riding to win is an australian comedy drama silent film starring australian gangster squizzy taylor and his girlfriend ida pender .

made in 1922 it was banned by the victorian censor but obtained release in sydney and brisbane under the title bound to win .

it is considered a lost film .

riding to win

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“is win , win , win ; we going to win the whole tournament , ” he announced for the whole stand to hear . “it have challengers but only one champion , tkr . ”
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this story bowman ' s riding masterclass seals 19th straight win for winx first appeared on the sydney morning herald .
paul giamatti , left , with alex shaffer in “win win , ” directed by tom mccarthy from his screenplay .
i started riding in the late 1970’s when women riders were not widely accepted . only a few years earlier , kathy kusner had been forced to go to court to win the right to ride .
the director tom mccarthy discusses merging drama and comedy in his films , including his latest ,
win win .
“win win” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . language familiar to anyone who has driven in new jersey .
news story about the bound to win screening in qld . the brisbane courier , 4 march 1925
the riding is considered safe for the party and lambropoulos is likely to become its mp after the april 3byelection .
budding fashion designers from east riding college took part in the annual lets waste less textiles fashion competition , which was organised by officers from east riding of yorkshire council’s waste and recycling team .
montreal — a 26 - year - old high school teacher virtually unknown to politics bested a former provincial cabinet minister wednesday to win the liberal party nomination for the april federal by - election in montreal’s saint - laurent riding .
we know very little of the film’s box office or public reaction . taylor himself was killed in a fatal gunfight less than two years later . unfortunately , no remnant of the original film exists and in emergency colours / bound to win ( also known as riding to win ) is considered to be one of australia’s many lost films .
“only 153 to win ? ” an excited fan asked . “we licking dem up tonight , mon . ”
montreal - - a 26 - year - old high school teacher who was a virtual political unknown defeated a former provincial cabinet minister wednesday to win the liberal nomination for a federal byelection in a montreal riding .
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former foreign affairs minister stephane dion held the riding since 1996 and it has been liberal for decades .
according to trish smith endurance riding is one of the biggest equine sports in the world and increasingly tasmanian bred horses are heading overseas . to dubai or malaysia .
“win win” does not leave that cozy realm , but it finds enough to work with there . it is in no way challenging or provocative , but it is never dull or obvious . it’s a good movie about trying to be good .
the seat is considered safe for the party and wednesday’s winner is likely to become the mp for the riding after the byelection on april 3 .
it is not a race , it ' s a ride , our motto is ' to complete , is to win '
, she said .
the colesford horse show has finally arrived . it ' s time for carole hansen andstevie lake to show off their horses . meanwhile , lisa atwood is confronting acrisis that may mean saying goodbye to one of her oldest loves . there ' s a lotat stake , but everyone ' s riding to win .
not even thandie newton could win for playing maeve . photo by rich polk / getty images for imdb
lambropoulos’ win is not without controversy as the man considered to be one of , if not the strongest candidate , was not allowed to run for the liberal nomination .
why the good guys win : they may not be philosophers , but elmore leonard ' s heroes move with a wisdom of experience : riding the rap , by elmore leonard ( delacorte : $ 22 . 95 ; 294 pp . )
a movie review on friday about “win win , ” which stars paul giamatti as a lawyer who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach , misstated the film’s rating . it is r , not pg - 13 .
lambropoulos ' win is not without controversy as the man considered to be one of the strongest candidates , if not the strongest , was not allowed to run for the nomination .
second place was marwah rizqy , a tax lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for the liberals in another montreal riding in the 2015 federal election .
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smee , 19 , is battling to win this year’s ladies day magnolia cup against rivals including tory peer dido harding and bbc journalist alexis green .
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“we are finding a lot of textiles end up in green bins and we are trying to encourage residents to recycle their old textiles and clothing and take them to any of the clothing banks that are located across the east riding . ”
emmanuella lambropoulos speaks after winning the liberal party nomination for the riding of saint - laurent in montreal , wednesday , march 8 , 2017 .
despite boasting jessica lange and susan sarandon , feud couldn’t win the top prizes . photo by frazer harrison / getty images
there is no doubt this horse knew more than his rider about how to get to the winner’s circle . we were to win five races in seven starts , with a second and a third place finish . by far the gamest horse i was ever to be astride , he was also one of the oldest thoroughbreds in north america to ever win a race – he still maintained his zing at age seventeen .
a car accident puts paige in a coma , and when she wakes up with severe memory loss , her husband leo works to win her heart again .
stajcic is refusing to get carried away with the tournament of nations win , noting it was essentially a series of friendlies played in a round - robin format .
on the other , this year’s emmys really did end up awarding non - white people in a way that represents some real breakthroughs . in addition to glover and brown’s victories , master of none ’s lena waithe also became the first black woman to win for comedy writing , and ahmed became the first man of asian descent to win an acting emmy ever .
east riding college swept the board in the year 12 and 13 category with students hayley campbell and elland hill , claiming winner and runner up awards .
i had many memorable moments riding at all the tracks , then operating in new england . i would go anywhere and ride anything with a saddle on it , even venturing to the small bush league tracks to prove myself .
“i came fifth last year , ” smee said . “i think i was there to make up the numbers — but this year i am in it to win it . one hundred per cent . ”
the matildas will get the opportunity to show their win over brazil was no fluke when they host the south americans in two matches next month , in penrith and newcastle .
in some productions of into the woods , the roles of red riding hood and jack are played by young twenty year olds . in the original broadway production ,
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“i’m really shocked , ” lambropoulos told reporters after her win . “i didn’t give up . door to door . as soon as i knew i wanted this i worked really hard . ”
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utilising taylor’s previous experience as a jockey , harrison created a plot centred on taylor as an heroic jockey who saves his lady love . pender , starring as the the daughter of a horse trainer , was rescued by taylor from a criminal gang determined to stop him from riding the race favourite to a win . the film was titled in emergency colours , and marketed the notorious taylor as a modern day ‘elusive pimpernel’ .
not only did glover’s win for outstanding actor in a comedy series mark the first time a black man won that category since robert guillaume won for benson in 1985 , but his triumph in comedy directing — which he insisted on sharing in spirit with atlanta auteur hiro murai — made him the first black man to win that category , ever .
stajcic spoke last week of the growing confidence among the matildas squad after they recorded what was their first ever win over the reigning world cup champions .
emmanuella lambropoulos reacts after winning the liberal party nomination for the riding of saint - laurent in montreal on wednesday , march 8 , 2017 . ( graham hughes / the canadian press )
well i guess that we have to wait for a tsunami or a govt spinsored cricket game for the stadium to be put to use .
the ndp has selected mathieu auclair to carry its banner in the saint - laurent riding , while the tories have picked jimmy yu , who came in second place in the 2015 election behind dion with 20 per cent of the vote .
netflix pulls in lots of nominations every single year — with 91 this year , its biggest total ever — but it continues to struggle to win the biggest prizes available ( though it has a mini - streak going in supporting actor in a drama series , thanks to bloodline’ s ben mendelsohn in 2016 and the crown’ s john lithgow this year ) . it has yet to win a lead acting prize ( which both amazon and hulu have ) or a series trophy ( which hulu now has ) .
and ducky or no ducky , blight or no blight , the whole republic stand was sure tkr going to win when dj bravo took a smart running catch to dismiss pakistani top - order batsman shoaib malik off the bowling of guyanese quick ronsford beaton .
on monday , the ndp selected mathieu auclair to carry their banner in the saint - laurent riding , while the tories picked jimmy yu , who came in second place in the 2015 election behind dion with 20 per cent of the vote .
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ahmed — who gave a searing , soulful performance in the night of — was absolutely the right pick , but that fx couldn’t win a single award in the limited series categories it’s had such success in over the past few years had to hurt . even its emmy good luck charm , jessica lange ( who won two separate emmys for her work on fx’s american horror story ) couldn’t win for feud . most likely , nobody at fx went into the night thinking the network would win just two prizes — both of glover’s awards .
