Eliot Callender Howe (1882-1921) was an American director of silent films.
Eliot Callender Howe (1882-1921) was an American director of silent films.
Howe was born on December 23, 1882, in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] [2] He attended Throop College (now California Institute of Technology) in Pasadena, California. [3] On January 1, 1914, he married actress Janice Vincent, (born Alpha Omega Howe) in Venice, California. [2] The couple had one son, Eliot E., born in 1921. [4] [5] Howe died of a heart attack on December 18, 1921, in Los Angeles, shortly after completing the film Wild Fire. [6] [7]
Jean Pierre Carl Buron, known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is best known for starring on the radio series Dr. Christian (1937–1954) and in the film Heidi (1937). Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films ; he directed four.
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