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Ward Crane is a Actor American born on 18 may 1890 at Albany (USA)
Ward Crane (May 18, 1890 - July 21, 1928) was a silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films, he is remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton's hero in Sherlock, Jr. (1924).
Crane died at age 38 in Saranac Lake from pneumonia.
Mentionnons The Luck of the Irish d'Allan Dwan (1920, avec James Kirkwood Sr. et Anna Q. Nilsson), Heedless Moths (1921, avec Holmes Herbert et Hedda Hopper) et La Rose de Broadway (1922, avec Mae Murray et Monte Blue), tous deux réalisés par Robert Z. Leonard, ainsi que Sherlock Junior de Buster Keaton et John G. Blystone (1924, avec Buster Keaton et Kathryn McGuire).
Son dernier film est The Rush Hour d'E. Mason Hopper (avec Marie Prevost et Harrison Ford), sorti le 12 décembre 1928, plus de quatre mois après son décès.
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Nationality USA
Birth 18 may 1890 at Albany (USA)
Death 21 july 1928 (at 38 years) at Saranac Lake (USA)
Birth 18 may 1890 at Albany (USA)
Death 21 july 1928 (at 38 years) at Saranac Lake (USA)
Crane died at age 38 in Saranac Lake from pneumonia.
Biography
Mort prématurément d'une pneumonie à 38 ans, en 1928, Ward Crane apparaît au cinéma exclusivement durant la période du muet. Après une première expérience dans un court métrage de 1913, il contribue à partir de 1919 à quarante-sept autres films américains.Mentionnons The Luck of the Irish d'Allan Dwan (1920, avec James Kirkwood Sr. et Anna Q. Nilsson), Heedless Moths (1921, avec Holmes Herbert et Hedda Hopper) et La Rose de Broadway (1922, avec Mae Murray et Monte Blue), tous deux réalisés par Robert Z. Leonard, ainsi que Sherlock Junior de Buster Keaton et John G. Blystone (1924, avec Buster Keaton et Kathryn McGuire).
Son dernier film est The Rush Hour d'E. Mason Hopper (avec Marie Prevost et Harrison Ford), sorti le 12 décembre 1928, plus de quatre mois après son décès.
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The Lady in Ermine (1927)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Corinne Griffith, Francis X. Bushman, Einar Hanson, Ward Crane, Jane Keckley
Roles Archduke Stephan
Rating47%
The American (1927)
Directed by James Stuart Blackton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bessie Love, Charles Ray, Ward Crane, Evelyn Selbie, J.P. Lockney, Maurice Murphy
The Blind Goddess (1926)
, 1h20Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Holt, Ernest Torrence, Esther Ralston, Louise Dresser, Ward Crane, Richard Tucker
Roles Tracy Redmond
Rating45%
The Boy Friend (1926)
, 1h5Directed by Monta Bell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Marceline Day, John Harron, Gwen Lee, George K. Arthur, Ward Crane, Gertrude Astor
Roles Lester White
Rating69%
Comedy about a small-town girl unhappy with her family, and a boy trying to please her by throwing a big party.
Upstage (1926)
, 1h16Directed by Monta Bell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Norma Shearer, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee, Émile Chautard, Dorothy Phillips, Rolfe Sedan
Roles Wallace King
Rating68%
Dolly (Norma Shearer) is a stagestruck girl whose career has begun to wane until she displays show-must-go-on courage by standing-in as target in a knife-throwing act.
The Sporting Lover (1926)
Directed by Alan Hale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford, Ward Crane, Bodil Rosing, George Ovey
Roles Captain Sir Phillip Barton
During the First World War an American officer and a British aristocrat fall in love but are separated. After the war he returns to find her engaged to another man. The issue is settled by a bet on The Derby horse race.
