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Occupation
  
Film director

Spouse
  
Emma Wilgers (m. ?–1930)

Role
  
Film director

Name
  
David Smith

Years active
  
1915–1927


Born
  
28 October 1872 (
1872-10-28
)
Faversham, Kent

Died
  
April 25, 1930, Santa Barbara, California, United States

Movies
  
Pegeen, Black Beauty, Little Wildcat, A Yankee Princess

Siblings
  
Albert E. Smith, W. Steve Smith Jr.

Similar People
  
Bessie Love, Albert E Smith, Paul Hurst, Otto Lederer, Wallace MacDonald

David Smith (28 October 1872 – 25 April 1930) was an English film director of the silent era. He directed 79 films between 1915 and 1927. He was born in Faversham, Kent, and died in Santa Barbara, California. He was the older brother of Albert E. Smith, one of the co-founders of the Vitagraph Studios.

Selected filmography

  • A Woman in the Web (1918)
  • Baree, Son of Kazan (1918)
  • The Dawn of Understanding (1918)
  • The Enchanted Barn (1919)
  • The Wishing Ring Man (1919)
  • A Yankee Princess (1919)
  • Over the Garden Wall (1919)
  • Cupid Forecloses (1919)
  • A Fighting Colleen (1919)
  • The Little Boss (1919)
  • Pegeen (1920)
  • The Courage of Marge O'Doone (1920)
  • Black Beauty (1921)
  • The Little Minister (1922)
  • The Ninety and Nine (1922)
  • Captain Blood (1924)
  • Baree, Son of Kazan (1925)

    • References

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