Did both Howard M. Mitchell and Coleman Francis direct silent films?
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Howard M. Mitchell Howard M. Mitchell (December 11, 1883 – October 9, 1958) was an American actor and film director. He appeared in 270 films between 1910 and 1952 and directed 38 silent films between 1915 and 1927.
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Coleman Francis Coleman C. Francis (January 24, 1919 – January 15, 1973) was an American actor, writer, producer, and director. He was best known for his film trilogy consisting of "The Beast of Yucca Flats" (1961), "The Skydivers" (1963), "Red Zone Cuba" (1966), all three of which were filmed in the general Santa Clarita, California area and used preoccupation with light aircraft and parachuting, coffee or cigarettes serving as a prop or a center of conversation, and a vigilante-style gunning down of suspects without a trial to conclude the film as frequent motifs.
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Dodge City Trail (film) Dodge City Trail is a 1936 American western film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, and Marion Weldon.
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Hayward Mack Hayward Seaton Mack (March 20, 1882 – December 24, 1921) was an American actor of the silent era.
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Charles Calvert (director) Charles Calvert was a British, silent-era film director. He was sometimes credited as C.C. Calvert or Captain Charles Calvert. Calvert had a reputation as a journeyman director who produced old-fashioned films.
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Ports of Call (film) Ports of Call is a 1925 American silent film directed by Denison Clift and starring Edmund Lowe, Hazel Keener and William B. Davidson.
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Jazz Mad Jazz Mad is a 1928 silent film drama directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Jean Hersholt, Marian Nixon and George J. Lewis. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures.
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The Spotlight (film) The Spotlight is a 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Hope Loring, Herman J. Mankiewicz and Rita Weiman. The film stars Esther Ralston, Neil Hamilton, Nicholas Soussanin, Arlette Marchal and Arthur Housman. The film was released on November 19, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.
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Allen Curtis Allen Curtis (1877 – 24 November 1961), was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 278 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California.
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Hampton Del Ruth Hampton Del Ruth (September 7, 1879 – May 15, 1958) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter, and film producer. Among other work, he wrote the intertitles for the final American studio-made silent film "" (1935).
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W. Howard Greene William Howard Greene (August 16, 1895 - February 28, 1956) was a cinematographer, born in Connecticut, and died in Los Angeles.
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Fred Church (actor) Fred Rosewell Church (17 October 1889 – 7 January 1983) was an American actor of the silent era. After touring the U.S. in vaudeville, he joined Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson in Western films for the latter's Essanay Studios. He appeared in over 200 films between 1908 and 1935. He was born in Ontario/Boone, Iowa and died in Blythe, California, near his home in Quartzsite, Arizona, from a congestive heart failure
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Bright Lights (1925 film) Bright Lights is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film is based on the story "A Little Bit of Broadway" by Richard Connell, and stars Charles Ray, who achieved stardom by playing ingenious country boys.
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John Ford filmography John Ford (1894–1973) was an American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. During this time he directed more than 140 films. Born in Maine, Ford enter the filmmaking industry shortly after graduating from high school with the help of his older brother, Francis Ford, who had established himself as a leading man and director for Universal Studios. After working as an actor, assistant director, stuntman, and prop man – often for his brother – Universal gave Ford the opportunity to direct in 1917. Initially working in short films, he quickly moved into features, largely with Harry Carey as his star. In 1920 Ford left Universal and began working for the Fox Film Corporation. During the next ten years he directed more than 30 films, including the westerns "The Iron Horse" (1924) and "3 Bad Men" (1926), both starring George O'Brien, the war drama "Four Sons" and the Irish romantic drama "Hangman's House" (both 1928 and both starring Victor McLaglen). In the same year of these last two films, Ford directed his first all-talking film, the short "Napoleon's Barber". The following year he directed his first all-talking feature, "The Black Watch".
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Lazybones (1925 film) Lazybones is a silent film, a drama and romance, produced and directed by Frank Borzage, starring Madge Bellamy, Charles "Buck" Jones, and Zasu Pitts. It opened in New York City on September 22, 1924, and received wider distribution by Fox Film Corporation during 1925.
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The Cry of the Children The Cry of the Children is a 1912 American silent short drama film directed by George Nichols for the Thanhouser Company. The 29 minute picture, based on the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about child labor, stars Marie Eline, Ethel Wright, and James Cruze. The film was released on 30 April 1912. Controversially it featured real footage of child labor in factories. The film was selected into preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2011.
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A Mormon Maid A Mormon Maid is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Charles Sarver and Paul West. The film stars Mae Murray, Frank Borzage, Hobart Bosworth, Edythe Chapman, Noah Beery, Sr., and Richard Henry Cummings. The film was released on April 22, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
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Orrall Humphrey Orrall Humphrey (April 3, 1880 - August 12, 1929) was an American silent film actor and director.
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Frank Montgomery (director) Frank Montgomery (14 June 1870 – 18 July 1944) was an early American silent film director and actor.
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A Desert Wooing A Desert Wooing is a 1918 American drama silent film directed by Jerome Storm and written by J.G. Hawks. The film stars Enid Bennett, Jack Holt, Donald MacDonald, J. P. Lockney and Charles Spere. The film was released on June 23, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. The film has been preserved and was released on DVD format in 2012.
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Frank J. Coleman Frank John Coleman (26 April 1888 – 29 November 1948) was an American silent film actor.
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Francis Mitchell (disambiguation) Francis Mitchell was a knight.