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Ruth Stonehouse
Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 – May 12, 1941) was an actress and film director during the silent films, silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows. Early life Ruth Stonehouse was born to James Wesley Stonehouse and Georgia C. Worster on September 28, 1892, in Denver, Colorado. Her father was the founder of Stonehouse Signs Inc. According to the 1900 Census for Laurence Town, Teller County, Colorado, she lived with her father, James, a sign writer, and her grandmother, Eda Stonehouse, along with her sister, Hazel, who was a year younger. By 1910, she was living with her mother, Georgia Stonehouse, a stenographer, and her sister, Hazel, in Chicago, Illinois. Curiously, her mother lists herself as a widow on the 1910 Census, while James Stonehouse can be found residing in Arizona. Film career Stonehouse worked for Triangle Film Corporation and Universal Pictures during a career which extended from 1911 until 1928. A few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver, Colorado
Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River, South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains (United States), High Plains east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. With a population of 715,522 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010 United States census, 2010, Denver is the List of United States cities by population, 19th most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. Denver is the principal city of the Denver metropolitan area, Denver Metropolitan area (which includes over 3 million people), as well as the economic and cultural center of the broader Front Range Urban Corridor, Front Range, home to more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Stonehouse Painted By Benjamin Eggleston, 1922
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Arkansas * Ruth, California * Ruth, Louisiana * Ruth, Kentucky * Ruth, Michigan * Ruth, Mississippi * Ruth, Nevada * Ruth, North Carolina * Ruth, Virginia * Ruth, Washington * Ruth, West Virginia In space * Ruth (lunar crater), crater on the Moon * Ruth (Venusian crater), crater on Venus * 798 Ruth, asteroid People * Ruth (biblical figure) * Ruth (given name) contains list of namesakes including fictional * Princess Ruth or Keʻelikōlani, (1826–1883), Hawaiian princess Surname * A. S. Ruth, American politician * Babe Ruth (1895–1948), American baseball player * Connie Ruth, American politician * Earl B. Ruth (1916–1989), American politician * Elizabeth Ruth, Canadian novelist * Heidi Ruth (born 1996), American socce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Peg O' The Ring
''The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring'' is a 1916 American drama film serial directed by Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard. It is now considered to be lost. Cast * Grace Cunard as Peg * Francis Ford as Dr. Lund, Junior * Mark Fenton as Dr. Lund, Senior (credited as Marc Fenton) * G. Raymond Nye * Peter Gerald as Flip The Clown (credited as Pete Gerald) * Jean Hathaway as Mrs. Lund * Charles Munn * Irving Lippner as Marcus, The Hindoo * Jack Duffy * John Ford as Lund's Accomplice (credited as Jack Ford) * Lionel Bradshaw * Eddie Polo (scenes deleted) * Ruth Stonehouse Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 – May 12, 1941) was an actress and film director during the silent films, silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows. Early life Ruth Stonehouse was born to ... (scenes deleted; but stills of her in the film survive) Chapter titles # ''The Leopard's Mark'' # ''A Strange Inheritance'' # ''In The Lion's Den'' # ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alster Case
''The Alster Case'' is a lost 1915 silent film drama directed by J. Charles Haydon and starring Bryant Washburn and Ruth Stonehouse. It was based on a novel, ''The Alster Case'', by Rufus Gillmore. It was produced by the Essanay Company. Plot Miss Cornelia Alster, a wealthy spinster, secretly makes George Swan, a poor lawyer’s clerk, executor of her estate. That night, she returns home from the theater with him unexpectedly, discovering her two wards, Beatrice and Linda, in, what she thinks, is an affair with two men. As a matter of fact, Linda is fighting Keith, the butler, who is blackmailing her to force her to give him money, while Beatrice is entertaining her sweetheart, Allen Longstreet, a young inventor. Miss Alster waits in her room, determined to see who the men are. The next day she is found murdered. Trask, a noted detective, is put on the trail. He follows the five suspects, and all but George are exonerated, as he was the first who knew about the murder. George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Romance Of An American Duchess
''The Romance of an American Duchess'' is a 1915 American short silent drama film starring Richard C. Travers. Gloria Swanson had an uncredited role.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'' p. 56 c.1953 by Daniel C. Blum. Cast * Richard C. Travers as Duke de Longtour * Estelle Scott as Countess Maria * Sidney Ainsworth as Marquis Ferdinand * Ruth Stonehouse as Stephana Martin * Gloria Swanson Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for h ... as Minor Role (uncredited) References External links * 1915 films 1915 drama films 1915 short films Silent American drama short films American black-and-white films Essanay Studios films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language drama short films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' (1932), as the pirate Long John Silver in '' Treasure Island'' (1934), as Pancho Villa in '' Viva Villa!'' (1934), and his title role in '' The Champ'' (1931), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 films during a 36-year career. His contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stipulated in 1932 that he would be paid $1 more than any other contract player at the studio. This made Beery the highest-paid film actor in the world during the early 1930s. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr. For his contributions to the film industry, Beery was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early life Beery was born the youngest of three boys on April 1, 1885, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slim Princess (1915 Film)
