William Marshall (cinematographer)
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William Marshall was an American cinematographer of Turkish descent. His career began in 1916 and ended in 1930. He served as cinematographer on the starring vehicles for such stars as Annette Kellerman
, Marguerite Clark
, Billie Burke
, Elsie Ferguson
, Wallace Reid
, Rudolph Valentino
and Clara Bow
. He died in Los Angeles in 1943 at age 58.
Annette Kellerman
Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, and writer...
, Marguerite Clark
Marguerite Clark
Marguerite Clark was an American stage and silent film actress.-Early life and theater:Born to a farming family in Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio, Clark was educated at a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cincinnati...
, Billie Burke
Billie Burke
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live...
, Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress.-Early life:Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney...
, Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid was an actor in silent film referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover".-Early life:Born William Wallace Reid in St...
, Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino was an Italian actor, and early pop icon. A sex symbol of the 1920s, Valentino was known as the "Latin Lover". He starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle and Son of the Sheik...
and Clara Bow
Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. It was her appearance as a spunky shopgirl in the film It that brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex...
. He died in Los Angeles in 1943 at age 58.
Selected Filmography
- Daughter of the Gods (1916)
- Little Miss HooverLittle Miss HooverLittle Miss Hoover is a 1918 silent film comedy/drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The picture was directed by John S. Robertson and starred Marguerite Clark. It is one of the few surviving performances on film of Miss Clark with a 35mm print being held by...
(1918) - Hawthorne of the U.S.A.Hawthorne of the U.S.A.Hawthorne of the U.S.A. is a 1919 silent film comedy/adventure produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. James Cruze directed and Wallace Reid starred in a story based on a 1912 Broadway play Hawthorne of the U.S.A. that starred Douglas Fairbanks and Irene Fenwick. The...
(1919) - The SheikThe Sheik (film)The Sheik is a 1921 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, and Adolphe Menjou...
(1921) - The Ghost BreakerThe Ghost Breaker (1922 film)The Ghost Breaker is a 1922 American silent film comedy based around haunted houses and ghosts. It was produced Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Alfred E. Green and starred popular Wallace Reid in one of his last screen portrayals. The story, based...
(1922) - Hula (1927)