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Edward Elkas is a Actor American born on 8 february 1862 at New York City (USA)

Edward Elkas

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Nationality USA
Birth 8 february 1862 (162 years) at New York City (USA)

Edward Elkas (February 8, 1862, date of death unknown) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 84 films between 1911 and 1926. He was born in New York, New York.

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S. Rankin Drew
S. Rankin Drew
(1 films)
Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky
(2 films)
Ann Brody
Ann Brody
(2 films)
George B. Seitz
George B. Seitz
(1 films)
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
(2 films)
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Filmography of Edward Elkas (9 films)

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When Men Desire
When Men Desire (1919)

Directed by J. Gordon Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Theda Bara, G. Raymond Nye, Edward Elkas
Roles Professor Lohr

As described in a film magazine review, after the United States declares war on Germany in 1917, American citizens within Germany like Marie Lohr (Bara), who was visiting her uncle Professor Lohr (Elkas) in Strassburg, hastily attempt to obtain passports and leave the county. However, Major von Rohn (Nye), a powerful officer in the German Army, desires her as a companion, noting that German officers in war time are permitted to have any woman that they fancy. Marie's American aviator sweetheart, Robert Stedman (Ward), has reached Switzerland, and Marie attempts to keep Von Rohn at a respectful distance. She escapes one hazardous situation when Stedman, during a mission, happens to drop a bomb on a house and apparently kills the German officer. Marie is then able to take, from a female German spy who was also in the house and crushed under the wreckage, passports and secret documents that instruct that the spy be taken through the French lines. Impersonating the spy, Marie is able to get to the German border, where she is detained by German soldiers who look to her to relieve their loneliness. Her companion from her journey is able to reach Robert, who then jumps into a airplane to rescue Marie. Marie holds off the soldiers and her identity is safe until von Rohn, recovered from his injuries, shows up at the woman's apartment where Marie is being held and where Robert is hidden in a closet. Marie stabs and kills Voh Rohn, and the two patriots escape after Robert dons the officer's uniform.
The Blue Bird
The Blue Bird (1918)
, 1h15
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Edward Elkas, Gertrude McCoy
Roles Widow Berlingot
Rating68% 3.4408753.4408753.4408753.4408753.440875
When poor old widow Berlingot asks Tyltyl and Mytyl, the young son and daughter of her more prosperous neighbors, for the loan of their pet bird to cheer up her ill daughter, Mytyl selfishly refuses. That night, when the children are asleep, the fairy Bérylune enters their home in the semblance of Berlingot, before transforming into her true beautiful appearance. She insists that the children search for the bluebird of happiness. She gives Tyltyl a magical hat which has the power to show him the insides of things. As a result, the souls of fire, water, light, bread, sugar and milk becoming personified, and their pet dog and cat can now speak with their masters. Before they all set out, Bérylune warns the children that their new companions will all perish once their quest is achieved.
The Birth of a Race
The Birth of a Race (1918)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Alice Gale, Edward Elkas, Mary Carr, Louis Dean
Rating59% 2.9622152.9622152.9622152.9622152.962215
Following the "Birth of the Human Race" section of the film, two brothers in a German-American family go to war in Europe, one ("George") fighting for the United States, and the other ("Oscar") fighting for Germany. George is wounded, and at the hospital defends it from a German attack, killing Oscar in the process. George is sent home to America, where he rescues his wife from a German spy.
Aladdin's Other Lamp
Aladdin's Other Lamp (1917)

Origin USA
Actors Viola Dana, Robert D. Walker, Augustus Phillips, Ricca Allen, Edward Elkas
Roles Luke Stimson

Patsy Smith is kidnapped by her father when she's a baby, after having a fight with Patsy's mother. When her father dies at sea, Captain Barnaby takes Patsy to a boardinghouse run by Mrs. Duff. Inspired by the Captain's tales of Aladdin, she goes on a hunt for her father's oriental lamp which Mrs. Duff has sold to a junk peddler. After finding the lamp, Patsy buys it and starts to rub it and the Genie Jehaunarara appears. The genie transforms her room, restores the Captain's leg and turns Mrs. Duff into a rag doll. However, the genie can't reunite Patsy with her mother, because it is beyond his magic. After the genie wins first prize at a masquerade ball for his attire, Patsy applauds and unwittingly causes him to disappear. Upset, Patsy throws the oriental lamp out the window and barely misses hitting her friend Harry, who wants to become a lawyer and then president. Patsy finds letters in the lamp that lead her to locating her mother, who arrives with her brother, who is now a judge. Harry now daydreams that he is president and Patsy is his first lady.