J. Searle Dawley
Encyclopedia
J. Searle Dawley was an American director
and screenwriter
. He directed 149 films between 1907 and 1926. He was born in Del Norte, Colorado
and died in Hollywood, California.
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:...
and 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:...
. He directed 149 films between 1907 and 1926. He was born in Del Norte, Colorado
Del Norte, Colorado
The Town of Del Norte is a Statutory Town in and the county seat of Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,705 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Del Norte is located at ....
and died in Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography
- Rescued from an Eagle's NestRescued from an Eagle's NestRescued from an Eagle's Nest is a 1908 early silent action-drama co- directed by Edwin S Porter and J. Searle Dawley for the Edison film studios....
(19081908 in filmThe year 1908 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling production and distribution, raising theater admission prices, cooperating with censorship bodies, and preventing film stock from getting into the hands...
) - Hansel and Gretel (19091909 in filmThe year 1909 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema, appears in his first film, Goban Tadanobu.*James Joyce opens the Volta, the first cinema in Dublin....
) - FrankensteinFrankenstein (1910 film)Frankenstein is a 1910 film made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.It was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr...
(19101910 in filmThe year 1910 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel....
) - A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol (1910 film)A Christmas Carol, is a 1910 silent film directed by J. Searle Dawley for Edison. It runs 10 minutes and is one of the earliest film adaptations of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella. It featured Marc McDermott as Ebenezer Scrooge and Charles S...
(1910) - Charge of the Light Brigade (19121912 in filmThe year 1912 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel called Keystone Studios...
) - The Old Monk's TaleThe Old Monk's TaleThe Old Monk's Tale is a 1913 drama film. It features the first known film appearance of Harold Lloyd as an uncredited Yaqui Indian at a party.-Cast:* Ben F...
(19131913 in filmThe year 1913 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film, is made.* December 29, Charlie Chaplin signs a contract with Mack Sennett to begin making films at Keystone Studios.* D. W...
) - On The Broad Stairway (1913)
- Hulda of HollandHulda of HollandHulda of Holland is a 1913 short drama film. Harold Lloyd features in an uncredited role.-Cast:* Ben F. Wilson - Heintz* Laura Sawyer - Hulda* Jessie McAllister* Charles Sutton* Harold Lloyd - Bit Role...
(1913) - Four FeathersFour FeathersFour Feathers is a silent film adaptation of A. E. W. Mason's 1902 novel The Four Feathers. Considered a coward by his fiancée and comrades in arms, a British army officer has to redeem himself.-Cast:*Edgar L...
(19151915 in filmThe year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
) - Snow WhiteSnow White (1916 film)Snow White is a 1916 American silent film made by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and produced by Adolph Zukor and Daniel Frohman. It was directed by J...
(19161916 in filmThe year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
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