Hal Clements (1869-1957) was an American actor and director of silent films. He starred in dozens of silent films. He married writer Olga Printzlau.
Clements was part of Kalem Studio's Jacksonville film crew.[1] In 1914, he directed and managed the studio's comedy unit in Santa Monica featuring Ruth Roland and John Brennan (actor).[2] He portrayed General John Pershing in a Thomas Ince film.[3] In 1916 he was managing director of the new Gate City Feature Film Company.[4]
Filmography edit
- Battle of Pottsburg Bridge (1912)
- The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg (1912)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913)
- The Grim Toll of War (1913)[5]
- O'Brien Finds a Way (1914)
- Armstrong's Wife (1915)
- Out of the Darkness (1915 film)
- The Unknown (1915 drama film)
- The Secret Sin (1915)
- The Immigrant (1915 film)
- The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve (1916)
- Miss Jackie of the Army (1917)[6]
- An American Live Wire (1918)[5]
- Other Men's Wives (1919)
- An Innocent Adventuress (1919)
- The Siege of Petersburg
- The Sacrifice at the Spillway[7]
- The Man Who Could Not Lose, a Biograph film, as Jack Carter[8]
- Seventeen (1940 film)
- Wichita (1955)[9]
References edit
- ^ Abel, Richard; Altman, Rick R. (October 3, 2001). The Sounds of Early Cinema. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253108705 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". Chalmers Publishing Company. April 17, 1914 – via Google Books.
- ^ Taves, Brian (April 17, 2012). Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813134222 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. April 17, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Rainey, Buck (April 17, 1990). Those fabulous serial heroines: their lives and films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810819115 – via pages.101, 271, 294.
- ^ Edwards, Paul M. (11 March 2016). World War I on Film: English Language Releases through 2014. McFarland. ISBN 9781476620633.
- ^ "Motion Picture". 1913.
- ^ "Motion Picture". Macfadden-Bartell. April 17, 1915 – via Google Books.
- ^ Fujiwara, Chris (May 7, 2015). Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall. McFarland. ISBN 9781476608112 – via Google Books.
External links edit
- Hal Clements on IMDb
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