Alfred Paget Movies
English-born leading man and character actor Alfred Paget got his start in early silent films. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Belshazzar in the Babylonian segment of Griffith's Intolerance (1916). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1910
Always fascinated with Native American mythology and folklore, director D.W. Griffith turned out no fewer than six "Indian" pictures in 1910. A bigoted white medicine man refuses to come to the assistance of an ailing Indian child. But the man's wife is a bit more humanitarian; unbeknownst to her husband, she sneaks into the Mohawk camp and administers the necessary medicines and poultices. The child lives, and as a result the grateful Mohawk chieftain abandons his plans to massacre the white settlement. One of these was the one-reel The Mohawk's Way, filmed "way out West" in Water Gap, New Jersey. Among the "Griffith players" in the film was future comedy producer Mack Sennett. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1912
A prospector's (Charles Gorman) wife (Blanche Sweet) is kidnapped by a Mexican bandit (Charles Hill Mailes), but the two men call a temporary truce in order to defeat the common enemy -- the Indians. This typical Biograph Western melodrama was filmed on location in Southern California during the studio's 1911-1912 winter sojourn. It is preserved in the paper print collection of the Library of Congress. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- 1917
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp was another of Fox's lavishly produced "Sunset Kiddies" series, wherein most of the principal roles were enacted by children. In this case, Aladdin is portrayed by juvenile performer Francis Carpenter, while other key roles were filled by such stars-in-the-making as Virginia Lee Corbin, Gertrude Messenger and Buddy Messenger and Lewis Sargent. The film was by no means a parody: the youthful performers played their parts with utmost sincerity, and most effectively. As was traditional in the "Sunset Kiddies" films, a few adult performers were scattered throughout the proceedings, notably Elmo Lincoln, the screen's first Tarzan, who here portrayed the towering Genie of the Lamp. Unfortunately, none of the "Sunset Kiddies" efforts is currently available for reappraisal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1924
This video contains two abridged version films: America, in which a Boston patriot and the daughter of a Tory fall in love during the Revolutionary War; and the silent film, The Fall of Babylon, which is one of the stories told in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- 1917
As its title indicates, Big Timber was set in a rugged Northwoods lumber camp. New York socialite Stella Benton (Kathlyn Williams) comes to Tall Tree country when her brother Charlie (Alfred Paget) purchases a rich section of timber land. Stella and Charlie's efforts to make a go of their camp is aided by neighboring lumberjack Jack Fyfe (Wallace Reid), who is stuck on Stella. Fyfe's efforts are sabotaged by lumber king Walter Monahan (Joe King), who intends to grab up the Benton's property (not to mention the delectable Stella) by hook or crook. As was customary in films of this type, Big Timber was climaxed by a raging forest fire, which has the "cleansing" effect of eliminating the unsympathetic characters while solidifying the relationship between the hero and heroine. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1912
Cherubic character actor Otis Harlan stars as Goodrich Mudd, the "black sheep" of the film's title. The bane of his prominent family's existence, Goodrich brings even more embarrassment upon his loved ones when he gets mixed up with a seedy burlesque troupe. Before the inevitable "redemption" scene, there are several slapstick highlights, all of them played to the hilt by the star. The film takes particular advantage of Harlan's stage specialty, his "kidney feet," in one crucial scene, wherein Goodrich cavorts drunkenly onstage with a line of chorus girls (this sort of routine would later be de rigueur in the 2-reel comedies of Leon Errol. The Black Sheep was based on a stage farce by Charles Hoyt. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
