From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an Oscar-nominated silent film star. Barthelmess was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut. His father died when he was a baby and his mother, Caroline Harris , was a stage actress, so he worked in theatres in his early days, between schooling, doing "walk-ons". This led to acting in college, doing amateur productions. Russian actress Alla Nazimova, a friend of the family, had been taught English by Barthelmess's mother. Nazimova in return convinced Barthelmess to try acting professionally and he made his first film appearance in 1916 in the serial Gloria's Romance as an extra. At this time he also appeared as a supporting player in several films starring Marguerite Clark. His next role, in War Brides opposite Alla Nazimova, attracted the attention of legendary director D. W. Griffith, who offered him several important roles, finally casting him opposite Lillian Gish in Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920). He soon became one of Hollywood's highest paid performers, starring in such classics as The Patent Leather Kid (1927) and The Noose (1928); he was nominated for Best Actor at the first Academy Awards for his performance in both these films, and he won a Special Citation for producing The Patent Leather Kid. He founded his own production company, Inspiration Film Company, together with Charles Duell and Henry King. One of their films, Tol'able David (1921), in which Barthelmess starred as a teenage mailman who finds courage, was a major success. With the advent of the sound era, Barthelmess' fortunes changed. He made several films in the new medium, most notably Son of the Gods (1930), The Dawn Patrol (1930), The Last Flight (1931), and The Cabin in the Cotton (1932), Central Airport (1933), and a supporting role as Rita Hayworth's character's husband in Only Angels Have Wings (1939). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Barthelmess , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998·10.0
The Great Chase
1962·6.4
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961·7.0
The Tingler
1959·6.4
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942·5.0
The Spoilers
1942·6.2
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942·0.0
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940·6.4
Only Angels Have Wings
1939·7.3
Spy of Napoleon
1936·8.0
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935·5.7
Four Hours to Kill!
1935·5.7
Midnight Alibi
1934·6.7
A Modern Hero
1934·7.0
Massacre
1934·5.5
Heroes for Sale
1933·7.1
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
1933·7.5
Central Airport
1933·6.0
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932·6.3
Alias the Doctor
1932·6.0
The Last Flight
1931·6.5
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
1931·8.0
The Finger Points
1931·6.4
The Stolen Jools
1931·5.6
The Lash
1930·6.5
The Voice of Hollywood
1930·0.0
The Dawn Patrol
1930·6.6
Son of the Gods
1930·6.3
The Show of Shows
1929·6.6
Young Nowheres
1929·8.0
Drag
1929·6.7
Weary River
1929·5.8
Out of the Ruins
1928·8.0
Wheel of Chance
1928·8.0
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1928·9.0
The Noose
1928·7.7
Scarlet Seas
1928·4.0
The Drop Kick
1927·5.3
The Patent Leather Kid
1927·6.1
The White Black Sheep
1926·7.0
The Amateur Gentleman
1926·7.0
Ranson's Folly
1926·7.2
Just Suppose
1926·6.3
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926·4.2
The Beautiful City
1925·9.0
Shore Leave
1925·5.0
Soul-Fire
1925·10.0
New Toys
1925·7.0
Classmates
1924·7.0
The Enchanted Cottage
1924·7.3
Twenty-One
1923·8.0
The Fighting Blade
1923·7.0
The Bond Boy
1923·9.0
The Bright Shawl
1923·7.0
Fury
1923·9.5
Seeing Stars
1922·4.9
Sonny
1922·10.0
The Seventh Day
1922·6.9
Tol'able David
1921·7.0
Experience
1921·8.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921·0.0
Way Down East
1920·6.9
The Love Flower
1920·4.7
The Idol Dancer
1920·5.7
Scarlet Days
1919·6.0
I'll Get Him Yet
1919·8.0
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919·6.9
Peppy Polly
1919·8.0
Three Men and a Girl
1919·8.0
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919·4.8
Boots
1919·4.0
The Hope Chest
1918·8.0
Wild Primrose
1918·7.0
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
1918·0.0
Rich Man, Poor Man
1918·0.0
Sunshine Nan
1918·0.0
The Seven Swans
1917·0.0
For Valour
1917·0.0
Nearly Married
1917·0.0
Bab's Burglar
1917·0.0
Bab's Diary
1917·0.0
Camille
1917·0.0
The Streets of Illusion
1917·0.0
The Soul of a Magdalen
1917·0.0
The Valentine Girl
1917·0.0
The Eternal Sin
1917·0.0
The Moral Code
1917·1.0
Just a Song at Twilight
1916·8.0
War Brides
1916·6.0