Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Movie - An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917)

It is worth seeing An Old Fashioned Young Man movie (A Young Gentleman of the Old School).

Movie Premier in 1917.


Variety, 20 April 1917, p.26 (NP)
Color Info: Black and White
Countries: USA
Genres: Drama
Sound Mix: Silent
Tech Info: MET:, OFM:35 mm, PCS:Spherical, PFM:35 mm, RAT:1.33 : 1
Release Dates: USA:15 April 1917

In movie played:

Sam De Grasse (actor)
Brother of 'Joseph De Grasse' (qv), Daughter, Clementine, Nephew of 'Robert De Grasse' (qv).
Death Notes:Hollywood, California, USA (heart attack)
Born contained by Canada, Sam De Grasse enter films in 1912 and specialized in playing carefully disreputable, ruthless, slimy doomed to flop guys. 'Douglas Fairbanks' (qv) be after impressed near De Grasse's villainy that he nearly new the entertainer in several of his more haunting production. He wasn't the only partaker of the De Grasse earth in films, conversely. His brother 'Joseph De Grasse' (qv) was an actor and troop crucial independent, and his nephew 'Robert De Grasse' (qv) was a cinematographer.
Height:5' 10 1/2"
Birth Notes:Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Birth Name:Grasse, Samuel Alfred de
Spouse:'?' (? - ?); 1 child, 'Ada Fuller' (1918 - ?)
Death Date:29 November 1953
Birth Date:12 June 1875

Bert Hadley (actor)
Death Notes:Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Notes:Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Death Date:30 December 1968
Birth Date:12 April 1882

Robert Harron (actor)
Nick Names:Bobby
Death Notes:Manhattan, New York, USA (accidental gunshot wound)
Today peak musician Robert (Bobby) Harron be one of Hollywood's forgotten soul, although he grace every of the speechless screen's notation all-time masterpieces. A proficient, charismatic luminary contained by his year, Bobby out of the ordinary everything going in favour of him but die as very well childish to article of import the longstanding rewording he surely deserve. He be born in New York City to an dependent Irish-American kinfolk. In command to plonk diet next to the table, Bobby started out moderately young look for occupation. At age 13 he found a commission exploitable for the American Biograph Studio on East 14th Street through channel of a bearer of sound boy and was given a twosome of demonstrate bit for added estimate. Within the subsequent year administrator 'D.W. Griffith' (qv) had attached the camaraderie and the poignant, photogenic Bobby caught the storybook director's eye almost speedily. Bobby subsequently had prevailing role in lots of Griffith's classic silents, regularly playing characters that be by a long chalk younger and much more helpful. He appear differing other legendary womanly star who also play "young-ish" roles, scandalously 'Mae Marsh' (qv) and 'Lillian Gish' (qv). Bobby made indelible impressions in _The Birth of a Nation (1915)_ (qv), _Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)_ (qv), _An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917)_ (qv), _Hearts of the World (1918)_ (qv), _A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)_ (qv) and _True Heart Susie (1919)_ (qv). Bobby had become such a sensation that in 1920 he entertain opinion nearly departing the Griffith tuck and form his individual company. A life-threatening, self-inflicted slug harm to the gone lung in September of 1920 all gone those dreams in olden times they ever get astringent the flooring. Although it was timetabled as an "accidental" disappearance, Hollywood rumor have it that a despondent Bobby kill himself in a New York hotel legroom on the eve of the premiere of Griffith's contemporary film _Way Down East (1920)_ (qv). It seem Bobby was astounded after peculiar passed complete by Griffith for the front role in favor of the director's new protg, 'Richard Barthelmess' (qv). Whatever the evidence may be, Bobby's death deposit a tragic conundrum. Ironically, Bobby had two mediocre determined sibling actor who also died quite young. 'Tessie Harron' (qv) (1896-1918) died at age 22 of Spanish infection, and 'John Harron' (qv) (1903-1939), nickname Johnnie, suffer a fatal heart occupy at age 36. Both appeared unbilled in _Hearts of the World (1918)_ (qv) next to Bobby.
Height:6'
Birth Notes:New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name:Harron, Robert Emmett
Off screen pseudonym: Willie McBain, Brother of 'John Harron' (qv), Brother of actress 'Tessie Harron' (qv) (1896-1918), who appeared unbilled with him in _Hearts of the World (1918)_ (qv)., Harron's tragic death remains a mystery. Officially classified an accident, those who follow that theory believe that Harron, who was in New York on September 2, 1920, for the premiere of 'D.W. Griffith' (qv)'s _Way Down East (1920)_ (qv), which was scheduled for the next day, purchased a revolver from a man who needed money, put it in his dinner jacket pocket and forgot about it. Later he took the dinner jacket from a trunk, the gun fell to the floor and discharged, striking him in the left lung. Those who maintain that Bobby's death was a suicide claim that Bobby was extremely despondent when Griffith bypassed him for the lead role in "Way Down East" in favor of his new protg, 'Richard Barthelmess' (qv). At the time Bobby was contemplating leaving the Griffith fold and forming his own production company because of those concerns., 'D.W. Griffith' (qv)'s legendary cameraman, 'G.W. Bitzer' (qv), gave this first-hand account of his friend Harron's mysterious death: "He lived . . . long enough to make his confession and receive the sacraments from Father William Humphrey . . . the priest who had brought him as a boy to the old Biograph studio . . . Bobby would not have lied to him . . . His death marked the end of an era. With Bobby's passing, some thread of unity seemed to leave us . . . We felt that Bobby had brought us luck when he came to us so young and eager . . . After Bobby's death in 1920, it was never the same again.", Robert had eight other brothers and sisters. In addition to actor/brother 'John Harron' (qv), they included Charles, Theresa (Tessie), Madeline, Agnes (who became a nun), Mary, Edna, and a girl who died in childhood. A few of Robert's other brothers and sisters also appeared in his films as extras. Of all nine children, John was the only one to marry and continue a new generation. He had one daughter, Collene, who went on to have nine children of her own., His parents were John Harron Sr. (1867-1930) and Anne Harron (1870-1955). Both outlived their son., Although he played 'Lillian Gish' (qv)'s brother in _The Birth of a Nation (1915)_ (qv), he also donned blackface and played one of the black townsfolk in a crowd scene when director 'D.W. Griffith' (qv) was short an extra.
Death Date:5 September 1920
Birth Date:12 April 1893

