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Scott Lord Silent Film:Foolish Wives (Von Stroheim,1922)
Eric von Stroheim costarred with actresses Miss Dupont, Dale Fuller and Maude George during 1922 in the film "Foolish Wives", which he directed and co-scripted with Marion Ainslee and Walter...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Mary Pickford in The Old Actor (D.W.Griffith, 1912)
"The Old Actor" was directed by D.W. Griffith for the Biograph Company during 1912 and was photographed by G.W. Bitzer with a scenario by George Hennessy. The film stars Mary Pickford with Kate Bruce....
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Mary Pickford in The Unchanging Sea (Griffith, 1...
D.W. Griffith directed his wife, Linda Arvidson, and actress Mary Pickford in "The Unchanging Sea" during 1910. The film was adapted from a poem by Charles Kingsley and photographed by G.W. Bitzer....
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Scott Lord Silent Film: The Love Expert (Kirkland, 1920)
"The Love Expert" was directed in 1920 by David Kirkland, who appears onscreen in the film with Constance Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge. The photoplay was written by John Emerson and Anita Loos.Silent...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: The Copper Beeches (Calliard, 1912)
"THe Copper Beeches" in which actor Georges Trevilles starred as rhe detective Sherlock Holmes, was directed by Adrian Calliard during 1912.Silent Film
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: His Picture in the Papers (Emerson, 1916)
During 1916, director John Emerson coscripted the film "His Picture in the Papers" with Anita Loos. Produced by the Fine Ats Film Company with Triangle Sudios, the film starred Douglas Fairbanks and...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: By The Sun’s Rays (Browning, 1914)
Silent FilmDuring 1914, Charles Gibson directed Lon Chaney and actress Agnes Vernon in the film "By the Sun's Rays". That year Lon Chaney and Agnes Vernon also starred together in the film "The Old...
View ArticleScott Lord: The Outlaw and His Wife (Victor Sjostrom, 1918)
After having appeared in “The Outlaw and His Wife”, actress Edith Erastoff starred with Lars Hanson and Greta Almroth In “The Flame of Life” (1919), directed by Mauritz Stiller And “Let No Man Put...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1920
Author Mark A Vieira, in Silent Prototypes, the first chapter of his volume Hollywood Horror, includes John Barrymore as titular Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde as being a portrayl that was the first...
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Swedish Silent Film, The Golden Age in Decline
Swedish Silent Film scholar Bo Florin makes note of the province held by Nils Bouveng at the newly structured Svenska Filmindustri after the merger had taken place of the smaller companies into one and...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: When Knighthood Was In Flower (Robert G. Vignola...
Director Robert G. Vignola adapted "When Knighthood Was In Flower" from a work by Charles Major. The 1922 film stars Marion Davies with actresses Ruth Shepley, Theresa Maxwell Conover and Flora Finch....
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Reaching for the Moon (Emerson, Loos, 1917)
Anita Loos coscripted the 1917 film "Reaching for the Moon" with its director John Emerson. Douglas Fairbanks is paired in the film with actress Eileen Percy. Silent FilmDouglas FairbanksDouglas...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: The Black Pirate (Parker, 1926)
Swashbuckler Douglas Fairanks searching the high seas for adventure found an uncredited cameo appearance from real life romance Mary Pickford when paired with actress Billie Dove in "The Black Pirate"...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Douglas Fairbanks in The Iron Mask (Dwan,1929)
Douglas Fairbanks coscripted the film "The Man In the Iron Mask" with Lotta Woods during 1929, adapted from the works "The Three Muskateers" and "After Twenty Years" by Dumas. Directed by Allan Dwan,...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Douglas Fairbanks in The Mollycoddle (Victor Fle...
"The Mollycoddle", directed by Victor Fleming during 1920, paired Douglas Fairbanks with actress Ruth Renick. The film was photographed by William C. McGann and Harris Thorpe.Douglas FairbanksDouglas...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Douglas Fairbanks in Flirting with Fate (Christy...
Robert M. Baker coscripted the 1916 film "Flirting with Fate" with director Christy Cabanne for the Fine Arts Film Company.Silent FilmDouglas Fairbanks
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Scott Lord Silent Film: The Mark of Zorro (Niblo, 1920)
Toward the end of 1920, Wid's Daily titled its review of Douglas Fairbanks in "The Mark of Zorro", directed by Fred Niblo, with "Slow Starting But 'Doug' Gets This One Over Well". In regard to the...
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Scottt Lord Silent Film:The Three Musketeers (Niblo, 1921)
Douglas Fairbanks the following year continued his series of films in which he starred as an adventure protagonist, each film seeming to be a story in a different historical period and a different...
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The Photoplay: Silent Film Lobby Cards
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Blind Husbands (Von Stroheim, 1919)
Author Richard Dyer MacCann, in his volume The Silent Screen, explained, "Stroheim's first three films were about attempted seduction...Furthermore, the death of the character played by Stroheim...
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