David H. Thompson
David Henry Thompson (May 4, 1884 – May 20, 1957) was an American film actor.
King Rene's Daughter
A very romantic fiction set in renaissance France with florid, rich costuming. The story was originally a one-act verse play in Danish, "Iolanthe," which also enjoyed great popularity in a fine English translation for the stage. Maude Fealy made her Thanhouser debut in the...
Eugene Moore
A very romantic fiction set in renaissance France with florid, rich costuming.
Uncle's Namesakes
A comedy about twin "boys" who deceive their rich English uncle, with Marion and Madeline Fairbanks ("The Twins"). This story of an American family's innocent deception to earn money from a rich English relative is about as broad as Thanhouser comedy ever got. The Thanhouser...
This story of an American family's innocent deception to earn money from a rich...
Just a Shabby Doll
A relatively complex original romantic story is squeezed onto only one reel, but this was the last year that such a constraint was taken for granted. Of special interest here are the 1913 New York City backgrounds. In 1913 the inter-titles became more frequent and, for the...
A relatively complex original romantic story is squeezed onto only one reel,...
With THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP and DAVID COPPERFIELD, both released in 1911, and NICHOLAS NICKLEBY in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of the best Dickens adaptations in American film. Under one-man story department Lloyd Lonergan, with regular scenarist...
George Nichols
With THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP and DAVID COPPERFIELD, both released in 1911, and...
The Elusive Diamond
A one-reel crime drama with crooks, ruses, kidnapping, escape and a twist, all wrapped in a coherent narrative. Screenwriter Lloyd Lonergan's amazing versatility served equally well in several genres. There is successful pictorial telling of the setup and attempted theft, and...
A one-reel crime drama with crooks, ruses, kidnapping, escape, and a twist, all...
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