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Elmer Clifton is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director American born on 12 march 1890 at Toronto (Canada)

Elmer Clifton

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Nationality USA
Birth 12 march 1890 at Toronto (Canada)
Death 15 october 1949 (at 59 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Elmer Clifton (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American writer, director, and actor from the early silent days. A collaborator of D.W. Griffith, he appeared in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916) before giving up acting in 1917 to concentrate on work behind the camera, with Griffith and Joseph Henabery as his mentors. His first feature-length solo effort as a director was The Flame of Youth with Jack Mulhall.

Clifton honed his talents during the late 1910s, directing vehicles for Mulhall and Herbert Rawlinson at Universal and then for Dorothy Gish for Famous Players-Lasky. Two of his projects with Gish, Nobody Home and Nugget Nell, featured performances from pre-stardom Rudolph Valentino. Most of this early output has been lost. He was the first filmmaker to discover the talents of Clara Bow, whom he cast in Down to the Sea in Ships, released on March 4, 1923. The independently produced film was well reviewed for its visual authenticity.

During the 1920s, Clifton directed films for several different studios. During the filming of The Warrens of Virginia (1924) for Fox Film Corporation, lead actress Martha Mansfield suffered a fatal accident from burns when her costume caught fire. Clifton directed The Wreck of the Hesperus for Cecil B. deMille's production company, and filmed on location in the Grand Canyon for The Bride of the Colorado. He also directed some Technicolor short films, including Manchu Love with an all-Asian cast.

In the sound era, Clifton wrote and directed many poverty row Westerns and "exploitation" classics, among them the anti-marijuana polemic Assassin of Youth (1937). He also directed the vice films Gambling with Souls (1936), Slaves in Bondage (1937) and City of Missing Girls (1941), all of which portrayed addiction and white slavery to some degree. His last film was Not Wanted (1949), which was finished by star Ida Lupino when Clifton became ill and was unable to work anymore. He died in 1949 of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after the film's release.

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Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh
(7 films)
Monte Blue
Monte Blue
(2 films)
Karl Brown
Karl Brown
(5 films)
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Filmography of Elmer Clifton (63 films)

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Acquitted
Acquitted (1916)

Directed by Paul Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Wilfred Lucas, Mary Alden, Bessie Love, Elmer Clifton, Carmen De Rue, Sam De Grasse
Roles Ned Fowler

La veille de Pâques, John Carter, un employé d'une compagnie d'assurances, rentre chez lui, dans son cottage de banlieue où il vit avec sa femme et ses deux filles. Les Carter ont une vie heureuse jusqu'à ce que le caissier Charles Ryder soit assassiné par le gardien de nuit, un cocaïnomane en manque d'argent, et que Carter soit accusé car il travaillait avec Ryder ce soir-là. Durant l'interrogatoire très musclé de la police, Carter agit comme un coupable, mais un reporter, Ned Fowler, amoureux d'Helen, une des filles de Carter, intervient. Après que le gardien, arrêté pour s'être battu et en manque, s'est confessé, Carter est relâché, mais le président le la compagnie d'assurances Ira Wolcott ne veut pas le réintégrer à cause de sa "notoriété".
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, 2h43
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about capital punishment, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Vera Lewis, Ralph Lewis, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Fred Turner, Gino Corrado
Roles The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)
Rating76% 3.843553.843553.843553.843553.84355
Quatre époques sont présentées en alternance pour dénoncer l'intolérance : la répression des grèves, le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy, la Passion du Christ et Babylone. De la Babylone antique au début du XX siècle, une illustration métaphorique de la cruauté et de la férocité de l'homme envers son prochain.
The Old Folks at Home
Directed by Chester Withey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Josephine Crowell, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Elmer Clifton, Mildred Harris, Lucille Younge, W. E. Lawrence
Roles Steve Coburn

Steve, le fils du Sénateur John Coburn, qui est acoquiné avec des joueurs, des criminels et des drogués, tue le nouvel amant de sa maîtresse. Le sénateur essaye d'utiliser son influence pour faire acquitter Steve, mais toutes les preuves sont contre lui et le jury se prépare à le déclarer coupable sans trop délibérer. Avant que le verdict soit prononcé, la mère de Steve arrive à la cour pour faire un plaidoyer passionné en faveur de son fils. Touchés, les jurés décident d'ignorer les preuves et déclarent Steve non coupable.
The Birth of a Nation, 2h37
Directed by Monte Blue, Jack Conway, Erich von Stroheim, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Harron, Joseph Henabery, George Siegmann, Donald Crisp, Allan Dwan, D. W. Griffith, W. S. Van Dyke, Raoul Walsh, Elmer Clifton, Christy Cabanne, Tom Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Horror, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about racism, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann
Roles Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Rating61% 3.098433.098433.098433.098433.09843
The film follows two juxtaposed families: the Northern Stonemans—abolitionist Congressman Austin Stoneman, based on the Reconstruction-era Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, his two sons and his daughter Elsie—and the Southern Camerons, a family including two daughters, Margaret and Flora, and three sons, most notably Ben.
The Lily and the Rose, 50minutes
Directed by Paul Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lillian Gish, Wilfred Lucas, Loyola O'Connor, Elmer Clifton, Mary Alden, Rose Dolly
Roles Allison Edwards
Rating69% 3.4728753.4728753.4728753.4728753.472875
Rose (La Rose) tente le mari de Mary Randolph (Le Lys). Les époux se séparent puis le mari se suicide. Mary se console en épousant un autre homme.
The Lost House, 40minutes
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lillian Gish, Wallace Reid, Fred Turner, Elmer Clifton
Roles Cuthbert

A Man for All That
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Elmer Clifton, Miriam Cooper, Tom Wilson, Raoul Walsh
Roles un jeune prisonnier

His Return
His Return (1915)

Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Elmer Clifton, Miriam Cooper
Roles Harry

The Folly of Anne, 10minutes
Directed by John B. O'Brien
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Elmer Clifton, Lillian Gish, Donald Crisp, Jack Conway, W. E. Lawrence, Josephine Crowell
Roles The Sympathtic Publisher