Ollie L. Sellers (born Oliver Sellers in 1885) was an American film director. Before becoming a director he was a production manager at Triangle Film Corporation.[1] He worked with Gloria Swanson.[2] He wrote the screenplay adapted from a novel and directed the 1920 film The Gift Supreme.
Ollie Sellers | |
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 Sellers in 1919 | |
| Born | Oliver Sellers 1885 |
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Pro-union films
editSellers directed the pro-union film The New Disciple in 1921 produced by labor organization the Federal Film Corporation in Seattle.[3][4] It was the most widely viewed labor film of the period, with an audience of more than one million people the year of its release.[4] The film featured Alfred Allen, Norris Johnson, and Pell Trenton. The silent film included titles from Woodrow Wilson's 1913 New Freedom and told the story of a war veteran and a corrupt capitalist war profiteer.[5] It was an anti-open shop film and an indictment of the American plan.[6][7] Promotions for the film called for union members to "wait" on their film exchanges to show the film. Film production was supervised by John Arthur Nelson who wrote the story which was published at the same time as the film release.
Personal life
editSellers married Camille Compton in 1907 and had one daughter Dorothy. His wife Camille died in 1916 at the age of 31.
Sellers married a "Mrs. Dunnington" in San Francisco in July 1919.[8]
Filmography
edit- The Abandoned Well (1913)
- When Bearcat Went Dry (1919)[9]
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1919), as producer, a League of Nations themed film
- Seeds of Vengeance (1920)
- The Gift Supreme (1920)[10]
- The New Disciple (1921)[11]
- Diane of Star Hollow (1921)
- The Ableminded Lady (1922)[12][13]
- The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924)
References
edit- ^ Ross, Steven J. (September 29, 1999). Working-class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024642 – via Google Books.
- ^ Shearer, Stephen Michael (September 29, 2013). Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250001559 – via Google Books.
- ^ International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers Monthly Journal. The Brotherhood. 1922.
- ^ a b Booker, M. Keith. (1999). Film and the American left : a research guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0313309809. OCLC 40734788.
- ^ Shull, Michael Slade (September 3, 2015). Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909-1929: A Filmography and History. McFarland. ISBN 9781476611037 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The International Bookbinder". J.L. Feeney. October 1, 1922 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ross, Steven J. (October 1, 1999). Working-class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024642 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ollie Sellers Married". Newspapers.com. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (October 18, 2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786410590 – via Google Books.
- ^ Anderson, Robert Gordon (October 18, 1971). Faces, forms, films: the artistry of Lon Chaney. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 9780498077265 – via Google Books.
- ^ Booker, M. Keith (October 18, 1999). Film and the American Left: A Research Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313309809 – via Google Books.
- ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ Emmens, Carol A. (September 18, 1985). Short stories on film and video. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 9780872874244 – via Google Books.