Cesare Gravina
Date of birth: 1858-01-23
Place of birth: Naples, Italy
Known for: Acting
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Biography
From Wikipedia Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 60 films between 1912 and 1929. He was born in Naples, Italy. Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conductor at La Scala, among the noted vocalists he worked with were Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso. At some point he left music to become a character actor, sharing his reasons for the career change with no one. As the owner of many theatres in South America, Gravina was financially secure enough to retire from motion pictures by 1924, but he preferred to remain in acting.
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Fifth Avenue Models
1925-04-26
A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined.
The Rose of Paris
1924-11-09
A French orphan who grew up in a convent sets out to see Paris. It turns out that she is the heir to
Burning the Wind
1929-02-10
Two ranchers get together to fight a common enemy and fall in love.
The Man Who Laughs
1928-04-27
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly execut
Cheating Cheaters
1927-12-05
Nan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the influen
Mothers of Men
1920-03-10
Young Austrian girl Marie Helmar, is left penniless by the death of her father and disgraced by Prus
Let's Get a Divorce
1918-04-28
A bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical fop
Foolish Wives
1922-01-11
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat
The Circus Cyclone
1925-10-04
Steve Brant, an ex-pugilist who owns a small circus, makes crude advances toward Doraldina, a lovely
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923-09-06
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only
The Siren
1917-07-01
After being unfaithful to "The Stranger", who committed a murder on her account, Cherry Millard, kno
Merry-Go-Round
1923-07-01
A nobleman, posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, eve
The Magic Garden
1927-06-30
Story about a little boy and girl that meet in a beautiful garden and the little girl promises the b
The Divine Woman
1928-01-13
[For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that e
Poor Little Peppina
1916-03-02
Holding a grudge against Robert Torrens and his wife, who live in Italy, a member of the Mafia kidna
The Family Secret
1924-09-28
The daughter of a wealthy man secretly marries a man below her station— one whom her father violentl
How to Handle Women
1928-10-14
When Leonard Higgins, a cartoonist, meets Prince Hendryx, ruler of the small nation of Vulgaria, he
The Penalty
1920-08-15
Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after
The Wedding March
1928-10-06
A young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keeper's daughter, but has to marry money.
Monte Carlo
1926-03-01
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newsp
Those Who Dare
1924-11-15
Captain Manning, a seasoned salt, is ordered to remove his battered ship, the Swallow, from the town
The Trail of '98
1928-03-20
Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in
Friscot Does a Rest Cure
1912-07-12
Italian comedy about a guy who won't be dragged OUT of bed.
Flower of Night
1925-10-17
Triumph of the daughter of a cheated mine owner over a renegade and her love for the superintendent.
The Charmer
1925-04-20
A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a prominent th
Greed
1924-12-04
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
The Honeymoon
1929-12-31
The honeymoon of Prince Nicki in the Alps, and the wedding of Mitzi and Schani. Mitzi still loves N
The Fatal Ring
1917-07-07
A silent movie serial directed by George B. Seitz.
Less Than the Dust
1916-11-04
Young Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service in In
The Road to Romance
1927-10-08
The beautiful Serafina is captured by Balthasar's pirates on an island near Cuba, but the redoubtabl
The White Pearl
1915-10-10
A silent romantic drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter
Hulda from Holland
1916-07-31
Hulda, a plucky Dutch girl, brings her three little brothers from Holland to America to live with th
The Humming Bird
1924-01-13
A pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself
Madame Butterfly
1915-11-07
The story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.
Circus Days
1923-07-30
10-year-old Toby runs away from his abusive uncle to join the Big Top.
Daddy
1923-03-25
Believing her husband to be unfaithful, Helene Savelli takes her son, Jackie, to the Holdens' farm a
The Phantom of the Opera
1925-06-29
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make
Butalin troppo onesto
1912-07-31
A man emerges from the bank with his wallet full. He drops it on the ground. A workman spots it and
Butalin spazzacamino per amore
1912-07-31
A young lover is visiting the married woman he is wooing. the two sweeps cleaning the chimney are cr
The Blonde Saint
1926-11-20
Playboy novelist Sebastian Maure falls for Ghiirlaine Bellamy, a product of a wealthy--and puritanic
Butterfly
1924-10-11
A woman (Ruth Clifford) dedicates her life to her ungrateful younger sister (Laura La Plante), a bri
God's Country and the Law
1921-06-01
God's Country and the Law is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Pine Tree Pictures and di
The Midnight Sun
1926-04-23
Marriage for Convenience
1919-02-03
Barbara Rand is blinded when she leaps through a window to escape an assailant. Her sister, Natalie,
Madame X
1920-09-28
Jacqueline Floriot is driven from her home by her husband Louis, a deputy attorney of Paris, because
An Enemy of Men
1925-07-01
Because of her sister's betrayal and subsequent death, Norma Bennett takes a vow to make all men pay
Contraband
1925-02-16
After inheriting a newspaper in a small country town, Carmel Lee leaves her home in the city to take
The Price She Paid
1917-02-12
At the death of John Gower, his widow and daughter, Mildred, find themselves with only a few thousan
Don Dare Devil
1925-07-18
Jack Bannister returns to his home in South America, bringing with him some Wyoming cowboys. At a fi