James Morrison
Acting
Biography
James Morrison, born James Woods Morrison, was an American silent movie actor with over 180 film credits. He later published two novels, Road End (1927) and April Luck (1932). He taught speech and drama classes at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn for many years.
Born: November 14, 1888
Place of Birth: Mattoon, Illinois, USA
Known For
Wine of Youth
Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generation" and how they think they know it all. It's also a play about love and marriage.
Captain Blood
Young Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the terror of the Caribbean privateers until offered a commission in the English Navy. He defeats the French at Port Royal, and as a reward he is named governor of Jamaica and marries Arabella.
Bashful
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
Enlighten Thy Daughter
Lillian Stevens was raised without care, attention, or education on the ways of the world. When she becomes pregnant by the reckless Harold Winthrop, her mother takes her to an abortionist. Harold then falls for Ruth Stevens, raised by an attentive and loving mother, who is not so easily taken advantage of.
Stenographer Troubles
A comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office.
I'm on My Way
Harold Lloyd's character loves Bebe Daniels' character and is about to marry her. But then he meets the clan of Snub Pollard where it's a riot all the time.
A Lady and Her Maid
The photographer sends miss Ophelia a dozen photographs of her in different poses. Selecting the best one, she presents it to her favorite boarder, Billy, who does not think much of it and who gets very indignant when it is compared with the photo of his sweetheart. Miss Ophelia goes up to her room in tears and tells her faithful maid, Belinda, that her heart is broken. Belinda goes down and forcibly tells Billy what she thinks of him. Miss Ophelia resolves on suicide, because no one seems to love her. Belinda gets back in time to prevent this and, to divert her mistress, she suggests that they go together to a beauty specialist. Arriving there, both receive attention. Miss Ophelia gets a new complexion, while Belinda gets new teeth. Both invest in new gowns and dresses and the transformation is complete. At supper time, the boarders are all astounded.
A Tale of Two Cities
An early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
The Picture Idol
A short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star (Maurice Costello) and who follows him everywhere. Her parents want to teach her a lesson, and invite the actor to their home.
The Nth Commandment
A department store clerk decides to marry a withdrawing colleague with tuberculosis, over another dashing, ambitious suitor, leads to a life of hardship and struggle. Though The Nth Commandment survives incomplete, enough exists of director Frank Borzage’s last film while under contract with William Randolph Hearst’s Cosmopolitan Pictures for scholar Hervé Dumont to declare “it the first truly Borzagian work.”
Filmography
as Paul Scanlon
as Gordon
as Abel
as Grant Demarest
as Jeremy Pitt
as Clinton (1870 prologue)
as Rollie Burbeck
as David
as Leslie Bradbury
as Jimmy
as Jim Manning
as Harry Smith
as Bob
as Charles Black
as Lt. Walter Hurst / David Hurst
as Phil Burnham
as Gavin Dishart
as Norman Minot
as Barry West
as Ned Brabazon
as Harry Blomefield
as Richard Audaine
as Robert Blackburn
as Leonard Travers
as Robert Pitcairn - Jeanne's sweetheart
as Lt. Ralph Harrison
as Orrin Castleton
as Billy Emerson, Mildred's Fiancé
as Bob Worth
as Albert Lloyd
as James Manly / Aguinaldo
as Franklin Church
as Paul Savary
as Philip Ward
as Harold Winthrop
as Arthur Reynolds
as Bob Deering
as Dick Cartwright
as Arthur Mansfield
as Dave Darcey
as Richard Ralston
as Gilman Austen
as Dick Morgan
as Tom Forsythe
as Charley Harrison
as Jan De Bar
as John - Florence's Brother
as Ralph Brooks
as Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
as Earle Castro
as Brother Paul
as David - Mrs. Blair's Son
as Carl Heiner
as Boone Morton Sr.
as Jack Harvey - the Artist
as Billy
as Derrick Corday, William's Son
as Francis Phillips
as Lord Alvanley
as Office Employee
as Young Man at Cotillion (uncredited)
as Silvius, a Shepherd
as Aubrey, The Artist Under Suspicion
as Charles Mackay, A Young Author, Caroline's Sweetheart
as Suiter
as Beth's Sweetheart
as The Criminal's Right-Hand-Man
as Harry Beecham, Janet's Seventh Son
as James
as Cowboy
as Peasant brother