Wilbur Higby (actor)
His daughter was Mary Jane Higby, the well-known radio actress.
Death Notes:Hollywood, California, USA (pneumonia)
Prior to acting next to podium, Higby play executive baseball in Grand Rapids. Higby played domestic animals near Otis Skinner, Wilton Lackaye and Marguerite Clark since entering films with Universal in 1914. Higby played on eyeshade with Douglas Fairbanks and work with Elmer Clifton and W. Christy Cabanne. He acted for the period of the 1920s, habitually playing the father of the motion photo heroine. Higby die of a heart clot on.
Birth Notes:Meridian, Mississippi, USA
Birth Name:Jones, Wilbur Higby
Spouse:'Carolyn Higby' (stage actress) (? - ?)
Death Date:1 December 1934
Birth Date:21 August 1867

Thomas Jefferson (actor)
Son of actor and writer 'Joseph Jefferson (I)' (qv)., Brother of actor 'William Jefferson (I)' (qv).
Death Notes:Hollywood, California, USA
Height:5' 6"
Birth Notes:New York City, New York, USA
Spouse:'Daisy Jefferson (I)' (qv) (? - ?); 3 children
Death Date:2 April 1932
Birth Date:10 September 1856

Charles Lee (actor)
Birth Name:Lee, Charles T.
Death Date:14 March 1927
Death Notes:Los Angeles, California, USA (heart disease)
Birth Date:1882

Tom Wilson (actor)
Death Notes:Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:6' 2"
Birth Notes:Helena, Montana, USA
Birth Name:Wilson, Thomas H.
He specialized inside portray African-American characters, all for which role he would consume makeup made out of burnt cork and sometimes hairpieces that made him manifestation by course of manner of if he personal a fringe of white vertebrae. His masquerade in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid be off-type and minus any of his expected makeup.
Death Date:19 February 1965
Birth Date:27 August 1880

Adele Clifton (actress)

Mildred Harris (actress)
She was 17 years old when she and 'Charles Chaplin' (qv) wed; he was 29., She was the mother of 'Charles Chaplin' (qv)'s first child, a son named Norman Spencer. The baby, who was nicknamed "The Little Mouse," was born with severe disabilities and lived only three days., Following her split with 'Charles Chaplin' (qv), she went directly into an affair with the Prince of Wales., Is portrayed by 'Milla Jovovich' (qv) in _Chaplin (1992)_ (qv), In 1930, she introduced Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII and later 'Duke of Windsor' (qv)) to Wallis Simpson ('Duchess of Windsor' (qv)).
Death Notes:Hollywood, California, USA (pneumonia)
Birth Notes:Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
Spouse:'Charles Chaplin' (qv) (23 October 1918 - 1920) (divorced), 'Eldridge T. McGovern' (? - 1929) (divorced), 'William P. Fleckenstein' (? - ?)
Death Date:20 July 1944
Portrayed:_Chaplin (1992)_ (qv)
Birth Date:29 November 1901

Alberta Lee (actress)

