J. Searle Dawley

J. Searle Dawley

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Directing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1877-10-04

  • Day of Death

    1949-03-29 (71 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Del Norte, Colorado, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Searle Dawley was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Players, Fox, and other studios, he directed more than 300 short films and 56 features, which include many of the early releases of stars such as Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Pearl White, Marguerite Clark, Harold Lloyd, and John Barrymore. He also wrote scenarios for many of his productions, including one for his 1910 horror film Frankenstein, the earliest known screen adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel.

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