The Oubliette
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The Oubliette is a 1914
silent
drama film
directed by Charles Giblyn, featuring Murdock MacQuarrie
and Lon Chaney, Sr.
This film and By the Sun's Rays
are two of Chaney's earliest surviving films.
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....
silent
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...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Charles Giblyn, featuring Murdock MacQuarrie
Murdock MacQuarrie
Murdock MacQuarrie was an American silent film actor.Murdock began his long screen career as an actor in early films such as The Count of Monte Cristo before becoming a director at Universal.He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie and Frank MacQuarrie.-1940s:* Silver City Raiders...
and Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
This film and By the Sun's Rays
By the Sun's Rays
By the Sun's Rays is a 1914 silent Western film featuring Lon Chaney, Sr. The film is now considered to be Chaney's earliest film that has survived.-Cast:* Murdock MacQuarrie - John Murdock* Lon Chaney, Sr. - Frank Lawler* Seymour Hastings - John Davis...
are two of Chaney's earliest surviving films.
Cast
- Murdock MacQuarrieMurdock MacQuarrieMurdock MacQuarrie was an American silent film actor.Murdock began his long screen career as an actor in early films such as The Count of Monte Cristo before becoming a director at Universal.He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie and Frank MacQuarrie.-1940s:* Silver City Raiders...
- François VillonFrançois VillonFrançois Villon was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des Pendus, written while in prison... - Pauline BushPauline Bush (actress)Pauline Bush was an American silent film actress.Nicknamed "The Madonna of the Movies", she married actor Allan Dwan in 1915. They divorced in 1921. From 1910 to 1924, she appeared in some 250 movies...
- Philippa de Annonay - Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
- Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne - Doc CraneDoc CraneDoc Crane was an early American silent film actor.He was signed in 1914 and starred in about 30 films before his retirement three years later in 1917.He starred with William Garwood in films such as Lord John in New York and The Grey Sisterhood....
- King Louis XILouis IX of FranceLouis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He was also styled Louis II, Count of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was an eighth-generation descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a member of the House of Capet, and the son of Louis VIII and... - Chester WitheyChester WitheyChester Withey was an American silent film actor, director and screenwriter. He participated in the production in total of some 100 films....
- Colin - Agnes Vernon