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William Conklin
William Conklin (December 25, 1872 – March 21, 1935) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 80 silent films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...'' (1913) * '' Neal of the Navy'' (1915), a serial * '' The Sultana'' (1916) * '' The Yellow Pawn'' (1916) * '' Joan the Woman'' (1916) * '' Spellbound'' (1916) as Harrington Graeme * '' The Devil's Bait'' (1917) * '' Out of the Wreck'' (1917) * '' The Prison Without Walls'' (1917) * '' The Serpent's Tooth'' (1917) * '' The Law of the Land'' (1917) * '' Golden Rule Kate'' (1917) * '' The Price Mark'' (1917) * '' Sold at Auction'' (1917) * '' Love Letters'' (1917) * '' Flare-Up Sal'' (1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020 New York State Department of Health. Accessed January 2, 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Mark
''The Price Mark'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Roy William Neill and written by John B. Ritchie. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, William Conklin, Thurston Hall, Adele Farrington, Edwin Wallock and Dorcas Matthews. The film was released on October 21, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Dorothy Dalton as Paula Lee *William Conklin as Fielding Powell *Thurston Hall as Dr. Daniel Melfi *Adele Farrington as Marie * Edwin Wallock as Hassan *Dorcas Matthews Dorcas Neville Matthews (5 November 1890 – 24 January 1969) was an English actress in silent films in the U.S. She had numerous roles as a supporting actress and was well known. Biography Dorcas Neville Matthews was born in Lancashire, En ... as Nakhla *Clio Ayres as Belle de Fargo Preservation status *A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Every Woman Learns
''What Every Woman Learns'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Plot Amy (Bennett) is married to a cad but visits another man who loves her and helps her endure her marriage. After a confrontation and struggle between the men which leads to a death, Amy stands accused of the murder. Cast * Enid Bennett as Amy Fortesque * Milton Sills as Walter Melrose * Irving Cummings as Dick Gaylord * William Conklin as John Matson * Lydia Knott as Aunt Charlotte * Theodore Roberts Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 – December 14, 1928) was an American film and stage actor. Early life Roberts was born in San Francisco, California. He was a cousin of the stage actress Florence Roberts. His choice of a career disap ... as Peter Fortesque References External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Fred Niblo 1910s American films 1910s Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepping Out (1919 Film)
''Stepping Out'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. It is not known whether the film currently survives, suggesting that it may be a lost film. Cast * Enid Bennett as The Wife * Niles Welch as The Husband * Julia Faye Julia Faye Maloney (September 24, 1892 – April 6, 1966), known professionally as Julia Faye, was an American actress of silent and sound films. She was known for her appearances in more than 30 Cecil B. DeMille productions. Her various roles ... as The Secretary * Gertrude Claire as The Husband's Mother * William Conklin as Frank Wilson (as William S. Conklin) * Bota Miller as Robert Hillary Jr. References External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language drama films Films directed by Fred Niblo Silent American drama films Paramount Pictures films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virtuous Thief
''The Virtuous Thief'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by Fred Niblo. Plot As described in a film magazine, Dick Armitage (Hughes), essentially honest but weak, steals a small sum from his employer, Walter Haskell (Conklin), but confesses the theft prior to its discovery in hopes of leniency. Haskell asks him to sign a confession and gives him three days to raise the money, meanwhile discharging him. Dick is unable to raise the sum so his sister Shirley (Bennett) enters Haskell's employ as a stenographer to pay back the debt. Haskell becomes enamored of her and allows her marked attentions, to the dismay of Bobby Baker (Welch), also in Haskell's employ and Shirley's sweetheart. Matters reach a climax when H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hay Foot, Straw Foot
''Hay Foot, Straw Foot'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Jerome Storm and written by Julien Josephson. The film stars Charles Ray, Doris May, William Conklin, Spottiswoode Aitken and J. P. Lockney. The film was released on June 22, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, enlistee Ulysses S. Grant Briggs (Ray) is bound by his father Thaddeus Briggs (Aitken), a veteran of the Civil War, to emulate his illustrious namesake in all things. He is charged in a court-martial for entering a notorious roadhouse against orders and rescuing Betty Martin (May), a young woman who aspires to the stage and had just taken part in a military camp entertainment, from the wiles of a man posing as a vaudeville agent. His father appears at the camp hearing and insists that his boy must have had a good reason for his action, but his son refuses to speak. Betty considers the disgrace she caused to the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunted Bedroom
