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THE ITALIAN d: Reginald Barker

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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

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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

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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 [...]




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