Julia Arthur

Acting

Julia Arthur

Born — Died

1868-05-03 — 1950-03-28

Place of birth

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

5 titles

Distinguished theatrical star actress, often in Shakespearean roles (Rosalind, Imogene, Queen Anne). First professional stage appearance in 1880. On Broadway in "Lady Windermere's Fan" in 1893 and with Sir Henry Irving in London from 1895. Also appeared in occasional silent films for J. Stuart Blackton.

Known for

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Ruy Blas, one of Don Salluste's lackeys, falls in love with the young Queen of Spain, Maria de Neubourg. Spurned by the Queen, Don Salluste takes revenge by introducing her to his bright young valet, Ruy Blas, whom he has disguised as his noble cousin Don Cesar. When the queen falls in love with Blas, Don Salluste humiliates them both by revealing the handsome young man as his lackey. Blas kills Don Salluste to save the honor of the queen, then drinks poison and dies.

Ruy Blas

1909

The Common Cause poster
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Helene Palmer and her husband Orrin have grown apart, and she becomes infatuated with bachelor Edward Wadsworth. With the outbreak of World War I, Orrin and Edward enlist, while Helene works as a Red Cross nurse in a small French town. Edward is wounded on a dangerous scouting mission near the town and Orrin carries him to safety. The enemy invades during the night, and Orrin rescues Helene as she is about to be overpowered by a German officer. The dying Edward, morally strengthened by his experience as a soldier, encourages the couple to reunite. Soon after, peace is declared.

The Common Cause

1919

The Woman the Germans Shot poster
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The true story of Edith Cavell, a British nurse who served with the underground in Belgium during the First World War.

The Woman the Germans Shot

1918

The Life of Moses poster
1.0

Released in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years in the Land of Midian, The Plagues of Egypt and the Deliverance of the Hebrews, The Victory of Israel, The Promised Land), 4 December 1909 to 19 February 1910. A Vitagraph advertisement in the Moving Picture World (31 Dec. 1909) refers to The Life of Moses as a "Biblical Film-de-Luxe". It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.

The Life of Moses

1909

Napoleon, the Man of Destiny poster
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Part two of Blackton's "The Life of Napoleon". After Waterloo, Napoleon reminisces. His triumphs are seen in flashback. The film ends with the exiled Napoleon overlooking the beach of St. Helena.

Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

1909

Film credits

1900s · 3 titles