James Stuart Blackton was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation, is considered a father of American animation, and was the first to bring many classic plays and books to the screen. Blackton was also the commodore of the Motorboat Club of America and the Atlantic Yacht Club.
Clara Kimball Young was an American film actress who was popular in the early silent film era.
Valda Valkyrien was a Danish silent film actress.
James Gordon Edwards was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and writer who began his career as a stage actor and stage director.
Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor, director and producer.
Earle Williams was an American stage actor and film star in the silent era.
Rosemary Theresa Theby was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940.
Mary Anderson was an American actress, who performed in over 77 silent films between 1914 and 1923.
Harry Temple Morey was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly 200 films during his career.
Robert Joseph Connelly was an American child actor of silent films. He is one of the first male child stars of American motion pictures beginning his career in 1913 at the age of four.
Gladys Leslie Moore was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s. Though less-remembered than superstars like Mary Pickford, she had a number of starring roles from 1917 to the early 1920s and was one of the young female stars of her day.
Zena Virginia Keefe was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s.
The Battle Cry of Peace is a 1915 American silent war film directed by Wilfrid North and J. Stuart Blackton, one of the founders of Vitagraph Company of America who also wrote the scenario. The film is based on the book Defenseless America, by Hudson Maxim, and was distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated. The film stars Charles Richman, L. Rogers Lytton, and James W. Morrison.
Wilfrid North, also spelled Wilfred North, was an Anglo-American film director, actor, and writer of the silent film era. He directed 102 films, including short films; acted in 43 films; and wrote the story for three films.
Andrew Soutar was a British novelist and journalist.
My Official Wife is a 1914 American silent film directed by James Young and starring Clara Kimball Young, Harry T. Morey and Rose E. Tapley.
Lucille McVey also known as Mrs Sidney Drew, was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actress. In the early 1900s, she was part with her husband Sidney Drew of the famous comedy duo Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew.
Mary Charleson was an Irish silent film actress who starred in about 80 films in the U.S. between 1912 and 1920.
Betty Howe was an American actress in silent films.
William S. Adams (1892–1930) was an American cinematographer of the silent era. He was the younger half-brother of J. Stuart Blackton, the British born film pioneer and co-founder of Vitagraph Studios. Adams worked with Blackton several times, but was also employed by other companies. He developed a reputation as a specialist in aerial photography, but his career was cut short when he died of a tropical disease at the beginning of the sound era.
