George Beranger
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Georges Augustus Alexandre Roger de L'ile de Beranger (27 March 1893 – 8 March 1973), born George Augustus Beringer, was the seventh child of Adam Beringer and Caroline Mondientz. He was an Australian actor and film director. He played Shakespearean roles at the age of sixteen and left Australia in 1912 and began film work in California with D. W. Griffith
. He appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1950. He also directed ten films between 1914 and 1924. He died at Laguna Beach, California.
D. W. Griffith
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera...
. He appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1950. He also directed ten films between 1914 and 1924. He died at Laguna Beach, California.
Selected filmography
- The Switch TowerThe Switch TowerThe Switch Tower is a 1913 drama film featuring Lionel Barrymore and Harry Carey.-Cast:* Henry B. Walthall - The Switchman* Claire McDowell - The Switchman's Wife* Marion Emmons - The Switchman's Son* Lionel Barrymore - First Counterfeiter...
(1913) - The WellThe Well (1913 film)The Well is a 1913 drama film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Lionel Barrymore - The Farmer* Claire McDowell - The Farmer's Wife* Harry Carey - Giuseppe, the Farmhand* George Beranger - The Accomplice...
(1913) - When Love ForgivesWhen Love ForgivesWhen Love Forgives is a 1913 short drama film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Charles West - The Man* George Beranger - The Bartender* Charles Gorman - First Criminal* Harry Carey - Second Criminal* Charles Hill Mailes - The Employer...
(1913) - The Birth of a NationThe Birth of a NationThe Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith also co-wrote the screenplay , and co-produced the film . It was released on February 8, 1915...
(1915) - The Good Bad ManThe Good Bad ManThe Good Bad Man is a 1916 silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Bessie Love. It was directed by Allan Dwan and released through the Triangle Film Corporation. The film was edited, shortened and rereleased in 1923...
(1916) - A Love SublimeA Love SublimeA Love Sublime is a 1917 drama film directed by Tod Browning.-Cast:* Wilfred Lucas - Philip* Carmel Myers - Toinette* F. A. Turner - The Professor A Love Sublime (also known as Orpheus) is a 1917 drama film directed by Tod Browning.-Cast:* Wilfred Lucas - Philip* Carmel Myers - Toinette* F. A....
(1917) - Broken BlossomsBroken BlossomsBroken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl is a 1919 silent film directed by D.W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists and premiered on May 13, 1919...
(1919) - Sinister StreetSinister Street (film)Sinister Street is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by George Beranger and starring John Stuart, Amy Verity and Maudie Dunham. It was adapted from the novel Sinister Street by Compton MacKenzie.-Cast:* John Stuart as Michael Fane...
(1922) - Was She Guilty?Was She Guilty?Was She Guilty? is a British-Dutch silent crime film directed by George Beranger.-Cast:* Gertrude McCoy - Ruth Herwood* Zoe Palmer - Mary * Louis Willoughby - George Midhurst, lawyer...
(1922 – directed) - His HourHis HourHis Hour is a 1924 silent drama film directed by King Vidor.This film was the follow-up to Samuel Goldwyn's Three Weeks, written by Elinor Glyn, and starring Aileen Pringle, one of the biggest moneymakers at the time of the amalgamation...
(1924) - Are Parents People?Are Parents People?Are Parents People? is a comedy film starring Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, Adolphe Menjou, George Beranger, and Lawrence Gray. The film was directed by Malcolm St. Clair and released by Paramount Pictures.-Plot:...
(1925) - The Big ParadeThe Big ParadeThe Big Parade is a 1925 silent film. It tells the story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.The film was...
(1925) - The Eagle of the SeaThe Eagle of the SeaThe Eagle of the Sea is a 1926 silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Florence Vidor and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited role.-Cast:* Florence Vidor - Louise Lestron* Ricardo Cortez - Captain Sazarac...
(1926) - The BatThe Bat (1926 film)The Bat is a silent film based on the 1920 hit Broadway play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, directed by Roland West and starring Jack Pickford and Louise Fazenda...
(1926) - Fig LeavesFig LeavesFig Leaves is a 1926 silent comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, released by Fox Film Corporation, and starring George O'Brien. The film had one sequence, a fashion show, filmed in Technicolor...
(1926) - Altars of DesireAltars of DesireAltars of Desire is a silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring silent movie star Mae Murray. A print may survive in the Turner/MGM vaults however silentera.com lists this film as being lost.-Plot:...
(1927) - Three Girls LostThree Girls LostThree Girls Lost is a Western film directed by Sidney Lanfield based on a story by Robert Hardy Andrews. The film stars Loretta Young, Joan Marsh, Lew Cody, and John Wayne.-Plot:...
(1931) - Beauty for the AskingBeauty for the AskingBeauty for the Asking is a 1939 film drama produced by RKO Pictures, and starring Lucille Ball and Patrick Knowles.It tells the story of Jean Russell , who becomes romantically involved with a wealthy married man who later spurns her...
(1939) - She Knew All the AnswersShe Knew All the AnswersShe Knew All the Answers is a 1941 comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring by Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone...
(1941) - Road HouseRoad House (1948 film)For the 1989 film, see Road House .Road House is a film noir drama directed by Jean Negulesco, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle. The picture features Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, among others....
(1948) - Wabash AvenueWabash Avenue (film)Wabash Avenue is a 1950 musical film directed by Henry Koster and starring Betty Grable. The film was a remake of Grable's earlier hit 1943 film Coney Island.-Plot:...
(1950)