Arthur A. Cadwell (often credited as A.A. Caldwell) was an American cinematographer and race car driver who worked in Hollywood in the 1910s and 1920s.
Biography
Arthur was born
Indianapolis, Indiana
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, to Ethan Cadwell and Lida Haney. He married actress
Florence Vincent; the pair had a son, Arthur Jr., who would become a child actor.
He began shooting films around 1913, working primarily with Thanhauser and then the
California Motion Picture Company during those early years.
During this decade, he was also known for racing cars in Southern California.
In 1925, he and writer/director
Hamilton Smith banded together to launch the
Asheville Motion Pictures Corporation with the intent of developing a film industry in North Carolina.
Little seems to have come from this venture.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Inner Man
''The Inner Man'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Hamilton Smith and starring Wyndham Standing, J. Barney Sherry and Dorothy Mackaill.Munden p.380
Cast
* Wyndham Standing as Thurlow Michael Barclay Jr
* J. Barney Sherry as ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Fine Feathers'' (1921)
* ''Clothes'' (1920)
* ''
Madonnas and Men'' (1920)
* ''
A Woman's Business
''A Woman's Business'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by B.A. Rolfe and starring Olive Tell, Edmund Lowe and Donald Hall.Goble p.1021
Cast
* Olive Tell as Barbara
* Edmund Lowe as Johnny Lister
* Donald Hall as Ellis
* Lucille Le ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Even as Eve
''Even as Eve'' is a 1920 American silent drama film by A. H. Fischer Features and distributed by Associated First National Pictures. Produced by B. A. Rolfe, the film was directed by Rolfe and Chester De Vonde, with Arthur A. Cadwell and ...
'' (1920)
* ''
A Scream in the Night
''A Scream in the Night'' is a 1934 American film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Lon Chaney Jr. It is not related to the 1919 silent film of the same name. The film was made in 1934, but had trouble finding a distributor. It was on ...
'' (1919)
* ''
Three Black Eyes'' (1919)
* ''
The Lost Battalion'' (1919)
* ''
As a Man Thinks'' (1919)
* ''
Too Fat to Fight'' (1918)
* ''
Laughing Bill Hyde
''Laughing Bill Hyde'' is a lost film, lost 1918 American adventure film directed by Hobart Henley and written by Willard Mack. The film stars Will Rogers, Anna Lehr, Clarence Oliver, Joseph Herbert, Robert Conville, and Dan Mason. The film was r ...
'' (1918)
* ''
A Wife by Proxy
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It is similar in shape to the Ancient G ...
'' (1917)
* ''The Sunbeam'' (1916)
* ''
The Dawn of Love'' (1916)
* ''
The Child of Destiny
''The Child of Destiny'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by William Nigh and starring Irene Fenwick. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.
Cast
*Irene Fenwick - Alita
*Madame Ganna Walska - Constance (aka Ganna Walska)
* ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Kiss of Hate
''The Kiss of Hate'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama starring Ethel Barrymore and H. Cooper Cliffe.
The film had exclusive engagements, sometimes playing for only a day.
Plot
The story takes place in Czarist Russia and concerns an anti-Sem ...
'' (1916)
* ''
A Royal Family
''A Royal Family'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh, starring Fuller Mellish, Montagu Love, and Anna Murdock. It is also sometimes alternatively titled ''The Royal Family''.
Cast
* Fuller Mellish as Cardinal
* M ...
'' (1915)
* ''
Salomy Jane'' (1914)
* ''Cymbeline'' (1913)
* ''
Won at the Rodeo'' (1913)
* ''
The Idol of the Hour'' (1913)
* ''
An Honest Young Man'' (1913)
* ''
Her Neighbor'' (1913)
* ''His Heroine'' (1913)
* ''The Way to a Man's Heart'' (1913)
* ''
When Dreams Come True'' (1913)
* ''
The Pretty Girl in Lower Five'' (1913)
* ''
Some Fools There Were'' (1913)
References
American cinematographers
1882 births
1937 deaths
People from Indianapolis
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