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silent filmA silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue. The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as film itself, but because of the technical challenges involved, synchronized dialogue was only made practical in the late 1920s with...
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1911The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*October 27: David Horsley's, Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.-Films released in 1911:* The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring...
, 1918 and 1926. The 1926 version is notable for featuring
John WayneMarion Mitchell Morrison , born Marion Robert Morrison, better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height...
's first onscreen appearance.
The
1911The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*October 27: David Horsley's, Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.-Films released in 1911:* The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring...
silent film is based on a play by
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- Edgar G. Wynn ... Tom Brown of Harvard
- Charles Clary
Charles Clary was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 206 films between 1910 and 1930.He was born in Charleston, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
... Gerald Thorne, a Tutor
- George L. Cox ... Wilfred Kenyon, a Black Sheep
- Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Livingston Kennedy was an American comedic film actor, known as "the king of the slow burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper...
... Claxton Madden
- James Le Boutillier ...
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Brown of Harvard is the title of three
silent filmA silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue. The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as film itself, but because of the technical challenges involved, synchronized dialogue was only made practical in the late 1920s with...
s from
1911The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*October 27: David Horsley's, Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.-Films released in 1911:* The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring...
, 1918 and 1926. The 1926 version is notable for featuring
John WayneMarion Mitchell Morrison , born Marion Robert Morrison, better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height...
's first onscreen appearance.
1911
The
1911The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*October 27: David Horsley's, Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.-Films released in 1911:* The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring...
silent film is based on a play by
Rida Johnson YoungRida Johnson Young Rida Johnson Young Rida Johnson Young (February 28 1869Rida Johnson Young (February 28 1869Rida Johnson Young (February 28 1869[The year of birth is given as 1869 by IMDB and IBDB. explicitly says "1875 (Not 1869)", but doesn't elaborate, and contains an attribution error...]
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Cast (in credits order)
- Edgar G. Wynn ... Tom Brown of Harvard
- Charles Clary
Charles Clary was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 206 films between 1910 and 1930.He was born in Charleston, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
... Gerald Thorne, a Tutor
- George L. Cox ... Wilfred Kenyon, a Black Sheep
- Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Livingston Kennedy was an American comedic film actor, known as "the king of the slow burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper...
... Claxton Madden
- James Le Boutillier ... John Cartright
- Frank Weed ... Tubby Anderson
- William Stowell
William Stowell , was an American silent film actor who died in a railroad accident in the Belgian Congo in 1919....
... Happy Thurston
- Charles A. Kellner ... Bud Hall
- Joseph Sullivan ... Victor Colton
- Fielding J. Thatcher ... Codrington
- Lillian Leighton
Lillian Leighton was an American silent film actress.She was signed in 1910 and starred in about 200 films before her retirement in the late 1930s whebn she only had several uncredited roles on TV.She starred alongside Rudolph Valentino in several films and starred with Charlotte Burton in films...
... Mrs. Kenyon
- Winifred Greenwood
Winifred Greenwood was an American silent film actress.She was signed in 1910 and starred in over 200 films before her retirement in 1927...
... Evelyn Kenyon
- Adrienne Kroell
Adrienne Kroell , was an American actress. She appeared in 69 films between 1909 and 1917.She was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA and died in Evanston, Illinois....
... Marion Thorne, Gerald's Sister
- Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth was an American movie actor, director, writer and producer....
... Uncredited
- Bessie Eyton
Bessie Eyton , was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 181 films between 1911 and 1925...
... Uncredited
- Kempton Greene
Kempton Greene , was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1909 and 1921.He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.-Selected filmography:* Brown of Harvard * The Eyes of Mystery...
... Student (uncredited)
1918
The
1918The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
film, also known as
Tom Brown at Harvard, is based on the play and
novelA novel is a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Gilbert Colman. The Washington State football team and its coach, Carl "Lone Star" Dietz, participated in filming while in Southern California for the
1916 Rose BowlOriginally titled the "Tournament of Roses football game," the second of what is now known as the Rose Bowl Game was played on January 1, 1916...
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Cast (in credits order)
- Tom Moore
Thomas J. Moore was an Irish-born American actor and director. He appeared in at least 186 motion pictures from 1908 to 1954...
... Tom Brown
- Hazel Daly ... Evelyn Ames
- Sidney Ainsworth
Sidney Ainsworth was a screen and stage actor who appeared in his first movie in 1909. He was born in Manchester, England and died in Madison, Wisconsin.-Filmography:*Mr. Barnes of New York .... Danella...
... Victor Colton (as Sydney Ainsworth)
- Warner Richmond
Warner Richmond , was an American actor. He appeared in 141 films between 1912 and 1946.He was born in Racine, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Child Bride...
... Claxton Madden
- Walter McGrail
Walter McGrail , was an American film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1916 and 1951.He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81.-Selected filmography:...
... Gerald Thorne
- Nancy Winston ... Marian Thorne
- Alice Gordon ... Mrs. Ames
- Kempton Greene
Kempton Greene , was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1909 and 1921.He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.-Selected filmography:* Brown of Harvard * The Eyes of Mystery...
... Wilton Ames
- Francis Joyner ... Cart Wright (as Frank Joyner)
- Frank Joyner ... Cart Wright
- Robert Ellis
Robert Ellis was an American film actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in 166 films between 1913 and 1934...
... 'Bud' Hall
- Lydia Dalzell ... Edith Sinclair
- Walter Hiers
Walter Hiers Walter Hiers Walter Hiers (18 July 1893 Cordele, Georgia, USA - 27 February 1933 Los Angeles, California, USA was an American silent film actor who died from pneumonia aged 39. In his twenty year career spanning from 1912 to 1932 he starred in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific...
... Tubby
- Arthur Housman
Arthur Housman was an American actor in films from the silent days. Initially as a leading man, Housman later became known as Hollywood's most familiar comic drunkard in films of the 1930s, usually playing cameo parts in features but with better opportunities in short films...
... Happy (as Arthur Hausman)
- Johnnie Walker ... Jean
- William "Lone Star" Dietz Football Player (uncredited)