Hamilton Revelle
| Hamilton Revelle | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Arthur Hamilton Revelle Engstrom May 31, 1872 Moorish Castle, Gibraltar |
| Died |
April 11, 1958 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France[1] |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1890s to 1927 |
Hamilton Revelle (1872 - 1958) was a British born stage and later silent screen actor.
Biography
He was born Arthur Hamilton Revelle Engstrom at Moorish Castle in Gibraltar, which is part of the United Kingdom. His parents were George Lloyd Engström, an officer in the Royal Horse Artillery and Louisa M. Reade-Revell.[2]
Revelle famously was arrested on March 5, 1900 along with his female costar Olga Nethersole for performing the play Sapho which was considered salacious for the time for its depiction of a woman who has love affairs with men to whom she is not married. Their theatre was padlocked by the New York Police. Two plays replaced Sapho, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray and The Profligate. Eventually the two were freed and the play was allowed to continue. The trial for Sapho and Nethersole began on April 3, 1900 and Nethersole and Revelle were acquitted on April 7. The play was allowed to continue.[3] [4]
Filmography
- Doctor Antonio (1914 )
- The Last of the Caldieros (1914)*short
- Hamlet (1914)
- DuBarry (1915) w/Mrs. Leslie Carter
- The Masque of Life (1915)
- Cuore ed arte (1915)
- An Enemy to Society (1915)
- The Price of Malice (1916)
- Monna Vanna (1916)
- The Half Million Bribe (1916)
- Ultima rappresentazione di gala del circo Wolfson (1916)
- The Black Stork (1917)
- Thais (1917) with Mary Garden
- Lest We Forget (1918)
- The Splendid Sinner (1918)
- A Star Over Night (1919) *short
- Kismet (1920) with Otis Skinner
- Good Women (1921)
- The Telephone Girl (1927)
References
- ↑ Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition p.441 c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana
- ↑ Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976 compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; 1976 edition published by Gale Research Company
- ↑ Sapho as produced on Broadway at Wallack's Theatre beginning February 5, 1900 to March 5(the theatre was padlocked by New York authorities for being indecent); after trial the play was allowed to reopen on April 7, 1900, and played 55 performances; IBDb.com
- ↑ Great Actors & Actresses of the American Stage in Historic Photographs, page 27 c.1983 edited by Stanley Appelbaum