Edward Elkas
Acting
Biography
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Born: February 8, 1862
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Jane's Bashful Hero
Husbandless Jane has her eye set on Willie but he is too bashful to take the initiative. To make him jealous, she creates a scarecrowl who happens to resemble the notorious bank robber Banker Bill. The constable, sure she is harboring the fugitive, is out to make an arrest.
A Bit of Blue Ribbon
A short Western in which a cowboy is rescued from a lynching in the nick of time.
Les Misérables
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
The Woman Under Oath
After a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, Jim O'Neil, a young shipping clerk, is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox. The celebrated novelist Grace Norton, selected to be on the jury at Jim's trial, becomes the first woman juror in New York.
The Midnight Girl
A musical comedy in two acts based on Adolf Philipp's own play.
Cabman Kate
Kate, a washerwoman, takes Tim McGrath’s cab on security when he doesn’t pay his laundry bill. Trouble arises when Kate picks up her first passenger.
The Birth of a Race
This epic traces, from the Beginning, the lineage of the race of peace-loving people. Mankind at its best is highlighted as greatness of character across the centuries is displayed: Noah heeding God's command, Moses leading the Israelities, Jesus Christ dying to save humanity and promote His message of peace. Moving into our modern epoch: Columbus's discovery of America, the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation; A race of free humans committed to the proliferation of peace and freedom. What becomes of this race when autocratic powers threaten democracy in the time of the first World War?
Beloved Adventuress
Romantic melodrama of musical comedy star Juliette La Monde's thoughtless pursuit of love and pleasure with various men until her ultimate redemption through sacrifice.
The Cross Bearer
Cardinal Mercier protects the altar of his church from desecration when German forces invade the Belgian city of Louvain during World War I. Although the soldiers commit widespread atrocities, the cardinal does his best to protect the townspeople.
Chains of Evidence
Edith Sturgis, the daughter of a judge, returns from studies abroad to find her widowed father remarried. The new Mrs. Sturgis does not reveal that she has a son Dick, once unjustly jailed by Judge Sturgis, but now working as a reporter while still maintaining an association with the Brownlow gang. Quarrelling with her stepmother, Edith leaves home, meets Dick and falls in love.
Filmography
as Rabinowitz
as Wolfe
as Innkeeper Ducros
as The Old Cobbler
as Bornheim
as Dirty Eddie
as Doctor Soakum
as A Juror
as Prof. Lohr
as Goldberg
as Briggs
as Banker Van Leys
as Silverstein
as Herr Von H.
as Thenardier
as Joseph Ulrich
as Jan Moritz
as Luke Stimson
as Joshua Anson
as Harden
as Abie Lefkowitz
as Strike Leader
as Jarboe
as Grand Daddy
as Mouroff
as Agent Walker
as Constable
as Rosenberg
as Ani
as Flaggs
as Silas Kehr
as Jacob Rosenstein
as Mr. Cohen
as Cowboy