Harvey Gates
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Harvey Gates was an American screenwriter of the silent era
. He wrote for 216 films between 1913
and 1948
.
He was born in Hawaii
and died in Los Angeles, 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 wrote for 216 films between 1913
1913 in film
The year 1913 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film, is made.* December 29, Charlie Chaplin signs a contract with Mack Sennett to begin making films at Keystone Studios.* D. W...
and 1948
1948 in film
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...
.
He was born in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
Selected filmography
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge'Neath Brooklyn Bridge'Neath Brooklyn Bridge is a 1942 film released by Monogram Pictures. The film is the eleventh installment in the East Side Kids series and one of the more dramatic films of the series, released at a time when they were making lighter, more humorous fare...
(19421942 in filmThe year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca.-Events:...
) - Black DragonsBlack DragonsBlack Dragons is a 1942 American film directed by William Nigh and starring Bela Lugosi, Loan Barclay, and George Pembroke. The Black Dragon Society also appears in Let's Get Tough! a 1942 East Side Kids film made by the same team of writer Harvey Gates and producer Sam Katzman.-Plot :It is prior...
(1942) - Let's Get Tough (1942)
- O'Shaughnessy's BoyO'Shaughnessy's BoyO'Shaughnessy's Boy is a 1935 film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper. The movie was directed by Richard Boleslawski.-Cast:*Wallace Beery as Windy O'Shaughnessy*Jackie Cooper as Stubby O'Shaughnessy...
(19351935 in film-Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .*Seven year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.*The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:...
) - Madame RacketeerMadame RacketeerMadame Racketeer is a 1932 film featuring Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett, and George Raft. The movie was directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Alexander Hall.-Cast:* Alison Skipworth as Countess/Martha Hicks* Richard Bennett as Elmer Hicks...
(19321932 in film-Events:*Cary Grant's film career begins*Katharine Hepburn's film career begins*Shirley Temple's film career begins*Disney released Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film.*Santa, first sound film made in Mexico released....
) - The Forward PassThe Forward PassThe Forward Pass, also known as To match tis doxis in Greece, is a 1929 black-and-white American football musical film directed by Edward F. Cline, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Loretta Young. John Wayne was an uncredited extra in the film. The film is believed to be lost.-Cast:* Douglas...
(19291929 in film-Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....
) - The Desert SongThe Desert Song (1929 film)The Desert Song is a musical operetta film photographed partly in two-color Technicolor. This was the first movie released by Warner Bros. to be in color. Although some of the songs from the show have been omitted, the film is otherwise virtually a duplicate of the stage production...
(1929) - Say It with SongsSay It with SongsSay It With Songs is a 1929 All-Talking musical drama motion picture which was released by Warner Bros.. The film starred Al Jolson and was a follow-up to his previous film, The Singing Fool .-Production:...
(1929) - Driftin' ThruDriftin' ThruDriftin' Thru is a 1926 Western film starring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Daniel Brown* Stanton Heck - Bull Dunn* Ruth King - Stella Dunn* G. Raymond Nye - Joe Walters* Joseph W. Girard - Sheriff * Harriet Hammond - The Girl...
(19261926 in film-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
) - The Bad LandsThe Bad LandsThe Bad Lands is a 1925 Western film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Patrick Angus O'Toole* Wilfred Lucas - Col. Owen* Lee Shumway - Capt. Blake* Gaston Glass - Hal Owen* Joe Rickson - Charlie Squirrel* Trilby Clark - Mary Owen...
(19251925 in film-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
) - Silent SandersonSilent SandersonSilent Sanderson is a 1925 Western film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson* Trilby Clark - Judith Bensonn* John Miljan - Jim Downing* Gardner James - Art Parsons* Edith Yorke - Mrs. Parsons...
(1925) - Beyond the BorderBeyond the BorderBeyond the Border is a 1925 Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Bob Smith* William Scott - Bob Moore* Mildred Harris - Molly Smith* Tom Santschi - Nick Perdue* Jack Richardson - Brick Dawson...
(1925) - Soft ShoesSoft ShoesSoft Shoes is a 1925 drama film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Pat Halahan* Lillian Rich - Faith O'Day* Paul Weigel - Dummy O'Day* Francis Ford - Quig Mundy* Stanton Heck - Bradley* Harriet Hammond - Mrs. Bradley...
(1925) - The Flaming FortiesThe Flaming FortiesThe Flaming Forties is an American Western silent film, the sixth of seven features which short-lived motion picture company Stellar Productions released in 1924–25 as Producers Distributing Corporation vehicles for Harry Carey. Carey was primarily known as a star of Westerns and only one of the...
(19241924 in film-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
) - Man Under CoverMan Under Cover-Cast:* Herbert Rawlinson - Paul Porter* George Hernandez - Daddy Moffat* William Courtright - Mayor Harper * George Webb - Jones Wiley* Edwin B. Tilton - 'Coal Oil' Chase * Gerald Pring - Holt Langdon...
(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....
) - Headin' WestHeadin' WestHeadin' West is a 1922 Western film directed by William James Craft and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Jim Corey* Hoot Gibson* Charles Le Moyne* Gertrude Short...
(1922) - The Fire EaterThe Fire EaterThe Fire Eater is a 1921 Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Bob Corey* Louise Lorraine - Martha McCarthy* Walter Perry - Jim O'Neil* Thomas G. Lingham - Jacob Lemar...
(19211921 in film-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1921:U.S.A. unless stated*$10,000 Under a Pillow, silent film directed by Frank Moser*The Ace of Hearts, silent film directed by Wallace Worsley*Across the Divide, silent film directed by John Holloway...
