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The Transformation Of Mike
''The Transformation of Mike'' is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. Cast * Wilfred Lucas as Mike * Blanche Sweet as The Tenement Girl * Edna Foster as The Tenement Girl's Brother * William J. Butler as The Tenement Father * Kate Bruce as A Neighbor * W. Christy Cabanne as In Bar * John T. Dillon as A Policeman / At Dance * Frank Evans as A Policeman * Robert Harron as At Dance * Grace Henderson as At Dance * J. Jiquel Lanoe as In Bar / At Dance * Joseph McDermott as In Bar / At Dance * Gus Pixley as At Dance * W. C. Robinson as In Bar / At Dance See also * D. W. Griffith filmography * Blanche Sweet filmography __NOTOC__ This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959. ---- 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1919 - Later fi ... References External links * 1912 films 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Van Norman Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Lucas was born in Norfolk County, Ontario on January 30, 1871,US Passport Application July 17, 1917 (Wilfred Lucas) most likely in the township of Townsend where at the time his father served as a Wesleyan Methodist minister. He was the youngest of three sons to be raised by Daniel Lucas and the former E. Adeline Reynolds, in Townsend and later Montreal, Quebec. Lucas attended the High School of Montreal and McGill UniversityWilfred Lucas - Motion Picture Studio Directories, 1919 and 1921 (Ancestry.com) before immigrating to America in the late 1880s. His early career there was that of a baritone singer performing at church functions and at small venues. Career Lucas eventually made a name for himself performing in light and grand opera in America and abroad. He made his Broadway debut on April 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph McDermott (actor)
Joseph McDermott (December 1878 – March 6, 1923), was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1912 and 1923. He died in Los Angeles, California by committing suicide. Selected filmography * ''The Forbidden Trail'' (1923) * '' Perils of the Yukon'' (1922) *''Barb Wire'' (1922) * ''Brute Force'' (1914) * ''The Battle at Elderbush Gulch'' (1913) * ''All for Science'' (1913) * '' The Detective's Stratagem'' (1913) * '' The Stopped Clock'' (1913) * ''So Runs the Way'' (1913) * '' A Woman in the Ultimate'' (1913) * '' The Mothering Heart'' (1913) * ''Red Hicks Defies the World'' (1913) * ''A Timely Interception'' (1913) * ''Just Gold'' (1913) * '' The Wanderer'' (1913) * '' The House of Darkness'' (1913) * '' The Lady and the Mouse'' (1913) * ''A Misunderstood Boy'' (1913) * ''The Left-Handed Man'' (1913) * '' The Sheriff's Baby'' (1913) * ''A Welcome Intruder'' (1913) * ''Fate'' (1913) * '' Near to Earth'' (1913) * '' Broken Ways'' (1913) * ''Love i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biograph Company Films , a former movie theatre in Washington, D.C.
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Biograph may refer to: * Biograph Company, a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916 * An early form of the cinematograph, made by the Biograph Company * Biograph girl, a nickname given to some early silent film actresses featured in films of the Biograph Company * Biograph Studios, a studio facility and film laboratory complex built in 1912 by the Biograph Company in the Bronx, New York * Biograph Theater, a historic Chicago movie theater * Biograph Records, a record label founded in 1967 that specialized in American ragtime, jazz, and blues * ''Biograph'' (album), a 1985 box set compiling music by Bob Dylan * The Biograph The Biograph was a repertory movie theatre in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), DC neighborhood of Georgetown. Opened on September 30, 1967 in the shell of the Nash auto dealership, it closed in 1996. History Alan Rubin was one of its cofound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By D
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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American Silent Short Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Short Films
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Films
The year 1912 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * February – Babelsberg Studio outside Berlin begins operation with shooting of ''The Dance of the Dead'' (''Der Totentanz'') by Danish director Urban Gad starring Asta Nielsen (released September 7). * April 15 - The ''Titanic'', a British passenger liner, sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 passengers. It is depicted in many works of popular culture, including films. * April 30 – Universal Film Manufacturing Company is founded in New York, the oldest surviving film studio in the United States. * May 8 – Famous Players Film Company, the forerunner of Paramount Pictures, is founded by Adolph Zukor. * May 18 – '' Shree Pundalik'' by Dadasaheb Torne, the first Indian film, is released. * June 8 – New York Motion Picture Company is merged with Universal, giving Universal a studio in Edendale, Los Angeles. * July 4 – Mack Sennett, who has previously worked as an actor and comedy d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Sweet Filmography
__NOTOC__ This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959. ---- 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1919 - Later films - References ---- 1909 * ''A Man with Three Wives'' (lost) * ''A Corner in Wheat'' * '' In Little Italy'' * '' To Save Her Soul'' * '' The Day After'' * '' Choosing a Husband'' 1910 * '' The Rocky Road'' * '' All on Account of the Milk'' * '' A Romance of the Western Hills'' * '' The Kid'' * '' A Flash of Light'' * '' Love in Quarantine'' 1911 * '' The Two Paths'' * '' Heart Beats of Long Ago'' * '' His Daughter'' * '' The Lily of the Tenements'' * '' A Decree of Destiny'' * '' Was He a Coward?'' * '' The Lonedale Operator'' * '' Priscilla's April Fool Joke'' * '' The Spanish Gypsy'' * '' Priscilla and the Umbrella'' * '' The Broken Cross'' * ''How She Triumphed'' (lost) * ''The Country Lovers'' * '' The New D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Pixley
Gus Pixley (1864 – June 2, 1923) was an American actor-singer and comic on the theatre stage, and an actor of the silent era. He appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, and minstrelsy with "America's greatest female impersonator," Burton Stanley. They toured widely with Emerson's Minstrels in the United States and Australia in the 1880s and 1890s. Pixley was on Broadway and toured America in Victor Herbert's musical Babes In Toyland as the character "Inspector Marmaduke." Pixley appeared in more than 130 films between 1910 and 1921. He died in Saranac Lake, New York on June 2, 1923, at age 49. Partial filmography * ''For His Son'' (1912 short) (uncredited) * ''The Transformation of Mike'' (1912 short) * ''So Near, Yet So Far'' (1912 short) * ''At Coney Island'' (1912 short) * ''Brutality'' (1912 short) * '' My Hero'' (1912 short) (unconfirmed) * ''The Water Nymph (1912)'' * '' The Mothering Heart'' (1913 short) (uncredited) * ''Almost a Wild Man'' (1913) * ''Lord Chumley'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Henderson
Grace C. F. Roth Henderson (January 1860 – October 30, 1944) was an American stage actress and prolific performer in silent motion pictures. Biography Henderson was born Grace C. F. Roth in Ann Arbor, Michigan in January 1860. Her father William (Wilhelm) F. was a justice of the peace born in Stuttgart in 1823, who died on April 19, 1871, in Ann Arbor. She made her professional debut at McKiver's Theatre in Chicago in 1877. A decade later she began a successful run at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City. She originated the role of "Lucille Ferrand" in ''The Wife''. In 1896, she starred in ''Under the Polar Star'', an elaborate play complete with a facsimile of a large sailing ship and real on-stage sled dogs. ''Under Southern Skies'' followed in 1901. She played in ''The Marquis'', and received acclaim for her performance as "Phyliss Lee" in ''The Charity Ball''. Later, Grace Henderson supported Nance O'Neill in ''Peter Pan'', with Maude Adams' company. This product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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