Wesley Ruggles was an American film director.
David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage, and he launched the theatrical career of many actors, including James O'Neill, Mary Pickford, Lenore Ulric and Barbara Stanwyck. Belasco pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism.
Reginald C. Barker was a pioneer film director.
Jules Furthman was an American magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter.
James Cruze was a silent film actor and film director.
Henry King was an American actor and film director. Widely considered as one of the finest and most successful filmmakers of his era, King was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director, and directed seven films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Edythe Chapman was an American stage and silent film actress.
Lionel Belmore was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century.
John Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a 41-year career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917.
George Nichols sometimes credited in films as George O. Nicholls was an American actor and film director. He appeared in 221 films between 1908 and 1928. He also directed 103 films between 1911 and 1916. He was born in Rockford, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California. He, along with Henry "Pathe" Lehrman, became an arch-enemy of Charlie Chaplin, who would take direction from nobody while at Keystone Studios. 'Pops', as he was known, was often cast as father to Mabel Normand. With his wife Viola Alberti, who he married in 1896, he is the father of another prolific director George Nicholls Jr. sometimes also credited as George Nichols, Jr..
Nickolas P. J. Cogley was an American actor, director and writer of the silent films. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1909 and 1934.
George Fawcett was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
Philip E. Rosen was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed 142 films between 1915 and 1949.
Shirley Mason was an American actress of the silent era.
Émile Chautard was a French-American film director, actor, and screenwriter, most active in the silent era. He directed 107 films between 1910 and 1924. He also appeared in 66 films between 1911 and 1934.
The Heart of Maryland (1927) is a silent film costume Vitaphone drama produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Dolores Costello in the title character and features Jason Robards, Sr.. It is based on David Belasco's 1895 play The Heart of Maryland performed on Broadway. The film is the last silent version of the often filmed Victorian story, with versions having been produced in 1915 and 1921.
Dorothy Donnelly was an actress, playwright, librettist, producer, and director. After a decade-long acting career that included several notable roles on Broadway, she turned to writing plays, musicals and operettas, including more than a dozen on Broadway including several long-running successes. Her most famous libretto was The Student Prince (1924), in collaboration with composer Sigmund Romberg.
The Heart of Maryland was a theatrical play written, produced and directed by David Belasco. The four-act melodrama set in the American Civil War opened at the Herald Square Theatre in New York on October 22, 1895 and ran for 240 performances. Mrs. Leslie Carter originated the role of Maryland Calvert and Maurice Barrymore originated the role of Col. Alan Kendrick. William Furst composed the play's incidental music. The play toured throughout the United States for several years, and was made into a silent film by the same title in 1927. Silent versions also appeared in 1915, with Mrs. Carter in her original role, and in 1921.
The Heart of Maryland is a lost 1921 American silent film feature produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on David Belasco's 1895 play, The Heart of Maryland.
The Heart of Maryland is a lost 1915 silent film drama directed by Herbert Brenon based on David Belasco's play The Heart of Maryland. Mrs. Leslie Carter, who starred in the original play on Broadway in 1895, makes her appearance in this film as the title character.
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