Monday, March 21, 2011

Karadjordje (1911, Serbia)



Život i dela besmrtnog vožda Karađorđa (Serbian Cyrillic: Живот и дела бесмртног вожда Карађорђа, English: Life and Deeds of Immortal Vožd Karađorđe) or simply Karđorđe (Карађорђе) is a 1911 silent film with a claim to fame of being the first Serbian feature film.
It was directed by Čiča Ilija Stanojević who also acted in it. The historical war film portrays the life of Karađorđe Petrović, First Serbian Uprising leader. It is full of crimes and shootings among the Serbs or in the vicinity. Karađorđe is an early and very rudimentary film, basically a filmed theater.
Director: Ilija Stanojevic-Cica
Writer: Cira Manok
Stars: Jovan Antonijevic-Djedo, Teodora Arsenovic and Vitomir Bogic

A Romance Of The Redwoods - 1917



American movie. A Romance of the Redwoods is a 1917 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. A print of the film survives in the film archive at George Eastman House.
A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Writers: Cecil B. DeMille (play), Jeanie Macpherson (play)
Stars: Mary Pickford, Elliott Dexter and Tully Marshall

The Invaders - 1912



The Invaders is a 1912 American silent film directed by Francis Ford and Thomas H. Ince. The U.S. Army and the Indians sign a peace treaty. However, a group of surveyors trespass on the Indians' land and violate the treaty. The army refuses to listen to the Indians' complaints, and the surveyors are killed by the Indians. A vicious Indian war ensues, culminating in an Indian attack on an army fort.
Director: Francis Ford and Thomas H. Ince
Writer: (uncredited)
Stars: Art Acord, William Eagle Shirt and Francis Ford

The Country Doctor - 1909



American movie. The Country Doctor is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film exist in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.
While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
Director: D. W. Griffith
Writer: (uncredited)
Stars: Kate Bruce, Adele DeGarde and Gladys Egan

Teddy At The Throttle - 1917



American movie. Teddy at the Throttle (1917) is a silent film starring Bobby Vernon and Gloria Swanson. Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Gloria's guardian, and he is also in charge of Bobbie's inheritance. The scheming guardian and his sister have been spending Bobbie's money, and they hope to have the sister marry Bobbie so that they can keep control over his money.
Director: Clarence G. Badger
Stars: Bobby Vernon, Gloria Swanson and Wallace Beery

Don't Change Your Husband - 1919



Don't Change Your Husband is a 1919 American comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. A print of the film survives. Leila porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries two-timing playboy Schuyler Van Sutphen the now-reformed James looks pretty good.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Writer: Jeanie Macpherson (story)
Stars: Elliott Dexter, Gloria Swanson and Lew Cody

The President's Assassin - 1901



Reenactment of the execution of Leon Frank Czolgosz in the electric chair, 1901. Czolgosz was the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley. (©Thomas A. Edison)