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Robert G. Vignola is a Actor, Director and Scenario Writer American born on 5 august 1882 at Trivigno (Italie)

Robert G. Vignola

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Birth name Rocco Giuseppe Vignola
Nationality USA
Birth 5 august 1882 at Trivigno (Italie)
Death 25 october 1953 (at 71 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 5, 1882 - October 25, 1953) was an Italian-born American actor, screenwriter and film director in American cinema. One of the silent screen's most prolific directors, he made a handful of sound films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era.

Biography

Born at Trivigno, in the province of Potenza, Vignola left Italy with his family at the age of 3 and was raised in upstate New York. He made his acting debut at 19 in the theatrical show "Romeo and Juliet", performing with Eleanor Robson Belmont and Kyrle Bellew.

He began his film career as an actor in 1906 with the short film The Black Hand, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and produced by Biograph Company. A year later, he became part of Kalem Studios, for which he made numerous movies. As an actor, one of Vignola's most notable film roles was as Judas Iscariot in From the Manger to the Cross (1912), one of the most successful films of the period.

As a director, he directed 87 films, some of which have been lost. Some examples are The Vampire (1913), sometimes cited as the first "vamp" movie, and Seventeen (1916), where Rudolph Valentino did an uncredited cameo. Other films include the big-budget epic When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), Déclassée (1925), with the uncredited appearance of the then unknown Clark Gable, Broken Dreams (1933), which received a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Venice Film Festival, and The Scarlet Letter (1934), the last film of Colleen Moore.

He had a long association directing the early movies of Pauline Frederick such as Audrey (1916) and Double Crossed (1917), both lost films.

Vignola died in Hollywood, California in 1953 and was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, New York.

Usually with

Gene Gauntier
Gene Gauntier
(34 films)
Sidney Olcott
Sidney Olcott
(35 films)
J. P. McGowan
J. P. McGowan
(19 films)
Alice Hollister
Alice Hollister
(14 films)
Helen Lindroth
Helen Lindroth
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert G. Vignola (80 films)

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The Scimitar of the Prophet
Directed by Robert G. Vignola
Genres Drama
Actors Robert G. Vignola, Earle Foxe, Alice Hollister
Roles Hadjji - a Mohammedan Priest

The Vampire, 38minutes
Directed by Robert G. Vignola
Genres Drama
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Harry F. Millarde, Alice Hollister, Marguerite Courtot, Robert G. Vignola
Rating65% 3.2988153.2988153.2988153.2988153.298815
Harold Brentwell va en ville pour trouver un travail et rencontre Sybil, une aventurière. Harold est totalement fasciné par Sybil et oublie sa fiancée Hene, mais en fait Sybil est en réalité une vamp qui va détruire sa vie. Il perd son travail et devient alcoolique. Abandonné par Sybil, désespéré et solitaire, il va au théâtre et assiste à la « danse du vampire », décrivant un homme totalement sous l'emprise d'une femme.
Arrah-na-Pogue
Directed by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Gauntier, J. P. McGowan, Robert G. Vignola, Sidney Olcott
Roles Feeney
Rating46% 2.334892.334892.334892.334892.33489
This script must be run from the command line
His Mother
His Mother (1912)

Directed by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gene Gauntier, J. P. McGowan, Robert G. Vignola
Roles le prêtre
Rating50% 2.526092.526092.526092.526092.52609