John G. Adolfi
| John G. Adolfi | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
February 19, 1888 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died |
May 11, 1933 (aged 45) British Columbia, Canada |
| Other names |
Jack Adolfi John Adolfi |
| Occupation |
Silent film director Actor Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1907–1933 |
John Gustav Adolfi (February 19, 1888 – May 11, 1933) was an American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout his career. An early acting credit was in the recently restored 1912 film Robin Hood. His urn at findagrave.com says he was born January 19, 1881.[1]
Biography
He was born in New York City to Gustav Adolfi and Jennie Reinhardt. Adolfi entered films as an actor in The Spy: A Romantic Story of the Civil War in 1907, but after appearing in thirty or so films he switched roles and concentrated on directing until his death from a brain hemorrhage in British Columbia, Canada while hunting bears.[2][3]
He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.[4]
Selected directing credits
- Through the Sluice Gates (1913)
- Driven by Fate (1915)
- Queen of the Sea (1918)
- The Amazing Woman (1920)
- The Scarlet West (1925)
- Husband Hunters (1927)
- The Little Snob (1928)
- The Midnight Taxi (1928)
- Fancy Baggage (1929)
- In the Headlines (1929)
- Evidence (1929)
- Dumbbells in Ermine (1930)
- Recaptured Love (1930)
- College Lovers (1930)
- Sinners' Holiday (1930)
- The Millionaire (1931)
- Alexander Hamilton (1931)
- Compromised (1931)
- The Man Who Played God (1932)
- A Successful Calamity (1932)
- Central Park (1932)
- The Working Man (1933)
- Voltaire (1933)
External links
- John G.Adolfi at the Internet Movie Database
- John G. Adolf @ allmovie.com
- John G. Adolfi at Find a Grave
- John G. Adolfi, as an actor in 1917(Univ. of Washington, J. Willis Sayre collection)
References
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- ↑ "John G. Adolfi (1881 - 1933) - Find A Grave Photos". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "John G. Adolfi, Movie Director Guided Arliss In Several of His Films". New York Times. May 15, 1933.
- ↑ "Deaths". Time. May 22, 1933. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
John G. Adolfi, 45, famed cinema director (The Millionaire, Alexander Hamilton, Man Who Played God, Central Park); of a cerebral hemorrhage while hunting bears; near Revelstoke, B. C.
- ↑ "John G. Adolfi (1881 - 1933) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
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