Raoul Walsh was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He was known for portraying John Wilkes Booth in the silent film The Birth of a Nation (1915) and for directing such films as the widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930) starring John Wayne in his first leading role, The Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, High Sierra (1941) starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, and White Heat (1949) starring James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. He directed his last film in 1964. His work has been noted as influences on directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jack Hill, and Martin Scorsese.
Miriam Cooper was a silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance for D. W. Griffith and The Honor System and Evangeline for her husband Raoul Walsh. She retired from acting in 1924 but was rediscovered by the film community in the 1960s, and toured colleges lecturing about silent films.
Camille is a 1917 American silent film based on the play adaptation of La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in French as a novel in 1848 and as a play in 1852. Adapted for the screen by Adrian Johnson, Camille was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara as Camille and Albert Roscoe as her lover, Armand.
The Test of Honor (1919) was an American silent film drama produced by Famous Players–Lasky, released by Paramount, directed by John S. Robertson, and starring John Barrymore. Considered the actor's first drama movie role after years of doing film comedies and farces. It is based on author E. Phillips Oppenheim 1906 novel The Malefactor.
Evangeline is a 1919 American silent drama film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and directed by Raoul Walsh. The star of the film was Walsh's wife, who at the time was Miriam Cooper in the oft filmed story based on the 1847 poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem was filmed previously in 1908, 1911, and 1914.
The Scuttlers is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and directed by J. Gordon Edwards. William Farnum and Jackie Saunders star in this adventure.
Dynamite Allen is a lost 1921 American silent adventure film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Dell Henderson and stars athletic George Walsh.
The Deep Purple is a 1920 American silent crime drama film directed by Raoul Walsh from a 1910 play co-written by Wilson Mizner and Paul Armstrong. The picture stars Miriam Cooper and Helen Ware and is a remake of the 1915 lost film The Deep Purple. It is not known whether the 1920 film currently survives.
The Shark is a lost 1920 American silent film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Dell Henderson and starred George Walsh.
Betrayed is a 1917 silent drama film directed and written by Raoul Walsh, starring Hobart Bosworth, Miriam Cooper, and Monte Blue, and released by Fox Film Corporation. It is not known if the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film.
The Trail Rider is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Buck Jones. Based on the 1924 novel The Trail Rider: A Romance of the Kansas Range by George Washington Ogden, the film is about a trail rider hired to protect ranchers from the actions of a corrupt banker. The film was produced by Fox Film Corp. and was released on February 22, 1925, in the United States. It marked Gary Cooper’s film debut as a stunt rider. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
The Conqueror is a 1917 American silent biographical Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring William Farnum. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.
The Texan is a 1920 American silent Western comedy film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix. It was produced and released by the Fox Film Company. The story was filmed again in 1930 by Paramount as The Texan with Gary Cooper.
The Honor System is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Milton Sills and Cora Drew. The film established Walsh as a director. It was based on a novel of the same name by Henry Christeen Warnack.
The Hero is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Gaston Glass, Barbara La Marr, and John St. Polis. It is based upon the 1921 play of the same name by Gilbert Emery.
The Dishonored Medal is a 1914 silent American adventure film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Miriam Cooper, George Gebhard, and Raoul Walsh, and was released on May 3, 1914.
The Innocent Sinner is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Miriam Cooper, Charles Clary and Jack Standing.
The Oath is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Miriam Cooper, Robert Fischer and Conway Tearle. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Cameron Menzies. It is based on the 1911 novel Idols by the British writer William John Locke.
The Son of the Wolf is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Norman Dawn and starring Edith Roberts, Wheeler Oakman and Sam Allen. It is a northern set in Canada's Yukon and is based on a short story of the same name by Jack London.
The Plunger is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring George Walsh, Virginia Valli and Richard Neill.
