Lowell Sherman
Acting
Biography
Lowell Sherman was an American stage and screen actor, as well as a film director.
Born: October 11, 1888
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
Way Down East
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Oh, Sailor, Behave!
Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in Venice to land an interview with Romanian General Skulany (Noah Beery). Our couple is split apart by a pair of storylines - Nanette tries to woo a Russian prince (Lowell Sherman) who is blackmailing her sister, while Charlie, following a lead to the general, finds himself Romantically involved with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), "the general's favorite."
The Divine Woman
[For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that evening. He stops by for a last meal with his love, Marianne. He may be worried that when he leaves she will find another soldier to love. They argue then embrace and, when the clock strikes midnight, he is still in her arms. Is desertion in the cards? Can the relationship survive the military demands and a soldier's obligations? A lost film.
What Price Hollywood?
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
A Lady of Chance
A con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.
Molly O'
An Irish washerwoman's daughter falls in love with one of America's most eligible bachelors, much to the dismay of the girl's parents -- and the young doctor's newly acquired fiancée! Events come to a head at the charity masked ball, which the two girls happen to attend in very similar costumes, thanks to the largesse of Molly's benevolent "fairy godfather"...
Ladies of Leisure
Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.
You Never Know Women
On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling girder by Eugene Foster, a wealthy broker who persists in his efforts to win the girl. Foster engages the troupe to perform at his home, and Vera, stunned by a fall, awakens to find Foster pleading his love, while Norodin, her partner who loves her, sees them embrace. Norodin, who performs an underwater stunt, asks Vera not to be present for his act and causes her to believe him dead; heartbroken, Vera tells Foster of her mistake; and enraged, he attempts to seize her. The magician appears, pins Foster to the wall with knives, and advises him to leave before the last blade is thrown.
The Face in the Fog
Boston Blackie Dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of Russia. A gang of terrorists is after the jewels.
Mammy
Mammy features Al Jolson as the star of a travelling minstrel show, appearing in cities and towns across the U.S. Jolson falls in love with an actress in the troupe (Lois Moran), but she loves another (Lowell Sherman). Sherman is shot onstage as part of a comedy bit, and it is assumed that Jolson is guilty of putting the bullet in the gun.
Filmography
as Dr. Silas Brenton
as Maximilian 'Max' Carey
as Boris Feldman
as Joe Lennon
as Wayne Carter
as Movie Director
as King Eric VIII
as Gene Fenmore
as Guy Tarlow
as Prince Kosloff
as Tom Austen
as Geoffrey Clarke
as Bill Standish
as Billy West
as Leopold II
as Norman Pollock
as Bradley
as Ivan Orloff
as Rogers Winthrop
as Joe Mack
as Baron
as Henri D'Avril
as Henry Legrand
as Robert Ryan
as Ernest Drake
as Eugene Foster
as Norman Travers
as Peter Remsen
as Feodor
as Michael Lyev Yervedoff
as King Louis XV of France
as Horace Fleming
as Prince Madhe Azhar
as Randall Sherrill
as Count Alexis Orloff
as Barry Clive
as Fred Manchester
as Creighton Howard
as John Karslake
as Lennox Sanderson
as Paul Derreck
as Robert Sterling
as Winfred North
as Teddy Harrington
as Alan Burkett