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L-R: Unidentified man, Bobby Connelly with Miriam Battista in Humoresque (1920 film) Robert Joseph Connelly (April 4, 1909 – July 5, 1922) 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. [1]
Ramón Gil Samaniego [1] (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor.He began his career in American silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s.
He was forced to take elocution lessons for the film; he compared the coming of sound to "the discovery of clap in a nunnery." [15] His first all-talking film, Navy Blues, was released the following year. He starred in Way Out West in 1930. The 1930 Quigley Poll, a survey of film exhibitors, listed Haines as the top box-office attraction in the ...
Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films. [1]One of the most influential film comedians of the silent era, Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and talkies, from 1914 to 1947.
In 1914, he entered motion pictures, at that time still in their infancy. His first film, shot in London, was titled Dandy Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman. This led to a contract with Famous Players–Lasky. [1] His first US film, in 1915, was The Fighting Hope. During the next two years, Meighan's career took off. [2]
Keaton's new popularity in movies prompted Columbia Pictures to re-release some of his vintage-1940 two-reel comedies to theaters. [77] Columbia's home-movie division also sold two shorts, Pardon My Berth Marks and So You Won't Squawk, in abridged form on silent 8mm film.
Silent-film actors The following is a list of actors and actresses whose careers began in the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s. This list includes international performers who were well known throughout the world, and those who may have only achieved a degree of success in their native countries.
Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife. [1] He gained a large female following and was one of the biggest stars of the 1910s and early 1920s.