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Adele Farrington is a Actor American born on 1 january 1867 at Brooklyn (USA)

Adele Farrington

Adele Farrington
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1867 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 19 december 1936 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Adele Farrington (1867 – 19 December 1936) was an American actress of the silent film era.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Farrington appeared in 74 films during her career between 1914 and 1926. She was a relatively old actress for the silent film era, being 47 at the beginning of her film career. She appeared in many films directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Her husband was film director and actor Hobart Bosworth, in whose films she also often appeared. They divorced and Bosworth remarried to a younger woman and had a small child by 1920. She died in Los Angeles, California.

Usually with

Lois Weber
Lois Weber
(2 films)
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth
(3 films)
Donald Crisp
Donald Crisp
(5 films)
Cleo Madison
Cleo Madison
(1 films)
Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Adele Farrington (24 films)

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Actress

Along Came Ruth
Along Came Ruth (1924)

Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Viola Dana, Walter Hiers, Tully Marshall, Raymond McKee, Victor Potel, Gale Henry
Roles Widow Burnham

Ruth (Viola Dana) is a small-town live-wire who takes over a furniture shop and its owner's nephew.
The Ordeal
The Ordeal (1922)
, 50minutes
Directed by Paul Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Clarence Burton, Agnes Ayres, Conrad Nagel, Edna Murphy, Anne Schaefer, Gino Corrado
Roles Madame St. Levis

Black Beauty
Black Beauty (1921)
, 1h10
Directed by David Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Jean Paige, John Steppling, James W. Morrison, Adele Farrington, Chick Morrison, Mollie McConnell
Roles Lady Wynwaring
Rating59% 2.9700152.9700152.9700152.9700152.970015
As summarized in a film publication, a human love story was added to the horse story, which includes a fox hunt and race. At a house party given by Squire Gordon (Steppling), his daughter Jessie (Paige) and Harry Blomefield (Morrison) are playing games with the children, although they have reached the age where Harry realizes that he loves her. Among the guests is Jack Beckett (Webb), who lives by his wits and has gained entree as a favorite of the haughty Lady Wynsaring (Farrington). Squire Gordon gives Lord Wynwaring (Peacocke) 800 pounds for his wife's charity, which Jack steals from the Wynwaring room. During a fox hunt the next morning, Jessie's brother George (Kenny) is killed in a fall from his horse. Jack puts the stolen money in the pocket of the dead man and tells Jessie that her brother was a thief. To prevent him from telling her mother, Jessie agrees to marry Jack when she comes of age. Jessie meanwhile realizes that she loves Harry, who cannot understand her wish to marry Jack. Several years pass and Harry tries to elope with Jessie, but is foiled. After a race sequence, Black Beauty carries Harry to victory and to Jessie, foiling the plans of the villain Jack.
The Charm School
The Charm School (1921)

Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Wallace Reid, Lila Lee, Adele Farrington, Lincoln Stedman, Kate Toncray, Edwin Stevens
Roles Mrs. Rolles

As summarized in a film publication, when Mrs. Rolles (Farrington) insists that she will not have Austin Bevans (Reid) as a son-in-law, he insists that she will. But when his aunt dies and leaves Austin a girl's boarding school in her will, Austin gives up his suit of Susie Rolles (Bains) and decides to run the school. Under his aunt's regime the girls studied microbes, etc., but Austin turns it into a charm school where the girls are taught dancing, fencing, and grace in general. Elsie (Lee), one of the students, immediately falls in love with Austin, but he fails to respond. She then tries to vamp him, but when Austin does not fall she tells him directly that she loves him. Elsie's uncle is very interested in the young Austin. When Mrs. Rolles hears of how well he is getting along, she tries to patch things up between Austin and her daughter Susie, and tells Elsie that the two are engaged. While Elsie is brokenhearted, in the end all turns out well for she and Austin.
One Hour Before Dawn
One Hour Before Dawn (1920)

Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors H. B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson, Augustus Phillips, Lillian Rich, Frank Leigh, Adele Farrington
Roles Mrs. Montague

Durant une réception dans la résidence des Copeland, l'hypnotiseur Norman Osgood exerce son art sur un des invités, Harrison Kirke. En se réveillant de sa transe, Kirke est tellement en colère qu'il menace Osgood. Ce dernier hypnotise alors secrètement George Clayton et lui suggère de tuer Kirke « une heure avant l'aube. » Le lendemain matin, Kirke est retrouvé assassiné et Clayton se souvient d'un terrible rêve dans lequel il aurait tué Kirke, ce qui le pousse à craindre d'avoir commis le meurtre pendant son sommeil. À l'arrivée de la police, l'attitude de Clayton le rend suspect mais, après quelques fausses pistes, le policier démasque finalement le vrai meurtrier comme étant Bob Manning, un vieil ennemi de Kirke.