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Charles Urban is a Director, Producer and Editor American born on 15 april 1867

Charles Urban

Charles Urban
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 april 1867
Death 29 august 1942 (at 75 years)

Charles Urban est un producteur, réalisateur, directeur de la photographie et monteur américain né le 14 avril 1867 à Cincinnati, Ohio (États-Unis), décédé le 29 août 1942 à Brighton (Royaume-Uni).

Biography

En 1906, George Albert Smith et Charles Urban créent en Angleterre un nouveau procédé, le Kinémacolor qui donnait l'impression de couleur au film. Il n'est cependant commercialisé qu'au début de l'an 1911.

À Paris, en 1913, Charles Urban fait construire le Théâtre Édouard VII qui est d'abord une salle de cinéma utilisant le Kinémacolor. Il revend sa salle à Alphonse Franck l'année suivante.

Usually with

George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith
(2 films)
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
(2 films)
Walter R. Booth
Walter R. Booth
(2 films)
Geoffrey H. Malins
Geoffrey H. Malins
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles Urban (10 films)

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Director

Britain Prepared
Britain Prepared (1915)
, 2h45
Directed by Charles Urban
Origin United-kingdom
Rating60% 3.0157053.0157053.0157053.0157053.015705

Producer

The World, the Flesh and the Devil
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1914)
, 50minutes
Origin United-kingdom
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.343073.343073.343073.343073.34307
An intensely unhappy woman hatches a plot to switch the babies of a poor family and a rich family. But the nurse hired to pull off this transfer refuses to go through with it, leaving each baby with its proper family. When the babies are grown, the man from the poor family (who has been led to believe that he did come from the rich family) goes to the house of the other and throws him out. The remainder of the movie deals with the frustrations of mistaken identity.
The Aerial Anarchists
The Aerial Anarchists (1911)
, 15minutes
Directed by Walter R. Booth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Roles Producer

There is currently no known surviving footage of this film and all information is based upon the original catalog synopsis. The film contains scenes of a bombing and its aftermath throughout London and features prominently the bombing of St. Paul's Cathedral and a railway disaster in which a train is seen to leap into a chasm.
The Airship Destroyer
The Airship Destroyer (1909)
, 20minutes
Directed by Walter R. Booth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.0462053.0462053.0462053.0462053.046205
A fleet of airships begin an attack on England, bombing an armoured vehicle, a signal box and a town. An inventor and his assistant are preparing to launch a missile in defence. A biplane attempts to shoot down one of the airships, but is destroyed itself. One of the airship's bombs lands on the home of the inventor's lover, whose hand in marriage he had unsuccessfully asked her father for earlier in the day. The inventor rushes to the house and rescues his lover, although her father is dead. Returning to the missile launch site, the inventor successfully destroys the airship. The film ends as the couple embrace.
The Cheese Mites
The Cheese Mites (1903)

Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Documentaire sur la cuisine
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.957722.957722.957722.957722.95772
A gentleman is put off his lunch when he holds up a magnifying glass and sees a microscopic view of the cheese mites in his Stilton cheese sandwich.

Editor