Gaston Bell
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia George Gaston Bell (September 27, 1877 - December 13, 1963) was an American stage and film actor active over the early decades of the twentieth century. Bell entered film around 1912 with the Majestic Motion Picture Company, appearing that year in at least two short films, Opportunity and A Warrior Bold. The following year Bell made several short films for Kinemacolor Film Company before joining the Lubin Manufacturing Company to play in films written by playwright Charles Klein. In 1915 he played John Froment II opposite Theda Bara in the William Fox silent film, Destruction. His last known motion picture was the 1919 film, The Heart of a Gypsy by Charles Miller Productions. By late 1918 Bell was back on the road touring in The Naughty Wife by Fred Jackson and the next year with the Max Marcin comedy, Cheating Cheaters. Around this time his ten-year marriage to Adelaide (née Cronley) Bell ended in a Reno, Nevada courtroom. Bell later retired to Woodstock, New York to manage an inn, write plays and serve as the first director of the Woodstock Community Players. He died there in December, 1963, aged 86.
Known For
Upon his father’s death Jules Beaubien's is left a rich man but also one with a mission. Find his until now unknown half-sister, take her in and educate her. After investigating he discovers she has met a tragic fate after falling for a roue who had abandoned her. Swearing vengeance, he set off in a quest for justice in her name.
The Wolf
Silent film drama...
The Lion and the Mouse
Believing her husband to have died on an allied mission to Russia, wealthy Englishwoman Rosalind Dane devotes her life to her three-year-old daughter Patty. When a gypsy band arrives, Rosalind is strangely attracted to them and permits them to camp on her estate. She falls in love with one of them, Ben Galli, and throws a lawn fete, during which Rowena, a fortune-teller, predicts that there will be a tragic death in her family and that she will leave with the gypsies.
The Heart of a Gypsy
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The House Next Door
The disowned son of a wealthy family is tried for the murder...
The Third Degree
Fernande marries a man and schemes to get his wealth when his expected death occurs. But he dies before he can change his will. She next tries to kill the son who inherits, but he outfoxes her.
Destruction
A hydroplane pilot is in love with a wealthy old scientist's granddaughter. However, a fortune hunter also desires to marry the granddaughter for her money, even though she is in love with the pilot. Based on a successful play that starred John Barrymore.
The Fortune Hunter
Though the majority of the film may be lost, a fragment of its Kinemacolor footage survives.