“i think most jockeys go through a grieving period after they stop riding – i know it was that way for me . it has been nearly two years since my last race , and sometimes ,
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councillor symon fraser , portfolio holder for asset management , housing and environment at east riding of yorkshire council , said : “it never ceases to amaze me what creations the students come up with year on year and the quality of entries just gets better .
east riding college ' s training salons have won an industry award for health , safety and cleanliness for the third year in a row . the salons , at the college ' s campuses in bridlington and beverley , have been accredited by the hair and beauty industry authority ( habia ) and east riding of yorkshire council following unannounced spot checks by health and safety inspectors . the nationally recognised award is given to clean salons which carry out specified safe and hygienic practices necessary to ensure employee and customer safety .
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netflix is obviously going to win a big prize someday , but it’s not hard to imagine a world where stranger things pulled off the same sort of streak that handmaid’s tale did , and that world just didn’t materialize . for now , netflix remains a major nominations player , but a player that struggles to land major wins .
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prior to that , male jockeys had refused to compete against women , saying there would be female blood spilled on the racetrack . of course , it was to their economic advantage to question the women riders’ competence .
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mandy dreyer ( 2012 paris to ancaster female winner ) presents her winner’s jersey to lori . thanks for welcoming a newbie to the sport ! – lech biegalski photo
enterprising film producer so played on taylor ' s vanity as to induce him to appear as the lead in a racing drama , bound to win . his wife , the former ida ( “babe” ) pender , was to be the heroine . “squizzy” was to play the jockey who brought home the winner after the ride of the sea - son . several episodes were actually “shot” on a suburban racecourse , and then a storm of protest blew up .
he made fun of donald trump’s desperation to win an emmy . he gamely played a robot on the fritz in the aforementioned westworld skit . he commiserated with jimmy kimmel over cocktails after both lost to john oliver . he even sang and danced . it was , all around , a really great performance for an emmy host , and he managed to keep from completely disappearing from the show when things started to run behind , which is tough to do .
i ' m really shocked ,
lambropoulos told reporters after her win in saint - laurent .
i didn ' t give up . door to door . as soon as i knew i wanted this i worked really hard .
there just aren’t many performers who are even all that close to louis - dreyfus at this point . allison janney has seven awards , but her work on mom lost to louis - dreyfus . similarly , john lithgow leapt up to six prizes tonight with his win for the crown , but he’s not going to be on that show any longer , so it’s not clear where he would tack on any others .
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nicole kidman ended up triumphing to win outstanding actress amongst particularly tough competition like feud ’s jessica lange and susan sarandon , and then the emmys finally let producer and star reese witherspoon speak when it awarded the show the emmy for outstanding limited series overall .
a rebellious girl is sent to a southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father . through their mutual love of music , the estranged duo learn to reconnect .
mike flaherty , the new jersey burgher mr . giamatti plays in “win win , ” tom mccarthy’s funny and warmhearted new film , is cut from more modest cloth . a lawyer with a struggling storefront practice who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach , mike lives a life of suburban contentment shadowed by the usual material and moral anxieties . married — to amy ryan , as his and the audience’s luck would have it — with two young daughters , mike is beleaguered by small indignities that threaten to add up to something big and scary . his wrestlers can’t win a match . the boiler at his office is broken . business is drying up in a grim economy . nothing catastrophic , but if he could just catch a little break , things would sure be easier .
“we came from the bottom up , ” said petro vouloukos , 22 , who helped lambropoulos secure her win . “we were the grassroots . not from the top up like mrs . james . ”
but guess what ? the first streaming service to win a series trophy was hulu ! yes , previous emmy afterthought hulu ( which had never received a major nomination before this year , much less a win ) perfectly executed a release and campaign strategy for its margaret atwood adaptation , the handmaid’s tale , launching it in april to the tune of massive critical acclaim and a vague sense that the series spoke to right now , when the specter of the donald trump administration made an anti - woman dystopia feel more timely than it might have had the 2016 election gone another way .
unable to screen in either victoria or new south wales , harrison’s production company eh pictures and squizzy taylor finally found an audience in queensland in 1925 . more than two years after production had finished , and now retitled bound to win , a newspaper story about the majestic theatre in brisbane states that ‘large numbers of people visited the majestic yesterday to obtain a glimpse of ‘squizzy taylor’ .
after getting married in michigan , newlyweds justin and michael arrived to their reception riding jet skis with inflatable unicorn heads mounted on them . a friend suggested that their “big gay wedding” should have jet ski unicorns so they made it happen . the video isn’t great so there is a photo included as well .
“i did it ! ! ! i got my first win in the utv pro production class , ” said matlock . “i can ' t stop smiling , i ' m so pumped right now ! ”
we came from the bottom up ,
said john babaroutsis , 22 , who helped lambropoulos secure her win .
we were the grassroots . not from the top up like mrs . james .
coming home ? england defender harry maguire ( right ) celebrates his opening goal against sweden with teammate john stones during their 2 - 0 world cup quarterfinal win on 7 july 2018 . photo : fifa / getty
winner hayley campbell , who is studying level 3 fashion in bridlington said ,
it was great fun to participate in the competition , it helped to broaden our creative skill set , and to develop our production skills working to a live brief .
parr added :
i thought i had pulled it off . he is in such great form at the moment . he deserves a big win . today he has just run into possibly the greatest ever .
proceeds this year will go to amref health africa , which provides support to women in some of the continent’s most vulnerable communities .
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lori steuart is a toronto - based writer and media specialist who hails from small - town bc . she is new to both toronto and the sport of cycling , and is a member of the film project how to win paris - ancaster . among her many interests are : science fiction , music , nerding out , and , of course , cycling .
it was never really in doubt that big little lies would win big ; that it ended up taking home five awards ( and three additional awards at the earlier creative arts emmys ) still came as something of a surprise .
during toronto’s worst snow storm yet this year , we decided to launch how to win paris - ancaster , our “multi - part documentary web series that showcases the adventures of three people at three different levels of cycling experience . ” some people even braved the weather on their bikes to come to the showings . i think they might be my competition , since the foot - high snow was described by wil mills , sadly , as “the perfect paris - ancaster weather . ” colour me nonplussed .
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raylan isn ' t free of concupiscence , but he doesn ' t succumb to the allure of the half - bad woman at the center of
riding the rap .
she is a mind reader and all - purpose psychic called reverend dawn , and really seems to have a mystical gift . for example , while talking on the telephone to one of the bad guys , she says :
turn on a light so i can see you .
he is startled and jumps .
it was at a bullring track called great barrington , massachusetts that i was to have my final win on an ageless wonder named golden arrow . a robust chestnut gelding , he carried me safely home around tight turns among the old jockeys carrying “machines” and young jocks with their whips flailing and reins dangling .
the promise of this film’s title — which can be taken both ironically and sincerely — is that those two things can go together , that success and virtue can walk hand in hand . this is close to a definition of the american dream , and while mr . mccarthy treats it with a raised eyebrow , he forgoes easy cynicism or knowing satire . this means that “win win” goes a bit soft in places , protecting its characters from serious danger or tough moral reckoning . but the film’s niceness is also central to its appeal , because nearly all of the characters are people you enjoy spending time with .
an anonymous phone call to the massachusetts racing commission put an end to those tactics . the riders in question were made to re - weigh in and the handsome young clerk of scales was quietly given a demotion .
