J. Searle Dawley
Directing · Born 1877-10-04 · age 71 at death · Del Norte, Colorado, USA
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. While film direction and screenwriting comprised the bulk of Dawley's career, he also had earlier working experience in theater, performing on stage for more than a decade and managing every aspect of stagecraft. Dawley wrote at least 18 plays as well for repertory companies and for several Broadway productions.
Titles
Frankenstein
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
A Christmas Carol
Snow White
The Song That Reached His Heart
The Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
Laughing Gas
Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
Cupid’s Pranks
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
College Chums
The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love
A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers
The Relief of Lucknow
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Phantom Honeymoon
Hansel and Gretel
The Death Dance
Hulda of Holland
The Old Monk's Tale
A Daughter of the Mines
When Men Desire
A Chase Across the Continent
The Harvest Moon
A Virgin Paradise
As a Man Lives
Edison's Frankenstein
In A Japanese Tea Garden
Broadway Broke
Jack and the Beanstalk
Abraham Lincoln
Has the World Gone Mad!
Twilight
Between Two Fires
Everybody's Business
Bill's Sweetheart
Who Are My Parents?
Beyond Price
Michael Strogoff
An Unselfish Love
A Modern Cinderella
The Lord and the Peasant
The Prince and the Pauper
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
In the Bishop's Carriage
Caprice
Bab's Diary
The Rainbow Princess
A Good Little Devil
Conscience
The Lie
Rich Man, Poor Man
A Lady of Quality
Bab's Burglar
The Lost Paradise
Marta of the Lowlands
Four Feathers
Leah Kleschna
Dances of the Ages
Silks and Satins