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George Loane Tucker
actor, director, writer
- Birth name:
- George Sinclair Loane
- Born:
- 1872-06-10, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died:
- 1921-06-20, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
George Loane Tucker once kept train manifests in order; then, in 1913, he derailed polite society with Traffic in Souls, a six-reel lightning bolt about the white-slave trade. Shot in New York on a $57,000 stake—his own cash plus Carl Laemmle’s—the picture roared back with $450,000 in receipts. That avalanche of nickels bought Laemmle freedom from Edison’s patent vise and a one-way ticket west to plant the flag that would become Universal City. Off-screen, Tucker’s leading lady for life was Elisabeth Risdon.
Filmography
Directed (19)
1917IMDb 7
The Cinderella Man
1915IMDb 2.9
The Sons of Satan
1918IMDb 4.8
Virtuous Wives
1919IMDb 6.5
The Miracle Man
1917IMDb 8.4
The Mother of Dartmoor
1918IMDb 7.6
Dodging a Million
1913IMDb 6
Traffic in Souls
1915IMDb 8
The Folly of Desire
1921IMDb 7
Ladies Must Live
1916IMDb 7.5
The Hypocrites
1915IMDb 6.2
Rupert of Hentzau
1915IMDb 7
The Christian
1914IMDb —
The Third String
1914IMDb 6.2
0-18 or A Message from the Sky
1914IMDb —
Called Back
1915IMDb 6.7
The Middleman
1916IMDb 8.7
I Believe
1916IMDb 7.4
The Manxman
1916IMDb 7.2
Under Suspicion
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