crouched in the doorway of the bond store . an unlocked door had yielded behind him . it was a heaven - sent chance to elude his enemies . he backed into the store to hide and not to thieve .
i thought that the stadium was going to bring in revenues to pay its way . i guess that pnm sycophants will believe any lame brain excuse from this govt . the biggest caribbean cricketing affair gone to the qpcc .
“squizzy” added two new techniques to his repertoire . he supplied costly “protection” to certain bookmakers and big punters , and he sought to intimidate detectives who dared to impede his plans . he made dark threats that he would shoot leading detectives , but went no further . never once did “the turk” marshal
when captain hook kidnaps his children , an adult peter pan must return to neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy .
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riding the rap
and try to learn how to write like him . the plot is complicated , but if you study it you see how it ' s structured , and how characters are like chess pieces . they have restricted powers , determined by their level of intelligence . bad guys , no matter how terrifying , are ultimately undone by their own evil nature . when you see these basics , and the techniques of plot construction , you only need elmore leonard ' s wit , his eye for places and people , his ear for dialogue , and his vision , or the mysterious ability to control the development of a story . after you get that , just write his kind of sentences , which are the essence and life of his pages . for example ,
riding the rap
begins this way :
but brown’s win is here for more than just its historic qualities . it’s also here because his speech was probably the best of the night , with a stirring tribute to performances that had won in his category before ( including breaking bad’ s bryan cranston and mad men’ s jon hamm ) and a terrific nod toward braugher himself .
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playing devil’s advocate , i asked how many people planned to make the journey to the brian lara stadium in tarouba for the knockout stages if tkr qualify .
acting superintendent of the cib , fred piggott , hurried to the hospital to find that “squizzy” had just died . he raced back to barkly st and found the body of cutmore in the bed . two bullets had pierced his breast .
jon tanklage ( 31 ) is a former water - skier who started riding in 2001 . he entered two “clydesdale” ( 200 + lbs . ) mtb bike races that year . i began coaching jon october 2001 . during his first full year of racing he won every race he entered including the 2002 state championships in the 30 - 34 beginner category . his finish times were also fast enough to win the sport title . later that year , he was the strongest rider on the winning 4 - man team of the socal 24 - hours of adrenaline . in 2003 he bypassed sport and went straight to expert . to everyone ' s surprise , he destroyed the competition and won the expert state title . jon squeezes his training into a busy schedule raising three kids with his wife and maintaining a full - time executive career .
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i knew i had to get going early because that horse was going to come back ,
bowman said .
i went before i wanted to because if i didn ' t the race would have been over before the turn .
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but louis - dreyfus also set a completely different record with her win , then built upon that record a few moments later . entering the awards , she was tied with carl reiner for the winningest emmy champ who had won at least one of those awards for performing , thanks to her seven acting prizes and two prizes for producing veep . ( reiner won three awards for acting , then most of his others for writing and creating the dick van dyke show . ) her acting win pushed her one ahead of reiner , and then when veep won the series trophy shortly thereafter , she went two ahead of him .
the break arrives , and of course things get complicated . one of mike’s clients is an old man named leo ( burt young ) , who is slipping into senility with no family to care for him . mike persuades a judge to name him leo’s guardian , figuring there will not be any harm done if he pockets the monthly stipend and installs his ward in a nursing home . and this initial win - win situation pays a surprising dividend when leo’s teenage grandson shows up , on the run from an unhappy domestic situation in ohio . the boy , kyle ( alex shaffer ) , who seems a little threatening at first , turns out to be not only a nice kid but also a remarkably talented wrestler . he comes to live with mike’s family , enrolls at the high school and for a while allows mike to bask in the kind of all - american self - satisfaction that won sandra bullock an oscar for “the blind side . ”
entry to the “grand prize for two on banff trail riders sundance explorer backcountry horseback riding trip” ( the “contest” ) is open only to legal residents of canada ( excluding quebec ) and the fifty ( 50 ) united states ( including district of columbia ) who are at least eighteen ( 18 ) years old at the time of entry . void in guam , puerto rico , the u . s . virgin islands , and other u . s . territories and possessions and where prohibited by law .
debbie downing is a retired jockey . she started riding in 1977 at all of the new england tracks , even the “bullrings” – the bush league tracks . she rode during a time when women jockeys had it incredibly tough , tough to break into the sport , tough to be taken seriously . these were the 70’s , and still , women had to prove themselves . debbie did that , “you gotta want it really , really bad ! ” gutsy , gritty , lion - hearted… these women jockeys were true pioneers . they each have a story , but their shared , common thread was sheer determination and something else , a quality only known to these brave women .
the moment when it became clear just how well big little lies was about to do wasn’t laura dern winning in her supporting category — though it was a decent sign — but alexander skarsgård pulling out an upset in his . and once director jean - marc vallée won , too , big little lies ’ eventual limited series win was all but a done deal .
but veteran forward lisa de vanna , who scored a double against the brazilians to become the matildas ' all - time greatest goal scorer , is also crucial to the plans to achieve a best - ever finish in france in two years ' time .
behind me , a guy spills his beer as he celebrates the fall of the second tridents wicket , wayne parnell , caught brendon mc cullum , bowled ronsford beaton . if tkr win the game in a canter , i might get a beer bath by the end of the night .
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by contrast to the drugging of horses , race - fixing seemed more light - humored to me . perhaps because , as an apprentice , i was to be a chief beneficiary . during one race , i was able to maintain a larger lead than secretariat enjoyed in his romp at the belmont . i coasted to an easy victory , never uncocking my whip , while my peers in the back argued over who was going to be second . all of them received lengthy suspensions for their less than sterling performances .
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dion quit politics recently and was later named ambassador to the european union and germany .
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the win over brazil , who had knocked the matildas out of the rio olympics last year via penalties in the quarter - finals , followed a classy 4 - 2 result against japan and perhaps the most significant triumph of their unbeaten campaign , a 1 - 0 defeat of the us .
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the last time a black actor won the lead actor in a drama series trophy , it was andre braugher , for homicide , back in 1998 . and the last time an actor in a broadcast series won this prize , it was james spader for abc’s boston legal in 2007 . sterling k . brown’ s highly deserved win for this is us , then , stood out as a big win in multiple ways . ( broadcast dramas , in particular , have struggled mightily in the 2010s , with this is us being the first nominated for drama series since the good wife in 2011 . )
raylan is merely indifferent to the extreme danger of bad guys like dale , because he understands , as a more liberally minded person never could , that bad guys are truly bad . he is undeceived by their pretensions to decency , and their exceptional ability to be charming . he knows bad guys do bad , and he gives them a chance to be what they are . we learn that raylan once sat face to face with a mafia type , waiting for him to go for his gun . raylan then shot him dead . to the police this is awesome proof of guts and competence . to raylan ' s girlfriend , it is reprehensible . the opposition of these views haunts raylan . he can ' t explain it to his girlfriend , but he knows he did right , or did good .
elmore leonard has written over 30 novels . they are known generally as
crime fiction .
among them you find westerns , which belong to another genre , though they also deal with crime . but whatever you call his novels , they always read like elmore leonard , distinctive in style and vision , brilliantly inventive in plot and characters . his latest novel ,
riding the rap ,
shows elmore leonard at the top of his form .
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i like my horses to carry weight , if you start a horse light , when you are asking them to exert themselves for so long , you drain them too much .
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“searles hasn’t bowled yet ( he’s wrong about that ! ) so i expect him to fill a slot as a bowler and we will go for perkins to strengthen the batting . ”
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my official wife is a 1914 american silent film directed by james young and starring clara kimball young , harry t. morey and rose e. tapley .

