Rollin Summers Sturgeon (August 25, 1877 – May 10, 1961) was an American
film director
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of
silent film
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s
active from
1910 to 1924. He directed 101 films during this period.
Filmography
Director
*''Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part 1'' 1910
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A Little Lad in Dixie'' (1911)*short
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The Trapper's Daughter'' (1911)*short
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A Western Heroine'' (1911)*short
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Her Cowboy Lover''*short
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The Half-Breed's Daughter'' (1911)*short
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The Black Chasm'' (1911)*short
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The Heart of a Man'' (1912)*short
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Justice of the Desert'' (1912)*short
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How States Are Made
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* ''How'' (book), a 2007 book by Dov Seidman ...
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The Price of Big Bob's Silence'' (1912)*short
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The Craven'' (1912)*short
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Sheriff Jim's Last Shot'' (1912)*short
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The Greater Love'' (1912)*short
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The Redemption of Ben Farland'' (1912)*short
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The Triumph of Right
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The Prayers of Manuelo'' (1912)*short
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Her Brother
is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on the novel ''Otōto'' by Aya Koda.
Plot
In Taishō era Tokyo, 17-year-old Gen takes care of the household of her family due to her stepmother's rheumatism. Meanwhile, her y ...
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At the End of the Trail'' (1912)*short
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After Many Years'' (1912)*short
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The Redemption of Red Rube'' (1912)*short
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Too Much Wooing of Handsome Dan'' (1912)*short
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The Ancient Bow'' (1912)*short
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A Wasted Sacrifice'' (1912)*short
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The Road to Yesterday; or, Memories of Patio Days'' (1912)*short
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The Troubled Trail
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Bill Wilson's Gal'' (1912)*short
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When California Was Young'' (1912)*short
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The Spirit of the Range'' (1912) *short
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Out of the Shadows'' (1912)*short
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Timid May'' (1912)*short
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Omens of the Mesa'' (1912)*short
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Natoosa'' (1912)*short
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The Hat
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'' (1912)
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The Better Man'' (1912)*short
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A Bit of Blue Ribbon'' (1913) *short
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The Angel of the Desert'' (1913) *short
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The Winning Hand'' (1913 *short
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The Joke on Howling Wolf'' (1913)*short
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The Smoke from Lone Bill's Cabin
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The Whispered Word'' (1913) *short
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Polly at the Ranch'' (1913)*short
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A Corner in Crooks'' (1913) *short
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When the Desert Was Kind'' *short
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The Deceivers'' (1913)*short
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According to Advice'' (1913)*short
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A Matter of Matrimony
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The Two Brothers
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'' (1913)
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Bedelia Becomes a Lady'' (1913)*short
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After the Honeymoon'' (1913)*short
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The Power That Rules'' (1913)*short
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Cinders'' (1913)*short
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The Sea Maiden'' (1913)*short
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The Wrong Pair'' (1913)*short
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What God Hath Joined Together'' (1913)*short
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The Spell'' (1913)*short
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The Courage of the Commonplace'' (1913) *short
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The Ballyhoo's Story
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At the Sign of the Lost Angel
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Geography Austria
* Austria (ISO 2-letter country code)
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United States
* Atchison County, Kansas (county code)
* The Appalachian Trail (A.T.), a 2,180+ mile long mountainou ...
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Big Bob Waits'' (1913) *short
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Their Interest in Common'' (1914) *short
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Silent Trails'' (1914) *short
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Tony, the Greaser'' (1914) *short
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The Sea Gull'' (1914)*short
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Captain Alvarez''(1914)
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The Little Angel of Canyon Creek'' (1914)
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The Sage-Brush Gal'' (1914)*short
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The Chalice of Courage''(1915)
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A Child of the North'' (1915)*short
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The Lorelei Madonna'' (1915)*short
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The Woman's Share'' (1915)*short
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Love and Law'' (1915)
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Bitter Sweet'' (1916)*short
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Bill Peter's Kid'' (1916)*short
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God's Country and the Woman
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Through the Wall'' (1916)
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The Mystery of Lake Lethe'' (1917)*short
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The American Consul
''The American Consul'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and written by Thomas J. Geraghty, Harvey F. Thew and Paul West. The film stars Theodore Roberts, Ernest Joy, Maude Fealy, Charles West, Raymond Hat ...
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Whose Wife?'' (1917)
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Edged Tools'' (1917)
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The Upper Crust
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'' (1917)
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''The Rainbow Girl'' (1917)
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The Calendar Girl
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Betty and the Buccaneers'' (1917, see video)
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A Petticoat Pilot
''A Petticoat Pilot'' is a lost 1918 American comedy silent film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and written by Joseph C. Lincoln and Gardner Hunting. The film stars Vivian Martin, Theodore Roberts, James Neill, Harrison Ford, Bert Hadley and ...
'' (1918)
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The Shuttle'' (1918)
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Unclaimed Goods'' (1918)
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Hugon, The Mighty''(1918)
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Destiny
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Fate
Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' ...
'' (1919)
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Pretty Smooth'' (1919)
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The Sundown Trail
''Sundown Trail'' is a lost 1919 American silent Western film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and starring Monroe Salisbury. It was produced and released by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company.
Cast
* Monroe Salisbury as "Quiet" Carter ...
'' (1919)
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The Girl in the Rain
''The Girl in the Rain'' is a 1920 American silent film, silent mystery film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and starring Anne Cornwall, Lloyd Bacon and Jessalyn Van Trump.Wlaschin p.95
Plot
Cast
* Anne Cornwall as Judith
* Lloyd Bacon as Wa ...
'' (1920)
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The Breath of the Gods
''The Breath of the Gods'' is a 1920 American Silent film, silent Romance film, romantic drama film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and starring Tsuru Aoki. Set during the Russo-Japanese War, the film is based on the 1905 novel of the same name ...
'' (1920)
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In Folly's Trail'' (1920)
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The Gilded Dream'' (1920)
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Risky Business
''Risky Business'' is a 1983 American coming-of-age teen comedy film written and directed by Paul Brickman (in his directorial debut) and starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. It follows the sexual exploits of high school senior Joel G ...
'', co-regia Harry B. Harris (1920)
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Danger Ahead'' (1920)
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The Mad Marriage'' (1921)
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All Dolled Up'' (1921)
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North of the Rio Grande'' (1922)
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West of the Water Tower'' (1923)
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Daughters of Today'' (1924)
Writer
* 1910 ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''
* 1912 ''Bill Wilson's Gal''
* 1913 ''The Transition''
* 1913 ''The Ballyhoo's Story''
* 1914 ''Tony, the Greaser''
* 1914 ''Only a Sister''
References
External links
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1877 births
1961 deaths
American silent film directors
Articles containing video clips
People from Rock Island, Illinois
Male actors from Illinois
Film directors from Illinois