William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a British inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.
The first American film version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was a silent film short made in 1908 made by Vitagraph Studios. Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, it was filmed at Bethesda Terrace in Manhattan, New York.
Enemies of Women is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Lionel Barrymore, Alma Rubens, Gladys Hulette, Pedro de Cordoba, and Paul Panzer. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst through his Cosmopolitan Productions. Pre-fame actresses Clara Bow and Margaret Dumont have uncredited bit roles.
Gladys Hulette was an American silent film actress from Arcade, New York, United States. Her career began in the early years of silent movies and continued until the mid-1930s. She first performed on stage at the age of three and on screen when she was seven years old. Hulette was also a talented artist. Her mother was an opera star.
The Mystic is a 1925 American MGM silent drama film directed by Tod Browning, who later directed MGM's Freaks (1932). It was co-written by Browning and Waldemar Young, writing a similar storyline to their earlier 1925 hit film The Unholy Three. Browning was unable however to hire his favorite star Lon Chaney this time around, and The Mystic wound up a little-known film with a cast of now-forgotten names. Aileen Pringle's gowns in the film were by already famous Romain de Tirtoff . A print of the film exists.
Prudence the Pirate is a lost 1916 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Parke and starring Gladys Hulette. It was produced by Thanhouser Company's Gold Rooster Plays and released through Pathé Exchange.
Miss Nobody is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by William Parke and starring Gladys Hulette.
The Shine Girl is a lost 1916 American silent film drama directed by William Parke and starring Gladys Hulette. It was produced by the Thanhouser Company and was distributed by Pathé Exchange.
The Cigarette Girl is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by William Parke and starring Gladys Hulette, Warner Oland and William Parke Jr.
Over the Hill is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by William Parke and starring Gladys Hulette, J.H. Gilmour and Dan Mason.
The Narrow Path is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Fannie Ward, W.E. Lawrence and Irene Aldwyn.
The Iron Ring is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Edward Langford, Gerda Holmes and Arthur Ashley. It was shot at Fort Lee in New Jersey.
The Little Duchess is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles, and starring Madge Evans, Pinna Nesbit, and Jack Drumier. The film was shot at World Film's studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
The Heart of a Girl is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Barbara Castleton, Irving Cummings and Charles Wellesley.
The Streets of Illusion is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by William Parke and starring Gladys Hulette, J.H. Gilmour and Richard Barthelmess.
The Last of the Carnabys is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by William Parke and starring Gladys Hulette, William Parke Jr. and Eugenie Woodward.
The On-the-Square Girl is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Mollie King, L. Rogers Lytton, and Aimee Dalmores.
The Candy Girl is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Eugene Moore and starring Gladys Hulette, William Parke Jr., and J.H. Gilmour.
Her New York is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by O. A. C. Lund and Eugene Moore and starring Gladys Hulette, William Parke Jr. and Riley Chamberlin.
The Thoroughbred is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Macklyn Arbuckle, Theodore von Eltz and Gladys Hulette.
