John Stuart Robertson was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 born actor and later film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 horror silent film, produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount/Artcraft. The film is based upon Robert Louis Stevenson's novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and starring actor John Barrymore.The film was directed by John S....

, starring John Barrymore

John Barrymore

John Sidney Blyth , better known as John Barrymore, was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III...

. He broke into filmmaking in 1915 with Vitagraph, then with Famous Players-Lasky

Famous Players-Lasky

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...

, making 57 features in his career. Robertson left film in 1935, amid the increasing prevalence of sound pictures.

The Byrds

The Byrds

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 song "Old John Robertson" was about Robertson.

Filmography

• The Meeting (1917)
• The Money Mill (1917)
• Intrigue (1917)
• Baby Mine (1917)
• The Bottom of the Well (1917)
• Her Right to Live
  Her Right to Live
  Her Right to Live is a 1917 dramatic silent film released by the Vitagraph Studios.-Plot:Polly Biggs is the eldest of a family of orphaned children who are taken in by their uncle, Mayor Hoadley . Hoadley despises the children and has only taken them in as good publicity for the upcoming election....
  
   (1917)
• A Service of Love (1917)
• The Menace (1918)
• The Girl of Today (1918)
• The Better Half (1918)
• The Make Believe Wife (1918)
• Little Miss Hoover
  Little Miss Hoover
  Little Miss Hoover is a 1918 silent film comedy/drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The picture was directed by John S. Robertson and starred Marguerite Clark. It is one of the few surviving performances on film of Miss Clark with a 35mm print being held by...
  
   (1918)
• Here Comes the Bride (1919)
• The Test of Honor
  The Test of Honor
  The Test of Honor is a 1919 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount. It was directed by John S. Robertson and stars John Barrymore. Considered the actor's first drama movie role after years of doing film comedies. It was made at Famous Players East Coast...
  
   (1919)
• Let's Elope (1919)
• Come Out of the Kitchen (1919)
• The Misleading Widow
  The Misleading Widow
  The Misleading Widow is a 1919 silent film comedy directed by John S. Robertson and starring Billie Burke. It is based on a played Billeted by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount-Artcraft. As with most of Burke's silent films...
  
   (1919)
• Sadie Love
  Sadie Love
  Sadie Love is a 1919 silent film comedy produced Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount-Artcraft. It is based on a 1915 stage play by Avery Hopwood which starred a young Marjorie Rambeau. Billie Burke is the star in the film version and John S. Robertson directed. This is a lost film...
  
   (1919)
• Erstwhile Susan (1919)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 film)
  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 horror silent film, produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount/Artcraft. The film is based upon Robert Louis Stevenson's novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and starring actor John Barrymore.The film was directed by John S....
  
   (1920)
• A Dark Lantern (1920)
• Away Goes Prudence (1920)
• 39 East (1920)
• Sentimental Tommy
  Sentimental Tommy (1921 film)
  Sentimental Tommy is a silent film directed by John S. Robertson which has Mary Astor in one of her earliest roles, although her scenes were deleted before release. The film, which made a star of Gareth Hughes, is now considered a lost film.-Cast:...
  
   (1921)
• The Magic Cup (1921)
• Footlights
  Footlights (1921 film)
  Footlights is a 1921 silent film romantic drama directed by John S. Robertson. It stars Elsie Ferguson and Reginald Denny in the lead characters. The film marked the only time star Ferguson and director Robertson worked together on a picture...
  
   (1921)
• Love's Boomerang
  Love's Boomerang
  Love's Boomerang is a 1922 crime film directed by John S. Robertson. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer...
  
   (1922)
• The Spanish Jade
  The Spanish Jade
  The Spanish Jade is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. The film is now considered a lost film.-Cast:* David Powell as Gil Pérez* Marc McDermott as Don Luis Ramónez de Alavia...
  
   (1922)
• Tess of the Storm Country
  Tess of the Storm Country (1922 film)
  Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. The movie was remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.-Production:...
  
   (1922)
• The Bright Shawl
  The Bright Shawl
  The Bright Shawl is a 1923 silent historical drama produced by and starring Richard Barthelmess. This film had several days of filming on location in Cuba...
  
   (1923)
• The Fighting Blade (1923)
• Twenty-One (1923)
• The Enchanted Cottage
  The Enchanted Cottage (1924 film)
  The Enchanted Cottage is a silent drama film based upon a play by Arthur Wing Pinero, and directed by John S. Robertson.The film was produced by Richard Barthelmess, through his company Inspiration, and released through Associated First National...
  
   (1924)
• Classmates
  Classmates (1924 film)
  Classmates is a silent drama film starring Richard Barthelmess, produced by his company Inspiration Pictures, and distributed by Associated First National Pictures....
  
   (1924)
• New Toys (1925)
• Soul-Fire
  Soul-Fire
  Soul-Fire is a 1925 silent drama starring Richard Barthelmess and Bessie Love. The film is directed by John S. Robertson and is based on a 1924 Broadway play called Great Music by Martin Brown. The film was funded by Barthelmess through his Inspiration Pictures and released by the First National...
  
   (1925)
• Shore Leave
  Shore Leave (film)
  Shore Leave is a 1925 comedy film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Richard Barthelmessand Dorothy Mackaill. It was produced by Barthelmess's production company, Inspiration, and released by First National Pictures...
  
   (1925)
• Alaskan Adventures (1926)
• Annie Laurie (1927)
• Captain Salvation
  Captain Salvation (1927 film)
  Captain Salvation is a 1927 drama directed by John S. Robertson and released by MGM. It stars Lars Hanson, Pauline Starke and Marceline Day. On January 18, 2010 the film had its first home video release on the Warner Archives series.-Cast:...
  
   (1927)
• The Road to Romance
  The Road to Romance
  The Road to Romance is a 1927 film directed by John S. Robertson, based upon a Joseph Conrad-Ford Madox Ford novel, Romance. The film is considered lost...
  
   (1927)
• The Single Standard
  The Single Standard
  The Single Standard is a 1929 romantic drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, and Johnny Mack Brown....
  
   (1929)
• Shanghai Lady (1929)
• Night Ride (1930)
• Captain of the Guard (1930)
• Madonna of the Streets
  Madonna of the Streets (film)
  Madonna of the Streets is a 1930 American drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Evelyn Brent.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as May* Robert Ames as Morton* Ivan Linow as Slumguillion* Josephine Dunn as Marion* Edwards Davis as Clark...
  
   (1930)
• Beyond Victory (1931)
• The Phantom of Paris (1931)
• Little Orphan Annie (1932)
• One Man's Journey
  One Man's Journey
  One Man's Journey was a 2005 documentary series on PBS, featuring the canoe travels of naturalist and filmmaker Robert Perkins.-References:-External links:...
  
  (1933)
• The Crime Doctor (1934)
• His Greatest Gamble (1934)
• Wednesday's Child (1934)
• Grand Old Girl (1935)
• Captain Hurricane (1935)
• Our Little Girl (1935)

External links

• stage plays in which John S Robertson appeared