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J. Searle Dawley (1877–1949)

Director | Writer | Cinematographer

J. Searle Dawley, the man who considered himself "the first motion picture director", was born James Searle Dawley on May 13, 1877, in Del Norte, Colorado. He was educated in Denver, and after graduating in 1895, became an actor with Louis Morrison's stock theatrical company. The tour he was hired for was canceled... See full bio »

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James Searle Dawley
in Del Norte, Colorado, USA

Died:

(age 71) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1926 Brooke Johns and Goodee Montgomery (short)
 
1925 Roger Wolfe Kahn Musical Number (short)
 
1924 Abraham Lincoln (short)
 
1923 Broadway Broke
 
1923 Adolph Zukor Introduces Phonofilm (short)
 
1923 Has the World Gone Mad!
 
1923 Love's Old Sweet Song (short)
 
1923 As a Man Lives
 
1923 Lincoln, the Man of the People (short)
 
1922 Who Are My Parents?
 
1921 A Virgin Paradise
 
1921 Beyond Price
 
1920 The Harvest Moon
 
1919 Everybody's Business
 
1919 The Phantom Honeymoon
 
1919 Twilight
 
1918 The Death Dance
 
1918 Uncle Tom's Cabin
 
1918 Rich Man, Poor Man
 
1918 The Lie
 
1917 The Seven Swans
 
1917 Bab's Matinee Idol
 
1917 Bab's Burglar
 
1917 Bab's Diary
 
1917 The Mysterious Miss Terry
 
1917 The Valentine Girl
 
1916/I Snow White
 
1916 Miss George Washington
 
1916 The Rainbow Princess
 
1916 Little Lady Eileen
 
1916 Silks and Satins
 
1916 Molly Make-Believe
 
1916 Out of the Drifts
 
1916 Mice and Men
 
1915 Still Waters
 
1915 The Rehearsal (short)
 
1915 Helene of the North
 
1915 Always in the Way
 
1915 Four Feathers
 
1915 The Daughter of the People
 
1914 In the Name of the Prince of Peace
 
1914 One of Millions
 
1914 Marta of the Lowlands
 
1914 The Lost Paradise
 
1914 The Oath of a Viking (short)
 
1914 The Next in Command
 
1914 A Woman's Triumph
 
1914 A Good Little Devil (uncredited)
 
1914 The Pride of Jennico
 
1914 An American Citizen
 
1913 A Lady of Quality
 
1913 A Tudor Princess (short)
 
1913 The Daughter of the Hills (short)
 
1913 Leah Kleschna
 
1913 The Port of Doom
 
1913 Caprice
 
1913 An Hour Before Dawn
 
1913 Chelsea 7750
 
1913 In the Bishop's Carriage
 
1913 Tess of the D'Urbervilles
 
1913 The Ghost of Granleigh (short)
 
1913 The Rightful Heir (short)
 
1913 The Substitute Stenographer (short)
 
1913 On the Broad Stairway (short)
 
1913 The Diamond Crown (short)
 
1913 Some Spots in and Around Los Angeles, California (documentary short)
 
1913 Right for Right's Sake (short)
 
1913 Dances of the Ages (documentary short)
 
1913 Groundless Suspicion (short)
 
1913 Hulda of Holland (short)
 
1913 The Well Sick Man (short)
 
1913 Master and Man (short)
 
1913 A Way to the Underworld (short)
 
1913 The Gauntlets of Washington (short)
 
1913 The Priest and the Man (short)
 
1913 In a Japanese Tea Garden (short)
 
1913 The Old Monk's Tale (short)
 
1913 The City of San Francisco (documentary short)
 
1913 The Lorelei (short)
 
1913 False to Their Trust (short)
 
1913 The Lake Geneva Camp of the Y.M.C.A., Lake Geneva, Wis. (documentary short)
 
1913 The Eldorado Lode (short)
 
1913 The Red Man's Burden (short)
 
1913 Bill's Sweetheart (short)
 
1913 Yosemite National Park and Big Trees of California (documentary short)
 
1912 A Clue to Her Parentage (short)
 
1912 Love Among the Geysers (short)
 
1912 The First Settler's Story (short)
 
1912 Harnessing a Mountain Stream (documentary short)
 
1912 A Forest Fire (documentary short)
 
1912 A Chase Across the Continent (short)
 
1912 Salt Lake City, Utah, and Its Surroundings (documentary short)
 
1912 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S. (documentary short)
 
1912 Copper Mines at Bingham, Utah (documentary short)
 
1912 Glimpses of Bermuda (documentary short)
 
1912 The Charge of the Light Brigade (short)
 
1912 Calumet 'K' (short)
 
1912 'Ostler Joe (short)
 
1912 Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms (short)
 
