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Virginia Lee Corbin
Virginia Lee Corbin (December 5, 1910 – June 4, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Early years Corbin was born Laverne Virginia Corbin in Prescott, Arizona to Leon Ernest Corbin and Virginia Frances (Cox) Corbin, and she had a sister, Ruth Emilie (Corbin) Miehle De Vries Lipari. Career Corbin began her career as a child actress in 1916, when she was billed as Baby Virginia Corbin. When she was six years old, she starred in fairy-tale films made by the William Fox Company. The success of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1917) was such that Fox signed Corbin to a five-year contract. In addition to her salary, the contract specified that the company would provide instruction for her education. She went on to become a youthful flapper in the 1920s. She was one of the many silent stars that would not make it in the sound era, and retired from acting in the early 1930s. Corbin was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1925. She also had a nervous breakdown in 1925, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott ( ) is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827. The city is the county seat of Yavapai County. In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory, replacing the temporary capital of Fort Whipple, Arizona, Fort Whipple. The Territorial Capital was moved to Tucson, Arizona, Tucson in 1867. Prescott again became the Territorial Capital in 1877, until Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix became the capital in 1889. Prescott has a rich history as a frontier gold and silver mining town. Mining and settlers brought frequent conflict with native American tribes in the area, including the Yavapai and Apache. Prescott was the home to Fort Whipple, Arizona, Fort Whipple from its inception, which acted as a base for campaigns against natives. Prescott was a stereotypical "wild west" town during the latter half of the 19th century; famous residents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intolerance (film)
''Intolerance'' is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. Subtitles include ''Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages'' and ''A Sun-Play of the Ages''.Internet Archive foIntolerance (1916), D. W. Griffith. Retrieved May 21, 2016. Regarded as one of the most influential films of the silent era (though it received mixed reviews at the time), the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Judean story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and fourth, a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive color tint in the original print. The scenes are linked by shots of a figure representing Eternal Motherhood, rocking a cradle. Griffith chose to explore the theme of intolerance partly in response to his previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chorus Lady (1924 Film)
''The Chorus Lady'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Margaret Livingston, Alan Roscoe, and Virginia Lee Corbin. It is based on the play of the same name by James Forbes, which was previously filmed in 1915 as '' The Chorus Lady''. Plot Entertainer Patricia O'Brien (Livingston) is engaged to Dan Mallory (Roscoe), who races horses. When his prize horse "Lady Belle" is blinded in a fire, the wedding is postponed. Patricia returns to New York City with her younger sister Nora (Corbin) to work in the Follies. Dan enters his blind horse in a $20,000 race and wins, so he goes to New York City to finish the wedding. Things go awry when he finds Patricia in the apartment of Dick Crawford (McCullough). However, it turns out that she went there to rescue her younger sister Nora. Cast Preservation ''The Chorus Lady'' is considered to be a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Laws
''Broken Laws'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill, remarkable for the appearance of Dorothy Davenport, who is billed as "Mrs. Wallace Reid".Progressive Silent Film List: ''Broken Laws'' at silentera.com ''Broken Laws'', with its plot of parental overindulgence, is the second of Davenport's "social conscience" releases, to be followed by '' The Red Kimono'' (1925), based on a true-life story of .McCaffrey, Donald W. and Jacobs, Christopher P. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Press, p. 101. |
Sinners In Silk
''Sinners in Silk'' is a 1924 silent romantic drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Eleanor Boardman, Adolphe Menjou, Hedda Hopper, Conrad Nagel, and Jean Hersholt. It was written by Benjamin Glazer and Carey Wilson. The film at some point may have been under the working title ''Free Love''. Plot Arthur Merrill is a roué who continues to celebrate his rejuvenation surgery by taking a girl home - but she turns out to be the sweetheart of his son. Cast Preservation With no copies of ''Sinners in Silk'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy .... References External links * * 1924 films Films directed by Hobart Henley Lost American films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American silent feature films Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wine Of Youth
