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We Moderns
''We Moderns'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Colleen Moore. The film was produced by Moore's husband John McCormick and was released through First National Pictures. It was based on the play and novel by Israel Zangwill, which ran for 22 performances in 1924 at the Gaiety Theatre in New York, produced and directed by Harrison Grey Fiske and starring Helen Hayes and Isabel Irving. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Mary Sundale is a young woman who spurns her childhood sweetheart to attach herself to a large group of riotous, semi-artistic young people and becomes infatuated with a superficial poet and critic. One night this poet becomes too bold in his advances and is thrashed by the man who has been rejected. On a later night, the group holds a party in a dirigible. The ship crashes and fear grips the revelers. Mary, now disgusted with the group and all it represents, mends her manner of living and plans a future ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Francis Dillon (director)
John Francis Dillon (July 13, 1884 – April 4, 1934) was an American film director and actor of the silent film, silent era. He directed 130 films between 1914 and 1934. He also appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1931. He was born in New York, New York, was a brother of Robert A. Dillon, and died in Los Angeles, California from a myocardial infarction, heart attack. He was married to the actress Edith Hallor. Partial filmography * ''Dough and Dynamite'' (1914) * ''Indiscreet Corinne'' (1917) * ''Suds (film), Suds'' (1920) * ''The Plaything of Broadway'' (1921) * ''The Cub Reporter'' (1922) * ''The Yellow Stain'' (1922) * ''Flaming Youth (film), Flaming Youth'' (1923) * ''Double Dealing (1923 film), Double Dealing'' (1923) (actor) * ''The Self-Made Wife'' (1923) * ''The Broken Violin (1923 film), The Broken Violin'' (1923) * ''Lilies of the Field (1924 film), Lilies of the Field'' (1924) * ''Flirting with Love'' (1924) * ''The Perfect Flapper'' (1924) * ''The Half-Way Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Miller (actor)
Carl Miller (August 9, 1894 – January 20, 1979) was an American film actor. He appeared in 48 films from 1917 to 1942, including roles in two Charlie Chaplin films: ''The Kid'' (1921) and ''A Woman of Paris'' (1923). He was born in Wichita County, Texas and died in Honolulu, Hawaii. Selected filmography * '' The Doctor and the Woman'' (1918) * ''The Kid'' (1921) * '' Cinderella of the Hills'' (1921) * '' Condemned'' (1923) * ''A Woman of Paris'' (1923) * '' Jealous Husbands'' (1923) * ''The Lover of Camille'' (1924) * '' The Redeeming Sin'' (1925) * '' The Red Kimona'' (1925) * '' The Wall Street Whiz'' (1925) * ''The Great K & A Train Robbery'' (1926) * '' Raggedy Rose'' (1926) * '' The Power of the Weak'' (1926) * '' Whispering Sage'' (1927) * ''Why Sailors Go Wrong'' (1928) * ''Making the Varsity'' (1928) * ''Traveling Husbands'' (1931) * ''Honor of the Family'' (1931) * '' Renegades of the West'' (1932) * '' No Ransom'' (1934) * ''The Plainsman ''The Plainsman'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent American Comedy Films
Silent may mean: People * Brandon Silent (born 1973), South African former footballer * Charles Silent (1842-1918), German-born American jurist * List of people known as the Silent Music * Silent (band), a Brazilian rock band * The Silents, an Australian psychedelic rock band * Silent, a song by Gerald Walker, from the album I Remember When This All Meant Something... Other uses * Silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ..., a film with no sound * Dark (broadcasting) or silent, an off-air radio or TV station * 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 Pool, a lake in Surrey, United Kingdom * Silent (TV series), a 2022 Japanese te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Films
This is an overview of 1925 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1925 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *June 26: Charlie Chaplin's '' The Gold Rush'' premieres. It is voted the best film of the year by critics in The Film Daily annual poll *September 25: Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin rebuilt as Germany's largest cinema reopens. *November 5: MGM's war drama film '' The Big Parade'' is released. It is a massive commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing picture of the 1920s in the United States. *December 30: MGM's biblical epic '' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'' premieres in New York City. It is the most expensive silent film ever made, costing $4 million (around $ million when adjusted for inflation) * Hong Shen publishes the film script ''Mrs. Shentu'' in the Shanghai magazine ''Eastern Miscellany''. It is never filmed, but is consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lost Films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Reasons for loss Films may go missing for a number of reasons. One major contributing factor is the common use of nitrate film until the early 1950s. This type of film is highly flammable, and there have been several devastating fires, such as the 1914 Lubin vault fire, the Universal Pictures fire in 1924, the Warner Bros. First National fire in 1933, the British and Dominions Imperial Studios fire in 1936, and the 1937 Fox vault fire, the 1965 MGM vault fire. Black-and-white film prints judged to be otherwise worthless were sometimes incinerated to salvage the meager scrap value of the silver image particles in their emulsions. Silent films in particular were once seen as having no further commercial value and were simply junked to clea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Film
