Edwin Middleton
Edwin Middleton (1865–1929) was a film director in the United States.[1][2]
He worked in theater as part of a stock company from Philadelphia before his film career.[3] He was an actor in an 1891 production titled Sin and Shadow.[4] In 1906 he is credited with a part in a Broadway production.[5]
He directed W.C. Fields's film debut in Pool Sharks in 1915.[6] He also directed several shorts with casts that included Bud Ross.[7] He made a series of films for the Gaumont Film Company.
He directed at least three "Cissy" films starring Cissy Fitzgerald. He worked for Gaumont Film Company in Jacksonville, Florida.[8]
He was an organizer of the Motion Picture Directors Association of New York.[9]
Filmography
- The Dream of a Motion Picture Director (1912)
- Lime Kiln Field Day (1913), the oldest surviving film featuring African American actors
- One on Romance (1913)
- Because of a Hat (1914), writer
- Rip Van Winkle (1914 film) [9]
- The Flaming Sword (1915 film)
- The Widow Wins (1915)[10]
- Leave it to Cissy (1915)
- Curling Cissy (1915)
- Cissy's Innocent Wink (1915)
- The Reformer (1915 film)
- Ethel's Romeos, (1915)
- Pool Sharks (1915), the first film appearance of W.C. Fields
- Wildfire (1915 film)
- The Haunted Manor (1916)
- The Isle of Love (1916)[11]
- Flames of Vengeance (1916)
- Armadale (1916)[12] an adaptation of Armadale
- Gates of Divorce[13]
- The Criminals Thumb(1916)
- The Hidden Face (1916)
- Gates of Divorce (1916), a "three-part drama"[14]
References
- ^ "Edwin Middleton | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ Spehr, Paul C.; Lundquist, Gunnar; Lauritzen, Einar (July 1, 1996). "American film personnel and company credits, 1908-1920: filmographies reordered by authoritative organizational and personal names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American film-index". McFarland & Company, Inc. – via Google Books.
- ^ Wertheim, Arthur Frank (January 16, 2017). "W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian". Springer – via Google Books.
- ^ "Edwin Middleton – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "Edwin Middleton Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos". www.broadwayworld.com.
- ^ Wertheim, Arthur Frank (January 16, 2017). "W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian". Springer – via Google Books.
- ^ "edwin middleton w.c. fields - Google Search". www.google.com.
- ^ "Motography". January 28, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Dixon, Wheeler Winston (November 6, 2015). "Black and White Cinema: A Short History". Rutgers University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/movpicwor26chal/movpicwor26chal_djvu.txt
- ^ Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (January 3, 1988). "Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936". Cinebooks – via Google Books.
- ^ "Motography". January 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. January 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. January 28, 1916 – via Google Books.