''Wine of Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy drama film directed by King Vidor, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, shortly after the merger which created MGM in April 1924. Vidor did not consider it important enough to mention in his autobiography, although it did advance the careers of three young stars-to-be: Ben Lyon, Eleanor Boardman, and William Haines. An early “ flapper” romance of the Roaring Twenties, Vidor tested the limits of presenting unconventional social behavior among American youth in the Jazz Age which ends with a paean to parental authority. Plot Mary (Eleanor Boardman) is a girl wooed by two suitors but made afraid of marriage by the quarreling of her parents. Eventually she accepts Lynn, the more refined and poised of the two suitors. Cast Production Vidor's arrival at the newly amalgamated Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would mark the beginning of a 20-year association with the studio. ''Wine of Youth'' is his first film appear under M-G-M.Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemies Of Children
''Enemies of Children'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lillian Ducey anJohn M. Voshellthat was based upon the novel ''Youth Triumphant'' by George Gibbs. It is the only screen director credit for Ducey and one of two for Voshell. Both were in the film industry in other fields. This was an independent production released by independent distributor Mammoth Pictures. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Enemies of Children'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy .... References External links * *Lantern slide 1923 films American silent feature films Lost American films Films based on American novels 1923 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1923 lost films Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Dove (1920 Film)
''The White Dove'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring H.B. Warner, James O. Barrows, and Claire Adams. Cast Preservation status An incomplete copy of the film is held by the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy The Fort de Bois-d'Arcy, also called the Batterie de Bois-d'Arcy, is one of the forts constructed at the end of the 19th century to defend Paris. It is located in the commune of Bois d'Arcy in the Yvelines département of France. The fort is l .... References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Henry King American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films Films based on British novels 1920s Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace High (1918 Film)
''Ace High'' is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, Lloyd Perl and Lewis Sargent. Plot Jean Rivard (Tom Mix) is a heroic Canadian Mountie who rescues his childhood sweetheart Annette Dupre (Kathleen O'Connor) from the clutches of an American sheriff. Action takes place primarily at a saloon called the Ace High. The bar is a popular hangout for criminals because at a moment's notice, it can be slid across the room from the United States into Canada, or vice versa as necessary. Cast * Tom Mix as Jean Rivard ** Lloyd Perl as Jean Rivard (age 10) ** Lewis Sargent as Jean Rivard (age 15) * Kathleen O'Connor as Aneette Dupre ** Virginia Lee Corbin as Annette Dupre (child) * Lawrence Peyton as Jack Keefe * Colin Chase as Baptiste Dupre * Jay Morley as Harvey Wright * Pat Chrisman as Louis Cartier Themes Set along the Alaska-Canadian border, the film explores the arbitrariness of legality on the fringes of nation-states throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Babes In The Woods
''The Babes in the Woods'' is a 1917 American silent fantasy film directed by Chester M. Franklin and Sidney Franklin and starring Francis Carpenter, Virginia Lee Corbin and Violet Radcliffe.Solomon p.243-44 Cast * Francis Carpenter as Roland / Hansel * Virginia Lee Corbin as Rose / Gretel * Violet Radcliffe as The Robber Prince * Carmen De Rue The Good Fair * Herschel Mayall as John Hamilton * Rosita Marstini as Mrs. Hamilton * Robert Lawler as Mason Hamilton * Scott McKee as The Butler * Ted Billings as The Witch * Buddy Messinger * Charles Gorman * Jack R. Hall * Gertrude Messinger Gertrude Dolores Messinger (April 28, 1911 – November 8, 1995) was an American film actress known for her B-movie roles from the 1930s through the 1950s. She began as a child actor in silent films, but found her greatest fame in talkies of ... * Marie Messinger * Raymond Lee References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp (1917 Film)
''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' is a 1917 silent film fantasy directed by Chester and Sidney Franklin and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It is preserved in the George Eastman House, Cinemateca Do Museu De Arte Moderna and the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.3 c.1978 by The American Film Institute The Film Cast * Francis Carpenter - Aladdin * - Mustapha, A Tailor (*as Fred Turner) * |
