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Ramsey Wallace
Ramsey Wallace (1883–1933) was an actor in silent films. His work included leading roles. He starred in ''A Voice in the Dark (film), A Voice in the Dark''. He received a favorable review for his leading role in ''The Call of Home''. He worked as a promoter after his film career and died of a brain tumor in 1933. Selected filmography *''Her Only Way'' (1918) *''The Grain of Dust (1918 film), The Grain of Dust'' (1918) *''Her Beloved Villain'' (1920) *''The Woman in His House (1920 film), The Woman in His House'' (1920) *''The Rage of Paris (1921 film), The Rage of Paris'' (1921) *''A Voice in the Dark (film), A Voice in the Dark '' (1921) *''The Call of Home'' (1921) * ''Luring Lips'' (1921) *''Little Wildcat'' (1922) *''Human Hearts (film), Human Hearts'' (1922) * ''The Call of Home'' (1922) *''The Girl I Loved'' (1923) *''The Drivin' Fool'' (1923) * ''Gossip (1923 film), Gossip'' (1923) *''The Little Wildcat'' (1923) *''The Extra Girl'' (1923) *''Broken Laws'' (1924) *''Empt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rage Of Paris (1921) - 1
''The Rage of Paris'' is a 1938 American comedy film made by Universal Pictures. The movie was directed by Henry Koster, and written by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson. It won the Venice Film Festival for Special Recommendation. Re-issued by Realart in 1951 re-titled 'Confessions of a Model.' Plot In New York City, Frenchwoman Nicole de Cortillon seeks modeling work and manages to steal a name and address from a modeling agency by lying about her qualifications, but it is the wrong information. She starts undressing in the advertising office of a very puzzled Jim Trevor. When she finally realizes he is not a photographer, she storms out. Nicole is locked out of her room by her landlady for being behind on her rent, but her friend Gloria helps her out by paying the arrears. Gloria suggests she try to snare a rich husband. Gloria is good friends with Mike, the head waiter at the ritzy Savoy Grand Hotel, so she tries to get him to hire Gloria. Mike has no openings, but mentions tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl I Loved
''The Girl I Loved'' is a 1923 American drama silent film directed by Joe De Grasse and written by Albert Ray. The film stars Charles Ray, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ramsey Wallace, Edythe Chapman and William Courtright. The film was released on February 15, 1923, by United Artists. Cast * Charles Ray as John Middleton *Patsy Ruth Miller as Mary *Ramsey Wallace as Willie Brown *Edythe Chapman as Mother Middleton * William Courtright as Neighbor Silas Gregg *Charlotte Woods as Betty Short * Gus Leonard as Neighbor Perkins *F.B. Phillips as Hired Man * Lon Poff as Minister *Jess Herring as Hiram Lang *Ruth Bolgiano as Ruth Lang *Edward Moncrief as The Judge * George F. Marion as The Judge *Billie Latimer as A Spinster Preservation The film survives in complete at the property of Cinematheque Royale de Belgique and Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Deaths
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January * January 4 – ''Life (magazine), Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A Newhall House Hotel Fire, fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. February * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The ''Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an Competition law, antitrust law. * February 28 – The first vaudeville th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalk Marks
''Chalk Marks'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Marguerite Snow and June Elvidge. It was distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Chalk Marks'' 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 *Lobby card 1924 films Lost American adventure films American silent feature films Films directed by John G. Adolfi Producers Distributing Corporation films American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Frank E. Woods Silent American adventure films 1924 adventure films 1924 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language adventure films {{1920s-adventure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empty Hands
''Empty Hands'' is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Jack Holt and Norma Shearer. The film was produced by the Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Empty Hands'' 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 *Stillat silentfilmstillarchive.comStillsat normashearer.com 1924 films 1924 romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Victor Fleming Paramount Pictures films Lost American romantic drama films 1924 lost films 1920s American films Silent American romantic drama films 1920s English-language films Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Laws
''Broken Laws'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill, remarkable for the appearance of Dorothy Davenport, who is billed as "Mrs. Wallace Reid".Progressive Silent Film List: ''Broken Laws'' at silentera.com ''Broken Laws'', with its plot of parental overindulgence, is the second of Davenport's "social conscience" releases, to be followed by '' The Red Kimono'' (1925), based on a true-life story of .McCaffrey, Donald W. and Jacobs, Christopher P. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Press, p. 101.
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The Extra Girl
''The Extra Girl'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and starring Mabel Normand.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Extra Girl'' at silentera.com Produced by , ''The Extra Girl'' followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about , such as 's '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Wildcat
''The Little Wildcat'' is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy drama directed by Ray Enright and starring Audrey Ferris, James Murray and Robert Edeson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. Cast * Audrey Ferris as Audrey * James Murray as Conrad Burton * Robert Edeson as Joel Ketchum * George Fawcett as Judge Holt * Hallam Cooley as Victor Sargeant * Doris Dawson as Sue Preservation status The visual portion of this film are now lost. The complete soundtrack to the film has survived on Vitaphone discs. See also *List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) *List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and/or Vitaphone, talking movies produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and its sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossip (1923 Film)
''Gossip'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by King Baggot and starring Gladys Walton, Ramsey Wallace and Albert Prisco.Munden p.308 Cast * Gladys Walton as Caroline Weatherbee * Ramsey Wallace as Hiram Ward * Albert Prisco Albert Prisco (January 28, 1890 – ?) was an American actor born in Naples, Italy. He appeared in 28 films between 1921 and 1935. Filmography External links * 1890 births 20th-century American male actors American male film act ... as John Magoo * Freeman Wood as Robert Williamson * Carol Holloway as Mrs. Boyne References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by King Baggot Universal Pictures films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drivin' Fool
''The Drivin' Fool'' is a 1923 American silent comedy action film directed by Robert Thornby and starring Wally Van, Alec B. Francis, and Patsy Ruth Miller. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Drivin' Fool'' 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 * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1923 films 1920s action comedy films American silent feature films American action comedy films Films directed by Robert Thornby American black-and-white films Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 1923 comedy films 1920s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Hearts (film)
''Human Hearts'' is a 1922 American silent rural drama film directed by King Baggot, and produced and distributed by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It stars House Peters. It is based on a play of the same name by Hal Reid. Plot As described in a film magazine, Tom Logan (Peters), an assistant to his father Paul (Simpson) in his blacksmith shop, falls in love with Barbara Kaye (Hallor), a notorious character who plans to fleece him. Against his father's wishes, Tom marries her and they have a child. Jay Benton (Wallace), a former friend of Barbara's, is released from prison and comes to see Barbara. Tom's father finds them together, and there is a scuffle and a shot and Paul Logan is killed. Jimmy (Hackathorne), Tom's half-wit brother, runs to the village and spreads the news that Tom has killed his own father. Tom is sentenced and convicted to a life sentence. Barbara moves to the city with her child and lives with Benton. Tom saves the life of the warden (Taylor) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
