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To Save Her Soul
''To Save Her Soul'' is a 1909 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the start of the 20th century. Cast Plot Agnes, a singer found in a small country church, is lured to the big city where she finds fame. A member of the clergy, from the church where she was found, goes to the city to hear her sing. He sees that she is being tempted by sin and threatens to kill her if she does not return to his church. This causes her to reevaluate her life and she eventually does return to her small town. See also * D. W. Griffith filmography * Mary Pickford 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 in film, 1909 and 1959 in film, 1959. ---- Biograph (1909–1914) Blanch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur V
Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th century Romano-British general who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons, Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a matter of debate and the poem only survives in a late 13th century manuscript entitled the Book of Aneirin. A 9th-century Breton people, Breton landowner named Arthur witnessed several charters collected in the ''Redon_Abbey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Evans (actor)
Frank Evans (c. 1849 – March 11, 1934) was an American actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1908 and 1927. Selected filmography * '' The Vaquero's Vow'' (1908) * '' Nursing a Viper'' (1909) * '' The Woman from Mellon's'' (1910) * '' A Mohawk's Way'' (1910) as Trapper * ''The Modern Prodigal'' (1910) as guard * '' Swords and Hearts'' (1911) * '' The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch'' (1912) * '' The Musketeers of Pig Alley'' (1912) * '' Won by a Fish'' (1912) * '' One Is Business, the Other Crime'' (1912) * '' The Narrow Road'' (1912) * ''Fate'' (1913) * '' The Yaqui Cur'' (1913) * '' The Woman in Black'' (1914) * '' Her Maternal Right'' (1916) * '' The World's Great Snare'' (1916) * '' The Argyle Case'' (1917) * '' Oh, Johnny!'' (1918) * '' High Pockets'' (1919) * '' The Flaming Clue'' (1920) * '' The Tiger's Cub'' (1920) * ''Experience Experience refers to Consciousness, conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Sweet
Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the early days of the motion picture film industry. Early life Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first name Sarah was rarely used) in Chicago, Illinois in 1896, she was the daughter of Clara Pearl Alexander (b. 1878, d. 1898), a dancer and singer, and Gilbert Joel Sweet (b. 1857, d. 1922). The couple married sometime between 1894 and 1896 in Chicago. Gilbert Sweet is often described as a wine merchant, although he held various jobs in various cities, including a paint salesman in San Francisco and a porcelain works manager in New York City. The actors Antrim Short, Antrim and Gertrude Short were cousins of Blanche. Sweet's mother died at age 20 while touring in Newark, NJ. Sweet was an infant at the time, and she was raised by her maternal grandmother, Cora Blanche Lamb (b.1849, d. 1937); Lamb went by her married name, Cora Blanche Alexander. Cora Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American producer, director, actor, and studio head who was known as the "King of Comedy" during his career. Born in Danville, Quebec, he started acting in films in the Biograph Company of New York City in 1908, and later opened Keystone Studios in Edendale, Los Angeles, Edendale, California in 1912. Keystone possessed the first fully enclosed film stage, and Sennett became famous as the originator of slapstick routines such as pie-throwing and car-chases, as seen in the Keystone Cops films. He also produced short features that displayed his Sennett Bathing Beauties, Bathing Beauties, many of whom went on to develop successful acting careers.D’haeyere, Hilde. "Splashes of Fun and Beauty: Mack Sennett’s Bathing Beauties." ''Slapstick Comedy'', edited by Rob King and Tom Paulus, Routledge USA, 2010, pp. 207–25. Basinger, Jeanine (2012). ''Silent Stars'', p. 205. Alfred A. Knopf. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Scardon
Paul Scardon (6 May 1874 – 17 January 1954) was an actor, a producer, and a director on both Australian and New York stages. When he was 15, Scardon debuted on stage as a contortionist in vaudeville. He progressed from that to pantomime and then joined a troupe headed by J. C. Williamson, touring New Zealand and Australia for five years. In 1905, he joined a company headed by Nance O'Neil, and that group's tour brought him to the United States. Scardon's Broadway credits include ''Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh'' (1911), ''Becky Sharp'' (1911), ''The Green Cockatoo'' (1910), ''Hannele'' (1910), ''The Debtors'' (1909), ''Agnes''(1908), ''Our American Cousin'' (1908), and ''Brigadier Gerard'' (1906). Scardon went to Hollywood in 1910. In motion pictures, he worked for Majestic Pictures, Reliance-Majestic Studios and Vitagraph Studios. He directed Blanche Sweet in ''Unwilling Husband'', Bessie Barriscale in some of her most successful productions, and most of the melodramas which starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Robinson
''For the composer, see Gertrude Ina Robinson.'' Gertrude Robinson (October 7, 1890 – March 19, 1962) was an American actress of the silent film, silent era. Biography She appeared in 164 films between 1908 and 1925. She was born in New York City and died in Hollywood, California. She was the first wife of James Kirkwood, Sr., James Kirkwood with whom she had a child.Who Was Who on Screen, p.399 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt Her first husband was Walter Robinson. Partial filmography * ''The Feud and the Turkey'' (1908) * ''The Test of Friendship'' (1908) * ''An Awful Moment'' (1908) * ''One Touch of Nature (1909 film), One Touch of Nature'' (1909) * ''The Fascinating Mrs. Francis'' (1909) * ''Jones and the Lady Book Agent'' (1909) * ''Those Awful Hats'' (1909) * The Cord of Life (1909 film), ''The Cord of Life'' (1909) * ''The Girls and Daddy'' (1909) * ''A Burglar's Mistake'' (1909) * ''Two Memories'' (1909) * ''The Sealed Room (1909 film), The Sealed Room'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Quirk
