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Allen Holubar is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 3 august 1888 at San Francisco (USA)

Allen Holubar

Allen Holubar
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Birth name Allen Joseph Holubar
Nationality USA
Birth 3 august 1888 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 20 november 1923 (at 35 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Allen Holubar (August 3, 1888 – November 20, 1923) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter of the silent film era. He appeared in 38 films between 1913 and 1917. He also directed 33 films between 1916 and 1923.

Biography

Allen Holubar débute au cinéma comme acteur, dans un court métrage de 1913. Il apparaît dans trente-sept autres films américains jusqu'en 1917, son rôle sans doute le plus connu étant celui du capitaine Nemo dans Vingt mille lieues sous les mers de Stuart Paton (1916).

Comme réalisateur, on lui doit trente-trois films américains sortis entre 1916 et 1923, année de sa mort prématurée, à 35 ans, des suites d'une pneumonie (sa carrière se déroulant donc exclusivement durant la période du muet). Mentionnons le court métrage The War Waif (1917, avec Zoe Rae et Irene Hunt) et le long métrage L'oiseau s'envole (1920). Ce dernier a pour vedette Dorothy Phillips (1889-1980), son épouse de 1912 jusqu'à sa mort en 1923 et qui joue dans plusieurs de ses films.

Comme scénariste, il contribue à dix-huit films qu'il réalise de 1916 à 1922, dont L'oiseau s'envole et La Fille du pirate (1922, avec Dorothy Phillips et Robert Ellis). Enfin, il est producteur de quatre films (1921-1923) qu'il réalise également, dont La Fille du pirate et La Chaîne brisée (1922, avec Malcolm McGregor et Colleen Moore).

Usually with

Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Phillips
(5 films)
Margaret Mann
Margaret Mann
(3 films)
William Stowell
William Stowell
(3 films)
Joseph W. Girard
Joseph W. Girard
(3 films)
Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Allen Holubar (9 films)

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Actor

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
, 1h45
Directed by Stuart Paton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Pirate films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about cephalopods, Political films
Actors Allen Holubar, Jane Gail, Noble Johnson, Howard Crampton, Joseph W. Girard, William Welsh
Roles Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Daaker
Rating61% 3.050953.050953.050953.050953.05095
A strange giant "sea creature" has been rampaging the seas. The American naval ship Abraham Lincoln is sent to investigate, but is rammed by "the creature" which turns out to be The Nautilus, the fantastic submarine of the enigmatic Captain Nemo, and "Rudderless, the 'Abraham Lincoln' drifts on". Then, in "A strange rescue" he guides the sub to surface under those pitched overboard and his crew take them, including Professor Aronnax, and his daughter (who are French) below through a hatch in the surface of the deck. After they pledge not to escape, Nemo shows them the wonders of the underwater world, and even takes them hunting on the sea floor.

Director

Broken Chains
Broken Chains (1922)
, 1h10
Directed by Allen Holubar
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Colleen Moore, Malcolm McGregor, Ernest Torrence, Claire Windsor, James A. Marcus, Beryl Mercer
Rating54% 2.716612.716612.716612.716612.71661
Wealthy Peter Wyndham is useless in attempting to prevent the theft of Hortense Allen's jewelry. A butler is killed during the robbery, and unable to face his cowardice, Peter heads west. He takes a job working for his father's lumber mill. Meanwhile, elsewhere Mercy Boone's newborn child has died. Boyan Boone, her husband is callous towards the loss. He is a thug, and ne'er-do-well with a band of thieves working with him. When Mercy attempts to escape she meets Peter before Boyan returns her to his cabin where he chains her. Peter finds her and they begin a romance under Boyan's nose. Boyan learns and beats up Peter, who summons the strength to fight him for the honor of Mercy.
Once to Every Woman
Once to Every Woman (1920)

Directed by Allen Holubar
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dorothy Phillips, Rudolph Valentino, Margaret Mann, Robert Anderson, Frank Elliott

Aurora Meredith, la fille du forgeron du village, possède une très belle voix. Un jour, M Thorndyke, une riche New-Yorkaise, en visite dans le village d'Aurora, l'entend chanter à l'église et est si impressionnée par sa voix qu'elle l'envoie en Europe pour étudier le chant. Trois ans plus tard, M Thorndyke décède et Aurora se retrouve forcée d'accepter l'aide de Juliantimo, un admirateur italien. Après avoir obtenu du succès, Aurora revient aux États-Unis pour échapper aux attentions de son admirateur, et obtient le rôle principal dans un opéra. Juliantimo a néanmoins suivi la chanteuse et, lors de la première de l'opéra, il se place dans une loge au-dessus de la scène, tire sur Aurora et se tue ensuite.
Paid in Advance
Paid in Advance (1919)

Directed by Allen Holubar
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dorothy Phillips, Joseph W. Girard, Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean, William Stowell, Frank Brownlee

