David Haspel Shepard was a film preservationist whose company, Film Preservation Associates, is responsible for many high-quality video versions of silent films. Some come from the Blackhawk Films library and others from materials owned by private collectors and film archives around the world.
Sorrell and Son is a 1927 American silent drama film released on December 2, 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at the 1st Academy Awards the following year. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping, Sorrell and Son, which became and remained a bestseller from its first publication in 1925 throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
Joseph White Farnham was an American playwright, film writer, and film editor of the silent movie era in the early 1930s. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Mary Brian was an American actress, who made the transition from silent films to sound films.
Tom Forman was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s.
Ida Darling was an American actress of the stage and in silent motion pictures.
Myrtle Stedman was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910.
Harry Beaumont was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He worked for a variety of production companies including Fox, Goldwyn, Metro, Warner Brothers, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Paul Leni, born Paul Josef Levi, was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Chinese Parrot (1927), The Man Who Laughs (1928), and The Last Warning (1929) in the U.S.
George A. Siegmann was an American actor and film director in the silent film era. His work includes roles in notable productions such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), The Three Musketeers (1921), Oliver Twist (1922), The Cat and the Canary (1927), and The Man Who Laughs (1928).
Gilbert Warrenton was a prominent American silent and sound film cinematographer. He filmed over 150 films before his death. Notable credits include The Cat and the Canary (1927) and several B-movies of the 1950s and 1960s.
Otis Harlan was an American comedic actor and voice actor.
William Herbert "Bert" Woodruff was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 64 films between 1916 and 1931. He was born in Peoria, Illinois, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Cesare Gravina was an Italian actor of the silent era who appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1929.
James A. Marcus was an American actor. He appeared in 109 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in New York City.
George Fawcett was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
J. Roy Hunt born John Roy Hunt was an American motion picture cameraman and cinematographer. His career began around the time of World War I and continued to the 1950s. Hunt served as director of cinematography on numerous films, such as Beau Geste, A Kiss for Cinderella, Flying Down to Rio, and She.
Paul Schofield was an American screenplay writer who worked on 44 films between 1920 and 1940, some directed by famous directors such as D. W. Griffith, John Ford, Archie Mayo, Frank Lloyd, and Herbert Brenon.
Lummox is a 1930 American pre-Code sound film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Winifred Westover. It was released through United Artists, and based on a 1923 novel by Fannie Hurst.
Marie Halvey was an American film editor active during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
