George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the

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Selected filmography

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'' (1914) * ''

The Rack The rack is a torture device consisting of a rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, with a roller at one or both ends. The victim's ankles are fastened to one roller and the wrists are chained to the other. As the in ...

'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The Beloved Adventuress'' (1917) * ''

Her Hour ''Her Hour'' is a lost 1917 silent film drama directed by George Cowl and starring Kitty Gordon. It was produced and released by the World Film Company. Cast *Kitty Gordon - Rita Castle * George Morgan - Tom Castle *George MacQuarrie - Ralph Ch ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Stolen Paradise ''The Stolen Paradise'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Ethel Clayton, Edward Langford and Pinna Nesbit.Beauchamp p.444 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Ethel ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Crimson Dove ''The Crimson Dove'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Romaine Fielding and starring Carlyle Blackwell, June Elvidge and Marie La Varre.Beauchamp p.444 Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as Brand Cameron * June Elvidge as Adrienne Duran ...

'' (1917) * ''

Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. You ...

'' (1917) * ''

Betsy Ross Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom;Addie Guthrie Weaver, ''"The Story of Our Flag..."'', 2nd Edition, A. G. Weaver, publ., 1898, p. 73 January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn an ...

'' (1917) * '' The Corner Grocer'' (1917) * ''

The Iron Ring ''The Iron Ring'' is a 1997 fantasy novel for children by American author Lloyd Alexander. It features a young king Tamar who leaves Sundari Palace on a quest in a land of humans and talking animals, which are inspired by Indian mythology. Th ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Mystery of the Yellow Room ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (in French ''Le mystère de la chambre jaune'') is a mystery novel written by French author Gaston Leroux. One of the first locked-room mystery novels, it was first published serially in France in the periodical ...

'' (1919) * '' Love, Honor and Obey'' (1920) * ''

The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes ''The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Elaine Hammerstein, Edward Langford and Alfred Hickman.Connelly p.408 Cast * Elaine Hammerstein as Leontine Maddern / Leona Mad ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Plaything of Broadway ''The Plaything of Broadway'' is a 1921 American drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by E. Lloyd Sheldon. The film stars Justine Johnstone, Crauford Kent, Macey Harlam, Edwards Davis, George Cowl, and Lucy Parker. The film w ...

'' (1921) * ''

Whispering Shadows ''Whispering Shadows'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Lucy Cotton, Charles A. Stevenson and Philip Merivale.Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.641 It is based on the 1917 play '' The Invisible Foe'' by Wa ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Glory of Clementina ''The Glory of Clementina'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Pauline Frederick, Edward Martindel and George Cowl.Munden p.298 It is based on the 1911 novel '' The Glory of Clementina Wing'' by British a ...

'' (1922) * ''

Pink Gods ''Pink Gods'' is a lost film, lost 1922 American silent film, silent melodrama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Penrhyn Stanlaws and starred Bebe Daniels and Adolphe Menjou. The sourc ...

'' (1922) * ''

Fashionable Fakers ''Fashionable Fakers'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by William Worthington and starring Johnnie Walker, Mildred June and Lillian Lawrence.Munden p.231 It was released in Britain with the alternative title ''A Going Concern''. ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...

'' (1923) * ''

Secrets Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controvers ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Jade Cup ''The Jade Cup'' is a 1926 American silent mystery film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Evelyn Brent, Jack Luden and Eugene Borden.Munden p.391 Cast * Evelyn Brent as Peggy Allen * Jack Luden as Billy Crossan * Eugene Borden as Milano ...

'' (1926) * ''

Marriage License? ''Marriage License?'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Bradley King and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. It is based on the 1925 play ''The Pelican'' by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood. The film st ...

'' (1926) * ''

Broadway Madness ''Broadway Madness'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Donald Keith, and Betty Hilburn. Plot A young farmer in upstate New York City becomes obsessed with a Broadway ...

'' (1927) * ''

Court Martial A court-martial or court martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of memb ...

'' (1928) * '' The Adventurer'' (1928) * ''

The Jazz Cinderella ''The Jazz Cinderella'' is a 1930 American romantic drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Myrna Loy, Jason Robards Sr. and Nancy Welford.Leider p.323 In Britain it was released under the alternative title of ''Love Is Like That''. ...

'' (1930) * ''

Secrets of Hollywood Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controvers ...

'' (1933) * ''

Riptide A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland marina where tide water flows steadily out to sea during ebb tide. It is a strong tidal fl ...

'' (1934) * '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1934) * ''

Step Lively, Jeeves! ''Step Lively, Jeeves!'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root, and starring Arthur Treacher as P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves alongside Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Gi ...

'' (1937) * ''

Conquest Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms. Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, t ...

'' (1937) * '' Easy Living'' (1937) * ''

The Glass Key ''The Glass Key'' is a novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett. First published as a serial in '' Black Mask'' magazine in 1930, it then was collected in 1931 (in London; the American edition followed 3 months later). It tells the story of a ga ...

'' (1942)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915–1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011.

External links

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