John S. Robertson
Born: 1878-06-14 in London, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1964-11-05
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Stuart Robertson (14 June 1878 in London, Ontario – 5 November 1964 in California) was a Canadian born actor and later film director perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore. He broke into filmmaking in 1915 with Vitagraph, then with Famous Players-Lasky, making 57 features in his career. Robertson left film in 1935, amid the increasing prevalence of sound pictures. The Byrds song "Old John Robertson" was about Robertson. Description above from the Wikipedia article John S. Robertson, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1935
- Captain Hurricane ... (Director)
- Our Little Girl ... (Director)
- Grand Old Girl ... (Director)
1934
- Wednesday's Child ... (Director)
- His Greatest Gamble ... (Director)
- The Crime Doctor ... (Director)
1933
- One Man's Journey ... (Director)
1932
- Little Orphan Annie ... (Director)
1931
- The Phantom of Paris ... (Director)
- Beyond Victory ... (Director)
1930
- Captain of the Guard ... (Director)
- Madonna of the Streets ... (Director)
- The Night Ride ... (Director)
1929
- Shanghai Lady ... (Director)
- The Single Standard ... (Director)
1927
- Annie Laurie ... (Director)
- Captain Salvation ... (Director)
- The Road to Romance ... (Director)
1925
- Soul-Fire ... (Director)
- New Toys ... (Director)
- Shore Leave ... (Director)
1924
- The Enchanted Cottage ... (Director)
- Classmates ... (Director)
1923
- The Fighting Blade ... (Director)
- The Bright Shawl ... (Director)
- Twenty-One ... (Director)
1922
- Tess of the Storm Country ... (Director)
- The Spanish Jade ... (Director)
- Love's Boomerang ... (Director)
1921
- Sentimental Tommy ... (Director)
- Footlights ... (Director)
1920
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... (Director)
- Away Goes Prudence ... (Director)
- A Dark Lantern ... (Director)
- 39 East ... (Director)
1919
- The Test of Honor ... (Director)
- The Misleading Widow ... (Director)
- Come Out of the Kitchen ... (Director)
- Here Comes the Bride ... (Director)
- Erstwhile Susan ... (Director)
1918
- The Menace ... (Director)
- Little Miss Hoover ... (Director)
- The Make-Believe Wife ... (Director)
- The Girl of Today ... (Writer)
1917
- Baby Mine ... (Director)
- The Meeting ... (Director)
- Intrigue ... (Director)
- The Bottom of the Well ... (Director)
1916
- The Destroyers as Lawlor
- The Combat as Philip Lewis