoon Studios, Marvel Animation, and DreamWorks Animation. It is also home to educational and cultural institutions, including Glendal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery
Grand View Memorial Park and Crematory is a historic cemetery located in Glendale, California, in the United States. Established in 1884 as Glendale Cemetery, it changed its name to Grand View Memorial Park in 1919. The cemetery was the focus of a scandal that began in 2005, during which the operators were accused of leaving thousands of cremated remains unburied. New owners changed the name to Grand View Memorial Park and Crematory in 2015 and began a restoration of the property. Founding and first 90 years The cemetery was founded in 1884, and was the only cemetery in the area until Forest Lawn Memorial Park was constructed in 1906. The site was heavily wooded, and its 4 percent grade provided good drainage. The burial ground was purchased by local builder Len C. Davis in 1919 and incorporated in late December with capital stock worth $20,000 ($ in dollars). (Each stock was worth $100 par value.) A perpetual care trust was also established for the first time. Significant im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
