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William Castle (born William Schloss Jr.; April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Orphaned at 11, Castle dropped out of high school at 15 to work in the theater.
Kentucky is admitted as a new state, giving the vote to free men regardless of color or property ownership, although the vote would shortly be taken away from free Black people. [5] Delaware removes property ownership as requirement to vote, but continues to require that voters pay taxes. [7] 1798. Georgia removes tax requirement for voting. [7]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Across the Pacific: Edwin Carewe: Dorothy Dalton, Samuel E. Hines: Adventure: World Film: The Amateur Detective: Carroll Fleming ...
The movie, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, was remade in 2006, a version poorly reviewed despite an all-star cast that includes Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Anthony Hopkins. 28 ...
1914 (German: 1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Albert Bassermann, Hermann Wlach and Wolfgang von Schwindt. The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War , culminating in the assassination ...
February 10 – Release of the film Hearts Adrift; the name of Mary Pickford, the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees. February – Lewis J. Selznick and Arthur Spiegel organize the World Film Corporation, [5] [6] a distributor of independently produced films [7] located in Fort Lee, New Jersey, [8] [9] [10]
Actress Fan Bourke opened The Princess, a 500-seat "votes for women" movie theatre, in New Rochelle, New York in late 1915. [11] In the 21st century, PBS American Experience's 2023 documentary The Vote was released to commemorate the campaign waged by American women for the right to vote and the passage of the 19th Amendment. [48]
Elections were held for the 64th United States Congress, occurring in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term. Democrats retained control of both houses of Congress, the first time they were able to do so since the American Civil War (1861-1865).