the novel was first adapted to film in 1914 by vitagraph studios , starring clara kimball young and earle williams , and directed by young 's husband james young .

the movie opened on july 13 , 1914 .

sime silverman 's review for variety was mixed on the film , concluding that five-reels was too long , though he admitted that the scene of a boat being torpedoed at the end might go over well with audiences .

though the story is set in russia , silverman noted that the film " never dares go into the open because it was made so far away from any place even resembling the land of the czar that the studio posing and setting becomes extraordinarily obvious . "

clara kimball young later estimated she had appeared in more than 100 films before my official wife , but this was the film that launched her as a star .

when motion picture magazine conducted a popularity contest in 1914 , earle williams finished first and young came in second .

( mary pickford came in third ) .

young credited vitagraph founder j. stuart blackton 's supervision as responsible for the success of her emotional portrayal in the film .

but now a hot commodity , young soon signed with lewis j. selznick .

based on its prior success , vitagraph re-issued the film in late 1916 .

speculation once abounded that leon trotsky appeared in the film as an extra , based in part on a shot of young with a bearded man with a resemblance to the man .

though this claim started appearing as early as 1918 and was vouched for by actors in the film , and was often repeated , the story was always specious and has been discredited .

trotsky was not in the united states in 1914 , and he denied reports made during his life about alleged film appearances .

the film also possibly had a young rudolf valentino as an uncredited extra , though this claim can not be verified , as vitagraph studios head albert e. smith made a number of claims that later caused skepticism .

though the full movie is now lost , two short clips were compiled in the 1931 vitaphone short the movie album and still survive .

one of the clips includes " trotsky " , which was played up in the press promotion for the release .

my official wife ( 1914 film )

