Christy Cabanne

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Christy Cabanne
Cabanne directed Beyond the Rainbow 1922
Born	William Christy Cabanne April 16, 1888 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died	October 15, 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Christy Cabanne born William Christy Cabanne ( April 16, 1888 - October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter and silent film actor. Christy Cabanne was, along with Sam Newfield and William Beaudine, one of the most prolific directors in the history of American film.

[edit] Biography

Cabanne graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis,and spent several years in the Navy, leaving the service in 1908. He decided on a career in the theater, and became a director as well as an actor. Although acting was his main profession, when he finally broke into the film industry it was chiefly as a director after appearing in over 40 short films between 1911 and 1914. He signed on with the Fine Arts Co., then was employed as an assistant to D.W. Griffith.

Being a published author, he found himself hired by Metro Pictures to write a serial. After that he formed his own production company, but was shut down only a few years later. He then became a director for hire, mainly of low- to medium-budget films for such studios as FBO, Associated Exhibitors, Tiffany and Pathe, although he worked at MGM on a few occasions in the mid to late 1920s on films such as The Midshipman (1925).

In the 1930s his career picked up a bit and he made many films with Universal but by the late 1930s he had once again returned to very low budget film making, out of the spotlight, including low rate westerns, jungle and horror films for the likes of Monogram, PRC and Screen Guild.

He died on October 15, 1950 of a heart attack.

[edit] Selected filmography

• Scared to Death (1947)
• The Mummy's Hand (1940)
• The World Gone Mad (1933)
• Graft (1931)
• The Midshipman (1925)
• Diane of the Follies (1916)
• Sold for Marriage (1916)
• Daphne and the Pirate (1916)
• Pathways of Life (1916)
• Enoch Arden (1915)
• The Lost House (1915)
• The Sisters (1914)
• The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914)
• The Quicksands (1914)
• The Hunchback (1914)
• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)
• So Runs the Way (1913)
• An Indian's Loyalty (1913)
• During the Round-Up (1913)
• The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
• The Mothering Heart (1913)
• A Timely Interception (1913)
• The Wanderer (1913)
• The House of Darkness (1913)
• A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
• Near to Earth (1913)
• A Chance Deception (1913)
• The God Within (1912)
• A Cry for Help (1912)
• My Hero (1912)
• The Informer (1912)
• Heredity (1912)
• The Painted Lady (1912)
• So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
• Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
• The Battle (1911)

[edit] External links and sources

• Christy Cabanne at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Cabanne, Christy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cabanne, William Christy
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Film director
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Louis, Missouri,  United States
DATE OF DEATH	October 15, 1950
PLACE OF DEATH	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania