Reginald Barker Articles
THE ITALIAN d: Reginald Barker
The Italian (1915) Direction: Reginald Barker Screenplay: Thomas H. Ince and C. Gardner Sullivan Cast: George Beban, Clara Williams, J. Frank Burke George Beban (right) was a renowned stage and vaudeville star. Even though he never became a major film name, Beban appeared in nearly 20 films from the mid-1910s to the mid-1920s, almost invariably in the role of an Italian. His first [...]
Best Films – 1915: Reginald Barker’s THE ITALIAN, Lillian Gish, Mary Pickford
In The Italian, George Beban plays an Italian immigrant whose dreams of riches in America quickly turn into a nightmare of poverty and despair. BEST FILM The Italian d: Reginald Barker; scr: Thomas H. Ince and C. Gardner Sullivan Little Pal d: James Kirkwood; scr: Marshall Neilan CHECK THESE OUT Carmen d: Cecil B. DeMille; scr: William C. de Mille BEST ACTOR [...]
Best Films – 1914: CABIRIA, Mary Pickford
Giovanni Pastrone's epic Cabiria is considered a landmark in motion picture history, having inspired the grandeur of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916). CHECK THESE OUT Cabiria d: Giovanni Pastrone; scr: Giovanni Pastrone, Gabriele D'Annunzio The Wrath of the Gods d: Reginald Barker; scr: William H. Clifford, Thomas H. Ince, C. Gardner Sullivan Harold Lockwood, Mary Pickford in Tess of the Storm Country BEST ACTRESS [...]