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Paralta Plays
Paralta Plays was a film company in the United States in 1917-1918. It adopted its own distribution system. The company lasted about a year. Filmography *''Alimony'' (1917) *'' A Man's Man'' (1918) *''Rose o' Paradise'' (1918) *''Madam Who?'' (1918) *'' Shackled'' (1918) *''One Dollar Bid'' (1918) *''Wedlock'' (1918) *''His Robe of Honor'' (1918) *''Patriotism (1918 film)'' (1918) *''A Burglar for a Night'' (1918) *''The Turn of a Card'' (1918) *''Humdrum Brown'' (1918), distributor *''With Hoops of Steel'' (1918) *''Maid o' the Storm'' (1918) *''Within the Cup'' (1918) *''An Alien Enemy'' (1918) *''The One Woman'' based on ''The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia'', a 1903 novel by Thomas Dixon Jr. Thomas Frederick Dixon Jr. (January 11, 1864 – April 3, 1946) was an American white supremacist, Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, lecturer, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Referred to as a "professional racist", Dixon wrote two best ... References External linksWikim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alimony (1917 Film)
''Alimony'' is a lost 1917 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Lois Wilson. An unknown Rudolph Valentino has a role as a supporting player. Plot As described in a film magazine, Bernice Bristol Flint (Whittell), an attractive grass widow (a woman divorced or separated from her husband), associates herself intimately with a number of divorce attorneys who live well on their percentage from unscrupulously secured divorces carrying a large alimony. She is interested in young clubman Howard Turner (Fischer), who has not remained devoted to her during the period of her latest divorce. She is furious at his waning ardor and considers herself practically jilted as she plots revenge on him. She succeeds in interesting him in Marjorie (Wilson), a charming guest of hers, and soon brings about a marriage between the couple. Then, with the assistance of unprincipled lawyer Elijah Stone (Allardt), she separates the pair and begins to frame up a case against which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humdrum Brown
''Humdrum Brown'' is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Henry B. Walthall, Mary Charleson and Dorothy Clark.Gmür p.295 Cast * Henry B. Walthall as Hector 'Humdrum' Brown * Mary Charleson as Alicia Boothe * Dorothy Clark as Grace Danforth * Howard Crampton as Carlos Tanner * Kate Price as Cousin Kate * Joseph J. Dowling as John Fryeburg * Joe Harris as Ed Danforth * Ida Lewis Idawalley Zoradia Lewis (February 25, 1842 – October 24, 1911) was an American lighthouse keeper noted for her heroism in rescuing people from the seas. Biography Early years Ida Lewis was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the second oldest of ... as Aunt Elvira References Bibliography * Leonhard Gmür. ''Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen''. 2013. External links * 1918 films 1918 comedy-drama films American silent feature films Films directed by Rex Ingram American black-and-white films Films distributed by W. W. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The One Woman
''The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia'' is a 1903 novel by Thomas Dixon Jr. Plot summary Reverend Joseph Gordon, a preacher in New York City, clashes with church elders because of his socialist views.Anthony Slide, ''American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon'', Louisville, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2004, pp. 118-12/ref>Edward J. Blum, W. Scott Poole, ''Vale of Tears: New Essays on Religion and Reconstruction'', Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2005, p. 24/ref> Despite being a socialist, his best friend, Mark Overman, is a millionaire Wall Street banker. Meanwhile, Gordon grows apart from his wife, Ruth, who disapproves of his politics. After he starts a relationship with Kate Ransom, a wealthy female parishioner, he divorces his wife. Kate Ransom donates a million dollars for him to start a new church and thus get rid of the disapproving church elders. The new church is called the "Temple of Man". Unfortunately, Kate Ransom falls in love with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Alien Enemy
''An Alien Enemy'' is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Louise Glaum, Mary Jane Irving and Thurston Hall.Slide p.85 Cast * Louise Glaum as Neysa von Igel / Frau Meyer * Mary Jane Irving as Fräulein Bertha Meyer * Thurston Hall as David J. Hale * Albert Allardt as Emil Koenig * Charles Hammond as Adolph Schmidt * Jay Morley as Mayor Samuel J. Putnam * Roy Laidlaw as Lewis Meyer * Joseph J. Dowling as Baron von Mecklin * Clifford Alexander Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr. (September 21, 1933 – July 3, 2022) was an American lawyer, businessman and public servant from New York City. He first served on the National Security Council during the Kennedy administration, before becomi ... as Wireless Operator References Bibliography * Slide, Anthony. ''Aspects of American Film History Prior to 1920''. Scarecrow Press, 1978. External links * An Alien Enemyat Silentera 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Within The Cup
''Within the Cup'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Raymond B. West Raymond B. West (February 11, 1886 – September 11, 1923) was an American motion picture director. He joined the New York Motion Picture Company in 1910 and directed more than 70 motion pictures between 1910 and 1919 before being involved in an ... and starring Bessie Barriscale, George Fisher and Edward Coxen.Slide p.82 Cast * Bessie Barriscale as Thisbe Lorraine * George Fisher as Le Saint Hammond * Edward Coxen as Ernst Faber * Aggie Herring as Tea Cup Ann * Margaret Livingston References Bibliography * Slide, Anthony. ''Aspects of American Film History Prior to 1920''. Scarecrow Press, 1978. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Raymond B. West Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 1910s American films {{1910s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maid O' The Storm
