Daniel Gilfether
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 17, 1849
Deathday: May 03, 1919
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The Test of Manhood
1914-10-12
The Test of Manhood
Overview: Harry Wentworth is the profligate son of a ranch owner. His father is tired of Harry's irresponsible drinking and gambling and banishes him from home. Harry becomes a sailor, but right away gets in trouble with the captain. The hard work does him good, however, and when he feels he's had enough of the captain's brutality, he escapes overboard with a couple of friends, whom he takes to his father's ranch. Back home he discovers that his father is in danger of losing his ranch to scheming lawyer Jim Martin. Martin is in love with Ethel Crandall, the sister of gambler Ralph Crandall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-12
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A Bit of Kindling
1917-06-18
A Bit of Kindling
Overview: Alice, a little newsgirl known as "Sticks", spends her time fighting for her territory against a lot of tough kids.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-18
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The Sultana
1916-10-14
The Sultana
Overview: Rich young playboy Gregory Kirkland reads a newspaper story about a daring robbery, and bets his friends that he can steal a famous diamond tiara, The Sultana, from its designer and then secretly return it without being caught. Robert Sautrelle, who designed the tiara, visits Kirkland's home, and Gregory does indeed steal it. However, he gets cold feet before he returns it and convinces a woman he knows, Virginia Lowndes, to return it. Unfortunately, things don't work out exactly as Gregory had planned.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-14
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The Matrimonial Martyr
1916-06-18
The Matrimonial Martyr
Overview: Erma Desmond leaves her uncle and aunt to visit a friend, Phyllis, in the city. There, she finds work as the companion to the highly temperamental Mrs. Stanley. Mrs. Stanley has terrorized her husband to such an extent that he has gone away for a few months, purportedly to take their daughter to school, but mainly to get some peace. The servants, however, are still victims of her terrible fits until the day she decides to head for Reno to get a divorce.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-18
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Who Pays?
1915-03-01
Who Pays?
Overview: Who Pays? was a series of twelve three-reel dramas, released between March and July 1915. Henry King and Ruth Roland starred in each episode, playing different roles each time, with a variety of supporting players who varied from one episode to another. Each episode told a complete and individual story, but they were all inter-related by a uniform theme. Although there were no cliff-hanger endings, each episode did, in fact, end with a challenge to the audience: Who was responsible for the misfortune of the principal characters? The titles of the twelve episodes were: #1: The Price of Fame; #2: The Pursuit of Pleasure; #3: When Justice Sleeps; #4: The Love Liar; #5: Unto Herself Alone; #6: Houses of Glass; #7: Blue Blood and Yellow; #8: Today and Tomorrow; #9: For the Commonwealth; #10: Pomp of Earth; #11: The Fruit of Folly; #12: Toil and Tyranny.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-01
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Twin Kiddies
1916-05-31
Twin Kiddies
Overview: In March 1916, Pathé released a short feature entitled Little Mary Sunshine, starring a four-year-old Marie Osborne. This was one of the first features ever directed by King and it was so successful that Pathé asked the original production company, Balboa, for five more features with the same child wonder. All were produced during the second half of 1916, and only three of them survive today – one being Twin Kiddies, which shows the amazing progress King had made since the first film in the series. Of course, the story is thin, the ending quite abrupt, and the opening sequences rather long. Yet, the direction is much more subtle, alternating between shots of different size, suggesting that King was mastering the art of composition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-31
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Zollenstein
1917-11-21
Zollenstein
Overview: Through negotiations with the neighboring monarch, the King of Zollenstein arranges for his son to marry the Princess of Saxonia, but later discovers that the prince already has wed Lady Maulfrey Le Fay in secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-11-21
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The Broken Promise
1916-04-28
The Broken Promise
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-28
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The Locked Heart
1918-07-20
The Locked Heart
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-20
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The Dupe
1916-07-14
The Dupe
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-14
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