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Edward H. Griffith | |
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| Born | August 23, 1888 |
| Died | March 3, 1975 |
| Other names | Eddie |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1916–1946 (film) |
Edward H. Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975)[1] (also known as E H Griffith, Lieut. Edward H. Griffith, Edward Griffith, and E. H. Griffith) was an American motion picture director, screenwriter, and producer.
Biography[edit]
Born in 1888 in Bloomington, Illinois, Griffith directed 61 films from 1917 to 1946. In 1917 he directedIn Love's Laboratory, a short for Thomas A. Edison, Inc.'s Conquest Pictures division about a man inventing safety matches and finding his relationship match. He directed actress Madeleine Carroll in several films including Honeymoon in Bali (1939).
Personal life[edit]
Griffith discovered the future actress America Chedister (1895–1975) while she was working as a showgirl and married her. They remained together until their deaths, having lived for several decades in Three Arch Bay, Laguna Beach. [2]
Griffith died on March 3, 1975, at the age of 86. Chedister survived him by only a few months.[3]
Filmography[edit]
Director[edit]
- The Law of the North (1917)
- Billy and the Big Stick (1917)
- Barnaby Lee (1917)
- The Awakening of Ruth (1917)
- One Touch of Nature (1917)
- Your Obedient Servant (1917)
- The End of the Road (1919)
- Babs (1920)
- The Garter Girl (1920)
- The Vice of Fools (1920)
- If Women Only Knew (1921)
- The Land of Hope (1921)
- Dawn of the East (1921)
- Scrambled Wives (1921)
- Free Air (1922)
- Unseeing Eyes (1923)
- The Go-Getter (1923)
- Week End Husbands (1924)
- Another Scandal (1924)
- Bad Company (1925)
- Headlines (1925)
- White Mice (1926)
- Atta Boy (1926)
- Alias the Lone Wolf (1927)
- The Opening Night (1927)
- Afraid to Love (1927)
- The Price of Honor (1927)
- Captain Swagger (1928)
- The Shady Lady (1928)
- Love Over Night (1928)
- Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
- Paris Bound (1929)
- Rich People (1929)
- Holiday (1930)
- Beyond Victory (1931)
- Rebound (1931)
- The Animal Kingdom (1932)
- Lady with a Past (1932)
- Another Language (1933)
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935), also producer
- No More Ladies (1935), also producer
- Next Time We Love (1936)
- Ladies in Love (1936)
- Cafe Metropole (1937)
- I'll Take Romance (1937)
- Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
- Cafe Society (1939)
- Safari (1940)
- Virginia (1941)
- Bahama Passage (1941)
- One Night in Lisbon (1941)
- Young and Willing (1943)
- The Sky's the Limit (1943)
- Perilous Holiday (1946)
Writer[edit]
- The Resurrection of Dan Packard (1916)
- The Last Sentence (1917)
- The Law of the North (1917)
- The End of the Road (1919)
- The Sea Raiders (1922)
- Alias the Lone Wolf (1927)
- The Opening Night (1927)
- The Shady Lady (1928)
- The Animal Kingdom (1932)
- Virginia (1941)
References[edit]
- ^ Finding Aid for the Edward H. Griffith Papers, ca. 1910-1958, Online Archive of California
- ^ Dianne Russell, "The Griffith Three Arch Bay property added to National Register of Historic Places", Stu News Laguna, March 19, 2021, accessed 8 October 2023
- ^ "Chedister, America" in Billy H. Doyle, The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers (1995), p. 127
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