Milton J. Fahrney, sometimes credited as Milton H. Fahrney or simply Milton Fahrney, was an actor and director during the silent film era.
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He worked for Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company and Nestor Film Company.
He featured comedian George Ovey in films.[1]
He married Alexandra Phillips, a screenwriter.
He directed the Cub Comedies.[2] He engaged Louise Horner to play a role in the Jerry series.[3] Fahrney wrote and directed dozens of shorts for the series.[4]
Filmography
editDirector
edit- The Pilgrim (1910)[5]
- The Law of the Range (1911 film)[6]
- His Only Son (1912)
- White Cloud's Secret(1912), extant at EYE collection in Netherlands
- The Little Hero (1915)
- The Little Detective (1915), a Cub Comedies[7]
- Jerry's Big Game (1916)[8]
- Jerry and the Smugglers (1916)[9]
- Jerry in the Movies (1916)
- Holding His Own (1917), extant
- The Hero of the E.Z. Ranch
- Jerry and the Bandits
- Jerry and the Vampire (1917)
Actor
edit- Yankee Speed (1924)
- The Right Man (1925)
- In the First Degree (1927)
- Stepping on the Gas (1927)[10]
References
edit- ^ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1915-12-23/ed-1/seq-11/ocr.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ Motography. Motography. 1916. p. 104.
- ^ Motography. Motography. 1916. p. 104.
- ^ Buck Rainey (23 March 2010). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. McFarland. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7864-4702-2.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
- ^ "Hollywood". December 3, 1922 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ken Wlaschin (28 April 2009). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. December 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bill Mason (9 January 2019). A Holmes by Any Other Name. Wildside Press LLC. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4794-4921-7.
- ^ http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=000364 (includes photo)