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Walter Law (actor)
Walter W. Law (March 26, 1876 – August 9, 1940) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in over 40 films films between 1915 and 1936. Early life Walter W. Law was born on March 26, 1876. He grew up on Euclid Avenue in Greenville, Ohio. He moved to Dayton as a young man. He worked at the Mose Cohen clothing store in Gem City. He then worked at the Victoria Theatre. Career Law worked as a stage actor. He played with the "Sign of the Cross" Company and toured as a vaudeville actor for several years. He headlined with Keith Theaters. He played the priest in the play ''The Seal of Silence''. He was also a film actor and worked for William Fox of Fox Film in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1920, Law moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, and began starring in films. He starred in the film ''Whoopee!'' with Eddie Cantor. He also starred in '' The Thirteenth Chair'', ''Our Daily Bread'', '' The Miracle Man'' and Ken Maynard Kenneth Olin Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, California
Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, neighborhood and district in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles County, California, within the city of Los Angeles. Its name has become synonymous with the Cinema of the United States, U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios such as Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures are located in or near Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. The North Hollywood, Los Angeles, northern and East Hollywood, Los Angeles, eastern parts of the neighborhood were Merger (politics), consolidated with the City of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter, the prominent film industry migrated to the area. History Initial development H. J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. Whitley shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Story Of War's Red Blotch
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Alone (film)
''The Great Alone'' is a 1922 American silent northern drama film directed by Jacques Jaccard and starring Monroe Salisbury, Walter Law and George Waggner.Munden p.310 Plot Cast * Monroe Salisbury as Silent Duval * Laura Anson as Nadine Picard * Walter Law as Winston Sassoon * Maria Draga as Mary MacDonald * George Waggner George Waggner (September 7, 1894 – December 11, 1984) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for producing and directing the 1941 film '' The Wolf Man''. For some unknown reason, Waggner sometimes configured his ... as Bradley Carstairs * Richard Cummings as MacDonald References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Were King (1920 Film)
''If I Were King'' is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by J. Gordon Edwards, and starring William Farnum as François Villon with Fritz Leiber, Sr. and Betty Ross Clarke. Plot Cast * William Farnum as François Villon * Betty Ross Clarke as Katherine * Fritz Leiber Sr. as Louis XI * Walter Law as Thibault * Henry Carvill as Triestan * Claude Payton as Montigney * V.V. Clogg as Toison D'Or * Harold Clairmont as Noel * Renita Johnson as Huguette * Kathryn Chase as Elizabeth Preservation status A copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress. at silentera.com See also * |
Queen Of The Sea (film)
''Queen of the Sea'' is a 1918 American silent fantasy film released by Fox Film Corporation that was directed by John G. Adolfi and starred Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman. This film is presumed to be lost. Plot As described in the trade magazine '' Exhibitors Herald'': Merilla, Queen of the Sea, finds a book among wreckage at the bottom of the sea which contains a prophesy that she will save four human beings and then receive the reward of a human body of her own with an immortal soul. King Boreas (Law), master of the storms, wrecks many ships and sends his sirens to drag the victims to certain death. Merilla saves the predicted lives, and Boreas confines her in a cave. She is freed by Prince Hero, the fourth life she has saved, who is on his way to meet his betrothed. They fall in love with each other, but Ariela tells them that they must be unselfish. The Prince goes on to meet the Princess, who is really in love with one of her courtiers. Boreas captures the Princess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forbidden Path
''The Forbidden Path'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, while posing for Felix Benavente (Mason) for a painting for a church, Mary Lynde (Bara), a true Madonna type unaware of the wiles of men, meets Robert Sinclair (Thompson) and, believing him sincere, accepts his attentions. Her father (Law) casts her from his home, and Mary goes to live at Sinclair's mountain lodge. However, Sinclair betrays her and deserts her. The death of her child takes the last bit of ambition from her and she sinks to the lowest depths. Felix, in search of a model to represent the end of the path of sin, rescues her. The appearance of Sinclair and his fiancée Barbara Reynolds (Martin) at the studio brings a desire for revenge to Mary, and she forces Sinclair to establish her in an apartment and supply her with money. To do this, Sinclair is forced to steal, and with this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of A Lion
