Betty Davis | |
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Occupation | Film editor |
Years active | 1925–1929 |
Betty Davis was an American film editor active primarily in the 1920s. She also appeared in a few uncredited roles as an actress. As an editor, she worked primarily with Australian director J.P. McGowan. [1] [2] Later on, she cut films for Cliff Wheeler and Bernard McEveety. [3]
Betty Compson was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter of which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
John Paterson McGowan was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors Guild.
Mary Brian was an American actress, who made the transition from silent films to sound films.
Betty Francisco was an American silent-film actress, appearing primarily in supporting roles. Her sisters Evelyn and Margaret were also actresses.
Jack J. Clark was an American director and actor of the early motion picture industry.
Keene Thompson was a story, scenario and screenwriter who worked in the film industry from 1920 to 1937.
Harlan Thompson was an American theatre director, screenwriter, lyricist, film director, and film and television producer. He wrote the Broadway hit Little Jessie James (1923–24), and several other Broadway musicals. He moved to Hollywood, where he was in turn a writer, director and producer.
The Woman on the Jury is a lost 1924 American silent drama film produced and released by Associated First National and directed by Harry Hoyt. It is based on a Broadway stage play, The Woman on the Jury, and stars Sylvia Breamer and Bessie Love. The story was refilmed in 1929 as an early talkie under the title The Love Racket starring Dorothy Mackaill.
The Love Racket is a 1929 American early sound crime drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Broadway play, The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns, and is a remake of a 1924 silent film of the same name which starred Bessie Love. The film is now considered lost.
Excess Baggage is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and distributed by MGM. The film was based on the 1927 play of the same name by John McGowan. The film starred William Haines, Josephine Dunn and Kathleen Clifford.
Adrienne Dore was an American actress, model, and beauty pageant winner. She was first runner-up in the Miss America 1925 pageant, competing as Miss Los Angeles. Dore went on to have a modest career in motion pictures before retiring in 1934.
The Fear Fighter is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Billy Sullivan, Ruth Dwyer and J.P. McGowan.
The Clean Up is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and starring Charles Delaney, Betty Blake and Bruce Gordon.
The Man from Nevada is a 1929 American silent western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Tom Tyler, Natalie Joyce and Al Ferguson.
Thelma Smith was an American film editor active in Hollywood in the 1920s who worked with filmmaker J.P. McGowan at Morris R. Schlank Productions.
The Patent Leather Pug is a 1925 American silent sports drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Billy Sullivan, Ruth Dwyer and J.P. McGowan. Completed in 1925 it first premiered in London under the alternative title A Desperate Finish before going on general release in the United States in January 1926.
Wyoming Tornado is a 1929 American silent western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Art Acord, Peggy Montgomery and Slim Whitaker.
Bad Men's Money is a 1929 American silent western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Yakima Canutt, Peggy Montgomery and John Lowell.
Headin' Westward is a 1929 American silent western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Mary Mayberry and John Lowell.
Captain Cowboy is a 1929 American silent western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Yakima Canutt, Ione Reed and John Lowell.