Rollin S. Sturgeon

Rollin Summers Sturgeon
Born August 25, 1877
Rock Island, (Illinois)
Died May 10, 1961 (aged 83)
Santa Monica,(California)
Nationality American
Occupation film director and screenwriter

Rollin Summers Sturgeon (August 25, 1877 – May 10, 1961) was an American film director of silent films [1] active from 1910 to 1924. He directed 101 films during this period.

Filmography

Video of the romantic advenure silent film Betty and the buccaneers (1917, Rollin S. Sturgeon, 1:05:10 running time). Collection EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
Video of the romantic comedy silent film All dolled up (1921, Rollin S. Sturgeon, 37:38 running time). Collection EYE Film Institute Netherlands.

Director

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part 1 1910[2]
  • A Little Lad in Dixie (1911)
  • The Trapper's Daughter (1911)
  • A Western Heroine (1911)
  • Her Cowboy Lover
  • The Half-Breed's Daughter (1911)
  • The Black Chasm (1911)
  • The Heart of a Man (1912)
  • Justice of the Desert (1912)
  • How States Are Made (1912)[3]
  • The Price of Big Bob's Silence (1912)
  • The Craven (1912)
  • Sheriff Jim's Last Shot (1912)
  • The Greater Love (1912)
  • The Redemption of Ben Farland (1912)
  • The Triumph of Right (1912)
  • The Prayers of Manuelo (1912)
  • Her Brother
  • At the End of the Trail (1912)
  • After Many Years (1912)
  • The Redemption of Red Rube (1912)
  • Too Much Wooing of Handsome Dan (1912)
  • The Ancient Bow (1912)
  • A Wasted Sacrifice (1912)
  • The Road to Yesterday; or, Memories of Patio Days (1912)
  • The Troubled Trail (1912)
  • Bill Wilson's Gal (1912)
  • When California Was Young (1912)
  • The Spirit of the Range (1912)
  • Out of the Shadows
  • Timid May
  • Omens of the Mesa
  • Natoosa
  • The Hat
  • The Better Man
  • A Bit of Blue Ribbon
  • The Angel of the Desert
  • The Winning Hand
  • The Joke on Howling Wolf
  • The Smoke from Lone Bill's Cabin
  • The Whispered Word
  • Polly at the Ranch
  • A Corner in Crooks
  • When the Desert Was Kind
  • The Deceivers
  • According to Advice
  • A Matter of Matrimony
  • The Two Brothers (1913)
  • Bedelia Becomes a Lady
  • After the Honeymoon
  • The Power That Rules
  • Cinders (1913)
  • The Sea Maiden
  • The Wrong Pair
  • What God Hath Joined Together
  • The Spell
  • The Courage of the Commonplace
  • The Ballyhoo's Story
  • At the Sign of the Lost Angel
  • Big Bob Waits
  • Their Interest in Common
  • Silent Trails
  • Tony, the Greaser
  • The Sea Gull
  • Captain Alvarez
  • The Little Angel of Canyon Creek (1914)[4]
  • The Sage-Brush Gal
  • The Chalice of Courage
  • A Child of the North
  • The Lorelei Madonna
  • The Woman's Share
  • Love and Law (1915)
  • Bitter Sweet
  • Bill Peter's Kid
  • God's Country and the Woman (1916)[5]
  • Through the Wall
  • The Mystery of Lake Lethe
  • The American Consul
  • Whose Wife?
  • Edged Tools
  • The Upper Crust
  • The Rainbow Girl
  • The Calendar Girl
  • Betty and the Buccaneers (1917, see video)
  • A Petticoat Pilot
  • The Shuttle
  • Unclaimed Goods (1918)
  • Hugon, the Mighty(1918)[6]
  • Destiny
  • Pretty Smooth
  • The Sundown Trail (1919)[7]
  • The Girl in the Rain
  • The Breath of the Gods (1920)[5]
  • In Folly's Trail
  • The Gilded Dream
  • Risky Business, co-regia Harry B. Harris (1920)
  • Danger Ahead (1920)[5]
  • The Mad Marriage (1921)
  • All Dolled Up (1921, see video)
  • North of the Rio Grande (1922)
  • Daughters of Today (1924)
  • West of the Water Tower (1924)

Writer

References

  1. ↑ Paul C. Spehr; Gunnar Lundquist; Einar Lauritzen (1996). American film personnel and company credits, 1908-1920: filmographies reordered by authoritative organizational and personal names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American film-index. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-0255-7.
  2. ↑ Hischack, Thomas (2012). American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations. McFarland. p. 255. ISBN 9780786492794. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Charlie Keil; Shelley Stamp (2004). American Cinema's Transitional Era: Audiences, Institutions, Practices. University of California Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-520-24027-8.
  4. ↑ Larry Langman (1998). American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-313-30657-0.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Alan Goble (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
  6. ↑ Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. p. 998.
  7. ↑ Leonhard Gmür (2013). Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. epubli. p. 182. ISBN 978-3-8442-4601-8.

External links