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The Silent Voice (play)
''The Silent Voice'' is a four-act play by Jules Eckert Goodman adapted from the short story ''The Man Who Played God'' by Gouverneur Morris. The play was produced by Charles Frohman and made its Broadway debut at the Liberty Theatre on December 29, 1914. ''The Silent Voice'' closed on March 19, 1915 after a run of 71 performances and later was taken on tour. Morris’ story also served as the basis for four motion pictures produced between 1915 and 1955.''The Silent Voice'' - Internet Broadway Database] Retrieved September 9, 2013Otis Skinner in ''The Silent Voice''. ''The New York Times,'' December 30, 1914, p. 11''The Silent Voice'', ''The Theatre'', vol. 21, 1915, p. 59 Retrieved September 9, 2013 Original Broadway cast |
Jules Eckert Goodman 1916
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). In the anglosphere, it is also used for females although it is still a predominantly masculine name.One of the few notable examples of a female fictional character with the name is Jules Lee from the American TV series Orphan Black: Echoes. It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer *Jules Abadie (1876–1953), French politician and surgeon *Jules Accorsi (born 1937), French football player and manager * Jules Adenis (1823–1900), French playwright and opera librettist * Jules Adler (1865–1952), French painter *Jules Asner (born 1968), American television personality *Jules Aimé Battandier (1848–1922), French botanist *Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player *Jules Bianchi (1989–2015), French Formula One driver *Jules Breton (1827–1906), French Realist painter *Jules-André Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Eckert Goodman
Jules Eckert Goodman (November 2, 1876 – July 10, 1962) was an American playwright and author. He was best known for his plays ''Treasure Island'' (1915), ''The Man Who Came Back'' (1916), '' The Silent Voice'' (1914), ''Chains'' (1923), and a series of plays featuring Potash and Permutter written with Montague Glass. Life and career Jules Eckert Goodman was born on November 2, 1876, in Gervais, Oregon. He is one of the six children born to S. Newman and Jenette ( Rothschild) Goodman. His family was Jewish, and his mother was a native of San Francisco, California. Prior to settling in Gervais and starting a family, Jeanette had resided in Portland's Multnomah Hotel. Goodman received an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1899 and a master's degree from Columbia University in 1901. He was managing editor for four years of ''Current Literature'' and also wrote for ''Outing'' and the ''Dramatic Mirror''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouverneur Morris (novelist)
Gouverneur Morris IV (1876–1953) was an American author of pulp novels and short stories during the early 20th century. Biography Gouverneur Morris IV was born in 1876 and was a great-grandson of American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father Gouverneur Morris. He graduated from Yale University, where he wrote for campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''. He was a prolific novelist and short story writer, with multiple of his works adapted into films. He worked as a war correspondent during World War I. After relocating from New York to California in 1919. In 1905, he married Elizabeth "Elsie" Waterbury. They separated in 1919 and divorced in 1923. He married screenwriter and racecar driver Ruth Wightman that same year in Mexico, with a second ceremony in California the following year in 1924. Wightman worked as his secretary before moving into Samuel Goldwyn Studio's scenario department, where she adapted his novels The Beautiful Liar (film), The Beautifu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Frohman
Charles Frohman (July 15, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American theater manager and producer, who discovered and promoted many stars of the American stage. Frohman produced over 700 shows, and among his biggest hits was '' Peter Pan'', both in London and the US. In 1896, Frohman co-founded the Theatrical Syndicate, a nationwide chain of theaters that dominated the American touring company business for more than two decades until the Shubert brothers grew strong enough to end its virtual monopoly. He partnered with English producers, including Seymour Hicks, with whom he produced a string of London hits prior to 1910, such as '' Quality Street'', ''The Admirable Crichton'', '' The Catch of the Season'', '' The Beauty of Bath'', and '' A Waltz Dream''. At the height of his fame, Frohman died in the 1915 sinking of the RMS ''Lusitania'' by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. Life and career Charles Frohman was born to a Jewish family in Sandusky, Ohio, the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Theatre (New York City)
The Liberty Theatre is a former Broadway theater at 234 West 42nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1904, the theater was designed by Herts & Tallant and built for Klaw and Erlanger, the partnership of theatrical producers Marc Klaw and A. L. Erlanger. The theater has been used as an event venue since 2011 and is part of an entertainment and retail complex developed by Forest City Ratner. The theater is owned by the city and state governments of New York and leased to New 42nd Street. Brookfield Asset Management, which acquired Forest City in 2018, subleases the venue from New 42nd Street. The Liberty Theatre consists of an auditorium facing 41st Street and a lobby facing 42nd Street. The facade on 42nd Street is largely hidden but was designed in the neoclassical style, similar to the neighboring New Amsterdam Theatre, designed by the same architects. The lobby from 42nd Street led to the auditorium in the rear, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943. Biography He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack. Boteler graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After he graduated, he stayed there as a director until he joined the Army in World War I. For three years in the mid-1920s, he worked for Douglas MacLean's film company as both actor and writer. On Broadway, Boteler appeared in the play '' The Silent Voice'' (1914). Partial filmography * '' The False Road'' (1920) * '' Lahoma'' (1920) * '' An Old Fashioned Boy'' (1920) * '' She Couldn't Help It'' (1920) * '' Ducks and Drakes'' (1921) * '' The Home Stretch'' (1921) * '' Fifty Candles'' (1921) * '' One Man in a Million'' (1921) * '' Blind Hearts'' (1921) * ''At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern AT or at may refer to: Geography Austria * Austria (ISO 2-letter cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gaul