Risky Business (1926)
, 1h26Directed by Alan Hale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Vera Reynolds, Ethel Clayton, Kenneth Thomson, Ward Crane, Louis Natheaux, Zasu Pitts
Roles Coults-Browne
Rating64%
That Model from Paris (1926)
, 1h10Directed by Louis Gasnier
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Bert Lytell, Marceline Day, Eileen Percy, Ward Crane, Miss DuPont, Arthur Hoyt
Roles Morgan Grant
Rating72%
Jane Miller, une caissière chez Katz & Katz, un magasin de vêtements pour femmes, est une jeune femme qui ne sait jamais comment s'habiller. Une de ses collègues l'invite aux Follies et la persuade d'emrunter une des robes du magasin. Au théâtre, M. Katz reconnait la robe et celle qui la porte, et la licencie. Morgan Grant, le petit ami de sa collègue, demande à Martel, un de ses amis, d'engager Jane comme mannequin pour le salon des couturiers La Salle Frères. Lorsque la célèbre mannequin française Mademoiselle Lucette n'est pas capable de participer au défilé, Jane est obligée de la remplacer. Pour cacher son ignorance du Français, on lui conseille de répondre non à tout ce qu'on lui dit. Bob Richmond, le fils du propriétaire de La Salle Frères, s'éprend d'elle sans succès. Grant lui fait lui aussi des avances infructueuses. Bob découvre l'imposture mais, après qu'elle s'est expliquée, ils reconnaissent être amoureux l'un de l'autre.
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
, 1h33Directed by Edward Sedgwick, Lon Chaney, Rupert Julian, Ernst Laemmle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis
Roles Count Ruboff (uncredited)
Rating74%
Based on the general release version of 1925, which has additional scenes and sequences in different order than the existing reissue print.
The Mad Whirl (1925)
, 1h20Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors May McAvoy, Jack Mulhall, Myrtle Stedman, Barbara Bedford, Alec B. Francis, Ward Crane
Roles Benny Kingsley
Rating72%
Cathleen Gillis (May McAvoy) falls in love with Jack Herrington (Jack Mulhall). Martin Gillis (George Fawcett), Cathleen's loving father, is stern, very religious, and runs an ice cream shop. Cathleen is an obedient daughter and conservative in her views as well. Jack however, has a routine that includes wild parties hosted by his parents, Gladys and John (Myrtle Stedman and Alec B. Francis), who think it is better to be their son's friend by their providing bootleg whiskey and a place to have all-night parties. Jack's lifestyle places him at odds with Cathleen's, but he promises her his will change his ways. He backslides several times, but in the end is reformed by Cathleen's love, and they elope. After the elopement, Gladys and John get a stern lecture on temperance and sobriety from Martin and reform their ways as well.
Borrowed Finery (1925)
Directed by Oscar Apfel
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Louise Lorraine, Ward Crane, Lou Tellegen, Hedda Hopper, Gertrude Astor, Trixie Friganza
Roles Channing Maynard
Sheila Conroy, un mannequin, emprunte une robe pour se rendre à une fête. Harlan, un escroc de la société se faisant passer pour un agent du gouvernement, lui offre un poste d'assistante. Elle accepte ce poste pour aider sa sœur, Lilly, et le mari de Lilly, Billy. Ce dernier a détourné de l'argent de son entreprise et risque d'être découvert. La mission de Sheila est d'obtenir les "preuves" nécessaires sur Mme Bordon, une riche veuve qui a fait entrer clandestinement un joyau de grande valeur dans le pays. Channing Maynard, un vrai agent du gouvernement qui est amoureux de Sheila, démasque Harlan et épouse Sheila.
How Baxter Butted In (1925)
, 1h10Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dorothy Devore, Matt Moore, Ward Crane, Wilfred Lucas, Adda Gleason, Otis Harlan
Roles Walter Higgins
Classified (1925)
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Corinne Griffith, Jack Mulhall, Ward Crane, Carroll Nye, Julie Bishop
Roles Spencer Clark
Rating51%
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
, 45minutesDirected by Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Transport films, Sherlock Holmes films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Ward Crane, George Davis, Doris Deane
Roles Sheik / Villain
Rating81%
A movie theater projectionist and janitor (Buster Keaton) is in love with a beautiful girl (Kathryn McGuire). However, he has a rival, the "local sheik" (Ward Crane). Neither has much money. The projectionist buys a $1 box of chocolates, all he can afford, and changes the price to $4 before giving it and a ring to her. The sheik steals and pawns the girl's father's pocket watch for $4. With the money, he buys a $3 box of chocolates for the girl. When the father notices his watch is missing, the sheik slips the pawn ticket into the projectionist's pocket unnoticed. The projectionist, studying to be a detective, offers to solve the crime, but when the pawn ticket is found, is banished from the girl's home.
Bread (1924)
, 1h10Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mae Busch, Robert Frazer, Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Wanda Hawley, Eugenie Besserer, Hobart Bosworth
Roles Gerald Kenyon