The Soilers
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The Soilers is a 1923
silent
comedy film
starring Stan Laurel
. It was released in the same year as the Western
silent movie
drama The Spoilers
, and the name of one character from the original, McNamera, may have a parody in the name of the Finlayson character.
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...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
starring Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...
. It was released in the same year as the Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
silent movie
Silent Movie
Silent Movie is a 1976 satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976...
drama The Spoilers
The Spoilers (1923 film)
The Spoilers is a 1923 silent film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with Milton Sills as Roy Glennister, Anna Q. Nilsson as Cherry Malotte, and Noah Beery, Sr. as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a saloon fistfight between Glennister and...
, and the name of one character from the original, McNamera, may have a parody in the name of the Finlayson character.
Cast
- Stan LaurelStan LaurelArthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...
- Bob Canister - Ena GregoryEna GregoryEna Gregory was an Australian motion picture actress from Sydney, Australia.-Movie actress:In Australia Gregory was known as the child wonder of the vaudevillestage...
- The girl - Mae Laurel - Woman in saloon
- James FinlaysonJimmy FinlaysonJames Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression...
- Smacknamara - Billy EngleBilly EngleBilly Engle was an Austrian-born American film actor. He appeared in 169 films between 1917 and 1957.He was born in Austria and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
- Prospector - Eddie BakerEddie Baker (actor)Eddie Baker was an American film actor. He appeared in 177 films between 1917 and 1965. He was born in Davis, West Virginia and died in Hollywood, California from emphysema.-Selected filmography:...
- Prospector - George Rowe - Man in saloon
- Jack Ackroyd - Henchman
- Jack Gavin - Prospector
- Marvin LobackMarvin LobackMarvin Loback was an American film actor. He appeared in 112 films between 1916 and 1935.He was born in Tacoma, Washington and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Follow the Crowd...
- Henchman - Sammy BrooksSammy BrooksSammy Brooks was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Berth Marks * Bromo and Juliet...
- Al Forbes
- Katherine Grant
- John B. O'BrienJohn B. O'BrienJohn B. O'Brien was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 88 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926....
- 'Tonnage' Martin Wolfkeil