A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. Early films were not thought to have value beyond their theatrical run, so many were discarded afterward. Nitrate film used in early pictures was highly flammable and susceptible to degradation. The Library of Congress began acquiring copies of American films in 1909, but not all were kept. Due to improvements in film technology and recordkeeping, few films produced in the 1950s or beyond have been lost. Rarely, but occasionally, films classified as lost are found in an uncataloged or miscataloged archive or private collection, becoming "rediscovered films". Conditions During most of the 20th century, American copyright law required at least one copy of every American film to be deposited at the Library of Congress at the time of copyri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Moore In We Moderns (1925)
Colleen is an English-language name of Irish origin. It derives from the Irish word "girl/woman", the diminutive of "woman, countrywoman". Although it derives from the Irish language, Colleen as a given name is rare in Ireland, but far more popular in Irish-descended communities in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. It may refer to: People * Colleen Opoku Amuaben, Ghanaian preacher * Colleen Atkinson (born 1963), Irish camogie player * Colleen Atwood (born 1948), American costume designer * Colleen Ballinger (born 1986), American comedian, YouTube personality, and actress, known for her comedic character Miranda Sings * Colleen Barrett (born 1944), president of Southwest Airlines in the US * Colleen Barros, American government official * Colleen Barry, American health policy scholar and professor * Colleen Beaumier (born 1944), Canadian politician * Colleen Bell (born 1967), American television producer and ambassador * Colleen Bevis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Payne
William Louis Payne (January 13, 1873 – August 14, 1953) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as legitimate theater. Biography Born in Pennsylvania, Payne's acting life began in the first decade of the 1900s, when he appeared in the Broadway play, ''Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark'', which ran at the Manhattan Theatre in 1900. In 1903 he played Nathaniel Winkle in ''Mr. Pickwick'' at the Herald Square Theatre and later the Grand Opera House. In 1906, he married famous stage actress Mrs. Leslie Carter, fifteen years her junior, and remained married to her until her death in 1937. He made his film debut in 1915's '' DuBarry'', a film created to highlight Carter, who was a protégé of the playwright David Belasco. Belasco wrote the stage play of the same name on which the film is based, and in which Carter starred on Broadway. Payne appeared in over 40 films during his 35-year career in Hollywood, as well as doing numerous plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Seastrom
Dorothy Seastrom (born Dorothy Susan Seastrunk Corby; March 17, 1903 – January 31, 1930) was an American silent film actress. Early life and career Born in Texas, Seastrom got into acting after winning a beauty competition. Her family later relocated to Chicago. Her film career began in 1923 with the role of Eleanor Harmon in '' The Call of the Canyon'', directed by Victor Fleming. Later she acted under the direction of Cecil B. Demille. She signed a five-year contract with First National Pictures in September 1925. Seastrom was called the "Candy Kid" at First National due to her taffy colored hair. She appeared in '' The Perfect Flapper'' with Colleen Moore and ''Classified'' with Corinne Griffith. Seastrom barely avoided a potentially disfiguring accident during the filming of ''We Moderns'' (1925). A shower of sparks from a short-circuited light fell upon her hair and shoulders at the United Studios. Seastrom escaped injury when assistant director James Dunne grabbed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McGuire (actor)
Tom McGuire (1 September 1873 – 6 May 1954) was an English stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1919 and 1949. He was born in Lancashire, England and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * '' The Woman Under Oath'' (1919) * '' The Road of Ambition'' (1920) * '' The Romance Promoters'' (1920) * '' The Girl in the Taxi'' (1921) * '' Cinderella of the Hills'' (1921) * '' See My Lawyer'' (1921) * '' A Front Page Story'' (1922) * '' The Ladder Jinx'' (1922) * '' Single Handed'' (1923) * '' The Self-Made Wife'' (1923) * ''Why Women Remarry'' (1923) * '' The Victor'' (1923) * '' Her Man'' (1924) * '' The Reckless Age'' (1924) * '' Dark Stairways'' (1924) * '' Red Hot Tires'' (1925) * '' Fighting Fate'' (1925) * ''Flaming Waters'' (1925) * '' The Little Giant'' (1926) * '' You'd Be Surprised'' (1926) * ''The Better 'Ole'' (1926) * '' Pleasure Before Business'' (1927) * '' The Missing Link'' (1927) * '' Steamboat Bill, Jr.'' (1928) * '' Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Payson
Blanche Payson (born Mary Elizabeth Bush, September 20, 1881 – July 4, 1964) was an American film actress. Biography Payson was born in Santa Barbara, California, as Mary Elizabeth Bush to Thomas and Sarah Bush. She first attracted public notice when she served as policewoman in the Toyland exhibit at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, Panama Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. She also performed in vaudeville. In 1910 she was living in San Francisco and married to Eugene Payson, who died before 1915. Payson then moved to Los Angeles and began her film career with the Mack Sennett studio, with her first film being ''Wife and Auto Trouble''. She appeared in short films in mostly uncredited roles. She appeared in nearly 160 films between 1916 and 1946. At , she towered over both men and women co-stars in the many slapstick comedies she appeared, as a foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy and similar popular acts of the time. She ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
