Leon De La Mothe (born Louis Kent; December 26, 1880 – June 12, 1943) was an American
film director
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, actor and
screenwriter
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...
of the
silent era
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, wh ...
.
He directed 40 films between 1915 and 1925. He also appeared in 28 films between 1915 and 1928. He was born in
and died in
Los Angeles, California
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.
Selected filmography
* ''The Eagle'' (1915)
* ''
The Magnificent Meddler'' (1917)
* ''
By Right of Possession'' (1917)
* ''
The Spotted Lily
''The Spotted Lily'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry Solter and starring Ella Hall, Jack Nelson and George Beranger.Spehr & Lundquist p.10 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.
Cast
* Ella Ha ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Heart of the Sunset
''Heart of the Sunset'' is a 1918 American silent Western film starring Anna Q. Nilsson and Herbert Heyes. It was written by Rex Beach and directed by Frank Powell. It was produced by Rex Beach Pictures Company and filmed in Corpus Christi, Te ...
'' (1918)
* ''
Play Straight or Fight'' (1918)
* ''
Her Moment'' (1918)
* ''
Riddle Gawne
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'' (1918)
* ''
The Red Glove
''The Red Glove'' is a 1919 American film serial directed by J. P. McGowan for Universal. The film is considered to be lost.
Plot
Walcamp played a "fearless cowgirl" engaged in "perilous adventures" in the cliffhanger style. One episode featur ...
'' (1919)
* ''
Vanishing Trails
''Vanishing Trails'' is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by Leon De La Mothe. The film is considered to be lost.
Plot
As described in a summary in a film publication, the serial involves the mystery of the murder of William ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Ten Scars Make a Man
''Ten Scars Make a Man'' is a 1924 American adventure film serial written by Phillip Barry and directed by William Parke. The film is considered to be lost.
Cast
* Allene Ray as Jean Morell
* Jack Mower as Jack O'Day
* Rose Burdick as Rita More ...
'' (1924)
* ''
The Desert Hawk'' (1924)
* ''
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'' (1925)
* ''
Northern Code
''Northern Code'' (also written as ''The Northern Code'') is a 1925 American silent Northern romantic drama film directed by Leon De La Mothe and starring Robert Ellis, Eva Novak, and Josef Swickard
Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 – 1 March ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Ridin' Wild'' (1925)
* ''
The Road Agent'' (1926)
* ''
The Painted Trail'' (1928)
* ''
Trail Riders
''Trail Riders'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film is the eighteenth in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars John "Dusty" King as Dusty, "Davy" Sharpe and Max "Alibi" Terhune, wit ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Trailin' Back
''Trailin' Back'' is a 1928 American silent western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Lafe McKee and Leon De La Mothe.Munden p.827
Cast
* Buddy Roosevelt
* Betty Baker
* Lafe McKee
* Leon De La Mothe
* Tom Bay
* ...
'' (1928)
References
External links
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1880 births
1943 deaths
American film directors
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
American male screenwriters
Male actors from Louisiana
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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