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Rhea Haines
Rhea Haines (October 2, 1894 – March 12, 1964) was a silent film actress from Indiana. Biography Haines was a leading lady for the film company of actor Hobart Bosworth. She played in films with Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, and Mack Sennett. In 1920 she appeared in '' Mary Ellen Comes to Town'' and ''Always Audacious'' for Paramount Pictures. The same year she performed in ''The Master Stroke'' for Vitagraph and ''Smiling All The Way'' for D.N. Schwab. In 1921 Haines made ''Uncharted Seas'' for Metro Pictures. In ''Mary Ellen Comes To Town'', she appeared with Dorothy Gish, Ralph Graves, and Charles Gerrard. The film was directed by Elmer Clifton. She was associated as an actress with both D.W. Griffith and the Fine Arts Theater. Haines stopped making motion pictures in the early 1920s. She was married to attorney Thomas Case. She died in Los Angeles, California, in 1964, aged 69, from undisclosed causes. Partial filmography * '' John Barleycorn'' (1914) * ''An Odyssey of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware County, Indiana
Delaware County is a county in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 111,903. The county seat is Muncie. Delaware County is part of the Muncie, IN metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the larger Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie CSA. History Delaware County was authorized in Jan. 1820 on New Purchase lands south of the Wabash River gained with the 1818 Treaty of St. Mary's. It encompassed the drainage basin of the White River, along which the Delaware, a Native American people had settled, and from which the County takes its name. The Delaware people were moved to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1840s. The county was once home to Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet"), a brother of Tecumseh who instigated a major Indian uprising in 1811 culminating in the Battle of Tippecanoe. David Conner, a trader, was the first white settler, arriving in the early 1810s. After formation, numerous counties were carved from the original, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It was purchased in 1919. History Metro Pictures was founded as a film distribution company in February 1915 by a number of "exchange men" with Richard A. Rowland as president, George Grombacher as vice-president and Louis B. Mayer as secretary. Grombacher owned exchanges in Portland and Seattle. Rowland and Metro's 2nd vice president James B. Clark were from the Roland & Clark company based in Pittsburgh. Metro was capitalized with $300,000 in cash and founded for the purpose of controlling movie productions for the exchanges. Rowland had been an investor in Alco Films which was a distribution company for a coalition of production companies. Mayer convinced Rowland to set up Metro to replace Alco to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beachcomber (1915 Film)
''The Beachcomber'' is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Hobart Bosworth. The film stars Hobart Bosworth, Helen Wolcott, Mr. Rahawanaku, Cora Drew, John Weiss and W.F. Harrison. The film was released in 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Hobart Bosworth as The Sailor *Helen Wolcott as Taleaa *Mr. Rahawanaku as Kane Pili *Cora Drew as Mother *John Weiss as Maukaa *W.F. Harrison as Nalu *J. Harvey as Ka'alehai *Dan Waid as Waonokiki *Rhea Haines Rhea Haines (October 2, 1894 – March 12, 1964) was a silent film actress from Indiana. Biography Haines was a leading lady for the film company of actor Hobart Bosworth. She played in films with Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, and Mack Sennett. ... as Palikii * Marshall Stedman as Mate of the Edith / Missionary References External links * 1915 films 1910s English-language films 1915 drama films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films Films directed by Phil Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Sunset
''Little Sunset'' is a 1915 American comedy silent film directed by Hobart Bosworth and written by Charles Emmett Van Loan. The film stars Hobart Bosworth, Gordon Griffith, Rhea Haines, Joe Ray and Marshall Stedman. The film was released on May 6, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1912 story by Charles Emmett van Loan, then the leading writer of baseball fiction in America. It is one of the first baseball films. The "Apaches" featured in the film were actually the Vernon Tigers team players, then among the best professional baseball players in California in the Pacific Coast League. The film is also one of the first feature films to focus on the story of a child. Children have been a familiar presence since the origins of cinema in many short films, here Gordon Griffith - at the age of 8 with already considerable experience in movies - becomes the first child actor to star in a feature film in the United States.Stanley W. Todd, "The Boys of the Screen", Motion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 In Film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * February 1: Fox Film Corporation founded * February 8: D.W Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks both box office and film length records (running at a total length of over three hours). * February: Metro Pictures, a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is founded * February 22: The Allan Dwan directed film '' David Harum'' is released. The film is the first in long line of a successful romantic onscreen pairings of actors May Allison and Harold Lockwood. * March 15: Universal Studios Hollywood opens ( 1964). * June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) is formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California. * July: Triangle Film Corporation is founded in Culver City, California and attracts filmmakers D. W. Griffith, Thomas H. Ince and Mack Sennett * September 11: A nitrate fire at Famous Players in New York destroys seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckshot John
