Years active 1910–1917 | Role Actor Name Edwin Thanhouser | |
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Born 11 November 1865 ( 1865-11-11 ) Baltimore, Maryland Died March 21, 1956, New York City, New York, United States Spouse Gertrude Thanhouser (m. 1900) Movies The Evidence of the Film, The Million Dollar Mystery, Inspiration, King Lear, The Star of Bethlehem Similar People Florence La Badie, Gertrude Thanhouser, William Garwood, Marie Eline, Frederick Warde | ||
Production company Thanhouser Company Organizations founded Thanhouser Company | ||
Edwin Thanhouser (11 November 1865 – 21 March 1956) was an actor, businessman, and film producer, most notable as a founder of the Thanhouser Company, which was one of the first motion picture studios, along with his wife Gertrude Thanhouser and brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan.
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Biography
Thanhouser was born in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1893, he joined the traveling company of Alessandro Salvini. After Salvini's unexpected death in 1896, Thanhouser managed the Academy Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the Shubert family and then the Bush Temple Theater in Chicago, Illinois. He formed a stock company that put on hundreds of theatrical productions.
On 8 February 1900, Thanhouser married actress Gertrude Homan.
In 1909, Thanhouser and his family moved to New Rochelle, New York, where he leased space in an old wooden skating rink to start the Thanhouser Company. This pioneering movie studio released its first commercial film on 15 March 1910.
Thanhouser brought actress Florence La Badie to the company in 1911. From 1911 to 1917, she was the company's most prominent star. In 1912, he sold the film company to group headed by Charles J. Hite. Early in 1915, after Hite's death in an accident, Thanhouser took charge of the company again, but was not as successful as he had been before. The Thanhouser Film Corporation was liquidated in 1920.
Edwin Thanhouser engaged in securities investments and collected art in his later years. He died 21 March 1956.
Filmography
Producer
1917
The Heart of Ezra Greer (producer)
1917
Under False Colors (producer)
1917
The Man Without a Country (producer)
1917
War and the Woman (producer)
1917
It Happened to Adele (producer)
1917
The Unfortunate Marriage (producer)
1917
The Fires of Youth (producer)
1917
An Amateur Orphan (producer)
1917
The Candy Girl (producer)
1917
Hinton's Double (producer)
1917
When Love Was Blind (producer)
1917
Mary Lawson's Secret (producer)
1917
Pots-and-Pans Peggy (producer)
1917
Her Beloved Enemy (producer)
1917
The Vicar of Wakefield (producer)
1917
Her Life and His (producer)
1917
A Modern Monte Cristo (producer)
1917
The Image Maker (producer)
1917
Her New York (producer)
1916
King Lear (producer)
1916
Divorce and the Daughter (producer)
1916
The World and the Woman (producer)
1916
Hidden Valley (producer)
1916
Prudence, the Pirate (producer)
1916
At the Edge of the Aqueduct (Short) (producer)
1916
The Pillory (producer)
1916
Arabella's Prince (Short) (producer)
1916
The Black Terror (Short) (producer)
1916
Saint, Devil and Woman (producer)
1916
A Flaw in the Evidence (Short) (producer)
1916
The Heart of a Doll (Short) (producer)
1916
The Fear of Poverty (producer)
1916
Musickers (Short) (producer)
1916
In Mexico (Short) (producer)
1916
The Shine Girl (producer)
1916
The Swiss Sea Dog (Short) (producer)
1916
Getting the Grafters (Short) (producer)
1916
Fare, Lady (Short) (producer)
1916
Guiders (Short) (producer)
1916
The Fugitive (producer)
1916
Egrets and Herons (Documentary short) (producer)
1916
Doughnuts (Short) (producer)
1916
Making the Major a Mayor (Short) (producer)
1916
Romeoers (Short) (producer)
1916
The Window of Dreams (Short) (producer)
1916
Brothers Equal (Short) (producer)
1916
Ex-President Roosevelt's Feathered Pets (Documentary short) (producer)
1916
Real Estaters (Short) (producer)
1916
Where Wives Win (Short) (producer)
1916
John Brewster's Wife (Short) (producer)
1916
Advertisementers (Short) (producer)
1916
Peterson's Pitiful Plight (Short) (producer)
1916
Other People's Money (producer)
1916
The Nymph (Short) (producer)
1916
Disguisers (Short) (producer)
1916
Wild Birds at Home (Documentary short) (producer)
1916
Sammy's Semi-Suicide (Short) (producer)
1916
For Uncle Sam's Navy (Short) (producer)
1916
