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Spottiswoode Aitken is a Actor British born on 15 april 1868 at Edinburgh (United-kingdom)
For the rugby league footballer of the 1900s for England, and Oldham, see Frank Spottiswoode
Frank Spottiswoode Aitken (16 April 1868 – 26 February 1933) was a Scottish actor of the silent era.
Aitken was one of the first actors to settle in Los Angeles when the film industry was still at its strongest in New York. He invested most of his earnings in property, buying up orange groves around what would become Hollywood.
Il a travaillé notamment avec D. W. Griffith et est connu pour son interprétation du "Dr Cameron" dans "Naissance d'une nation".
Il arrête sa carrière en 1927 à cause d'une santé défaillante.
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Spottiswoode Aitken
Birth name Frank Spottiswoode Aitken
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 15 april 1868 at Edinburgh (United-kingdom)
Death 26 february 1933 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 15 april 1868 at Edinburgh (United-kingdom)
Death 26 february 1933 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Frank Spottiswoode Aitken (16 April 1868 – 26 February 1933) was a Scottish actor of the silent era.
Aitken was one of the first actors to settle in Los Angeles when the film industry was still at its strongest in New York. He invested most of his earnings in property, buying up orange groves around what would become Hollywood.
Biography
Spottiswoode Aitken commence par être acteur au théâtre en Grande Bretagne à 17 ans en 1886. Il émigre aux États-Unis en 1901 et y continue ce métier lors de nombreuses tournées. C'est lors de l'une d'elles qu'il rencontre D. W. Griffith. Il commence à travailler pour la Biograph à New-York in 1910. Il est l'un des premiers acteurs à s'installer à Los Angeles alors que l'industrie cinématographique battait son plein à New York.Il a travaillé notamment avec D. W. Griffith et est connu pour son interprétation du "Dr Cameron" dans "Naissance d'une nation".
Il arrête sa carrière en 1927 à cause d'une santé défaillante.
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The Power of the Press (1928)
, 1h2Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris, Philo McCullough, Wheeler Oakman, Robert Edeson
Roles Sports Writer
Rating63%
Un procureur est assassiné. Un jeune reporter ambitieux découvre qu'une héritière était avec le procureur au moment du meurtre et décide de l'accuser publiquement.
The Eagle (1925)
, 1h20Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Louise Dresser, James A. Marcus, Albert Conti, George Nichols
Roles Dubrovsky's Father (uncredited)
Rating65%
Vladimir Dubrovsky (Rudolph Valentino), a Cossack serving in the Russian army, comes to the notice of the Czarina (Louise Dresser) when he rescues Mascha (Vilma Bánky), a beautiful young lady, and her aunt trapped in a runaway stagecoach. He is delighted when the Czarina offers to make him a general but horrified when she tries to seduce him. He flees and the Czarina puts a price on his head.
The Goose Woman (1925)
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Louise Dresser, Jack Pickford, Constance Bennett, George Cooper, Gustav von Seyffertitz, George Nichols
Roles Jacob Rigg
Rating68%
The Coast Patrol (1925)
, 1h3Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Fay Wray, Kenneth MacDonald, Spottiswoode Aitken, Gino Corrado
Roles Capt. Slocum
Rating59%
Triumph (1924)
, 1h20Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Leatrice Joy, Rod La Rocque, Victor Varconi, Charles Ogle, Theodore Kosloff, Robert Edeson
Roles Torrini
Rating65%
Around the World in 18 Days (1923)
Directed by B. Reeves Eason, Robert Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors William Desmond, Laura La Plante, Wade Boteler, William De Vaulle, William Welsh, Arthur Millett
Roles Piggott
Rating56%
Merry-Go-Round (1923)
, 1h48Directed by Erich von Stroheim, Rupert Julian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Edith Yorke, Dale Fuller, Maude George, Cesare Gravina
Roles Minister of War / Gisella's Father
Rating64%
Monte Cristo (1922)
Directed by Emmett J. Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, William V. Mong, Robert McKim, Spottiswoode Aitken, Virginia Brown Faire
Roles Abbé Faria
Rating67%
Le scénario est basé sur une pièce de Charles Fechter, elle-même basée sur le célèbre roman d'Alexandre Dumas.
The Trap (1922)
, 1hDirected by Robert Thornby
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lon Chaney, Alan Hale, Irene Rich, Dagmar Godowsky, Spottiswoode Aitken, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles The Factor
Rating59%
The film features an angry miner who sets out for revenge on a man who stole his mine.
