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The Temperamental Journey
''The Temperamental Journey'', originally titled ''Such Is Life'', is a 1913 play by Leo Ditrichstein, adapted from ''Pour Vivre Heureux'' by André Rivoire and Yves Mirande. It is a three-act comedy with three settings and twenty characters. The story concerns an unhappy artist who fails to commit suicide but is assumed to have really died, and finds the commercial success in "death" that escaped him in life. The play was produced by David Belasco, staged by Ditrichstein who also starred, with Isabel Irving, Josephine Victor, Richie Ling, and Cora Witherspoon in support. It had a tryout in San Francisco under its original name in June 1913, and another in Rochester, New York in late August 1913, before it's Broadway premiere in September 1913. It ran through December 1913 for 123 performances, started on tour in Brooklyn, but closed down when Ditrichstein fell seriously ill. The play was never revived on Broadway, nor adapted for other media. Characters Characters are listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Ling
Richie Ling (October 18, 1867 – March 5, 1937) was an English singer and actor, whose career was mainly in the United States. He was originally an operatic tenor, became a stage actor, and later made some silent films. He was the original Gold Star member of Actors' Equity Association, having been the first performer to heed the callout for the Actors' Fidelity League#1919 Strike, 1919 Actors' Strike. Among many Broadway productions, his portrayal of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Fabius Maximus for Robert E. Sherwood's historical satire ''The Road to Rome'' was his longest running role at 396 performances. He was on the stage for more than fifty years, and had just finished a Broadway show two weeks before his death. Early years Richard Wilson Ling was born on October 18, 1867,Richard Wilson Ling in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, retrieved from Ancestry.com in Hammersmith, London,1891 England Census for Richard W Ling, retrieved from Ancestry.com to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Adventure (play)
''The Great Adventure'' is a play by Arnold Bennett. It was first produced in London in March 1913 and ran for 674 performances. A Broadway production in October 1913 ran for 52 performances. The play depicts the complications that ensue when a famous artist adopts the persona of his dead valet to escape his unwelcome celebrity. Background Arnold Bennett, best known as a novelist, was strongly drawn to the theatre, and had written several plays between 1899 and 1912. Only one of them, ''Milestones'', co-written with Edward Knoblock, had made any great impact, running for 612 performances from March 1912. Bennett had published a novel called ''Buried Alive'' in 1908, which he adapted for the theatre as ''The Great Adventure: A Play of Fancy in Four Acts''. It opened at the Kingsway Theatre, London on 25 March 1913. A Broadway production opened at the Booth Theatre on 16 October 1913. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munsey's Magazine
''Munsey's Magazine'' was an American magazine founded by Frank Munsey in 1889 as ''Munsey's Weekly'', a humor magazine edited by John Kendrick Bangs. It was unsuccessful, and by late 1891 had lost $100,000 ($ in ). Munsey converted it into an illustrated general monthly in October of that year, retitled ''Munsey's Magazine'' and priced at twenty-five cents ($ in ). Richard Titherington became the editor, and remained in that role throughout the magazine's existence. In 1893 Munsey cut the price to ten cents ($ in ). This brought him into conflict with the American News Company, which had a near-monopoly on magazine distribution, as they were unwilling to handle the magazine at the price Munsey proposed. Munsey started his own distribution company and was quickly successful: the first ten cent issue began with a print run of 20,000 copies but eventually sold 60,000, and within a year circulation had risen to over a quarter of a million copies. ''Munsey's Magazine'' include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willa Cather
Willa Sibert Cather (; born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including ''O Pioneers!'', ''The Song of the Lark (novel), The Song of the Lark'', and ''My Ántonia''. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for ''One of Ours'', a novel set during World War I. Willa Cather and her family moved from Virginia to Webster County, Nebraska, Webster County, Nebraska, when she was nine years old. The family later settled in the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska, Red Cloud. Shortly after graduating from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Cather moved to Pittsburgh for 10 years, supporting herself as a magazine editor and high school English teacher. At the age of 33, she moved to New York City, her primary home for the rest of her life, though she also traveled widely and spent considerable time at her summer residence on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. She spent the last 39 years o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The San Francisco Examiner
The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and has been published since 1863. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst and the flagship of the Hearst chain, the ''Examiner'' converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by Clint Reilly Communications, which bought the newspaper at the end of 2020 along with the ''SF Weekly''. History Founding The ''Examiner'' was founded in 1863 as the ''Democratic Press'', a pro- Confederacy, pro-slavery, pro- Democratic Party paper opposed to Abraham Lincoln, but after his assassination in 1865, the paper's offices were destroyed by a mob, and starting on June 12, 1865, it was called ''The Daily Examiner''. Hearst acquisition In 1880, mining engineer and entrepreneur George Hearst bought the ''Examiner''. Seven years later, after being elected to the U.S. Senate, he gave it to his son, William Randolph Hearst, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Bennison
