Beatriz Michelena The Heart of Juanita Film Daily 1919

George E. Middleton was an American film director and producer. His work includes films for

California Motion Picture Corporation California Motion Picture Corporation was a film company based in San Rafael, California, in Marin County during the silent film era. The company lasted from 1914 until January 1916 when it went bankrupt. It was subsequently renamed and lasted unti ...

(CMPC) and, after its failure, Beatriz Michelena Features. Middleton married stage actress and singer Beatriz Michelena, who starred in his films. Middleton's family was prominent in the San Francisco Bay Area and was involved in the

Ocean Shore Railroad The Ocean Shore Railroad was a railroad built between San Francisco and Tunitas Glen, and Swanton and Santa Cruz that operated along the Pacific coastline from 1905 until 1921. The route was originally conceived to be a continuous line betwee ...

and Middleton Motor Car Co. His father was a timber baron. Middleton graduated from Lowell High School and joined the car business. He did advertising and promotion for the auto business including short films. He also made film promotions under contract for other businesses. He became an executive producer and director at CMPC, which he named. He also created the film company's logo with a bear on it. '' Motography'' ran a feature on him in 1916. A similar profile ran in '' Moving Picture World'' and also noted Middleton's work on a film production of the play '' Kismet'' with film star

Otis Skinner Otis Skinner (June 28, 1858 – January 4, 1942) was an American stage actor active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Early life Otis A. Skinner was born on June 28, 1858, in Cambridge, Massachusetts the middle of three ...

. Skinner appeared in '' Kismet'' with Louis J. Gasnier directing in a Waldorf Film Corporation production. Middleton owned a car. Fire destroyed many CMPC films but ''

Salomy Jane Salomy Jane may refer to: *" Salomy Jane's Kiss", an 1889 western short story by Bret Harte, included in ''Stories of Light and Shadow'' (1898) * ''Salomy Jane'' (play), a 1907 stage adaptation by Paul Armstrong *"Salomy Jane", a 1910 western nove ...

'' is extant. A copy is held by the Library of Congress.

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' is a 1901 novel by American author Alice Hegan Rice, about a southern family humorously coping with poverty. It was highly popular on its release,Lowell Hayes Harrison, ''A New History of Kentucky'' (1997), p. ...

'' (1914) (producer) *''

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The Lily of Poverty Flat ''The Lily of Poverty Flat'' was a book by Bret Harte adapted into the 1915 film of the same name. The plot features a fictional Northern California mining town called Poverty Flat. The movie version was filmed near Santa Cruz, California. Descr ...

'' (1915) *'' Salvation Nell'' (1915) *''

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'' (1915) *'' Mignon'' (1915) (producer) *'' The Rose of the Misty Pool (1915) *'' Minty's Triumph'' (1915) *'' The Woman Who Dared'' (1916) *'' The Unwritten Law'' (1916) *''

Heart of Juanita The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxid ...

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Just Squaw ''Just Squaw'' is a 1919 American silent western drama film directed by George E. Middleton and starring Beatriz Michelena and Andrew Robson.Fregoso p.110 Cast * Beatriz Michelena as Fawn * William Pike as The Stranger * Andrew Robson ...

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Crazy That Way ''Crazy That Way'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett and Regis Toomey,Kellow, p. 466 and based on the play ''In Love With Love'' by Vincent Lawrence. Cast * Kenn ...

'' (1930) (producer) *'' Double Cross Roads'' (1930) co-directed with

Alfred L. Werker Alfred L. Werker (December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film, ''Ridin' the Wind ...

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