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Edward Lamar Johnstone was an American silent film actor and director.
Iva Shepard was an American silent film actress. Her most notable film roles were in The Romance of an Actor (1914) and as Zoe Trevor in The Haunted Manor (1916) and as Nettie Lea in The Isle of Love (1916).
Mary Pickford (1892–1979) was a Canadian-American motion picture actress, producer, and writer. During the silent film era she became one of the first great celebrities of the cinema and a popular icon known to the public as "America's Sweetheart".
Theatre World is an annual American theatre pictorial and statistical print publication. It includes Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theatre, national theatrical awards, and obituaries.
Elita Proctor Otis was an American actress. She had a long distinguished stage career before her foray into early silent films. In 1909 she may have been the first actress to play Nancy Sikes on screen in a Vitagraph produced version of Oliver Twist.
Sinners in Silk is a 1924 silent romantic drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Eleanor Boardman, Adolphe Menjou, Hedda Hopper, Conrad Nagel, and Jean Hersholt. It was written by Benjamin Glazer and Carey Wilson.
Cissy Fitzgerald was an English-American vaudeville actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in numerous silent and sound films. Fitzgerald acted in a popular Gaiety Girl show beginning in 1894 and was filmed in the role in 1896 in a self-titled short film shot by Thomas Edison's film company. She did not appear in films again until 1914 where she signed with the Vitagraph company and was quite popular in feature films and her own series of Cissy short films. Very little of Fitzgerald's silent material survives except her comic backup role in the 1928 Lon Chaney vehicle Laugh, Clown, Laugh.
Arthur Hoops was an American stage and screen actor.
A Dark Lantern is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced and released by Realart Pictures. It is based on a 1905 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Robins.
La Bohème is a 1916 American silent historical film directed by Albert Capellani and distributed by World Pictures. The star of this version is Alice Brady, whose father William A. Brady was the founder of World Pictures. This film is one of many silent versions, actually the third or fourth. Later silent versions appeared in 1917 and 1926 starring Lillian Gish. Director Albert Capellani's brother, Paul Capellani, who appears in this film, had made his own short version in 1912.
Jane Grey was an American stage and screen actress of the silent era.
The Man Who Came Back is a 1924 silent film drama directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring George O'Brien and Dorothy Mackaill. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation.
The Common Law is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Corinne Griffith and Conway Tearle. Based upon the novel of the same name by Robert William Chambers, the film was produced and released by Selznick Pictures Corporation.
Fisher Folks is a 1911 silent film short directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced and released by the Biograph Company.
Ida May Lewis was an American stage and screen actress. She started in the theater when Daly and Wallack were the top manager impresarios. She later appeared in many silent films allegedly beginning with David Horsley studios in 1911. From 1913 she did much silent film work. She appeared in Frank Keenan's version of The Bells in 1918. Her final film was in 1932 in an uncredited role in the May Robson 'Grandma' segment of If I Had a Million.
The Bugler of Algiers is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Rupert Julian. It was produced by Universal's Bluebird Photoplays division and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.
The Spy's Defeat is a 1913 silent film drama short directed by Harry McRae Webster and starring Francis X. Bushman and Ruth Stonehouse. It was produced by the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company and released by the General Film Company.
Camille D'Arcy was a stage and silent film actress in the early years of the movie business up to 1916, a relatively large woman she played matron or character roles in silent films. During her short movie career all of her film appearances were with the Essanay Company out of Chicago. In private life she was married to Dr. Loren Wilder. In the fall of 1916 she went swimming in Lake Michigan, caught an infection and died at age 37 in Chicago.
The Blue Envelope Mystery is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Wilfrid North and starring Lillian Walker. It was produced by the Vitagraph Company of America. Future star Adolphe Menjou has one of his earliest appearances in the film.
The Weakness of Man is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Barry O'Neil. It stars Holbrook Blinn and is based on the 1911 play The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy. It was produced by William A. Brady and distributed by World Film Company.
