Kathleen Mansfield Murry was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world, and have been published in 25 languages.
John Middleton Murry was an English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married in 1918 as her second husband, for his friendship with D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot, and for his friendship with Frieda Lawrence. Following Mansfield's death, Murry edited her work.
Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter was an American novelist, most known for Pollyanna (1913) and Just David (1916).
Alice Joyce Brown was an American actress who appeared in more than 200 films during the 1910s and 1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film The Green Goddess and its 1930 remake of the same name.
Mignon Anderson was an American film and stage actress. Her career was at its peak in the 1910s.
Eugenie Besserer was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie film, The Jazz Singer.
George F. Hernandez (1863–1922) was an American silent film actor who played character parts in 67 movies, following a career as a stage actor.
"Je ne parle pas français" is a short story by Katherine Mansfield. She began it at the end of January 1918, and finished it by February 10. It was first published by the Heron Press in early 1920, and an excised version was published in Bliss and Other Stories later that year.
"How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped" is a 1912 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in Rhythm in September 1912 under the pen name of Lili Heron. It was republished in Something Childish and Other Stories (1924).
"An Indiscreet Journey" is a 1915 short story by Katherine Mansfield.
"Something Childish But Very Natural" is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield in 1914. It was first published posthumously in the Adelphi. It was republished in Something Childish and Other Stories (1924).
Kate Bruce was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931. She was born in Columbus, Indiana, and died in New York, New York. In 1885, Bruce left Boone, Iowa, in a wagon with a group of traveling actors at a time when stages were illuminated by oil lights. On Broadway, Bruce performed in The Starbucks (1903).
Charles Hill Mailes was a Canadian actor of the silent era.
Claire McDowell was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945.
Charles West was an American film actor of the silent film era. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1908 and 1937. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Shirley Mason was an American actress of the silent era.
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield is a 1973 BBC television drama series starring Vanessa Redgrave as writer Katherine Mansfield, Jeremy Brett as her second husband John Middleton Murry, and Annette Crosbie as her life-long friend Ida Baker, known as L.M. The series consists of six fifty-minute parts each including episodes of Mansfield's life interwoven with adaptations of her short stories, dramatized by English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Robin Chapman (1933–2020).
Anne Estelle Rice (1877–1959) was an American artist who was one of the chief illustrators for the British periodical Rhythm, edited by John Middleton Murry and Michael Sadleir from 1911 to 1913. She established a close relationship with Katherine Mansfield, and famously painted her wearing red.
Rollin Summers Sturgeon was an American film director of silent films active from 1910 to 1924. He directed 101 films during this period.
Alice Turner Curtis was an American writer of juvenile historical fiction. She was probably best remembered by young readers of her day for The Little Maid's Historical Series. She has written at least sixty published books.
