Eliot Callender Howe (1882-1921) was an American director of

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Biography

Howe was born on December 23, 1882, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended

Throop College The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

(now California Institute of Technology) in Pasadena, California. On January 1, 1914, he married actress Janice Vincent, (born Alpha Omega Howe) in

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. The couple had one son, Eliot E., born in 1921. Howe died of a heart attack on December 18, 1921, in Los Angeles, shortly after completing the film ''Wild Fire''.

Filmography

*'' A Certain Rich Man'' (1921); (with

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) *'' The Lure of Egypt'' (1921); (with Howard Hickman) *'' The Man of the Forest'' (1921); (with Howard Hickman) *'' The Mysterious Rider'' (1921); (with Benjamin B. Hampton) *'' Heart's Haven'' (1922); (with

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) *''The Grey Dawn'' (1922); (with Jean Hersholt); Brunton Studios *''Wild Fire'' (with Jean Hersholt); Brunton Studios

References

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