Lee Moran
Encyclopedia
Lee Moran was an American actor
, director
and writer
. He transcended the silent era
of motion pictures
to the talkies
. Moran appeared in 462 films, directed 109 and wrote for 92 between 1912 and 1935.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois
, and died in Woodland Hills, California
.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director
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 writer
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 transcended the silent era
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
of motion pictures
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
to the talkies
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
. Moran appeared in 462 films, directed 109 and wrote for 92 between 1912 and 1935.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, and died in Woodland Hills, California
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Woodland Hills is a district in the city of Los Angeles, California.Woodland Hills is located in the southwestern area of the San Fernando Valley, east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana, with Warner Center in its northern section...
.
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | When the Heart Calls When the Heart Calls When the Heart Calls is a 1912 silent era short western/comedy motion picture starring Lee Moran, Russell Bassett, Louise Glaum, and Victoria Forde.... |
Dick Lee, the city chap |
| 1913 | Almost a Rescue Almost a Rescue Almost a Rescue is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Donald MacDonald - Hawkeye* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Jimmie* Irene Hunt - May Smith* Billie Bennett - Maud Smith* Eddie Lyons - Kussie #1* Lee Moran - Kussie #2... |
Kussie #2 |
| An Elephant on His Hands An Elephant on His Hands An Elephant on His Hands is a 1913 silent comedy film directed by Al Christie and featuring Lon Chaney, Sr. The film is now considered to be lost.... |
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| 1924 | Listen Lester | William Penn |
| 1929 | On with the Show On with the Show (1929 film) On with the Show! is a 1929 American musical film released by Warner Bros. The film is noted as the first ever all-talking all-color feature length movie, and the second color movie released by Warner Bros.; the first was a partly color, black-and-white musical, The Desert Song . -Plot:With unpaid... |
Pete, the stage manager |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway Gold Diggers of Broadway (film) Gold Diggers of Broadway is a 1929 Warner Bros. comedy/musical film which is historically important as the second two-strip Technicolor all-talking feature length movie . Gold Diggers of Broadway was also the third movie released by Warner Bros... |
Dance director | |
| The Show of Shows The Show of Shows (film) The Show of Shows is a lavish all talking Vitaphone musical revue film which cost $850,000 to make. The Show of Shows was Warner Bros. fifth color movie, the first four were The Desert Song , On With the Show , Gold Diggers of Broadway and Paris . This movie featured most of the contemporary... |
Plumber | |
| The Aviator The Aviator (1929 film) The Aviator was a 1929 all talking Vitaphone comedy film released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, the film was based on the play of the same name by James Montgomery and starred Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller... |
Brown | |
| 1932 | The Death Kiss The Death Kiss The Death Kiss is a mystery film starring David Manners as a crusading studio writer, Adrienne Ames as an actress, Bela Lugosi as a studio manager, and Edward Van Sloan as a film director. The comedy thriller features three leading players from the previous year's Dracula , and was the first film... |
Todd |
| 1933 | Goldie Gets Along Goldie Gets Along Goldie Gets Along is a 1933 film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, and starring by Lili Damita and Charles Morton. The screenplay was wtitten by William A... |
Sam Kaplan |