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Ralph Forbes
Ralph Forbes (born Ralph Forbes Taylor; 30 September 1904 – 31 March 1951) was an English film and stage actor active in Britain and the United States. Early life Forbes was born in Wandsworth, London, the son of Ernest John "E.J." and Ethel Louise Taylor. His mother would become known as Mary Forbes, a stage and film actress. His younger sister was actress Brenda Forbes (born Dorothy Brenda Taylor). Born on 30 September 1904, Forbes was baptized on 6 November and his birth was legally registered with the authorities during the last quarter of 1904. Forbes met with an accident while playing football at Denstone College in Staffordshire which resulted in a scar on his cheek. He came to the United States as a member of a British troupe that performed ''Havoc'', a war play. He started off in films, then went on stage. In the United States he appeared onstage opposite actress Ruth Chatterton, whom he wed on 20 December 1924 in New York City. He was 20 years old and she was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Boone (1936 Film)
''Daniel Boone'' is a 1936 American historical film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien, Heather Angel, and John Carradine. Plot In 1775, American pioneer and frontiersman Daniel Boone leads thirty colonial families to Kentucky where they face two threats: Native American raiders led by renegade white Simon Girty, who opposes the colony; and the schemes of effete Stephen Marlowe to seize title to the new lands. Perils, battles, escapes, and a love interest round out the film. Cast * George O'Brien as Daniel Boone * Heather Angel as Virginia Randolph *John Carradine as Simon Girty *Ralph Forbes as Stephen Marlowe *George Regas as Black Eagle *Dickie Jones as Master Jerry Randolph *Clarence Muse as Pompey *Huntley Gordon as Sir John Randolph *Harry Cording as Joe Burch *Aggie Herring as Mrs. Mary Burch *Crauford Kent as Attorney General *Keith Hitchcock as Commissioner *Chief John Big Tree as Wyandotte Warrior (uncredited) *Dick Curtis as John Finch - Front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lowland Cinderella
''A Lowland Cinderella'' is a 1921 British silent romance film adaptation of S. R. Crockett's novel directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, Ralph Forbes and George Foley. Plot A Scottish girl, Hester Stirling, whose father, David Stirling, is a gold prospector in South Africa, leaves behind a bag full of precious stones. Her evil guardian, Dr. Silvanus Torpichan, appropriates it and forces her to work as a servant in his home. Cast * Joan Morgan as Hester Stirling * Ralph Forbes as Master of Darrock * George Foley as David Stirling * Mary Carnegie as Mrs. Torpichan * Mavis Clair as Ethel Torpichan * Nell Emerald as Megsy * Eileen Grace as Claudia Torpichan * Charles Levey as Dr. Silvanus Torpichan * Kate Phillips as Grandmother Stirling * Cecil Susands as Tom Torpichan * Frances Wetherall as Duchess of Niddisdale References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Masks Of The Devil
''The Masks of the Devil'' is a lost film, lost 1928 American drama film, drama synchronized sound film directed by Victor Sjöström and written by Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings, Svend Gade, and Frances Marion. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film stars John Gilbert (actor), John Gilbert, Alma Rubens, Theodore Roberts, Frank Reicher, and Eva von Berne. The film was released on November 17, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Baron Reiner is handsome yet unscrupulous aristocrat. He becomes infatuated with a young and innocent schoolgirl. The problem is, she is engaged to his best friend, Manfred. To seduce her and steal her from his friend, Reiner finances an oceanographic expedition that takes his friend away for months. Manfred returns and duels with Reiner where he injures the man. Reiner recovers and steals the young girl for his own. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whip (1928 Film)
''The Whip'' is a 1928 American synchronized sound film, sound drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Dorothy Mackaill. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It was based on a 1912 play ''The Whip (play), The Whip'' by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton (playwright), Henry Hamilton and distributed by First National Pictures, First National. This sound film was released with a synchronized Vitaphone soundtrack of music and sound effects. It is set in the horse racing world of England. Cast *Dorothy Mackaill as Lady Diana *Ralph Forbes as Lord Brancaster *Anna Q. Nilsson as Iris d'Aquila *Lowell Sherman as Greville Sartoris *Albert Gran as Sam Kelley *Marc McDermott as Lord Beverly *Louis Payne as Lambert *Arthur Clayton (actor), Arthur Clayton as Richard Haslam *Jack McDonald (actor), Jack McDonald as Detective (uncredited) Music The film featured a theme song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Actress (1928 Film)
''The Actress'' is a Lost film, lost 1928 American silent film, silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin (director), Sidney Franklin, and starred Norma Shearer. This film was based on the 1898 play ''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' by Arthur Wing Pinero that had first premiered on Broadway in 1898, starring Mary Mannering, which was revived by Ethel Barrymore in 1911, Laurette Taylor in 1925, and at the time this film was produced (1927) by Helen Gahagan. The play was first brought to the screen as a British made silent film ''Trelawny of the Wells (film), Trelawny of the "Wells"'' in 1916. This film is one of many lost MGM films dating from the 1920s. Plot Cast * Norma Shearer as Rose Trelawny * Owen Moore as Tom Wrench * Gwen Lee as Avonia * Lee Moran as Colpoys * Roy D'Arcy as Gadd * Virginia Pearson as Mrs. Telfer * William J. Humphrey as Mr. Telfer * Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Mossop * Ralph Forbes as Arthur Gower * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Black Eagle
