Otis Turner
American film director
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::summary American film director ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Otis Turner |
| image | Otis Turner (Moving Picture Weekly, 1915).jpg |
| caption | Turner in 1915 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Fairfield, Indiana, USA |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| yearsactive | 1908–1918 |
| occupation | Film director |
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| name = Otis Turner | image = Otis Turner (Moving Picture Weekly, 1915).jpg | caption = Turner in 1915 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Fairfield, Indiana, USA | death_date = | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | yearsactive = 1908–1918 | occupation = Film director
Otis Turner (November 29, 1862 – March 28, 1918) was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1918, he directed more than 130 films and wrote 40 scenarios. He was born in Fairfield, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles.
The producer/director Otis Werner in L. Frank Baum's Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West is a send-up of Turner, who had adapted Baum's works into films, first in collaboration with Baum, then legally but without Baum's approval.
Selected filmography
- The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)
- The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
- Human Hearts (1912 film), director
- Shon the Piper (1913)
- Called Back (1914)
- The Spy (1914)
- Damon and Pythias (1914)
- The Opened Shutters (1914)
- The Black Box (1915)
- From Italy's Shores (1915)
- Langdon's Legacy (1916)
- The Island of Desire (1917)
- Melting Millions (1917)
- The Book Agent (1917)
- The Soul of Satan (1917)
- Some Boy! (1917)
References
References
- "Otis Turner: a Father Figure to Film-Makers: A Hollywood Bio in Brief". Classic Filma Ficionados.
- (8 September 2011). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter.
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