Louis H. Chrispijn, Sr. (13 May 1854, in
Amsterdam
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– 1 November 1926, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch actor, writer, and director of both theatre and films. Together with
M.H. Laddé,
Willy Mullens
Willy Mullens (4 October 1880, Weesp, North Holland - 21 April 1952, The Hague) was a Dutch producer, director, and promoter of movies. He is considered to be one of the early pioneers of Dutch cinema, and one of his movies was recently elected ...
,
Maurits Binger
Maurits Binger (5 April 1868 – 9 April 1923) was a Dutch film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. He directed 39 films between 1913 and 1922 and is considered one of the pioneers of fictional ...
, and
Theo Frenkel, he was one of the pioneers of early Dutch cinema.
He and his wife, actress
Christine van Meeteren, married in 1905 and toured the
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 Au ...
together through 1908. They were invited by Binger to join his troupe at ; van Meeteren acted alongside
Annie Bos
Johanna "Annie" Bos (10 December 1886 – 3 August 1975) was a Dutch theater and silent film actress, known as Holland's first movie star and diva.
Bos started her acting career in Antwerp, but soon returned to the Netherlands and made her theat ...
in a number of comedic films about
Zeeland
Zeeland (; ), historically known in English by the Endonym and exonym, exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North Brabant to the east ...
girls, ''
Mijntje en Trijntje''. Chrispijn became Hollandia's first permanent director in 1915. He and van Meeteren divorced the following year.
Movies (as director)
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De Levende ladder (1913)
*
Nederland en Oranje (1913)
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Silvia Silombra (1913)
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Krates (1913)
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De Bertha (1914)
* ''
Een telegram uit Mexico''
* ''
Zijn viool
'' De Stradivarus '' or ''Zijn viool'' is a 1914 Dutch silent drama film directed by Maurits Binger and Louis H. Chrispijn.
Cast
* Boris Lensky ... Violist / Violin player
* Margot Laurentius-Jonas ... Moeder / Mother
*Mientje Kling
Mien ...
'' (1914)
*
De zigeunerin (1914)
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De verwisseling onder het bed (1914)
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Liefde waakt
'' Liefde waakt '' is a 1914 Dutch silent Western film directed by Louis H. Chrispijn.
Cast
* Annie Bos as Jennie
* Willem van der Veer
* Christine van Meeteren
* Jan van Dommelen as Painter
* Jan Holtrop as Gang leader, Jennie's father ...
(1914)
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De Bloemen, die de ziel vertroosten
'' De bloemen, die de ziel vertroosten '' ( ''The flowers that comfort the soul'') is a 1914 Dutch silent drama film directed by Louis H. Chrispijn and produced by Maurits Binger.
Plot
Helena is in love with Louis, her neighbor, to whom she wil ...
(1914)
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Heilig recht
'' Heilig recht '' is a 1914 Dutch silent drama film directed by Louis H. Chrispijn.
Cast
*Annie Bos ... Leida van Galen
*Louis Bouwmeester ... Arie van Galen
* Esther De Boer-van Rijk ... Koos
* Louis Chrispijn Jr. ... Max de Nessel
* Ko ...
(1914)
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Weergevonden (1914)
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Luchtkastelen (1914)
*
De Vloek van het testament (1915)
References
1854 births
1926 deaths
Dutch male film actors
Dutch male silent film actors
Dutch film directors
Male actors from Amsterdam
Articles containing video clips
Burials at Zorgvlied Cemetery
20th-century Dutch people
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