''Maid o' the Storm'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Raymond B. West and starring Bessie Barriscale, George Fisher and Herschel Mayall.Spehr & Lundquist p.394 The film takes place in Scotland and London. Cast * Bessie Barriscale as Ariel * George Fisher as Franklin Shirley * Herschel Mayall as Abe Strohman * Joseph J. Dowling as Andy MacTavish * Myra Davis as Mrs. MacTavish * Nick Cogley as Peter Winkenmulder * Howard Hickman as Jules Picardo * Jacob Abrams as Joseah Dods * Ida Lewis as Serafina Dods * Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Wellington Shackleford * Lois Wilson as Elaine Shackleford * Pietro Buzzi as Professor Duval * Clifford Alexander Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr. (September 21, 1933 – July 3, 2022) was an American lawyer, businessman and public servant from New York City. He first served on the National Security Council during the Kennedy administration, before becomi ... as Richard Burrows * Nona Thomas as Witch References Bibliograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With Hoops Of Steel
''With Hoops of Steel'' is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Eliot Howe and starring Henry B. Walthall, William De Vaull and Mary Charleson.Gmür, p. 533. Cast * Henry B. Walthall as Emerson Mead * William De Vaull as Jim Harlin * Mary Charleson as Marguerite Delance * Joseph J. Dowling as Col. Whittaker * Howard Crampton as Pierre Delarue * Roy Laidlaw Roy James Laidlaw (born 5 October 1953) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, pp145, 146 Rugby Union career Amateur career Much of his domestic rugby was played with Jed-Forest RFC, who were in the Scottish Second Divi ... as Albert Wellesley * Jack Standing as Paul Delarue * Clifford Alexander (actor), Clifford Alexander as Will Whittaker * Anna Mae Walthall as Amanda Garcia References Bibliography * Gmür, Leonhard, ''Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen''. 2013. External links * 1918 films 1918 Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films American bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turn Of A Card
''The Turn of a Card'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson and Eugene Pallette.Rainey p.230 Cast * J. Warren Kerrigan as Jimmie Montgomery Farrell * Lois Wilson as Cynthia Burdette * Eugene Pallette as Eddie Barrett * William Conklin as William Phelps * David Hartford as 'Ace High' Burdette * Frank Clark as Finnegan * Clifford Alexander as 'Curio' Johnson * Elinor Fair as Millie Jarvis * Roy Laidlaw as Mr. Marvis * Albert R. Cody as Slavin * Wallace Worsley Wallace A. Worsley, Sr. (December 8, 1878 – March 26, 1944) was an American stage actor who became a film director in the silent era. During his career, Worsley directed 29 films and acted in 7 films. He directed several motion pictures sta ... as John Hays Cotton References Bibliography * Rainey, Buck. ''Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 actresses appearing in Western movies''. McFarland & Company, 1992. Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man's Man (1918 Film)
''A Man's Man'' is a lost 1918 American silent adventure film directed by Oscar Apfel and produced by Paralta Plays. It starred J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson, the pair famous for appearing in '' The Covered Wagon''. Plot As described in a film magazine, mining engineer John Stuart Webster (Kerrigan) is headed for Central America. While on his way to Mexico, at a truck stop in Arizona he saves a handsome young girl Dolores (Wilson) from the annoyance of a traveling salesman, and henceforth falls in love with her. Webster is a peace-loving individual, but is all fight when a fight is required. When he arrives in Sobrante, he runs into one of the periodic revolutions. He rescues Dolores from the revolutionaries, with her father being killed and Webster almost killed. She nurses him back to health, and he saves the country, marries the girl, and they set out on a happy life. Cast * J. Warren Kerrigan as John Stuart Webster * Lois Wilson as Dolores Ruey * Kenneth Harlan as Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Burglar For A Night
''A Burglar for a Night'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson and William Elmer.Rainey p.230 Cast * J. Warren Kerrigan as Kirk Marden * Lois Wilson as Janet Leslie * William Elmer as William Neal * Herbert Prior as Wilbur Clayton * Robert Brower as Daniel Marden * Charles K. French as James Herrick * Lydia Yeamans Titus Lydia Yeamans Titus (12 December 1857 – 30 December 1929) was an Australian-born American singer, dancer, comedienne, and actress who had a lengthy career in vaudeville and cinema. She was remembered on stage for her ''Baby-Talk'' act and a ... as Maggia, the Maid * Arma Roma as Ruby Fallon References Bibliography * Rainey, Buck. ''Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 actresses appearing in Western movies''. McFarland & Company, 1992. External links * 1918 films 1918 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotism (1918 Film)
''Patriotism'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Raymond B. West and starring Bessie Barriscale, Charles Gunn and Herschel Mayall.Edwards p.162 It is set in a Scottish nursing hospital during World War I. Cast * Bessie Barriscale as Robin Cameron * Charles Gunn as John Hamilton * Herschel Mayall as Sidney Carson * Arthur Allardt as Dr. Hyde * Joseph J. Dowling as Sir Angus Cameron * Mary Jane Irving as Mimi * Ida Lewis as Mrs. MacTavish * Clifford Alexander Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr. (September 21, 1933 – July 3, 2022) was an American lawyer, businessman and public servant from New York City. He first served on the National Security Council during the Kennedy administration, before becomi ... as Donald Cameron References Bibliography * Paul M. Edwards. ''World War I on Film: English Language Releases through 2014''. McFarland, 2016. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |