Edward Kline Lincoln (August 8, 1884 - January 9, 1958) was an American

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and

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. Lincoln appeared in over 65 silent films and was best known for movies like '' For the Freedom of the World'' (1917), '' The Light in the Dark'' (1922) and ''

The Man of Courage ''The Man of Courage'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by E.K. Lincoln and starring Lincoln, Spottiswoode Aitken and Frederick Vroom.Serna, p. 282. Cast * E.K. Lincoln as William Gregory * Spottiswoode Aitken as Stephen Gregory ...

'' (1922).

Biography

E. K. Lincoln was born in Johnstown,

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and died in

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Partial filmography

Film Daily 1919 E K Lincoln Fighting Through 1 Christy Cabanne

* ''His Lordship, the Valet'' (1912) * '' I The Irony of Fate'' (1912) * '' On the Line of Peril'' (1912) * '' Lessons in Courtship'' (1912) * '' A Modern Atlanta'' (1912) * ''

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'' (1912) * ''

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'' (1912) * ''

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'' (1912) * '' Song of the Shell'' (1912) * ''

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'' (1913) * ''

The Vengeance of Durand ''The Vengeance of Durand'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Alice Joyce, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Percy Marmont.Phillips & Vincendeau p.351 It was a remake of an earlier short film of the same title mad ...

'' (1913) * ''

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'' (1913) * ''

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'' (1913) * ''

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'' (1913) * ''

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'' (1913) * '' A Million Bid'' (1914) *''

The Girl from Alaska (1915 film) ''The Girl from Alaska'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Nick Grinde and William Witney and starring Ray Middleton, Jean Parker and Jerome Cowan.Martin p.68 The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball. Plo ...

'' * '' The Almighty Dollar'' (1916) * ''

The Beloved Traitor ''The Beloved Traitor'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and starring Mae Marsh, E.K. Lincoln and Hedda Hopper.Connelly p.131 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hugo Ballin. Cast * Mae Marsh ...

'' (1918) * '' Fighting Through'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' The Woman God Changed'' (1921) * '' The Light in the Dark'' (1922) * ''

'' (1922) * '' Women Men Marry'' (1922) * ''

The Little Red Schoolhouse ''The Little Red Schoolhouse'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Frank Coghlan Jr., Lloyd Hughes and Dickie Moore.Pitts p.110 A boy runs away from school and heads for New York City ...

'' (1923) * '' The Right of the Strongest'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925)

Grantwood studio

The

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in the United States can trace its roots to the East Coast where, at one time,

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was the motion picture capital of America. The Grantwood Studio, aka E.K.Lincoln Studio, was built in 1915 on Bergen Boulevard in Grantwood, just south of Fort Lee by Lincoln. Many of the greats of the early film world worked out of this studio and used various spots in the area for location work. The first production was ''The Fighting Chance'' in which Lincoln starred alongside

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, who also starred in ''The Girl from Alaska'' (1915). Between 1916 and 1917, the studio was rented by

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. In 1920 the United States Photoplay Corporation used it for the film ''Determination''. In 1923, Peter Jones produced the film ''How High Is Up?''.'' Moving Picture World '', June 19, 1915, p. 1922. According to Film Daily (June 1926), the first episode of ''

The Leather Pushers ''The Leather Pushers'' is a 1922 American film serial starring Reginald Denny (and Billy Sullivan in the fourth series), and based on boxing stories by H. C. Witwer originally published in ''Collier's Weekly''. The screenplays were written by ...

'' (1922) with Reginald Denny was filmed there. After World War I many movie makers, including Lincoln, headed out to Hollywood where the climate enable them to film outdoors all year round. After

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came into being in 1927, the studio continued to be used to make Italian and Polish language films. By the end of the Depression, the studio was no longer for film production. The building burnt down the 1960s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lincoln, E. K. American male silent film actors People from Johnstown, Pennsylvania 1884 births 1958 deaths 20th-century American male actors