Finis Fox (1884–1949) was an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

mainly active during the

silent era 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 ...

.Munden p. 1086

Partial filmography

* '' The Jury of Fate'' (1917, writer) * '' The Voice of Conscience'' (1917, writer) * '' The Way of the Strong'' (1919, writer) * ''

Blackie's Redemption ''Blackie's Redemption'', also known by its working title ''Powers That Pray'', is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by John Ince (actor), John Ince. It stars Bert Lytell, Alice Lake, and Henry Kolker, and was released on April 14, 1919 ...

'' (1919, writer) * ''

Shadows of Suspicion ''Shadows of Suspicion'' is a 1919 American silent thriller film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Harold Lockwood, Naomi Childers, and Helen Lindroth. It is based on the 1915 novel ''The Yellow Dove'' by George Fort Gibbs, which was later ...

'' (1919, writer) * '' Please Get Married'' (1919, writer) * ''

False Evidence False evidence, fabricated evidence, forged evidence, fake evidence or tainted evidence is information created or obtained illegally in order to sway the verdict in a court case. Falsified Evidence (law), evidence could be created by either sid ...

'' (1919, writer) * '' Easy to Make Money'' (1919, writer) * '' The Great Romance'' (1919, writer) * '' The Parisian Tigress'' (1919, writer) * ''

The Web of Deceit ''The Web of Deceit'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe Edwin Carewe ( Chickasaw Nation, March 3, 1883 – January 22, 1940) was a Native American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Ear ...

'' (1920) * ''

Penny of Top Hill Trail ''Penny of Top Hill Trail'' is a 1921 American silent Western comedy film based on the 1919 novel by Belle Kanaris Maniates. It was directed by Arthur Berthelet and stars Bessie Love. The film was produced by Andrew J. Callaghan Productions an ...

'' (1921, writer) * '' Scrap Iron'' (1921, writer) * '' Man's Law and God's'' (1922, director) * ''

Merry-Go-Round A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (International English), or galloper (British English) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The seats are tradit ...

'' (1923, writer) * ''

Bag and Baggage ''Bag and Baggage'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Finis Fox and starring Gloria Grey, John Roche and Carmelita Geraghty.Munden p.36 Cast * Gloria Grey as Hope Anthony * John Roche as Hal Tracy * Carmelita Geraghty as Lol ...

'' (1923, director) * '' Tipped Off'' (1923, director) * '' The Danger Girl'' (1926, writer) * ''

Winning the Futurity ''Winning the Futurity'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Cullen Landis, Clara Horton and Ernest Hilliard.Munden p.909 Cast * Cullen Landis as Luke Allen * Clara Horton as Nelle Barkley * Ernest ...

'' (1926, writer) * '' Shipwrecked'' (1926, writer) * '' The Flame of the Yukon'' (1926, writer) * '' The Speeding Venus'' (1926, writer) * ''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions involving the same person or deity returning to another body. The disappearance of a body is anothe ...

'' (1927, writer)

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1884 births 1949 deaths Film directors from Oklahoma Artists from Oklahoma 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1880s-stub