Herbert Blaché
director, producer, writer
- Birth name:
- Herbert Blaché-Bolton
- Born:
- 1882-10-05, London, England, UK
- Died:
- 1953-10-23, Santa Monica, California, USA
- Professions:
- director, producer, writer
Biography
Born within the sound of London’s Bow bells on 5 October 1882, Herbert Blaché swapped fog for footlights and, by his early thirties, was calling the shots behind the camera. Between 1913 and 1915 he steered audiences from the guarded corridors of A Prisoner in the Harem to the gritty ballad of The Song of the Wage Slave, pausing along the way to mastermind the heist thrills of The Million Dollar Robbery. Off-set he shared his life—and a pioneering stake in the new art of moving pictures—with trailblazer Alice Guy. The final reel rolled on 23 October 1953 in sun-washed Santa Monica, California, closing a career that helped shape cinema’s infancy.
Filmography
Directed (37)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
A Man and the Woman
Stronger Than Death
The Walk-Offs
The Silent Woman
The Brat
The Beggar Maid
The Man Who Stayed at Home
Satan Junior
The Uplifters
The Hope
The Wild Party
Fools and Their Money
The Girl with the Green Eyes
The Saphead
Tarnished Reputations
The New York Idea
The Chimes
The Untameable
Out of the Chorus
The Bashful Suitor
The Shadows of a Great City
The Peddler
The Auction of Virtue
Fools and Riches
A Prisoner in the Harem
The Temptations of Satan
Loaded Dice
The Burglar and the Lady
Greater Love Hath No Man
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Barbara Frietchie
Her Own Way
A Woman's Fight
The Near Lady
The Parisian Tigress
The Divorcee
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