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Ruth Cummings
Ruth Cummings (originally credited under her maiden name, Ruth Sinclair) was an American screenwriter and actress active from the 1910s through the 1930s. She was married to actor-director Irving Cummings in 1917, and they had a son, screenwriter Irving Cummings Jr. Biography Cummings was born in Washington, D.C., to actor Henry Dupree Sinclair and his wife, Lillie Schreiner. She followed in her father's footsteps and took to the stage, performing in plays around the D.C. area and eventually winning parts on Broadway. She eventually began appearing in silent films in the 1910s, rising to leading lady status by the 1920s when she won the lead role in 1922's '' The Masquerader''. After marrying Irving Cummings (who she had worked with on films like 1917's '' A Man's Law''), she became Ruth Cummings and began writing titles at MGM. She worked at MGM for many years, and she once told a reporter that she got most of her ideas while drinking chocolate sodas. She appears to have ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Cummings
Irving Cummings (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor and director. Career Born in New York City, Cummings started his acting career at age 16 in ''Diplomacy (play), Diplomacy''. His Broadway theatre, Broadway, performances included ''In the Long Run'' (1909) and ''Object -- Matrimony'' (1916). Acting in the Proctor Stock Company, Cummings appeared with Lillian Russell and other actresses. Cummings entered into movies in 1909, acting with the P. A. Powers company in Mount Vernon, New York, and quickly became a popular leading man. Few of the films he made as an actor are easily available. Exceptions include Buster Keaton's first feature film, ''The Saphead'' (1920), in which Cummings plays a crooked stockbroker; Fred Niblo's film ''Sex (1920 film), Sex'' (1920), one of the first films to depict a new phenomenon in 1920s America, the Flapper; and ''The Round-Up (1920 film), The Round-Up'' (1920), a Western drama starring Roscoe Arbuckle (with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Sierras
''Beyond the Sierras'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Robert Lord. The film stars Tim McCoy, Sylvia Beecher, Roy D'Arcy, Polly Moran, Richard Neill and J. Gordon Russell. The film was released on September 15, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast * Tim McCoy as The Masked Stranger * Sylvia Beecher as Rosa del Valle * Roy D'Arcy as Owens * Polly Moran as Inez * Richard Neill Richard Renchaw Neill Jr. (November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras. He performed in more than 200 films from 1910 to 1959, and during the early part of his lon ... as Don Carlos del Valle * J. Gordon Russell as Wells References External links * 1928 films 1920s English-language films 1928 Western (genre) films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Nick Grinde American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovers (1927 Film)
''Lovers'' or Lovers? is a 1927 silent film romance drama produced and distributed by MGM and directed by John M. Stahl. It stars Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry. It is based on the 1908 play ''The World and His Wife'' and is a remake of a 1920 silent of the same name from Paramount. ''Lovers'' is a lost film. Cast *Ramon Novarro - Jose *Alice Terry - Felicia *Edward Martindel - Don Julian *Edward Connelly - Don Severo *George K. Arthur - Pepito *Lillian Leighton - Dona Mercedes *Holmes Herbert - Milton *John Miljan - Alvarez *Roy D'Arcy - Senor Galdos See also *'' The Celebrated Scandal'' (1915) *''The World and His Wife ''The World and His Wife'' is a lost American 1920 silent drama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Directed by Robert G. Vignola, the film was based on the 1908 Broadway play of the same name ...'' (1920) References External links *allmovie/synopsis; ''Lovers?'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California (1927 Film)
''California'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings and Frank Davis. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Marc McDermott, Frank Currier and Fred Warren. The film was released on May 7, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot The film dramatized the Battle of San Pasqual, of December 6–7, 1846, a battle of the Mexican–American War 1846-1848, in which General Stephen W. Kearny's U.S. Dragoons fought Californio lancers in the San Pasqual Valley, just east of Escondido, California.Grace Kingsley, "Tim McCoy's New One," ''Los Angeles Times'', March 4, 1927. Cast * Tim McCoy as Capt. Archibald Gillespie * Dorothy Sebastian as Carlotta del Rey * Marc McDermott as Drachano * Frank Currier as Don Carlos del Rey * Fred Warren as Kit Carson * Lillian Leighton Lillianne Brown Leighton (May 17, 1874 – March 19, 1956), known professionally as Lillian Leighton, was an American silent film actress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Laurie (1927 Film)
''Annie Laurie'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by John S. Robertson, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry. It is about the battles of Scottish clans. This was the third film of Lillian Gish at MGM, and its poor box office returns marked a decline in the star's career. On a down note Gish stated that her mother became ill during the production of this film and that "...she only showed up for work" as opposed to putting her all into the film. John Wayne makes an early film appearance as a crowd extra. The film's copyright was not renewed, and fell into the public domain on January 1, 2023. On January 8, 2024, Turner Classic Movies launched the world premiere of the Library of Congress restoration of ''Annie Laurie'', with a new score by Robert Israel. Plot Cast * Lillian Gish as Annie Laurie * Norman Kerry as Ian Macdonald * Creighton Hale as Donald Campbell * Joseph Striker as Alastair Macdonald * Hobart Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Devils (1927 Film)
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The Student Prince In Old Heidelberg
