Eliot Callender Howe (1882-1921) was an American director of

silent films A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, whe ...

Biography

Howe was born on December 23, 1882, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Throop College (now California Institute of Technology) in

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. On January 1, 1914, he married actress Janice Vincent, (born Alpha Omega Howe) in

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. The couple had one son, Eliot E., born in 1921. Howe died of a heart attack on December 18, 1921, in Los Angeles, shortly after completing the film ''Wild Fire''.

Filmography

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A Certain Rich Man ''A Certain Rich Man'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Howard Hickman and starring Carl Gantvoort, Claire Adams and Robert McKim.Munden p.116 Cast * Carl Gantvoort as Bob Hendricks * Claire Adams as Molly Culpepper * Robert ...

'' (1921); (with

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) *''

The Lure of Egypt ''The Lure of Egypt'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Howard C. Hickman and starring Robert McKim, Claire Adams and Joseph J. Dowling.Munden p.468 Plot ‘’The Lure of Egypt’’ is an adaptation of the novel ‘’There w ...

'' (1921); (with Howard Hickman) *''

The Man of the Forest ''Man of the Forest'' is a 1921 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Howard Hickman and starring Carl Gantvoort, Claire Adams and Robert McKim (actor), Robert McKim.Munden, p. 484. Plot Cast * Carl Gantvoort ...

'' (1921); (with Howard Hickman) *'' The Mysterious Rider'' (1921); (with Benjamin B. Hampton) *''

Heart's Haven ''Heart's Haven'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Benjamin B. Hampton and starring Robert McKim, Claire Adams and Carl Gantvoort.Munden p.64 Cast * Robert McKim as Adam Breed * Claire Adams as Vivian Breed * Carl Gantvoort ...

'' (1922); (with

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) *''The Grey Dawn'' (1922); (with Jean Hersholt); Brunton Studios *''Wild Fire'' (with Jean Hersholt); Brunton Studios

References

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