Alexander Butler was a British
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
who made over sixty features and short films during the 1910s and 1920s including many for
G. B. Samuelson's production company. Butler directed several British films in
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
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in 1920, where Samuelson had made an arrangement with
Universal Pictures
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. Amongst his notable films are the
Sherlock Holmes adaptation ''
The Valley of Fear'' (1916) and the early British horror film ''
The Beetle'' (1919).
[Rigby p.16]
Selected filmography
* ''
Just a Girl
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'' (1916)
* ''
The Valley of Fear'' (1916)
* ''
A Pair of Spectacles
''A Pair of Spectacles'' is a 1916 British silent comedy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring John Hare, Peggy Hyland and Booth Conway, based on the play of the same name by Sydney Grundy. It was made at Isleworth Studios.Harris, p. ...
'' (1916)
* ''
A Fair Impostor'' (1916)
* ''
The Girl Who Loves a Soldier'' (1916)
* ''
Nursie! Nursie!
''Nursie! Nursie!'' is a 1916 British silent comedy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring James W. Tate, Clarice Mayne and Bernard Vaughan. It was made at Isleworth Studios.Harris p.201
Cast
* James W. Tate as Patient
* Clarice May ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Sorrows of Satan'' (1917)
* ''
The Odds Against Her'' (1919)
* ''
The Beetle'' (1919)
* ''
The Disappearance of the Judge
''The Disappearance of the Judge'' is a British silent motion picture of 1919 directed by Alexander Butler.
Plot
A judge is kidnapped by a German gang to steal aero-engine plans. The judge's twin takes his place.
Cast
*James Lindsay
* Floren ...
'' (1919)
* ''
Damaged Goods'' (1919)
* ''
David and Jonathan
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Jonathan was the son of Saul, king of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, and David wa ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Love in the Wilderness'' (1920)
* ''
The Ugly Duckling
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'' (1920)
* ''
The Night Riders'' (1920)
* ''
Married Love'' (1923)
* ''
The Knockout'' (1923)
* ''
A Royal Divorce'' (1923)
* ''
I Pagliacci'' (1923)
* ''
She
She most commonly refers to:
*She (pronoun), the third person singular, feminine, nominative case pronoun in modern English.
She or S.H.E. may also refer to:
Literature and films
*'' She: A History of Adventure'', an 1887 novel by H. Rider Hagga ...
'' (1925)
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.
* Nollen, Scott Allen. ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Cinema''. McFarland & Co., 1996.
* Rigby, Jonathan. ''English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema''. Reynolds & Hearn, 2004.
External links
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Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
British film directors
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