J. Searle Dawley: Difference between revisions

In 1913 Edwin Porter hired Dawley again, but this time to work with him for [[Adolph Zukor]]'s recently established studio, [[Famous Players Film Company]].<ref name="OAC"/> Dawley's departure from Edison was at least partially motivated by his desire to make longer, more complex motion pictures. Working out of that Famous Players' facilities on West 26th Street in New York, he directed the first 13 releases of the new company, with his debut project being ''[[Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1913 film)|Tess of the D’Urbervilles]]'', which was released in September 1913.<ref>"J. Searle Dawley, Movie Pioneer, 71", ''The New York Times'', March 30, 1949, p. 25. [[ProQuest]] Historical Newspapers; subscription access through The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library.</ref> There he worked with array of established and future stars. He directed [[John Barrymore]] in the celebrated stage actor's first feature film, the romantic comedy ''[[An American Citizen]]''.<ref name="Lowery"/> He also directed future [[wikt:Special:Search/Megastar|megastar]]s [[Douglas Fairbanks]] and [[Mary Pickford]] in some of their early screen appearances.<ref name="Lowery"/>{{efn|One of the films in which Dawley directed Mary Pickford inis ''[[Caprice (1913 film)|Caprice]]'' (1913).}}