James Cruze (born Jens Cruz Bosen;Sadoul, Georges (1972).
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''The Idaho Statesman''. June 1, 1930. p. 9. Retrieved June 13, 2023. March 27, 1884 – August 3, 1942) was a

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actor and

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. James Cruze is best known today among film buffs as the director of the epic silent Western ''

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''.

Personal life

Born Jens Cruz Bosen in

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of Mormon parents, Cruze acquired his middle name solely by virtue of his birth date. As Cruze's longtime friend and colleague, actor Luke Cosgrave, explained in a 1930 interview:

Did you hear how Jimmy and I came together? I was playing in Boise with Charley Murray and we needed a young fellow for the good looking hero parts and I wired for Chester Stevens, who was in San Francisco, sending him a ticket to Boise. He got a job right then and handed the ticket to another young fellow. I met the train two days after I had expected Chester and thought how young he seemed. He soon informed me that he was not Chester but Jens Bosen of Ogden. You see, young Jens was born on March 27 and his mother wanted to name him after some famous man born on the same day, so she looked in the almanac, but no great man had a birthday on that date. But she did find it was the anniversary of the battle of Vera Cruze ic so she called him Jens Cruze Bosen.

Birth name notwithstanding, Bosen and/or his parents decided well before his professional stage debut to

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at least his given name, as evidenced by the impassioned 8th grade commencement speech he delivered, as James Bosen, at Ogden's Central School in June 1898. Cruze was first married to a fellow

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, identity unknown, circa 1901 until her death in 1907; they had five children. By no later than 1914, he had married actress Marguerite Snow, and they had a daughter, Julie Jane. They divorced in 1923. He married actress

Betty Compson Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime Compson; March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in ''The Docks of New York'' and '' ...

on October 14, 1924; they were divorced in 1930. He married Alberta Beatrice McCoy in June 1941, and they were still wed when he died.

Career

Cruze acted in, directed and or produced over 100 films, mainly during the silent era. His first known acting job was at

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in 1910. He started at

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in 1911 with ''

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'' (1911), which is where the majority of his body of work was produced, much of it as the leading man. After leaving Thanhouser in 1916, he worked for several other companies as director and producer. He became a major director when his 1923

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production ''

'' became a smash success. This expensive Western was filmed under rugged outdoor conditions, lending Cruze's scenes a realism and stature not seen in routine Saturday-matinee Westerns. Cruze became one of Paramount's top directors, and in 1926 he scored another success with the seagoing saga '' Old Ironsides'', with large-scale action scenes filmed in an experimental widescreen process.

Turning point

When the new sound films replaced silent films, Cruze—then an important enough name to command respect in the industry—became a partner in an ambitious independent film company, Sono Art-World Wide Pictures. Its first production, produced and directed by Cruze, was a musical, ''

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'' (1929). In typical Cruze fashion it was an ''epic'' musical, with elaborate musical pageants filmed in color. The storyline was much too heavy and macabre for a light musical, however: a crazed

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(

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) falls in love with a dancer who loves another, and the ventriloquist's dummy takes on a life of its own, advising and taunting his master. ''The Great Gabbo'' fell far short of expectations at the boxoffice and Cruze, now on the Sono Art staff, found himself directing the company's routine, low-budget melodramas. Cruze left Sono Art when the company reorganized in 1932, and sought work at his former home studio, Paramount. He was given a chance to direct one sequence in the omnibus feature ''

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'' (1932). Cruze was battling a problem with alcohol abuse, and the assignment did not lead to further employment.

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offered him work directing two of the Rogers features at

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, and the association might have continued had Rogers not died in a plane crash in 1935.

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, president of

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, loved action Westerns and he wanted to make a big outdoor spectacle, along the lines of the well remembered ''The Covered Wagon''. Laemmle hired Cruze (who directed that film) for a new film, ''

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'' (1936), chronicling the California gold rush of 1849. The studio assembled a "name" cast of popular character players including Edward Arnold,

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, Harry Carey, and

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. Unfortunately neither the studio nor the film had any big "star" names to attract moviegoers, and—dooming the project—Laemmle had given director Cruze ''carte blanche'' to make the film and Cruze spent money lavishly, as was his custom in the silent days. The expenditure was too lavish for the budget-conscious Universal, and the no-star spectacle failed disastrously. ''Sutter's Gold'' damaged James Cruze's standing irreparably and it ruined Universal. A consortium of investors ousted Carl Laemmle and took over the company (now known as "the NEW Universal"). The only real benefit Universal derived from ''Sutter's Gold'' was its value as stock footage; Cruze's carefully staged outdoor scenes were often edited into the studio's low-budget adventures, Westerns, and serials. Cruze, with the notoriety of the ''Sutter's Gold'' fiasco haunting his career, found work at

