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Olga Printzlau
Olga Printzlau (December 13, 1891 – July 8, 1962) was an American screenwriter. She wrote for more than 60 films between 1915 and 1933. She also wrote a play, ''Window Panes,'' which was staged in Los Angeles in 1928, and won praise from the ''Los Angeles Times''. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack. Selected filmography * ''Coral'' (1915) * ''Where the Forest Ends'' (1915) * ''The Ring of Destiny'' (1915) * ''A Soul Enslaved'' (1916) * ''The Yaqui'' (1916) * '' Two Men of Sandy Bar'' (1916) * '' John Needham's Double'' (1916) * '' Naked Hearts'' (1916) * '' One More American'' (1918) * ''Believe Me, Xantippe'' (1918) * '' The City of Tears'' (1918) * ''Lawless Love'' (1918) * '' Why Change Your Wife?'' (1920) * ''Jack Straw'' (1920) * ''The Prince Chap'' (1920) * '' Conrad in Quest of His Youth'' (1920) * '' Midsummer Madness'' (1921) * '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1921) * ''The Lost Romance'' (1921) * '' The Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawless Love
''Lawless Love'' is a lost 1918 silent film western drama directed by Robert Thornby Robert Thornby (March 27, 1888 – March 6, 1953) was an American director and actor of the silent era. He directed 75 films between 1913 and 1927. He also appeared in 48 films between 1911 and 1930. He was born in New York, New York, and d ... and starring Jewel Carmen. It was produced and distributed by te Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Jewel Carmen as LaBelle Geraldine * Henry Woodward as Black Jim * Edward Hearn as Freddie Montgomery References External links * * 1918 films 1918 Western (genre) films Lost American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Robert Thornby Fox Film films Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Church Around The Corner (film)
''Little Church Around the Corner'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Olga Printzlau. The film stars Claire Windsor, Kenneth Harlan, Hobart Bosworth, Pauline Starke, Walter Long, and Cyril Chadwick. The film was released by Warner Bros. in March 1923. Cast *Claire Windsor as Leila Morton *Kenneth Harlan as David Graham *Hobart Bosworth as John Morton *Pauline Starke as Hetty Burrows * Walter Long as Big Hex Poulon *Cyril Chadwick as Mark Hanford * Alec B. Francis as Reverend Bradley *Winter Hall as Doc *Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Wallace * George Cooper as Jude Burrows *Stanton Heck as Burt Wilson * Fred R. Stanton as The Sheriff * Winston Miller as Little David *Mary Jane Irving Mary Jane Irving (October 20, 1913 – July 17, 1983) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1917 and 1938. Biography Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Irving began her career as a child actor in silent films. A popular c ... as L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful And Damned (film)
''The Beautiful and Damned'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by William A. Seiter and released by Warner Bros. The film, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 novel '' The Beautiful and Damned'', starred Kenneth Harlan and Marie Prevost. Cast * Marie Prevost as Gloria * Kenneth Harlan as Anthony *Harry Myers as Dick *Tully Marshall as Adam Patch *Louise Fazenda as Muriel *Cleo Ridgely as Dot * Emmett King as Mr. Gilbert * Walter Long as Hull *Clarence Burton as Bloeckman *J. Parker McConnell as Maury * Charles McHugh as Shuttleworth *Kathleen Key as Rachel *George Kuwa as Tanner Production To publicize the film, Jack L. Warner, announced that the film's stars, Kenneth Harlan and Marie Prevost, would marry on the film's set. The publicity stunt worked and thousands of fans sent gifts and letters to the couple. However, Warner was unaware that Prevost was still secretly married to her first husband, Sonny Gerke. ''The Los Angeles Mirror'' got wind of Prevost's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Sands (1922 Film)
''Burning Sands'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Olga Printzlau and Waldemar Young based upon the novel of the same name by Arthur Weigall. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Milton Sills, Louise Dresser, Jacqueline Logan, Robert Cain, Fenwick Oliver, and Winter Hall. The film was released on September 3, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... Paramount hoped the production would enjoy the same success to the similarly-themed hit '' The Sheik'' produced by the studio the previous year. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a kindly old sheik is being deceived by his villainous son, who seeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bachelor Daddy
''The Bachelor Daddy'' is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Edward Peple and Olga Printzlau. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, Maude Wayne, Adele Farrington, J. Farrell MacDonald, Larry Wheat, and Peaches Jackson. The film was released on April 29, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, following the death of his mining partner Joe Pelton (MacDonald), wealthy bachelor Richard Chester (Meighan) adopts Joe's five young children and takes them east by train. The tots upset the equanimity of the passengers of the Pullman car en route to New York City, and when they arrive at Richard's home they almost drive the servants distracted. He puts them all in school except for the youngest. His fiancé Ethel McVae (Wayne), a cold society woman, refuses to have anything to do with the children and breaks their engagement when she sees how Richard reacts when his stenographer Sally Lockwood (Joy) he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Through A Glass Window
