J. Searle Dawley

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. 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.

Directed

1. Frankenstein (1910) — Director
2. Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908) — Director
3. A Christmas Carol (1910) — Director
4. Snow White (1916) — Director
5. The Song That Reached His Heart (1910) — Director
6. The Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus (1907) — Director
7. Laughing Gas (1907) — Director
8. Cupid’s Pranks (1908) — Director
9. Tale the Autumn Leaves Told (1908) — Director
10. The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love (1907) — Director
11. A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm (1908) — Director
12. College Chums (1907) — Director
13. The Relief of Lucknow (1912) — Director
14. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912) — Director
15. A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers (1911) — Director
16. The Phantom Honeymoon (1919) — Director
17. The Death Dance (1918) — Director
18. Bill's Sweetheart (1913) — Director
19. In A Japanese Tea Garden (1913) — Director
20. Hulda of Holland (1913) — Director
21. A Modern Cinderella (1911) — Director
22. The Old Monk's Tale (1913) — Director
23. The Prince and the Pauper (1909) — Director
24. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) — Director
25. A Daughter of the Mines (1910) — Director
26. Broadway Broke (1923) — Director
27. An Unselfish Love (1910) — Director
28. In the Bishop's Carriage (1913) — Director
29. Caprice (1913) — Director
30. Jack and the Beanstalk (1912) — Director
31. The Lord and the Peasant (1912) — Director
32. Michael Strogoff (1910) — Director
33. Between Two Fires (1912) — Director
34. A Chase Across the Continent (1912) — Director
35. Who Are My Parents? (1922) — Director
36. The Harvest Moon (1920) — Director
37. Abraham Lincoln (1924) — Director
38. Everybody's Business (1919) — Director
39. A Virgin Paradise (1921) — Director
40. Has the World Gone Mad! (1923) — Director