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

silent films A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

Biography

Howe was born on December 23, 1882, in

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. He attended Throop College (now California Institute of Technology) in

Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commerci ...

. On January 1, 1914, he married actress Janice Vincent, (born Alpha Omega Howe) in

Venice, California Venice is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, whe ...

. 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

Howard Hickman Howard Close Hickman (February 9, 1880 – December 31, 1949) was an American actor, director and writer. He was an accomplished stage leading man, who entered films through the auspices of producer Thomas H. Ince. Career In 1900, Hickman debu ...

) *''

The Lure of Egypt ''The Lure of Egypt'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Howard C. Hickman and starring Robert McKim, Claire Adams and Joseph J. Dowling.Munden p.468 The film is an adaptation of the novel ‘’There was a King in Egypt’’, b ...

'' (1921); (with Howard Hickman) *'' The Man of the Forest'' (1921); (with Howard Hickman) *'' The Mysterious Rider'' (1921); (with Benjamin B. Hampton) *''

Heart's Haven ''Heart's Haven'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Benjamin B. Hampton and starring Robert McKim, Claire Adams and Carl Gantvoort.Munden p.64 Plot Cast * Robert McKim as Adam Breed * Claire Adams as Vivian Breed * Carl Ga ...

'' (1922); (with

Jean Hersholt Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series '' Dr. Christian'' from 1937–1954, which later inspired a TV se ...

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

References

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