Politickers (Short) (producer)
1916
Steven's Sweet Sisters (Short) (producer)
1916
The Answer (Short) (producer)
1916
Deteckters (Short) (producer)
1916
Freddie's Frigid Finish (Short) (producer)
1916
Her Father's Gold (producer)
1916
When She Played Broadway (Short) (producer)
1916
The Kiddies' Kaptain Kid (Short) (producer)
1916
The Skilful Sleigher's Strategy (Short) (producer)
1916
The Spirit of '61 (Short) (producer)
1916
The Weakling (Short) (producer)
1916
The Dashing Druggist's Dilemma (Short) (producer)
1916
The Carriage of Death (Short) (producer)
1916
Willing Wendy to Willie (Short) (producer)
1916
A Man of Honor (Short) (producer)
1916
Dad's Darling Daughters (Short) (producer)
1916
Simple Simon's Schooling (Short) (producer)
1916
A Man's Sins (Short) (producer)
1916
Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player (producer)
1916
The Girl from Chicago (Short) (producer)
1916
The Sailor's Smiling Spirit (Short) (producer)
1916
The Overworked Oversea Overseer (Short) (producer)
1916
The Romance of the Hollow Tree (Short) (producer)
1916
Sapville's Stalwart Son (Short) (producer)
1916
The Professor's Peculiar Precautions (Short) (producer)
1916
The Traffic Cop (producer)
1916
Oh! Oh! Oh! Henery! (Short) (producer)
1916
Ruining Randall's Reputation (Short) (producer)
1916
The Net (producer)
1916
The Snow Shoveler's Sweetheart (Short) (producer)
1916
Fear (Short) (producer)
1916
Paul's Political Pull (Short) (producer)
1916
Pedro, the Punk Poet (Short) (producer)
1916
The Fifth Ace (Short) (producer)
1916
A Bird of Prey (producer)
1916
Rupert's Rube Relation (Short) (producer)
1916
Theodore's Terrible Thirst (Short) (producer)
1916
The Flight of the Duchess (producer)
1916
Ambitious Awkward Andy (Short) (producer)
1916
Oscar, the Oyster Opener (Short) (producer)
1916
Jungle Life in South America (Documentary short) (producer)
1916
Maud Muller Modernized (Short) (producer)
1916
What Doris Did (Short) (producer)
1916
Rustic Reggie's Record (Short) (producer)
1916
The Oval Diamond (producer)
1916
The Reunion (Short) (producer)
1916
Ruth's Remarkable Reception (Short) (producer)
1916
Silas Marner (Short) (producer)
1916
Perkins' Peace Party (Short) (producer)
1916
Outwitted (Short) (producer)
1916
Snowstorm and Sunshine (Short) (producer)
1916
Booming the Boxing Business (Short) (producer)
1916
The Spirit of the Game (Short) (producer)
1916
Harry's Happy Honeymoon (Short) (producer)
1916
The Knotted Cord (Short) (producer)
1916
A Clever Collie's Come-Back (Short) (producer)
1916
Betrayed (producer)
1916
Beaten at the Bath (Short) (producer)
1916
The Burglars' Picnic (Short) (producer)
1916
Lucky Larry's Lady Love (Short) (producer)
1916
Pete's Persian Princess (Short) (producer)
1916
The Five Faults of Flo (producer)
1916
The Phantom Witness (Short) (producer)
1916
Grace's Gorgeous Gowns (Short) (producer)
1916
Reforming Rubbering Rosie (Short) (producer)
1916
The Woman in Politics (producer)
1916
In the Name of the Law (Short) (producer)
1916
Belinda's Bridal Breakfast (Short) (producer)
1916
Big Gun Making (Short) (producer)
1916
Hilda's Husky Helper (Short) (producer)
1916
Bubbles in the Glass (Short) (producer)
1916
The Optimistic Oriental Occults (Short) (producer)
1915
The Conductor's Classy Champion (Short) (producer)
1915
The Baby and the Boss (Short) (producer)
1915
Inspiration (producer)
1915
In the Hands of the Enemy (Short) (executive producer)
1915
His Wife (producer)
1915
The Price of Her Silence (producer)
1915
Monsieur Lecoq (producer)
1915
Milestones of Life (producer)
1915
The Patriot and the Spy (producer)
1915
God's Witness (producer)
1914
The Reader of Minds (Short) (producer)
1914
Little Mischief (Short) (producer)
1914
The Million Dollar Mystery (producer)
1914
The Miser's Reversion (Short) (producer)
1913
The Evidence of the Film (Short) (producer)
1912
The Star of Bethlehem (Short) (producer)
1911
The Tempest (Short) (producer)
1910
The Winter's Tale (Short) (producer)
Miscellaneous
1917
The Man Without a Country (supervisor)
1916
Betrayed (presenter)
1915
Milestones of Life (presenter)
Director
1913
The Evidence of the Film (Short)
1911
The Tempest (Short)
Actor
1913
When Dreams Come True (Short) as
Theatre Attendant
1912
The Silent Witness (Short) as
Member of the Jury (cameo appearance) (uncredited)
Writer
1911
The Pillars of Society (Short) (scenario)
References
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