Albert Parker (director)
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Albert Parker was an American film director
, producer
, screenwriter
and actor. He directed 36 films between 1917
and 1938
. In the early 1930s Parker left Hollywood for England where he continued to direct films and also opened an actors' agency office. One of his later clients in the 1960s was a young actress named Helen Mirren
.
He was born in New York, New York and died in London
, England
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and actor. He directed 36 films between 1917
1917 in film
The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
and 1938
1938 in film
The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". At Bolger's insistence,...
. In the early 1930s Parker left Hollywood for England where he continued to direct films and also opened an actors' agency office. One of his later clients in the 1960s was a young actress named Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...
.
He was born in New York, New York and died in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Selected filmography
- American AristocracyAmerican AristocracyAmerican Aristocracy is a 1916 American silent film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas Fairbanks. - Cast :*Douglas Fairbanks as Cassius Lee*Jewel Carmen as Geraldine Hicks*C.A. de Lima as Leander Hicks*Albert Parker as Percy Horton...
(1916) (*as actor) - Her Excellency, the GovernorHer Excellency, the GovernorHer Excellency, the Governor is a 1917 silent film drama produced and distributed by the Triangle Film Corporation. Albert Parker is the director and gossip colunist Hedda Hopper is in an early starring lead. It is an original story distantly related to a play, His Excellency, the Governor...
(1917) - Shifting SandsShifting Sands (film)Shifting Sands is a 1918 silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Gloria Swanson.-Cast:* Gloria Swanson - Marcia Grey* Joe King - John Stanford* Harvey Clark - Henry holt - Rent collector* Leone Carton - Cora Grey...
(1918) - The Secret CodeThe Secret Code (film)The Secret Code is a 1918 silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Gloria Swanson.-Cast:* Gloria Swanson - Sally Carter Rand* J. Barney Sherry - Sen. John Calhoun Rand* Rhy Alexander - Lola Walling...
(1918) - The Knickerbocker BuckarooThe Knickerbocker BuckarooThe Knickerbocker Buckaroo is a 1919 silent Western directed by Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote and produced the film. Fairbanks plays a hedonistic New York City aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to Sonora, Texas to carry out a campaign of...
(1919) - Eyes of YouthEyes of YouthEyes of Youth is a silent film directed by Albert Parker and starring Clara Kimball Young. The film was based on a stage play Eyes of Youth performed on Broadway in 1917-18 and had starred Marjorie Rambeau. This film also featured actor named Rudolph Valentino in a role as a thief/con artist...
(1919) - The Branded WomanThe Branded WomanThe Branded Woman is a 1920 silent film drama released by First National Pictures. It starred Norma Talmadge who also produced along with her husband Joseph Schenck through their production company Norma Talmadge Productions. The film is based on a 1917 Broadway play called Branded by Oliver D....
(1920) - Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes (1922 film)Sherlock Holmes is an American silent film starring John Barrymore as Holmes and Roland Young as Watson. The film was titled Moriarty in the UK.-Production background:...
(1922) - The Rejected WomanThe Rejected WomanThe Rejected Woman is a 1924 silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and featuring Béla Lugosi in a supporting role. -Cast:* Alma Rubens - Diane Du Prez* Conrad Nagel - John Leslie* Wyndham Standing - James Dunbar* Béla Lugosi - Jean Gagnon...
(1924) - The Black PirateThe Black PirateThe Black Pirate is a 1926 silent adventure film shot entirely in two-strip Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse, and Billie Dove.-Plot:...
(1926) - The Love of SunyaThe Love of SunyaThe Love of Sunya is a silent film directed by Albert Parker, and based on the play The Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon. Produced by and starring Gloria Swanson, it also stars John Boles and Pauline Garon. It premiered at the grand opening of the Roxy Theatre in New York City on...
(1927) - The Right to LiveThe Right to LiveThe Right to Live is a 1932 British crime film made at Ealing Studios. It was directed by Albert Parker and starred Davy Burnaby, Pat Paterson and Francis L. Sullivan....
(1932) - After Dark (1932)
- Rolling in MoneyRolling in MoneyRolling in Money is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Albert Parker and starring Isabel Jeans, Leslie Sarony and John Loder. An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barber. It was an adaptation of the play Mr. Hopkinson by R.C...
(1934) - The Third ClueThe Third ClueThe Third Clue is a 1934 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Molly Lamont, Robert Cochran and Raymond Lovell. Two criminals try to recover loot hidden in an isolated manor house.-Cast:* Basil Sydney - Reinhardt Conway...
(1934) - The Riverside MurderThe Riverside MurderThe Riverside Murder is a 1935 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Judy Gunn and Zoe Davis.- Plot summary :...
(1935) - The White LilacThe White LilacThe White Lilac is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Judy Gunn, Claude Dampier and Percy Marmont.-Cast:* Basil Sydney - Ian Mackie* Judy Gunn - Mollie* Claude Dampier - Percy* Percy Marmont - Tollitt...
(1935) - Late Extra (1935)
- Blind Man's BluffBlind man's bluffBlind man's bluff may refer to:* Blind man's bluff , a children's game related to tag* Blind man's bluff , a version of poker* Blind Man's Bluff , a British film...
(1936) - Troubled Waters (1936)
- There Was a Young Man (1937)
- The Five Pound ManThe Five Pound ManThe Five Pound Man is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Judy Gunn, Edwin Styles, Frank Allenby and Charles Bannister.-Cast:* Judy Gunn - Margaret Fenton* Edwin Styles - Richard Fordyce* Frank Allenby - Claud Fenton...
(1937) - Strange ExperimentStrange ExperimentStrange Experiment is a 1937 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Donald Gray, Ann Wemyss and Mary Newcomb. It was an adaptation of the play Two Worlds by John Golden and Hubert Osborne.-Cast:* Donald Gray - James Martin...
(1937) - Second ThoughtsSecond Thoughts (1938 film)Second Thoughts is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Frank Fox, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Allenby and Joan Hickson. It was also released as Crime of Peter Frame. A chemist is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.-Cast:* Frank Fox -...
(1938) - Murder in the FamilyMurder in the FamilyMurder in the Family is a 1938 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Barry Jones, Jessica Tandy and Evelyn Ankers. It was adapted from a novel by James Ronald...
(1938)
