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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 51,417 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. J. Searle Dawley is the 1,144th most popular film director, the 7,572nd most popular biography from United States and the 302nd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 15

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, J. Searle Dawley ranks 1,144 out of 1,581. Before him are Jack Bender, Freddie Francis, Francesco Maselli, Marleen Gorris, Li Han-hsiang, and Tony Gilroy. After him are Alexander Nevzorov, J. A. Bayona, Jon Avnet, Noah Baumbach, Astrid Henning-Jensen, and Denys de La Patellière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, J. Searle Dawley ranks 145. Before him are Joseph Stella, Vladimir Gardin, Ioannis Persakis, Georges Johin, Leopold Skulski, and W. D. Ross. After him are Marsden Hartley, Šatrijos Ragana, Jón Þorláksson, Rudolph Dirks, Léon Sée, and Karel Absolon. Among people deceased in 1949, J. Searle Dawley ranks 147. Before him are Fedor Ozep, Bill Robinson, František Halas, Karel Petrů, Henry Petersen, and Robert Ripley. After him are Leon Schlesinger, Karolina Widerström, Herbert Stothart, François Brandt, Paul Chocque, and Léon Frapié.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Searle Dawley ranks 7,572 out of 18,182. Before him are Jerry Cantrell (1966), Tim Conway (1933), Joe Torre (1940), William Chittick (1943), Robert Young (1907), and Christie Brinkley (1954). After him are Aaron Neville (1941), Patricia Bath (1942), Butler Lampson (1943), Colin Campbell Cooper (1856), Bella Abzug (1920), and Candice Night (1971).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, J. Searle Dawley ranks 302. Before him are Richard Rush (1929), Stan Brakhage (1933), Alan Taylor (1959), David Ayer (1968), Jack Bender (1949), and Tony Gilroy (1956). After him are Jon Avnet (1949), Noah Baumbach (1969), Chuck Russell (1958), Ron Clements (1953), Dudley Nichols (1895), and Brian Helgeland (1961).

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Filmography

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