Allen Holubar (August 3, 1890 – November 20, 1923) was an American actor,

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, and

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of the

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era. He appeared in 38 films between 1913 and 1917. He also directed 33 films between 1916 and 1923.

Career

Allen Holubar started out as an actor on the stage where he met his wife

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in the Chicago production of ''Every Woman''. While she turned to the screen and continued to act he became a director and even produced. Encouraged by these successes, together they formed the Allen Holubar Production Company in 1920. His 1918 film '' The Heart of Humanity'' was exhibited at

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in 2014.

Marriage and death

Holubar was married to actress

for eleven years from 1912 until his death in 1923 from pneumonia, following surgery, at the age of 33. Dorothy herself would die of pneumonia in 1980, at age 90.

Selected filmography

* ''Into the North'' (1913) * ''Courtmartialed'' (1915) * ''The White Terror'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' The Reed Case'' (1917) * '' Heart Strings'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1918) * '' The Heart of Humanity'' (1918–19) * '' Broken Chains'' (1922) Holubar wrote or contributed to the screenplay for the following films: * '' Sirens of the Sea'' (1917) * '' The Reed Case'' (1917) * ''The Heart of Humanity'' (1918) * ''The Mortgaged Wife'' (1918) * ''The Talk of the Town'' (1918) * ''Paid in Advance'' (1919) * ''The Right to Happiness'' (1919) * '' Once to Every Woman'' (1920) * '' Man, Woman & Marriage'' (1921) * ''Hurricane's Gal'' (1922) Holubar directed the following films: * '' Fear Not'' (1917) * ''Sirens of the Sea'' (1917) * ''

'' (1917) * '' The Reed Case'' (1917) * ''

'' (1917) * '' A Soul for Sale'' (1918) * ''The Heart of Humanity'' (1918) * ''The Mortgaged Wife'' (1918) * ''The Talk of the Town'' (1918) * ''Paid in Advance'' (1919) * ''The Right to Happiness'' (1919) * ''Once to Every Woman'' (1920) * ''Man-Woman-Marriage'' (1921) * ''Broken Chains'' (1922) * ''Hurricane's Gal'' (1922) * '' Slander the Woman'' (1923)

References

External links

*
Allen Holubar - French Film Site

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