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Marshall Neilan
Actor + Screenwriter + Director + Producer
Male
Born
Apr 11, 1891
Hometown
San Bernardino, C...
Died
Oct 27, 1958
Death Place
Los Angeles
Other Names
Neilan, Marshall ...
Marshall Ambrose Neilan was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.
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Proto Hollywood: 100 Melodramas Were Made In La Mesa 100 Years Ago Patch.ComGoogle News - Aug 12, 2011
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Daddy Long Legs Indie Wire (Blog)Google News - May 11, 2011
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Mary Pickford's M'liss Screening At Pickford Institute Alt Film Guide (Blog)Google News - May 09, 2011
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America's SweetheartNYTimes - Jun 06, 1999
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CHILDHOOD
1891
Birth
Born on April 11, 1891.
TEENAGE
1910
19 Years Old
As a teenager, he began acting in bit parts in live theatre, and in 1910 he got a job driving Biograph Studios executives around Los Angeles there to determine the suitability of the West Coast as a place for a permanent studio.
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TWENTIES
1913
22 Years Old
Marshall Neilan had married actress Gertrude Bambrick in 1913 with whom he would have a son, Marshall Neilan, Jr..
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1915
24 Years Old
In 1915, Neilan was one of the founding members of the Motion Picture Directors Association along with directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Allan Dwan, and William Desmond Taylor.
1916
25 Years Old
At the end of 1916, Neilan was hired by Mary Pickford Films where he directed Pickford in several productions including Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and The Little Princess in 1917, plus Stella Maris, Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley, M'Liss in 1918, and Daddy-Long-Legs in 1919.
1920
29 Years Old
Having all but given up acting, Neilan's directing successes led to him creating his own production company and between 1920 and 1926, Marshall Neilan Productions made eleven feature-length films almost all of which were distributed through First National Pictures.
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THIRTIES
1921
30 Years Old
Neilan's marriage to Bambrick ended in 1921 and a year later he married actress Blanche Sweet whom he directed on several occasions. They divorced in 1929.
1927
36 Years Old
Early in his career Neilan had done as most others in the pioneering days of film and helped out in many areas of filmmaking through performing, directing, and writing. A talented screenwriter, in 1927 he wrote the original story for the Howard Hughes film, Hell's Angels.
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1930
39 Years Old
He was then hired by Hal Roach Studios, for whom he directed a few films in 1930, and he made his final directorial effort in 1937.
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FORTIES
1940
49 Years Old
In recognition of his contribution to the motion picture industry, in 1940 the Directors Guild of America conferred on him an "Honorary Life Member Award."
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LATE ADULTHOOD
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