Harry A. Pollard (2)

Harry A. Pollard (23 de enero de 1879 – 6 de julio de 1934) fue un director, actor, guionista y productor cinematográfico de nacionalidad estadounidense, activo en la época del cine mudo, y que a lo largo de su carrera trabajó en más de 300 producciones. Una de ellas fue la primera adaptación al cine de la comedia musical representada en el circuito de Broadway Show Boat

Biografía
Nacido en Republic City, Kansas, Pollard inició su carrera de actor en los estudios Selig Polyscope Company. En 1913 hizo el papel de Tío Tom en Uncle Tom's Cabin, de Otis Turner, dirigiendo en 1927 una versión para Universal Studios en la cual su esposa, Margarita Fischer, encarnaba a Eliza (en el primer film ella había sido la esclava Topsy).

En 1916, tras 83 filmes, Pollard dejó definitivamente la carrera de actor (su última interpretación tuvo lugar en The Pearl of Paradise), prefiriendo dedicarse principalmente a la dirección (en total dirigió 107 producciones). Además, escribió 18 guiones y produjo 8 películas.

En 1929, junto a Arch Heath (no acreditado), dirigió la primera versión de Show Boat, protagonizada por Laura La Plante, y que contaba en su reparto con Florenz Ziegfeld, productor del musical de Broadway.

Su último trabajo de una cierta importancia fue A Feller Needs a Friend para Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, con Jackie Cooper. Dejó definitivamente el cine con Fast Life.

Harry A. Pollard falleció en 1934 en Pasadena, California, a causa de un cáncer. Fue enterrado en el Cementerio Forest Lawn Memorial Park de Glendale. Había estado casado con la estrella del cine mudo Margarita Fischer, trabajando con ella tanto en producciones teatrales como cinematográficas. wiki

Director (107 credits)
1932 Fast Life (uncredited)
1932 When a Feller Needs a Friend (as Harry Pollard)
1931 Shipmates (uncredited)
1931 The Prodigal
1930 Great Day (as Harry Pollard)
1930 Undertow (as Harry Pollard)
1929 Tonight at Twelve
1929 Show Boat
1927 La cabaña del tío Tom (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
1926 Poker Faces
1926 The Cohens and Kellys (as Harry Pollard)
1925 California Straight Ahead (as Harry Pollard)
1925 I'll Show You the Town
1925 Ay, doctor
1924 K, el desconocido
1924 The Reckless Age (as Harry Pollard)
1924 The Empty Stall (Short)
1924 Juventud deportiva
1923 Barnaby's Grudge (Short)
1923 Columbia, the Gem, and the Ocean (Short)
1923 Something for Nothing (Short)
1923 Don Coyote (Short)
1923 The Widower's Mite (Short)
1923 The Wandering Two (Short)
1923 Trifling with Honor
1923 Joan of Newark (Short)
1923 Strike Father, Strike Son (Short)
1923 When Kane Met Abel (Short)
1923 The Chickasha Bone Crusher (Short)
1922 He Raised Kane (Short)
1922 Young King Cole (Short)
1922 Confidence
1922 The Loaded Door
1922 Trimmed (as Harry Pollard)
1922 Whipsawed (Short)
1922 The Taming of the Shrewd (Short)
1922 A Fool and His Money (Short)
1922 Payment Through the Nose (Short)
1922 Round Two (Short)
1922 Let's Go (Short)
1920 The Invisible Ray
1918 Which Woman? (as Harry Pollard)
1918 The Danger Game (as Harry Pollard)
1917 The Girl Who Couldn't Grow Up (as Harry Pollard)
1917 The Devil's Assistant
1916 Miss Jackie of the Navy (as Harry Pollard)
1916 The Pearl of Paradise (as Harry Pollard)
1916 The Dragon (as Harry Pollard)
1915 The Miracle of Life
1915 Infatuation (as Harry Pollard)
1915 The Girl from His Town
1915 The Problem (Short)
1915 The Quest (as Harry Pollard)
1914 When Queenie Came Back (Short)
1914 Motherhood (Short)
1914 Nieda (Short)
1914 The Legend of Black Rock (Short)
1914 Caught in a Tight Pinch (Short)
1914 The Only Way (Short)
1914 Break, Break, Break (Short)
1914 The Motherless Kids (Short)
1914 A Modern Othello (Short)
1914 Susie's New Shoes (Short)
1914 The Silence of John Gordon (Short)
1914 Suzanna's New Suit (Short)
1914 A Suspended Ceremony (Short)
1914 A Midsummer's Love Tangle (Short)
1914 Her 'Really' Mother (Short)
1914 A Joke on Jane (Short)
1914 The Other Train (Short)
1914 Via the Fire Escape (Short)
1914 The Tale of a Tailor (Short)
1914 The Dream Ship (Short)
1914 Nancy's Husband (Short)
1914 Drifting Hearts (Short)
1914 Jane, the Justice (Short)
1914 The Courting of Prudence (Short)
1914 Her Heritage (Short)
1914 Eugenics Versus Love (Short)
1914 A Flurry in Hats (Short)
1914 Mlle. La Mode (Short)
1914 Retribution (Short)
1914 Sweet Land of Liberty
1914 The Peacock Feather Fan (Short)
1914 The Girl Who Dared (Short)
1914 Closed at Ten (Short)
1914 Italian Love (Short)
1914 The Professor's Awakening (Short)
1914 The Sacrifice (Short)
1914 The Wife (Short)
1914 Sally's Elopement (Short)
1914 Bess, the Outcast (Short)
1914 Fooling Uncle (Short)
1914 Withering Roses (Short)
1913 Freckles' Fight for His Bride (Short)
1913 Flesh of His Flesh (Short)
1913 The Village Blacksmith (Short)
1913 Bobby's Magic Nickel (Short)
1913 Why Rags Left Home (Short)
1912 The Mountain Girl's Self-Sacrifice (Short) (as Harry Pollard)
1912 The Rights of a Savage (Short)
1912 Romance and Reality (Short)
1912 The Regeneration of Worthless Dan (Short)
1912 On the Border Line (Short)
1912 Big Hearted Sim (Short)
1912 Love, War and a Bonnet (Short) (as Harry Pollard)
1912 Nothing Shall Be Hidden (Short)
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Enlaces completados:
OK The Reckless Age (Harry A. Pollard, 1924)
OK Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harry A. Pollard, 1927)

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