''The Haunted Bedroom'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett and Dorcas Matthews. The film was also distributed under the title ''The Ghost of Whispering Oaks''.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 211.. Plot As described in a film magazine, New York reporter Betsy Thorne (Bennett) travels to the railroad station in a Southern state to investigate a missing man where she overhears a conversation between the sheriff and an imported detective that reporters are barred from the house and grounds where the mystery has taken place. By good fortune she comes across a maid sent to the house from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Again Smith
''Come Again Smith'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy-drama film distributed by Pathé Exchange and directed by E. Mason Hopper. It is based on a play ''Come Again Smith'' by John H. Blackwood. Cast * J. Warren Kerrigan as Joe Smith * Henry A. Barrows as Ned Stevens (credited as H. A. Barrows) * William Conklin as Franklin Overton * Winifred Greenwood Winifred Louise Greenwood (January 1, 1885 – November 23, 1961) was an American silent film actress. Early life Born in 1885 in Geneseo, New York, Greenwood studied to be a teacher but left New York Normal School to perform in vaudevil ... as Anne Stevens * Lois Wilson as Lucy Stevens * Charles K. French as Joe Smith Sr. (credited as Charles French) * Walter Perry as John Creighton References External links * A still from the film(University of Washington / Sayre collection) 1919 films 1919 comedy-drama films 1919 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turn Of A Card
''The Turn of a Card'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson and Eugene Pallette. The film is considered lost. Cast * J. Warren Kerrigan as Jimmie Montgomery Farrell * Lois Wilson as Cynthia Burdette * Eugene Pallette as Eddie Barrett * William Conklin as William Phelps * David Hartford as 'Ace High' Burdette * Frank Clark as Finnegan * Clifford Alexander as 'Curio' Johnson * Elinor Fair as Millie Jarvis * Roy Laidlaw as Mr. Marvis * Albert R. Cody as Slavin * Wallace Worsley Wallace Ashley Worsley (December 8, 1878 – March 26, 1944) was an American stage actor who became a film actor and film director during the Silent film, silent era. Over the course of his career, Worsley directed 29 films and acted in 7. He dir ... as John Hays Cotton References Bibliography * Rainey, Buck. ''Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 actresses appearing in Western movies''. McFarland & Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mating Of Marcella
''The Mating of Marcella'' is a lost 1918 American drama silent film directed by Roy William Neill, and written by Joseph F. Poland and R. Cecil Smith. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Thurston Hall, Juanita Hansen, William Conklin, Donald MacDonald and Milton Ross. The film was released on May 20, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Dorothy Dalton as Marcella Duranzo *Thurston Hall as Robert Underwood *Juanita Hansen as Lois Underwood *William Conklin as Count Louis Le Favri *Donald MacDonald as Jack Porter *Milton Ross as Pedro Escobar *Spottiswoode Aitken Frank Spottiswoode Aitken (16 April 1868 – 26 February 1933) was a Scottish-American actor of the silent era. He played Dr. Cameron in D. W. Griffith's epic drama ''The Birth of a Nation''. Early years Aitken was born 16 April 1868 in Edinb ... as Jose Duranzo *Buster Irving as Bobby Underwood References External links * 1918 films 1918 lost films 1910s English-language films Silent American d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrant Fear
''Tyrant Fear'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill, written by R. Cecil Smith, and starring Dorothy Dalton, Thurston Hall, Melbourne MacDowell, William Conklin, Lou Salter, and Carmen Phillips. It was released on April 29, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress. Plot As described in a film magazine, Allaine Grandet (Dalton) is sold to Jules Latour (Conklin) by her father Paula Grandet. As a climax to his constant brutality, Latour turns her over to James Dermot (MacDowell), who offers to pay the husband well for his wife's appearance at the Northern Star dance hall. At the dance hall she is put up as the stake in a card game between Dermot and a miner, with the dance hall proprietor being the looser. She resists her new owner and is assisted by the piano player, Harley Dane (Hall), who is shot down by Dermot. She, in turn, shoots Dermot and she escapes with the piano player, whom she nurses back to heal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me (1918 Film)
''Love Me'' is a surviving 1918 American drama silent film directed by Roy William Neill and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt, William Conklin, Dorcas Matthews, Melbourne MacDowell and Elinor Hancock. The film was released on March 18, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Dorothy Dalton as Maida Madison * Jack Holt as Gordon Appleby * William Conklin as Rupert Fenton * Dorcas Matthews as Eunice * Melbourne MacDowell as Grant Appleby *Elinor Hancock as Mrs. Appleby * Robert McKim as Mortimer Appleby Preservation status *Prints survive in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It also administers Copyright law o ... collection and the Academy Film Archive(Beverly Hills). References External links * 1918 films 1910s Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
