The Charge of the Light Brigade
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James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright.
Director: Rich Man, Poor Man. J. Searle Dawley, the man who considered himself "the first motion picture director", was born James Searle Dawley on 5/13/1877 in Del Norte, CO. He was educated in Denver, and after graduating in 1895 became an actor with Louis Morrison's stock theatrical company.
- January 1, 1
- Del Norte, Colorado, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, California, USA
Frankenstein: Directed by J. Searle Dawley. With Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips. The first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.
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- Short, Fantasy, Horror
- J. Searle Dawley
- 1910-03-18
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Biography. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Searle Dawley was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright.
The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1912 American silent historical drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley. Produced by Edison Studios, the film portrays the disastrous yet inspiring military attack in October 1854 by British light cavalry against Russian artillery positions in the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.
Snow White is a 1916 American silent romantic fantasy film directed by J. Searle Dawley. Winthrop Ames adapted it from his own 1912 Broadway play Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was in turn adapted from the 1812 fairy tale (as collected by the Brothers Grimm). The film stars Marguerite Clark and Creighton Hale, Clark reprising her stage ...
Nov 18, 2010 · 100 years ago, J. Searle Dawley wrote and directed Frankenstein. It took him three days to shoot the short, 12-minute film (when most films were actually shot in just one day). It marked the...
