A Turn of the Cards
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A Turn of the Cards is a 1914
American silent
short drama film
starring William Garwood
, Howard Davies, and William E. Lowery
.
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....
American 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...
short 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...
starring William Garwood
William Garwood
William Garwood was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent era in the 1910s....
, Howard Davies, and William E. Lowery
William Lowery
William Lowery was an American silent film actor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was signed by the Thanhouser Company in 1914. His first film was The Ten of Spades also starring William Garwood. He starred in about 60 films between 1914 and his retirement from film in 1927...
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Cast
- J.W. Cornwall
- Howard Davies
- William Garwood
- Daniel Gilfether
- Lee Hill
- William E. Lowery
- William NighWilliam NighWilliam Nigh was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye".He was born in Berlin, Wisconsin....
- Jessalyn Van TrumpJessalyn Van TrumpJessalyn Van Trump was an American silent film actress. She appeared in over eighty films between 1911 and 1928.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
- Florence Vincent
- Edna Mae WilsonEdna Mae WilsonEdna Mae Wilson was an American silent film actress. Signed by the Thanhouser Company based in New York City in 1913 she only starred in about 15 films between 1913 and 1920 often in only one short film a year often credited alongside William Garwood. She died in New York on 23 July...