''Through a Glass Window'' is a 1922 American Drama film, drama silent film directed by Maurice S. Campbell, Maurice Campbell, written by Olga Printzlau, and starring May McAvoy, Fanny Midgley, Burwell Hamrick, Raymond McKee, F. A. Turner, and Carrie Clark Ward. It was released on April 2, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jenny Martin (McAvoy), daughter of an invalid mother (Midgley), makes many friends as a waitress of a doughnut shop on New York City's Lower East Side. Her brother Dan (Hamrick) is arrest for a theft committed to aid his sister and is sent to a reformatory. Jenny keeps the facts from her mother, who has gone blind. Jenny builds up an independent business for her brother to take over when he returns, and postpones until then her marriage to Italian vendor Tomasso Barilio (McKee). Her brother finally returns and the wedding is in prospect as the film ends. Cast *May McAvoy as Jenny Martin *Fanny Midgley as Mrs. Martin *Burwell H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cradle (1922 Film)
''The Cradle'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and written by Olga Printzlau. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith, Mary Jane Irving, Anna Lehr, Walter McGrail, and Adele Farrington. The film was released on March 4, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collections. Plot As described in a film magazine, Margaret Harvey's (Clayton) husband, physician Dr. Robert Harvey (Meredith), is won away from his home by an attractive patient. A divorce follows and the doctor marries the patient. Margaret marries an old admirer, and the child Doris (Irving) is assigned to the custody of both parents for alternate periods of six months each. Both the step-mother and step-father resent the child's presence in their homes, and estrangement disturbs both households. The serious illness of the child results in the realization that the bond of parentage is stronger than man-made marriage, and the film closes with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Romance
''The Lost Romance'' is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Jack Holt and Lois Wilson. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. A copy is held by The Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p. 107 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Jack Holt as Mark Sheridan * Lois Wilson as Sylvia Hayes *Fontaine La Rue as Elizabeth Erskine *Conrad Nagel as Allen Erskine, M.D. * Michael D. Moore as Allen Erskine Jr. *Mayme Kelso as Librarian *Robert Brower as Butler *Barbara Gurney as Nurse * Clarence Geldart as Police Lieutenant *Clarence Burton as Detective *Lillian Leighton Lillianne Brown Leighton (May 17, 1874 – March 19, 1956), known professionally as Lillian Leighton, was an American silent film actress. Leighton started her career in Chicago. Leighton was born in Auro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Every Woman Knows (1921 Film)
''What Every Woman Knows'' is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film adapted form the play '' What Every Woman Knows'' by James Barrie. The play had premiered on Broadway in 1908 and was a hit starring Maude Adams. A British silent film version had been made in 1917 and a later American talkie would be produced in 1934 with Helen Hayes. This silent film version was directed by William C. deMille continuing his forte at adapting literary and/or stage plays to the silent screen. The film stars Lois Wilson and Conrad Nagel. This version is now lost. at silentera.com Plot Based on a summary in a film publication, Maggie Wylie's (Wilson) father agrees to give John Shand $300 to help hi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsummer Madness (1921 Film)
''Midsummer Madness'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel ''His Friend and His Wife'' by Cosmo Hamilton. The film was directed by William C. deMille, and stars Jack Holt, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, and Lila Lee. It is the film debut of Ethel Wales. A copy of ''Midsummer Madness'' is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast * Jack Holt as Bob Meredith *Conrad Nagel as Julian Osborne * Lois Wilson as Margaret Meredith *Lila Lee as Daisy Osborne *Betty Francisco as Mary Miller *Claire McDowell as Mrs. Osborne *Peaches Jackson as Peggy Meredith *Ethel Wales as Mrs. Hicks * Charles Ogle as Caretaker *Lillian Leighton as Caretaker's Wife *George Kuwa George Kuwa (born Keichii Kuwahara) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1931. He was the first actor to portray Charlie Chan on-screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad In Quest Of His Youth
''Conrad in Quest of His Youth'' is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Thomas Meighan. The film is based on the 1903 novel ''Conrad in Search of His Youth'' by Leonard Merrick which was adapted and written for the screen by Olga Printzlau. The film survives at the Library of Congress. Cast *Thomas Meighan as Conrad Warrener *Mabel Van Buren as Nina *Mayme Kelso as Gina *Bertram Johns as Ted *Margaret Loomis as Roslind *Sylvia Ashton as Mary Page *Kathlyn Williams as Mrs. Adaile * Charles Ogle as Dobson *Ruth Renick as Tattie *A. Edward Sutherland as Conrad (at 17) (billed as ''Eddie Sutherland'') DVD release ''Conrad in Quest of His Youth'' was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video Alpha Video (also known as Alpha Home Entertainment) is an entertainment company, based near Philadelphia, that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of public domain movies and TV shows on DVD. Alpha Video releases approximately 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
