John G. Adolfi, the Glossary
John Gustav 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.[1]
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65 relations: A Child of the Wild, A Modern Cinderella, A Modern Thelma, A Successful Calamity, Alexander Hamilton (film), Before Midnight (1925 film), Big Pal, British Columbia, Caprice of the Mountains, Central Park (1932 film), Chalk Marks, College Lovers, Compromised (film), Driven by Fate, Dumbbells in Ermine, Evidence (1929 film), Fancy Baggage, Film preservation, Husband Hunters, In the Headlines, Intracerebral hemorrhage, Little Miss Happiness, Merely Mary Ann, Patsy (1917 film), Prowlers of the Sea, Queen of the Sea (film), Recaptured Love, Robin Hood (1912 film), Screenwriter, Silent film, Sinner's Parade, Sinners' Holiday, The Amazing Woman, The Burden of Proof (1918 film), The Checkered Flag (1926 film), The Darling of the Rich, The Devil's Skipper, The Fight for Freedom, The Heart of a Girl, The Kentuckian (1908 film), The King's Vacation, The Little 'Fraid Lady, The Little Red Schoolhouse (1923 film), The Little Snob, The Man Inside (1916 film), The Man Who Played God (1932 film), The Midnight Taxi, The Millionaire (1931 film), The Mischief Maker, The New York Times, ... Expand index (15 more) »
A Child of the Wild
A Child of the Wild is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Frank Morgan and Jane Lee.
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A Modern Cinderella
A Modern Cinderella is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Frank Morgan and Betty Prendergast.
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A Modern Thelma
A Modern Thelma is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Vivian Martin, Harry Hilliard and William H. Tooker.
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A Successful Calamity
A Successful Calamity is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss, supported by Mary Astor and Evalyn Knapp, and directed by John G. Adolfi.
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Alexander Hamilton (film)
Alexander Hamilton is a 1931 American pre-Code biographical film about Alexander Hamilton, produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and based on the 1917 play ''Hamilton'' by George Arliss and Mary Hamlin.
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Before Midnight (1925 film)
Before Midnight is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring William Russell, Barbara Bedford and Brinsley Shaw.
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Big Pal
Big Pal is a 1925 American silent sports drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring William Russell, Julanne Johnston and Mary Carr.
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British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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Caprice of the Mountains
Caprice of the Mountains is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi, and starring June Caprice, Harry Hilliard, Joel Day, Lisle Leigh, and Richard Hale.
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Central Park (1932 film)
Central Park is a 1932 United States pre-Code feature-length crime drama film directed by John G. Adolfi.
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Chalk Marks
Chalk Marks is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Marguerite Snow and June Elvidge.
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College Lovers
College Lovers is a 1930 American talkie Pre-Code comedy film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by John G. Adolfi.
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Compromised (film)
Compromised (1931) is an all-talking pre-code drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by John G. Adolfi.
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Driven by Fate
Driven by Fate is a 1915 American silent short drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring William Garwood and Violet Mersereau.
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Dumbbells in Ermine
Dumbbells in Ermine is a 1930 American early talkie pre-Code comedy film based on the 1925 play Weak Sisters by Lynn Starling.
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Evidence (1929 film)
Evidence is a 1929 Pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by the Warner Brothers.
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Fancy Baggage
Fancy Baggage is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and released by Warner Bros..
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Film preservation
Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain.
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Husband Hunters
Husband Hunters is a 1927 American comedy-drama silent film released by Tiffany Productions, directed by John G. Adolfi, and starring Mae Busch, Charles Delaney and Jean Arthur.
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In the Headlines
In the Headlines is a 1929 crime drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Grant Withers and Marian Nixon.
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Intracerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both.
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Little Miss Happiness
Little Miss Happiness is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Harry Hilliard, Zena Keefe, Sara Alexander, Sidney Bracey, and Leo A. Kennedy.
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Merely Mary Ann
Merely Mary Ann a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy drama film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.
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Patsy (1917 film)
Patsy is a lost 1917 American silent comedy drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Harry Hilliard, and John Smiley.
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Prowlers of the Sea
Prowlers of the Sea is a 1928 American silent adventure film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Carmel Myers, Ricardo Cortez and George Fawcett.
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Queen of the Sea (film)
Queen of the Sea is a 1918 American silent fantasy film released by Fox Film Corporation that was directed by John G. Adolfi and starred Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman.
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Recaptured Love
Recaptured Love is a 1930 early talkie pre-Code musical drama film based on the play Misdeal by Basil Woon about a man who experiences a mid life crisis that results in his divorce.
