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John G. Adolfi is a Actor and Director American born on 19 january 1881 at New York City (USA)

John G. Adolfi

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Nationality USA
Birth 19 january 1881 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 may 1933 (at 52 years) at British Columbia (Canada)

John G. Adolfi (February 19, 1888 – May 11, 1933) was an American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout his career. An early acting credit was in the recently restored 1912 film Robin Hood. His urn at findagrave.com says he was born January 19, 1881.

Biography

Born in New York City, Adolfi entered films as an actor in The Spy: A Romantic Story of the Civil War in 1907, but after appearing in thirty or so films he switched roles and concentrated on directing until his death from a brain hemorrhage in British Columbia, Canada while hunting bears.

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George Arliss
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Filmography of John G. Adolfi (36 films)

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Actor

Saved from the Titanic, 10minutes
Directed by Étienne Arnaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Dorothy Gibson, Alec B. Francis, John G. Adolfi, Guy Oliver, Muriel Ostriche, William R. Dunn
Roles Ensign Jack
Rating68% 3.4486353.4486353.4486353.4486353.448635
Une jeune femme, Miss Dorothy Gibson, relate à ses parents et à son fiancé, un marin, son aventure à bord du Titanic lors de son naufrage. Le naufrage est représenté au travers de flashbacks, de façon très romancée. Finalement, son père accepte son mariage.
The Fight for Freedom
Directed by D. W. Griffith, Wallace McCutcheon Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Florence Auer, Edward Dillon, John G. Adolfi, Kate Bruce, George Gebhardt, Anthony O'Sullivan
Rating51% 2.564252.564252.564252.564252.56425
The film open in a town on the Mexican border. A poker game is going on in the local saloon. One of the players cheats and is shot dead by another of the players, a Mexican named Pedro. In the uproar that follows Pedro is wounded as he escapes from the saloon. The sheriff is called, who tracks Pedro to his home but Pedro kills the sherriff too. While Pedro hides, his wife Juanita, is arrested on suspcicion of murdering the sheriff. Pedro rescues her from the town jail and the two head for the Mexican border. Caught by the posse before they reach the border, Juanita is killed and the film ends with Pedro being arrested and taken back to town.

Director

The Working Man, 1h18
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors George Arliss, Bette Davis, Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright, Gordon Westcott, J. Farrell MacDonald
Rating72% 3.6428853.6428853.6428853.6428853.642885
Successful shoe manufacturer John Reeves is annoyed with his staff, particularly his conceited nephew and company general manager Benjamin Burnett (who considers himself the driving force behind the firm), because they are losing ground to their longtime chief rival, headed by former best friend Tom Hartland. The two men had had a falling out after falling in love with the same woman; she married Hartland, and Reeves remained a bachelor. Nevertheless, Reeves is saddened to learn of Hartland's death.
Voltaire
Voltaire (1933)
, 1h12
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Philosophie, Histoire de France
Actors George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Margaret Lindsay, Alan Mowbray, Reginald Owen, Doris Lloyd
Rating64% 3.238313.238313.238313.238313.23831
In pre-Revolutionary France, Voltaire champions the oppressed commoners and tries to warn King Louis XV (Reginald Owen) about the growing unrest among his subjects. The writer has a powerful ally in Madame Pompadour (Doris Kenyon), Louis' mistress, but the Count de Sarnac (Alan Mowbray) opposes him for his own ends.
The King's Vacation
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors George Arliss, Dick Powell, Marjorie Gateson, Patricia Ellis, Dudley Digges, O. P. Heggie
Rating67% 3.380973.380973.380973.380973.38097
Phillip (Arliss), the figurehead monarch of an unnamed country, is unharmed in an assassination attempt. In a conversation with his attempted murderer, Anderson, it becomes clear that the king's sympathies are with the downtrodden people. As unrest builds, Phillip abdicates to avoid bloodshed.
The Man Who Played God, 1h20
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors George Arliss, Bette Davis, Louise Closser Hale, Violet Heming, André Luguet, Oscar Apfel
Rating67% 3.396613.396613.396613.396613.39661
While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royale is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royale returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair.
A Successful Calamity, 1h12
Directed by John G. Adolfi, Lucien Hubbard, Julien Josephson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors George Arliss, Mary Astor, Evalyn Knapp, Grant Mitchell, William Janney, Hardie Albright
Rating68% 3.437913.437913.437913.437913.43791
Henry Wilton is a successful financier who is returning to America after a year away in Europe helping to arrange war debt repayments. He looks forward to being reunited with his family, including his much-younger second wife Emmy, his daughter Peggy and his son Eddie. However, when he arrives in his hometown on the train the only one there to greet him is his butler, Connors, much to Henry's dismay. The butler informs him that he is home a day earlier than expected, and that Peggy is an aspiring actress and Eddie is a polo player. They visit Eddie at the polo field, then arrive home, where they find that Emmy is having guests over at a music recital by composer Pietro Rafaelo. Henry further finds that in his absence Emmy has redecorated his bedroom in the Art Nouveau style, and removed his comfortable chair, which Connors has taken for safekeeping. While in Connors' room, Henry is visited by George Struthers, Peggy's fortune-hunting fiance who she plans to marry for his money. Henry tries to buy a stock from Partington, his business rival, who refuses to honour an agreement they had to sell it at a certain price, claiming that the agreement is not in writing.
The Stolen Jools, 20minutes
Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, John G. Adolfi, William C. McGann, Victor Heerman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Wallace Beery, Buster Keaton, Edward G. Robinson, Jack Hill, Jack Hill, J. Farrell MacDonald
Rating57% 2.8524052.8524052.8524052.8524052.852405
At the "Screen Stars Annual Ball", Norma Shearer has her jewels stolen. The police must find them and return them to her.
The Millionaire, 1h20
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors George Arliss, David Manners, Evalyn Knapp, James Cagney, Bramwell Fletcher, Noah Beery Sr.
Rating71% 3.5884253.5884253.5884253.5884253.588425
Wealthy car manufacturer James Alden (George Arliss) is forced to retire by his physician, Dr. Harvey (J. C. Nugent). However, idleness soon bores him. He takes the advice of brash life insurance salesman Schofield (James Cagney) and buys half interest in a gas station from Peterson (Noah Beery) without telling his wife Laura (real-life spouse Florence Arliss) or socialite daughter Barbara 'Babs' Alden (Evalyn Knapp). As he is known nationwide, he uses the alias Charles Miller.
College Lovers, 1h1
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Hopton, Wade Boteler, Phyllis Crane

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, a star football player, decides to leave Sanford college after he has found that his girlfriend has eloped with another man. He is drive to the train station by Russell Hopton, his best friend, and also a football player for the same college. Jack Whiting, who plays the part of the student manager of the Sanford college athletic association as well as part of the president of the student body, knows that the college needs Williams to win the important game against Colton college.