Second Fiddle (1923 film)
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Second Fiddle is a 1923
silent
film comedy-drama directed by Frank Tuttle
and distributed by W. W. Hodkinson. It stars Glenn Hunter
and is an early appearance as a lead by actress Mary Astor
. This film is in existence at the UCLA Film & TV archive in the Stanford Theatre Foundation collection.
1923 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...
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...
film comedy-drama directed by Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 to 1959 ....
and distributed by W. W. Hodkinson. It stars Glenn Hunter
Glenn Hunter (actor)
Glenn Hunter was a stage and silent film actor who gained popularity in the 1920s on the Broadway stage....
and is an early appearance as a lead by actress Mary Astor
Mary Astor
Mary Astor was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s.She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost...
. This film is in existence at the UCLA Film & TV archive in the Stanford Theatre Foundation collection.
Cast
- Glenn HunterGlenn Hunter (actor)Glenn Hunter was a stage and silent film actor who gained popularity in the 1920s on the Broadway stage....
as Jim Bradley - Mary AstorMary AstorMary Astor was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s.She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost...
as Polly Crawford - Townsend Martin as Herbert Bradley
- William Nally as Cragg
- Leslie Stowe as George Bradley
- Mary FoyMary FoyMary Emily Foy was the first woman head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, appointed to the job in 1880 at the age of 18. She had graduated the year before from Los Angeles High School. She served for only four years but left a legacy for Los Angeles librarians to remember...
as Mrs. Bradley - Helena Adamowska as Cragg's Daughter
- Otto LangOtto Lang (Actor)Otto Lang was a German actor and director.From 1953 to 1958 he was Rector of the Drama School of Leipzig. From 1958 to 1973 he was director of the German National Theater in Weimar.-Literature:...
as Dr. Crawford - Osgood PerkinsOsgood PerkinsOsgood Perkins was an American actor.-Life and career:Perkins was born James Ripley Osgood Perkins in West Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Helen Virginia and Henry Phelps Perkins. He is a descendant of a Mayflower passenger John Howland. Perkins made his Broadway debut in 1924 in the George S...
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