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]
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