1912 Aladdin Up-to-Date (short)
 
1912 Mr. Pickwick's Predicament (short)
 
1912 In His Father's Steps (short)
 
1912 The Lord and the Peasant (short)
 
1912 More Precious Than Gold (short)
 
1912 The Relief of Lucknow (short)
 
1912 The Necklace of Crushed Rose Leaves (short)
 
1912 For Valour (short)
 
1912 Between Two Fires (short)
 
1912 Master and Pupil (short)
 
1912 A Prisoner of War (short)
 
1912 Martin Chuzzlewit (short)
 
1912 The Man Who Made Good (short)
 
1912 The Passion Flower (short)
 
1912 Treasure Island (short)
 
1912 The Spanish Cavalier (short)
 
1912 The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter (short)
 
1912 The House with the Tall Porch (short) (as J.S. Dawley)
 
1912 Personally Conducted: A Trip to Bermuda (documentary short)
 
1912 The Corsican Brothers (short)
 
1912/I Jack, the Giant Killer (short)
 
1911 A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers (short)
 
1911 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (short)
 
1911 The Sign of the Three Labels (short)
 
1911 Buckskin Jack, the Earl of Glenmore (short)
 
1911 A Perilous Ride (short)
 
1911 A Modern Cinderella (short)
 
1911/I Three of a Kind (short)
 
1911 A Conspiracy Against the King (short)
 
1911 How Mrs. Murray Saved the American Army (short)
 
1911 The Big Dam (short)
 
1911 The Battle of Trafalgar (short)
 
1911 The Sailor's Love Letter (short)
 
1911 The Sheriff (short)
 
1911 Under the Tropical Sun (short)
 
1911 The Three Musketeers: Part 2 (short)
 
1911 The Three Musketeers: Part 1 (short)
 
1911/I The Declaration of Independence (short)
 
1911 The Battle of Bunker Hill (short)
 
1911 The Doomed Ship (short)
 
1911 The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (short)
 
1911 The Star Spangled Banner (short)
 
1911 A Thoroughbred (short)
 
1911/I Aida (short)
 
1911 Between Two Fires (short)
 
1911 Who Gets the Order (short)
 
1911 The Ransom of Red Chief (short)
 
1911 The Rajah (short)
 
1911 The Doctor (short)
 
1911 In the Days of Chivalry (short)
 
1910 A Christmas Carol (short) (uncredited)
 
1910 The Life of a Salmon (documentary short)
 
1910 A Daughter of the Mines (short)
 
1910 The House of the Seven Gables (short)
 
1910 The Song That Reached His Heart (short)
 
1910 More Than His Duty (short)
 
1910 An Unselfish Love (short)
 
1910 From Tyranny to Liberty (short)
 
1910 The Stars and Stripes (short)
 
1910 A Central American Romance (short)
 
1910 The Princess and the Peasant (short)
 
1910 Michael Strogoff (short)
 
1910 Frankenstein (short)
 
1910 His First Valentine (short)
 
1909 The Keeper of the Light (short)
 
1909 Bluebeard (short)
 
1909 A Rose of the Tenderloin (short)
 
1909 Comedy and Tragedy (short)
 
1909 Hansel and Gretel (short)
 
1909 Lochinvar (short)
 
1909 The Prince and the Pauper (short)
 
1909 The Egyptian Mystery (short)
 
1909 The Legend of Sterling Keep (short)
 
1909 Lunatics in Power (short)
 
1908 Cupid's Pranks (short)
 
1908 Fireside Reminiscences (short)
 
1908 Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (short)
 
1908 A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm (short)
 
1907 A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus (short)
 
1907 The Trainer's Daughter; or, A Race for Love (short)
 
1907 The Nine Lives of a Cat (short)
 
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1990 Edison's Frankenstein (short) (scenario)
 
1920 The Harvest Moon (scenario)
 
1919 Everybody's Business (writer)
 
1919 The Phantom Honeymoon (scenario)
 
1919 Married in Haste (story)
 
1919 When Men Desire (story "The Scarlet Altars")
 
1919 The Spirit of Lafayette (scenario)
 
1918 Uncle Tom's Cabin (scenario / writer)
 
1918 Rich Man, Poor Man (writer)
 
1917 The Seven Swans
 
1917 Conscience (story)
 
1917 The Mysterious Miss Terry
 
1917 The Valentine Girl
 
1915 Helene of the North (uncredited)
 
1915 The Daughter of the People (play / story)
 
1914 In the Name of the Prince of Peace (story)
 
1914 The Dancer and the King (play)
 
1914 One of Millions (scenario)
 
1914 The Mystery of the Poison Pool (scenario)
 
1914 An American Citizen
 
1913 A Lady of Quality (scenario)
 
1913 The Daughter of the Hills (short) (story)
 
1913 The Port of Doom (story)
 
1913 An Hour Before Dawn (story)
 
1913 Chelsea 7750 (story)
 
1913 The Substitute Stenographer (short) (story)
 
1913 On the Broad Stairway (short) (story)
 
1913 The Diamond Crown (short) (story)
 
1913 Mary Stuart (short) (scenario)
 
1910 The House of the Seven Gables (short)
 
1910 From Tyranny to Liberty (short)
 
1910 Michael Strogoff (short)
 
1910 Frankenstein (short)
 
1909 Faust (short) (scenario)
 
1909 The Keeper of the Light (short) (scenario)
 
1909 Bluebeard (short) (writer)
 
1909 Hansel and Gretel (short) (scenario)
 
1909 Lochinvar (short) (writer)
 
1909 The Prince and the Pauper (short) (scenario)
 
1909 The Legend of Sterling Keep (short) (scenario)
 
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