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Robin Hood (1912 film)
Robin Hood is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios.
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Screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, and video games, are based.
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Silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue).
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Sinner's Parade
Sinner's Parade is a lost 1928 American silent crime film directed by John G. Adolfi, written by Beatrice Van and starring Victor Varconi, Dorothy Revier, and John Patrick.
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Sinners' Holiday
Sinners' Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking crime drama film starring Grant Withers and Evalyn Knapp, and featuring James Cagney (in his film debut), Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell.
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The Amazing Woman
The Amazing Woman is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Ed Coxen and Ruth Clifford.
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The Burden of Proof (1918 film)
The Burden of Proof is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and Julius Steger and starring Marion Davies, Mary Richards and Eloise Clement.
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The Checkered Flag (1926 film)
The Checkered Flag is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Elaine Hammerstein, Wallace MacDonald, and Lionel Belmore.
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The Darling of the Rich
The Darling of the Rich is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Betty Blythe, Gladys Leslie, and Montagu Love.
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The Devil's Skipper
The Devil's Skipper is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Belle Bennett, Montagu Love and Gino Corrado.
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The Fight for Freedom
The Fight for Freedom is a 1908 American black-and-white short silent Western film which may have been directed by D. W. Griffith.
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The Heart of a Girl
The Heart of a Girl is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Barbara Castleton, Irving Cummings and Charles Wellesley.
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The Kentuckian (1908 film)
The Kentuckian is a 1908 short silent black-and-white Western film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. and starring Edward Dillon, Florence Auer and Mack Sennett.
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The King's Vacation
The King's Vacation is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film starring George Arliss and Marjorie Gateson and directed by John G. Adolfi.
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The Little 'Fraid Lady
The Little 'Fraid Lady is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Mae Marsh.
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The Little Red Schoolhouse (1923 film)
The Little Red Schoolhouse is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Martha Mansfield, Harlan Knight and Sheldon Lewis.
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The Little Snob
The Little Snob is a 1928 synchronized sound comedy film from Warner Bros. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process.
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The Man Inside (1916 film)
The Man Inside is a 1916 American silent mystery film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Edwin Stevens, Tina Marshall and Charles Burbridge.
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The Man Who Played God (1932 film)
The Man Who Played God is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by John G. Adolfi.
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The Midnight Taxi
The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 American early sound part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costello, and Myrna Loy.
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The Millionaire (1931 film)
The Millionaire is a 1931 all-talking pre-Code comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and starring George Arliss in the title role.
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The Mischief Maker
The Mischief Maker is a 1916 American silent comedy-drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Harry Benham and John Reinhardt.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Phantom Express (1925 film)
The Phantom Express is a 1925 American silent action crime film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Ethel Shannon, David Butler, and Frankie Darro.
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The Ragged Princess
The Ragged Princess is a 1916 American silent comedy drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Harry Hilliard, and Richard Neill.
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The Scarlet West
The Scarlet West is a 1925 American silent historical drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Robert Frazer and Clara Bow.
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The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows is a 1929 American pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production cost almost $800,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor.
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The Small Town Girl
The Small Town Girl is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring June Caprice, Jane Lee and Bert Delaney.
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The Sphinx (1916 film)
The Sphinx is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Effie Shannon and Herbert Kelcey.
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The Woman the Germans Shot
(for the American sound film on Edith Cavell, see Nurse Edith Cavell) The Woman the Germans Shot, also known as The Cavell Case, is a 1918 American silent war biographical film based on the life and career of Nurse Edith Cavell.
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The Wonder Man (film)
The Wonder Man is a 1920 American silent adventure drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Georges Carpentier.
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The Working Man
The Working Man is a 1933 pre-Code American comedy film starring George Arliss and Bette Davis, and directed by John G. Adolfi.
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Through the Sluice Gates
Through the Sluice Gates is a 1913 American silent short drama film directed by John G. Adolfi starring William Garwood and Belle Bennett.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Voltaire (film)
Voltaire is a 1933 American pre-Code biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss as Voltaire, an 18th-century French writer and philosopher.
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What Happened to Father? (1927 film)
What Happened to Father? is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by John G. Adolfi and written by Charles R. Condon.
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What Shall I Do?
What Shall I Do? is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Dorothy Mackaill, John Harron, and Louise Dresser.
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Who's Your Brother?
Who's Your Brother? is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Edith Taliaferro, Frank Burbeck and Paul Panzer.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Adolfi
Also known as John Adolfi.
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