George Gaul (September 22, 1885 – October 6, 1939) was an American stage actor in the first half of the 20th century. As far as is known Gaul never appeared in motion pictures but was one America's most successful stage actors in the 1920s. He was born in Philadelphia to John Gall and his wife Rebecca (née Baxter).''Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912–1976'' vol.2 D-H, p. 913, from editions originally published annually by John Parker; these final editions published by Gale Research Company 1976 He was educated at Lawrenceville Preparatory School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and made his Broadway debut in 1909. Over the course of his career he toured with Billie Burke, Otis Skinner and Charles Coburn.Appelbaum, Stanley, ''Great Actors & Actresses of the American Stage in Historic Photographs'', p. 74, c.1983. In the 1920s he appeared in the Theatre Guild's ''The S.S. Tenacity'' and ''Back to Methuselah''. He's best remembered for originating the part of Chico in the original B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis Skinner
Otis A. Skinner (June 28, 1858 – January 4, 1942) was an American stage actor active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Early life and education Skinner was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on June 28, 1858, the middle of three boys raised by Charles and Cornelia Skinner. He was later brought up in Hartford, Connecticut where Charles Skinner served as a Universalist minister. His older brother, Charles Montgomery Skinner, became a noted journalist and critic in New York, while his younger brother William was an artist. Skinner was educated in Hartford with an eye towards a career in commerce but a visit to the theater left him stage-struck. He secured his father's blessing for a theatrical career, and his father not only approved but also obtained from P. T. Barnum an introduction to William Pleater Davidge. Davidge employed him at eight dollars a week, and Skinner's career was launched. In the latter half of the 1870s, he played various bit roles in stock com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maud Durbin
Maud Durbin (November 9, 1871 – December 25, 1936) was an American actress. She was the wife of actor Otis Skinner and the mother of actress and author Cornelia Otis Skinner. Durbin was born in Moberly, Missouri, on November 9, 1871. A protégé of Helena Modjeska, she was touring in the Edwin Booth, Booth-Modjeska Dramatic Company when she met actor Otis Skinner, who went on to form his own dramatic company, which included Durbin, and they married in 1895. Maud Durbin was also a writer, and was the author of ''Pietro'', as well as the published short stories ''The Ne'er to Return Road'' and ''Tom's Little Star''. Durbin died in New York City on December 25, 1936. She was buried at River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, Vermont, where she and her husband had a summer home. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durbin, Maud 1871 births 1936 deaths 19th-century American actresses American stage actresses 20th-century American actresses American women writers People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lip Reading
Lip reading, also known as speechreading, is a technique of understanding a limited range of speech by visually interpreting the movements of the lips, face and tongue without sound. Estimates of the range of lip reading vary, with some figures as low as 30% because lip reading relies on context, language knowledge, and any residual hearing. Although lip reading is used most extensively by deaf and hard-of-hearing people, most people with normal hearing process can infer some speech information by observing a speaker's mouth. Process Although speech perception is considered to be an auditory skill, it is intrinsically multimodal, since producing speech requires the speaker to make movements of the lips, teeth and tongue which are often visible in face-to-face communication. Information from the lips and face supports aural comprehension and most fluent listeners of a language are sensitive to seen speech actions (see McGurk effect). The extent to which people make use of seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Voice (film)
''The Silent Voice'' is a six-reel silent film melodrama produced in 1915 by Quality Pictures and distributed by Metro Pictures. The motion picture was directed by William J. Bowman and was adapted from the Jules Eckert Goodman play '' The Silent Voice'' by I. K. Freedman and Eve Unsell. Goodman’s play, that originally starred Otis Skinner, was based on the Gouverneur Morris short story, ''The Man Who Played God'' which also served as the geneses for the 1932 film '' The Man Who Played God'' and the 1955 Liberace vehicle, '' Sincerely Yours''. ''The Silent Voice'' was released on September 13, 1915 with Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow in the principal roles. Plot The film tells the story of Franklyn Starr, a gifted musician who becomes embittered after he is stricken with a sudden onslaught of deafness and then suffers the loss of his beloved mother. He soon retreats to a remote cottage in the country with his loyal servant Spring to live out his life as a recluse. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Played God (1932 Film)
''The Man Who Played God'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by John G. Adolfi. George Arliss stars as a concert pianist embittered by the loss of his hearing, who eventually finds redemption by helping others; it also features a then little-known Bette Davis as the much younger woman engaged to the protagonist. Warner Bros. promoted the film as an example of how studios could produce motion pictures of social and moral value without the oversight of non-industry censors. It was modestly successful at the box office and was among Arliss' most popular films. The film was a remake of a 1922 silent film of the same name. It stars Arliss and is based on a 1912 short story by Gouverneur Morris. It went on to become the 1914 play of the same name and the 1915 film, '' The Silent Voice'', written by playwright Jules Eckert Goodman. In 1955 it was remade again as '' Sincerely Yours'', starring Liberace. Plot While giving a private p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
