Vintage British postcard. The Trans-Atlantic Film Co. (which was the European distribution section of Universal, based in Britain), 1917. This card refers to Ben WIlson's lead in the serial The Voice on the Wire (Stuart Paton, Universal 1917).
Ben F. Wilson (also credited as Benjamin Wilson; July 7, 1876 – August 25, 1930), was an American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in more than 210 (others claim 169) films between 1911 and 1930. He also directed more than 130 (123 according to others) films between 1912 and 1930, while he produced 69 of them, and also wrote 11 screenplays.
In 1911 Wilson started his career as actor at the Edison studios at Fort Lee, NJ., where J. Searle Dawley directed him in 13 films in 1911-13. In 1913 he was the male star in Edison's serial Who Will Marry Mary, the sequel to one of the earliest American serials, What Happened to Mary (1912), both starring Mary Fuller. In 1914 Wilson starred as Inspector Cleek in a series of mystery shorts. After leaving Edison, Wilson worked for Nestor and then started his own company, which films were distributed by Universal. Wilson directed most of his films in the years 1915-16.
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Vintage British postcard. The Trans-Atantic Film Co. (which was the European distribution section of Universal, based in Britain), 1915.
Edna Maison (born Carmen Edna Maisonneuve] or Carmen Edna Maisonave; August 17, 1892 – January 11, 1946) was an American silent film actress. For almost a decade Maison first had a career as opera singer before becoming a film actress in 1912, first at American Pathe at Fort Lee, NJ., later also at American Eclair, Nestor, Powers and Bison. Between 1912 and 1918 Maison acted in 85 (mostly short) films such as The Idol of Bonanza Camp (Nestor, 1913) and appearing with such actors as Lon Chaney and Harry von Meter.
In 1914 Maison was offered a contract by Universal, resulting in leads in dramas such as The Unmasking (Sidney Ayres, 1915) and Their Island Of Happiness (1915). In 1916, she acted in the feature films Undine (Henry Otto, 1916), and opposite Anna Pavlova, in The Dumb Girl of Portici (Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber, 1916), even if afterward she continued in various shorts. In 1917 she married film executive Beverly Griffith, her second husband. Her last major part she had as 'the other woman' opposite Louise Lovely in A Rich Man's Darling (Edgar Jones, 1918). In 1946 Maison died from heart disease at the age of fifty-three.
Sources: English Wikipedia, IMDb.
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Vintage British postcard. The Trans-Atlantic Film Co, 1915. Cleo Madison in The Trey o'Hearts, a 1914 American action film serial by Universal, directed by Wilfred Lucas and Henry MacRae, based on the novel of the same name by Louis Joseph Vance, scripted by Bess Meredyth and Vance, and currently considered to be a lost film.
See also wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-cleo-madison/
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Vintage French postcard. Eugène and Louise Silvain in the Greek tragedy Electre/ Elektra by Sophocles, in a translation and adaptation by Alfred Poizat, performed together with other actors from the Comédie Française at the Théâtre Antique/ Romain in Arles in July 1907. Louise Silvain played the title character.
Eugène Sylvain/ Eugène Silvain (1851-1930), aka known as Sylvain and Silvain, was a prominent French stage actor, though he is best remembered as the evil bishop Cauchon in Carl Dreyer’s silent masterpiece La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928). He entered the Comédie Française in 1878, became a Sociétaire in 1883, a Doyen between 1916 and 1928, and he left the company in 1928.
Louise Silvain (1874-1930) entered the Comédie Française in 1901, became sociétaire in 1910 and sociétaire honoraire in 1925. She was married to Eugène Silvain, aka Sylvain. She acted in the films Une scène d'Andromaque à la Comédie Française (dir. unknown, 1909) and Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre (Jacques de Féraudy, 1922).
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Vintage French postcard. Eugène and Louise Silvain in the Greek tragedy Electre/ Elektra by Sophocles, in a translation and adaptation by Alfred Poizat, performed together with other actors from the Comédie Française at the Théâtre Antique/ Romain in Arles in July 1907. Louise Silvain played the title character. Written on the card: It was startling.
Eugène Sylvain/ Eugène Silvain (1851-1930), aka known as Sylvain and Silvain, was a prominent French stage actor, though he is best remembered as the evil bishop Cauchon in Carl Dreyer’s silent masterpiece La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928). He entered the Comédie Française in 1878, became a Sociétaire in 1883, a Doyen between 1916 and 1928, and he left the company in 1928.
Louise Silvain (1874-1930) entered the Comédie Française in 1901, became sociétaire in 1910 and sociétaire honoraire in 1925. She was married to Eugène Silvain, aka Sylvain. She acted in the films Une scène d'Andromaque à la Comédie Française (dir. unknown, 1909) and Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre (Jacques de Féraudy, 1922).
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