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Thomas H. Ince is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Editor and Supervisor of Production Resources American born on 16 november 1882 at Newport (USA)

Thomas H. Ince

Thomas H. Ince
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Birth name Thomas Harper Ince
Nationality USA
Birth 16 november 1882 at Newport (USA)
Death 19 november 1924 (at 42 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Thomas H. Ince (November 16, 1882 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He revolutionized the motion picture industry by creating the first major Hollywood studio facility and invented many mechanisms of professional movie production by introducing the "assembly line" system of filmmaking after being the first mogul to build his own film studio, dubbed "Inceville," in Palisades Highlands. He was also instrumental in developing the role of the producer in motion pictures. Known as the "Father of the Western" he was responsible for making over 800 films. Two of them: The Italian (1915), for which he wrote the screenplay, and Civilization (1916), which he directed, were selected for preservation by the National Film Registry. He partnered with D.W. Griffith and Mack Sennett to form the famous Triangle Motion Picture Company whose studios are the present-day site of Sony Pictures. He then built his own studio, the present-day site of Culver Studios. Ince is also famous for his mysterious and untimely death, allegedly aboard the private yacht of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, just as he was about to join forces with Hearst’s International Film Corporation.

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Francis Ford
Francis Ford
(53 films)
William S. Hart
William S. Hart
(23 films)
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
(37 films)
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Filmography of Thomas H. Ince (245 films)

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Actor

Civilization, 1h28
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Reginald Barker, Jay Hunt, Raymond B. West, Walter Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Howard C. Hickman, Enid Markey, George Fisher, Lola May, Herschel Mayall, Claire Du Brey
Roles Himself - in Prologue
Rating58% 2.948922.948922.948922.948922.94892
The film opens with the outbreak of a war in the previously peaceful kingdom of Wredpryd. Count Ferdinand is the inventor of a new submarine who is assigned to command the new ship in battle. The King of Wredpryd orders the Count to sink the "ProPatria" ("for my country"), a civilian ship that is believed to be carrying munitions as well as civilian passengers. In his mind's eye, the Count sees a vision of what would happen if he sent a torpedo crashing into the liner, and he recoils. He refuses to follow his orders, saying he is "obeying orders -- from a Higher Power." Realizing his crew will carry out the orders, the Count fights with the crew and blows up his submarine, sending it to the bottom of the sea.
Their First Misunderstanding, 10minutes
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, George Loane Tucker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, Thomas H. Ince, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ben Turpin
Rating69% 3.476763.476763.476763.476763.47676
Mary Pickford et Owen Moore, mariés à la ville, interprètent un jeune couple lors de leur première dispute.
The Englishman and the Girl, 11minutes
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Actors Mary Pickford, George Nichols, Kate Bruce, Linda Arvidson, Ruth Hart, Gladys Egan
Rating47% 2.3923852.3923852.3923852.3923852.392385
A small town's drama group is preparing for a Pocahontas-type play, when one of the member's English relatives suddenly arrives for a visit. This man, unlike the theater group, does not have any sense of humor, which sparks the relative and his friends to play practical jokes on him. They dress up as Indians to scare them, but the Englishman is so convinced, that he grabs his gun to shoot at them. At another moment, they try to get revenge by pretending to attack him, but the plan again backfires when the Englishman uses a prop gun from a heroine to horrify them.

Director

Anna Christie, 1h36
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, John Griffith Wray
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion, William Russell, Eugenie Besserer, Chester Conklin
Rating67% 3.3620953.3620953.3620953.3620953.362095
Anna Christie vit chez son père, un vieux capitaine au long cours. Un marin, au caractère ombrageux, s'éprend d'elle. Dès lors, une inimitié s'installe entre le père et le prétendant…
Peggy
Peggy (1916)
, 1h10
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Charles Giblyn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Billie Burke, William Desmond, Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire, Truly Shattuck, Claire Du Brey
Rating50% 2.539752.539752.539752.539752.53975
The film follows Peggy Cameron (Burke), a young, high spirited American debutante who is sent to visit her Uncle Andrew (William H. Thompson) and cousin Colin (Charles Ray) in Scotland.
The Stepping Stone, 50minutes
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Reginald Barker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Boland, Robert McKim, Joseph J. Dowling, J. Barney Sherry

Mary Beresford is the wife of unambitious law clerk Al Beresford. Thanks to Mary 's tenacity and carefully calculated social-climbing, Al is promoted to the position of personal secretary of prominent financier Elihu Knowland. Unfortunately, success goes to Al's head like a narcotic, and soon he has alienated everyone in New York, including Mary, who runs off for parts unknown.
Civilization, 1h28
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Reginald Barker, Jay Hunt, Raymond B. West, Walter Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Howard C. Hickman, Enid Markey, George Fisher, Lola May, Herschel Mayall, Claire Du Brey
Rating58% 2.948922.948922.948922.948922.94892
The film opens with the outbreak of a war in the previously peaceful kingdom of Wredpryd. Count Ferdinand is the inventor of a new submarine who is assigned to command the new ship in battle. The King of Wredpryd orders the Count to sink the "ProPatria" ("for my country"), a civilian ship that is believed to be carrying munitions as well as civilian passengers. In his mind's eye, the Count sees a vision of what would happen if he sent a torpedo crashing into the liner, and he recoils. He refuses to follow his orders, saying he is "obeying orders -- from a Higher Power." Realizing his crew will carry out the orders, the Count fights with the crew and blows up his submarine, sending it to the bottom of the sea.
The Dividend
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Walter Edwards
Genres Drama
Actors Charles Ray

Le riche homme d'affaires John Steele porte tous ses espoirs sur son fils Frank. Mais celui-ci tombe dans la déchéance la plus totale…
The Toast of Death, 40minutes
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Scott Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Louise Glaum, Harry Keenan, Herschel Mayall, Herschel Mayall, Charles Swickard

Mademoiselle Poppea (played by Glaum) is the leading ballerina of the Imperial Ballet in Calcutta, India. Her beauty and charm bring to her many admirers, among them a British soldier, Captain Drake (played by Keenan), and an Indian prince, Yar Khan (played by Mayall), of the Bengalese Dragoons.
The Coward
The Coward (1915)
, 1h17
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Reginald Barker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire, Nick Cogley, Ella Margaret Gibson, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French
Rating59% 2.998052.998052.998052.998052.99805
Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate States Army. He is terrified by the war and deserts during a battle. The film focuses on the son's struggle to overcome his cowardice.