George Loane Tucker (12 June, 1872 – 20 June, 1921), was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film director and screenwriter. He directed 61 films between
1911The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*October 27: David Horsley's, Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.-Films released in 1911:* The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring...
and
1921-Events:* February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres.*September 5 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holds a party in a San Francisco hotel to celebrate his new $3,000,000 three-year contract with Paramount. A young actress, Virginia Rappe, becomes ill at the...
. Tucker had been an actor before moving to directing. In 1913 he directed
Traffic in SoulsTraffic in Souls is a 1913 U.S. silent film about a criminal ring that kidnaps young female immigrants arriving in New York City and forces them into prostitution. The film, directed by George Loane Tucker, was produced on a $25,000 budget and ran six reels, making it one of the most expensive...
, which concerned the topic of white slavery. The film, over 70 years, later ramains an early influential example of realism in early cinema. Tucker continued working in feature productions.
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George Loane Tucker (12 June, 1872 – 20 June, 1921), was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film director and screenwriter. He directed 61 films between
1911The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*October 27: David Horsley's, Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.-Films released in 1911:* The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring...
and
1921-Events:* February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres.*September 5 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holds a party in a San Francisco hotel to celebrate his new $3,000,000 three-year contract with Paramount. A young actress, Virginia Rappe, becomes ill at the...
. Tucker had been an actor before moving to directing. In 1913 he directed
Traffic in SoulsTraffic in Souls is a 1913 U.S. silent film about a criminal ring that kidnaps young female immigrants arriving in New York City and forces them into prostitution. The film, directed by George Loane Tucker, was produced on a $25,000 budget and ran six reels, making it one of the most expensive...
, which concerned the topic of white slavery. The film, over 70 years, later ramains an early influential example of realism in early cinema. Tucker continued working in feature productions. He made several films with actress
Jane GailJane Gail was an early American silent movie andstage actress.She is best remembered for her role in the 1913 silent film adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, where she gained worldwide fame as Dr. Jekyll's imperiled fiancée...
. In 1919 Tucker made what would probably be his most famous and financially successful film,
The Miracle ManThe Miracle Man is a dramatic film based on a 1914 play by George M. Cohan, which in turn is based on the novel of the same title by Frank L. Packard...
. This film featured
Lon ChaneyLon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema. He is best remembered for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters, and his...
in a breakout role as a fake cripple. Tucker made one more film after
The Miracle Man and died in 1921 at the age of 49.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA and died in
Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...
, was married to
Elisabeth RisdonElisabeth Risdon , was an English film actress. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1952.She was born in London, England, and died in Santa Monica, California from a cerebral hemorrhage....
.