FILM DIRECTOR

J. Searle Dawley

1877 - 1949

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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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. Searle Dawley has received more than 55,656 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). J. Searle Dawley is the 1,252nd most popular film director (down from 1,141st in 2019), the 8,322nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,557th in 2019) and the 314th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, J. Searle Dawley ranks 1,252 out of 2,041. Before him are Mario Mattoli, Eric Kripke, Paweł Edelman, Gaston Kaboré, Kwak Jae-yong, and Jacques Rouffio. After him are Corey Allen, Kurt Hoffmann, Simon West, Aaron Norris, Šarūnas Bartas, and Terry George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, J. Searle Dawley ranks 173. Before him are Johannes Schmidt, Malcolm Whitman, Félix Paiva, Henri Hazebrouck, Léon Sée, and Hermann Martens. After him are Jón Þorláksson, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Claire McDowell, Georges Johin, William Beebe, and Tom Thomson. Among people deceased in 1949, J. Searle Dawley ranks 161. Before him are Clarence Kingsbury, Henry Petersen, Linda Arvidson, Nils Östensson, Birbal Sahni, and Leon Schlesinger. After him are William Henry Dean, Karolina Widerström, Robert Ripley, Léon Frapié, Gheorghe Mironescu, and Otakar Vindyš.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Searle Dawley ranks 8,322 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Strickland (1958), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Leelee Sobieski (1983), Leon Schlesinger (1884), Mia Zapata (1965), and Lewis Howard Latimer (1848). After him are Brian Littrell (1975), Bessie Barriscale (1884), Pepper Adams (1930), Corey Allen (1934), Alexander Patch (1889), and William T. Anderson (1839).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, J. Searle Dawley ranks 314. Before him are Sidney Franklin (1893), Doug Liman (1965), David Ayer (1968), Tony Gilroy (1956), Sam Simon (1955), and Eric Kripke (1974). After him are Corey Allen (1934), Aaron Norris (1951), Lewis Teague (1938), Jack Sholder (1945), Bennett Miller (1966), and Chris Buck (1958).

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Filmography

Frankenstein
Director
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.
Mar 18th 19106.046 / 10
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Director
A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies away with it.
Jan 16th 19085.5 / 10
A Christmas Carol
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Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dec 23rd 19106.361 / 10