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Elmer Clifton (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American writer, director, and actor from the early silent days. A collaborator of D.W. Griffith, he appeared in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916) before giving up acting in 1917 to concentrate on work behind the camera, with Griffith and Joseph Henabery as his mentors. His first feature-length solo effort as a director was The Flame of Youth with Jack Mulhall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Clifton

#silentactor #silentera #Elmer Clifton

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"Withstands tornado and flood" trumpets an advertisement for Simplex motion picture projector in the May 10th 1913 issue of the movie theater projectionists' trade magazine Moving Picture World – United States

#earlycinema #1910s #1913

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Advertisement in Moving Picture World for the film Redemption (USA,1917)

Redemption (USA,1917) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211595/

#silentfilm #silentera #1910s #1917 #Evelyn Nesbit

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Oliver Twist (USA,1916) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007142/

#silentfilm #silentera #1910s #1916 #Oliver Twist #Marie Doro

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Full page advertisement in The Moving Picture World (2 October 1915, p. 30) for the Thanhouser silent comedy A Perplexing Pickle Puzzle using Claude Cooper's face as a major element. Claude Cooper (September 4, 1880—July 20, 1932) was an English-American character actor on stage, motion pictures, and radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Cooper_(actor) A Perplexing Pickle Puzzle (1915) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874982/

#silentfilm #silentera #silentactor #1910s #1915 #Claude Cooper #A Perplexing Pickle Puzzle

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Photo accompanying 'Is Theda Bara Dead?' article from Screenland, June 1923

Screenland was a monthly U.S. magazine about movies, published between September 1920 and June 1971, when it merged with Silver Screen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenland

#tedabara #screenland #1920s #1923

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Harry Benham loads bullets into a pistol magazine in a scene still for the 1914 Thanhouser silent film serial Zudora

In a candlelit basement, John Storm (played by Harry Benham) loads bullets into a pistol magazine in a scene still for the 1914 Thanhouser silent film serial Zudora (aka The Twenty-Million-Dollar Mystery and The Demon's Shadow (1919 reissue title)). The print is captioned "Episode No. 1" and "The Mystic Message of the Spotted Collar."

Zudora (USA,1914) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004846/

#silentera #1910s #1914 #Harry Benham #Zudora

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Scenes from the Little Billy films

Motion Picture Magazine (1916) Vo.10 No.12, United States

The Little Billy films are a series of short films revolving around the character of a small boy Little Billy, portrayed by Billy Jacobs.

Billy Jacobs was born on July 31, 1910 in Laclede, Idaho, USA as Paul Jacobs. He was an actor, known for Little Billy's Triumph (1914), Carmen's Romance (1914) and A Rural Romance (1914). He died on September 29, 2004 in Glendale, California, USA http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414345/bio

#silentfilm #silentera #silentactor #Billy Jacobs

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Silent actress Ethyle Cooke with husband Harry Benham and children Leland and Dorothy circa 1912

Photograph of Harry Benham, wife Ethyle Cooke Benham, and children Leland and Dorothy, appears on page 499 of the December 21, 1921 issue of American magazine Motography. See also: http://archive.org/stream/motography78elec#page/499/mode/1up/search/nickleby

#silentactress #silentactor #1910s

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Advertisement in Moving Picture World for the American drama film Outcast (1917) – August 31st 1917

Outcast (USA,1917) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181744/

Ann Murdock (November 10, 1890 – April 22, 1939) was a stage and silent film actress popular during the 1910s. She is sometimes billed as Anna Murdock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Murdock

#silentfilm #silentera #silentactress #1910s #1917 #Ann Murdock

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Dawn of the East (USA,1921) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012097/

#silentfilm #silentera #1920s #1921 #Dawn of the East #Alice Brady #Kenneth Harlan

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Saved from Himself (USA,1911) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0001871/

#silentfilm #silentera #1910s #1911 #D.W. Griffith #Joseph Graybill #Mabel Normand

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Thirty Days at Hard Labor (USA,1912) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002523/

#silentfilm #silentera #1910s #1912 #Thirty Days at Hard Labor #OscarApfel #Mary Fuller #Edison Company

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A Dash Through the Clouds (USA,1912) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002133/

#silentfilm #silentera #1910s #1912 #A Dash Through the Clouds #Mack Sennett #Mabel Normand #Fred Mace

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Lobby card for the 1918 silent film Station Content, starring Gloria Swanson.

Station Content (USA,1918) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009651/

#silentfilm #1910s #1918 #Station Content #Gloria Swanson #Triangle Film Corporation

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Lobby card for the 1921 silent serial The Avenging Arrow, starring Ruth Roland

The Avenging Arrow (USA,1921) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011939/

Ruth Roland (August 26, 1892 – September 22, 1937) was an American stage and film actress and film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Roland

#silentserial #silentera #1920s #1921 #The Avenging Arrow #Ruth Roland

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Picture taken from Who’s Who on the Screen, 1920, Publisher New York City: Ross publishing co., United States

Ward Crane (May 18, 1890 – July 21, 1928) was a silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films, he is remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton's hero in Sherlock, Jr. (1924). Crane died at age 38 in Saranac Lake from pneumonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Crane

#silentactor #silentera #1920s #1920 #Ward Crane