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, a "budget" independent studio specializing in action and Western fare. Cruze directed four undistinguished features there in 1937 and 1938. His Republic contract was not renewed, which brought an end to James Cruze's career. During his decline he descended further into alcoholism, and he spent the last four years of his life unemployed. His fortunes had a temporary lift when he remarried in 1941, but his happiness was short-lived and he died by his own hand on August 3, 1942, at his home in Hollywood, California, aged 58. His cremated remains are interred at

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Filmography

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As director

:''Partial list'' * '' The Wrong Road'' (1937) * ''

'' (1936) * '' Two-Fisted'' (1935) * '' David Harum'' (1934) * '' Helldorado'' (1934) * '' Mr. Skitch'' (1933) with

* ''

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'' (1933) with

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* '' Washington Merry-Go-Round'' (1932) with

* ''

'' (1932) 8 directors; Cruze directed segment with

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and

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* '' Salvation Nell'' (1931) based on the play by

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* '' Once a Gentleman'' (1930) * ''

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* '' A Man's Man'' (1929) with

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* ''

The Duke Steps Out ''The Duke Steps Out'' is a 1929 American synchronized sound comedy-drama film directed by James Cruze and starring William Haines and Joan Crawford. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with ...

'' (1929) * '' The Mating Call'' (1928) produced by

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starring

Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he made ...

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, and

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(Preserved by the

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, in conjunction with UNLV, in 2016.) * ''

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'' (1927) with

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—lost film * '' Old Ironsides'' (1926) partly filmed in experimental

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process Magnascope * ''

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'' (1926) with Alice Joyce,

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* '' The Pony Express'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) based on the play by George S. Kaufman and

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* '' Welcome Home'' (1925) with Lois Wilson * '' Merton of the Movies'' (1924) based on the novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the play by Kaufman and Connelly * '' The City That Never Sleeps'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) lost film * '' The Fighting Coward'' (1924) with

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* ''

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'' (1923) lost film * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1922) with

* '' The Dictator'' (1922) with

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* ''

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'' (1921) with

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* '' Crazy to Marry'' (1921) with Arbuckle * ''

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'' (1921) with Arbuckle * '' The Dollar-a-Year Man'' (1921) with Arbuckle * '' The Fast Freight'' (1921) with Arbuckle * '' The Charm School'' (1921) with

* '' Thirty Days'' (1922) with Reid and Hawley * '' Food for Scandal'' (1920) * '' An Adventure in Hearts'' (1919) with Robert Warwick * '' Hawthorne of the U.S.A.'' (1919) with Reid * '' The Valley of the Giants'' (1919) with Reid * '' You're Fired'' (1919) with Reid and

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Article at PopMatters about rediscovered silent movies including Cruze's ''You're Fired!'' (November 5, 2010)
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As actor

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'' (1912) * ''

'' (1923) (scenes deleted) .... Indian (Cruze was also director) * ''The Slave Market'' (1921) * '' Johnny Get Your Gun'' (1919) .... The Duke of Bullconia * ''

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'' (1919) .... 'Foxy' Stillmore * ''

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'' (1918) .... Langlois * ''

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'' (1918) .... Jinx * ''

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'' (1918) .... Wing Lung * '' Believe Me, Xantippe'' (1918) .... Simp Calloway * '' Wild Youth'' (1918) .... Li Choo * ''

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'' (1918) .... Koro Leon * ''

Nan of Music Mountain ''Nan of Music Mountain'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and Cecil B. DeMille (who receives no screen credit). The film is based on Frank H. Spearman's novel of the same name and stars Wallace Reid and Anna L ...

'' (1917) .... Gale Morgan * '' The Call of the East'' (1917) .... Janzo * ''

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'' (1917) .... Ozmun * '' What Money Can't Buy'' (1917) .... Ferdinand Vaslof * ''The Web of Life'' (1917) .... Tom Wilson * ''Her Temptation'' (1917) .... Walton Maynard * '' The Snowbird'' (1916) .... Bruce Mitchell * '' Armstrong's Wife'' (1915) .... Harvey Arnold * ''His Guardian Auto'' (1915) * ''The Patriot and the Spy'' (1915) .... Pietro * ''The Heart of the Princess Marsari'' (1915) * '' Zudora'' (1914) .... Hassam Ali/Jim Baird, Reporter (film was retitled ''The Twenty Million Dollar Mystery'') * ''From Wash to Washington'' (1914) * ''