''Under the Black Eagle'' is a 1928 American silent World War I drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, written by Norman Houston, Bradley King, and Madeleine Ruthven, and starring Ralph Forbes, Marceline Day, Bert Roach, William Fairbanks, and Marc McDermott. The film was released on March 24, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Cast *Ralph Forbes as Karl von Zorn *Marceline Day as Margareta *Bert Roach as Hans Schmidt * William Fairbanks as Ulrich Muller *Marc McDermott as Col. Luden *Flash the Dog as Prinz Preservation A surviving late silent from 'Woody' Van Dyke, listed as being preserved at the EYE Film Institute Netherlands Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in ... (Filmmuseum). References External links *at silentfilmstillarchive.com 1928 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trail Of '98
''The Trail of '98'' is a 1928 American synchronized sound action-adventure/drama film featuring Harry Carey and Dolores del Río about the Klondike Gold Rush. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score, with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was originally released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in a short-lived widescreen process called "Fantom Screen". The film is based on the 1910 novel of the same name, written by Robert W. Service. Plot Cast * Dolores del Río as Berna * Ralph Forbes as Larry * Karl Dane as Lars Petersen * Harry Carey as Jack Locasto * Tully Marshall as Salvation Jim * George Cooper as Samuel Foote (The Worm) * Russell Simpson as Old Swede * Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Bulkey * Tenen Holtz as Mr. Bulkey * Cesare Gravina as Henry Kelland (Berna's Grandfather) * Doris Lloyd as Locasto's procurer * E. Alyn Warren as Engineer * Johnny Downs as Mother's boy (as John Down) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Latest From Paris
''The Latest from Paris'' is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by Sam Wood and written by Joseph Farnham and A. P. Younger. The film stars Norma Shearer, George Sidney, Ralph Forbes, Tenen Holtz, and William Bakewell. The film was released on February 4, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Cast *Norma Shearer as Ann Dolan *George Sidney as Sol Blogg *Ralph Forbes as Joe Adams *Tenen Holtz as Abe Littauer *William Bakewell as Bud Dolan * Margaret Landis as Louise Martin *Bert Roach Egbert Roach (August 21, 1891 – February 16, 1971) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 320 films between 1914 and 1951. He was born in Washington, D.C., and died in Los Angeles, California, age 79. Selected filmography * ... as Bert Blevins *Ethel M. Jackson *Della Peterson Preservation status *The film survives, preserved by MGM, with only reel 4 missing. References External links *at silentfilmstillarchive.com 1928 films Metro-Goldwyn-M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enemy (1927 Film)
''The Enemy'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Lillian Gish, Ralph Forbes and Ralph Emerson. Actor Joel McCrea made an early appearance as an extra. Plot Newlywed Carl goes to war where he endures major suffering. Back home, wife Pauli starves, becomes a prostitute to survive, and their baby dies. Cast * Lillian Gish as Pauli Arndt * Ralph Forbes as Carl Behrend * Ralph Emerson as Bruce Gordon * Frank Currier as Professor Arndt * George Fawcett as August Behrend * Fritzi Ridgeway as Mitzi Winkelmann * Hans Joby as Fritz Winkelmann (credited as John S. Peters) * Karl Dane as Jan * Polly Moran as Baruska * Billy Kent Schaefer as Kurt * Louise Emmons (uncredited) * Betty Jane Graham as Little girl (uncredited) * William Wilbur Steel as Pauli Arndt’s baby boy Carl Behrend Jr.(uncredited) * Joel McCrea as Extra (uncredited) Censorship concern The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, formed by the film industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau Geste (1926 Film)
''Beau Geste'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and based on the 1924 novel ''Beau Geste'' by P. C. Wren. Ronald Colman stars as the title character. Plot Major de Beaujolais leads a French Foreign Legion battalion across the Sahara desert to relieve Fort Zinderneuf, reportedly besieged by Arabs. When he arrives, he receives no response from the Legionnaires manning the walls, only a single shot. He realizes they are dead. The trumpeter volunteers to scale the wall and open the gate, but after waiting 15 minutes, the major climbs inside himself. He finds the dead commandant with a note in his hand addressed to the chief of police of Scotland Yard which states that the writer is solely responsible for the theft of the "Blue Water" sapphire from Lady Patricia Brandon. Soon after, the bodies of the commandant and the man beside him disappear. Then the fort is set afire. The major sends two Americans - later disclosed as the Gestes' friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charley's Aunt (1926 Film)
''Charley's Aunt'' (Swedish: ''Charleys tant'') is a 1926 Swedish silent comedy film directed by Elis Ellis and starring Ellis, Ralph Forbes and Renée Björling.Gustafsson p.125 It is an adaptation of the 1882 play ''Charley's Aunt'' by Brandon Thomas. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde. Plot Cast * Elis Ellis as Lord Francourt Bobberley * Ralph Forbes as Jack Chesney * Olav Riégo as Charles Wykeham * Renée Björling as Kitty Werden * Inga Sundblad-Ellis as Annie Speetigue * Axel Hultman as Jeremias Speetigue * Sven Bergvall as Sir Francis Chesney * Magda Holm as Ella Delahay * Anna Bergvall as Dona Lucia d'Alvadorez * Gustaf Hjärne Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cart ... as Brasset References Bibliography * Tommy G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owd Bob (1924 Film)
''Owd Bob'' is a 1924 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring J. Fisher White, Ralph Forbes and James Carew. It is based on the 1898 novel ''Owd Bob'' by Alfred Ollivant. Location shooting took place in the Lake District. Plot Cast * J. Fisher White as Adam McAdam * Ralph Forbes as Davie McAdam * James Carew James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began working as a clerk in a publishing fi ... as James Moore * Yvonne Thomas as Maggie Moore * Frank Stanmore as Jim Burton * Grace Lane as Mrs. Moore * Robert English as Squire * John Marlborough East as Shepherd References Bibliography * Sweet, Matthew. ''Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema''. Faber and Faber, 2005. External links * 1924 films 1924 drama films 1920s British films 1920s English-language film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |