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Traffic In Souls
''Traffic in Souls'' (also released as ''While New York Sleeps'') is a 1913 American silent crime drama film focusing on forced prostitution ( white slavery) in the United States. Directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. Turner, and Matt Moore, ''Traffic in Souls'' is an early example of the narrative style in American films. The film consists of six reels, which was longer than most American films of the era. A copy of ''Traffic in Souls'' is preserved at the Library of Congress and the Film Preservation Associates. In 2006, the film was added to the National Film Registry for preservation in the Library of Congress because it "presaged the Hollywood narrative film" and drew attention through its riveting depiction of the methods used to entrap young women into prostitution. Plot The storyline concerns two young Swedish women immigrants who are approached by men soliciting for white slavery under the guise of a legitimate work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Loane Tucker
George Loane Tucker (June 12, 1872 – June 20, 1921) was an Americans, American actor, silent film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, and Film editor, editor. Career Tucker was born George S. Loane in Chicago to George Loane and stage actress Ethel Tucker. After graduating from the University of Chicago, he got a job as a railroad clerk. He was chief clerk for the Maintenance of Way. Tucker was later the youngest man to be promoted to Contracting Freight Agent. After his first wife died while giving birth to the couple's son, Tucker quit his job. On the advice of friends, he began acting in stage productions. By the mid-1910s, films were becoming a more popular draw for audiences which led Tucker to film acting and scenario writing. In 1911, he wrote a script for the short drama film ''Their First Misunderstanding''. The film, which starred Mary Pickford, was a surprise hit. Over the course of his career, Tucker directed 69 films, 19 of which he also wrote. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America's First Motion Picture Industry
Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 40,191, an increase of 4,846 (+13.7%) from the 2010 census count of 35,345, which in turn reflected a decline of 116 (−0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 census. Along with other communities in Bergen County, it is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Korean enclaves outside of Korea. Fort Lee is named for the site of an American Revolutionary War military encampment. At the turn of the 20th century it became the birthplace of the American film industry. In 1931, the borough became the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River and connects to the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Fort Lee's population and housing density has increased considerably since the 1960s and 1970s with the construction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Studio
A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company that makes films. Today, studios are mostly financing and distribution entities. In addition, they may have their own studio facility or facilities; however, most firms in the entertainment industry have never had their own studios, but have rented space from other companies instead. Day-to-day filming operations are generally handled by a production company subsidiary. Another type of company is an independently owned studio facility, which does not produce motion pictures by itself; such facilities only sell studio space. Beginnings In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the United States: he constructed the Black Maria, a tarpaper-covered structure near his laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey, and he asked circus, vaudeville, and dramatic actors to perform for the camera. He distributed these movies at vaudeville theaters, penny arcades, wax museums, and fair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a Borough (New Jersey), borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades (Hudson River), The Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 40,191, an increase of 4,846 (+13.7%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 35,345, which in turn reflected a decline of 116 (−0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Along with other communities in Bergen County, it is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Koreans, Korean Ethnic enclave, enclaves outside of Korea. Fort Lee is named for the site of an American Revolutionary War Fortification, military encampment. At the turn of the 20th century it became the birthplace of the American film industry. In 1931, the borough became the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River and connects to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle (; born Karl Lämmle ; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films. Regarded as one of the most important of the early film pioneers, Laemmle was born in what is now Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1884 and worked in Chicago for 20 years before he began buying nickelodeon movie theater, nickelodeons, eventually expanding into a film distribution service, the Laemmle Film Service, then into production as Independent Moving Pictures Company, Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), later renamed Universal Film Manufacturing Company, and later still renamed Universal Pictures Company. Early life and education Karl Lämmle was born in 1867 to Julius Baruch Lämmle and Rebekka Lämmle, a Jewish couple in the Radstrasse, a street in the Jewish quarter of Laupheim, in the Kingdom of Württemberg. His father was a catt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Robert Daly
