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  1. James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) 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 ...

  2. 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. The tour he was hired for was canceled, however, and he returned to Denver.

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    • Del Norte, Colorado, USA
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    • Hollywood, California, USA
  3. PLAY film; runtime 00:12:10. Frankenstein is a 1910 American short silent horror film produced by Edison Studios. It was directed by J. Searle Dawley, who also wrote the one-reeler 's screenplay, broadly basing his "scenario" on Mary Shelley 's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [4] This short motion picture is generally ...

  4. 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.

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    • Short, Fantasy, Horror
    • J. Searle Dawley
    • 1910-03-18
  5. May 17, 2024 · It was directed by J. Searle Dawley, who also wrote the one-reeler's scr... Frankenstein is a 1910 American short silent horror film produced by Edison Studios. It was directed by J. Searle Dawley ...

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  6. 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 ...

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  8. 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).