) - Red CourageRed CourageRed Courage is a 1921 Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Pinto Peters* Joel Day - Chuckwalla Bill* Molly Malone - Jane Reedly* Joseph W...
(1921) - ActionAction (1921 film)Action is a 1921 Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. It was based on Peter B. Kyne's popular novel The Three Godfathers. The film is considered to be lost. According to contemporaneous newspaper reports, Action was based on J...
(1921) - Blue Streak McCoyBlue Streak McCoyBlue Streak McCoy is a 1920 Western film starring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Job McCoy* Lila Leslie - Eileen Marlowe* Charles Arling - Howard Marlowe* B. Reeves Eason Jr. - Albert Marlowe...
(19201920 in filmThe year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...
) - The Fightin' TerrorThe Fightin' TerrorThe Fightin' Terror is a 1920 short Western film directed by and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson* Yvette Mitchell* Jim Corey* Mark Fenton* George Rand* Harry Tenbrook...
(1920) - MaskedMasked (film)Masked is a 1920 short Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson* Virginia Browne Faire* Dan Crimmins* Nelson McDowell* Jim Corey* Tom London...
(1920) - The Screaming ShadowThe Screaming ShadowThe Screaming Shadow is a 1920 action film serial directed by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Ben F. Wilson - John Rand * Neva Gerber - Mary Landers* Frances Terry - Nadia...
(1920) - West Is BestWest Is BestWest Is Best is a 1920 short Western film directed by Phil Rosen and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson* Josephine Hill* William Lloyd* Ah Wing* H. H. Pattee - * Harry Schumm* C. E. Anderson...
(1920) - The Face in the WatchThe Face in the WatchThe Face in the Watch is a 1919 short Western film directed by Edward A. Kull and featuring Hoot Gibson....
(19191919 in filmThe year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...
) - The Exquisite ThiefThe Exquisite ThiefThe Exquisite Thief is a 1919 silent drama film directed by Tod Browning. Prints of this film survive.-Cast:* Priscilla Dean - Blue Jean Billie* Thurston Hall - Algernon P. Smythe* Milton Ross - Det. Wood* Sam De Grasse - Shaver Michael...
(1919) - The Midnight ManThe Midnight Man (1919 film)The Midnight Man is a 1919 film serial directed by James W. Horne. It is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* James J. Corbett - Bob Gilmore* Kathleen O'Connor - Nell* Joseph W...
(1919) - Ravished ArmeniaRavished ArmeniaRavished Armenia is the title of both a book written in 1918 by Arshaluys Mardiganian about her experiences in the Armenian Genocide and the Hollywood film based on it that was filmed in 1919....
(1919) - The Wicked DarlingThe Wicked DarlingThe Wicked Darling is a 1919 silent drama film directed by Tod Browning. The film was considered to be a lost film, until a copy was found in Europe in the 1990s. The copy now resides in the Nederlands Filmmuseum.-Cast:* Priscilla Dean - Mary Stevens...
(1919) - A Broadway ScandalA Broadway ScandalA Broadway Scandal is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Joe De Grasse that stars Lon Chaney, Sr. and Carmel Myers. The film's status of existence is unknown and is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Carmel Myers - Nenette Bisson...
(19181918 in filmThe year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
) - Bull's EyeBull's Eye (serial)Bull's Eye is a 1917 film serial directed by James W. Horne. It is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Eddie Polo - Cody* Vivian Reed - Cora Clayton* Frank Lanning - Nathan Loose* Ray Hanford - John Clayton* William Welsh - John North...
(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...
) - Hell Morgan's GirlHell Morgan's GirlHell Morgan's Girl is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.-Cast:* Dorothy Phillips - Lola* William Stowell - Roger Curwell* Lon Chaney, Sr. - Sleter Noble* Lillian Rosine - Olga...
(1917) - For the Love of a GirlFor the Love of a GirlFor the Love of a Girl is a 1916 silent film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Bessie Arnold* Joe Rickson* Olive Carey - * Neal Hart...
(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 Committee on CredentialsThe Committee on CredentialsThe Committee on Credentials is a 1916 silent film featuring Harry Carey. It is based on the novel, The Pride of Palomar, by Peter Bernard Kyne...
(1916) - The Jackals of a Great CityThe Jackals of a Great CityThe Jackals of a Great City is a 1916 silent drama film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Stella LeSaint - * Jean Hathaway* Hayward Mack...
(1916) - The Three GodfathersThe Three GodfathersThe Three Godfathers is a 1916 silent film featuring Harry Carey. The film was remade in 1919 as Marked Men, which also starred Carey.-Cast:* Stella LeSaint - Ruby Merrill, 'The Mojave Lily' * Harry Carey - Bob Sangster...
(1916) - Three Fingered JennyThree Fingered JennyThree Fingered Jenny is a 1916 American silent short mystery directed by Edward LeSaint written by Harvey Gates. Starring William Garwood in the lead role, it was the third film in the five film series of Lord John's Journal.-Cast:...
(1916) - Lord John's JournalLord John's JournalLord John's Journal is a 1915 American silent mystery film directed by Edward J. Le Saint based on a story by Harvey Gates. Starring William Garwood in the lead role.-Cast:...
(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...
) - I Was Meant for YouI Was Meant for YouI Was Meant for You is a 1913 drama film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Charles West - Theron* Claire McDowell - Lavina* Harry Carey - Luke* Lionel Barrymore - Lavina's Father* John T. Dillon - In Town...
(19131913 in filmThe year 1913 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film, is made.* December 29, Charlie Chaplin signs a contract with Mack Sennett to begin making films at Keystone Studios.* D. W...
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