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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.
Filmography
all 59
Movies 59
Director 55
Writer 4
Edison's Frankenstein (1990)
Broadway Broke (1923)
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923)
The Phantom Honeymoon (1919)
When Men Desire (1919)
The Death Dance (1918)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1918)
The Lie (1918)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918)
Bab's Burglar (1917)
Bab's Diary (1917)
The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917)
Conscience (1917)
Snow White (1916)
The Rainbow Princess (1916)
Silks and Satins (1916)
Four Feathers (1915)
Marta of the Lowlands (1914)
The Lost Paradise (1914)
A Good Little Devil (1914)
An American Citizen (1914)
A Lady of Quality (1913)
Leah Kleschna (1913)
Caprice (1913)
Chelsea 7750 (1913)
In the Bishop's Carriage (1913)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913)
Bill's Sweetheart (1913)
Hulda of Holland (1913)
In A Japanese Tea Garden (1913)
The Old Monk's Tale (1913)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912)
The Lord and the Peasant (1912)
The Relief of Lucknow (1912)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1912)
A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers (1911)
A Modern Cinderella (1911)
Who Gets the Order (1911)
The Ransom of Red Chief (1911)
Aida (1911)
A Christmas Carol (1910)
A Daughter of the Mines (1910)
The Song That Reached His Heart (1910)
An Unselfish Love (1910)
Michael Strogoff (1910)
Frankenstein (1910)
Faust (1909)
Hansel and Gretel (1909)
The Prince and the Pauper (1909)
Tale the Autumn Leaves Told (1908)
Cupid’s Pranks (1908)
Fireside Reminiscences (1908)
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm (1908)
A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus (1907)
Laughing Gas (1907)
College Chums (1907)
The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love (1907)
The Rivals (1907)
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GenderMale
Birthday1877-05-13
Deathday1949-03-30 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceColorado, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJames Searle Dawley, J.S. Dawley, Дж. Сирл Доули
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