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Theodore y Leopold Wharton

Leopold Wharton (1 de septiembre de 1870 – 27 de septiembre de 1927) fue un director, productor, guionista y actor cinematográfico de origen británico, activo en la época del cine mudo.

Nacido en Manchester, Inglaterra, dirigió 37 filmes entre 1911 y 1922, entre ellos la producción de 1915 The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford, en la cual actuaba Oliver Hardy.

Su hermano era el también director y productor Theodore Wharton, con el cual fundó los Wharton Studios, con sede en Ithaca, Nueva York. Leopold Wharton falleció en Nueva York en 1927. wiki

Theodore Wharton (1875–1931) was an American film director, producer and writer. He directed 48 films in the 1910s and 1920s, including the 1915 The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford, which featured Oliver Hardy.

Wharton was born April 12, 1875 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the younger brother of Leopold Wharton (1870–1927), who was also a film director. In 1890 Wharton started in both the business side of the theater as well as acting in Dallas, Texas. He worked for a number of stock companies, including that of Augustin Daly until 1899, and then became a stage manager. In 1907 he visited Edison Studios and worked there until 1909. Over the next 3 years he wrote and directed many screenplays for various studios including Essanay Studios.

During 1912 the US government commissioned him to produce The Late Indian Wars, the first sevel-reel motion picture in America. It was filmed on location in the great plains, with a script by General Charles King and a large cast including other generals and "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The Whartons Studio opened in Ithaca, New York in 1914. Stars he directed included Francis X. Bushman, Henry B. Walthall and Beverly Bayne. In the 1920s Wharton moved to Santa Cruz, California, as promoted by mayor Fred Swanton. He died November 28, 1931 in Hollywood. wiki




Theodore Wharton (82 credits)
1920 The Moon Riders
1919 The Crooked Dagger
1919 The Red Peril
1918 Mission of the War Chest
1918 The Missionary
1918 The Eagle's Eye
1917 The Crusher
1917 The Great White Trail
1917 The Black Stork
1917 Patria (episodes 1-10)
1916 Beatrice Fairfax
1916 The Lottery Man
1916 The Mysteries of Myra
1916 Hazel Kirke
1916 The City
1916 Lord Southpaugh (Short)
1915 The Missing Heir (Short)
1915 Buying a Bank with Bunk (Short)
1915 A Stony Deal (Short)
1915 Apples and Eggbeaters (Short)
1915 Detective Blackie (Short)
1915 A Transaction in Summer Boarders (Short)
1915 A Bang Sun Engine (Short)
1915 A Trap for Trapp (Short)
1915 The Lilac Splash (Short)
1915 The Master Stroke (Short)
1915 A Rheumatic Joint (Short)
1915 Three Rings and a Goat (Short)
1915 The Bungalow Bungle (Short)
1915 The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford
1915 The Romance of Elaine
1915 The New Exploits of Elaine
1914 The Shanghai Man
1914 The Exploits of Elaine
1914 The Stolen Birthright (Short)
1914 The Fireman & the Girl (Short)
1914 A Change of Heart
1914 A Prince of India
1914 The Pawn of Fortune
1914 The Boundary Rider
1914 The Indian Wars
1913 Little Ned
1913 The Love Lute of Romany (Short)
1913 Dear Old Girl (Short)
1913 Tony, the Fiddler (Short)
1913 For Old Time's Sake (Short)
1913 Sunlight (Short)
1913 The Hermit of Lonely Gulch (Short)
1913 The Power of Conscience (Short)
1913 Tapped Wires (Short)
1913 A Brother's Loyalty (Short)
1913 Into the North (Short)
1913 The Hero Coward (Short)
1912 The Virtue of Rags (Short)
1912 Football Days at Cornell (Documentary short)
1912 From the Submerged (Short)
1912 Sunshine (Short) (as T.W. Wharton)
1912 The Snare (Short)
1912/I The End of the Feud (Short)
1912 Neptune's Daughter (Short)
1912/I The Voice of Conscience (Short)
1912 The Magic Wand (Short)
1910 The Maid of Niagara (Short)
1910 How Rastus Gets His Turkey (Short)
1910 The Other Way (Short)
1910 A Gambler's End (Short)
1910 Abraham Lincoln's Clemency
1910 The Motor Fiend (Short)
1910 The Mystery of Lonely Gulch (Short)
1910 A Summer Flirtation (Short)
1910 The Hoodoo (Short)
1910 A Simple Mistake (Short)
1910 An Arizona Romance (Short)
1910 The Appeal of the Prairie (Short)
1910 The Gambler's Wife (Short)
1910 Advertising for a Wife (Short)
1910 Her Photograph (Short)
1910 Tommy Gets His Sister Married (Short)
1910 The Cowboy's Sweetheart and the Bandit (Short)
1910 The Champion of the Race (Short)
1910 The Great Train Hold Up (Short)
1910 The Girl from Arizona (Short)
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Leopold Wharton (47 credits)
1922 Squire Phin
1922 Mr. Bingle
1922 Mr. Potter of Texas
1922 Welcome to Our City
1919 The Red Peril
1918 Kute Kids vs. Kupid
1918 Marriage a la Mode
1918 Mission of the War Chest
1918 The Missionary
1918 The Eagle's Eye
1917 The Crusher
1917 Below Zero (Short)
1917 The Great White Trail (as Leopold D. Wharton)
1917 The Black Stork
1917 Patria (episodes 1-10)
1916 Beatrice Fairfax
1916 The Lottery Man
1916 The Mysteries of Myra
1916 Hazel Kirke
1916 Lord Southpaugh (Short)
1915 The Missing Heir (Short)
1915 Buying a Bank with Bunk (Short)
1915 A Stony Deal (Short)
1915 Apples and Eggbeaters (Short)
1915 Detective Blackie (Short)
1915 A Transaction in Summer Boarders (Short)
1915 A Bang Sun Engine (Short)
1915 A Trap for Trapp (Short)
1915 The Master Stroke (Short)
1915 The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford
1915 The Romance of Elaine
1915 The New Exploits of Elaine
1914 The Exploits of Elaine
1914 The Stolen Birthright (Short)
1914 The Fireman & the Girl (Short)
1914/II The Warning (Short)
1914 A Prince of India
1914 The Pawn of Fortune
1914 The Boundary Rider
1913 Baseball's Peerless Leader (Short)
1913 An Itinerant Wedding (Short)
1913 An Exciting Honeymoon (Short)
1913 The Elusive Kiss (Short)
1912 The Striped Bathing Suit (Short)
1912 Locked Out of Wedlock (Short)
1912 Memories (Short)
1911 The Rival Brothers' Patriotism (Short)
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Enlaces completados:
OK The Great White Trail (Leopold Wharton & Theodore Wharton, 1917)