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Joseph Kaufman est un Acteur et Réalisateur Américain
Joseph Kaufman (1882 - February 1, 1918) was an American silent film actor and director prominent during the WW1 years. He was born in Washington, D.C. and died in New York City very early in the Influenza pandemic of 1918.
His wife was silent film star Ethel Clayton. Kaufman started out as an actor appearing on Broadway in 1903 with Maude Adams in The Pretty Sister of Jose. He eventually changed to acting in and then directing silent films, his output being numerous short films. As American films began to expand to feature length Kaufman followed suit and proved particularly adept and popular at directing beautiful Broadway actresses including his wife Ethel Clayton. He directed Pauline Frederick, Marguerite Clark, and Billie Burke. His last film The Song of Songs (1918) starred Elsie Ferguson.
As actor he is reported to have had three teeth knocked out in a screen fight with actor Earl Metcalfe. Following his death in February 1918, both of his parents died, his mother on April 9, 1918 and his father on April 18, 1918.
^ stageography of Joseph Kaufman; ibdb.com
^ Silent Film Necrology, 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana ; c.2001 page277
^ "In the Studios", New York Daily Mirror, May 5, 1915
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Joseph Kaufman
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance à Washington (Etats-Unis)
Mort 1 février 1918 à New York (Etats-Unis)
Naissance à Washington (Etats-Unis)
Mort 1 février 1918 à New York (Etats-Unis)
His wife was silent film star Ethel Clayton. Kaufman started out as an actor appearing on Broadway in 1903 with Maude Adams in The Pretty Sister of Jose. He eventually changed to acting in and then directing silent films, his output being numerous short films. As American films began to expand to feature length Kaufman followed suit and proved particularly adept and popular at directing beautiful Broadway actresses including his wife Ethel Clayton. He directed Pauline Frederick, Marguerite Clark, and Billie Burke. His last film The Song of Songs (1918) starred Elsie Ferguson.
As actor he is reported to have had three teeth knocked out in a screen fight with actor Earl Metcalfe. Following his death in February 1918, both of his parents died, his mother on April 9, 1918 and his father on April 18, 1918.
^ stageography of Joseph Kaufman; ibdb.com
^ Silent Film Necrology, 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana ; c.2001 page277
^ "In the Studios", New York Daily Mirror, May 5, 1915
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The College Widow (1915)
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie dramatique
Thèmes Sport, Football américain, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Ethel Clayton, Joseph Kaufman
Rôle Tom Pierson
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The Song of Songs (1918)
Réalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Elsie Ferguson, Crauford Kent, Frank Losee, Charles Wellesley, Robert Cummings
Lily, une jeune fille innocente, est convaincue de poser nue pour un jeune sculpteur. Ils tombent amoureux, mais le sculpteur craint l'effet du mariage sur son travail et néglige Lily. En fin de compte, désespérée, elle épouse un vieil homme riche mais n'y trouve pas le bonheur. Ironiquement, seules la quasi-tragédie et le scandale peuvent lui apporter ce bonheur.
The Amazons (1917)
Réalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Marguerite Clark, Edgar Norton, Tammany Young, Jack Standing, Adolphe Menjou
As described in a film magazine review, because the parents are disappointed that their three children are girls instead of boys, they are brought up as boys by the Marchioness of Castlejordan (Robinson), and no males are allowed within the walls of the estate. The antics of the three upset the villagers and cause gossip. Tommy (Clark), the youngest, is sent to London to visit relatives. She slips away from the house dressed in a gentleman's evening clothes and visits a dance hall. Encountering a bully, in self-defense she knocks him down. Escaping from the hall, she jumps into the cab of Lord Litterly (Hinckley), who takes her home, and a warm friendship springs up between them. Later, the lord is instrumental in saving her from a fall from a runaway horse. Her two sisters arrange a meeting with two men in the gymnasium one evening. Tommy climbs through a skylight and "drops in" on Litterly, who happened to be bringing a message with a maid. The Marchioness discovers the trio, and seeing that her girls will be girls, gives them her blessing, and a triple wedding follows.
Great Expectations (1917)
, 50minutesRéalisé par Robert G. Vignola, Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes L'enfance
Acteurs Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Frank Losee, Marcia Harris, Herbert Prior
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A young boy, Pip, runs into an escaped convict at his local churchyard. Pip does favours for Magwitch (the convict), such as bringing him food etc. until Magwitch is eventually arrested and deported to Australia.
The Land of Promise (1917)
Réalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Billie Burke, Thomas Meighan, Mary Alden, Margaret Seddon, Grace Van Studdiford
As described in a film magazine, when her employer dies, leaving her penniless, Nora Marsh (Burke) decides to make her home with her brother Edward (Johnston) in Canada. She cannot, however, get along with her sister-in-law Gertie (Alden) and life becomes a hardship. The hired man Frank Taylor (Meighan) owns a farm of his own, but a storm has destroyed his crops and forced him to work. Shortly after Nora's arrival he leaves for his farm. Nora hears a remark that he intends to get a woman to be his wife and housekeeper and she decides to take a chance. They get married and he takes her to his house, which she soon has cozy and homelike. Wild mustard seed infests Taylor's crops and destroy them. Nora has received some money from England is thinking of leaving Taylor. When she learns that he will have to be a hired man again, she decides to stay and give him the use of her money.
Arms and the Girl (1917)
, 50minutesRéalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Billie Burke, Thomas Meighan, J. Malcolm Dunn, Arthur Bauer
As described in a film magazine, during August 1914 Ruth Sherwood (Burke), an American traveling through Belgium with her parents, is left behind in Beaupre will sending a message to her fiance in Paris. She is compelled to seek shelter at the Hotel Tete d'Or as there are no more trains that day. Here she meets another American, Wilfred Ferrers. Ruth's passport is stolen by Olga Karnovitch (Bates), a Russian spy, who leaves her Russian passport in Ruth's hands. The town is invaded by Germans who are headed towards Paris, and they make the inn their headquarters. Ferrers is discovered destroying the Russian passport and is ordered to be shot at once. Ruth comes to his assistance by claiming that he is her fiance. The German officer is skeptical, and he orders that they be married at once. The ceremony is held beneath the upheld swords of the Germans, and an embarrassing night follows as the couple retire to their room. Ferrers overcomes the sentinel at their door, dons his uniform, and forces the General (Trimble) at the point of a gun to give them a pass to get through the German lines into France. In the meantime, Jack Martin (David), Ruth's fiance, arrives, but she says that he is her chauffeur. Ferrers gives Jack the pass, but Ruth refuses to leave Ferrers, having fallen in love with her "husband." The Germans receive orders to move on and as Ferrers enters the inn to urge Ruth to depart at once, he is shot by the outraged General. Ruth borrows a smock from the innkeeper and with Ferrers makes her escape across the boarder into France.
Broadway Jones (1917)
, 1hRéalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs George M. Cohan, Marguerite Snow, Russell Bassett, Crauford Kent, Ida Darling, Joseph Smiley
The World's Great Snare (1916)
, 50minutesRéalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Acteurs Pauline Frederick, Irving Cummings
Ashes of Embers (1916)
, 50minutesRéalisé par Edward José, Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Acteurs Pauline Frederick, Earle Foxe, Frank Losee, J. Herbert Frank
The Traveling Salesman (1916)
, 50minutesRéalisé par Joseph Kaufman
Origine Etats-Unis
Acteurs Doris Kenyon, Harry Northrup, Russell Bassett
A man traveling home for Christmas gets stuck in a small town and finds romance with a woman operating the telegraph.