Colleen Moore (actress)
Articles:"New York Times" (USA), 28 January 1988, pg. D23:1, by: Glenn Fowler, "Colleen Moore, Ultimate Flapper of the Silent Screen, Is Dead at 87", "Motion Picture Classic" (USA), November 1928, pg. 40, 72, by: Gladys Hall, "Are Vampires Children? Colleen Moore Believes That for the Wild Women of the World, Love Springs Paternal", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 24 December 1927, pg. 6, "Colleen Will Do U.A. Films", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 16 July 1927, pg. 157, "Colleen Returns to First National Family", "Motion Picture Classic" (USA), February 1927, pg. 53, 87, by: Gladys Hall, "One of the Little People; An Impression of Colleen Moore--Who Is Irish and Irresistible", "Cinema Art" (USA), December 1926, pg. 37, 57, "Colleen Moore; The Girl on the Cover", "Motion Picture Classic" (USA), December 1926, pg. 32-33, 74, 86, "The Movies Call the Comic Strip; The Funnies Are No Longer Greeted with Scorn. The Great American Public Has Fallen So Hard for These Comic Characters That I Demands Them Brought to Life on the Screen", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 29 November 1926, pg. 280, "Colleen Moore Is Voted Leading Box Office Name", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 20 November 1926, pg. 143, "Colleen Moore", "Movie Magazine" (USA), October 1925, pg. 27-28, 95-96, by: Colleen Moore and John McCormick, "The Trying Years; Confidences of Married Life", "Movie Weekly" (USA), 26 September 1925, pg. 21-22, 38, by: Colleen Moore, "The True Story of My Life", "Movie Weekly" (USA), 19 September 1925, pg. 12-14, 44-45, by: Colleen Moore, "The True Story of My Life", "Movie Weekly" (USA), 12 September 1925, pg. 12-14, 42, by: Colleen Moore, "The True Story of My Life", "Movie Weekly" (USA), 5 September 1925, pg. 10-12, 44, by: Colleen Moore, "The True Story of My Life", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 25 July 1925, pg. 449, "Colleen Moore", "Motion Picture World" (usa), 18 July 1925, pg. 352, "Colleen Moore", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 27 June 1925, pg. 987, "Colleen Moore", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 16 May 1925, pg. 286, "Colleen Moore Goes Abroad", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 21 February 1925, pg. 819, "Colleen Moore", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 3 January 1925, pg. 25, "Richard Fowland and Colleen Moore Are Godparents", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 27 October 1923, pg. 725, "Colleen Honored", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 1 September 1923, pg. 57, "Colleen Moore Marries", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 12 May 1923, pg. 171, "Miss Moore to Play in 'The Huntress'", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 30 September 1922, pg. 374, "Universal Engages Colleen Moore", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 8 April 1922, pg. 606, "Colleen Moore Defends Motion Picture Folk in Talk Broadcasted by Wireless", "Photoplay" (USA), March 1921, Iss. 31, pg. 76, by: Clodagh Saurin, "The Wearing of the Green [re Moore, Pat O'Malley, and Mickey Neilan]", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 15 May 1920, pg. 960, "Neilan Engages Colleen Moore", "L.A. Times" (USA), 28 January 1920, Iss. II, pg. 11, "Colleen Moore with Christie", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 8 September 1917, pg. 1512, "Colleen Moore", "Photoplay" (USA), July 1917, pg. 112, "Plays and Players", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 20 January 1917, pg. 384, "Colleen Moore"
Older sister of actor 'Cleve Moore' (qv)., She had one blue eye and one green., Cousin of 'Jack Stone (I)' (qv)., Donated a copy of her now lost film, _Flaming Youth (1923)_ (qv), to a museum in the early 1960s. The museum unfortunately never "got around" to restoring the film and it deteriorated., In the 1960s she formed a film production company, Vid-More Productions, with director 'King Vidor' (qv), after she met him for the first time in 40 years. Though they had kept in touch in the intervening years, they had resolved never to see each other again after they had a secret affair during the 1920s., WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922., Some sources credit the year of her birth as 1902., Unlike many of her peers, she was exceptionally savvy with her money, investing it carefully. As a result, she managed to turn her not-inconsiderable film salary into an even greater fortune after she retired from acting., As a hobby, she decided to build the grandest doll house ever, "The Enchanted Castle." She designed it, and working with hundreds of craftsmen over the course of a decade, completed it at the cost of some $500,000. Among its many one-of-a-kind features is a library that comes complete with miniature versions of many great works of literature, including a tiny version of "Tarzan of the Apes" signed by Tarzan's creator, 'Edgar Rice Burroughs' (qv). The Enchanted Castle is now on public display at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry.

Loyola O'Connor (actress)

Alma Rubens (actress)

Winifred Westover (actress)

Frank E. Woods (writer)

Lloyd Ingraham (director)

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