Dick La Reno
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Dick La Reno was an Irish-born American film actor of the silent era
. He appeared in 83 films between 1914
and 1931
.
He was born in Ireland
and died in Hollywood, California.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
. He appeared in 83 films between 1914
1914 in film
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....
and 1931
1931 in film
-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:*Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM*Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul*Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ*Best Actor: Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...
.
He was born in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and died in Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography
- Single HandedSingle Handed (1923 film)Single Handed is a 1923 Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Hector MacKnight* Elinor Field - Ruth Randolph* Percy Challenger - Professor Weighoff* William Steele - Windy Smith...
(19231923 in film-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
) - TrimmedTrimmedTrimmed is a 1922 Western film directed by Harry A. Pollard and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Dale Garland* Patsy Ruth Miller - Alice Millard* Alfred Hollingsworth - John Millard* Fred Kohler - Young Bill Young...
(19221922 in film-Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....
) - Pay Me!Pay Me!Pay Me! is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.-Cast:* Lon Chaney, Sr. - Joe Lawson* J. Edwin Brown - Martin * William Clifford - Hal Curtis* Evelyn Selbie - Hilda Hendricks...
(19171917 in filmThe year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
) - The Gray GhostThe Gray Ghost (serial)The Gray Ghost is a 1917 crime-drama film serial directed by Stuart Paton.-Cast:* Harry Carter - The Gray Ghost* Priscilla Dean - Morn Light* Emory Johnson - Wade Hildreth* Eddie Polo - Marco* Gypsy Hart - Cecilia* Wilton Taylor - Ashby...
(1917) - Fires of RebellionFires of RebellionFires of Rebellion is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Lon Chaney, Sr. -Cast:* Dorothy Phillips - Madge Garvey* William Stowell - John Blake* Lon Chaney, Sr. - Russell Hanlon* Belle Bennett - Helen Mallory...
(1917) - The Other Side of the DoorThe Other Side of the DoorThe Other Side of the Door is a 1916 American silent romantic drama directed by Tom Ricketts. Based on the novel of the same name by Lucia Chamberlain, the film stars Harold Lockwood and May Allison.-Plot:...
(19161916 in filmThe year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
) - The Cheat (19151915 in filmThe year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
) - The Buzzard's ShadowThe Buzzard's ShadowThe Buzzard's Shadow is a 1915 American silent military drama film directed by Thomas Ricketts starring Harold Lockwood and May Allison. The film was shot in San Diego at the San Diego Military Reservation.-Cast:*Harold Lockwood .... Sergeant Barnes...
(1915) - The Blot on the ShieldThe Blot on the ShieldThe Blot on the Shield is a 1915 short film directed by B. Reeves Eason....
(1915) - The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
- Rose of the RanchoRose of the RanchoRose of the Rancho is a 1914 Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film cost $16,988 to make, and grossed $87,028.-Plot:Esra Kincaid takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the Castro rancho...
(19141914 in filmThe year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....
) - The Man from HomeThe Man from Home (1914 film)The Man from Home is a 1914 drama film based on a novel by Booth Tarkington and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Year later the story was remade by George Fitzmaurice as The Man from Home.-Cast:* Charles Richman - Daniel Voorhees Pike...
(1914) - The VirginianThe Virginian (1914 film)The Virginian is a 1914 film based upon the novel by Owen Wister, and starring Dustin Farnum as the Virginian. The movie is the first of several versions, including a 1929 movie with Gary Cooper and Walter Huston and a 1960 television series. The 1914 film was directed by Cecil B....
(1914) - The Master MindThe Master MindThe Master Mind is a 1914 American black & white silent crime/drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille. The plot revolves around a defense attorney who, unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man, concocts a complicated and diabolical scheme to revenge himself upon the...
(1914) - Brewster's MillionsBrewster's Millions (1914 film)Brewster's Millions is a 1914 comedy film directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille. It's an adaptation of the novel written by George Barr McCutcheon. The novel had also been turned into a successful 1906 Broadway play that also starred Edward Abeles...
(1914) - The Squaw Man (1914)