John Gray, an old fur trapper, lives with his beautiful daughter Joan in the Canadian Northwest. Bateese Le Blanc, a half-breed, forces his attentions on Joan whenever he gets a chance, but is constantly watched by his jealous half-breed sweetheart, Marie. "Gold Dust" Barker and his henchman, Regan, convince Gray to return to the Yukon with them as head trapper, and they offer Joan work as a nurse. The trip to Dawson City is a grueling one, and Joan finds her father dead one morning. Arriving in Dawson City, Joan learns that Barker is proprietor of the dance hall, and all his girls are called "nurses." Jim Blood owns the richest mine in the area, but he is only a shell of a man, overcome by alcoholism. Bateese arrives in town and breaks into Joan's room. Jim comes to her rescue, and Bateese is killed in the gun fight which follows. Deciding there is only one hope for escape from this life, Joan puts on a flashy dance costume, rushes to the stage, and offers herself in marriage to the highest bidder. Jim offers his entire claim and wins Joan, but as a Justice of the Peace is about to marry them, Barker and Regan fake a $100,000 I.O.U. from Jim, and abduct Joan as payment. Jim grabs two guns, holds the dance hall crowd at bay, and Joan is freed. Barker and Regan fire at Jim, but he is a fast draw and shoots both men. He fires at a lamp, setting the building on fire. While the crowds flee for their lives, Jim tells Joan that he really loves her, then he vanishes into the night. Joan returns to her old home in Montreal, and receives regular payments from the manager of the mine she has won from Jim. She is called to Dawson City on business, and meets the manager, only to learn that it is none other than Jim. Having kicked his drinking problem, the two are happily united.
Sirens of the Sea
Sirens of the Sea (1917)

Directed by Allen Holubar
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Louise Lovely, Carmel Myers, Jack Mulhall, Evelyn Selbie, William Quinn, Sally Blane
Rating60% 3.0089653.0089653.0089653.0089653.008965
As described in a film magazine, a little girl, cast up from the sea in a fisherman's net from a wrecked ship, is adopted by the wealthy Wellington Stanhope (Deane) and his wife (Wright). The girl is the only survivor of the lost ship and no one knows anything about her. Eighteen years elapse and the child appears as the young debutante Sybil (Lovely) at a birthday party where she meets Hartley Royce (Quinn) and Gerald Waldron (Mulhall), who both fall in love with her. Julie (Myers) is jealous of Sybil, and plots with Harley to keep her separated from Gerald. Sybil tries to have Hadji (Selbie) tell the fortunes of the guests. While on an errand Sybil is followed by the impetuous Hartley who takes her in his arms, and to avoid him she jumps off a cliff into the sea. As the guests from the party search for her in boats, Gerald Waldron has an dream in which witches, spirits, nymphs, and sirens dance and plot on the beach at night. During the allegorical dream love (represented by Lovely) overcomes evil (represented by Myers). The spirits are driven away at the break of day and Gerald wakes up, finds his sweetheart Sybil on the beach, and takes her home.

Scriptwriter

Once to Every Woman
Once to Every Woman (1920)

Directed by Allen Holubar
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dorothy Phillips, Rudolph Valentino, Margaret Mann, Robert Anderson, Frank Elliott
Roles Story

Aurora Meredith, la fille du forgeron du village, possède une très belle voix. Un jour, M Thorndyke, une riche New-Yorkaise, en visite dans le village d'Aurora, l'entend chanter à l'église et est si impressionnée par sa voix qu'elle l'envoie en Europe pour étudier le chant. Trois ans plus tard, M Thorndyke décède et Aurora se retrouve forcée d'accepter l'aide de Juliantimo, un admirateur italien. Après avoir obtenu du succès, Aurora revient aux États-Unis pour échapper aux attentions de son admirateur, et obtient le rôle principal dans un opéra. Juliantimo a néanmoins suivi la chanteuse et, lors de la première de l'opéra, il se place dans une loge au-dessus de la scène, tire sur Aurora et se tue ensuite.
Paid in Advance
Paid in Advance (1919)

Directed by Allen Holubar
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dorothy Phillips, Joseph W. Girard, Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean, William Stowell, Frank Brownlee
Roles Writer

John Gray, an old fur trapper, lives with his beautiful daughter Joan in the Canadian Northwest. Bateese Le Blanc, a half-breed, forces his attentions on Joan whenever he gets a chance, but is constantly watched by his jealous half-breed sweetheart, Marie. "Gold Dust" Barker and his henchman, Regan, convince Gray to return to the Yukon with them as head trapper, and they offer Joan work as a nurse. The trip to Dawson City is a grueling one, and Joan finds her father dead one morning. Arriving in Dawson City, Joan learns that Barker is proprietor of the dance hall, and all his girls are called "nurses." Jim Blood owns the richest mine in the area, but he is only a shell of a man, overcome by alcoholism. Bateese arrives in town and breaks into Joan's room. Jim comes to her rescue, and Bateese is killed in the gun fight which follows. Deciding there is only one hope for escape from this life, Joan puts on a flashy dance costume, rushes to the stage, and offers herself in marriage to the highest bidder. Jim offers his entire claim and wins Joan, but as a Justice of the Peace is about to marry them, Barker and Regan fake a $100,000 I.O.U. from Jim, and abduct Joan as payment. Jim grabs two guns, holds the dance hall crowd at bay, and Joan is freed. Barker and Regan fire at Jim, but he is a fast draw and shoots both men. He fires at a lamp, setting the building on fire. While the crowds flee for their lives, Jim tells Joan that he really loves her, then he vanishes into the night. Joan returns to her old home in Montreal, and receives regular payments from the manager of the mine she has won from Jim. She is called to Dawson City on business, and meets the manager, only to learn that it is none other than Jim. Having kicked his drinking problem, the two are happily united.