Augustus Phillips

Augustus Phillips

Nascimento : 1874-08-01, Rensselaer, Indiana, USA

Morte : 1952-09-16

História

Augustus Phillips was an American silent screen actor. In 1910 he starred as Victor Frankenstein in the first-ever film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.

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Augustus Phillips

Filmes

The Unknown Wife
John Mayberry
Donald Grant, after serving a prison term, obtains a job in a smalltown factory where he meets Helen Wilburton, who invites him to board with her and her father. He marries her, and on the first night of their honeymoon, a burglary is traced to one of Donald's former cohorts.
One Hour Before Dawn
The Butterfly Man
Mr. Trend
Sedgewick Blynn is determined to marry a rich woman. One night he saves a child from a fire. Bessie Morgan, an heiress charmed by his act of heroism, promises to marry him, but at the last minute her father forbids it. Soon after, Blynn receives a telegram informing him of the death of his mother, and he realizes that he has wasted his life.
The Grim Game
Clifton Allison
Jailed unjustly for a murder he did not commit, a young man uses his amazing powers of escape to free himself and pursue the actual killers, who hold his fiancée captive.
The Lion's Den
Mr. Jones
A reverend attempts to raise the money necessary to open up a boys' club and clashes with a wealthy grocer in the process.
Daybreak
Blue Jeans
Jack Bascom
June a young orphan is befriended by Perry Boscam when he shares his lunch with her on the road to Rising Sun to take over his father's saw mill. The soon fall in love and marry only to find out that a women in Perry's past has come to town to make trouble. Teaming up with the local political bully they set out to make Perry's life miserable.. but June sticks by her husband to the end.
Threads of Fate
Thrown to the Lions
Linnie Carter, a cabaret entertainer, struggles to remain innocent in the midst of the fast life. Harry Sullivan, a gangster, becomes attentive to Linnie and asks her to marry him and, believing that his intentions are sincere, she accepts. When Linnie's friend Irma Wood and her husband Billy, who plays a clown in a cabaret act, discover that Harry has no intention of marrying Linnie and that Linnie is in danger, they rescue her from a phony marriage ceremony and force her to face the truth about Harry.
The Innocence of Ruth
The young Ruth Travers, left an orphan after the death of her father financially ruined by Mortimer Reynolds, is welcomed at home by Jimmy Carter, a young millionaire who becomes her guardian. Ruth's winsome qualities gradually win Jimmy's heart. Meanwhile at a Charity Ball, Ruth meets Mr. Reynolds, who is contriving to ruin her virtue.
The Truth About Helen
Raoul Kent
Helen Moore (Grace Williams) runs off with the nephew of Senator Foote, but when their car breaks down, they go to a hotel. A conference is going on there, and the boss politico is choosing his candidate for district attorney. Hugh Graham is the boss's favorite, and also Helen's ex-fiancee. The nephew tries to force himself on her and Graham hears her cries for help. When he rescues her, he is seen by his rival, Gregory, who assumes they are having an affair. He threatens to expose this, and to protect Helen, Graham withdraws from the nomination.
The Haunted Bedroom
Lizette loves Jean but a 10,000 franc dowry insisted upon by Jean's father is keeping them apart. Paul, Lizette's "black sheep" brother, begs that she gives him her saved money so he can increase it for her - at the gaming table!! He does win but there are a few who are determined he shall not reach home with his money. Paul also suffers from a bad heart and with the stress he feels from being set upon, he takes refuge at an inn. He seals the money up in an envelope addressed to Lizette Rouget but dies before he can deliver it safely to her. Lizette is now destitute, Jean having long ago deserted her but the ghost of Paul continues to haunt the inn's bedroom to guard the money from "unworthy hands".
How They Outwitted Father
George Deal
Should she marry for love or for money?
A Serenade by Proxy
Thomas Perkins
A farmer’s daughter helps a farmhand win the heart of a cook by convincing him to serenade her, with unexpected results.
An Unsullied Shield
The Statesman
While their degenerate descendant sleeps, ancestral portraits come alive and admonish him.
John Manley's Awakening
John Manley
John Manley one day learns to his great sorrow that Caroline Hastings, whom he was going to ask to be his wife, is already betrothed to another.
A Proposal Under Difficulties
Bob - Dorothy's Bashful Suitor
Short film involving a flirtatious maid.
A Christmas Accident
Mr. Bilton
Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, Mr. Gilton is frequently irritated by his neighbors, insisting that they stay out of his yard, and blaming them for anything that goes wrong. During the holiday season, the differences between the two families become even clearer. Mrs. Gilton wants to do something to help the Biltons, but Mr. Gilton will take a lot of convincing.
A Soldier's Duty
Lt. John Miller
Lieutenant John Miller, U.S.A., receives a note from his southern sweetheart chiding him for not getting through the enemy's lines to visit her. His pride determines him, and going to his general he asks leave of absence. The general tells Miller that leave of absence will be given him on condition that he purposely gets captured in his fiancée's home with a decoy dispatch on him.
The Lord and the Peasant
The Peasant
In a peasant's cot we find a fair, young maiden who is loved by an honest, true-hearted peasant lad, while yonder stands the manor of Glenwood with its noble lord, who chanced to pass by one fair day and there noble eyes met peasant meekness and love found work a-plenty to do. But maiden thought naught of my lord o' the manor, nor so much as gave him cause to hope that all his castles and lands could win her heart from the true peasant lad who had gone forth in the world to win humble living for his bride to be. It was then that Dame Poverty came knocking at the peasant's door and upon her heels crept a fever which held the young sister close within her breast only waiting for death to knock gently at the humble cot. And still no word from the loved one in a foreign land! Had he deserted his fond-hearted lassie? Weeks passed by and still no word nor sign of the one held most dear, and then my lord of Glenwood Keep came suing for her hand.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein (uncredited)
Primeira versão cinematográfica do clássico de Mary Shelley. O louco Dr. Victor Frankestein cria uma criatura que toma consciência de sua monstruosidade. Frankenstein, um jovem estudante de medicina, tentando criar o ser humano perfeito, cria um monstro disforme. Adoentado com o que fez, Frankenstein é consolado por sua noiva, mas em sua noite de núpcias é visitado pelo monstro. Uma luta sonha, mas o monstro, ao se ver no espelho, fica horrorizado e foge. Mais tarde, ele retorna, entrando no quarto da nova noiva e a encontra sozinha.