William Robert Daly (born William Robert Dailey; October 24, 1872 – 1935) was an actor and director of silent films. Early life Daly was born on October 24, 1872, in Boston, Massachusetts, as William Robert Dailey. Career He became a "stage director" at 19 years-old. He directed the 1914 film adaptation of ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' featuring the first lead role for an African American actor in a feature film for white audiences. Sam Lucas, who had played Uncle Tom in theatrical productions, played the part. Daly portrayed the villain in the 1912 film '' The Kid and the Sleuth''. He worked as a producer with William Selig in 1916. For Selig's 1916 film '' At Piney Ridge'', Daly directed and produced. It was an adaption by Gilson Willets David K Higgins' theater production and Daly "escorted a company of players to the heart of the Tenn mtns where true scenes of mtneer life were filmed". He served on the board of The Screen Club and was photographed among its members in 1912. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of Silent film, silent films through 1940. Brenon was among the early filmmakers who, before the rise of corporate film production, was a genuine "auteur", controlling virtually all creative and technical components in crafting his pictures. The quality of Brenon's artistic output rivaled that of film pioneer D. W. Griffith. Brenon was among the first directors to achieve celebrity status among moviegoers for his often spectacular cinematic inventions. Among his most notable films are ''Neptune's Daughter (1914 film), Neptune's Daughter'' (1914), ''Peter Pan (1924 film), Peter Pan'' (1925), ''A Kiss for Cinderella (film), A Kiss for Cinderella'' (1925), and the original film version of ''Beau Geste (1926 film), Beau Geste'' (1926). Early life Brenon was born at 25 Crosthwaite Park, in Kingstown (now D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Baggot
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies," "The Most Photographed Man in the World" and "The Man Whose Face Is as Familiar as the Man in the Moon." Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947; wrote 18 screenplays; and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including ''The Lie (1912 film), The Lie'' (1912), ''Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925 film), Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1925) and ''The House of Scandal'' (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western (genre), western, ''Tumbleweeds (1925 film), Tumbleweeds'' (1925). Among his film appearances, he was best known for ''The Scarlet Letter (1911 film), The Scarlet Letter'' (1911), ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Crampton
Howard Crampton (January 12, 1865 – June 15, 1922) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York City. Partial filmography * ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1913) * ''Traffic in Souls'' (1913) * '' The Chalice of Sorrow'' (1916) * '' The Great Problem'' (1916) * '' Black Orchids'' (1917) * ''The Voice on the Wire'' (1917) * '' The Gray Ghost'' (1917) * '' The Scarlet Car'' (1917) * '' Like Wildfire'' (1917) * '' The Wife He Bought'' (1918) * '' Humdrum Brown'' (1918) * ''With Hoops of Steel ''With Hoops of Steel'' is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Eliot Howe and starring Henry B. Walthall, William De Vaull and Mary Charleson.Gmür, p. 533. Cast * Henry B. Walthall as Emerson Mead * William De Vaull as Jim Har ...'' (1918) * '' The Border Raiders'' (1918) * '' The Devil's Trail'' (1919) * '' The Lion's Den'' (1919) * '' The Trail of the Octopus'' (1919) * '' Hearts Are Trum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Welsh (actor)
William Welsh (February 9, 1870 – July 16, 1946) was an American actor of stage and the silent film, silent era. He appeared in 153 films between 1912 and 1936. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Los Angeles, California at age 76. Selected filmography * ''Robespierre'' (1913) - Dumont * ''Traffic in Souls'' (1913) - William Trubus * ''Neptune's Daughter (1914 film), Neptune's Daughter'' (1914) - King Neptune * ''Courtmartialed'' (1915) - General Bleirot * ''The White Terror'' (1915) - David Duncan * ''Conscience'' (1915) - John Benson * ''Thou Shalt Not Lie'' (1915, Short) - Fred Wales * ''The Primrose Path'' (1915) - Cartwright * ''The Lords of High Decision'' (1916) - Walsh * ''Autumn'' (1916) * ''Elusive Isabel'' (1916) - Chief Campbell * ''The Narrow Path'' (1916) - Bessie's Father * ''Two Seats at the Opera'' (1916, Short) - Dr. Jones * ''The Foolish Virgin (1916 film), The Foolish Virgin'' (1916) - Jim's father * ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (actor)
Walter Huntley Long (March 5, 1879 – July 4, 1952) was an American stage and film character actor who between 1909 and the late 1940s performed in nearly 200 screen productions. Early life and career Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1879, Long was the youngest of six children of Catherine Lucia Jane (née Phillips) and Francis Long, who was a farmer. After acting on stage for years, Long debuted in motion pictures in 1909 with Broncho Billy Anderson. He disliked the working conditions in film production, so after that screen project he returned to the stage. Long soon began to act again in motion pictures, over the years gaining recognition among theater audiences for being a popular "hissed-at villain"."Walter Long as a Stage Captain Wears His Genuine War Ribbons", ''New York Herald Tribune'' (New York City), February 25, 1945, p. C2. He can be seen in some of D. W. Griffith David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