my official wife ( 1914 ) is available online at the internet archive ( 45 second fragment ) .
two new film plays are shown ;
my official wife ,
a russian drama , splendidly produced at vitagraph theatre .
of his day and fellow actor of trotsky in “my official wife . ” shots of this old - time film showing morey , trotsky and
with the headline : two new film plays are shown ;
my official wife ,
a russian drama , splendidly produced at vitagraph theatre .
two new film plays are shown ;
my official wife ,
a russian drama , splendidly produced at vitagraph theatre . - the new york times
my official wife
five - part drama by richard henry savage , produced by vitagraph . under direction of james young . released by vitagraph dec . 11
' broadway star features
vitagraph productions shown at the vitagraph theater ,
my official wife ,
drama in five parts , adapted by marguerite bertsch from a play by richard henry savage , directed by james young .
clara kimball young , artist .
moving picture world ( 3 oct . 1914 ) : 41 .
leon trotsky , now so prominent in russian , politics was . at one ' time , it is sau ! , a . moving picture actor in america . ho appeared in a film entitled
my official . wife ,
and his salary is stated to have been just five dollars a day .
( 1914 ) ( davis 420 ) . in 1914 , the youngs left vitagraph to work for producer lewis j . selznick ( “world film in merger” 7 ) . young made several films released between november 1914 and december 1916 that were produced and / or distributed by world film corporation , founded by lewis j . selznick , arthur spiegel ( of mail order fame ) , wall street financier moritz rosenthal , and lee shubert ( lewis 39 ) .
my trip abroad ,
in pictures and picturegoer , july 1924 - october 1925 .
“all my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman . ”
the vitagraph company of america production ; distributed by the general film company , incorporated [ special features department ; broadway star features ] . / scenario by marguerite bertsch , from the novel my official wife by richard henry savage . cinematography by robert a . stuart . / © 11 august 1914 by the vitagraph company of america [ lp3182 ] . premiered 13 july 1914 at vitagraph theatre in new york , new york . released august 1914 . / standard 35mm spherical 1 . 33 : 1 format . / russian advisor on the film , nick dunaew , is reputed to have once brought leon trotsky to the set of this film and appeared in the picture ! more likely , an actor was made up to resemble trotsky for a touch of russian realism , as can be seen in the film clip below . the film was rereleased in the usa by v - l - s - e , incorporated , on 25 december 1916 .
my life story ,
in photoplay ( new york ) , february - april 1923 .
my official wife ( 1914 ) vitagraph co . of america ; broadway star features . distributor : general film co . ; special features dept . by arrangement with broadway star features co . director : james young . adaptation : marguerite bertsch . camera : robert stuart . cast : clara kimball young , harry t . morey , earle williams , l . roger lytton , rose e . tapley , mary anderson , arthur cozine , eulalie jensen , charles wellesley , louise beaudet , helen connelly . 5 reels .
“the summation of my character is that i care about my work . i care about everything i do . if i could do something else better , i would do it , but i can ' t . ”
richard henry savage ' s novel of russian life , my official wife , is to be seen in a six reel vitagraph production soon at the vitagraph theater . the film version will feature clara kimball young as helen marie , the role portrayed on the stage by minnie seligman , and harry morey as colonel arthur lenox . others in the cast are earle williams and roger lytton .
renounces actress wife .
new york times ( 14 feb . 1917 ) : 5 .
the eavesdropper , 1912 ; half a hero , 1912 ; in the flat above , 1912 ; the jocular winds of fate , 1912 ; lincoln’s gettysburg address , 1912 ; a lively affair , 1912 ; a mistake in spelling , 1912 ; mrs . lirriper’s lodgers , 1912 ; old kent road , 1912 ; popular betty , 1912 ; wanted—a sister , 1912 ; when roses wither , 1912 ; betty in the lion’s den , 1913 ; cupid versus women’s rights , 1913 ; extremities , 1913 ; fellow voyagers , 1913 ; getting up a practice , 1913 ; the interrupted honeymoon , 1913 ; jack’s chrysanthemum , 1913 ; john tobin’s sweetheart , 1913 ; love’s sunset , 1913 ; a maid of mandalay , 1913 ; on their wedding eve , 1913 ; the pirates , 1913 ; the spirit of the orient , 1913 ; taming of betty , 1913 ; the test , 1913 ; up in a balloon , 1913 ; the way out , 1913 ; the awakening of barbara dare , 1914 ; happy - go - lucky , 1914 ; lola , 1914 ; my official wife , 1914 ; the perplexed bridegroom , 1914 ; the silver snuff box , 1914 ; some steamer scooping , 1914 ; sonny jim in search of a mother , 1914 ; taken by storm , 1914 ; the deep purple , 1915 ; fates and flora fourflush , 1915 ; the heart of the blue ridge , 1915 ; marrying money , 1915 ; the dark silence , 1916 ; the feast of life , 1916 ; the yellow passport , 1916 ; hush , 1921 , the hands of nara , 1922 ; cordelia the magnificent , 1923 , a wife’s romance , 1923 , the woman of bronze , 1923 ; lying wives , 1925 .
my official wife ( five parts - - december ) - - the cast : helene marie ( clara kimball young ) ; sacha weletsky ( earle williams ) ; arthur lenox ( harry t . morey ) ; his wife ( rose e . tapley ) ; marguerite lenox ( mary anderson ) ; basile weletsky ( arthur cozine ) ; constantine weletsky ( charles wellesley ) ; olga , his wife ( louise beauder ) ; baron friederich ( l . roger lyton ) ; eugenie ( eulalie jensen ) ; directed by james young .
in 1914 chaplin made his film debut in a somewhat forgettable one - reeler called make a living . to differentiate himself from the clad of other actors in sennett films , chaplin decided to play a single identifiable character , and
the little tramp
was born , with audiences getting their first taste of him in kid auto races at venice ( 1914 ) .
in his magnificent screen presentation of
my official wife
james young has glorified and beautified all he has portrayed , has given dignity to melodrama through some remarkable characterizations , and has proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that the screen story can be made far more effective than that of cold print .
my official wife
in the original form casts its emphasis on incident and was popular because of a pervading spirit of adventure . mr . young has carefully preserved all the spirit of the original and given new significance , not only to events , but to the entire novel . this was made possible by some fine acting of the principals , especially that of clara kimball young .
general film co . , special features dept . , broadway star features co .
valentino began working as a nightclub dancer and tango partner at a number of dance halls and cabarets . he soon acquired professional dance partners , replacing clifton webb as bonnie glass ' s partner at one point . valentino began dancing in musical productions , eventually touring the country with a musical comedy troupe . when the tour ended in san francisco , valentino was again destitute . it was suggested that he try to get into the movies . valentino was cast in his first film in 1914 , making his screen debut in my official wife . after appearing in the serial patricia in 1916 , valentino decided to try his luck in hollywood .
despite his failed marriage and minor film roles , valentino ' s potential did not go unnoticed . june mathis , a screen - writer and executive at metro film studio , suggested casting valentino as julio desnoyers , in a film version of the epic
i ( was ) newsvendor , printer , toymaker , doctor & apos ; s boy , etc . , but during these occupational digressions , i never lost sight of my ultimate aim to become an actor ,
chaplin later recounted .
so , between jobs i would polish my shoes , brush my clothes , put on a clean collar and make periodic calls at a theatrical agency .
the reason for his success was simple : valentino appealed to women by being one of the first sexually passionate film stars . as silent film expert richard koszarski wrote in
my official wife ,
a russian drama written by richard henry savage , has clara kimball young in the leading picture role of helene marie , the young nihilist who succeeds in entering st . petersburg despite the fact that the russian police are after her . in that city she plots to kill the czar , but her plans fail because of the jealousy of an american whom she has tricked .
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her husband . dir . : theodore marston ( vitagraph co . of america us 1914 ) cas . : clara kimball young , earle williams , si , b & w . archive : nla .
world film in merger
new york times ( 29 jan . 1916 ) : 7 .
, 1895–1926 , american film actor , b . italy as rodolfo guglielmi . he emigrated to the
the violin of m’sieur . dir . : james young ( vitagraph co . of america us 1914 ) cas . : clara kimball young , james young , si , b & w . archive : usr .
2 . clara kimball young as actress and co - producer ( clara kimball young film corp . )
the story concerns the visit to russia of the nihilist helene marie ( miss young ) , who succeeds in inveigling an easy dispositioned american , arthur lenox , to pass her by the russian sentries as his
official wife .
lenox ( harry t . morey ) has a real wife , but he thinks the fascinating woman who pleads that he save her from great inconvenience is the wife of a college chum , and presumes of course that once across the border he will receive the thanks of his old friend for his kindness . helene marie , however , without disclosing her identity , frightens lenox with the threat of siberia if his act be known ; forces him to continue the deception and even finally accompanies him to the grand ball where she plans to assassinate the czar . lenos ' s american manhood here asserts itself , and he drugs his
official wife
and carries her back to the hotel .
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a growing source of silent era film information . this listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett . copyright © 1999 - 2018 by carl bennett and the silent era company . all rights reserved .
survival status : the film is presumed lost : fragmentary print exists [ approximately 45 seconds of footage ] .
thomson , david , a biographical dictionary of film , third edition , alfred a . knopf , 1994 .
hansen , miriam , babel and babylon : spectatorship in american silent film , cambridge , massachusetts , 1991 .
in 1916 , clara kimball young became only the second female film star , after < strong > mary pickford < / strong > , to set up her own namesake production company : the clara kimball young film corporation .