''The Slim Princess'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed by E. H. Calvert and starring Francis X. Bushman, Ruth Stonehouse and Wallace Beery. (This is believed to have been Beery's first full-length feature film.) The movie was written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. from a story by George Ade and play by Henry Blossom, and was subsequently remade into a 1920 film starring Mabel Normand. The farcical plot involves a princess of a fictional country, loosely based upon Turkey, in which obese women are prized and the normal-sized protagonist is widely regarded as being too slender. Plot As described in a film magazine, Alexander Pike, longing for new fields to conquer and willing to give a federal grand jury some time to forget him, takes a trip to Morovenia, where the ruling governor is desperate because Kalora, his oldest daughter, refuses to get fat enough to conform to the Turkish ideal of beauty and so be safely married off. The law forbids her younger and fatter s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essanay
Essanay Studios, officially the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, was an early American film, motion picture movie studio, studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago by George Kirke Spoor and Broncho Billy Anderson, Gilbert M. Anderson, originally as the Peerless Film Manufacturing Company, then as Essanay (formed by the founders' initials: S and A) on August 10, 1907. Essanay is probably best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies produced in 1915-1916. In late 1916, it merged distribution with other studios and stopped issuing films in the fall of 1918. According to film historian Steve Massa, Essanay is one of the important early studios, with comedies as a particular strength. Founders Spoor and Anderson were subsequently awarded special Academy Awards for pioneering contributions to film. Founding Essanay was originally located at 501 Wells Street (modern numbering: 1360 N. Wells). Essanay's first film, ''An Awful Skate, or The Hobo on Rollers'' (J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis X
Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025) *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada ** Francis (electoral district) * Francis, Nebraska, USA * Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska, USA * Francis, Oklahoma, USA * Francis, Utah, USA Arts, entertainment, media * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell * Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band *Francis (TV series), a Indian Bengali-language animated television series Other uses *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine See also * Saint Francis (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spy's Defeat
''The Spy's Defeat'' is a 1913 silent film drama short directed by Harry McRae Webster and starring Francis X. Bushman and Ruth Stonehouse. It was produced by the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company and released by the General Film Company.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.42 c.1953 Daniel Blum. Cast * Francis X. Bushman - Lt. Carl Heinrich *Ruth Stonehouse Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 – May 12, 1941) was an actress and film director during the silent films, silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows. Early life Ruth Stonehouse was born to ... - Fredericka *Frank Dayton - Count Plentoff, The Spy * Lillian Drew - Olga *William Walters - Von Metzing, The Russian * Bryant Washburn See also * Francis X. Bushman filmography References External linksThe Spy's Defeat at IMDb.com 1913 films 1913 drama films 1913 lost films 1913 short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Soul Meets Soul
''When Soul Meets Soul'' is a 1913 silent film romantic fantasy short directed by Norman MacDonald and produced by the Essanay Studios out of Chicago. It starred Francis X. Bushman and Dolores Cassinelli. It was produced by the Essanay Studios and distributed by the General Film Company. This film survives in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.207 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Francis X. Bushman - Prince Arames/Professor Delaplane * Dolores Cassinelli - Princess Charazel *Fred Wulf - Professor's Assistant * |
From The Submerged
''From the Submerged'' is a 1912 American silent film, silent short film. The melodrama was written and directed by Theodore Wharton, and stars E.H. Calvert, Ruth Stonehouse, Mildred Weston, Dolores Cassinelli, Bryant Washburn and Billy Mason. It was distributed by Essanay Studios, The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, and was filmed on location in Chicago. The short film was a Reel#Motion picture terminology, one reel production, and released on November 12, 1912. It was later released in 2007, as part of a compilation film, compilation box set, through the National Film Preservation Foundation. The film is also archived at the George Eastman House, the Library of Congress; the British Film Institute, and the American Film Institute. The film received generally positive reviews and was noted for its emotional and social themes of suicide, humanity, wealthy and poor characters, and the Soup kitchen, bread line scenes. Cast *E.H. Calvert *Ruth Stonehouse *William Walters *Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