Louis Bennison (October 17, 1884 – June 9, 1929) was an American stage and silent film actor, known for westerns. Biography Bennison was born on October 17, 1884, in Oakland, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley. Bennison performed in plays such as ''The Unchastened Woman'' and ''Johnny Get Your Gun''. In 1912, he was a member of the stock company at the Alcazar Theatre (1911), Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. He had starring film roles and made his motion picture debut in the silent film ''Damaged Goods (1914 film), Damaged Goods'' in 1914, other films included ''Pretty Mrs. Smith'' (1915), ''Oh, Johnny!'' (1918) and as the titular character in ''Speedy Meade'' (1919). In the 1920s, Bennison developed a relationship with Broadway actress Margaret Lawrence (actress), Margaret Lawrence, and on June 9, 1929, the two were found dead in Lawrence's New York apartment, the result of a murder–suicide by firearm. Police believed the incident was alco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Lowe
Edmund Sherbourne Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film. Biography Lowe's childhood home was at 314 North 1st Street, San Jose. He attended Santa Clara College and entertained the idea of becoming a priest before starting his acting career. His classmate was William Gaxton. He died in Woodland Hills, California, of lung cancer and is buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California. Quirt and Flagg Lowe's career included over 100 films, beginning in 1915. He became established as a popular leading man in silent films. He is best remembered for his role as Sergeant Harry Quirt, smart-mouthed buddy of the equally abrasive Captain Jimmy Flagg (Victor McLaglen) in the 1926 silent feature '' What Price Glory?'' directed by Raoul Walsh. The popularity of Quirt and Flagg virtually guaranteed Edmund Lowe's success in the new talking pictures: audiences could hardly wait to hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Clements (director)
Roy Clements (January 12, 1877 – July 15, 1948), was an American film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed more than 130 films between 1914 and 1927. He also wrote for 26 films between 1915 and 1942. He was born in Sterling, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' The Light of Western Stars'' (1918) * '' When a Woman Strikes'' (1919) * '' The Tiger's Coat'' (1920) * '' Nobody's Fool'' (1921) * '' A Motion to Adjourn'' (1921) * ''The Double O'' (1921) * ''Her Dangerous Path ''Her Dangerous Path'' is a 1923 American adventure film serial directed by Roy Clements. Plot Cast * Edna Murphy as Corinne Grant * Charley Chase as Glen Harper (as Charles Parrott) * Hayford Hobbs as Donald Bartlett * William F. Moran a ...'' (1923) * '' Tongues of Scandal'' (1927) External links * 1877 births 1948 deaths American male screenwriters People from Sterling, Illinois Film directors from Illinois Screenwriters from I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcazar Theatre (1911)
:''See Alcazar Theatre (1885) and Alcazar Theatre (1976) for two other SF theaters of the same name.'' The Alcazar Theatre was a 1,145 seat theatre located at 260 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California, between Mason and Powell, built in 1911 by architects Cunningham and Politeo for producer Fred Belasco, replacing the previous Alcazar Theatre one block to the east, which was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake fire. This venue soon became one of San Francisco's leading legitimate theatres offering a wide range of productions, and like its predecessor, also housed a popular resident stock company. It was purchased in 1922 by Thomas Wilkes for $125,000 from the estates of Belasko and M.E. Mayer. The resident stock company restructured after the theatre moved locations, and it included Viola Leach (in 1912; née Viola Wheeler), Bertram Lytell (in 1912), Louis Bennison (in 1912), Will R. Walling (in 1912), Charlie Ruggles (in 1912), and Evelyn Vaughan (in 1912). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Millar
Lee Carson Millar Sr. (February 20, 1888 – December 24, 1941) was an American voice actor for animated films and radio programs. He also appeared on stage. He voiced Pluto in various Disney animated films and had other film voice roles. Millar was born in Oakland, California. In June 1913, he was a member of the Alcazar Stock Company, when Leo Ditrichstein cast him for a role in ''Such Is Life''. He performed well enough that when the production was launched on Broadway by David Belasco the following August as ''The Temperamental Journey'', Millar was brought East to reprise the same part. In 1923 he married actress Verna Felton. They had a son Lee Millar Jr. who was also a performer. Pinto Colvig and Bill Farmer also voiced Pluto in Disney shorts. Millar wrote "Collecting Evidence", a dramatic sketch. Filmography *'' Pantry Pirate'' (1940) as Pluto *'' Alpine Climbers'' *''Lady and the Tramp'' *''The Pointer'' *''Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip'' as Pluto *''Mickey's Revue'' *''Donald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buried Alive (novel)
''Buried Alive'' is a 1908 comedy novel by the British writer Arnold Bennett. In 1913 Bennett adapted it as a play '' The Great Adventure''. This later provided the basis for the 1968 musical '' Darling of the Day''. Synopsis Priam Farll, a reclusive but celebrated British painter, returns home and to avoid public interest adopts the identity of his recently deceased valet. In turn his servant is given a state funeral. Farll is able to establish a peaceful new life until, needing to raise money, he begins painting again. Soon his works come to the attention of a connoisseur art dealer, threatening his happy new existence. Film adaptations The story has been adapted three times by Hollywood, firstly in a 1921 silent film version '' The Great Adventure'' starring Lionel Barrymore and Doris Rankin. In 1933 the novel was turned into a sound film ''His Double Life'', directed by Arthur Hopkins and starring Roland Young, Lillian Gish and Montagu Love; it was produced by Paramount Pictu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