''The Heart of a Lion'' is a lost 1917 silent film drama directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum. Fox Film Corporation produced and distributed the movie. It is based on a novel by Ralph Connor. Cast *William Farnum – Barney Kemper *Mary Martin – Margaret Danforth * William Courtleigh Jr. – Dick Kemper *Wanda Hawley – Iola Hamilton (*as Wanda Petit) * Walter Law – Tex * Marc Robbins – Hiram Danforth M.D. *Rita Bori – Dolly See also *1937 Fox vault fire A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults ... References External linksThe Heart of a Lion at IMDb.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille (1917 Film)
''Camille'' is a 1917 American silent film based on the play adaptation of ''La Dame aux Camélias'' (''The Lady of the Camellias'') by Alexandre Dumas, ''fils'', first published in French as a novel in 1848 and as a play in 1852. Adapted for the screen by Adrian Johnson, ''Camille'' was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara as Camille and Albert Roscoe as her lover, Armand. The film was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Plot As described in a film magazine, Armand Duval (Roscoe), a son in the proud but poor house of Duval, loves Camille (Bara), a notorious Parisian beauty. His love for Camille means that his sister Celeste (Whitney) cannot marry the man she loves, so the father goes to Camille and begs her to give Armand up, which she does. This arouses the anger of Armand, and he denounces her one evening in public. The Count de Varville (Law) challenges Armand to a duel, which he wins, wounding Armand in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart And Soul (1917 Film)
''Heart and Soul'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. The film was based on the 1887 novel ''Jess'' by H. Rider Haggard and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. This film is now considered a lost film. Cast * Theda Bara as Jess * Edwin Holt as John Croft * Claire Whitney as Bess * Walter Law as Drummond * Harry Hilliard as John Neil * Glen White as Pedro * Alice Gale as Mammy * John Webb Dillion as Sancho * Margaret Laird * Kittens Reichert as Bess (in prologue) * Margaret Lairce as Jess (in prologue) * Art Acord as Undetermined Role (uncredited) See also *List of lost films *1937 Fox vault fire A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults ... References External links * 1917 films 1917 drama fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Greatest Love
''Her Greatest Love'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards, starring Theda Bara, and based on the 1880 novel ''Moths'' by Ouida. This film is now considered to be lost. Cast * Theda Bara as Hazel * Marie Curtis as Lady Dolly * Walter Law as Prince Zuoroff * Glen White as Lord Jura * Harry Hilliard as Lucies Coresze * Callie Torres as Jeanne De Sonnaz * Alice Gale as Nurse * Grace Saum as Maid See also *List of lost films *1937 Fox vault fire A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults ... References External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1917 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language drama films Films based on British novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Against Sister
''Sister Against Sister'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by James Vincent and starring Virginia Pearson, Maud Hall Macy and Walter Law.Solomon p.239 Cast * Virginia Pearson as Anne / Katherine * Maud Hall Macy as Mrs. Martin * Walter Law as Huxley * Irving Cummings Irving Cummings (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor and director. Career Born in New York City, Cummings started his acting career at age 16 in ''Diplomacy (play), Diplomacy''. His Broadway theatre, Broadway, p ... as Dunsmore * Calla Dillatore as Mrs. Raymond * William Battista as Peter Raymond * Archie Battista as Johnny Raymond * Jane Lee as Alice Reynolds References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darling Of Paris
''The Darling of Paris'' is a 1917 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara and Glen White. It was a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' by Victor Hugo. It was produced by William Fox. ''The Darling of Paris'' was later re-edited from six to five reels and re-released by Fox on February 16, 1919. The film is now considered lost. Plot The wealthy girl Esmeralda (Theda Bara) is kidnapped by gypsies at birth and becomes, as one might assume, the darling of Paris. She is loved by the bell ringer and former hunchback Quasimodo ( Glen White), Frollo ( Walter Law), the wicked surgeon who cares for him, and an equally wicked Captain Phoebus (Herbert Heyes). However, the titular hunchback is downplayed in favor of gypsy dancing girl Esmerelda. The surgeon kills the Captain and frames Esmeralda, but after many merry mix-ups, she winds back with her wealthy family, happily wed to Quasimodo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
