Bert Angeles
Albert Sidney Angeles (1875 – May 1950)[1] was a theatre actor and director of silent films.[2] Born in London,[3] he worked in the USA as a writer and director for Vitagraph,[4] later directing for Universal.[5]
Angeles acted on stage[6] before his film career,[7] as well as composing music.[8] He quietly married film actress (also spelled Halleran or Halloran) in 1913.[9] In 1915, he was hired to make comedies for the .[10] That same year, copyrights were filed for Billy studies music, Billy now a medico, and Billy's strategem, credited as "by Bert Angeles". These were part of a series of Billy movies.[11]
Angeles was cast along two other former directors in The Squab Farm, a comedy on Broadway about the cinema world.[12][13]
In 1928, Angeles and Julia Parker starred in a singing, dancing and comedy show called One Born Every Minute, which was written about by the magazine Billboard.[14]
Angeles died in New York City in 1950.[1]
Filmography[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kessler, Frank (February 19, 2000). "KINtop". Stroemfeld/Roter Stern – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Bert Angeles". BFI.
- ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (February 19, 2001). "Silent Film Necrology". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ^ Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). "Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen". epubli – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "The Moving Picture World". Chalmers Publishing Company. February 19, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Theatre Magazine". Theatre Magazine Company. February 19, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The New York Dramatic Mirror". Dramatic Mirror Company. February 19, 1910 – via Google Books.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (February 19, 1908). "Musical Compositions: Part 3". Library of Congress. – via Google Books.
- ^ "Motion Picture". Macfadden-Bartell. February 19, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bert Angeles".
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Works of art..." Library of Congress, Copyright Office. February 19, 1914 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage". Dramatic Mirror Company. February 19, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-squab-farm-8687
- ^ "Billboard". Billboard Publications. February 19, 1928 – via Google Books.
External links[]
- Bert Angeles at IMDb
- 1875 births
- 1950 deaths
- British emigrants to the United States
- American film directors