Charles Hill Mailes
Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and died in Los Angeles, California. His spouse was the actress Claire McDowell (married 1906), with whom he had two sons, Robert & Eugene.
Actor
-
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Lillian Gish stars as a young wife-with-child, traveling by stagecoach, in this legendary D.W. Griffith short. When her group is attacked by Native Americans, things go from bad to worse as puppies go missing, children get kidnapped and the calvary comes to the rescue.Watch Movie
-
The Lesser Evil
It's drama at sea in this Biograph short. THE LESSER EVIL follows a motley crew of smugglers and their nefarious, despicable actions. Starring Blanche Sweet as a young woman kidnapped by the pesky bunch and forced to choose (as the titles indicates) between the lesser of two evils.Watch Movie
-
The New York Hat
D.W. Griffith's THE NEW YORK HAT, from a script by Anita Loos, explores the timeless issue of neighborly interference. Mary Pickford stars as a young woman who, after the death of her mother, receives the hat she's always wanted. The circumstances around the gift, however,...Watch Movie
-
Friends
In the era of the gold rush, Dora (Mary Pickford) likes one fellow but he decides to prospect elsewhere and leaves her behind. Before long, another fellow (Lionel Barrymore) decides to make a play for the lonely young woman, too. A remarkably talented cast distances the relatively simple...Watch Movie
-
The Painted Lady
Sometimes, women fall in with a bad sort of man. This is one of those times. The protagonist of this short moral tale meets a fellow who seems to take a liking to her. However, he's less interested in her than she suspects. His interests are elsewhere in this D.W. Griffith short.Watch Movie
-
The Battle
Unlike many of D.W. Griffith's early Civil War melodramas, THE BATTLE focuses on actual combat. A Union soldier panics during his first fight and flees to his girlfriend's house. She bullies him back into harm's way as the balance of war begins to shift. Dynamic battle scenes jammed with...Watch Movie
Source:
Charles Hill Mailes on
Freebase, licensed under
CC-BY
Other content from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA
Other content from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA