Who directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922, William Desmond Taylor or David Schwimmer?
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William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor (26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Irish-born American director and actor. He was a popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion-picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, having directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915.
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David Schwimmer David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director, and producer. He was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 2. He began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. In 1988, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. For much of the late 1980s, he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling, unemployed actor.
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David Harum (1915 film) David Harum is a 1915 American silent comedy-drama romance film written and directed by Allan Dwan, produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1899 novel of the same name by Edward Noyes Westcott and the 1900 Broadway play based on the novel, starring William H. Crane (Crane also starred in two subsequent Broadway revivals). Crane agreed to star in the film (which was his debut) only if the film was written exactly as the play. "David Harum" is the only film of Dwan's for Famous Players that still survives. A print is preserved at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York and the Cinémathèque Française in Paris.
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William Taylor (Derbyshire cricketer) William Thomas Taylor (14 April 1885 — 17 August 1976) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910. He served as secretary of Derbyshire for 51 years from 1908 to 1959
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William Spencer (silent film actor) William J. Spencer was an American silent film actor. Spencer starred in 14 films between 1915 and 1921.
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Robert J. Kern Robert James Kern (March 29, 1885 – May 30, 1972) was an American film editor with more than sixty feature film credits. He is known for editing "National Velvet" (1944), which won him the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. "National Velvet" was one of thirteen films that Kern edited with director Clarence Brown. He also made seven films with director W. S. Van Dyke, including three of the "Thin Man" series. Kern was nominated for the Academy Award for "David Copperfield" (1935), which was directed by George Cukor.
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Stanner E.V. Taylor Stanner E.V. Taylor (28 September 1877 – 23 November 1948) was an American screenwriter and director of the silent era. He wrote for 108 films between 1908 and 1929. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Los Angeles, California. He was married to Biograph Company actress Marion Leonard.
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The Beautiful and Damned (film) The Beautiful and Damned is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by William A. Seiter and released by Warner Bros. The film, based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel "The Beautiful and Damned", starred Kenneth Harlan and Marie Prevost.
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When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922 film) When Knighthood Was in Flower is a 1922 silent historical film based on the novel "When Knighthood Was in Flower" by Charles Major and play by Paul Kester. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst (or his Cosmopolitan Productions) for his 'live-in companion' Marion Davies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The director was veteran Robert G. Vignola who helmed several of Davies costume romances. This was William Powell's second film. The story was re-filmed in the sound era in 1953 as "The Sword and the Rose" by Ken Annakin.
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The Three Dances of Mary Wilford The Three Dances of Mary Wilford (German: Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Friedrich Feher, Erika Glässner and Ludwig Hartau. It was a sequel to the 1919 film "Die Sünderin".
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Harry Taylor (cricketer) Harry Taylor (18 December 1900 – 28 October 1988) was an English first-class cricketer, who played nine matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1924 and 1925. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI from 1923 to 1926, and Minor Counties North in 1925.
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Schiele in Prison Schiele in Prison is a 1980 British independent film directed by Mick Gold and starring David Suchet as Gustav Klimt, Grant Cathro as Egon Schiele and Nicholas Selby as The Judge. The film dramtises the imprisonment of Schiele in Neulengbach in 1911, and looks at the authenticity of Schile's prison diary, which was published after his death.
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The Silver King (film) The Silver King is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Percy Marmont, Harold Huth and Chili Bouchier. The film is an adaptation of the 1882 play "The Silver King" by Henry Arthur Jones. It was made at Cricklewood Studios and Lime Grove Studios. The film was an ambitious production by the Welsh-Pearson company made at an estimated cost of around £60,000. However the company's decision to shoot it and other films that year as silents led to large financial losses due to the emergence of sound.
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The American Beauty The American Beauty is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Myrtle Stedman.
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Hobart Henley Hobart Henley (born Hess Manassah Henle, November 23, 1887 - May 22, 1964) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He was involved in well over 60 films either as an actor or director or both in his twenty-year career, between 1914 and 1934 when he retired from filmmaking.
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Tefft Johnson William Tefft Johnson, Jr. (September 23, 1883 – October 15, 1956), better known as Tefft Johnson, was an American stage and film actor, and film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 131 films between 1909 and 1926.
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David Taylor (veterinarian) David Conrad Taylor, BVMS, FRCVS, FZS (11 February 1934 – 29 January 2013), was a British veterinary surgeon. He was the first veterinary surgeon to specialise in zoo and wildlife medicine.
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Outcast (1922 film) Outcast is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey. The film starred Elsie Ferguson (in her next to last silent) and David Powell. William Powell has a small supporting part in this which was his third film.
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The Scourge (film) The Scourge is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Geoffrey Malins and starring Madge Stuart, Joseph R. Tozer and William Stack. It is based on the novel "Fortune's Fool" by Rafael Sabatini, who also wrote the screenplay. It was made at Isleworth Studios for release by Stoll Pictures, the largest British film company of the era.
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The Witching Hour (1921 film) The Witching Hour is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Augustus E. Thomas. The film stars Elliott Dexter, Winter Hall, Ruth Renick, Robert Cain, A. Edward Sutherland, Mary Alden, and F. A. Turner. The film was released on April 10, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.
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The Lonely Road (1923 film) The Lonely Road is a lost 1923 silent film drama directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Katherine MacDonald. It was produced by B. P. Schulberg and released through Associated First National.
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The Man Unconquerable The Man Unconquerable is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Henabery and written by Julien Josephson and Hamilton Smith. The film stars Jack Holt, Sylvia Breamer, Clarence Burton, Anne Schaefer, Jean De Briac, and Edwin Stevens. The film was released on July 2, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.