Julia Crawford Ivers
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Julia Crawford Ivers was an American motion picture pioneer. Born in Los Angeles when it was no more than an exotic outpost, Ivers watched the film industry come into existence and establish itself in southern California. She participated in several facets of filmmaking i.e. writer, producer and director. Her son James Van Trees
(1890–1973) became a popular cinematographer for Paramount and Warner Bros., shot some of his mother's films. They are possibly the earliest mother-son team of director and cinematographer. Ivers later worked with director William Desmond Taylor
and was allegedly a part of his inner circle before his murder. Ivers died in the city of her birth.
James Van Trees
James Van Trees born James Crawford Van Trees was a successful American cinematographer in Hollywood whose career spans the silent and sound eras. His mother was prolific early film director and writer Julia Crawford Ivers...
(1890–1973) became a popular cinematographer for Paramount and Warner Bros., shot some of his mother's films. They are possibly the earliest mother-son team of director and cinematographer. Ivers later worked with director William Desmond Taylor
William Desmond Taylor
William Desmond Taylor was an Irish-born American actor, successful film director of silent movies and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 1920s...
and was allegedly a part of his inner circle before his murder. Ivers died in the city of her birth.
Selected Filmography
- The Majesty of the Law (1915)
- The Heart of PaulaThe Heart of PaulaThe Heart of Paula is a 1916 silent film directed by Julia Crawford Ivers and William Desmond Taylor, starring Lenore Ulric.As briefly-described in a 1916 publication, this five-reel film is a "story of romance and adventure in Mexico. Lenore Ulrich is the Spanish girl who loves an American...
(1916) - A Son of Erin (1916)
- Sacred and Profane LoveSacred and Profane Love (1921 film)Sacred and Profane Love is a 1921 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This film was directed by William Desmond Taylor and starred Elsie Ferguson with Conrad Nagel. It is based on a book The Book of Carlotta by Arnold Bennett and was turned into a...
(1921) (*writer) - The White FlowerThe White FlowerThe White Flower is a 1923 silent film romantic drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was the last film directed by early female director Julia Crawford Ivers whose son James Van Trees was the film's cinematographer. Betty Compson and Edmund Lowe star in...
(1923) - Married FlirtsMarried FlirtsMarried Flirts is a 1924 film starring Pauline Frederick, Mae Busch, and Conrad Nagel, directed by Robert Vignola. Screenplay by Julia Ivers based on a Louis Joseph Vance best seller. The 'sophisticated' drama was considered quite daring at the time, of husbands being lured away from wives...
(1924)