immediately there were tensions between young and his wife’s new coworkers . art director ben carré recalled that on the set of trilby ( 1915 ) , director maurice tourneur “didn’t like jimmy watching what he was doing , or what his wife was doing . ” while clara made trilby , the first feature in which she was not directed by her husband , james young was working as a director on a different film in the same studio , and was clearly distracted by another man directing his wife . to be fair , clara kimball young had a nude scene in trilby , a film based on george du maurier’s famous 1894 serialized novel of an artist’s model who falls under the spell of svengali , a hypnotic musician who reinvents her as a fabulous opera star but utterly controls her . the solution was to hang “a muslin curtain between the two shooting units” ( carré oral history ) . young was concerned that his wife was falling under her own svengali—lewis selznick . by early 1916 , james young sued selznick for alienation of affection dating back to march 1914 , claiming that the producer told clara kimball young to get rid of her husband as a condition of employment ( “husband sues selznick” 9 ) . young did become estranged from his wife , but it was harry garson , a detroit theatre owner and publicist with no previous experience in film production , who provided the love interest ( davis 422 ) . in 1916 , garson survived a penknife attack by james young , prompting clara kimball young to declare in court : “i have no use for my husband” as reported by the new york times ( 5 ) .
3 . clara kimball young as actress and co - producer ( c . k . y . film corp . )
the sepoy’s wife . ( vitagraph co . of america us 1910 ) cas . : maurice costello , clara kimball young , si , b & w . archive : gbb .
c . k . y . film corporation formed .
moving picture world ( 11 aug . 1917 ) : 918 .
my official wife ( vitagraph , 1914 ) the wisdom of re - issuing such a box - office attraction as this combination of stars and play represent can not be questioned . miss young has not had a greater opportunity to show all her charms than in this very play which was so largely responsible for her rise to fame . in the impersonation of a russian nihilist , so clever that she would have accomplished the assassination of the czar himself had she not overplayed her hand , miss young carries her audience with her in full sympathy even to the glorification of murder itself . how she thrills at her sinister task ! how she scorns the accommodating american gentleman who is like putty in her facile hands ! how instantly she changes her expression from fear , aversion , horror , and contempt to the brilliant smile of the alluring woman who fascinates all men and makes them do her bidding .
film stars buy clara k . young’s home treasures .
illustrated news ( 8 june . 1932 ) : n . p .
charlie chaplin was a comedic british actor who became one of the biggest stars of the 20th century ' s silent - film era .
the first scene of the picture seems more like the conclusion of a love story , for it shows a happy couple standing beneath a floral wedding bell . lennox ' s daughter has just been married to a russian . he dies . lennox must visit russia ; therefore , he gets two passports , one for himself and one for his wife , and thereby hangs the tale . helene marie , awaiting an opportunity to return to her native land , learns that lennox ' s wife is not going to accompany him . there will be an extra passport , and it must secure her passage into russia . she plays her cards so well that she enters the country as the american ' s
official wife
in the eyes of the law , and visions of being sent to siberia prevent his exposing the fraud .
valentino ' s next four projects were not big box office successes . though valentino ' s wife , rambova , helped him get an increase in salary ( to $ 7500 per week ) as well as some creative input on his films , many believed that she ruined his career by picking noncommercial projects . as silent film expert koszarski wrote in
film was clara kimball young ' s first feature , and her last film for vitagraph , where she had made all of her short films . it was a sensational success and launched her as the most popular star that year . its russian setting was drawn upon by young for many more of her features . two short clips of the film exists in warner brother ' s 1931 vitaphone short
the movie album ,
and have been mounted on
famous for his character
the tramp ,
the sweet little man with a bowler hat , mustache and cane , charlie chaplin was an iconic figure of the silent - film era and one of film & apos ; s first superstars , elevating the industry in a way few could have ever imagined .
the strain on lenox induces him to resort to a drug for sleep . he forestalls his daughter ' s contemplated journey to petersburg ( from the russian provinces ) and attempts to take
his official wife
back to western europe . her work in russia has been completed . she would gladly go - - but the weletskys beg her to remain and attend a ball . she learns the czar is to be in attendance . it is her one chance to become the joan of arc of the nihilists .
she refuses to go back with lenox . lenox therefore purposely misses the train . he returns to the hotel - - finds his
official wife
being wood by sacha . but he accompanies her to the ball . during the evening his hand touches the pistol in the folds of her gown . he realizes her object is the czar ' s assassination . he averts this tragedy by a sleeping potion which he gives to helene marie in a glass of punch . she collapses and he carries her home .
the cycle of the gangster film has passed definitely for the present . in the future the police will be the heroes and racketeers the villains , executives have decided .
valentino began working as a nightclub dancer and tango partner at a number of dance halls and cabarets . he soon acquired professional dance partners , replacing clifton webb as bonnie glass ' s partner at one point . valentino began dancing in musical productions , eventually touring the country with a musical comedy troupe . when the tour ended in san francisco , valentino was again destitute . it was suggested that he try to get into the movies . valentino was cast in his first film in 1914 , making his screen debut in
young was world film corporation’s biggest star . when financial trouble in the spring of 1916 caused the firm to reorganize , selznick left to create his own production company , taking clara kimball young with him ( lewis 45 ) . it was at this juncture that selznick created the clara kimball young film corporation , naming young , allegedly at her request , as its vice president and treasurer ( 1761 ) . four features produced by the clara kimball young film corporation were released between october 1916 and april 1917 :
was in this film as an extra . in fact , trotsky was not yet in the united states when this was filmed . there is an extra who resembles him .
lewis , kevin .
a world across from broadway : the shuberts and the movies .
film history . vol . 1 ( 1987 ) : 39 - 52 .
( 1895–1926 ) us silent - film star , b . italy . his smouldering blend of passion and melancholy wooed female audiences in the 1920s . valentino ' s films include
marguerite bertsch , scenario editor of the vitagraph company , brushed the cobwebs away from richard henry savage ' s old - time drama and dressed it up in film fashion and in the printing of the programme mr . savage gets the larger type of the two . he is not due to receive first credit , however , for a picture as russian as vodka , even if it was made in america . taking a play of this stamp and transforming it into a thoroughly dramatic screen production is virtually producing an original work ; for it is the handling , not the idea , that marks the difference between an ordinary russian melodrama and an extraordinary one . the verisimilitude of
my official wife ,
the force of the situations and the beauty of the acting , combine to make a drama that , to the american mind at least , typifies explosive russia - - on the one hand luxurious nobility , on the other the nihilist , and a connecting chain of sizzling bombs .
spher and braff have more complete filmographies for clara kimball young than afi or fiaf . there are numerous inconsistencies between sources as to who directed young’s films . cardinal wolsey is generally attributed to lawrence trimble but may have been co - directed and / or produced by j . stuart blackton according to fiaf . both spehr and braff list lulu’s doctor as being directed by james young , however fiaf lists both van dyke brooke and maurice costello as being the director . dr . lafluer’s theory is credited to van dyke brooke in most sources except fiaf which credits j . stuart blackton and george d . baker . beauty unadorned is credited in all sources as being directed by rogers lytton , however fiaf also lists james young and sidney drew as co - directors . delayed proposals is attributed to james young in most sources , however braff lists maurice costello as director . dates and film titles are also sometimes inconsistent . most sources list lord browning and cinderella release year as 1912 , except for fiaf which lists 1913 . mr . mintern’s misadventures is listed as mr . mistern’s adventures in fiaf . the hindoo charm is confusing because there is also another film titled the hindoo’s charm from 1913 that may or may not be the same film . both titles are listed as extant at british film institute . both are directed by maurice costello and star clara kimball young . however hindoo’s charm is listed in fiaf as being a lubin film , though it seems unlikely as costello was a major vitagraph star at the time . it is not always clear as to what is extant . my official wife is thought lost , however a fragment does exist in a private collection . camille may be held in the norwegian film institute and the czech film archive , but neither archives will confirm . straight from paris exists in an incomplete 35 mm . nitrate print and safety negative ( reels 2 - 4 , and 6 ) and a 35mm safety print of reel 3 at library of congress . enter madame is believed to also exist at the cinematheque de toulouse .
in 1916 , clara kimball young became only the second female film star , after mary pickford , to set up her own namesake production company : the clara kimball young film corporation . soon after this , there was a flood of female star - producers , initiating what i have called a “second wave” of star companies , 1916–1923 ( 155 ) .
( 1921 ) . valentino played a bullfighter named juan gallardo , who is seduced and controlled by a woman . in 1922 , he appeared in a mathis - penned film ,
these two brief clips are all that remain of this lost film of 1914 , they were excerpted in the warner brother ' s 1931 vitaphone short
the movie album .
the first clip shows the meeting of helene ' s terrorist cell with an extra who is not leon trostky , and the second appears to be the scene of helene ( clara kimball young ) and lennox ( harry t . morey ) visiting the weletsky ' s ( earle williams and louise beaudet ) , with eulalie jensen as the angry woman . no sound track .