The Young Rajah (1922)
, 54minutesDirected by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Rudolph Valentino, Charles Ogle, George Periolat, George Field, William Boyd, Bertram Grassby
Roles Caleb
Rating60%
After fifteen years, Joshua Judd (Charles Ogle) tells his adopted son, Amos (Valentino), that his real father was an Indian maharajah overthrown by Ali Khan (Bertram Grassby). Amos, then a young boy (played by an uncredited Pat Moore), was rescued by General Devi Das Gadi (George Periolat) and taken to America for his safety. (Joshua's merchant brother had been a trusted friend of the late maharajah.)
Manslaughter (1922)
, 1h40Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Leatrice Joy, Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, George Fawcett, Julia Faye, Edythe Chapman
Roles Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Rating63%
A wild, wealthy woman (Joy) is brought to heel by a sermonizing district attorney after she accidentally hits and kills a motorcycle cop.
At the End of the World (1921)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Betty Compson, Milton Sills, Mitchell Lewis, Casson Ferguson, Spottiswoode Aitken, Joseph Kilgour
Roles Terence O'Day
Beyond (1921)
Directed by William Desmond Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith, Fontaine La Rue, Lillian Rich, Winifred Kingston, Charles K. French
Roles Rufus Southerne
On her deathbed, the mother of Avis Langley begs her to watch over her wayward twin brother, Alec. Just before Avis is to be married to Geoffrey Southerne, Alec disappears and the spirit of Mrs. Langley appears to Avis to remind her of her promise. Samuel Ackroyd, from New Zealand, calls to explain that Alec who is engaged to his daughter has disappeared. Avis goes to New Zealand, finds Alec and persuades him to reform and marry Bessie and then sails for home. En route, the steamer is wrecked, and Avis being the only survivor is washed up on the shore of a small island. Geoffery, believing her dead, marries Viva Newmarch whom he does not love. After a year, Avis returns and her mother's spirit comes to console her. She declines to reveal that she is alive, however, until the accidental death of Viva creates the possibility of her reunion with Geoffrey.
The White Circle (1920)
, 50minutesDirected by Maurice Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Spottiswoode Aitken, John Gilbert, Janice Wilson, Harry Northrup, Wesley Barry, Jack McDonald
Roles Bernard Huddlestone
Ayant mis en danger sa propre vie en ayant parié avec des fonds appartenant aux Carbonari, une société secrète italienne, le banquier londonien Bernard Huddlestone fait appel à Northmour, un aventurier, pour le protéger. Northmour emmène Huddlestone et sa fille Clara dans son château en Écosse, mais demande en retour la main de Clara. Cependant Clara rencontre Frank Cassilis, un vieil ennemi de Northmour, et en tombe amoureuse. Toutefois, lorsque les Carbonari trouvent la cachette d'Huddlestone et s'attaquent au château, les fugitifs s'allient pour les combattre. Réalisant que seule sa mort apaisera les assaillants, Huddlestone sort du château et se sacrifie. Northmour décide finalement que le mariage est trop monotone et renonce à Clara.
Nomads of the North (1920)
, 1h49Directed by Lambert Hillyer, David Hartford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Betty Blythe, Lon Chaney, Lewis Stone, Francis McDonald, Spottiswoode Aitken, Melbourne MacDowell
Roles Old Roland
Rating58%
When impoverished Nanette Roland refuses to marry Buck McDougall until she is convinced that her long-absent fiancé, Raoul Challoner, is dead, Buck obtains false evidence of Challoner's death and Nanette yields to his wishes. At their wedding ceremony, Raoul appears and is about to take Nanette away, when Buck attacks him and, in the ensuing battle, Raoul accidentally kills a man and is arrested. That night, Nanette helps him escape and, after a hasty wedding, they flee into the wilderness. Corporal O'Connor of the North-West Mounted Police is given the assignment of capturing him, and three years later, the Mountie, aided by Buck, discovers Raoul's cabin in the woods. Just as he arrests the fugitive, a forest fire breaks out, trapping Nanette, Raoul and their baby in the flames. O'Connor, injured by a fallen tree, is rescued by Raoul and the four reach safety, but Buck perishes in the fire. O'Connor, feeling a debt of gratitude, agrees to testify to Raoul's death and the family realizes that their troubles are at an end.