''Buckshot John'' is a 1915 American Western (genre), Western film that was directed by and starred Hobart Bosworth. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress film archive. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as "Buckshot John" Moran * Courtenay Foote as Dr. Buchanan Gilmore / The Great Gilmore * Carl von Schiller as Jimmy Dacey, a Reporter * Helen Wolcott as Ruth Mason * Herbert Standing as John Mason * Marshall Stedman as Warden of state's prison * Frank Lanning as Bad Jake Kennedy * Art Acord as Hairtrigger Jordan * Elmo Lincoln as The sheriff (as Oscar Linkenhelt) * Rhea Haines as Mrs. Hayden * Arthur Allardt as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) * J.F. Briscoe as Medicine show crowd (uncredited) * Mr. Fletcher as Judge (uncredited) * Hoot Gibson as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) * Wong Ling as Hindo (uncredited) * Martha Mattox as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) * Robert Murdock as Turnkey (uncredited) * Ray Myers as Medicine Show Crowd (uncredited) * Joe Ray as Medicine Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Country Mouse
''The Country Mouse'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film written and directed by Hobart Bosworth. The film stars Hobart Bosworth, Adele Farrington, Myrtle Stedman, Marshall Stedman and Rhea Haines. The film was released on November 23, 1914, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Billy Bladerson * Adele Farrington as Addie Balderson * Myrtle Stedman as Myrtle Marshall *Marshall Stedman as George Marshall *Rhea Haines Rhea Haines (October 2, 1894 – March 12, 1964) was a silent film actress from Indiana. Biography Haines was a leading lady for the film company of actor Hobart Bosworth. She played in films with Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, and Mack Sennett. ... as Madame Pauline References External links * 1914 films 1910s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1914 comedy films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pursuit Of The Phantom
''The Pursuit of the Phantom'' is a 1914 American drama film written and directed by Hobart Bosworth. The film stars Hobart Bosworth, Rhea Haines, Helen Wolcott, Courtenay Foote and Myrtle Stedman. The film was released on September 1, 1914, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Hobart Bosworth as Richard Alden *Rhea Haines as Alden's sweetheart *Helen Wolcott as Helen Alden *Courtenay Foote as Wyant Van Zandt *Myrtle Stedman as Helen Alden * Emmett J. Flynn as Van Zandt's son *Nigel De Brulier Nigel De Brulier (born Francis George Packer; 8 August 1877 – 30 January 1948) was an English stage and film actor who began his career in the United Kingdom before relocating to the United States. Biography De Brulier was born in Frenchay, a ... as The Poet References External links * 1914 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1914 drama films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of 'Burning Daylight' In Alaska
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things 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 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 consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Odyssey Of The North
''An Odyssey of the North'' is a 1914 American adventure film directed by Hobart Bosworth and written by Hettie Grey Baker and Hobart Bosworth. The film stars Hobart Bosworth, Rhea Haines and Gordon Sackville. It is based on the 1899 short story "An Odyssey of the North" by Jack London. The film was released on September 3, 1914, by Paramount Pictures. Cast * Hobart Bosworth as Naass *Rhea Haines as Unga *Gordon Sackville Gordon Sackville (born 1880 - August 6, 1926) was a film actor. Earlier in his career he appeared on stage. He was part of several Hobart Bosworth productions. He was in '' The Best Man Wins'', one of the first Hollywood films. Sackville was born ... as Axel Gunderson References External links * 1914 films American adventure films 1914 adventure films Films based on works by Jack London Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films Silent adventure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barleycorn (film)
''John Barleycorn'' is a lost 1914 silent film drama produced and directed by Hobart Bosworth. It was distributed through State Rights and W. W. Hodkinson. Cast *Elmer Clifton - Jack, 3rd period *Antrim Short - Jack, 2nd period *Matty Roubert - Jack, 1st period * Viola Barry - Haydee *Hobart Bosworth - Scratch Nelson *Joe Ray - *Elmo Lincoln - *Dick La Reno - *Rhea Haines Rhea Haines (October 2, 1894 – March 12, 1964) was a silent film actress from Indiana. Biography Haines was a leading lady for the film company of actor Hobart Bosworth. She played in films with Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, and Mack Sennett. ... - References External links * * 1914 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films based on American novels Films based on works by Jack London American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1914 drama films 1914 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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