Bert Lytell
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Bert Lytell Born Bertram Lytell, he was a popular screen star of the silent film
era who starred in romantic, melodrama and adventure films.
Like many other silent screen stars, Lytell's career collapsed after the advent of talking pictures
. Lytell was married to the popular silent film actress Claire Windsor
from 1924 to 1927.
His younger brother Wilfred Lytell (1891–1954) was a popular stage and screen actor.
Lytell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
.
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...
era who starred in romantic, melodrama and adventure films.
Like many other silent screen stars, Lytell's career collapsed after the advent of talking pictures
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
. Lytell was married to the popular silent film actress Claire Windsor
Claire Windsor
Claire Windsor was a notable American film actress of the silent screen era.-Early life:Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk in 1892 to George Edwin and Rosella R. Fearing Cronk in Marvin, Phillips County, Kansas of Scandinavian heritage. Her parents later moved to Cawker City, Kansas when she was...
from 1924 to 1927.
His younger brother Wilfred Lytell (1891–1954) was a popular stage and screen actor.
Lytell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
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Selected filmography
- Stage Door CanteenStage Door CanteenStage Door Canteen is a musical film produced by Sol Lesser Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Frank Borzage and features many cameo appearances by celebrities, and the majority of the film is essentially a filmed concert although there is also a storyline to the...
(19431943 in filmThe year 1943 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 3 - 1st missing persons telecast * February 20 - American film studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor films....
) - The Stolen JoolsThe Stolen JoolsThe Stolen Jools is a short comedy film produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by the film stars of the day...
(19311931 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...
) - On TrialOn TrialOn Trial is an early talking drama film produced and distributed by Warner Brothers and directed by Archie Mayo. The picture stars Pauline Frederick, Lois Wilson, Bert Lytell, Holmes Herbert and Jason Robards. Obviously a film where many a silent player was crossing over to sound for the first...
(19281928 in film-Events:Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.* July 28 - Lights of New York is released by Warner Brothers. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film...
) - Obey The LawObey The LawObey The Law is a 1926 silent film adventure-drama made by the Cohn brothers ?Jack and Harry Cohn and Al Raboch. The picture stars Bert Lytell and was released through the Cohns' fledgling company Columbia Pictures...
(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....
) - Lady Windermere's FanLady Windermere's Fan (1925 film)Lady Windermere's Fan is a 1925 American silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It is based on Oscar Wilde's 1893 play Lady Windermere's Fan which was first played in America that year by Julia Arthur as Lady Windermere and Maurice Barrymore as Lord Darlington.- Cast :*Ronald Colman as Lord...
(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 :...
) - Never the Twain Shall MeetNever the Twain Shall MeetNever the Twain Shall Meet is a 1925 silent south seas drama film based on the book by Peter B. Kyne, produced by MGM and directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Anita Stewart and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited bit-part. Remade with sound in 1931 at MGM by director W. S. Van Dyke...
(1925) - The Eternal CityThe Eternal City (1923 film)The Eternal City is a silent film directed by George Fitzmaurice, from a script by Ouida Bergère based on a Hall Caine novel, starring Barbara La Marr, Lionel Barrymore and Bert Lytell. The film was produced by the Samuel Goldwyn Company and distributed by First National Pictures. It was a remake...
(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...
) - To Have and to HoldTo Have and to Hold (1922 film)To Have and to Hold is a 1922 silent film historical drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Bert Lytell and Betty Compson in this the second outting for this story which had been filmed in 1916 with Mae Murray...
(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....
) - Kick InKick In (1922 film)Kick In is a silent film crime drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.-Production background:...
(1922) - Alias Jimmy ValentineAlias Jimmy Valentine (1920 film)Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1920 silent film crime drama starring Bert Lytell. It was released through Metro Pictures. It is based on a 1910 stage play by Paul Armstrong and was the second filming of the story, a 1915 version having preceded it. The 1920 film is now a lost film...
(1920)