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Theodore Marston
Theodore Marston (August 10, 1868 in Minnesota – October 2, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an American silent film director and writer during the early silent period. He directed films including ''Aurora Floyd'' in 1912 and worked with actors such as William Garwood and Harry Benham. Selected filmography * ''She'' (1911) * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1911) * ''David Copperfield'' (1911) recent research disputes that Marston directed this film * ''Put Yourself in His Place'' (1912) * ''Aurora Floyd'' (1912) * ''Robin Hood'' (1913) * '' The Battle of Frenchman's Run'' (1915) * '' The Caveman'' (1915) * '' The Wheels of Justice'' (1915) * ''The Surprises of an Empty Hotel'' (1916) * ''The Secret Kingdom'' (1917) * ''The Raggedy Queen'' (1917) * ''Wrath'' (1917) * ''The Seventh Sin'' (1917) * ''The Girl by the Roadside ''The Girl by the Roadside'' is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by Theodore Marston and starring Violet Mersereau, Cecil O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated Laurentian Mixed Forest Province, North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. Roughly a third of the state is Forest cover by state and territory in the United States, covered in forests, and it is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having over 14,000 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres. More than 60% of Minnesotans live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub. With a population of about 3.7 million, the Twin Cities is the List of metropolitan stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 In Film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * February 1: Fox Film Corporation founded * February 8: D.W Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks both box office and film length records (running at a total length of over three hours). * February: Metro Pictures, a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is founded * February 22: The Allan Dwan directed film '' David Harum'' is released. The film is the first in long line of a successful romantic onscreen pairings of actors May Allison and Harold Lockwood. * March 15: Universal Studios Hollywood opens ( 1964). * June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) is formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California. * July: Triangle Film Corporation is founded in Culver City, California and attracts filmmakers D. W. Griffith, Thomas H. Ince and Mack Sennett * September 11: A nitrate fire at Famous Players in New York destroys seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1868 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, declares the '' Meiji Restoration'', his own restoration to full power, under the influence of supporters from the Chōshū and Satsuma Domains, and against the supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate, triggering the Boshin War. * January 5 – Paraguayan War: Brazilian Army commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias enters Asunción, Paraguay's capital. Some days later he declares the war is over. Nevertheless, Francisco Solano López, Paraguay's president, prepares guerrillas to fight in the countryside. * January 7 – The Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock. * January 9 – Penal transportation from Britain to Australia ends, with arrival of the convict ship '' Hougoumont'' in Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanhouser Company
The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New York City until 1920, producing over a thousand films. Corporate history Edwin Thanhouser constructed a studio in New Rochelle, New York. The company thrived under his leadership and by the summer of 1910, it had established itself as the best of the independents in the industry. Frank E. Woods of the American Biograph Company would pen an editorial in '' The New York Dramatic Mirror'' as "The Spectator", praising the Thanhouser company to this effect. It was sold to Mutual Film Corporation on April 15, 1912, for $250,000. Charles J. Hite took charge. On January 13, 1913, a fire destroyed the main facility in New Rochelle; much equipment and many costumes and negatives of films in production were lost. However, subsidiary studios that had been set up wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film Directors
Silent may mean any of the following: People with the name * Silent George, George Stone (outfielder) (1876–1945), American Major League Baseball outfielder and batting champion * Brandon Silent (born 1973), South African former footballer * Charles Silent (1842-1918), German-born American jurist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * "Silent" (Gerald Walker), the first single from the rapper * Silent (rock group), a Brazilian rock group * The Silents, an Australian psychedelic rock band Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * Dark (broadcasting) or silent, an off-air radio or TV station * Silent film, a film with no sound Other uses * Air Energy AE-1 Silent, a German self-launching ultralight sailplane * Buffalo Silents, a 1920s exhibition basketball team whose members were deaf and/or mute * Silent Family, a German aircraft manufacturer * Silent Generation, a demographic cohort between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers * Silent letter, a letter in a word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Gate (film)
