Eugene O'Brien

Dari Wikipedia Eugene O'Brien (Nama lahir: Louis O'Brien lahir 14 November 1880 di Boulder, Colorado – meninggal 29 April 1966 di Los Angeles, California) adalah seorang bintang film bisu dan aktor panggung. Dia belajar kedokteran di Universitas Colorado di Boulder tetapi lebih tertarik pada dunia panggung daripada menjadi dokter. O'Brien beralih ke teknik sipil di bawah bimbingan keluarganya, namun hatinya tetap bertekad untuk menjadi seorang aktor. Dia pindah ke New York City dan "ditemukan" oleh impresario teater Charles Frohman yang menandatangani kontrak tiga tahun dengan O'Brien dan memasukkannya ke dalam The Builder of Bridges, yang dibuka di Broadway di Teater Hudson pada tanggal 26 Oktober 1909. O'Brien membuat namanya terkenal dengan bermain sebagai lawan main Ethel Barrymore, dalam kebangkitan drama Sir Arthur Wing Pinero Trelawny of the 'Wells', yang dibuka di Empire Theatre pada Tahun Baru Day, 1911. Film pertama O'Brien, The Letnan Gubernur dari Essanay Film, yang dibintanginya, diputar di Boulder's Curran Theatre pada bulan Februari 1915, memberikan keluarganya kesempatan pertama untuk melihatnya berakting. Kepala eksekutif World Film Corp. Lewis J. Selznick menjadikan O'Brien sebagai bintang layar, menempatkannya dalam adaptasi The Moonstone karya Wilkie Collins. Selanjutnya dia menjadi pemeran utama bersama beberapa bintang wanita terkemuka saat itu, termasuk Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge dan Gloria Swanson dan menjadi idola pertunjukan siang layar bisu. Dia pensiun dari dunia akting ketika film talkie masuk, membuat film terakhirnya, Faithless Lover, pada tahun 1928 pada usia 47 tahun. Untuk karyanya di film, ia menerima "Bintang" di Hollywood Walk of Fame.

From Wikipedia Eugene O'Brien (Birthname: Louis O'Brien b. November 14, 1880 in Boulder, Colorado – d. April 29, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) was a silent film star and stage actor. He studied medicine at the University of Colorado at Boulder but was keener on the stage than becoming a doctor. O'Brien switched to civil engineering under his family's guidance, but his heart was still set on becoming an actor. He moved to New York City and was "discovered" by theatrical impresario Charles Frohman who signed O'Brien to a three-year contract and put him in The Builder of Bridges, which opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre on October 26, 1909. O'Brien made his name playing opposite Ethel Barrymore, in a revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play Trelawny of the 'Wells', which opened at the Empire Theatre on New Year's Day, 1911. O'Brien's first film, Essanay Film's The Lieutenant Governor, in which he had the starring role, played in Boulder's Curran Theatre in February 1915, giving his family its first opportunity to see him act.[3][4] World Film Corp. chief executive Lewis J. Selznick made O'Brien a screen star, putting him in an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone. Subsequently he was leading man opposite some of the leading female stars of the day, including Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge and Gloria Swanson and became a silent screen matinée idol. He retired from acting when the talkies came in, making his last film, Faithless Lover, in 1928 at 47 years old. For his work on movies, he received a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.