William Andrew Quirk (March 27, 1873April 20, 1926) was an American stage and silent-film actor. He performed in more than 180 films between 1909 and 1924. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he died in Los Angeles, California. Gem Motion Picture Company produced a series of "Billy"-titled pictures starring Quirk. Partial filmography *His Wife's Visitor' (1909 short with Mary Pickford) - Harry Wright (credited as William A. Quirk) *'' A Sound Sleeper'' (1909 short) - uncredited *'' The Hessian Renegades'' (1909 short) - Hessian *'' Pippa Passes'' (1909 short) - In Studio *'' Nursing a Viper'' (1909 short) - Fleeing Aristocrat *''The Red Man's View'' (1909 short) - Conqueror (uncredited) *'' In Little Italy'' (1909 short) - At the Ball *'' To Save Her Soul'' (1909 short) *'' Choosing a Husband'' (1909 short) - 2nd Bachelor *'' The Woman from Mellon's'' (1910 short) - Harry Townsend *''The Two Brothers'' (1910 short) - Mexican *'' May and December'' (1910 short with Mary Pickford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottie Pickford
Charlotte Smith (June 9, 1893 – December 9, 1936), known professionally as Lottie Pickford, was a Canadian-American silent film actress and socialite. She was the younger sister of fellow actress Mary Pickford and elder sister of actor Jack Pickford. One of her best known roles was in ''The Diamond from the Sky'' directed by William Desmond Taylor in 1915. Pickford's career often is overshadowed by that of her siblings and though she was a notable figure in the 1920s, her films and role in the Pickford acting family largely are forgotten. Early years Born to John Charles Smith and Charlotte Hennessy, Lottie Pickford was named for her mother. She was the middle child, born a year and two months after her sister Mary Pickford, Gladys Smith and three years before her brother Jack Pickford, John Charles Smith, who was known as Jack. She quickly became her father's favorite, much to her sister's annoyance. After mistakenly believing she was a boy when first born, her father loving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford (born John Charles Smith, August 18, 1896 – January 3, 1933), was a Canadian-American actor, film director and producer. He was the younger brother of actresses Mary and Lottie Pickford. After their father deserted the family, all three Pickford children began working as child actors on the stage. Mary later became a highly popular silent film actress, producer and early Hollywood pioneer. While Jack appeared in numerous films as the "All American boy next door" and was a fairly popular performer, he was overshadowed by his sister's success. His career declined steadily due to alcohol, drugs and chronic depression. Early life John Charles Smith, known as "Jack", was born in 1896 in Toronto, Ontario, to John Charles Smith, an English immigrant odd-job man of Methodist background, and Charlotte Hennessy Smith, who was Irish Catholic. His alcoholic father died in 1898, leaving the family impoverished. The children were dispersed, all living in separate househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Moore
Owen Moore (12 December 1886 – 9 June 1939) was an Irish people, Irish-born American actor, appearing in more than 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937. Early life and career Moore was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. Along with his parents, John and Rose Anna Moore, brothers Tom Moore (actor), Tom, Matt Moore (actor), Matt, and Joe Moore (actor), Joe, and sister Mary Agnes Moore, Mary, he emigrated to the United States as a steerage passenger on board the S.S. ''Anchoria.'' The Moore family were inspected on Ellis Island in May 1896 and settled in the Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio area. Moore and his siblings went on to successful careers in motion pictures in Hollywood, California. While working at D. W. Griffith's Biograph Studios, Moore met a young Canadian actress named Gladys Smith, whom he married on January 7, 1911. Their marriage was kept secret at first because of the strong opposition of her mother. However, Smith soon overshadowed her husband u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanie MacPherson
Abbie Jean MacPherson (May 18, 1886 – August 26, 1946) was an American silent actress, writer and director. She is known for her collaborations with directors D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, and was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Early life Abbie Jean MacPherson was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a wealthy family of European (Spanish, Scottish and French) descent. Her parents were John S. MacPherson and Evangeline C. Tomlinson. As a teenager, she was sent to Mademoiselle DeJacque's school in Paris, but returned to the United States when her family could no longer afford the fees. MacPherson earned a degree from the Kenwood Institute in Chicago and began working as a dancer and stage performer. MacPherson began her theatrical career as part of the chorus in the Chicago Opera House. Over the next few years, she took singing lessons and worked several theater-related jobs. Film career MacPherson made her film debut in the 1908 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lehrman
Henry Lehrman (30 March 1881 – 7 November 1946) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Lehrman was a very prominent figure of Hollywood's silent film era, working with such cinematic pioneers as D. W. Griffith and Mack Sennett. He directed, as well as co-starred in, Charlie Chaplin's first film, ''Making a Living''. Lehrman was notoriously careless of the safety of the actors who worked for him. He was the fiancé of the actress Virginia Rappe, for whose death Roscoe Arbuckle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (whom Lehrman had directed in about a dozen films in the early 1920s), in a highly publicized series of trials, was accused, and later acquitted, of manslaughter. Life and career Born in Sambir, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) or Vienna, to Jewish parentage, Lehrman emigrated to the United States in 1908 or December 1906 and although he is best remembered as a film director, he began his career as an actor in a 1909 Biograph Studios production directed by D. W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