''The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg'', also known as ''The Student Prince'' and ''Old Heidelberg'', is a 1927 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer silent drama film based on the 1901 play '' Old Heidelberg'' by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and stars Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer. Plot Young Crown Prince Karl Heinrich, heir to the kingdom of Karlsburg (a fictional sovereign state of the German Confederation), is brought to live with his stern uncle, King Karl VII. The king immediately dismisses the boy's nanny without telling the youngster to avoid an emotional farewell. Dr. Friedrich Jüttner, his new tutor, proves to be sympathetic, and they become lifelong friends. Nonetheless, despite the commoners' belief that it must be wonderful to be him, the boy grows up lonely, without playmates his own age. Upon passing his high school examination in 1901 with the help of Dr.Jüttner, the young prince is delighted to learn that both he and Jüttner are being sent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quality Street (1927 Film)
''Quality Street'' is a 1927 American silent romance film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel and Helen Jerome Eddy. Produced by Cosmopolitan Productions for release through MGM, it was based on the 1901 play of the same name by James M. Barrie. Prints of this film are preserved at the Library of Congress and in the Turner Archive. In 2002, the film was released on DVD by the Milestone Films and Video company releasing through Image Entertainment. There was also a sound film version made in 1937, starring Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose Katharine Hepburn on screen and stage, career as a Golden Age of Hollywood, Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was known for her headstrong .... Plot in 1805, young, beautiful Phoebe Throssel (Marion Davies) and her spinster sister Susan (Helen Jerome Eddy) live together at their house in Quality Street, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Old Kentucky (1927 Film)
''In Old Kentucky'' is a 1927 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by John M. Stahl. The film was based on the popular 1893 play of the same name by Charles T. Dazey and stars Helene Costello and James Murray. ''In Old Kentucky'' also features an early performance by Lincoln Perry, who later became known as Stepin Fetchit. The performance proved to be a breakthrough for Perry who signed a five-year contract with Fox Film Corporation shortly after the film's release. The film is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name which was M-G-M studio head Louis B. Mayer's first production as an independent producer. The play was adapted for the screen a third time in 1935 starring Will Rogers in one of his final film appearances. Cast * James Murray as Jimmy Brierly *Helene Costello as Nancy Holden *Wesley Barry as Skippy Lowry *Dorothy Cumming as Mrs. Brierly *Edward Martindel as Mr. Brierly * Harvey Clark as Dan Lowry *Stepin Fet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love (1927 American Film)
''Love'' is a 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A sound version of the film was released in 1928 with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. MGM made the film to capitalize on its winning romantic team of Greta Garbo and John Gilbert who had starred in the 1926 blockbuster '' Flesh and the Devil''. Taking full advantage of the star power, a drama was scripted based on Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel, ''Anna Karenina''. The result was a failure for the author's purists, but it provided the public with a taste of Gilbert-Garbo eroticism that would never again be matched. The publicity campaign for the film was one of the largest up to that time, and the title was changed from the original, ''Heat''. Director Dimitri Buchowetzki began work on ''Love'' with Garbo and Ricardo Cortez. However, producer Irving Thalberg was unhappy with the early filming, and started over by replacing Buchowetzki with Edmund Gou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming (1928 Film)
''Wyoming'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Ruth Cummings, Madeleine Ruthven and Ross B. Wills. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Charles Bell, William Fairbanks and Chief John Big Tree. The film was released on March 24, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot summary Cast * Tim McCoy as Lt. Jack Colton * Dorothy Sebastian as Samantha Jerusha Farrell * Charles Bell as Chief Big Cloud * William Fairbanks as Buffalo Bill * Chief John Big Tree as An Indian * Goes in the Lodge as Chief Chapulti * Blue Washington Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington (26 February 1898 – 15 September 1970) was an American actor and baseball player who played in the Negro leagues from 1915 to 1920 as a pitcher and first baseman. Baseball career Washington started his baseba ... as Mose * Bert Henderson as Oswald References External links * * * 1928 films 1920s English-language films 1928 Western (genre) films Metro-Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Certain Young Man
''A Certain Young Man'' is a 1928 comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Marceline Day, Renée Adorée, Carmel Myers and Bert Roach. The film is considered lost. A trailer for the film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Synopsis An English lord is overly fond of married women. Cast * Ramon Novarro as Lord Gerald Brinsley * Marceline Day as Phyllis * Renée Adorée as Henriette * Carmel Myers as Mrs. Crutchley * Bert Roach as Mr. Crutchley * Huntley Gordon as Mr. Hammond * Ernest Wood as Hubert Production The film was shot in 1926, but was not released until 1928. Sally O'Neil was originally cast as Phyllis but was replaced by Marceline Day. Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway theatre, Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture cont ..., still an ingenue at the time, was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |