Frank O'Connor was an American character actor and director involved in approximately 300 productions. He was a director of several films; he also penned multiple screenplays.
Henry Lehrman was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Lehrman was a very prominent figure of Hollywood's silent film era, working with such cinematic pioneers as D. W. Griffith and Mack Sennett. He directed, as well as co-starred in, Charlie Chaplin's first film, Making a Living.
Ben Welden was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows.
Arthur James Evans was an American actor who made multiple film and television appearances over five decades.
Sally Phipps was an American actress.
Elisha Helm Calvert was an American film actor and director. He appeared in more than 170 films, as well as directing a further 60 titles.
John Miljan was an American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1924 and 1958.
Roscoe Karns was an American actor who appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964. He specialized in cynical, wise-cracking characters, and his rapid-fire delivery enlivened many comedies and crime thrillers in the 1930s and 1940s.
Charles Judels was a Dutch-born American actor.
Russ Powell was an American film actor. He appeared in 186 films between 1915 and 1943. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Carl Miller was an American film actor. He appeared in 48 films from 1917 to 1942, and he remains perhaps best known for his roles in two Charlie Chaplin films: The Kid (1921) and A Woman of Paris (1923). He was born in Wichita County, Texas and died in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sally is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore. The film was directed by Alfred E. Green, produced by Moore's husband John McCormick, and based on the musical Sally written by Guy Bolton and Clifford Grey that was adapted to film by June Mathis. The play was a Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. production written specifically for Marilyn Miller that opened on December 21, 1920, at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway. It ran for 570 performances.
The Return of Peter Grimm is a 1926 American silent fantasy film directed by Victor Schertzinger based on the 1911 play of the same name by David Belasco. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.
Nick Stuart was an Austro-Hungarian-born American actor and bandleader. His career spanned five decades, during which he appeared in over 50 films, more than half of them features, as well as film shorts, serials, and even one television appearance. He rose to stardom in such films as Girls Gone Wild and Chasing Through Europe, prior to expanding his business interests by creating a talent agency, and a popular upscale club in Hollywood.
News Parade is a 1928 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Nick Stuart, Sally Phipps and Brandon Hurst. The film portrays the adventures of a newsreel cameraman. Despite poor reviews and only a modest box office performance it was followed by several similar films including Chasing Through Europe (1929).
Edward Joseph McNamara was an Australian vaudevillian who made a career on stage in Australia, the United States, and in Hollywood silent films before dying suddenly in 1928. At various times he has credited as Ted McNamara, Teddy McNamara, and Teddie McNamara.
Sammy Cohen (1902–1981) was an American film actor and comedian. He was one of several popular Jewish comedians acting in films during the late 1920s. He was teamed with Ted McNamara as a comedy duo in the films What Price Glory? (1926), Colleen (1927), The Gay Retreat (1927), and Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928).
Homesick is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and written by John Stone and William Kernell. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. The film stars Sammy Cohen, Harry Sweet, Marjorie Beebe, Henry Armetta, and Pat Harmon. The film was released on December 16, 1928, by Fox Film Corporation.
The Gay Retreat is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Gene Cameron, Betty Francisco, Judy King, Sammy Cohen, Jerry Madden, and Holmes Herbert. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on September 25, 1927.
Colleen is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Frank O'Connor and written by Randall Faye. The film stars Madge Bellamy, Charles Morton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Tom Maguire, Sammy Cohen, and Marjorie Beebe. The film was released on July 3, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation.
