Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr., popularly known as Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced the musical Show Boat. He was known as the "glorifier of the American girl". Ziegfeld is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Yaphet Frederick Kotto is an American actor known for numerous film roles, as well as starring in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99) as Lieutenant Al Giardello. His films include the science-fiction/horror film Alien (1979), and the Arnold Schwarzenegger science-fiction/action film The Running Man (1987). He portrayed the main villain Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973). He appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the comedy thriller Midnight Run (1988) as FBI agent Alonzo Mosely.
The Bat is a 1926 American comedy-mystery silent film directed by Roland West and starring Jack Pickford and Louise Fazenda. The film is based on the 1920 Broadway hit The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, which itself was an adaptation of Rinehart's mystery novel The Circular Staircase.
One Exciting Night is a 1922 American Gothic silent Mystery film directed by D. W. Griffith.
Alan Webb was an English stage and film actor.
Charlotte Ganahl Walker was a Broadway theater actress from Galveston, Texas.
Daniel Taradash was an American screenwriter.
Monta Bell was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
James Searle Dawley was an American producer, director and screenwriter. He directed 149 silent films between 1907 and 1926. He was born in Del Norte, Colorado and died in Hollywood, California.
Donald MacDonald was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 87 films between 1911 and 1934. He also directed 40 films between 1913 and 1917. He was born in Denison, Texas and died in New York, New York.
James Young was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. Before films Young had a successful career as a stage actor appearing on Broadway and throughout the country, and was the author of a notable 1905 book on theatrical makeup. His first wife was librettist Rida Johnson Young who often composed with Victor Herbert. Turning to silent films he directed 93 films between 1912 and 1928. He also appeared as an actor in 62 films between 1909 and 1917.
Father and the Boys is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney. The film is now considered to be lost. Louise Lovely's American film debut after emigrating from Australia.
Lights of Old Broadway (1925) is a drama film directed by Monta Bell, produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Marion Davies and Conrad Nagel, and is an adaptation of the play The Merry Wives of Gotham by Laurence Eyre (USA). The film has color sequences using tinting, Technicolor, and the Handschiegl color process.
Henrietta Foster Crosman was an American stage and film actress.
The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 American early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costello, and Myrna Loy. It is unknown whether a sound copy survives, but a silent copy with no talking is in the care of the British Film Institute. The silent print runs just under 50 minutes.
Tempe Pigott was an English silent and sound screen character actress. She had some stage experience before entering silent films as she is given one 1918 Broadway credit by Internet Broadway Database. Her silent and sound film appearances were numerous. She is remembered mainly for playing the mother of Gibson Gowland in Greed (1925) and the landlady Mrs. Hawkins in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). She was born in London, England and died in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
Claude Ewart King was an English-born character actor and unionist, who appeared in American silent film. With his distinctive wavy hair King appeared on both stage and screen. He served his country, Great Britain, in WW1 in Field Artillery reaching the rank of Major and surviving the war. He began his stage career in his native country, before emigrating to the US. In 1919, he appeared on Broadway in support of Ethel Barrymore in the play Declassee.
A Midnight Bell is a 1921 American silent comedy film. The film was directed and produced by its star, Charles Ray. His brother, Albert, is thought to have co-directed some scenes. The film is believed to be lost.
Broadway After Midnight, also known as Gangsters on Broadway, is a 1927 American silent crime melodrama film directed by Fred Windemere and written by Frederic Bartel and Adele Buffington. The film stars Matthew Betz, Priscilla Bonner, Cullen Landis, Gareth Hughes, and Ernest Hilliard. The film was released on October 29, 1927 by Krelbar Pictures.
The Devil is a surviving 1921 silent drama film directed by James Young and starring stage actor George Arliss in a film version of his 1908 Broadway success, The Devil. Long thought to be a lost film, a print was discovered in the 1990s and restored by the Library of Congress.