''The Black Gate'' is a 1919 American silent mystery film directed by Theodore Marston and starring Earle Williams, Ruth Clifford, Harry Spingler, J. Parks Jones, and Clarissa Selwynne. The film was released by Vitagraph Company of America in November 1919. Plot Cast *Earle Williams as Shaler Spencer *Ruth Clifford as Vera Hampton *Harry Spingler as Wade DeForrest *J. Parks Jones as Rod Spencer (as Park Jones) *Clarissa Selwynne Clarissa Selwynne (26 February 1886 – 13 June 1948) was a British stage and film actress.Kear & King p. 143 She settled in the United States, working in Hollywood where she appeared in around 100 films. Partial filmography * '' Hearts in Exi ... as Mrs. DeForrest (as Clarissa Selwyn) * Brinsley Shaw as Norton * J. Barney Sherry as Bowen Preservation The film is now considered lost. References External links * 1919 mystery films American mystery films 1919 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Vitagraph St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Law (1918 Film)
''Beyond the Law'' is a 1918 American silent film directed by Theodore Marston. It was based on a serial story of the same name, authored by Emmett Dalton, the lone surviving brother of the Dalton Gang, who appears in the film as himself and two of his deceased brothers. Background Emmett Dalton wrote a serial story recounting "the exploits he and his brother outlaws perpetrated." Titled ''Beyond the Law'', it was published in '' The Wide World Magazine'', a London monthly, starting in May 1918. The same month, Dalton moved to Gastonia, North Carolina, as did the company he was the general manager of, the Southern Feature Film Corporation. The company published a half-page notice in the local paper, announcing their intention to make ''Beyond the Law'' into a movie, which it described as "a beautiful, historical, romantic story written around the lives of the Dalton Boys." A newspaper article in mid-July reported that production of the film was due to begin later that month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl By The Roadside
''The Girl by the Roadside'' is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by Theodore Marston and starring Violet Mersereau, Cecil Owen and Ann Andrews.Connelly p.353 Cast * Violet Mersereau as Judith Ralston * Cecil Owen as Bud Ralston * Ann Andrews as Vera Ralston * Alan Edwards as Boone Pendleton * Robert F. Hill as Rayban * Royal Byron Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a ci ... as Billy Cartwright * Kenneth Hall as Constable * Sam B. Minter as Jake References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American drama films American black-and-white films Universal P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Sin (1917 Film)
''The Seventh Sin'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Theodore Marston and starring Shirley Mason, George LeGuere and Anna Murdock.Connelly p.408 It was the final entry into a seven film series based on the Seven Deadly Sins. Cast * Shirley Mason as Eve Leslie * George LeGuere as Adam Moore * Anna Murdock Ann Murdock (born Irene Anna Coleman; November 10, 1890 – April 22, 1939) was a stage and silent film actress popular during the 1910s. She was sometimes billed as Anna Murdock. Career Murdock debuted on stage in ''The Lion and the Mouse ... as Betty Howard * Holbrook Blinn as Eugene D'Arcy * Nance O'Neil as Alma * Charlotte Walker as Margaret Brent / Sally Wells / Molly Pitcher * H.B. Warner as Feodor / The Grand Duke References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrath (1917 Film)
''Wrath'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Theodore Marston Theodore Marston (August 10, 1868 in Minnesota – October 2, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an American silent film director and writer during the early silent period. He directed films including ''Aurora Floyd'' in 1912 ... and starring H.B. Warner, Edith Hallor, and Shirley Mason.Connelly p. 438 Cast References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Theodore Marston Triangle Film Corporation films 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Raggedy Queen
''The Raggedy Queen'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Theodore Marston and starring Violet Mersereau, Grace Barton and Donald Hall.Connelly p.400 Cast * Violet Mersereau as Tatters * Grace Barton as Crazy Anne * Donald Hall as Hugh Tillson * Robert F. Hill as Tom Brennon * Charles Slattery Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ... as Lem Braxton * James O'Neill as Father Andre * Frank Otto as David Grant References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Theodore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Kingdom (1917 Film)
''The Secret Kingdom'' is a 1925 British silent fantasy and science fiction film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Matheson Lang, Stella Arbenina and Eric Bransby Williams. It is an adaptation of the novel ''The Hidden Fire'' by Bertram Atkey. The screenplay concerns a wealthy man who acquires a mind-reading machine but is soon horrified to discover what people are really thinking. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios in London. It was reissued in 1929 under the alternative title of ''Beyond the Veil''. Cast * Matheson Lang as John Quarrain * Stella Arbenina as Mary Quarrain * Eric Bransby Williams as Philip Darent * Genevieve Townsend as The Secretary * Rudolph de Cordova as The Protege * Robin Irvine as The Son * Lilian Oldland Lilian Mary Oldland (7 February 1903 – 29 September 1984) was an English actress who appeared in more than twenty films between 1925 and 1935. Born in Gloucester in 1903, she made her film debut in ''The Secret Kingdom'' and was soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