my official wife ( six parts ) . the story is woven around a beautiful nihilist , helene marie , who , in order to get by the secret police on the frontier of russia , induces lennox , an american , to introduce her as his wife , in order that she may enter on his passport . arriving in st . petersburg , lennox is met by friends and is compelled to introduce helene as his wife , also to register her as such at the hotel , where he is stopping . helene then discloses her identity . lennox is shocked at first , but already deeply in love with the beautiful schemer , decides to let things take their course . helene meets her nihilist friends and they conspire to assassinate the czar , she being chosen as the one to commit the deed . as the official wife of lennox , she meets a number of the russian nobility , and learns that the czar is to attend a fashionable ball on a certain date . she plans to be present . lennox has arranged to leave for paris the afternoon of the same day . now that the consummation of her plans is so near at hand , helene has no more use for lennox and entices an officer of the royal guards to become her lover . lennox becomes jealous of the russian , misses his train and returns to find helene in the arms of his rival . helene and lennox attend the grand ball , he learns her purpose is to assassinate the car and drugs her . she is taken to the hotel , restored to wakefulness and retaliates by playing the same trick on him , telephones her lover and the two make their escape to a yacht , but the secret police , having discovered helen ' s real identity , send a torpedo boat after the eloping pair with orders to destroy the yacht . a torpedo blows the vessel to atoms and ends forever the career of helene marie , the beautiful nihilist , and her lover .
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in 1919 , the c . k . y . film corporation disappeared , and clara kimball young’s films were now produced by a new company : garson productions . after its initial release , the famous
my official wife
is a story that has attracted a good deal of attention , and is bound to increase its following with the course of time . it is true to the russia and its autocratic system of before the great war . ever and anon , a scene is run showing the horrors of a pilgrimage to the barren wastes of siberia . it gives the sense of contrast that adds aa pleasure to the scenes of luxury in and about the court . there are many moments of suspense . several times it looks as if the pretty nihilist and the american would be caught in the toils , but they escape . a thriller comes with the entrance of the czar when all the court does obeisance . a fitting climax is the escape of the young noble with the nihilist . quite dramatic is her expression of hatred for him as one of the aristocracy and his overcoming of her scruples by renuniation of wealth and rank .
. one scene shows the meeting of helene ' s terrorist cell with an extra alleged to be leon trostky ( see the link to silent ladies picture 1 below ) , though kevin brownlow shows that trotsky was not in new york in 1914 when the film was made . the other clip appears to be when she and lennox are visiting the weletsky ' s . sacha argues with and then kisses eugenie , then enters the next room , where helene casts a meaningful glance at lennox and a flirtatious one at sacha , who reciprocates . picture 4 below seems to be from another part of that same sequence .
to miss young ' s remarkable impersonation of helene , a young nihilist of lofty aspirations , of unconquerable will , of spirited rebellion against injustice , is due a very large proportion of the fascination of
my official wife .
helene is of romantic temperament , one of the types that defy domestication , yet so eternally feminine that she contains within herself all the wondrous resources of deceit , all the vacillation and mystery of her sex . though she lures and drives men at will , she is not repellently attractive , because there seems to be hovering ever near and about her a sincerity and intensity of true passion . in pursuit of a definite purpose , helene holds herself superior to any minor obligations of conscience . she uses every feminine weapon of artifice and cunning , yet she is pure and an exalted champion of human rights . in portraying this complicated and deeply interesting character , clara kimball young has placed herself in the front rank of artistes .
camille . dir . albert capellani ( schubert film corp . us 1915 ) cas : clara kimball young , paul capellani , lillian cook , si , b & w . archive : rur , dew .
valentino continued to be cast in roles as a sexual being throughout 1921 , in films such as uncharted seas , camille , and the conquering power . after he signed a contract with the famous - players ( later known as paramount ) film studio , valentino played the title role in what is arguably his most important film , the sheik ( 1921 ) . many critics saw the film as a rape fantasy designed to appeal to valentino ' s female audience . in the film , his character , sheik ahmed ben hassan , is a wild man who becomes domesticated by a british girl parading as an arab slave girl . she accomplishes this by taking care of him after he suffers a severe wound . her work shows him that marriage and morality are desirable . such a role made valentino seem dangerous but palatable to his audience .
with the karno troupe , chaplin got his first taste of the united states , where he caught the eye of film producer mack sennett , who signed chaplin to a contract for a $ 150 a week .
lying wives . dir . : ivan abramson ( ivan film productions inc . us 1925 ) cas . : clara kimball young , richard bennett , madge kennedy , si , b & w . archive : usr .
despite his failed marriage and minor film roles , valentino ' s potential did not go unnoticed . june mathis , a screen - writer and executive at metro film studio , suggested casting valentino as julio desnoyers , in a film version of the epic the four horsemen of the apocalypse . the role made valentino an instant star , and saved metro from near bankruptcy . in the 1921 movie , valentino ' s character is an artist and tango dancer who becomes the object of many women ' s desire . he falls in love with a woman who is already married , and only redeems himself by dying as a hero in world war i .
magda , 1917 ; shirley kaye , 1917 ; the claw , 1918 ; the house of glass , 1918 ; the marionettes , 1918 ; the reason why , 1918 ; the road through the dark , 1918 ; the savage woman , 1918 ; the better wife , 1919 ; cheating cheaters , 1919 .
the marriage of marguerite lenox to a wealthy russian , and her subsequent widowhood , occasion a trip to russia by her father , arthur bainbridge lenox . he is a handsome man in the early forties . the noble weletsky family , into whom his daughter has married , have never seen either lenox or his wife ; but desire lenox ' s co - operation in the settlement of his daughter ' s estates . the summons comes while they are in paris . a passport for two , man and wife , is secured . but mrs . lenox is of delicate health and decides to let her husband take the journey alone .
this lost film was clara kimball young ' s first feature , and her last film for vitagraph , where she had made all of her short films . it was a sensational success and launched her as the most popular star that year . its russian setting was drawn upon by young for many more of her features . two short clips of the film exists in warner brother ' s 1931 vitaphone short
the movie album ,
and have been mounted on internet archive and google video . one scene shows the meeting of helene ' s terrorist cell with an extra alleged to be leon trostky . the other clip appears to be when she and lennox are visiting the weletsky ' s . ( cont . urltoken
many sources mistakenly claim that russian communist icon leon trotsky was in this film as an extra . in fact , trotsky was not yet in the united states when this was filmed . there is an extra who resembles him . see more »
studlar , gaylyn ,
discourses of gender and ethnicity : the construction and de ( con ) struction of rudolph valentino as other ,
in film criticism ( meadville , pennsylvania ) , vol . 13 , no . 2 , 1989 .
( 1921 ) . many critics saw the film as a rape fantasy designed to appeal to valentino ' s female audience . in the film , his character , sheik ahmed ben hassan , is a wild man who becomes domesticated by a british girl parading as an arab slave girl . she accomplishes this by taking care of him after he suffers a severe wound . her work shows him that marriage and morality are desirable . such a role made valentino seem dangerous but palatable to his audience .
hearts in exile . dir . james young ( world film corp . us 1915 ) cas . : clara kimball young , montague love , claude fleming , si , b & w . archive : itg , usr , esm , dkk , usw .
( 1919 ) , a silent film revival classic directed by albert parker , young’s next ten films would be directed by harry a . garson for his own garson productions . clara kimball young’s career as a producer was over . why did young give up her own production company to work for garson ? it seems possible that they did not initially realize that their new distribution company was under the supervision of their old nemesis : lewis j . selznick . zukor’s select pictures corporation owned all the stock in the c . k . y . film corporation , but select was run by selznick . this explains why zukor had no problem signing young to a distribution contract despite the lingering lawsuit with selznick—the two men were partners . in late 1918 , garson and young sued the c . k . y . film corporation for “flagrant violations of the terms” ( “announcement” 170 ) . young and selznick reached an agreement on june 17 , 1919 : young was released from her contract , but she had to pay the c . k . y . film corporation $ 25 , 000 for each of her next ten pictures . by mid - november 1920 , the c . k . y . film corporation claimed clara kimball young owed the company $ 50 , 000 ( “sues clara kimball young” 225 ) .
next in importance to this striking character is that of a middle - aged american , colonel lenox , played by harry morey . it is a delightfully human character and admirably impersonated . colonel lenox has left his real wife behind when on a visit to russia for business purposes , and is accosted by helene , when about to cross the border . from a combination of good nature , love of adventure and gallantry , colonel lenox permits helene to travel on his passport as his wife . they are barely in russia when his troubles begin , for the chief of police , rogers lytton , falls in love with the supposed mrs . lenox , though he is at that moment looking for the dangerous nihilist , beautiful helene .
nearing the end of his life , chaplin did make one last visit to the united states in 1972 , when he was given an honorary academy award . the trip came just five years after chaplin & apos ; s final film , a countess from hong kong ( 1967 ) , the filmmaker & apos ; s first and only color movie . despite a cast that included sophia loren and marlon brando , the film did poorly at the box office . in 1975 , chaplin received further recognition when he was knighted by queen elizabeth .
the chief follows them to saint petersburg because of his infatuation , not in pursuit of his duties , is on hand when lenox meets personal friends and is forced to present helene as his wife , and contributes to the social advancement of the lovely mrs . lenox . there is an element of comedy in this false relation , which becomes acute when lenox and helene are compelled to take hotel rooms together . she makes such a charming wife at the little supper in their private apartment that lenox , true to his sex tendencies , fluctuates between conscience and inconstancy . still true to those tendencies , he decides in favor of inconstancy , and the scenes that follow are admirably handled . all that is amusing in the relation is brought out with no sign of indelicacy .