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'' (1914) .... Jim Norton * ''Rivalry'' (1914) * ''A Dog of Flanders'' (1914) * ''A Debut in the Secret Service'' (1914) * ''The Cat's Paw'' (1914) * ''The Desert Tribesman'' (1914) * ''Cardinal Richelieu's Ward'' (1914) .... Richelieu * ''A Leak in the Foreign Office'' (1914) * ''Joseph in the Land of Egypt'' (1914) .... Joseph * ''Why Reginald Reformed'' (1914) * ''The Woman Pays'' (1914) * ''The Adventures of a Diplomatic Freelance'' (1914) * ''Frou Frou'' (1914) .... Comte Paul de Valreas * ''The Legend of Provence'' (1913) .... Sir Henry * ''The Silver-Tongued Orator'' (1913) * ''The Plot Against the Governor'' (1913) * ''A Daughter Worth While'' (1913) * ''Moths'' (1913) .... Undetermined Name, villain * ''

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'' (1913) (uncredited) * ''The Message to Headquarters'' (1913) * ''The Ward of the King'' (1913) * ''An Unromantic Maiden'' (1913) * ''Tannhäuser'' (1913) * ''The Lost Combination'' (1913) * ''The Snare of Fate'' (1913) * ''Marble Heart'' (1913) .... Raphael * ''Her Sister's Secret'' (1913) * ''Rosie's Revenge'' (1913) * ''The Woman Who Did Not Care'' (1913) * ''Cymbeline'' (1913) .... Leonatus * ''For Her Boy's Sake'' (1913) * ''Her Gallant Knights'' (1913) * ''The Idol of the Hour'' (1913) * ''Good Morning, Judge'' (1913) * ''The Dove in the Eagle's Nest'' (1913) .... The Eagle * ''The Tiniest of Stars'' (1913) .... The Musician * ''A Poor Relation'' (1913) * ''When Ghost Meets Ghost'' (1913) * ''A Militant Suffragette'' (1912) .... John Strong, Mary's Fiancé * ''The Star of Bethlehem'' (1912) .... Micah, Joseph * ''The Other Half'' (1912) .... The Father * ''The Forest Rose'' (1912) .... Albert as an Older Man, Rose's Lover * ''The Thunderbolt'' (1912) .... The Dishonest Broker * ''Cross Your Heart'' (1912) .... The Little Boy Grown Up * ''The Ladder of Life'' (1912) * ''Put Yourself in His Place'' (1912) .... Edith's Husband * ''In a Garden'' (1912) .... Jack, as an Adult * '' The Woman in White'' (1912) .... Sir Percival * ''When Mercy Tempers Justice'' (1912) .... The Impoverished Father * ''

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'' (1912) .... Miss Crusoe's Rescuer and Lover * ''Letters of a Lifetime'' (1912) .... A Dying Bachelor * ''But the Greatest of These Is Charity'' (1912) .... The Rich Father * ''Undine'' (1912) .... Huldbrand, the Knight * ''Lucile'' (1912) .... Lord Alfred * ''Baby Hands'' (1912) .... The Husband * ''The Finger of Scorn'' (1912) .... The Minister * ''Nursie and the Knight'' (1912) .... The Father * ''Pa's Medicine'' (1912) .... The Doctor * ''Under Two Flags'' (1912) * ''Called Back'' (1912) .... Gilbert Vaughn * ''Whom God Hath Joined'' (1912) .... The Husband * ''The Ring of a Spanish Grandee'' (1912) * ''Jess'' (1912) .... Captain John Neil * ''Love's Miracle'' (1912) .... The Convict/Lover * ''Miss Arabella Snaith'' (1912) .... Harry Hargreaves, Novelist * ''The Cry of the Children'' (1912) .... The working father * ''Rejuvenation'' (1912) .... The Millionaire * ''Into the Desert'' (1912) .... The Arab * ''A Love of Long Ago'' (1912) * ''The Girl of the Grove'' (1912) * ''For Sale—A Life'' (1912) .... The Wealthy Young Clubman * ''he Golf Caddie's Dog'' (1912) .... The Lover * ''Flying to Fortune'' (1912) .... The Daughter's Sweetheart * ''The Arab's Bride'' (1912) .... The Wealthy Moor * ''On Probation'' (1912) * ''

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'' (1912) .... Archibald Carlyle * ''

'' (1912) .... Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde * ''

'' (1911) .... Leo Vincey / Kallikrates * ''Brother Bob's Baby'' (1911) .... Bob's Brother * ''Beneath the Veil'' (1911) .... The Artist * ''A Mother's Faith'' (1911) .... The Errant Son * ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is an 1826 historical romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder'', ...

'' (1911) .... Uncas * ''The Higher Law'' (1911) * ''A Boy of the Revolution'' (1911) * ''Back to Nature'' (1911) * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1911)

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References

Bibliography

* Ray Starman, "James Cruze: Cinema's Forgotten Director", ''Films In Review'' (October 1985), p. 460-465

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cruze, James 1884 births 1942 deaths American male silent film actors American male film actors English-language film directors German-language film directors Latter Day Saints from Utah Male actors from Utah 20th-century American male actors American silent film directors 1942 suicides