Louis Ostland | |
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Died | September 9, 1918 Los Angeles, California, US |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Spouse | Natalie May |
Louis Ostland was an American cinematographer who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. [1] [2] He died of appendicitis on September 9, 1918, in Los Angeles, California. He was married to actress and model Natalie May (born Pearl Loewenberg), and had a son, William Ostland. [3] [1]
Alice Brady was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the role of Meg March in the original production of Marian de Forest's Little Women. As a screen actress she first appeared in silent films and was one of the few actresses to survive the transition into talkies. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in 1939. Her films include My Man Godfrey (1936), in which she plays the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character, and In Old Chicago (1937) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Harold A. Lockwood was an American silent film actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s.
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George Fitzmaurice was a French-born film director and producer.
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Peggy Hyland was an English silent film actress who after a brief period on the stage had a successful career as a silent film actress, appearing in at least 40 films in Great Britain and the United States between 1914 and 1925. In 1925 she returned to Britain after making her last film following which she lived a life of obscurity.
Jack Curtis was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 150 films from 1915 to 1950. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Hollywood, California. Curtis performed on stage and in vaudeville before he began working in films in 1915.
Maurice Elvey was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He also produced more than fifty films – his own as well as films directed by others.
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Harry Northrup, was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1911 and 1935. He was born in Paris and died in Douala, Cameroon.
Gretchen Lederer was a German actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1918.
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Mathilde Brundage was an American actress. She appeared in 87 films between 1914 and 1928.
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Joseph Johnson Dowling was an American stage and silent film actor.
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"It was a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and employed Universal stars and used Universal’s facilities but the pictures were marketed independently from Carl Laemmle’s umbrella company."—Anke Brouwers