after valentino ' s death , a cult of personality formed around him . scholars question whether he could have sustained a career in film during the sound era because of his acting style and thick accent . what he did accomplish sustained a legend for many years . legend has it that a mysterious
lady in black
place flowers on his crypt each year on the anniversary of his death . his diaries were twice published : my private diary ( 1929 ) and the intimate journal of rudolph valentino ( 1931 ) . two film biographies were released in 1951 and 1977 , both titled valentino . a television movie , legend of valentino , was made in 1975 . sixty - five years after his death , a memorial service was held for him . one attendee , michael back , who owned a large collection of valentino memorabilia , told janet rae - dupree of the los angeles times ,
there will never be another like him . not in 1 , 000 years and not in 10 , 000 years .
in 1921 , with his star still quite high , valentino decided to break his contract with famous - players . he felt underpaid and did not like the scripts he was being offered . because no other studio would talk to him while he was under a valid contract , valentino made money ( about $ 2500 per week ) on a dance hall tour with his new wife , natacha rambova ( also known by her birth name winifred hudnut ) . valentino had married the talented dancer , actress , set and costume designer , in 1921 , while still legally married to his first wife . he remarried rambova in 1923 , after his divorce was final . the tour was a publicity stunt for a facial cream , mineralava . rambova soon began taking an increased role in her husband ' s career .
the film colony raised its voice to - day to answer the charges of senator smith w . brookhart jr . , ( rep . ) iowa , that the industry went goggle - eyed last year over gangster pictures and was headed this year toward a run of productions dealing with indecorous women .
( 1926 ) , his last film . by the year of his death , valentino , the movies ' first
latin lover
and premier sex symbol , had become the idol of millions . valentino ' s screen personality and his early death , both surrounded by mystery , made him a cult figure .
she carries through a ruse whereby lenox permits her to cross the russian frontier as his wife . her charm begins to work upon his susceptible nature . the pair are continually brought into contact with personages and officials dangerous to helene marie . finally , at the hotel in st . petersburg she reveals her identity to lenox and dares him to betray her secret . she charms the rich aristocratic weletskys and sacha weletsky falls in love with her .
valentino ' s next four projects were not big box office successes . though valentino ' s wife , rambova , helped him get an increase in salary ( to $ 7500 per week ) as well as some creative input on his films , many believed that she ruined his career by picking noncommercial projects . as silent film expert koszarski wrote in the new york times ,
natacha rambova was the most hated woman in silent pictures . she married rudolph valentino , took him away from his handlers , and put ideas in his head . in her hands , valentino ' s image as america ' s first male sex symbol underwent a crucial makeover , and the sultry star of the sheik emerged as the powdered , bewigged and highly esthetic monsieur beauclaire .
in 1936 , chaplin married again , this time to a chorus girl who went by the film name of paulette goddard . they lasted until 1942 . that was followed by a nasty paternity suit with another actress , joan barry , in which tests proved chaplin was not the father of her daughter , but a jury still ordered him to pay child support .
by a curious quirk of fate , valentino ' s most entertaining film , son of the sheik was also his last . had he survived into sound he would certainly not have attained legend status ; through his death he became immortal . as one of his leading ladies , alice terry , aptly remarked ,
the biggest thing valentino ever did was to die .
the adventures of colonel lenox , in company with a fascinating woman who is keeping up the outward appearance of being his wife , while controlling his vacillating moods in private , and his growing inclination to
take the goods that the gods provide ,
form the most interesting part of the story , but the serious purpose of helene is strongly developed through a series of beautiful scenes , culminating in one of the grandest ensembles ever shown on the screen - - a court ball in the presence of the czar and czarina .
chaplin spoke even louder in the great dictator ( 1940 ) , which pointedly ridiculed the governments of hitler and mussolini .
i want to see the return of decency and kindness ,
chaplin said around the time of the film & apos ; s release .
i & apos ; m just a human being who wants to see this country a real democracy . . .
the marriage of marguerite lenox to a wealthy russian , and her subsequent widowhood , occasions a trip to russia by her father , arthur bainbridge lenox . he is a handsome man in the early forties . the noble weletsky family , into whom his daughter has married , have never seen either lenox or his wife , but desire lenox ' s co - operation in the settlement of his daughter ' s estates . the summons comes while they are in paris . a passport for two , man and wife , is secured , but mrs . lenox is of delicate health and decides to let her husband take the journey alone . the nihilist ,
helen marie ,
is also preparing a trip to russia . of unknown identity , her activities are yet notorious , and the police of russia are warned . knowledge of the passport is brought to her by a young nihilist girl employed in mrs . lenox ' s services . helene marie has a just cause against the russian aristocracy . when hardly more than a child , she saw her family butchered in cold blood . she carries through a ruse whereby lenox . . .
at some point , selznick and zukor extended an offer to clara kimball young : they would forgive her debts and pay her handsomely if she got rid of garson . she refused ( davis 422 ) . financial matters became increasingly grim . in november of 1920 , the same month that the c . k . y . film corporation demanded $ 50 , 000 , the harriman national bank sued young to recover $ 24 , 500 on a loan two years overdue ( “harriman national bank sues” 374 ) . the next month selznick won his suit . a judge determined that young and garson kept all the profits of their post - c . k . y . film corporation releases and did not send selznick $ 25 , 000 per picture per their agreement ( “selznick wins in suit” 707 ) . garson’s last production credit with clara kimball young was
as to the story , it is one of intrigue , nihilists , secret police and people of high and low degree . briefly it recounts the adventures of a middle aged , but distinguished looking american , who is lured by a siren - like nihilist to spirit her into russia as his wife . many complications occur , and the end comes with a bang - - literally . a yacht is blown up by a torpedo and the beautiful russian nihilist and her lover are seen at the last with the smile of their late romance frozen on their faces as they drift with the tide .
after valentino ' s death , a cult of personality formed around him . scholars question whether he could have sustained a career in film during the sound era because of his acting style and thick accent . what he did accomplish sustained a legend for many years . legend has it that a mysterious
lady in black
place flowers on his crypt each year on the anniversary of his death . his diaries were twice published :
more acclaim came with modern times ( 1936 ) , a biting commentary about the state of the world & apos ; s economic and political infrastructures . the film , which did incorporate sound , was , in part , the result of an 18 - month world tour chaplin had taken between 1931 and 1932 , a trip during which he & apos ; d witnessed severe economic angst and a sharp rise in nationalism in europe and elsewhere .
over the next year , chaplin appeared in 35 movies , a lineup that included tillie & apos ; s punctured romance , film & apos ; s first full - length comedy . in 1915 chaplin left sennett to join the essanay company , which agreed to pay him $ 1 , 250 a week . it is with essanay that chaplin , who by this time had hired his brother sydney to be his business manager , rose to stardom .
in the early morning hours of december 25 , 1977 , charlie chaplin died at his home in corsier - sur - vevey , vaud , switzerland . his wife , oona , and seven of his children were at his bedside at the time of his passing . in a twist that might very well have come out of one of his films , chaplin & apos ; s body was stolen not long after he was buried from his grave near lake geneva in switzerland by two men who demanded $ 400 , 000 for its return . the men were arrested and chaplin & apos ; s body was recovered 11 weeks later .
the reason for his success was simple : valentino appealed to women by being one of the first sexually passionate film stars . as silent film expert richard koszarski wrote in the new york times ,
here was an openly sexual icon designed to feed the most hidden fantasies of the cinema ' s largely female audience . traditional values of home and family seemed wildly inappropriate when valentino held the screen . instead , his films offered hints of violent sexuality and miscegenation meant to tantalize viewers .
perhaps because his stardom was based on his sex appeal , many believed he had little to no acting ability . caryn james of the new york times wrote ,
when he wasn ' t dancing or dueling , he acted by posing in elaborate costumes and popping open his eyes to show emotion . love , hate , surprise , any emotion at all . even considering that exaggerated gestures were standard in silent films , valentino lacked subtlety .
featured an extensive interview with young in which she does not mention the name of her new company , nor does she detail her precise responsibilities , but relates her personal vision regarding acting styles , exteriors , interiors , story development , and continuity , implying that she would have control over such decisions ( 461 ) . in mid - august , the name of a new company was revealed : the c . k . y . film corporation . this was a distribution company created by adolph zukor , who agreed to buy , distribute , and market eight films from young annually for four years . now it was revealed that “miss young heads her own organization and dominates it completely , selecting her own stories and plays , her own directors , and her own supporting company” ( “c . k . y . film corporation formed” 918 ) . from 1917 to 1919 , when young appeared to exercise the most creative control , and is listed as “producer” by the afi catalog , she appeared in some of the best films of her career :