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Producers Distributing Corporation
Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC) was a short-lived Hollywood film distribution company, organized in 1924 and dissolved in 1927. In its brief heyday, film director Cecil B. DeMille was its primary talent and owner of its Culver City–located production facility. Corporate history PDC's beginnings lay with film pioneer William Wadsworth Hodkinson, founder of Paramount Pictures in 1912. In late 1924 Hodkinson sold one of his struggling distribution companies to Jeremiah Millbank, a "wealthy, extremely religious, and politically conservative financier."Empire of dreams: the epic life of Cecil B. DeMille, Scott Eyman, page 212 Millbank partnered with DeMille and renamed the company Producers Distributing Corporation. Part of Millbank's investment went to purchase the former Thomas H. Ince Culver Studios, the property whose main building is a replica of Mount Vernon. In March 1927, the small Pathé Exchange studio and Producers Distributing Corporation merged unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World Darts Council (WDC). Sports promoter Eddie Hearn is the PDC chairman. The PDC developed and holds several competitions, including the annual PDC World Darts Championship, the World Matchplay (darts), World Matchplay, World Grand Prix (darts), World Grand Prix, UK Open, Premier League Darts, Premier League, and Grand Slam of Darts, Grand Slam. It also runs its own Darts world rankings, world rankings based on players' performances. History Darts had experienced a boom in the 1980s. A number of tournaments were televised on BBC and ITV (TV network), ITV, which allowed the top players to make a full-time living from the sport and turn professional. However, darts steadily dropped from television schedules and by 1989 the only remaining t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reckless Romance
''Reckless Romance'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring T. Roy Barnes, Harry Myers, and Wanda Hawley. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Jerry Warner (Barnes) and Edith Somers (Breamer) are in love but Judge Somers (Marshall) will not allow them to marry because Jerry shows no signs of being a business man. Jerry's uncle sends him ten thousand dollars to set him up in business, and Judge Somers tells him if he has that money at the end of six months he can marry Edith. Jerry invests half of it in oil stock which Judge Somers says is worthless. Chris (Myers) and Beatrice Skinner (Hawley), just married, receive word from Chris’ grandfather that he will stop the allowance because he does not like the girl. They decide to get a divorce and remarry after Chris has Grandpa's money. For ten thousand dollars, Jerry poses as the co-respondent and they frame a scene for Grandpa to see. But their plans go awry. Chester becomes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Youth
''The House of Youth'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Jacqueline Logan, Malcolm McGregor and Gloria Grey.Munden p.366 Cast * Jacqueline Logan as Corinna Endicott * Malcolm McGregor as Spike Blaine * Vernon Steele as Rhodes Winston * Gloria Grey as Amy Marsden * Richard Travers as Mitch Hardy * Rosa Castro as Linda Richards * Edwin B. Tilton as Cornelius Endicott * Aileen Manning as Aunt Maggie Endicott * Hugh Metcalfe as Butler * Barbara Tennant as Mrs. Mitch Hardy * Nola Luxford Nola Luxford (born Adelaide Minola Pratt; 23 December 1895 – 10 October 1994) was a New Zealand-born American film actress, spanning from the silent films, silent film era to the 1930s. During the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she was ... as Society Girl References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouping With Ellen
''Trouping with Ellen'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring Basil Rathbone, Gaston Glass, Helene Chadwick, and Mary Thurman. Based on a short story by Earl Derr Biggers that appeared in ''The Saturday Evening Post'', this was Rathbone's first American production. Cast Preservation With no copies of ''Trouping with Ellen'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. .... References External links * 1924 films 1924 comedy-drama films 1924 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language comedy-drama films Films directed by T. Hayes Hunter Films with screenplays by Gerald Duffy Lost American comedy-drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Man's Wife (film)
''Another Man's Wife'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Bruce Mitchell (director), Bruce Mitchell and starring James Kirkwood Sr., James Kirkwood, Lila Lee and Wallace Beery.Munden p.21 The story takes part in a ship off Mazatlán in Mexico. Plot Cast * James Kirkwood Sr., James Kirkwood as John Brand * Lila Lee as Helen Brand * Wallace Beery as Captain Wolf * Matt Moore (actor), Matt Moore as Phillip Cochran * Zena Keefe as Dancer * Chester Conklin as Rumrunner * Kate Price (actress), Kate Price * Ralph Yearsley * Donald MacDonald (actor), Donald MacDonald References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. вОвм External links * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome Stranger (1924 Film)
''Welcome Stranger'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent comedy-drama film directed by James Young (director), James Young, starring Florence Vidor and featuring Noah Beery. Plot Cast *Dore Davidson as Isadore Solomon *Florence Vidor as Mary Clark *Virginia Brown Faire as Essie Solomon *Noah Beery, Sr., Noah Beery as Icahod Whitson *Lloyd Hughes (actor), Lloyd Hughes as Ned Tyler *Robert Edeson as Eb Hooker *William V. Mong as Clem Beemis *Otis Harlan as Seth Trimble *Fred J. Butler as Gideon Tyler *Pat Hartigan (actor), Pat Hartigan as Detective *Evelyn Sherman as Dowager (uncredited) Preervation With no copies of ''Welcome Stranger'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. References External links *Stills at silenthollywood.com 1924 films 1924 comedy-drama films 1924 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American films based on plays American silent feature films English-language comedy-drama films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wise Virgin
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of Hollywood
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time to keep them fresh and vital. Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted. Legends are sometimes distinguished from myths in that they concern human beings as the main characters and do not necessarily have supernatural origins, and sometimes in that they have some sort of historical basis whereas myths generally do not. The Brothers Grimm defined ''legend'' as "folktale historically grounded". A by-product of the "concern with human beings" is the long list of legendary creatures, leaving no "resolute doubt" that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Own Free Will
''Her Own Free Will'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Helene Chadwick, Holmes Herbert, and Violet Mersereau. It was based on a novel of the same name by the British writer Ethel M. Dell. Cast * Helene Chadwick as Nan Everard * Holmes Herbert as Peter Craddock * Allan Simpson as Jerry Lister * George Backus as Col. Everard * Violet Mersereau as Mona Everard Preservation With no copies of ''Her Own Free Will'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. .... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Scandal
''Another Scandal'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and distributed by W. W. Hodkinson. Based on a 1923 novel ''Another Scandal'' by Cosmo Hamilton, the film stars Lois Wilson and Holmes Herbert. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Beatrice Vanderdyke (Wilson) is found in the bedroom of a total stranger and, to avoid a scandal, she agrees to marry Pelham Franklin (Herbert). To bring her to a realization of her position, the husband makes her believe he will force her to live up to her part of the marital contract. A year later finds them happy, the wife expecting the birth of a baby. Pel is so nervous that Bee persuades him to go on a cruise on a yacht. May Beamish (le Breton), a pretty grass widow (a divorced woman or former mistress), uses all her wiles to vamp him but fails. Bee is jealous and, after the birth of the baby, she decides to make Pel jealous by going out with a former suitor, Alec Greenwood (Simpson). Pel becomes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold Your Breath (1924 Film)
''Hold Your Breath'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Dorothy Devore, Walter Hiers, and Tully Marshall. Cast Preservation Copies of ''Hold Your Breath'' are maintained in the collections of the Library of Congress, UCLA Film and Television Archive, George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f ..., and other film archives. References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey and Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links *at silentsaregolden.com 1920s American films 1920s English-language films 1924 films 1924 comedy films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Films about journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
