Frederica "Faire" Binney (August 24, 1900 – August 28, 1957) her name pronounced like the country ''
Zaire
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'', was an American
stage
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* Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage"
* ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper
* Sta ...
and
film actress
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.Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.732
Biography
Born Frederica Binney in Morristown, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Horace Binney, a lawyer, and Gertrude Miles Binney. Her education came in private schools in Concord, Massachusetts. She starred in a number of films during the
silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...
after making her debut in the 1918 film '' Sporting Life'' alongside her sister
Constance Binney
Constance Binney (June 28, 1896 – November 15, 1989) was an American stage and film actress and dancer.
Biography
Born in New York City, Binney was educated at Westover School, a private college preparatory boarding school for girls in ...
. During the early 1950s she appeared in several small, uncredited parts.
Binney married David Carleton Sloane in October 1922 in her mother's house in New York.
Woman
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'' (1918)
* ''
Here Comes the Bride Here Comes the Bride may refer to:
Music
* Bridal Chorus, the standard march played for the bride's entrance at some weddings
* ''Here Comes the Bride'' (album), a 1999 album by Spin Doctors
Film and television
* ''Here Comes the Bride'' (1919 fil ...
Madonnas and Men
''Madonnas and Men'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by B.A. Rolfe and starring Anders Randolf, Edmund Lowe and Gustav von Seyffertitz.Langman p.368
Cast
* Anders Randolf as Turnerius / Marshall Turner
* Edmund Lowe as Gordion / ...
'' (1920)
* ''
The Girl from Porcupine
''The Girl from Porcupine'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Faire Binney, William Collier Jr. and Jack Drumier.
Cast
* Faire Binney as Hope Dugan
* William Collier Jr. as Jim McTvish
* Jack Drumi ...
'' (1921)
* ''
A Man's Home
''A Man's Home'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Harry T. Morey, Kathlyn Williams and Faire Binney.Munden p.490 It is based on the 1917 Broadway play of the same title by Edmund Breese and Anna Ste ...
'' (1921)
* ''
Frontier of the Stars
''Frontier of the Stars'' is a lost 1921 American drama silent film directed by Charles Maigne and written by Charles Maigne and Albert Payson Terhune. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Faire Binney, Alphonse Ethier, Edward Ellis, Gus Weinberg a ...
'' (1921)
* ''
A Wide Open Town
''A Wide Open Town'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Conway Tearle, Faire Binney and James Seeley.Munden p.900
It is unknown whether the film survives.
Cast
* Conway Tearle as Billy Clifford
* Faire Binn ...
'' (1922)
* ''
What Fools Men Are
''What Fools Men Are'' is a 1922 American silent comedy drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Faire Binney, Lucy Fox, and Huntley Gordon. It is based upon the play ''The Flapper'' by Eugene Walter.
Plot
As described in a film m ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Loyal Lives
''Loyal Lives'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Brandon Tynan, Mary Carr and Faire Binney.Second Youth'' (1924)
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The Man Without a Heart
''The Man Without a Heart'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Kenneth Harlan, Jane Novak and David Powell.Munden p.362
Cast
* Kenneth Harlan as Rufus Asher
* Jane Novak as Barbara Wier
* David Powell a ...
The Lost Chord
"The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later. The lyric was written as a poem by Adela ...
'' (1925)
* ''
False Pride
''False Pride'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Owen Moore, Faire Binney, Ruth Stonehouse, and J. Barney Sherry.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, a young man who prefers legal practice to a l ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Three Guys Named Mike
''Three Guys Named Mike'' is a 1951 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Walters and starring Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, and Barry Sullivan.
Dream Wife
''Dream Wife'' is a 1953 romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
It was directed by Sidney Sheldon and produced by Dore Schary, from a screenplay by Herbert Baker, Alfred Lewis Levitt and Sidney S ...
'' (1953)
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella & Steve Joyce. ''American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929''. McFarland, 2014.