J. Searle Dawley
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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.
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Movies (94)
Edison's Frankenstein
1990 · Screenplay
Abraham Lincoln
1924 · Director
Love's Old Sweet Song
1924 · Director
Broadway Broke
1923 · Director
Has the World Gone Mad!
1923 · Director
As a Man Lives
1923 · Director
Who Are My Parents?
1922 · Director
A Virgin Paradise
1921 · Director
Beyond Price
1921 · Director
The Harvest Moon
1920 · Director, Scenario Writer
Everybody's Business
1919 · Director, Writer
The Phantom Honeymoon
1919 · Writer, Director
When Men Desire
1919 · Story
Twilight
1919 · Director
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1918 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Death Dance
1918 · Director
Rich Man, Poor Man
1918 · Writer, Director
The Lie
1918 · Director
The Seven Swans
1917 · Director, Writer
Bab's Matinee Idol
1917 · Director
Bab's Burglar
1917 · Director
Bab's Diary
1917 · Director
The Mysterious Miss Terry
1917 · Writer, Director
The Valentine Girl
1917 · Director, Writer
Conscience
1917 · Writer
Snow White
1916 · Director
Miss George Washington
1916 · Director
The Rainbow Princess
1916 · Director
Little Lady Eileen
1916 · Director
Silks and Satins
1916 · Director
Molly Make-Believe
1916 · Director
Out of the Drifts
1916 · Director
Mice and Men
1916 · Director
Still Waters
1915 · Director
Heléne of the North
1915 · Director, Writer
Always in the Way
1915 · Director
Four Feathers
1915 · Director
The Dancer and the King
1914 · Writer
Marta of the Lowlands
1914 · Director
The Lost Paradise
1914 · Director
A Good Little Devil
1914 · Director
The Pride of Jennico
1914 · Director
An American Citizen
1914 · Director, Writer
A Woman's Triumph
1914 · Director
A Lady of Quality
1913 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Daughter of the Hills
1913 · Director, Writer
Leah Kleschna
1913 · Director
The Port of Doom
1913 · Director, Writer
Caprice
1913 · Director
An Hour Before Dawn
1913 · Director, Writer
Chelsea 7750
1913 · Director, Writer
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913 · Director
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1913 · Director
Bill's Sweetheart
1913 · Director
Hulda of Holland
1913 · Director
In A Japanese Tea Garden
1913 · Director
The Old Monk's Tale
1913 · Director
Dances of the Ages
1913 · Director
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1912 · Director
A Chase Across the Continent
1912 · Director
Copper Mines at Bingham, Utah
1912 · Director
The Lord and the Peasant
1912 · Director
The Relief of Lucknow
1912 · Director
Between Two Fires
1912 · Director
The Spanish Cavalier
1912 · Director
Jack and the Beanstalk
1912 · Director
Treasure Island
1912 · Director
A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers
1911 · Director
A Modern Cinderella
1911 · Director
The Battle of Trafalgar
1911 · Director
Who Gets the Order
1911 · Director
The Ransom of Red Chief
1911 · Director
Aida
1911 · Director
The Three Musketeers: Part 1
1911 · Director
The Three Musketeers: Part 2
1911 · Director
A Christmas Carol
1910 · Director
The Life of a Salmon
1910 · Director
A Daughter of the Mines
1910 · Director
The Swiss Guide
1910 · Director
The Song That Reached His Heart
1910 · Director
An Unselfish Love
1910 · Director
Michael Strogoff
1910 · Director, Writer
Frankenstein
1910 · Director, Screenplay
Faust
1909 · Director
Hansel and Gretel
1909 · Scenario Writer
The Prince and the Pauper
1909 · Director, Scenario Writer
Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
1908 · Director
Cupid’s Pranks
1908 · Director
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
1908 · Director
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908 · Director
The Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
1907 · Director
Laughing Gas
1907 · Director
College Chums
1907 · Director
The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love
1907 · Director
TV shows (0)
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