Arthur Berthelet
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Arthur Berthelet was an American movie director who went from directing stage plays (several on Broadway
) to directing silent movies.
Berthelet is remembered particularly for having directed William Gillette
- noted as the definitive early Sherlock Holmes - in his only filmed performance as the great detective - and controversial feminist Mary MacLane
in her silent movie Men Who Have Made Love to Me
.
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
) to directing silent movies.
Berthelet is remembered particularly for having directed William Gillette
William Gillette
William Hooker Gillette was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who is best remembered today for portraying Sherlock Holmes....
- noted as the definitive early Sherlock Holmes - in his only filmed performance as the great detective - and controversial feminist Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing...
in her silent movie Men Who Have Made Love to Me
Men Who Have Made Love to Me
Men Who Have Made Love to Me is a 1918 silent movie starring Mary MacLane and directed by Arthur Berthelet.The story of six affairs of the heart, drawn from controversial feminist author Mary MacLane's 1910 syndicated article by the same name...
.